The black man quickly returned to the boat, and then the middle-aged white man took out a snake skin and began a long lecture.
Meanwhile, Jimmy was still floating in the river at the boat's stern, occasionally raising his head to observe his surroundings. He wasn't afraid of any danger in the water; rather, he was just a bit bored. Then, he noticed the people on the boat starting to argue.
To his surprise, the boat stopped right there. "Are they waiting for that person?" Jimmy wondered. But that person had already been fed to the giant python! Jimmy knew that once the python had eaten a person, it wouldn't attack him or anyone on the boat—it needed to digest.
Soon, the sky darkened, and it started to rain. Jimmy continued floating in the river. In the rainy weather, he felt terrible. His body temperature had dropped dangerously low!
Slowly, Jimmy realized something—he was no longer human! Have you ever heard of a human being able to go without sleep and only eat raw food? Jimmy now felt like a cold-blooded creature wearing human skin...
The people on the boat kept their lights focused on the old ship throughout the night, and Jimmy secretly boarded the boat, hiding at the stern, ready to jump into the water if anything happened.
In the morning, Jimmy was startled awake by a gunshot! He quickly raised his crossbow to be ready. It turned out that the red-shirted white man had shot down a monkey with his rifle.
Next, Jimmy saw the people on the boat arguing again. The black man, the middle-aged woman with blonde hair, and the red-shirted white man were in heated discussions. The white man pulled out a black revolver and started threatening the others.
Jimmy noticed that, besides the man who had been eaten, there was also a slightly skinny and weary middle-aged man on the boat, as well as a young, blonde, beautiful woman.
Soon, under the threat of the gun, they compromised. Jimmy furrowed his brow as he watched the red-shirted man hang the monkey's corpse on a large hook and lower it into the water. If he wasn't mistaken, the white man's target was also the giant python!
The night soon fell, and the white man continued working on the hook while the young man with blonde hair stood watch, holding a rifle. Suddenly, the fishing line began to move quickly, indicating that the prey had taken the bait. The white man pulled the line hard.
To the astonished gazes of everyone on the boat, the giant python was reeled up from the water. "Gaaah!" The python hissed and thrashed violently in the water.
"Quick! Turn on the lights!" The white man shouted, and the young man hurried to the top of the boat, turning on two floodlights aimed at the struggling snake in the water.
"Westcott, come help!" The white man yelled.
Jimmy narrowed his eyes. To be honest, what he wanted most right now was to snatch the rifle from the young man's hands and shoot the giant python in the head.
The giant python's tail suddenly swiped the boat, knocking the black man with a knife out of the way. Even the white man was thrown off! Without the middle-aged white man's control, the hook was no longer effective, and the giant python broke free, sinking back into the water!
"Ah! Where did it go?" The middle-aged white man stood up and shouted angrily.
Because the fishhook had struck him, the weary middle-aged man knocked over his medicine bottle. He hurriedly scrambled to gather his pills, but at that moment, the giant python suddenly lunged out of the water. It spat out the monkey's body and began eyeing the people on the boat.
"Don't move! I'll take care of it!" The white man said in a low voice, quickly reaching for the gun on the floor. But at that moment, the blonde middle-aged woman, terrified, ran into the cabin. "Gaaah!" Her scream alerted the python, and it immediately lunged at her.
In an instant, the window of the cabin shattered as the giant python smashed through. "Ah!" The blonde woman screamed, shielding herself. When she realized nothing had happened, she looked up to find the giant python staring at her. She screamed again as the python opened its mouth and hissed. Just then, a crossbow bolt shot into the python's mouth.
"Gaaahhh!" The giant python began to wail in pain, thrashing its tail in fury.
"Who are you?!" The blonde woman looked at the figure suddenly appearing at the door—a black-haired, yellow-skinned person with red eyes.
Jimmy didn't answer the blonde woman's question. Instead, he quickly drew a crossbow bolt, loading it into his crossbow, aiming at the giant python. "That's mine!" The middle-aged white man shouted, raising his gun at Jimmy!
In that instant, Jimmy felt a sharp pain in his left arm, and it dropped limply to his side. Furious, Jimmy raised his head, lifting the crossbow and shooting at the middle-aged white man. The bolt struck the white man's left leg, just as the blonde woman let out a scream. The giant python swiped its tail and knocked her into the river.
The giant python immediately noticed the girl in the water and dove after her! For the sake of the mission, Jimmy gritted his teeth and jumped into the water. The young blonde man also jumped in. "Help! Help me!" The blonde girl cried out, struggling in the water.
Jimmy swam over to her, quickly lifting her up with the young man, who was a stranger to him.
"You go first! It's coming!" Jimmy shouted as he pulled the girl to safety. Just as the young man climbed up, Jimmy felt something wrap around his neck! The next thing he knew, he was spun around, and he looked up to see the giant python's head.
The python constricted its body, and in an instant, Jimmy felt his organs being crushed. His insides felt like they were about to explode...
"Damn it! Give me the gun!" The blonde woman grabbed the middle-aged white man's gun and shot the giant python in the head.
"No! That's my python!" The middle-aged white man screamed in rage.
"Bang!" The python's head was blown apart!
At that moment, both the giant python and Jimmy collapsed into the water.
Still somewhat conscious, Jimmy immediately activated Fusion, and the giant python's body turned into blood and merged into him...
On the boat, the blonde woman who had just shot the giant python was still in shock, but she was immediately hit with a heavy punch by the middle-aged white man, falling onto the wooden floor. "Hey, you killed my python!" The middle-aged white man roared in fury.
Although the middle-aged white man was a retired soldier, due to the gunshot wound to his leg, the others on the boat quickly subdued him and tied him to a pillar on the boat...
The next morning, Jimmy lay in a tree, looking at his left hand. "This is incredible! I feel amazing!" Jimmy stuck out his tongue, only to realize his tongue was forked, just like a snake's!
Then, Jimmy stretched out his left hand, and to his amazement, it grew three meters long, spiraling around the branch. With a slight tug, he snapped the branch in two!
"Hehehehe!" Jimmy grinned darkly.
Host: 8888
Strength: 30 (Adult: 10)
Reaction: 52 (Adult: 15)
Mind: 78 (Adult: 30)
Spirit: 52 (Adult: 15)
****: 53 (Adult: 15)
Abilities:
Fusion: Allows fusion with any living being, gaining some of its abilities, with a 90% failure rate.
Snake Eye: Can see infrared.
Snake Arm (Left): Arm like a python's.
Snake Tongue: Can detect special smells in the air.
Combat Power Evaluation: 35 (Getting somewhere)