The cold water enveloped my body, caressing every inch of my bare skin. Unlike the confinement of the bathtub, I now floated in a body of water that seemed boundless – vast like the lake where I had fished with Miura. Though still not in my control, my previously paralyzed limbs finally stirred to life, can't control them fully yet but it's an improvement.
The pain fully subsided, and I felt an energy surge through my body that wanted to shatter the glass that separated me from those soldiers. I could see my eyes' reflection, which was a deep green hue. All I could look at was the man at the front.
Like the other soldiers, he wore a black military uniform with orange stripes. A square star-adorned cap and medals set off his attire. Under the hat, I could see the strands of his fiery red hair. He was still devoid of gray hair. His cat-like yellow eyes were readily visible despite the darkness of the room. this man with the severe face is my father.
"you are finally awake."
The last time I saw him was a few months ago on my mother's birthday, but the last time we spoke was seven years ago. This was the first time he opened his mouth to speak to me since that day.
" you will be transferred to the base where you will live from now on. You will be placed in a rehabilitation program in order to get used to your new body before you become an official member of the army. The rehabilitation period extends from one to three years, depending on how well you adjust."
"As you are aware, your diet will also change. Your new diet is ready, and you will eat in our presence now."
He raised his hand and two soldiers advanced, and they did so with such unsteadiness that the pot they were barely lifting was about to spill its contents. The two of them approached the glass capsule that was my cage and opened a metal door at the bottom of the capsule. With difficulty, they lifted the pot and spilled its contents within the door before hearing the echo of the pot hitting the solid ground in this empty chamber.
At the bottom of my glass capsule, a door opened, through which passed a black substance that contained remnants of green within it. Those remnants were veins, and the black substance was meat, specifically aloki meat, which became my new diet.
This meat has contaminated the water of my capsule with a dark green color. I have never eaten meat in my life, and now this will be the only thing I am allowed to consume until I die, at which point the empire will continue to experiment on my corpse until it becomes worthless and is thrown in the closest landfill.
I had yet to recognize my new physique. My reflection in the glass wasn't clear. and There were no displays in the chamber I looked down to see that my body had grown larger and had lost all of its hair. This is when I noticed something...I was swimming in this glass capsule, naked and those soldiers, including my father, were watching me swim. In addition, they were anticipating a show in which I would consume the meat.
This was a new type of humiliation that I had never experienced before. There were females between the soldiers in the chamber looking in the capsule as if they were looking at a sea creature in an aquarium. None of them looked at me as a human, let alone a man, so their looks were stern without any embarrassment. I'm not sure if I gave the command or if my arms automatically moved to conceal my intimate region in an attempt to at least slightly lessen the shame.
Luckily, the chunk of flesh drifted to me, saving me from having to swim, I could smell it, like I was outside in nature instead of in a big tank. There was a particular fragrance to this beef that made my nose wrinkle. I sucked the meat into my enormous mouth, which widened and resembled a drain. There are no adequate words to describe this meat except exquisite. My life was lacking something, and now that I have this raw flesh, it is full. What I thought would be humiliation and punishment ended up being one of the highlights of my life.
I haven't swallow that delicious piece of meat yet. I kept chewing it until I absorbed every drop of that green nectar. I didn't give a damn about what people behind the glass thought of me. Look as you want; I do not care. I found my happiness in this small piece of meat, and I do not care about how others view me or even how you look at me father.
With a look of disgust and contempt, my father turned his back and quietly withdrew from the chamber with his hands behind his back. The sound of chewing on a piece of meat drowned out the sound of his feet stepping away, which became weaker and weaker. then he stopped, which made me stop chewing for a moment, and I looked at him, suspecting he might say something, but instead he lets out a faint sigh; he walks with quiet steps with echoes in the chamber before disappearing completely.
I eventually swallowed it, as soon as he left the chamber, the taste of meat vanished. I looked up to see the soldiers staring at me. Along with hostility, there was also revulsion and disdain. Not every soldier was open to cooperating with those who were similar to me. I don't hold it against them. We are very similar to the aloki, Humanity's first enemy, and our precarious position was exacerbated by our appearance simultaneously with the aloki.
Since it didn't appear like the soldiers would leave me alone in the room anytime soon, nor that they would stop observing my naked body very soon, I decided to ignore them. It was time for me to give my new physique some attention.
my body has grown larger, and I think I'm now around 12 feet tall. I now have to bend down before I enter any doors going forward; my skin tone and body appearance are both still human; it's just hairless. My head changed the most; I'm not sure what changed. All I can say is that it's balder and bigger.
The number of my teeth has multiplied to an unbelievable degree, perhaps 100 teeth. I can see the green shine that appears from my eyes, perhaps because the reflection is not clear or I do not have a nose anymore. I will check that later.
I was now active and full of energy, and I had nothing to do in this tank, and I did not think that these soldiers had the desire to have a chitchat with me.
At least ten hours separate my cottage from the base. I feel this trip is going to be longer than expected, and it will be incredibly boring.
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In the temporary office set up for him inside the transport vehicle, he sat by himself. However, on his office desk were several reports and documents that awaited for him to look at them and sign. He preferred, but was accustomed to paper work since he was a vice commander, and his commander took advantage of his ignorance and had him do most of the paperwork.
He let the pen drop to the desk once more. He didn't think he could look at the documents despite the amount of work that had accumulated. He had waited impatiently for this day, and now, finally, after fifteen years, he has removed that disgusting creature from his house, had it not been for his wife's begging for him on that day, seven years ago. He would have killed him and gone to trial without caring.
After feeding the creature and letting it live beneath his house for years, he finally felt satisfied for the first time. He had to share the dinner table with the thing every year, but now that he was free of it permanently, he became an issue for the empire. He'll never let the letters from his wife get to him.
He doesn't give a damn about what that creature does with his life going forward as long as he stays away from his family.
His smile was so big almost threatening to rip his face apart.
Today he finally got his freedom