The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 642 - 640: Communication Between Octopus Legs

William awoke amidst the embrace of octopus tentacles, yet in reality, he hadn’t even set out to sea but was merely at the edge of the factory’s swimming pool.

Without hurrying to break free from his currently bound state, he engaged in ’friendly communication’ with Catherine,

"When did I start dreaming? Was it when I stretched out my hand to touch the seawater and began observing?"

After William posed his question, the octopus tentacles engulfing him slowly revealed a cold, pale woman’s head—Catherine herself.

However, her hair was not tied in a ponytail, nor was she wearing makeup, resembling a head severed from a corpse.

"Oh no~ it was when you tried to analyze the structure of the swimming pool, from the moment you stared at the seawater, you started dreaming... That’s not like you, William. You should be mean and cautious, not falling into traps so easily, right?

Moreover, I can distinctly feel how tired you are today, especially on a physical level. After entering the dream, you didn’t struggle at all but were completely engrossed in it.

Could it be you had been having fun all day with those sisters before coming here and got completely drained?"

"No, Mr. Rabbit has returned~ I was just about to meet with you when I was invited to the Rabbit Immortal Castle, fortunately completing the training given by Mr. Rabbit before the day ended."

"No wonder you smell strongly of sweat, so you were with the rabbit. That’s nice, favored by the boss and liked by the circus’ second in command."

Catherine’s head moved freely among the octopus tentacles as if independent, appearing beside William, above his head, and occasionally between his legs.

"Catherine, did you want me here for something?"

"Hmm? Isn’t it you who wanted to understand me?

And yet you sent that parasite over. You really are selfish... Knowing full well how dangerous ’Clown House’ is, and yet you let Nash risk possibly getting killed by Art while investigating me."

"I only sent Nash to investigate you externally; choosing to go to the Clown House was his own decision."

"Fine, stop explaining... Using people is what you do best, isn’t it? Okay, let’s not talk about that disgusting parasite for now; even thinking about his made-up human face disgusts me.

The dream just now should have shown you enough information, right?

Didn’t expect you to be so kind, trying to help the sisters.

But one thing surprised me, you actually saw ’Fish Origin’ – which made the subsequent dreams extremely realistic, so much so that you almost died in there."

As she spoke,

William felt a sharp pain in his lower body, the sensation of something being pulled out,

The octopus tentacles, which had been undulating and floating on his body, were actually absorbing the fish scale structures growing on William’s skin, which was not originally Catherine’s intention.

She hadn’t expected William to have seen Fish Origin,

This directly caused a ’deep connection’ between nightmares and memory, evolving into a unique and unlikely branch of nightmares, leading to Fish Origin taking advantage of the already exhausted William, who started growing fish scales on his body.

William, however, didn’t care; he could clean up such a level of infection by himself.

What concerned him more was what Catherine said just now, suggesting some problems, "Catherine, can you not fully control the nightmares?"

"Let me borrow a description of ’nightmares’ from a book - ’Nightmares are not controlled by logic, and if they can be explained, they lose their original charm.’

Nightmares will always exist; I just have some control over them. Sometimes, for some reason, nightmares become chaotic and disorderly, beyond even my ability to stabilize."

"So, how did you see Fish Origin? Can you tell me about it?"

Catherine’s head moved effortlessly between his legs, smiling and waiting for the story to begin. If the story contained fictitious elements or dissatisfied her, William would face some form of physical punishment.

"It happened like this."

William directly narrated his experience during a gentleman’s inspection period in the form of a short story, titled ’Lake Town Horror’.

The thrilling plot completely captivated Catherine and brought out the innocence she once had in her pupils.

Especially when William reached the bottom of the lake in his human form and touched the gigantic eye, she almost cried out,

"Fish eye! This is one of Nashatara’s favorite creations, eyes like these are everywhere in Arc Sea, watching every corner..."

"You actually reached out with a human body, typical of you, William! So strong that it makes people hesitant to hit you."

William seized the opportunity to bring up a matter of great concern to him, "Catherine, you are also a creation of the experiment... or should I say, the only one who escaped from the deep sea."

This statement made Catherine burst into hysterical laughter, with seawater continuously spilling from her dark mouth and her tentacles swirling around inside.

"Haha, don’t think of me as incredible as you~ It wasn’t just me who escaped; there was a group of us. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

But in the end, only I survived under the protection of the circus, while the others were captured and taken back."

"So, you’re saying it was a ’joint jailbreak’ you all decided on in secret?"

"It wasn’t as easy as that~

The laboratory you saw in your dreams is just a scene imagined by combining your subconscious impression of ’laboratory’ with the keywords I gave you,

The real underwater laboratory is much more complex than that, and it’s impossible to escape from there.

Even if we did manage to escape the lab, as long as we were still within the reach of the ocean, everything was under the control of Fish Origin.

The only reason we could escape from the Arc Sea was due to a failed experiment that caused turmoil throughout the deep sea, involving Fish Origin as well."

The deep-sea earthquake severely damaged the laboratory. The containers imprisoning us also broke, and the sealed doors were completely crushed, flooding the place with a vast amount of seawater.

Even then, even though we broke free from all control of Fish Origin at that moment, only 2% of the sisters participated in the escape; the rest of the sisters even tried to stop us.

The moment we stepped on land, many sisters thought they had escaped the clutches and relaxed,

but I kept running, running to the farthest corner and disguising myself as an ordinary patient in a small town. By a stroke of luck, the circus happened to come nearby for a trial operation and talent recruitment."

"One question, Catherine, since you’re an ’escapee’... where did the deep sea water filling your current pool come from?"

"Oh, that~ I am a very cautious person~

I had been imagining how to escape the laboratory, escape the ocean... and considering whether staying away from the sea for a long time would adversely affect my body.

When I escaped, I coincidentally stole a type of water condensing device from the lab, which stored enough sea water to fill the current pool. In case my body felt unwell after living on land for a long time, I could use these waters to nourish my body.

Who knew there would be no discomfort, just taking a bath every night is enough.

I had hidden this device deep in a cave behind that town, and just recently remembered it and retrieved it.

But well..."

Catherine deliberately paused, her head swimming up between William’s legs,

and when she reached his abdomen, it was clear that Catherine’s head was indeed detached, carried by slender octopus legs.

Her head quickly approached William, stretching out a tongue with suckers to lick his chin.

"William, since you are so eager to help those unknown girls in your dreams, would you be willing to do me a favor?"

"What favor?"

"Help me bring back some things from ’home’. Although I can live normally without relying on the deep sea, in certain aspects, especially the deepening and development of the ’Deep Sea Epidemic’, it has become very slow.

Especially after I completed the path, my desire for the deep sea became even stronger.

Help me bring back more seawater, and it has to be the kind with a high concentration of pathogens, and if possible, some ’octopus essence’ which can be found in the laboratory."

"If you want me dead, just say so..."

"How could I bear to let you die~ And after all, we’re colleagues, right?

Anyway, inviting you here tonight was to talk about this. Whether you do it or not is up to you. If you decide to go, I can personally take you to the seaside and give you some tips on entering the sea.

As long as you can bring back the ’specialty of my old home’, I’ll be at your beck and call afterward.

Even if it involves me hiding in a cabinet ahead of time with a camera to film your interaction with the sisters, or even Mr. Rabbit’s training, I’ll cooperate completely and can even participate~"

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