"Caw caw~~."
A flock of crows flew across the night sky, perhaps slightly weary, and landed on a half-broken utility pole.
Just as the crows settled, a loud crash echoed from below. The pole snapped, sending a large cloud of dust into the air, and the crows screeched and flew away in panic.
"Cough cough~."
A figure, clothed in rags and covered in blood, rose from the ground.
"I told you, this kind of attack and pain has no effect on me."
Nico licked the blood off his palm, his body covered in knife wounds, his face even split in two.
If it were any other ghoul, such injuries would mean death, but Nico didn't mind at all, his face still showing a blissful smile.
Upon close inspection of Nico's gaping wounds, one could see that they bled only slightly, and his entire body lacked muscles, filled instead with tissue resembling Heko modification.
At some unknown time, the Heko behind Nico had disappeared, merging into his body.
"What a strange body structure."
