“Monster—”
“There, there’s a monster!!!!”
“Help—!”
Nagumo stood bewildered under a tree, shivering as a cold wind blew past.
He saw many male and female students, Japanese uniforms and mini-skirts, slender long legs exuding youthful beauty.
He saw a female student’s beautiful face instantly contort in terror and horror, disregarding the spring scenery beneath her short skirt, turning to flee in a panic.
The screams gradually became clearer.
Nagumo also saw the zombie-like monsters in the distance, gasping, and, ignoring his transmigration, he fled with the students.
Damn, there really are monsters?!
What kind of set have I transmigrated to?
Just as he caught up to a girl in front and was about to strike up a conversation while fleeing, the girl seemed to sense movement behind her, looked back, and immediately looked as if she had seen a ghost, her face turning green, her eyes rolling back.
“Ah—!!!”
Thump.
She fainted.
“…”
Nagumo:???
You know that’s very rude, right?
“How rude!
Are all Japanese students this impolite?
Even if I’m fierce… huh?”
Nagumo raised his hand, and his wriggling tentacles extended.
His mouth widened little by little.
He looked down and finally saw his current appearance.
This wasn’t a matter of being fierce or not… he was actually a grotesque Tentacle Monster!
Holy cow, Cthulhu?!
What’s going on?!
Nagumo, who was cursing wildly… only then realized that he had been talking to himself in his mind the whole time, unable to make any sound.
And there were tentacles that he could control as freely and flexibly as fingers.
In his shock, he gradually fell into despair.
“Are you kidding me!
Transmigrating is one thing, but why a Tentacle Monster?!
Even in Saya no Uta, well, Saya was at least a cute girl in everyone’s eyes… Even if I’m a Tentacle Monster, at least let me keep a human appearance?!”
Pain~ Heart-wrenching pain.
[Nagumo] (Tentacle Monster)
Strength: D
Durability: C
Agility: E
Magic: F
Skills: [Rapid Recovery] [Desire Breath]
Evolution Points: 0/100
The interface that appeared in his vision abruptly stopped his painful complaints.
Nagumo’s graceful tentacles swayed in the air.
“Is this my cheat?
Wait, Evolution Points…”
“Ah ah ah ah ah ah—!!!”
His attention was interrupted.
It was dusk now, the sky was gloomy, and the chaos in the school had begun to spread.
Screams, chaos, weeping—all sorts of sounds made him frown as he looked around.
He found that besides himself, there were many other Tentacle Monsters.
They were human-like, like walking dead zombies, with black whites in their eyes, blood-red pupils, and hideous expressions.
Bloody tentacles protruded from their backs, tearing through their clothes.
Their appearance was somewhat reminiscent of Ghouls.
And the students killed by these Ghouls, ah, no, these Tentacle Monsters, seemed to become one of them, turning into Tentacle Monsters…
This contagiousness—
“Although they’re clearly just cannon fodder, even cannon fodder monsters can look human.
Why am I an alien instead?” Nagumo rolled on the ground, frantically distressed and conflicted.
No normal human would want to become a Tentacle Monster, right?
If he didn’t have his cheat, he would probably have fallen into despair by now.
“Japanese school, Tentacle Monster.
I didn’t transmigrate into an eroge world and become one of those blonde villains, did I?” Looking at his unique monster form again, he clearly looked like one of the Three Demon Generals or Four Heavenly Kings among the villains.
Distinguishing him from those cannon fodder characters.
Nagumo comforted himself, although he had no interest in Demon Generals or Heavenly Kings.
He drooped his head, “No choice.
Since I can’t change it, I can only accept reality.”
“Besides, I still have my cheat.
Perhaps it can turn me back into a human.
Evolution Points, huh…”
As he muttered, he caught sight of a humanoid Tentacle Monster not far away, staggering towards him.
If one ignored the tentacles on his back, he was almost indistinguishable from a zombie.
The tentacles extending from his back were binding a girl.
“Woo—”
The silently weeping girl struggled weakly, only able to sob.
Nagumo frowned.
It seemed chaos had already broken out here.
The scene before him was just the tip of the iceberg of the school’s collapse, but it made him feel uncomfortable.
Although he was now a Tentacle Monster and could also join in tormenting these girls, but…
Whoosh—!
Tentacles converged in front of him, forming a sharp arrow that shot out.
The zombie-like humanoid Tentacle Monster had its head severed, and its body was torn to pieces by the blade-like tentacles.
Pfft!!!
It was so easy to cut, like cutting tofu.
The cruel and bloody scene did not shake Nagumo’s mind in the slightest.
The tentacles binding the girl fell off, and she scrambled to her feet in terror, not even thinking why that monster had saved her, stumbling and fleeing into the distance.
Nagumo ignored her escape, focusing his attention on the panel that only he could see.
[1/100]
“It really increased.
Like in a game, killing monsters gives experience points?” Nagumo sneered, “Women are nowhere near as interesting as leveling up and getting stronger?”
He would see what he could evolve into when these Evolution Points reached one hundred.
Nagumo roughly understood how his cheat worked.
As for the strength of his attributes, it was very easy to take down that Tentacle Monster just now.
He stood beside the scattered bits of flesh and gore, “Although they’re all Tentacle Monsters, I can’t consider these scumbags my kin.
Transformation, extension… Tsk, using such powerful tentacles to play with women?
How decadent!”
Pah!
Tentacle Monster:???
Are you sure you’re not the anomaly among tentacles?!
However, after he got the first kill, the nearby monsters, who had originally considered him one of them, all turned around.
Their hideous, blood-red eyes stared at Nagumo.
They roared and rushed towards him.
The tentacles on their bodies transformed into deadly weapons and attacked, the sound of them cutting through the air reverberating.
Nagumo controlled his tentacles just as easily as his own limbs.
He leaped back five meters.
The tentacles clashed, and the cannon fodder minions were like ants trying to shake a tree, crumbling at the slightest touch.
Pfft—!!!
Severed.
A minute later, Nagumo leisurely left the garden path, which was covered in monster corpses, preparing to go to the courtyard to farm monsters.
There were many students there, so there should be many Tentacle Monsters as well.
“Sigh, even though I’ve become a monster, I’m committing such atrocious acts against my own kind.” Of course, he only said that; in his heart, he didn’t consider these disgusting Tentacle Monsters as his kin.
He still maintained human concepts in his mind.
Besides, even if he wasn’t human, he should be at the Cthulhu level.
How could he be the same kind as these cannon fodder monsters?
Isn’t that belittling himself?
[10/100]
One zombie Tentacle Monster was one Evolution Point.
However, Nagumo also discovered that although his strength and durability crushed the weaklings, his tentacles could also be injured and were not as invincible as he imagined.
“This [Rapid Recovery] skill is pretty good; it can speed up the healing of my injuries.
As for that [Desire Breath]… it should be some kind of aphrodisiac ability?
Tsk, useless skill.”
Dada da—
Suddenly, there was a rapid patter of footsteps around the corner ahead.
Someone was approaching quickly.
Nagumo’s tentacles glowed red in the setting sun, poised for action.
“Huff, huff… What exactly are these things?
Why are there so many monsters in the school!” The refreshing, flowing blue-haired girl with a high ponytail ran while looking back at the Tentacle Monsters chasing her.
The girl bit her pearly teeth firmly, her face full of determination, yet she couldn’t control her fear and pounding heart.
Even if the school hadn’t completely fallen, it wasn’t far off.
It was already surrounded by monsters, and there was no escape.
Sakuragami Natsumi’s long ponytail swayed as she pursed her red lips.
Just moments ago, during her escape, she had seen many students killed and tormented by these monsters.
If she were caught…
She couldn’t think about it!
Forcing back her inner sorrow, the girl rushed to the corner of the building ahead.
As soon as she turned, a cold, gleaming tentacle was inches from her brow, making her stop abruptly, her face pale.
It’s over, it’s over!!
The zombie Tentacle Monsters behind also surrounded her.
With no escape, Sakuragami Natsumi fell into despair, her nose stinging.
She finally couldn’t hold back the grief in her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Is it going to end here?
“Woo…”