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chapter 12: hierarchy

  He started to eat her, marking his second kill.

  "I need one more person," he thought, "it's time for me to eat the clumsy girl, but how should I?"

  Thinking for a short amount of time, "I still have the dude I gave the brain eaters to. I have to check on him, then I can find a solution to my problem." ,He checked the monitor to get information on where the dude went. After checking and leaving the small camera room, she leave without being notice by others, only being noticed when he goes toward Gabriel.

  "Hey Gabriel, I think I found the person who stole from me. Thanks for everything, I owe you one."

  "I take some money from you later." He said, smiling,

  "Alright, but I have something to do with you later. Can I come here tomorrow morning to talk about it?"

  “"Sure."

  With that, he leaves, going back to the farming area to find Miss Rose. She was still working when she suddenly spotted Maria walking toward her.

  "So, what happened?" she said, crossing her arms.

  "Someone took my worms."

  "Who?" she said, raising an eyebrow.

  “I don’t know him but we bumped into each other this morning, I saw him take it.”

  “"Okay then, lead the way to him."

  They start walking toward the storage area, where all the foods are stored. The walls are so clean you can see your reflection on them. Every food is organized with name, family tree, and use.

  They go around until they find the bathroom. "He should be here," Maria says.

  "We can wait outside."

  "Yes, but maybe he is destroying the evidence."

  Maria rushes in first, Miss Rose follows. Maria points toward a bathroom and gives a sign to Miss Rose to start opening the doors one by one, slowly.

  While Miss Rose is doing that, she goes toward the bathroom door and closes it. When Miss Rose reaches the right door and opens it, she is shocked to see the state of the man in front of her. He has worms coming out of every hole in his body, even where his eyes should have been. His mouth is wide open, and his tongue is gone.

  While she backs out, a sharp sting following an electric shock knocks her out.

  He got out of Maria, going to eat the man in front of him when a sound interrupts him.

  "What?" he thought, looking more closely when the voice of the brain eater started, "Oh, the benevolent one, please spare us."

  “You can talk?”

  "Indeed, please spare our tribe. We will serve you with our might."

  "How can you serve me?"

  "My tribe can make a connection with you, giving you access to control the mind of another person for a short period of time."

  "That doesn't sound good."

  "Please, think about all the food we can bring you while you don't even have to lift a finger."

  He starts to think, "If I have them, I don't need to get out of this body to create a host and control them. I can send the worms toward the room and ask them to bring them, lower risk with not a lot of backlash."

  "Alright, I will spare you, and what I want is your royalty and work. In return, I provide you with food if there was any."

  "Oh, the great one, you are generous. We accept."

  "So, how do I get you guys around?"

  "The great one, you can throw us into your pocket, or we can stay inside your host's skull. We will not touch your host's brain."

  "I prefer that you get inside the skull. The pocket is a bit risky."

  They start crawling toward Maria, getting up her leg toward her ears and entering her skull. She could feel it, but there was no emotion, no pain to be felt. She became an empty shell for him. After the brain eater resigned in the skull, he got out of Maria and started to eat the man.

  "Huh, lower than last time? What happened, lumina?"

  "The human species bring you 600 or 800 based on their gender. If their brain doesn't exist, their Varloon will be halved."

  "Ok, so can you upgrade the hosting to level 3? If so, do it."

  "Purchase affirmative, you have unlocked hosting level 3."

  "Good, we can start the plan. Let's get this show on the road."

  Miss Rose wakes up in the infirmary. She woke up suddenly and sat up, drenched in sweat, looking around when she spotted the nurse.

  "Calm down, Miss Rose. You were out cold. It's not good for you to sit up this fast."

  "What happened to the body?" she asks, panicking.

  "What body? I think you had a nightmare. We found you unconscious. Looks like you slipped and hit your head. Maria got you here."

  "Really? So there were no bodies?" "I can assure you there were none. By the way, Maria told me she took her worms from the dude when you passed out." "Good... good. I'm going to go back to work." With this, she got up and left the infirmary.

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