Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 230 230. Call of the Wild
Kaiden seemed to have been immersed in a warm hot spring. Under the washing of the spring water, the pain tearing apart his body and soul gradually faded away, and his frowning brows relaxed as he slept.

He dreamed again of his carefree high school days, the praise and love of his classmates and teachers, and the hugs of his beloved parents.

But when he opened his eyes, all the beautiful illusions in the past were shattered, leaving only the narrow, dark carriage and the cold and cruel reality.

He was wearing a blanket, and his wounds had healed under the blanket but his mood was tense. He stared at the back of the driver's seat in front of him and asked anxiously, "Is that lady dead? Did I kill her?"

Dean glanced at him in surprise through the rearview mirror. At this time, he didn't care about his own body, but instead cared about the woman he met. This guy really didn't match his true form.

"Don't worry, I stopped you from losing control, the lady escaped, and you only tore apart two muggers."

"Thanks, man," Kaiden said sincerely towards the man who seriously injured himself, struggling to sit up, "but I don't understand why you keep following me? Since you can defeat me easily, why don't you kill me? ?”

Dean smiled and threw a piece of chocolate behind him.

"I'm still thinking about whether you are an enemy? First, tell me, what species are you, a werewolf?"

Werewolf?

When Kaiden heard this word, he suddenly started laughing, holding his stomach, but his eyes began to turn red as he laughed, and his laughter had a thick nasal and throaty sound.

“I don’t know what I am because that’s not who I am.”

Dean looked at the rearview mirror and said, "You can be more specific about the process. From the beginning, I'm very interested."

Kaiden deeply understood that resistance was futile in front of this dangerous man, so he peeled off a piece of chocolate and stuffed it into his mouth, and suddenly said,

"A few months ago, I was in high school in a middle school in North Carolina. It is no exaggeration to say that I was excellent both in character and academics. I got an A in basically every subject, and I was a four-point star on the school football team. Guard, leading the school team to two Carolina high school football championships."

"The teachers all like me, my classmates adore me, a girl who is as beautiful as a movie star has become my girlfriend, and my parents are proud of me."

“I’m almost committed to a nationally renowned university and my future is bright.”

"Isn't this just someone else's child?" Dean said with a smile, "I guess you are still the king of the homecoming dance every year."

"You're right." Kaiden nodded heavily, then covered his mouth and took a deep breath, "But half a year ago, after a night football game, my perfect life began to take a turn for the worse."

Kaiden's deep gaze turned to the crescent moon in the sky outside the car window.
"That night, a fool repeatedly provoked me and hit me on the field, which made me almost crazy with anger. In the past, for the victory of the team, I would take care of the overall situation, but I don't know what happened that night. The moon was full It was like the bewitching eyes of the devil, weaving sweet lies in my mind. I couldn't suppress my anger, and in front of thousands of spectators on the football field, I jumped on the bastard and gave him a good beating. The face bloomed."

"What's the reason?" Dean asked, "Have you ever thought clearly about why you lost control at that time?"

"I have thought about it for a long time, and now I probably understand that the full moon and the exciting atmosphere at the scene are related to my age. Yes, the day of the game is also my birthday, and my body has undergone some irreversible changes."

"All these complicated factors have led to bad consequences." Kaiden's tone was mixed with excitement and regret.

"I was then punished by the team, interrupted all games and training, and sat on the bench. But this was just the beginning of the nightmare. More weird things happened to me. I was in class, sleeping, and even having sex with my girlfriend. Every now and then, a terrifying scream would sound in my head for no apparent reason.”

"Ouch?" Dean shouted, patting the steering wheel.

Kaiden sighed, "Yes, wolf howls with different strong and weak tones. But I'm not a wolf, how can I understand their language?"

"It seemed like there was an alarm clock in my head that could never be turned off. I couldn't concentrate. My parents took me to several hospitals to no avail, and my academic performance plummeted."

"So in just two months, I not only lost my identity on the football team, but also the love of my teachers. I tried hard to get back these lost things, but I worked for a long time without any effect. I was like a Funny clown. I am becoming more and more manic..." Kaiden paused as he clenched his fists with prominent veins, and looked at the man in front of him with his blue eyes, "Do you know that feeling?"

"I've experienced it." Dean nodded solemnly, recalling in his mind the state when his spirit seriously exceeded his will.

"You should understand how torturous it is, but my parents always encouraged me and told me it was okay. They suggested that I drop out of school and take me to a better hospital for treatment. My girlfriend Selena has always been with me, wrapping me with water-like tenderness. They have always loved me. My persistence became my driving force against the terrible voices and the rage in my heart.”

A trace of emotion flashed in Kaiden's eyes, but his tone became sad,

"On another full moon night, Selena sat with me in the car, held me in her arms, comforted me, and kissed me. I kissed her back, and it was supposed to be a wonderful night."

"But when I kissed her neck, I felt her vigorous vitality, flowing through the body as the blood vessels in her neck. It exuded a strong sweet smell, as sweet as cake, and there was an uncontrollable hunger in my body. Feelings came over me. I, I bit Selena."

Kaiden's blue eyes turned amber in an instant, but under the intimidation of Dean's cold gaze, his heart dropped and quickly recovered.
"For the first time in my life, blood poured into my mouth. It was like Selena's life force passed through my body and opened a shackles in my body. The skin all over my body became numb and itchy, as if there were countless little mice. I crawled underneath, and finally - they all came out!"

The fingers of his left hand groped his smooth right arm as if playing a piano, and his tone became excited.

"Selena screamed in horror, pointed at my furry face, and called me a monster. I was scared and angry, and using my last sanity, I pushed open the car door and ran into the forest!"

"The moon in the sky is like a burning fireball, and the moonlight it shed turned into a scalding flame, which burned my skin to pieces and made me crazy with pain!"

"I lost my mind. I only remember running. I ran endlessly in the dark forest until I was exhausted and passed out."

"When I woke up, the sky was still dark. I was lying next to my house."

There was a long silence in the carriage. Every muscle on Kaiden's face and every skin on his body began to tremble. There was endless fear in his eyes, and an ominous sense of depression surged in the air.

Until Dean hinted it several times.

Kaiden struggled to say a word,

"And my parents are lying in a pool of blood with their bones broken..."

"I lost control and killed the person I loved most...and turned myself into an orphan."

...

breathe…

Dean sighed, scratched his chin, and closed his eyes.

No wonder Kaiden refused to go to the police station as soon as he was rescued and showed such a sad expression in the restaurant.

Killing your loved ones out of control is a nightmare.

No, this is scarier than a nightmare.

"Then what?" Dean didn't know how to comfort him, so he simply changed the subject.

"Selena, who was bitten by me, rushed to my door with a police car and saw me standing next to the bodies of my parents." Kayden wiped away the tears on his face, "I was so scared that I ran away from the crime scene. At the scene, a long life of escape began.”

"The police were chasing me, but every time they came, I could sense the danger ahead of time, like I sensed you were someone special," Kayden said. "But it didn't help. I went from being the star of high school to I became a wanted criminal in embarrassment, I lost my past perfect life and became even more miserable than a homeless person."

"I tried to find a solution, but there was only one word recorded in all the books - suicide." A trace of shame flashed across Caiden's face, "But I didn't have the courage to commit suicide."

"No one wants to commit suicide, let alone you are so young." Dean interjected,
"Other records in the book are all false. Any silver or special wolfsbane potion that can harm a werewolf like me is ineffective. Injury to the heart and brain can heal themselves." Kaiden said to himself, " Moreover, while escaping, I also discovered that it was not just on full-moon nights that I would transform uncontrollably. It seemed that I could transform at any time. Especially when I was emotional or saw blood, the screams in my head would get louder and louder. ring."

Dean nodded, quietly took out the Supernatural Encyclopedia and started recording.
"This primitive power has been lurking in my body, accumulating every minute, waiting for the opportunity to awaken."

"Whenever the moon is full, I can feel the animal nature in my body boiling."

Kaiden clasped his fingers together nervously.

"I have always been afraid that I will lose control again and kill people, especially innocent people, so I have repeatedly thought that instead of killing people uncontrollably at certain times, it is better to consciously control this animal nature and target those who do evil at the right time. ...Kill these thugs and criminals to release the accumulated wolf nature in the body." Dean praised without hesitation, "Good decision, you are generally a person with a sense of justice."

"Who do you think I am? You have also seen that my efforts have little effect," he said with a look of sadness on his face. "Every time I unleash my wolfish nature, I find it hard to stop. I kill everyone I see, regardless of good or bad."

Dean muttered, "You have only been awakened for a few months. You haven't exercised enough, so you can't control it."

"Awakening, what a beautiful word," Kaiden looked at him with wonder, "but don't you think that becoming a werewolf is a disease and a curse? I lost my home because of this, and I carry a painful guilt. I have to face my cowardly self who dare not commit suicide."

Dean fell silent.

Caiden continued, "I escaped from Carolina in such pain and drifted and roamed southwest..."

"To join your grandparents?" Dean asked,

A flash of light flashed in Kaiden's blue eyes, "They have died long ago, and I have no other relatives to find. But during the wandering process, after transforming again and again, I gradually understood the meaning of the cries in my head. ——This is a call, calling me to go to a mysterious place. When I drive in the right direction, the negative impact of the call on me will become less and less."

"Where?" Dean's head was filled with curiosity.
Kaiden hesitated for a while, looking at the darkness outside the car window, his face that was originally as dull as withered straw gained a hint of life.
"Things have gotten to this point, and I don't want to hide anything anymore... It's not far away, continue west, into Arkansas and into the northwest. I have a gut feeling that someone or something important to me lives there. .Maybe it can answer the secret of my transformation."

Dean looked at the young man's longing face and asserted, "I guess your real parents live there,"

"My real parents?" Kaiden was stunned for a moment, then emphasized sadly, "My parents have died in my hands."

"No, according to my experience, this symptom of gradually transforming into a werewolf after adulthood should not be caused by some unexpected stimulation, but stems from a special bloodline."

"If they are your biological parents, they should also have blood, understand your abnormality, and prepare ways to deal with it in advance, instead of being killed by you without any defense."

"You mean I killed my adoptive parents?" Kaiden stood up in the back seat in shock. After hitting the roof of the car, he sat down again in pain, his voice became very harsh, "This is impossible! I I have never heard this statement since I was a child.”

"There is no law that stipulates that they must tell you that you are an adopted son. You cannot be the only werewolf in the world, so your real relatives are still far away."

Caiden lowered his head and fell into deep thought, a deep confusion passing over his face.

Dean waited for him to be quiet for a while, then asked, "You are so powerful when you transform into a werewolf, how could you be caught by a few deformed people?"

"I got lost in the forest on Bear Mountain Road. I was tired and hungry. I was so hungry that I didn't have the strength to turn into a werewolf. In the end, I was knocked unconscious by their family's trap." A trace of anger and panic flashed in Caiden's eyes. "When I woke up, I was lying on the 'operating table' with several pieces of flesh missing from my body."

Uh.

Dean thought about the scene at that time, not to be too cruel.

But it’s a bit too weird for a werewolf to get lost in the forest.

"But the demon family noticed that my missing flesh was growing back and became interested. Instead of killing me directly, they locked me up with chains and tortured me for fun every day. They only gave me a little water."

"I experienced five days of inhumane torture and became weaker and weaker." Caiden said self-deprecatingly. "I sometimes think that if I lost control and killed my family and some innocent people, then I would be killed by the cannibal. It is also a deserved punishment.”

"I was ready to go to hell...but you rescued me again. This may be God's will, allowing me to reach the end of my calling."

"Until now, I was caught by you again."

"I'm done, this is the story of me, Kaiden the Werewolf."

……

After listening to this long story.

Dean tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel and looked at Caiden's perfect face through the rearview mirror, his expression dark and unclear.

Da da da…

Every stroke of his fingers seemed to hit Kaiden's heart. Kaiden turned pale and held his breath, tensing his limbs and clinging to the back seat, as uneasy as a death row prisoner waiting for the final trial.

A strong intuition arose in my heart.

If this man were to kill himself, death would be inevitable.

After a long time, in the tortured silence, he couldn't help but speak.

"You want to bring closure to me?"

"No." Dean said slowly, "You killed many innocent people, but that was not your intention. It was another part of you that was at work."

"Everyone has this part of them that is crazy outside of order. The difference is whether you can control it. You are trying to control it, right."

"Um…"

"Then let's make a deal," Dean said in a tone that could not be refuted, "I will send you to the place where the wolf howls, and during this period, I will help you control your beastly nature through various experiments and prevent you from killing innocent people. , to assist you in solving enemies and troubles that you cannot handle."

"I'm a werewolf, why do you want to help me?" Kaiden asked in a trembling voice, unable to understand.
Dean calmly stated his rules, "What about werewolves? If you have humanity and principles, you are no different from normal humans. And some humans I have seen are worse than beasts and monsters."

"Who are you, an employee of the American Paranormal Department?"

"No, I'm just a feeler on the path to the supernatural."

"Then what should I do?"

"Cooperate with my experiments and obey my instructions. In addition...if you die due to force majeure during or after the completion of the transaction, your body will belong to me. Otherwise, you owe me a favor."

Corpse?What is it used for?
Caiden felt a surge of doubt in his heart, but then he swallowed it into his stomach, gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand forward.

"make a deal!"

Dean shook his hand back, and a large number of reminders appeared in front of his eyes——

You actively triggered the event - Call of the Wild:

Kaiden, a high school student who accidentally killed his adoptive parents and became a fugitive, followed the call in his mind and embarked on the road to find his roots.

Use your abilities to help this young alien return to his hometown, explore the origin of his deformation, his true relatives, get rid of confusion and confusion, and find the direction of wolf life again.

Event Difficulty: At least Moderate
Progress: (5/100)

Duration: 1 months
Reward: At least 190 experience points + special rewards,

……

goo goo goo...

A hungry stomach growled in the carriage. Dean laughed at Caiden, who was looking embarrassed, and threw a new set of clothes to him.

"Get dressed, buddy, let's have a good meal together, and then we're off!"

(End of this chapter)