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FliesAuthor: Unno Juza

Original Title	蠅
Author	海野十三
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	In a world where the mundane collides with the macabre, flies become harbingers of unimaginable horrors. A scientist’s curiosity awakens a monstrous insect from a gargantuan egg, unleashing chaos. A mysterious plague sweeps a city, traced to engineered flies carrying deadly pathogens—a twisted mind’s cruel experiment. Domestic bliss unravels when a man discovers his intimate life surveilled through an artificial fly concealing a camera. Cosmic rays warp biology, birthing two-headed insects and triggering grotesque transformations in humans. Espionage takes a lethal turn as a robotic fly weaponizes sound waves to massacre soldiers. Desolation drives a man to madness as swarms of flies hint at his wife’s grisly fate. And in a lab experiment gone awry, growth serum turns a harmless insect into a ravenous predator. Each tale weaves science, paranoia, and existential dread, where humanity’s hubris invites catastrophe. From forgotten jungles to sterile labs, these interconnected stories spiral into surreal nightmares, leaving readers questioning what lurks in the shadows of their own world—and the fragile line between control and chaos.