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Paddock No. 11
After Jack and the female Indominus Rex were sent in, the security door slammed shut behind them, sealing them inside the enclosed cage.
"Roar!!"
The female Indominus immediately flew into a frenzy, charging around the enclosure, biting at the reinforced walls, and clawing at the surface in a desperate attempt to escape.
But there was no way out.
Jack remained calm, pacing slowly through the paddock as he took in his surroundings and familiarized himself with the terrain.
When he looked up toward the observation deck, he couldn't see through the one-way glass with the naked eye.
But thanks to the heat-sensing ability granted by the viper gene, he could detect the infrared outlines of several human figures behind the glass.
They had no idea—while they watched the beast, the beast was watching them right back.
Jack turned away, uninterested.
By now, it had been a full week since his birth.
[The Tyrannosaurus Rex gene "Strength Lv1" has evolved to Lv2. Muscle strength has doubled.]
[Strength Lv2 (0/50)]
His days had been simple: eat, sleep, and train in secret.
He'd quietly accumulated over ten gene points, pouring most of them into the [Strength] trait from the Tyrannosaurus Rex lineage.
That investment had paid off—his strength had doubled.
"Muscle strength doubled."
"Not bad."
"Open my data panel."
[Name]: Jack
[Age]: 7 days
[Race]: Indominus Rex (Male)
[Life Level]: Exotic
[Physical Data]: 1 meter in length, 100 kilograms
[Integrated Genes]: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, Therizinosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Squid, Tree Frog, Viper, and more than 10 others. (Click to view details.)
[Genetic Abilities Mastered]:
Growth Speed Lv2
Strength Lv2
Bite Force Lv1
Running Speed Lv1
[Gene Points Remaining]: 0
In just seven days, Jack had grown several times in size.
By comparison, the female Indominus was noticeably smaller—maybe only half his weight.
Still, he stayed cautious.
She was aggressive, intelligent, and unpredictable—a dangerous combination.
Sharing such a confined space with her was like sleeping next to a loaded weapon.
Sooner or later, there would be conflict.
Jack saw only two options: kill her and eliminate the risk, or dominate her so thoroughly that she wouldn't dare to defy him again.
Killing her would be a waste.
She was the only other of his kind.
If he could tame her, she could become a powerful ally.
"Roar~~"
After realizing there was no escape, the female finally calmed down.
Suddenly, a mechanical whir echoed from outside the paddock.
Feeding time.
A crane arm extended over the wall, lowering a hefty chunk of mutton on a steel hook before dropping it into the enclosure.
"Roar!"
Jack moved toward it out of habit, but stopped short.
The female had already claimed the meat, standing over it and letting out a low, warning growl.
'Are you guarding the food?'
Food-guarding is natural animal behavior.
The root cause is that the female Indominus Rex believes her status is higher than Jack's, so she forcibly claims the food as her own.
This was Jack's first real interaction with a female Indominus Rex.
Establishing the hierarchy was crucial—those lower in rank would inevitably be bullied by those above.
It reminded him of the male Indominus Rex from the movie, constantly bullied by the female until he was ultimately eaten—a miserable fate.
"Roar!!"
Now bigger and stronger, Jack wasn't about to be polite.
He lunged forward and sank his teeth into the female's neck.
She fought back fiercely.
Jack twisted her neck hard, using his powerful forelimbs to slam her to the ground, crushing the weeds beneath them.
The female bit Jack's neck in retaliation, but she lacked the strength to overpower him.
She staggered, losing her balance.
Boom!
She fell heavily, snarling fiercely and stretching her neck defiantly—but then Jack rained down blows.
Bang bang bang!
Though young, Jack's shark-like teeth and sickle-shaped claws were deadly, amplified by his doubled strength.
The damage could have been fatal.
Yet Jack held back. If he'd wanted to kill her, she would have been dead long ago.
Minutes later, the female Indominus, bruised and swollen from Jack's relentless beating, finally gave in.
She flipped over, exposing her belly in a clear sign of submission.
"Come on, you're so weak. Now you know who's boss."
Jack released her and turned back to his food.
The female remained on the ground, not daring to move, watching him eat first.
Only after Jack had finished did he roar, signaling she could eat.
She wasted no time, climbing up and devouring the remaining meat in large, greedy bites.
"Training animals has to start young," Jack mused, watching the scene with satisfaction.
The current her was far from the murderous beast she could have become.
With his guidance, she wouldn't spiral into madness.
"By the way, she needs a name."
Jack thought for a moment.
He recalled that the velociraptor leader in the movie was named Blue as blue stripes ran down her body.
Her skin was a pale grayish white, so Gray seemed fitting.
In the following days, Jack's routine gained a new task: training Gray.
They sparred to hone combat skills and build experience.
He enforced orders and set rules to instill obedience.
Gray's intelligence rivaled higher primates—she quickly learned the techniques and rules.
In Paddock No. 11, their every move was monitored around the clock, but their behavior never attracted human suspicion.
To observers, they were playing.
Before he knew it, three months had passed since Jack and Gray's births.