The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 155: Chapter 154 Conditions

The tips of the two wooden boats just touched, forming a straight line across the center of the lake.

An unintended creation of the Twilight Clinic, the perpetrator of the False Moon incident, the origin of the new Moon Transformation Disease, the unrestrained Patient Zero.

Moon Trace Lorrian, Lorrian, the Moonscars.

In this meeting, Lorrian seemed to have gained more understanding of the world and mastered deeper methods of concealment, preventing Yi Chen from seeing the “Frame System” that should have been visible above his head.

If it weren’t for the female doctor by his side, one might actually mistake him for an ordinary human.

Lorrian stretched his right arm toward the sky, his palm making slight stirring motions… The dense clouds were instantly dispersed somewhat, casting down a spotlight-like effect of moonlight, coincidentally landing on the center of the lake.

With Cold Lake as a stage, and the two as its main characters.

The primary purpose of this moonlight was disguise and concealment.

If someone happened to pass by the lakeside of the cemetery, looking towards the center of the lake, they would see nothing at all.

“Alright, now no one will disturb us, let’s continue our conversation. How about it? My request is quite simple, to cross through the passage to the Old World on the other side.”

“Why don’t you go yourself? You’re a patient, surely you can find some Grey Zone with a passage to cross through?”

Lorrian patiently explained:

“You think too simply~ Those passages that once existed have long since expanded, distorted, and decayed with the passage of time, some have even transformed into Abysses, occupied by various patient forces, some even more formidable than I.

Moreover, those large passages and abysses lead directly to the deep parts of the Old World, which is troublesome.

I currently belong to no faction, and I do not want to get too entangled with these characters, I just want to go and see what the place of origin of the disease looks like, why it has spread to this world?”

This declaration sounded very discordant to Yi Chen,

It didn’t sound like something a patient would say, more like a human… But then again, upon reflection, Lorrian was indeed different from the typical patients, and his rationale indeed made sense.

Compared to Lene, the “Patient of Life – Lene” he had met in the village, who had a definite pathological origin and was drawn over by some mysterious force from the Old World after she completed Open Source,

Lorrian, being Patient Zero, did not belong to any pathogen and had no direct connection with the Old World.

Lorrian, who had transformed from a human, indeed made sense wanting to see the birthplace of the disease in the Old World.

Yi Chen nodded slightly, reluctantly accepting his explanation, and continued to ask:

“Then you must have sensed the emergence of the ‘new passage’ from Holy Grail Mountain, which brought you close to this area, and that’s how you coincidentally met me here.

Since the newly formed passage that only goes to the surface layer of the Old World fits your needs, why not just go directly, why seek me out?”

“Your organization’s ‘Watcher’ is not to be underestimated. If I were to force my way through, I might end up severely injured, and arriving on the other side with injuries could be really troublesome if I encounter some unforeseen dangers.

After all, I have not been to the Old World before, it’s necessary to be cautious, isn’t it?

Relax~ All you need to do is sneak past the Watcher, get me successfully to the other end of the passage, and I will leave on my own initiative.”

At this point,

Moon Trace Lorrian suddenly stood up, stepped onto the shaky wooden boat beside Yi Chen,

bent forward,

and as his silver hair brushed past Yi Chen’s scalp, his bloodless lips came close to Yi Chen’s ear, his right hand covering, whispering a secret between the two of them.

“If you don’t agree, I’ll kill everyone in the town, including your girlfriend and the new chubby kid you’ve met… Of course, I am a man of my word, after killing them, I will let you leave alone.”

Ater whispering, Lorrian gently patted Yi Chen’s shoulder and returned to his own boat, waiting for a response.

Yi Chen asked without changing his expression:

“How are you going to pass? It’s not possible to disguise you as a corpse and carry you all the way there, right?”

“Hey~ You really are a Tomb Guardian, thinking of such a crude method, ‘Watcher’ is not easily fooled.

I’ve already thought of two safest, most reliable solutions, you can choose either one.

First, I immediately kill one of your teammates, then use ‘Perfect Performance’ to disguise as them, and when we meet the Watcher, we need the cooperation of spoken assistance to bluff our way through.”

“Impossible…”

“I knew you were a principled, humane guy and definitely wouldn’t accept the first option.

Let us talk about the safer option two then.”

Saying this,

Moon Trace pointed at the female doctor by his side.

“First, let me introduce, this is my newly improved atypical patient, also one of my favorite female doctors, I haven’t given her a name…[She]is fine to be referred to as this for now.

After leaving Twilight Clinic, I visited many human cities and had private exchanges with some highly skilled doctors, usually taking their most flexible finger at the end of our meetings.

A total of thirteen fingers have been attached to her body, and after long-term training, she has become very proficient in various types of surgical procedures.”

During the introduction, the fingers connected to the female doctor’s body via catheters also swayed, seemingly greeting Yi Chen.

“The second option is very simple, it requires no one’s death.

We only need to perform a surgery on site, cut off half of your body, and then sew me into it.

Once we successfully head to the Old World, I will voluntarily separate from you.”

“Do you want to take over my body?”

As Yi Chen cast this critical question, Lorrian hastily waved his hand to deny it, “Although I am very interested in you and was initially insistent on combining with you to return to the ‘Dual Moon Form.’

But now, my combination with Elton John (a Moon Transformation patient with performing abilities, former theater owner) is going well.

I don’t need you for the time being.”

At this moment, Moon Trace removed the medical gauze from his right eye.

A full moon pupil emerged, its surface still marred with some impurities, needing more time to recuperate.

“Even if I really wanted to take over your body, not now.

Your current developmental state is very good, much better than I anticipated. I would not obstruct such development by grafting an imperfect body prematurely.@@novelbin@@

This time, I am merely asking you for help, don’t slap me with the villain label.

Compared to some of you humans, I am quite benevolent.”

“Benevolent? The benevolence that wipes out an entire city?” Yi Chen retorted fearlessly.

“Don’t talk nonsense, I just placed the moon in the sky, never getting involved personally… And besides, they might not see it as a slaughter but more as a ‘Promotion Selection.’

That’s enough~ If we delay any longer, your chubby friend might come along with the Tomb Guardian to find you, tell me your decision.”

There was never really a choice to begin with, but Yi Chen had been aware of this from the start,

“Option two, but I have three conditions.

1. You can cut off half of my body, but my entire brain must be preserved.

2. Bury the cut-off part of my body at the bottom of the lake and conceal it using your abilities.

3. You may not interfere with any of my actions during the climb.”

“Hmm~ I can agree to the first two, but this third one, we need to talk it over a bit.

If you are not strong enough and about to die, letting me help you out a bit shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

“That’s fine.”

“Then let us begin the surgery!”

Moon Trace Lorrian, having learned gentlemanly manners, elegantly extended a hand to lead Yi Chen to his wooden boat,

After the female doctor flashed a disturbingly eerie smile through her black hair, she plunged a knife into Yi Chen’s neck, slicing it open along the centerline.