The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 181: Chapter 180: Escape from Predicament

Yi Chen, who stayed in the middle of the bathroom, temporarily had no inclination to contend for a shower spot, continuously exhaling white breath.

“It’s indeed cold, but my body can endure it for a while.

Not only is it due to the physical training given by teacher Zede, but also because I have been wearing gentleman’s clothes for a long time, the trait of ‘Skin’ has partially ‘assimilated and transferred’ to me.

It might only be about 10% of the garment’s effect, but it can also provide some warmth.”

Scanning around the rectangular bathroom and noticing two warm water supply points, Yi Chen’s gaze revealed a hint of confusion.

“Only having two shower points is normal, as if it’s hinting that Moon Scar and I need to break out of the enclosed bathroom area to each take one… but that’s not actually the case.

The simplest way is for Moon Scar and me to join forces and occupy one of the warm showers; it’s possible for two people to shower together as well.

If we consider the ‘shower points’ as safe zones, as long as we internally agree to let 2-3 people share one shower point for the hot water, we could potentially save up to six people.

Is it really so?

What if the hot water supply is cut off or suddenly switches to strong acid or cold water? Could it be possible that these shower spots are just misleading distractions?”

Yi Chen recalled the Golden Dice thrown in his dream, where “9 points” corresponded to a high difficulty that strengthened Yi Chen’s belief in his own intuition, confirming that these shower spots are merely cognitive misleads.

“If all shower points are deceptive, then where is the real answer hidden? Little Grape!”

As Yi Chen called out, his vision was amplified, scanning the entire bathroom at the highest speed.

Of course,

nobody else had thoughts like Yi Chen’s,

Driven by the relentless push of the freezing Reaper, everyone instinctively pursued the closest survival point, which was the evidently nearest warm shower.

The melee battle ensued right after.

The orphans, stripped of their clothes and disarmed, could only engage in hand-to-hand combat. Each one of them had emerged from deadly household conflicts and, despite being just children, they were proficient in various lethal skills, executing them with swift and precise moves.

Kicking the groin, gouging eyes, choking.

Just one mistake could almost instantly determine the victor.

One of the boys, with a sinister look, a thin elongated body, and dragging black hair, swiftly dodged and penetrated with his arm… swish! He directly pierced through another taller boy’s temple with his two fingers, his deliberately grown fingernails piercing the brain, killing him instantly.

Not just that,

he swiftly pulled out his fingers soaked in brain fluid, sucked them for a while, and then used his nails to slit open the chest of the slain.

Crack!

He forcefully broke off a suitably long rib as a weapon.

As he was assessing the rib in his hand, getting ready to join the fight for the shower spot… silently and unnoticed, a silver-haired youth with his eyes covered in bandages approached his side.

“Just suitable!”

He flicked his hand, stabbing the rib straight at the silver-haired youth’s heart.

Crack—a very subtle sound of joint movement.

The silver-haired youth, without any apparent movement, shifted his body slightly sideways, the incoming rib just grazing past him.

This advanced evasion skill made the boy with flowing black hair sense inherent danger, marking the silver-haired youth as a dangerous person, decisively abandoning the idea of hostility and attempting to retreat swiftly.

Just as he was about to turn and flee, huff—a breath of cold air targeted at his neck, as if to sever his artery directly.

The silver-haired youth was already close behind him, ready to strike at any moment.

“Don’t kill me! I am willing to do anything for you…”

“Good, then give me your skin~”@@novelbin@@

As soon as the words were out, his Achilles tendon was slashed, and the youth with black hair fell hard to the ground.

Moreover, the fresh rib which he held was taken from him, using the sharp tip of the rib, the assailant swiftly cut open the youth’s back. New Moon eyes rapidly deconstructed the youth’s bodily structure, hands deftly performing the ‘Skin Stripping’ process.

Just like peeling an orange by hand, fast and precise, perfectly separating the orange peel, pith, and pulp.

Having dealt with one, the raw materials still weren’t nearly enough,

Moon Scar got up, moving his shoulder blades, stretching his neck muscles left and right as he continued to Lock on to his next target.

That’s right.

After observing for a while, Moon Scar concluded that his target was no longer in the shower area, but on these orphans.

Since there were no clothes to keep warm in such a cold environment, he thought he might as well make one himself.

Even though he was suppressed by levels and had limited ability, Moon Scar’s “Combat Skills” were still far superior to an ordinary person.

He could achieve an instant shift through the subtle movements of his knees and ankle joints, coupled with his unique pupils, which allowed him to see through the opponent’s attack route in advance and Perfectly Evade.

The killing and screaming became less and less over time.

The drains in the bathroom were also gradually occupied by bloody water,

Strangely, not a person was at the two warm shower points, and in the end, only two people remained in the bathroom—Yi Chen, who was observing, and Moon Scar, who was squatting next to a corpse.

He quickly sewed the “orange peel” he had stripped off, using the silver threads between his fingers,

eventually crafting two fleece-lined, thick coats that could cover the whole body and included matching rain boots.

As Yi Chen was immersed in Observation, his exterior had partially iced over,

suddenly, a wave of warmth swept through his body, along with the familiar feel of Skin against his skin.

Moon Scar came up from behind and personally draped the handmade leather coat over him, the inside still retaining the warmth of a human body, which was quite comfortable… Pulling up a zipper made of spine bones completely sealed the coat, letting no cold air seep through.

Throughout this process, Moon Scar had not spoken a word, not wanting to disturb Yi Chen, who was still observing; he simply waited quietly by the side.

He believed that his other half would not fail him at this crucial moment.

Two minutes passed,

Yi Chen, wearing his rain boots, came to a floor tile that was mismatched, moved it away to discover ten numbers, engraved in a circle, ranging between 0-12.

The ten numbers corresponded exactly with the ten shower points,

Yi Chen quickly stepped to each shower point, rotating the water valve handles, which looked like pointers, so that they matched the corresponding clock times symbolized by the numbers.

When he adjusted the last valve, all the shower heads stopped releasing water, and the cold stopped seeping in.

Suddenly,

two dice the size of human heads appeared in the middle of the bathroom, evidently requiring both people to throw them again to decide the “Difficulty” of an upcoming task based on the points thrown.

Yi Chen—[1]

Moon Scar—[2]

The dice stabilized for three seconds before dissolving into white mist and vanishing.

With a rumbling sound, the wall at the front end of the bathroom slowly moved aside.

Two guards, as tall as the ceiling and dressed in Black security uniforms with respiratory masks, walked out, and between them stood a dark-haired older woman with slight gray undertones.

She wore a long dress and high heeled shoes, with light pink pearls hanging from her earlobes, holding a registration Handbook from the Orphanage in her hand.

“Oh, this is really unacceptable! We carefully selected these orphans, only to have you kill them all… Although there’s no rule against killing, you really lack ‘compassion,’ don’t you?

But, I like it!

Managing to clear the game in this way, ‘Cortical Insulation’ is a method I’ve seen for the first time.

Based on your excellent performance, you will be arranged to share a luxury room for two, enjoying certain privileges of our Orphanage.

Nice to meet you,

you can just call me Teacher Cao!”

Upon hearing this,

Yi Chen’s pupils promptly filled with Black, a Death Attribute rapidly spilling from within him.

Moon Scar glanced sideways at Yi Chen, who was gradually losing control; he sighed slightly and then, with a swift motion of his Hand Blade, he knocked him out cold, forcibly severing the transfer of Memory and Thought.

As they walked out of the bathroom, corresponding to the Duke’s betting chessboard, two golden chess pieces moved forward again.