The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 192: Chapter 191 Dodgeball

Breakfast was also personally delivered to Yi Chen’s dorm room, consisting of milk and an egg sandwich.

When Yi Chen took a bite, he almost broke his teeth.

An iron chain, broken, was actually embedded in the sandwich. It was no coincidence, as Lorrian encountered the same situation.

“Could it be that Teacher Fang’s death has brought us to the attention of the orphanage authorities? That shouldn’t be the case though. If it was clear that we were the murderers, they could’ve just arrested us directly or dealt with us for breaking the rules. There’s no need for these petty tricks.”

When Yi Chen pushed open the door of his dorm room, he hadn’t expected the hallway outside to have changed as well.

The clean and tidy hallway now bore traces of ‘decay’. Indeed, decay was visible, with occasionally cracked wall tiles filled with rotting flesh and vaguely visible chains moving inside.

“Could it be that the death of the orphanage staff leads to changes in the space of the game? If that’s the case, as our killings increase, will this place eventually collapse?”

Yi Chen felt no discomfort; instead, he thought this setting was quite fitting.

In his eyes, the orphanage was nothing but a demon cave cloaked in concrete and tiles, hiding rotting flesh and dirty water inside. This setting aptly revealed the orphanage’s true face.

After breakfast, it was time for the ‘Morning Activity Class’—Yi Chen’s favorite session before his death.

The reason Yi Chen, in the early stages of his transcendence, could maneuver between gravestones and animated corpses, perform standard rolls and quick counterattacks,

and later, on choosing the path of a gentleman, wanted to physically train, strengthen his intelligence, and physique, all stemmed from the activity classes.

Starting at the age of five, Yi Chen entered the orphanage’s teaching regime. Until his escape, he never faced any punishments in activity class, always ‘surviving’ until the end.

Yet, he equally despised the instructors of the activity class, each of whom was even worse than a murderer.

[Comprehensive Sports Field]

An open area similar to an indoor basketball court.

Yi Chen, Moon Scar, and a group of students who selected the same indoor venue gathered together, waiting for their teacher to arrive.

At that moment,

a postman wearing a tall hat appeared from the side of the field again.

Perhaps to match the atmosphere of the gym, he pulled out a standard basketball from his tall hat, removing his coat.

After a series of skilled dribbling to the center of the court, he spun the ball quickly on his fingertip and then threw it to Yi Chen.

The moment he caught the basketball, pop! The ball burst open, leaving two dice in his hands.

“As you successfully won the lethal game and killed Teacher Fang, the orphanage’s ‘chaos value’ increases by one. This means that when you roll the dice in the future, the points will be added +1 to the original base.

Moreover, various unexpected hazards may occur.

If you continue to kill the teaching staff of the orphanage, the chaos value will continue to rise, and even if you don’t roll a 12, disaster events will occur, potentially evolving into a [Total Disaster].

We advise some restraint—ahem, it seems I’ve said a bit much; go ahead and roll the dice.”

Yi Chen-2

Lorrian-6

Chaos Value-1

[9]Another moderately high score. With experience from the lethal game, this difficulty won’t be dangerous as long as they don’t cause trouble.

Yet, Yi Chen silently prayed to encounter the activity class teacher he had in mind.

After the postman left,

a shrill whistle sound that could tear through eardrums reverberated throughout the arena.

Following the sound of the whistle, a man in ultra-short snug sports shorts and a white sports vest, with closely cropped hair, was at the edge of the field, a pink whistle in his mouth.

He made a standard long jump stance and leaped straight from the side of the field to the center of the crowd.

“Hello everyone, I am your instructor for today’s activity class—Pang Guishan! This morning we need to conduct a dodgeball training session to train your reflex nerves and dodging stances.

These are very useful skills. As long as you can dodge the teacher’s pitches, you’ll always be able to avoid danger in any situation.

Even if someone points a gun at you, you might be able to dodge it. Please take this seriously.”

At that moment, Teacher Pang, sensing a special and distinct gaze from among the watching students, turned his head to look.

Yi Chen’s eyes twinkled with excitement, starkly different from the unease of the other students.

“Do we know each other?”

Yi Chen responded with a smile, “I don’t believe so~ This is my first time attending the class.”

“I look forward to your performance in the dodgeball training… Now, let me explain the rules of dodgeball.

I will be responsible for throwing the ball, and you need to dodge within the designated area.

Each session will last an hour, with three rounds in total, and a ten-minute rest in between each round.”

Once hit, it meant elimination and waiting for the next round.

If hit in all three rounds, it indicated that your dodgeball training was far from basic, and special training was necessary.

Immediately, a student raised his hand to ask, “Teacher, there’s only one of you, do you need to select a pitcher from among us to cooperate with you?”

“No, I’m enough by myself! If there are no questions, let’s start now.”

As everyone was positioning themselves, Yi Chen suddenly raised his hand to ask,

“Teacher Pang, isn’t there another rule you haven’t mentioned?”

“What rule?”

“If one of us catches the ball, what happens? Can we switch places with you?”

Yi Chen’s question elicited a stiff smile from Pang Guishan, “I’ve been teaching for so many years and have never encountered such a situation, so I gradually stopped mentioning that rule.”

“So, the rule does exist, right?”

“Yes, as long as you can catch it, you can replace me as the ‘Pitcher’ until the time is up.”

“Okay.”

The dodgeball area was about half the size of a volleyball court, with a clearly marked red line.

Fifty people in such an area were quite cramped, and it was nearly impossible to dodge the first few balls, as everyone tried to squeeze into the middle of the crowd, using others as shields.

Pang Guishan pulled a pink balloon from his pocket and aimed it at his mouth.

He didn’t blow into it; instead, something was surging from his throat, filling the balloon in a vomit-like fashion until it was completely stuffed.

The filled balloon became grotesquely misshapen, resembling a lump of heavy rotten flesh.

“Get ready, we’re starting now!”

Teacher Pang lifted his right leg into a standing split, his calm gaze instantly filled with killing intent.

As his right leg came down,

his entire body muscles, driven by the core, stepped forward, twisted, and swung the arm in one smooth motion.

There was a visible ripple of air at the release of the ball,

and the nearly invisible pink dodgeball crashed into the crowd… smack!

It hardly resembled a dodgeball, looking more like playing billiards or bowling!

The first person to touch the ball was instantly torn apart, followed by the second, the third… a total of six people were killed on the spot, with others blown out of bounds by the force of the ball,

and finally, the pink ball sprung high, landing on the other side of the field.

Teacher Pang had already sprinted over, seamlessly catching the blood-stained dodgeball.

Looking at the scattered limbs, Teacher Pang shook his head, “Six dead, five out… ah, what a poor start. I was hoping for at least ten deaths.”

Saying that, he once again assumed the pitching stance.

Another ten out, four dead this time.

Only half were left on the field, but there was more room to move, and people were no longer clumped together.

“Third throw!”

The same pitching stance, another powerful throw launched.

Smack!

A student who attempted to jump was still half a beat too slow, his two legs, which he prided himself on, were torn to shreds by the force of the ball,

The slightly skewed trajectory of the ball smashed into a plump student behind him, his large belly was blown open, and the student trying to duck behind him was blown his brains out instantly,

instant triple kill,

the force barely diminished as the ball directly flew towards the fourth person.

Smack!

The loud collision between flesh and balloon reverberated through the gym,

waves of friction-induced white smoke burst from the palms,

clang~

Two iron chains dragged on the ground,

Yi Chen, in an almost ground-hugging forward lean, stretched out his arms, and supported by the iron chains, caught the ball steadily… his feet dragging three meters on the ground.

“Caught it, Teacher Pang~ now it’s my turn to pitch.”