The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 73: Chapter 72 Moon Scar

1. With silver hair in a natural tousled style, he looked like a handsome youth in his twenties, his facial structure, and features bearing a resemblance to Timothee Chalamet.

2. His left eye, the color of the night sky, held the silvery crescent of a waning moon, while his right eye was covered with a bandage due to an injury or some other reason.

3. All his physical traits were identical to those of a human,

dressed in a fairly common white patient’s gown, with bare feet stepping onto the hillside.

4. A ‘female doctor’ who had been seen in the clinic was walking by the young man’s side, with an IV bottle connected to the back of his right hand.

5. From the front, everything seemed normal, but clinging to the youth’s back was a humanoid body,

with only half a torso, one arm, and a head visible outside, which belonged to the theater owner, Elton John.

As the youth ascended to the hilltop, the moon hanging in the night sky drew closer, becoming larger and more round… like a spotlight drawing closer, focusing on the clinic’s front yard.

He wore a subtle smile throughout, his eyes shining with admiration for Yi Chen.

In contrast,

upon seeing the young man, the little grape who had fallen asleep from exhaustion suddenly opened her eyes, almost as if her fur stood on end.

“William… don’t think about resisting next, I’ll try to create an opportunity for you to escape. If you find there’s no chance to escape, choose to surrender immediately.

Surviving is more important than anything at times like this, even if like that mouse, it is meaningful as long as you stay alive.”

“Understood.”

As Yi Chen locked eyes with the mysterious youth, other things began to emerge in his field of vision.

Through the cognition of Ancient Living Text, wriggling maggot-like lines intertwine above the youth’s head, eventually forming the important hallmark of an Open Source patient.

A long brass frame, adorned with the engraving of a crescent moon on one end, hovered above his head, filled with a liquid essence that shone with the glow of the moon.

Titles and names also clung to the frame

§Moon Scar – Lorrian§

With the title revealed, there was no room for doubt,

this person was the one who triggered the “False Moon” event, turning Viner City and the Twilight Clinic into ruins, and achieving the status of an Open Source special patient… a formidable entity that the current Yi Chen simply couldn’t confront.

From the current situation,

it was very likely that this person had been observing everything since the very first day the group arrived at Viner City.

At this moment,

a multitude of doubts were conceived in his mind.

“Why did the organization falsely report the death of ‘Moon Scar’? Why expose us to such danger that far exceeds reason and is nearly impossible to survive?

Or is it possible that ‘Moon Scar’ was indeed killed in some sense, and what appears here is merely his remaining clone or duplicate?

Why does he still linger in Viner City, doesn’t he fear exposure and being hunted down by the organization again?

Or does he have reasons to stay, reasons that relate to his ‘death’ during the False Moon event?”

As Yi Chen’s mind underwent a cognitive storm, trying to find a breakthrough in the information,

Edmund also sensed something was off and was about to step out of the clinic. @@novelbin@@

With a gentle wave of the youth’s hand,

the living moon seemed to be under his control, spilling its light onto Edmund, Juliana, and Dagbert, their bodies instantly disintegrating into particles and vanishing.

“Don’t worry, I’ve just sent them away from here, now is our time to talk.”

As he spoke, Moon Scar formally stepped into the clinic’s front yard.

“Mr. William, I have revealed myself for 1 minute and 41 seconds.

Have you found answers to the doubts and speculations in your mind? Tell me about them.”

Thanks to the brain marrow absorbed from Mr. Li before, Yi Chen’s thoughts were exceptionally active, and he indeed had reached effective analytical conclusions.

“The intelligence provided by the organization wouldn’t be fake; you were indeed killed during the ‘False Moon’ event.

However, it was one of the ‘two bodies’ that was killed, and it’s even possible that it was the main body that was slain.

According to the partial information given by the organization,

when the False Moon event unfolded, there were two moons hanging in the sky above Viner City, but now there is only one… This also indirectly proves that you have indeed lost one important body.

The reason you have stayed here all along,

on one hand, is due to absolute confidence in your concealment abilities.

On the other hand, you need time to recuperate and recover, while also selecting a qualified replacement from the remaining moon citizens to recover your ‘lost body’ and return to your original Double Moon Form.”

In the depths of the Clinic,

“Mr. Li, who can communicate with the Moon and even establish a ‘Same Space’, should be your best candidate,”

Clap clap clap!

Yi Chen’s deductions once again won applause.

“You’re really amazing~ To have deduced this much in less than four days since you’ve been here.

However, there are still some mistakes and inadequacies in your conclusions; let me help you complete the whole story.”

Moon Scar, like a frail patient who needed to get some air, slowly moved her body with the help of a female doctor, and while she wandered under the moonlight, she began to tell her story.

“My special treatment at the Twilight Clinic led my consciousness to ‘split in two’.

As my escape progressed and my condition worsened, the split consciousness slowly morphed into physical entities, yet they were still one whole being together.

I must say Doctor Macaul’s abilities are indeed strong,

when he killed my ‘Fake Moon Body’, I took the opportunity to fake my death and hide in the deep recesses of the city.

After all, the purpose had been achieved,

such a major disturbance was bound to make your human organizations discover the secrets behind the Clinic; I believe the grievously injured Doctor Macaul will spend a sorrowful and desperate twilight of his life, if he even has a twilight.

Just as you surmised,

I was seriously injured and needed a long period of quiet recuperation.

At the same time, I took the opportunity to observe those little survivors, to see if they had the potential to become my ‘other half’.

Little Li was indeed not bad, he was my original choice indeed.

However,

that waste could not create ‘Monthly Space’; everything here is my masterpiece, I simply made Little Li believe he created it himself.

The doctors and nurses around here are all the fruits of my meticulous design, but they are not yet completely finished.”

As he said this,

he reached out to touch the female doctor’s metal rod, then ran his finger along the IV tubing, making the two long legs at the bottom tremble non-stop.

“With your arrival, I have seen more and more suitable options.

Mr. John from the Theater, although just a Moon citizen, has a good ‘affinity’ with me.

However,

neither Mr. John nor Little Li can compare to another [Candidate]… An excellent one, one I am willing to receive personally, the perfect candidate.”

At this point,

Moon Scar had just come to Yi Chen’s front, extending his right hand that was hooked up to an IV.

“Mr. William, I can smell a kindred scent on you, a thick scent of one who has endured extreme pain and felt the twilight of life.

Come! Join me, step onto the Moon.

I will show you the true nature of the world, and together we’ll explore the deeper mysteries.”

As he faced Moon Scar’s impassioned speech,

Yi Chen could clearly feel that if he showed any resistance or said anything meant to stall for time, he would be killed instantly.

To abandon human nature, to live in a cowardly way?

Or to hold fast to one’s principles, resolutely facing death?

Yi Chen took a deep breath,

“I… refuse.”

As soon as he finished speaking.

Crack! A harsh shattering noise came from the sky.

The full moon overhead fractured like a shattered mirror,

and a gentleman’s cane with a top-hat shaped handle shot through the broken Moon, landing between the two and forming a semi-transparent black divide.

Immediately after,

two figures, one black and one white, stepped into this Same Space successively.