The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 97: Chapter 96: Busybody Granny’s Request (9th Update)

The meddling old lady caressed the head of the young girl in her hands, her forehead full of chicken-like eyes expressing a sorrowful mood.

“I have another rather excessive request,”

“If you are confident enough, I hope you can bring back the Village Chief’s ‘Living Human Head’ to me. In return, I am willing to give everything I have now, including this old frame of mine.”

Watching the head of the young girl in the old lady’s arms,

Yi Chen stepped back with his right foot, left hand across his chest, and bowed slightly, “I will do my best… However, before we head to the village, you need to provide the intelligence you have.”

“Hmm.”

From the old lady’s hands, he received a map she had drawn herself of the inner area of the tree wall, including the specific distribution of the village and the church, as well as the villagers’ daily patrol times and routes through the woods.

In another of the old lady’s records about the Church, since there had never been any direct contact, the strength of the Church’s personnel was not known, only that these people rarely appeared in the village, and when they did, they were always shrouded in church robes.

The most distinctive feature of the church robes was the Teaching Seal on the back, which the old lady had depicted in simpler lines on the notebook,

A circle,

Inside, a baby curled up,

An umbilical cord connected to the belly was wrapped around the body, forming a complete circle,

Suggesting a meaning of reincarnation and rebirth.

“Time is almost up. If you don’t return to the surface, my chicken coop might be exposed.”

“Wait, one last question.

Old lady, have you ever seen the other two human squads? Have you cooperated with them?”

“Of course, I have seen them. My children always pay attention to any outsiders who want to go to the village. But I haven’t made contact with them. The reason is simple.

When Xiao Pei passed by them swiftly, they hardly noticed and were unable to catch up even after they discovered it.

Such a level is not enough to fight against the already diseased village, let alone the Mysterious Church lurking behind… Cooperating with them would only increase the risk of exposing me.

I must keep this old frame until I avenge my children.”

Having said that, the old lady hunched herself up from her seat.

One arm cradling her ‘granddaughter’, the other opening a secret passage for Yi Chen leading to the next room.

“Once you gather with your partner, Xiao Pei will open another passage to the surface for you.”

The black chicken, Xiao Pei, just recently regained its freedom, reluctantly approached Yi Chen at the old lady’s request.

Before it could speak, familiar plant roots again bound its chicken neck.

But this time Xiao Pei didn’t struggle; although it was averse to strangers, this young man had at least saved its life from the hands of a madman.

Following the secret passage opened by the old lady, they quickly arrived on the other side of the underground area—the Trap Room.

As the old lady had said,

Some villagers who might have found the coop during their search nearby, lured by the flock of chickens, fell into the traps and were all locked underneath.

As the chicken and man exited the secret passage, the black chicken Xiao Pei, in a state of fright, flapped its wings chaotically, hiding behind Yi Chen.

The battle that took place here had long ended.

In the center of the Trap Room was a pile of corpses around four meters high, and Jin, in his colorful suit, was sitting with crossed legs at the very top.

In his right hand, he held the buzzing Pig Head Chainsaw,

His left hand over his mouth, yawning.

“They were all a bunch of inept, feebleminded Patients, totally uncoordinated~ They charged at me one by one to meet their deaths. It was somewhat interesting to test the new weapon on them at first, but it got boring after a while.

This village really likes to produce such incompetent trash.

William, it seems you have made a good talk on your part, how did it go?”

“We’ve got enough intelligence to get us closer to the underlying truth, to touch upon more interesting things.”

Jin continued to ask, “Is there any need to kill the chicken breeder around here?”

Hearing this, Xiao Pei became fully ruffled and trembled all over.

“Not for now. The old lady will be helpful for our subsequent truth investigation and let us come into contact with more dangerous matters beforehand.”

“I’ll follow your lead~” @@novelbin@@

Jin lightly jumped down beside Yi Chen, crouched, and touched Little Pei, scaring it into a nonstop clucking frenzy.

“You… you follow me, cluck cluck!”

Leading the two humans, Little Pei ran along a slightly upward sloping secret tunnel at top speed.

It suppressed the fear within its body, wishing to quickly get rid of the two terrifying humans.

When they pushed the boulder covering the ground exit, they were back at the forest clearing where they first found Little Pei, with the stone path to the village not far off.

It was as if they had disappeared for more than ten minutes and were back on track to exploring the village.

Now that they were back on the surface, Little Pei had no intention of continuing to lead the way and again spoke in human tongue:

“Walk forward another six or seven hundred meters to reach Shebolt Village, cluck cluck!”

Yi Chen didn’t force it and immediately released the vines from its neck, crouching down to touch the chicken’s comb.

“Hmm! Let’s meet again after we kill the Village Chief.”

“The entire village has changed, and it’s been a long time since we’ve been inside.

The Village Chief… is very dangerous, and the folks in the Church are all very dangerous, too. I’ve occasionally seen people from the Church, and they can [fly].

“They’re nothing like the villagers you faced before,

be very careful, cluck cluck!”

The more Little Pei talked, the more frightened it became, immediately flapping its wings and scurrying back into the tunnel, seemingly just a chicken, yet it could move the huge boulder with its claws and seal the entrance shut.

Just then,

Jin’s emotions fluctuated greatly, she turned around, wrapped her arms around Yi Chen’s neck, her mask was very close, even faintly hearing her breathing.

“I didn’t expect these chickens to be this interesting. This is the first time I’ve encountered such a mutation that doesn’t attack humans actively~ Maybe after this, we could catch one as a pet.

Lucky that you stopped me, William… Did I scare you a bit earlier?”

“It’s fine, I understand.”

Jin cocked her head slightly, “Understand? If I change my mind now and turn your head into a bomb… would you understand me then?”

Yi Chen answered emotionlessly, “If you indeed need to make my head into a bomb to defeat the powerful foes here, I would completely understand.

Please, do me the favor of sending the rest of my body back to Easton Cemetery, that would be like coming home.”

Hearing this, Jin seemed to take him at his word,

“Really? Then let’s agree! If we find ourselves in peril and the flesh I’m carrying is all used up, I’ll cut off your head and use it as ‘the last bomb.’ After all, your brain is where the Emblem is imprinted, and you’ve also absorbed so much Brain Marrow Fluid from the Patients!

A bomb made from it will definitely burst forth with a true Red Lotus!

Come on, let’s pinky swear!”

When Jin raised her pinky finger, Yi Chen did not hesitate to hook his own with hers.

As the pact was made,

she slightly lifted her mask, revealing familiar delicate pink lips, and on tiptoes, she lightly kissed him on the side of his face.

This sudden move made Yi Chen step back abruptly, distancing himself.

The reason was simple,

at the touch of the lips, it felt more dangerous than any previous contact… as if she was about to inject some sort of time-sensitive explosive material into his head.

“Don’t be scared, I’m not going to blow up your head now~ This is just a simple reward for you.”

Saying so, Jin stepped forward, pressing her lips close to Yi Chen’s ear, whispering.

“Let me tell you a secret! You are the only man who has accepted my kiss without getting his head blown off. By the way, does this count as a first kiss?”

Yi Chen didn’t want to respond, pointing towards the road leading to the village ahead.

“Let’s go, we’ve already delayed for too long.”

“Boring~”