The Last Gentleman

[Dodgeball]

In the orphanage where Yi Chen had lived, it was privately called “Assassin Dodgeball.”

Pang Guishan was entirely a trash who took pleasure in killing; each round of dodgeball had the students “drawing.”

Only a small chance to draw a normal rubber ball; most were deadly types such as iron balls, small projectiles, spiked balls, or even water balloons filled with acid.

Of course,

a comparatively ‘formal’ orphanage still did not allow a large number of deaths to occur—their ultimate purpose was to nurture talent, not destroy it.

As long as the number of deaths during the activity class reached 1/5, the dodgeball game would immediately end.

Pang Guishan greatly admired Yi Chen, this ‘excellent student’, and even once actively invited him to join as a pitcher, to jointly ruin other people’s lives.

Though agreeing would both please the teacher and avoid the risks of dodgeball,

After Yi Chen directly refused Pang Guishan’s proposal, the latter became infuriated with shame, trying everything to target this student.

Of course, Pang Guishan didn’t dare to kill him.

If it was discovered that Yi Chen’s death resulted from targeted violations, not only would his position be stripped away, but he would likely be tortured to death by Chief Cao.

Always stopping just short, after the dodgeball lessons, Yi Chen would always bear injuries, affecting his following life in the orphanage, and the two officially became enemies.

This gambling game right now presented an excellent opportunity to vent frustration.

Yi Chen hadn’t expected to really draw this trash.

Using Xiaoputao’s Field of View Capture, after buffering with three human sandbags and combining it with his newly acquired ability and upgraded physique,

Smack! He caught the thrown ball firmly.

It was only upon catching it that he felt the filling between the balloons was actually this guy’s “gallstones.”

“I caught it, Teacher Pang!”

As Yi Chen looked up, Pang Guishan, who had been confident, was already frozen in place,

He recognized the ownership of the iron chains, and even a hint of fear flashed through his pupils.

Though Pang Guishan had a robust physique, he only dared to bully orphans, venting on the children when nothing was amiss. Among the teaching staff, he was regarded as the lowest status presence.

He couldn’t even begin to compare with Fang Qiong, who had been bestowed with high honors as an art teacher, and was often stepped on.

However,

Pang Guishan quickly adjusted his mindset, pulling at his very short sports shorts and adjusting his trajectory by reaching into his pocket before striding indecently into the dodgeball field.

Though surprised that Yi Chen could catch the ball, he believed more firmly that his own body couldn’t possibly be hit by a child’s ball.

Spreading his muscle-packed arms, he squeezed out an extremely annoying expression.

“Since you’re so keen on being a pitcher, let’s let you experience it… but if I catch it, teacher, and we switch back positions, I might especially target you.”

Facing Pang Guishan’s verbal threats, Yi Chen imitated the opponent’s characteristic gesture, erecting his thumb next to a bright white set of teeth.

“No problem!”

Yi Chen simultaneously changed his gesture, deliberately showing the number 1 and continued watching Teacher Pang, seemingly suggesting he could eliminate him with just one throw.

This provocation was very effective against Pang Guishan, who was temperamental, bullying the weak yet fearing the strong, focusing almost all his attention on Yi Chen— even starting to fantasize about how he would kill this little guy later.

At this moment, the very inconspicuous Lorrian, using the special silent Moon Step, had already reached behind Pang Guishan.

Clang—iron chains sounded!

The iron chains that sprouted from Yi Chen’s palm thrust into the balloon, turning it into a true chain ball.

With one foot as the axis,

his body began to spin,

each rotation increasing in speed,

yet Pang Guishan remained unimpressed. As he watched Yi Chen spin faster and faster, he directly pointed out the biggest problem with this throwing method, “Spinning so fast, can you really ensure accuracy?”

Just as he spoke those words, his gaze accidentally caught something fuzzy on Yi Chen’s shoulder, and that thing was staring right at him.

No matter how fast he spun, that eye maintained its lock.

“The eye!”

For a moment, Pang Guishan felt a real sense of danger, he concentrated all his attention, tensed his muscles, ready to dodge at any moment.

“Here it comes!”

The iron chain slipped from the hand, whoosh! The flying ball chain was hardly different from Pang Guishan’s throw, and it even felt a notch faster.

Boom!

A loud explosion spread through the gymnasium.

Filled with stones, the dodgeball dragging an iron chain smashed heavily against the gym wall, creating a deeply cracked dent, its power was evident.

However, the throw was wildly off target.

With muscles tensed and spirit highly focused, Pang Guishan was momentarily stunned. He looked at the nearly horizontally thrown ball, his facial muscles twitching into a smile, even convulsing with laughter.

“Hahaha! You’re quite the blusterer, kid. I actually thought I’d get hit~ If you could throw a bit more accurately, maybe there really was a 30% chance I’d be hit and eliminated.

Haha~ You’re too amusing, kid, I’ve decided! I’ll slowly torture you later, first by smashing your limbs, then compressing your body into a ball shape for throwing.”

In the face of Pang Guishan’s mockery,

Yi Chen also smiled in response, “Teacher Pang, you seem to have misunderstood… I never intended to play a low-IQ game like dodgeball with you.”

As soon as his words fell.

Swish! A cold sensation came from the teacher’s back,

his strong, stone-covered heart had been plucked out of his body.

Then two more slashes… swish swish~

Severing the tendons of his feet, he lost balance and toppled forward.

Moon Scar directly mounted Pang Guishan’s back, both hands wielding knives, beginning the dissection… Utilizing his prior close observation while standing behind him, Moon Eyes had already scoped out the best dissection route.

The casino couldn’t even announce the start of the death-match before this self-important teacher was completely dismantled, with the core stone heart being crushed under Yi Chen’s foot.

He also tossed a successful combat look towards Moon Scar.

“Physical Throwing – Pang Guishan has been killed, each gaining 8 points, no additional rewards.”

“Only eight points, what a waste… Teacher Fang is better after all.”

At the same time,

the entire gymnasium shook like an earthquake and tilted by 10 degrees, various balls rolled out from the sidelines, some even connected with chains.

The floor and walls bore tears resembling skin lacerations, revealing rotten, festering flesh underneath.

Due to the death of the faculty member, the chaos level here increased again, subsequent dice rolls will have a +2 on top of the original points.

Lorrian took off his blood-stained coat, combed his hair with one hand, wearing a smile.

Since the activity class ended early, he could go back to reading novels earlier… and indeed, he had no interest in the low-IQ game of dodgeball.