The Last Gentleman

[Near-death]

When Yi Chen completely passed out on Moon Scar, losing all perception with reality,

his consciousness did not completely fall into the dark. Instead, it continued his memories from before death, reviving and by a stroke of luck escaping the Orphanage to first come to the city, formally encountering human society.

With his escape in a delivery truck, he found a fitting suit in the garbage dump of a rich neighborhood, donning a top hat to conceal his appearance.

Yi Chen didn’t immediately try to blend into society, but found a filthy, disorderly public bathroom, and examined his ‘Dead Man Makeup’ in a mirror smeared with graffiti, quickly accepting the fact of his resurrection.

Although he didn’t know why this was happening, the Yi Chen in the mirror was exuding a terrifying smile,

“Since I’m still ‘alive’ in this world, I can still achieve my ultimate goal—to destroy the Orphanage.”

He couldn’t rush,

The fact that the Orphanage recruited social elites to produce offspring suggested that the Black Mountain Orphanage held a high status in society, likely extending their reach to every corner of the city.

But, exposing his face frequently to cameras, there was a chance he might be targeted by the Orphanage once again.

While contemplating how to hide his identity and construct a fake identity for living a normal life, Yi Chen thought of a man.

Director Cao had once provided details of a man hidden in secret documents, the man who was Yi Chen’s biological father whom Yi Chen had never met.

Even a powerful organization like the Orphanage couldn’t find out the man’s real name.

After some thought, he began to construct a strategy for survival in his mind.

Yi Chen intentionally wandered in areas lacking standard surveillance, trying to contact shady groups. With the training he had received at the Orphanage, he quickly found a job delivering goods at night.

This job not only earned him a decent salary but also helped him acquire a set of fake identification documents through this power,

And through this channel, he could gather information about his biological father.

After all, bearing the guilt for dozens or hundreds of lives, the murderer who troubled the Orphanage even at the age of fifty was forcibly executed to prevent future threats, and later, his body was handed over to the relevant departments.

Such a case, once exposed, would certainly spread through every street and alley.

But no matter how Yi Chen inquired, searching through all the old newspapers and asking every know-it-all in the gang, he could not find any information, as if this person’s details had been completely erased.

One month passed, and not a single piece of useful information was obtained.

Having no other choice, Yi Chen resorted to a clumsy and somewhat dangerous method,

He imitated an important habit of his father, taking the last train on line 13 every night, hoping to find some clues at the very places where his father had committed crimes.

However,

Throughout the entire process of buying tickets, waiting at the platform, and riding the train, Yi Chen didn’t see a single person; all the carriages were empty.

Considering it was the last train and due to the line being close to a suburban area, it was possible that no one was on board the entire trip.

Yet the second and third day still did not bring a single living soul.

Later, Yi Chen asked around within the gang where he worked, learning that disappearances often occurred on Line 13, especially at night, and slowly people had stopped riding it.

Even members of the organization with scarred faces dared not ride Line 13 at night, saying the place was unclean.

On the fourth day, Yi Chen returned to the subway entrance to buy a ticket.

Different from the other days,

When he arrived at the waiting platform, there was already a woman dressed in an OL style standing there, wearing striking red high heels, her back conjuring fantasies.

Since the woman was close to the edge of the platform, just next to the yellow line, her profile was obscured by black hair, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

The train arrived,

Yi Chen and the woman both entered, each in a different carriage.

The first half of the journey was normal, with no other passengers boarding the last train, just Yi Chen and the woman in the next carriage.

Every time the train passed a station, Yi Chen glanced at the next carriage, confirming that the woman had not disembarked.

Halfway through the journey,

While the subway traveled through a long tunnel, the electricity suddenly became disrupted, plunging the carriage into complete darkness.

This darkness only lasted five seconds,

And when the lights came back on, a drop of cold sweat trailed down Yi Chen’s forehead. Yet his gaze remained unchanged, staring straight ahead.

In the corner of his carriage, there was now an additional woman.

The red high heels and black hair were enough to confirm that it was the lady from the adjacent carriage.

Yi Chen was not panicked,

Since he came here every night, he certainly was prepared. He slowly moved his body, placing the backpack on his lap, one hand already reaching inside.

After a while,

The disruption came again, the lights went out.

Utilizing the few seconds between the lights going out and coming back on, the woman in the corner kept changing seats.

With each change, she moved closer to Yi Chen,

Gradually, as the number of lights going out increased, the woman moved to the seat directly opposite him.

Legs tightly closed,

sitting upright,

black hair covering the entire face,

one could even hear a giggling laugh,

at that moment, the carriage light went out and never came back on… A eerie feeling swept through the entire carriage.

Yi Chen had preemptively held a lighter in his left hand and slid it open, using the flame to illuminate his surroundings. As he moved the lighter in front of him, a terrifying face with black hair suddenly lunged forward.

Under normal circumstances, most people would have screamed in fear and been at a loss.

But Yi Chen did not panic at all,

he just stared at the other person and reached up to wipe off the coagulated fluid on his forehead, revealing a shocking bullet hole that marked his ‘dead man’ status.

This in turn startled the other party, causing their mouth to open slightly.

Seizing the opportunity,

he stuffed the cheap lighter directly into the woman’s mouth and struck her jaw with a ‘palm strike.’

Crack~ Bang!

The lighter crushed, and the flames bursting forth instantly ignited the hair in front of the woman’s face.

Not giving the woman a chance to scream,

Yi Chen pulled out a baseball bat studded with nails from his backpack and struck her head, clearly feeling the sensation of the nails embedding into bone and flesh.

Just as the other party was about to show a fierce appearance, revealing the monster’s true form, another strike came!

The darkness between the carriages did not affect Yi Chen’s precision at all; he had already adapted to the darkness in the orphanage, even becoming more irritable than under the light.

Eventually,

a torso not belonging to humans was smashed to pieces, with bits of shattered tissue splattering across different parts of the carriage. The untransformed long legs could only twitch slightly on the ground, unable to rise again.

At that moment, the lights came back on.

Exhaling deeply,

Yi Chen took a deep breath and leaned back on the metal bench of the subway.

After rinsing the blood off his hands with mineral water, he touched his scalp with his fingers, lifted his black hair, and fixed it simply.

Taking out daily-distributed cigarettes from the gang, he placed one in his mouth ready to light it but realized the lighter was bitten off… He had to switch to a big bubble gum, chewing it in his mouth to relax.

At this moment, he finally knew why his biological father’s information had not been reported because he was not a murderer at all.

He insisted on taking the last train every night to eliminate these ‘abnormalities’ hidden within human society.

As the train arrived at the station,

Yi Chen, stained with fresh blood, tried to avoid surveillance and took the opportunity to slip away when suddenly a hand pressed down on his shoulder.

“So young and able to kill a concealer, plus having a very familiar handsome face… Where are you from?”

Yi Chen turned his head to see a woman doctor with round glasses and dressed in a large white coat standing behind him, her hand’s immense strength in stark contrast to her appearance.

Meanwhile,

a group of funeral staff appeared in the train car, skillfully cleaning up the smashed body.

Yi Chen also saw slight movements in the only direction out of the station, making escape nearly impossible.

However, Yi Chen had no intention of escaping, as his intuition told him that these people might be related to his ‘father.’ His father’s information could not be found by the orphanage, probably related to the power behind these people.

The woman doctor smiled and said,

“Considering your outstanding performance, I officially extend an invitation to you. We will offer jobs like tonight’s, with compensation that will definitely satisfy you.”

“If one day I change my mind, can I go back to living a normal life?”

“Of course, I am a very professional ‘psychologist.’ As long as you eliminate more than ten abnormalities, you can leave us at any time.

Then, I will ‘brainwash’ you, eliminating all related memories. If you have additional memories that need cleaning, we can also accommodate that.

Afterwards, we will arrange a normal life for you, including studying and working.

Would you like to join us?”

“Okay.”

“Come with me.”

The woman doctor revealed a charming smile, but when she took Yi Chen’s hand, it was a cold touch like that of a corpse.

Looking down, it was not a hand at all, but an infusion tube and needle.

Buzz!

The memory ended!

He opened his eyes and sat up.

The woman doctor, reattached to the infusion stand, was already restored and standing next to the hospital bed preparing to give Yi Chen an infusion,

outside the hospital room window hung a huge round moon, providing absolute security.