The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 754 - 752: Changing Situation

Let’s wind the clock back to the first night,

that is, when Yi Chen, playing the role of the eldest daughter Jennifer, witnessed the gruesome death of the master in the study and realized she was in a passive situation, she chose to "disappear proactively."

Blood flowed into the funnel-shaped grooves in the wall, heading to the secret underground area of the family.

Upon arriving in the underground area and seeing the scene here, Yi Chen couldn’t help but marvel.

"William sure knows how to spin a tale~ Although the content of the storybook ’Human Body Collector’ can’t be changed, a completely different story can be crafted via stage setup, Moon illusions, and individual projections for the evil woman in the book."

The basement corresponded to an ancient cavern.

The reason the Belo family chose to build their mansion on such a remote snow mountain was precisely because the family’s ancestors discovered the uniqueness of this cavern.

In the depths of the cavern existed an "Ancient Gate," and generation after generation, the family exchanged sacrificial living beings for an ancient blood from beyond the gate, not of the human world.

Drinking this blood would grant power from ancient times, overcoming the boundaries of age, enhancing physical constitution, and even developing non-human abilities.

The reason Jennifer, the eldest daughter whom Yi Chen portrayed, could be reborn among Gu worms after being kidnapped to the tribe, was precisely because this ancient blood ran in Jennifer’s veins.

In the current cavern area, aside from the door situated in the deep, there was a Blood Tank in the center, bathing Jennifer’s mother inside, who was also the master’s wife.

After Jennifer’s mother died tragically, the person who grieved the most was the master,

he spared no expense in defying the family’s rule and used a copious amount of ancient blood to soak the body, attempting to bring his beloved wife back to life.

However, such action seemed to have created an entity that the family could not control. Every member and servant of the Belo family could see a black-haired woman wandering around the house at night, even standing in the corner of a room, holding her favorite spoon from her lifetime.

Many servants disappeared, and despite high salaries offered, few were willing to work.

...

Yi Chen stepped forward and looked at the ’mother’ floating in the Blood Pool, which was exactly the projection of the evil woman from the storybook... but felt no killing intent, so it must just be a skin tool for performing.

On the other hand, Nash on his shoulder was trembling with fear, but after calming down, cleared his throat and gave a high appraisal.

"The boss William is truly great at writing such a script! Skillfully turning the storybook’s evil woman into such a character through stage, script, and Illusion Technique, without any sense of dissonance.

The boss is really amazing."

But Yi Chen was utterly disdainful, "Amazing? It’s just cliché plot elements. In the world where I come from, there are plenty of such stories."

Nash looked surprised. In his eyes, such a script was already very good~ after all, he never had any exposure to performing, and the first play he saw was when William had just joined the circus, performing an Orphanage number, a literary medium never seen in the Old World, which entirely captivated Nash’s attention.

Nash had never really had any hobbies. Killing was just following the boss’s orders, and it was only then that he fell in love with something for the first time and swore to become an actor, holding William in high regard as an idol deep in his heart.

"Ah? So many stories?

In the Old World, I could hardly see any stories. At most, I would listen to Patients sharing their experiences in some cities, and some of them were quite interesting.

Second boss, when can I visit your world?"

"Since we have already faced things like Evil and seen True Gods, as long as the matters on this side of the Old World are handled, we should be able to go to the so-called ’Main Material Plane.’"

"That’s great! If it’s just as you say, boss, that world might be like Heaven to me.

I’m really looking forward to it~ if there were a bunch of storybooks in front of me, I wonder how happy I’d be! Tsk tsk, why am I daydreaming! This isn’t the time to fantasize.

By the way, what should we be doing now?"

"Nothing, just chat is fine."

Yi Chen simply took on the role, looked at his mother’s corpse, understood his father’s intentions after a good cry, and then curled up in a corner.

Nash looked puzzled, "Ah? We don’t need to investigate this place, like that door or the Blood Pool, for instance?"

"We don’t need to do anything. Getting involved in these things will only increase uncertainties... We just need to stay here, motionless, waiting for the other characters to push the whole story along.

’Waiting’ is what we have to focus on right now.

Isn’t killing the same? Although a murder takes only an Instant, the wait before the act can take a very long time,

sometimes waiting for a perfect moment to kill requires staying in a dark Corner for days on end without eating or drinking, just engaging in the purest form of waiting."

Nash was somewhat confused, "Ah? There’s such a thing? Back when I worked for the Circus, I would just follow the boss’s orders, go straight to an area, find the target, kill it, and then if I could just escape back to the circus, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything else."

Yi Chen questioned, "What if your target was me? Could it be so smooth then?"

"Of course not..."

"If your target is someone stronger than you, waiting and patience become indispensable things.

Nash, you may be notorious in the Old World, but your killings only scratch the Surface. If you could delve deeper, you might become stronger; there’s so much more for you to learn."

"Got it! I will definitely work hard and learn with the second boss!"

Throughout their time together, Yi Chen had taken note of Nash’s ’efforts,’ especially how he went to great lengths to accommodate his incomplete body.

It was for this reason that Yi Chen was willing to engage in more conversation with this Parasite, even discussing the ’caring words’ he found most repellent and least liked to talk about.

"Nash, if one day William asked you to undergo ’Madness Brain Education,’ would you be willing?"

Nash replied seriously, "I’m William’s second-in-command; I have to listen to him above all else. Although I don’t really like being enslaved, if it’s his strong request, I guess I would agree.

Second boss, what’s this all about? Anyway, such Education would only stir my thirst for Knowledge and help William understand me better; it doesn’t really have much impact on you."

"Nothing much, let’s end our talk here. I suggest you rest for a while, Nash. We’ll likely face Art next, or, with a small chance, either Catherine or the Deep Sea octopus."

Nash opened his eyes wide, "Are you angry, second boss? If you won’t let me be educated, I’ll consider it. After all, you and boss William are the people I respect the most."

"Tsk, rest!"

"Got it! I won’t talk too much anymore!"

Nash closed his eyes, enjoying a moment of rest.

However, the rest that Yi Chen spoke of was not sleeping; sleeping was a luxury for him. Although it looked like he was curled up in the corner, he had already infiltrated the walls with his killing intent, carefully sensing the dynamics within the upper levels of the mansion.

...

Whoosh whoosh~

Waves of ocean currents rushed down the mansion’s stairs, even accumulating sea water above the ankle in the first-floor hall,

The rushing wasn’t only sea water but also various flowers and some chunks of flesh... If these chunks were put together, one would obtain Sharon, the second daughter of the Belo family.

The battle that occurred in the third-floor corridor had ended,

The nanny Ima, played by Lia Roman, was left with only half a body, having defeated Calvin, played by Catherine, at a very painful cost,

A thick octopus tentacle was inserted into Catherine’s chest, hanging her in mid-air and completely draining her.

In the end, Catherine no longer pretended.

"Mommy... did I become very powerful? I didn’t expect that I could kill a daughter right under your eyes, and even wound you.

Indeed, trying to kill you was still too forced.

I did my best to do well, but I was still no match for you~ You truly are the first octopus born of the Arc Sea.

But...the things I said before were not just bravado; our boss won’t just exit the performance that easily. You better be careful, Mommy. Although this performance won’t lead to real death, the boss’ methods might have irreversible effects on your true body."

Lia Roman, already enraged, didn’t waste words and didn’t respond to any of Catherine’s statements,

The tentacles split.

The tentacle inserted in Catherine’s body suddenly swelled and split into hundreds, completely crushing her.

[Fiancé Calvin eliminated]

She leaned against the wall, catching her breath, and attempted to drain the flowers and seeds from her body as much as possible.

"Catherine... you gained power from beyond the Old World... Let’s have a deep talk after the performance is over."

After a short rest,

Lia Roman, as an Ancestor Primordial Body, forcefully repaired her damaged body with its potent life force, returning to normal, and all the seawater flooding the mansion was reabsorbed into her body.

Having calmed down, she began analyzing the current situation, "It’s necessary to consider Catherine’s warning... If that guy really isn’t dead, I must be prepared.

Let’s try to find Jennifer first. By utilizing the relationships between the characters, we can form a duo and then jointly deal with the clown who might not be dead."

The last known location of Jennifer’s disappearance was the master’s study. According to the cues in the script, there might be something like a secret room there, let’s check it out."

The nanny went to the study alone, holding a candle.

Just like this morning, the place was still hung with intestines, with the master dead in the middle...

While the nanny attempted to search the room for a possible secret chamber,

The master, who had been checked by several people and was long dead, suddenly twitched his body and then slowly got up.

Seeming stiff from having been dead for quite some time, the master raised his rear end before standing, stretching his body while crawling, and even making a sound of relief.

Ah~

Leisurely standing up, he began to gather the intestines scattered around the room, randomly stuffing them into his body for completion.

Not until he had ingested the last intestines did he turn his gaze to the nanny, who was in shock.

"Oh? Did you win... What a pity! I was planning on giving ’Calvin’ a good lesson. After all, he dared to frame me~"

The nanny’s eyes widened, "Wait a minute! You were that officer before! How can this be... Doesn’t the game say that once a character dies, the player should be out of the game?"

The master’s facial features twisted together, "Hey, hey, hey! Aren’t we acting? What are you talking about, why don’t you just keep acting!

At this time, as the nanny, shouldn’t you be amazed that I, the master, am revived, then cry with joy and come embrace me? Sigh, outsiders just don’t get it, such a bore.

Such behavior will cause a spike in the ’Danger Level’... and will attract some very troublesome characters.

Let them come! I’m quite curious about what kind of malicious carrier it would be.

Art no longer pretended and directly spoke in the clown’s tone: "I’ve been the character of [The Master] from the beginning, [The Officer] was that guy with the rich entrails.

After I killed him, I immediately took out my own intestines to hang around the room and then transferred my main consciousness into the officer’s body through a tumor.

This body of the master then pretended to be the intestine actor, staying here to rest for a while,

The rules of the performance didn’t say you can’t use a dead body, right? Making good use of the rules is something we circus members are quite good at.

Wait! Did you feel it? Since the two of us aren’t acting, the danger seems to have really come! It’s right behind you, nanny!"

With Art’s warning,

Lia Roman, playing the nanny, also felt a chill, even seeing a spoon that had somehow slid onto the surface of her neck.