The Last Gentleman-Chapter 245: Yellow and Red

Although Yi Chen’s physical body was completely deteriorated due to maintaining the “Dead Man Makeup” form for a long time, almost losing his ability to move, his spirit and concentration still remained at normal levels.

When he saw the White Robe Lotson and Mr. Helvoye appear at the hotel entrance, he could sense something was amiss from their facial expressions, even without them uttering a word.

“Little Grape, run!”

If Little Grape wanted to escape alone, it only needed to disassemble its eyeballs into thousands of pieces and then use the complex structure of the hotel to make an escape.

But with Yi Chen, who had lost his ability to move, in its charge, Little Grape had to maintain its full form.

“Spiritual Shock”

Under its hood, the group of eyeballs stuck together with mucus suddenly glared at the two people at the door,

The essence gathered by hundreds of eyeballs, combined with the augmentation of the Eye Collector’s evil technique,

The spiritual shock released was even semi-solidified, striking the two people like a giant void eye dragging a tail of nerves.

Little Grape didn’t wait to see the result of the shock;after completing its glare, it immediately turned and fled towards the hotel’s elevator.

However,

The old man, whose consciousness merged with Lotson and the Baron of Blood, merely tilted his head slightly, his spirit not greatly disturbed, and he suppressed the spiritual fluctuations in less than a second.

He mumbled some kind of secret incantation, and with a hand dripping blood made a pressing downward motion in the air.

A giant hand congealed from blood formed right above Little Grape’s head and, with a slap! it came down hard, like swatting a mosquito.

Even with the protection of the Gentleman’s Coat, 80% of the eyeballs wrapped inside Little Grape were smashed to pieces,

Crushed to the ground, unable to move.

Yi Chen, already injured, was flattened so severely that only his head remained barely intact.

‘Helvoye’ appeared in front of them in an instant.

“To think you would still try to escape in this state, William. With your brain, you should be able to analyze that your chances of escape are [0], right?”

Yi Chen did not respond, instead gesturing for Little Grape to return inside his body to avoid being killed separately.

Then he looked up with great difficulty at ‘Helvoye’, who seemed at least fifty years younger.

From Yi Chen’s face, a sneer emerged:

“I didn’t expect even Mr. Helvoye to fall into the trap, it seems Lotson you really have made full preparations… If I’m not mistaken, you must have made some kind of deal with the Baron of Blood from Holy Grail Mountain, you two might even have combined, right?

The coexistence of the two consciousnesses is what allowed you to maneuver in gentleman’s clothes and evade Zion’s many inspections.

Also, with the Baron of Blood’s upgrade in abilities, you reached a higher level, to the point where even Mr. Helvoye was deceived.”

‘Helvoye’ crouched down, gently touched Yi Chen’s brain, and Lotson’s voice came out of his mouth.

“The Baron is a dear friend of mine. Nobody in the organization truly understands the allure of blood, only the Baron grasps my pursuit.

After we take over your body, our consciousness will gradually merge into one, becoming a higher existence.

But enough of that for now~ This isn’t the time for idle chatting.

The invasion of death upon this city is beyond imagination, and it’s already quite impressive that Dean Dis has held out this long. I don’t want to die here, so what comes next is the crucial ‘Possession’.

It will be over soon, we will inherit all of your memories, body, and Pathological Traits you contain.

Your consciousness will be erased the instant we invade, without any pain.

William, thank you for your hard work all this time, I will take good care of your body and your relationships~ Hahaha.”

Lotson even started to fantasize about the expressions Yi Chen might make—extreme unwillingness, rage, or a desperate struggle, all the possible curses he might utter.

After all, he had trained hard to bring the Relic from the Old World through much hardship.

And yet, nearly accomplishing the impossible in the Hotel of the Sun by killing a Transcender – such merits would attract much attention once reported back to Zion.

But in the end, to have his body taken over, everything stolen from him…no one could bear it.

Lotson deliberately waited,

Watching for the extreme expression that Yi Chen might reveal, when he fell into utter Despair, when his will was weakest, that’s when he would immediately perform the Possession.

But…

Yi Chen, pressed firmly under the blood hand, squeezed out a strange smile, his face still with traces of makeup not fully wiped off, pale and comical.

There was no trace of despair, more a sense of mockery.

“Come on, Lotson~ try to seize my body.

How do you plan to invade, with an injection of blood or by drawing some Array on me? Hurry up, while I’m at my weakest,

If you keep waiting, I might recover, even kill you.”

After speaking, Yi Chen even willingly opened his mouth wide and stuck out his tongue, as if inviting the other to enter right there.

Such behavior instead made Lotson freeze.

Staring at the Black Liquid remaining inside Yi Chen’s mouth, he hesitated to act.

At that moment, the Barns on hundreds of humans in the mansion, and no one has been this confident at such a critical time.

His body might be harboring secrets unknown to others.

Reckless possession could lead to certain problems, even contaminating our own blood.

Let our yellow clothing try first, after all, it specifically asked for this lad… Once the clothing passes the test without any problems, we can proceed with taking over, death hasn’t reached us yet.”

“Right.”

At this moment,

The body possessed by ‘Helvoye’ had completely transformed into a blend of the Baron and Lotson, crowned with a face that one could tell was perverse at a glance, as well as Lotson’s distinctive white hair.

They took off their gentleman’s clothes,

The clothes left on the ground immediately started writhing like a living creature, the lining emitting a yellow hue.

Hiss~ Strands of yellow thread peeled off from the garments, forming into a separate piece of yellow clothing.

This scene was som also involved the yellow robe that had disappeared on Holy Grail Mountain.

“What is this!”

Before Yi Chen could react,

The yellow clothing had already arrived, its fine threads sticking to the surface of his body, combining with the gentleman’s clothes, and numerous yellow threads were even burrowing into his battered flesh.

Just as Yi Chen was about to join forces with Xiao Putao to struggle,

His retinas outlined a series of yellow characters that only he could see.

§ To think you could kill a Transcender transformed by ‘Death Plague Knights’ with a human body.

You are the highest quality, most perfect ‘Skin Slave’ I have seen in this world so far. Accept me, and I will help you escape your current predicament and regain your freedom.

There is just one condition, you must take control of the ‘YōuSuì Skin Market’ within a set deadline. §

“Huh?”

As the text appeared, Yi Chen felt his shattered body beginning to mend and repair under the influence of the yellow threads.

He also recalled something the Duke had said. The ‘YōuSuì Skin Market,’ which had always been very stable, was currently undergoing a massive disturbance, apparently related to some kind of yellow leather.to communicate with the yellow part of the garment through his consciousness:

“First, help me out of this predicament, I need to seriously discuss this matter with you.”

The text appeared once again,

§ Fine, but all I can do is help mend your body and provide the support of clothing, whether you can escape or not is up to you. §

Yi Chen’s body was slowly repaired,

Meanwhile, Lotson was still not getting any feedback. As time passed, a deep look of doubt creased his face.

Recalling the encounter with the yellow robe on the mountain and its insistence on finding William, Lotson suddenly realized something, “Baron! Prepare to forcibly take possession!”

He had inscribed a blood array on his palm, moving it toward Yi Chen’s forehead. On contact, it would infiltrate Yi Chen with the possessive essence blood,

Carrying both Lotson’s and the Baron’s consciousness,

It would permeate every corner of the brain, erasing Yi Chen’s own ego and seizing control.

As his palm neared,

Strands of yellow thread immediately covered his face, forming a yellow mask to block the action. This also directly proved the true purpose of the yellow robe: to use them to find William Behrens.

Or rather, the moment it saw him but, unfortunately, never found the opportunity to combine and communicate.

“Daring to play us…”

Another bloodied hand formed into a claw and lunged, tearing off Yi Chen’s yellow mask, ready to forcibly take possession.

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Buzz!

A red figure flashed by at an unimaginable speed.

Hiss~ A spurt of blood erupted.

Lotson was somewhat stunned,

Because the arm he had extended forward and Yi Chen, who was almost within reach, had suddenly disappeared… just now he hadn’t seen anything, as if a red lotus had flashed before him.

Looking up,

A gentleman in a floral-patterned suit stood at the hotel entrance,

One hand holding a blood-red long sword that was both strange in shape and from which even the cries of babies could be heard, the other hoisting Yi Chen onto her shoulder.

The colorful mask on the person’s face didn’t even glance at Lotson, but rather tilted to look at the young man on her shoulder.

“William, youg a Pathological nest on the way.

Rest well, I’ll take care of the rest.”