Chapter 103
Chapter 103
Chapter 103: Good Show... It's open
【Ranked 1st: No Words Needed (Huaxia Nation)】
【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】
【Combat Record: Starving Wraith (Grade S) x 1 killed, Divine Fetus (Special Grade) x 1 killed】
【Score: ??? (Sky Screen: Daddy, fill in however much you want)】
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【Ranked 2nd: Arielia Alice (Eagle Nation)】
【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】
【Combat Record: Christmas Ghost (Grade A) x 1 killed】
【Score: 10,000!】
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【Ranked 3rd: Muraguchi Kazusu (Sakura Nation)】
【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】
【Combat Record: Ghost Phantom Ship (Grade C) x 4 killed】
【Score: 6,000】
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【Ranked 4th: Fast and Furious (Eagle Nation)】
【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】
【Combat Record: Slovenly Ghost (Grade B) x 1 killed】
【Score: 5,000】
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......
"Sp...Special Grade! Di...Divine Fetus?!"
Wan Changzheng's hands shook violently, his voice cracking completely.
Every single one of their top brass knew the weight those 2 words carried!
First, Special Grade. Just as there existed Sequence-Type Abilities ranked above Grade S, monsters naturally had existences ranked above ordinary Grade S as well.
The 1st kind was the Boss-version Grade S.
These monsters all had their own domains, and under normal circumstances, you simply couldn't enter them.
Take the Scarecrow, for example—the entire Wheat Field was its territory.
Its power far surpassed ordinary Grade S.
The 2nd kind was Special Grade.
These monsters equally far surpassed Grade S.
But their abilities could generally go toe-to-toe with Divine Chosen.
As for which of the 2 was stronger, it wasn't easy to say—it depended on ability matchups.
And then...the Divine Fetus!
That was a terrifying existence born in the Twilight Forest by drawing on the nutrients of the World Tree!
According to top-secret documents, only 1 of these things could exist at any given time!
And within the Arashin-kai, the 9th Seat—【Lord Wu Wo】!
Had already been confirmed by Eagle Nation's intelligence bureau!
He was a Divine Fetus who had completely lost control after losing his family!
Because at one point, that individual, relying on his strength alone on Eerie Island!
Had wiped out an entire Dragon-Grade special operations squad from Eagle Nation!
Even the 1 person who managed to barely escape ended up shooting himself due to psychological problems!
"My God..."
Zhao Yan stared at that line of combat records in disbelief.
"He actually...solo-killed the Arashin-kai's 9th Seat?!"
"There's no way anyone would believe this guy isn't cheating!!"
Wan Changzheng immediately rushed to the tactical sand table, pulling out the map of Eerie Island.
"Based on the intelligence obtained from Eagle Nation!"
"No Words Needed is most likely at Rose High School!"
"Now the Tiger-Grade squad heading to Eerie Island the day after tomorrow finally has a target!"
"No."
Shen Lian beside him objected.
"According to the data models from our Think Tank."
"'No Words Needed' has most likely already left the school and reached 【Seattle Mercy Hospital】."
"Because only there does the map terminal for Eerie Island's northern half-zone lie hidden."
"However, the 2 of you—this isn't the key issue right now."
"The key issue is...Lord Wu Wo is dead."
"Those madmen from the Arashin-kai are probably...already in a full-blown rage."
......
And indeed, just as this cold beauty had said.
Polar Ice Wastes. The peak of some nameless glacier.
Boom boom boom!!
Ten-thousand-year-old glaciers were trembling violently, cracks spreading in every direction!
Nightmare stood at the edge of the ice cliff, eyes fixed on the leaderboard on the Sky Screen.
Behind him, black aura surged skyward, transforming into countless ghostly silhouettes that howled in the freezing wind!
"Damn it!!"
Nightmare roared in fury.
"Lord Wu Wo...actually died?!"
"And he died at the hands of a newcomer?! How is that even possible!!"
Who was Lord Wu Wo?
He was the Divine Fetus born of the World Tree!
He was the Arashin-kai's 9th Seat!
He was the organization's universally acknowledged numbers monster!
That sheer, pure physical power was something even he didn't want to provoke lightly.
And yet now...
This perfect weapon had actually been broken by the hands of a newcomer!
What's more!!
A fully grown Divine Fetus, upon death, didn't respawn at the World Tree!
It directly reverted to its infant form and clung to the nearest person right there on the spot!
Which meant No Words Needed had essentially freeloaded a Divine Chosen straight out of their hands!
How could he possibly accept this?!
Just as Nightmare was about to blast the glacier apart to vent his rage.
"Oh my, oh my~ getting angry is bad for the body~"
A mocking voice drifted from behind him.
Joker came bouncing over.
What made everyone's jaw drop was the sight of a man dressed up like a baby, wearing an oversized diaper, cradled in his arms.
It was none other than the mentally devastated Dusk.
While feeding Dusk from a baby bottle, Joker grinned and twisted the knife further.
"Actually...the newcomer took out more than just Lord Wu Wo."
"Our little Dusk here was most likely also beaten stupid by that person called 'No Words Needed'~"
"Isn't that right? Baby~"
Joker looked down, playfully teasing Dusk in his arms.
"Heh heh heh...aba aba..."
Dusk laughed dopily, blowing a spit bubble.
Then.
Pffft!
A foul stench wafted out from that oversized diaper.
Clearly, he had soiled himself.
"......"
Nightmare was already nearly bursting with rage, and now this stench hit him like a wall.
Looking at Joker's smug, grinning expression, he was ready to kill someone!
He whipped around, his gaze locking dead onto Joker.
Boom!
A terrifying Suppressive Pressure crashed down on Joker's head!
"Say that again...if you dare."
Nightmare's voice was cold as ice.
"I guarantee you won't live to see the aurora over the Polar Ice Wastes tonight."
"Aiyah~ don't be mad~"
Joker quickly waved his hands.
"Just kidding, just lightening the mood."
"I don't find it funny at all."
Nightmare didn't give him an inch, his gaze razor-sharp.
Clearly, he had genuinely considered killing him.
Joker still wore that expression of someone who delighted in chaos.
He even dared to pat Nightmare on the shoulder.
"Getting angry is no good, you'll get wrinkles."
"Look at me, I'm very optimistic~"
"That 'No Words Needed' is just a newcomer, he must've had good starting luck!"
"Drew some ability that happened to perfectly counter the 2 of them."
"Or maybe..."
"Lord Wu Wo and Dusk had some kind of conflict between them, killed each other, and this guy just swooped in to scavenge, right?"
Hearing this analysis, the killing aura around Nightmare receded slightly.
If it was infighting, it was indeed possible for a newcomer to exploit the gap.
But...
He never believed in luck.
"'Void' is absent, so the Arashin-kai is temporarily under my command."
Nightmare turned away, his back to Joker, and issued the kill order.
"You—right now! Go immediately and notify the 【Gambler】!"
"Tell her she must find this 'No Words Needed'! And..."
"She must eliminate him before he reaches 【Soul-Return Town】!!"
"No matter the cost!"
"Once it's done, I'll allow her to choose any 1 piece of equipment from the vault!"
"Got it, got it!"
Joker flashed an "OK" gesture, then tilted his head in confusion.
"But...why does he have to be killed before he reaches 【Soul-Return Town】?"
"Is that rundown little town special somehow?"
"Is there some top-secret plan I don't know about?"
Faced with the question.
Nightmare let out a cold snort, and a surge of black aura shoved Joker back half a step.
"Stop asking things you shouldn't!"
"Either way, for our entire Arashin-kai, this is of the utmost importance!"
"There absolutely cannot be any slip-ups!"
"Now! Immediately! Right now! Go notify the Gambler!"
"Tch, fine, don't tell me then. What are you getting all worked up for~"
Joker dug at his ear, looking thoroughly displeased.
Then he simply flung Dusk—the baby—straight at Nightmare!
"Here! Have a taste of babysitting yourself!"
"I'll go notify that woman right now."
With that, he turned around, ready to leave.
But just at that moment.
Nightmare caught Dusk with one arm, and suddenly changed his mind.
"Wait."
He felt that sending only the Gambler was not reliable enough.
That "No Words Needed" had consecutively killed 2 Seat members—in all likelihood, he was a rare 【Divine Chosen】!
And the ability he had awakened most likely belonged to the top-10-ranked 【Sequence-Type Abilities】!
That was a true divine authority on par with the power of gods!
And in the Arashin-kai's creed...
Any god other than the Evil God was a heretic!
And heretics were not permitted to exist!
So that newcomer had only 1 path!
Death!
This potential threat had to be completely crushed in its cradle!
"You...go with the Gambler."
Nightmare fixed his gaze on Joker, his tone grim.
"The 2 of you working together—even if he has a Sequence-Type Ability, there's no way he can win."
However.
Joker immediately and decisively shook his head.
"No!"
"I still have my baby to look after!"
"I haven't got time to bully a little kid who just started the game!"
"......"
Nightmare stood frozen.
He looked down at Dusk, who was grinning idiotically up at him.
Then sniffed that suffocating stench of excrement.
‘I swear...’
Truthfully, he desperately wanted to curse.
But for the sake of that plan he couldn't speak of, he forcibly held it back.
Nightmare drew a deep breath and said through gritted teeth.
"Dusk...I'll look after him."
"You go kill someone!"
"No!"
Joker refused again, even starting to whistle.
Boom!!
Nightmare was genuinely furious this time!
The black mist filling the sky transformed into blades, instantly sealing off every escape route Joker had!
Just as he was about to forcibly strike and discipline this unruly madman.
Joker suddenly turned around, his smile fading slightly.
"If you want me to go, I can."
"But only if...you agree to 1 condition of mine."
Nightmare suppressed his killing intent and asked coldly, "What condition?"
Joker placed a hand over his chest and bowed like a gentleman.
But when he raised his head, his eyes were filled with a bone-deep chill.
"Simple."
"You only need to answer me 1 question..."
"The matter of 【Soul-Return Town】...does it have anything to do with the 'Old Crone'?"
"......"
Upon hearing those 3 words—"Old Crone."
The savage black aura surging around Nightmare froze for an instant.
After a long silence, his voice shifted into something calm—calm to a chilling degree.
"I knew it..."
"You, of all people, have never forgotten about her."
"You only need to answer: yes...or no."
Joker seemed slightly agitated.
"Whatever the answer, as long as you answer, I'll go assist the Gambler and kill that 'No Words Needed'."
Looking at Joker's stubborn, fixated eyes, Nightmare suddenly laughed.
"Heh heh heh..."
"Fine, I never expected that the infamous Joker would turn out to be such a lovesick fool."
"Since you want to know so badly, I'll be merciful and tell you..."
"Yes."
Upon receiving that answer.
Joker froze for half a second, then erupted into fierce applause!
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"Thank you for your answer, Lord Nightmare."
Joker smiled again, reaching a hand into his chest.
"Then...as agreed."
"I shall personally attend as a special guest and participate in this grand performance..."
He slowly drew out a white, faceless mask from within his coat.
......
At the same time. Seattle Mercy Hospital, 2nd floor card room.
The zone controlled by the Card Players' Association.
Zhou Xing and Cao Hua, who had just lost a thumb on the 8th floor.
Were now seated at the gambling table on the 2nd floor, massacring ordinary gamblers.
"Hahaha! All-Kill!!"
Zhou Xing used that right hand wrapped in a bloodstained bandage to frantically sweep the Ghost Coins off the table.
Though they'd lost terribly upstairs, down here, with his special ability, they were still stomping the competition into the dirt.
They quickly raked in a tidy windfall.
After all, they had borrowed money from their senior, Chen Daozi, and it had to be paid back.
Borrow honestly and repay honestly, and borrowing again would be no trouble.
But before paying their senior back, they still needed to deal with 1 pressing problem first.
The severed finger.
So.
The 2 of them grabbed their coin purses and made their way to the Nurse Ghost counter on the 2nd floor.
"Hey, miss."
Cao Hua knocked on the counter. "Do you have any fingers available here? The kind for reattachment."
The Nurse Ghost with half her face rotted off shook her head.
Then she pulled out a catalogue from beneath the counter and began her sales pitch.
She flipped it open and pointed to the pictures.
One was a 'leg' measuring 30cm in length!
The other was a 4-cylinder qilin kidney!
"What the—?!"
Cao Hua and Zhou Xing were both instantly dumbstruck, their eyes going wide.
"That's insanely good?!"
Cao Hua swallowed hard. "So...how much does this thing cost?"
The Nurse Ghost smiled faintly and stuck a price tag on the catalogue.
【Part Purchase Fee: 30 Ghost Coins.】
【Surgery Fee: 10,000 Ghost Coins.】
"What the—!! That's daylight robbery!!"
Both of them leapt to their feet at once. "No thanks, no thanks! The original's just fine!"
What a joke—after all their life-or-death gambling, they'd only won a few hundred Ghost Coins.
Where were they supposed to find money for a surgery that cost a fortune?
But just as the 2 were about to leave.
Out of the corner of his eye, Zhou Xing caught a glimpse of something sitting in the corner of the counter.
"Hey, nurse."
Zhou Xing pointed at it. "How much is that mask? Looks pretty cool."
The Nurse Ghost followed his finger, then held up a sign.
【Defective item picked up by a nurse from another floor. 100 Ghost Coins.】
"Sold!"
Without another word, Zhou Xing dropped 100 Ghost Coins on the counter and picked the mask up, turning it over in his hands.
"What are you buying that junk for?"
Cao Hua asked, puzzled.
"To hide my face, obviously."
Zhou Xing explained, "Tomorrow morning at 8, I'm supposed to be Senior Chen's assistant."
"Wearing a mask not only hides your identity, it adds a bit of mystique."
"Besides..."
"Even if the Hospital Director gets taken out, control of this hospital will still have to be fought over again by all the factions."
"Keeping a low profile never hurts."
Cao Hua nodded in understanding. "True~ You really do think things through, Ah Xing."
Zhou Xing nodded smugly, then raised the mask and slowly pressed it onto his face.
However.
What neither of them knew was.
The wheel of fate had already engaged the moment that mask was donned!
......
Far away, atop the Polar Ice Wastes.
Joker, too, was pressing that exact same mask onto his own face.
The instant the mask made contact with skin!
A ripple surged instantaneously across a distance of tens of millions of miles!
On the 2nd floor of Seattle Mercy Hospital, Zhou Xing's body went completely rigid!
"Ah Xing? What's wrong?"
Cao Hua sensed something was off and reached out to touch him.
But in the very next second.
Through the eye-holes of that pale white mask, Cao Hua found himself staring into a pair of eyes that absolutely did not belong to Zhou Xing!
They were eyes filled with...
Elegant, unhinged madness!
"Heh heh heh heh..."
A strange laugh drifted out from beneath the mask.
He tilted his head slightly, looking at the terrified Cao Hua.
He raised a single finger and pressed it against the lips of the mask.
"Shh..."
"The show...is about to begin."
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