Chapter 604: 604: Madness Plan

Chapter 604: Chapter 604: Madness Plan

In the dormitory.

Han Dong sticks close behind Cass…

The Little Demon Eye widens.

He carefully observes the faint moonlight mark left on Cass’s neck.

There are no hidden magic lines and no connection to any energy seen.

Unable to decipher its true purpose, he can only guess that it is somehow related to the “Execution”.

The “Corporeal Strength” mentioned by Togu was fully manifested in the battle.

Although Cass’s power is not inferior, he can only barely shake Miles.

The worst part is the constant evil Qi that Miles gives off…

The fine equipment, which was an exceptionally rare sight during Cass’s Apprentice Knight stage, was actually cut off by a single strike from Miles… this fearsome strength left even the battle-hardened Cass stunned for a half a second during the battle, causing a momentary wavering of his rock-solid lionhearted will.

“He’s too strong… Our experiences facing fate events as Apprentice Knights can’t be compared.

The monsters we encountered during the ‘Clown Revival’ must have been limited by the System.

In the reality of fate, this is their true form.”

Having temporarily lost his weapon, Cass pulls out a roll of athletic tape from the dormitory.

He slowly wraps it around his palm and forearm, preparing for the upcoming battle with his bare fists.

There is no fear.

Even facing death in battle, there wouldn’t be a shred of hesitation in Cass.

However… Diana seemed to be in a bad way, currently crouching alone at the foot of the bed, thumb in her mouth.

Every five seconds a bone spur grows out from the tip of her finger, only to be bitten off, chewed and swallowed by her.

She had exhibited her ‘Fatal Bone Arrow’, one of her secret weapons, in battle.

The penetrating power is extreme, the ensuing explosion’s splashing bone spur is a lethal killer ‘against people’.

Using this move requires time to store energy, requiring a partner to buy time.

Nevertheless, at the cost of having his weapon damaged, Cass bought her time.

The bone arrow hit… but did not kill. In fact, it was far from lethal.

This resulted in Diana taking a huge hit, she has been murmuring non-stop since the end of the battle.

Han Dong walks towards the window alone, and sighs:

“Not killing the target might be a good thing…”

This phrase immediately attracts Diana’s attention. Diana stops murmuring for a moment, looking at Han Dong with a curious and inexplicable gaze.

“From the moment we entered the Fate Space until we encountered the Other Residents, the system has never given a true mainline or sideline plot…

The basic requirement for this Other Chapter is that we need to obtain a permanent residency certificate for the Other Derry Town and kill one of the Other Residents.

Since these two tasks are separated, it implies that killing a resident does not directly provide a residency certificate… To obtain a residency certificate, it is likely that we need to complete a special task, or reach the interior of Other Derry Town.

Given the current strength demonstrated by ‘Moonlight-Miles’.

If we encounter three or four such residents, it’s basically a checkmate… But the original intention of the Fate Space is survival of the fittest, training high-quality humans. It will not deliberately set up dead ends.

Therefore, there must be some specific way to avoid being swarmed.

I hypothesize… There is no good neighborly relationship between the residents like in reality. More commonly, it is a state of mutual killing on sight.

If we encounter two residents at the same time, it is likely to present a triangular deadlock.

If Miles can only appear under the dual conditions of ‘Night’ and ‘Moonlight’, we can change our approach, turning this Human Demon who is chasing to kill us, into our bodyguard.”

Seeing Han Dong’s inference,

Diana pinpointed a key point and questioned, “How are we certain of the hostility between the Other Residents? If there’s none… We won’t have any means to fall back on. This is too risky.”

“A resident enslaved by me told me… He and Miles are on the verge of a fight at first sight, just like the past clown.

Also, in the recent fight, he slowly regained his memory.

According to him, residents like Miles, who don’t like to talk and prefer to be arbitrary, will directly go into battle once they encounter other residents that irritate him.”

Cass also finds it hard to accept this proposal and probes further, “Nicholas, do you mean… we stall for time? Drag it out till 48 hours later when the Moonlight Enclave enveloping the campus fades naturally, and while under the pursuit of this Human Demon, proceed to Derry Town? This is quite risky.”

“That’s the idea. A ‘bodyguard’ that can only appear under the dual conditions of time and setting is hard to come by.

If we encounter another fate squadron on the journey, we might as well pass them the bodyguard.”

Only Han Dong dares to proceed with such ‘mad antics’, a normal squadron definitely couldn’t come up with such a plan.

“Trust me once, and also…”

Several ink-squirting tentacles grew out of Han Dong’s palm.

He directly prints a thumbnail of Bates College in his mind, using the inkjet technique, onto a piece of white paper.

“Cass, you and Diana shall move together.

Draw the ‘Moonlight Area’ and ‘Non-Moonlight Area’ in the campus… I have determined that there will be no day-night alternation within the 48 hours of moonlight confinement, and the white moon in the sky will not move.

From the time Miles appeared up till now, the position of the moon has not changed.”

“What about you?”

“I’ll take a trip to the ‘Old Teaching Building.’ After all, there was a malignant incident of limb amputation that occurred there. It may be related to the middle-aged murderer who previously obtained moonlight power, or there might be other secrets hidden.

We absolutely cannot ignore any detail in a fate event. If there’s no issue in the old teaching building, I’ll come and find you.”

“Alright… be careful.”

“Okay.”

Even though Han Dong is acting alone and it seems risky, in fact, Han Dong has the ‘most people’ on his side… In case of danger, they can go ‘all out’.

In no time,

Han Dong stands in front of the old teaching building on the south side of the campus, where all the doors and windows on the first floor have been sealed with wooden boards.

“Though a bit old, the building is structurally sound… It can completely be used as a substitute teaching building. It being forcibly shut down must have some special reason.”

Gurgle!

Bubbles spurt from Han Dong’s mouth, with several pink tentacles drilling out from inside his body.

Nicole, whose upper body is humanoid and lower body is like a pink octopus, appears in the night.

“Hrmm~ I was suffocating.”

Nicole had been clamoring to come out ever since she came to the Fate Space… But the “Follower” like Nicole, once appearing, would require Han Dong to explain to his teammates for quite some time.

Moreover, the containment individual is a trump card. Han Dong didn’t plan to reveal it in the early stage.

Now that he is acting alone, he release Nicole temporarily to relieve her discomfort.

Nicole sticks her upturned nose on the door, sniffing faintly, “Hmm… Why does this building have a weird smell?”