Chapter 43
Chapter 43: The Mistake Every Man in the World Would Make
Splat…
As a headless corpse collapsed, the stench of blood instantly filled the classroom.
"Ahhhh!!!"
Screams erupted one after another.
Especially the girl sitting beside that Sakura Nation boy—Natsuki.
The warm, sticky red-and-white matter splattered across half her face.
"Yada!!"
Natsuki broke down screaming, clawing frantically at her face with both hands, desperately trying to wipe the stuff off.
"So disgusting! So disgusting!!"
The other Sakura Nation students were also scared pale, some bending over and retching on the spot.
In less than 10 minutes.
Of the original 11 Sakura Nation students, first Kinami had been "counter-killed," and now another had their head blown off.
Only 9 remained—5 girls and 4 boys.
This death rate was even higher than a horror film.
What was even more terrifying was—
With yet another person's death, everyone's Ghost Face Mark darkened significantly, as if absorbing the resentment in the air.
"What are you doing?!"
Lu Shiyan stared at the headless corpse, his entire being numb.
He snapped his head around, pointing at the man "sleeping" in the back row, unable to hold back:
"Jiang Nan! Do you know you're going to get us all killed?!"
"This is a Ghost Domain! Killing increases the concentration of the curse! Are you trying to get everyone killed?!"
However.
Faced with Lu Shiyan's furious accusation, Jiang Nan maintained his lordly posture without even lifting an eyelid.
He only lazily raised his right hand, waving it casually toward the front row.
The gesture looked like he was shooing away flies.
"Received!"
Liu Yuqing in the first row instantly understood, springing to her feet and pushing up her glasses.
"Understood, Boss! Your Royal Mouthpiece Qing is online!"
She saluted Jiang Nan with utter loyalty.
Then Liu Yuqing spun around sharply, facing Lu Shiyan on the podium, and activated full verbal assault mode.
"Hey! You, the chain-smoking uncle! What are you barking about?"
"Which eye of yours saw our Boss kill someone?"
"Logically speaking, we just entered this run-down school less than 10 minutes ago—we haven't even had time to warm our seats!"
"And how long have you people been in here?"
"That so-called curse, that Ghost Face—it was clearly triggered by the people you killed before!"
"By rights, the only possible murderers are you lot! We are the innocent victims dragged in by you!"
"What gives you the right to accuse our Boss?"
Lu Shiyan was thrown off by this barrage: "But he clearly just—"
"Clearly what?"
Liu Yuqing cut him off immediately, righteously pointing at the dead creep:
"That person just now—what was he trying to do to our Teacher Chen? Are you blind?"
"Our Boss merely committed 'the mistake every man in the world would make'!"
"As a man, when you see your woman being mentally violated by disgusting trash like that, shouldn't you step in?"
"This is called 'Flying Into a Rage for the Sake of a Beauty'! This is a real man!"
"What's wrong with standing up for your own woman?! It's just killing 1 person—what's the big deal?!"
Yu Shishi beside her also pumped her little fists, cheering loudly in support.
"Exactly, exactly! Boss is the coolest! Not like some uncle who only knows how to smoke and act deep!"
"……"
Listening to this worldview-shattering, logic-defying speech, everyone present…
Actually fell silent.
Not only did no one step forward to object—quite a few people were even silently nodding along in their hearts.
Not because they feared Jiang Nan's American-style Quick-Draw.
But because…
This was the Savage Realm!
This was a man-eating apocalypse!
Here, law and morality had long since become toilet paper.
Jiang Nan's domineering, protective, kill-first-ask-questions-never behavior might mark him as a dangerous lunatic in modern society, but here…
He was a bold, passionate warlord—fierce yet loyal!
Those few Sakura Nation girls who had been trembling in horror—the look in their eyes when they gazed at Jiang Nan had completely changed.
It was the look of being conquered by someone powerful.
"Sugoi…"
They were practically itching to crawl over right then and there and offer themselves to that powerful man.
But thinking that their extensive 'history' might make him look down on them—
Or even bring death upon themselves—they reluctantly dismissed the thought.
As for the remaining 4 male students, they were nearly scared enough to wet themselves.
Though they privately thought 'this is way too cool,' in their eyes, Jiang Nan was a living Yama who killed without blinking!
What if one of them was next?
On the podium.
The ever-silent Kujo Ran, clutching the wound on her thigh, fixed Jiang Nan with a cold, sharp stare.
‘This Huaxia man…so brazen, his true strength unfathomable…’
‘Could he be the 'No Words Needed' from the intelligence reports?’
Kujo was already 80 to 90 percent certain in her heart.
On Eerie Island, no one dared to act this arrogantly except that mysterious man.
The next moment, she let out a cold laugh.
‘Fortunately…’
‘Before I abandoned the vehicle and fled, I pressed the highest-level radio Distress Signal.’
‘Muraguchi-san and the main force should arrive to rescue us very soon.’
‘By then…reporting intel on this Huaxia man and Lu Shiyan to him would truly be killing 2 birds with 1 stone!’
‘With this achievement, my standing within the clan will grow even greater!’
‘Even if my ability is only Grade C, I'd have the strength to compete for the Clan Head position!’
Kujo Ran was deep in her daydream.
Hoshino Hikari beside her, seeing that expression on her face, opened her mouth wanting to advise against it.
But thinking of the other's distinguished family background and ruthless methods, she ultimately lowered her head weakly.
The other had the pride of nobility in her heart—she would never listen to a small commoner like her.
Meanwhile, in the first row.
Chen Tong was gazing at the sleeping figure in the back row with an expression of pure admiration, her eyes nearly overflowing with pink hearts.
Who would not like a boy who stepped up for you?
Even if he was a demon, he was her demon.
……
"You…you people…"
Lu Shiyan was left completely speechless by Liu Yuqing's combination barrage, nearly dropping his cigarette.
"Enough, Lu."
Yekaterina, who had been watching the show all along, finally spoke. She gave Jiang Nan an amused glance, then said to Lu Shiyan:
"That little girl is right."
"It was my carelessness that brought them in—if there's blame…blame me."
"And besides…that boy did deserve to die."
Even his own teammate had defected.
"Fine…"
Lu Shiyan knew he had no leg to stand on. He was just somewhat frustrated and could only swallow his anger.
His hands trembling, he pulled 3 cigarettes at once from the red cigarette box, lit them all, and took a deep, fierce drag.
"Today I must be extravagant! Otherwise I'm afraid my high blood pressure will flare up and get me killed by rage!"
"Whew~"
Exhaling a dense cloud of smoke, Lu Shiyan steadied his nerves.
He casually grabbed the back of a nearby male student's hand and glanced at the countdown on it.
Because his own mark was on his neck—he couldn't see it himself.
【02:13】
"2 more minutes…"
Lu Shiyan's expression sharpened.
And right at that moment.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Footsteps echoed from the corridor outside the classroom.
Then, 2 figures appeared at the classroom doorway.
"Hey Boss! And the sisters-in-law!"
"We finally found you!!"
A familiar figure came rushing in, panting heavily.
The disfigured left face…
It was Guo Shuai—wearing the school uniform!
And behind him followed a girl in a sailor uniform with twin pigtails.
Natsuki, who had just about finished wiping the brain matter off her face, looked up at the sound.
When she saw that girl, she blanked for a moment:
"Huh?"
"Masaya? You weren't in the classroom earlier?"
That girl called Masaya was also one of the Sakura Nation students in this group.
Hearing Natsuki's question, Masaya blanked for a moment, then scratched her head apologetically, flashing a cute smile.
"Ah…that's right."
"When Mr. Lu took you all away, I'd gone to the bathroom, so I didn't keep up."
"I tried to chase after you later, but I ran into a bunch of Wandering Corpses in the corridor…scared me half to death."
Masaya patted her chest, looking shaken, then pointed at Guo Shuai beside her:
"Luckily I ran into this…uh, Mr. Guo Shuai."
"Otherwise I really would've become 'Masaya the Wanderer'~"
"That was really lucky of you~"
Natsuki let out a sigh of relief, but then a flash of jealousy crossed her eyes almost immediately.
She looked at the man with the disfigured left face.
‘This person…seems to be the one who successfully escaped from the Starving Wraith earlier?’
‘And he's Jiang Nan's underling…’
‘Well, look at that—the 'Roast Chicken' gets to perch on a branch and become a phoenix.’
‘If I manage to latch onto him as a backer…’
Natsuki felt sour inside.
So she quickly waved her hand, flashing what she considered her most charming smile.
"Masaya! Come here! Sit next to me!"
She planned to use the guise of being best friends to introduce herself to this powerhouse as well.
‘Being the woman of an underling isn't bad either…he probably doesn't mind that I'm dark-skinned.’
"Coming~"
Masaya maintained that sweet smile, bouncing over toward Natsuki.
"Mr. Guo Shuai, come sit with us too~"
Natsuki was still wrapped in her daydream.
However.
Just as the girl called Masaya walked right up to Natsuki, about to sit down—
In the back row by the window.
The man who had been "sleeping" the whole time ever so slightly raised his right hand once more.
The same familiar gesture as before.
“Bang.”
Splat!!
Without any warning.
Masaya's twin-pigtailed head—smiling ever so cutely—instantly exploded!
Splatter!
Some unknown black viscous substance erupted like a fountain.
And Natsuki, sitting directly across from her…
Once again, got a faceful.
And because this time it was face-to-face at extremely close range.
It was distributed even more evenly than the last time.
Even her eyelashes were covered in chunks of flesh.
"…"
The entire room fell into silence once more.