bookcurios Chapter 759 Who are they?
Chapter 759 Who are they?
"..."
“So,” Lu Chusheng said, word by word, “that’s the real reason you left the inspection team.”
"is it?"
"Yes."
Zhou Yuanyang's expression calmed down slightly, and he said:
"I have to apologize for that. I did do a lot of bad things back then in order to get out of the inspection team as quickly as possible—"
"That's not a good thing."
Lu Chusheng interrupted Zhou Yuanyang, staring coldly at Zhou Yuanyang's feigned composure.
“You knew perfectly well what serious consequences doing such a thing would have, but you still did it.”
"..."
Zhou Yuanyang remained silent for a long time, as if he was looking for an excuse, but Lu Chusheng beat him to it.
"Zhou Yuanyang, we should be considered friends, right?"
Lu Chusheng said.
Zhou Yuan looked up and his eyelashes trembled.
"In order to get information about the resurrected player, you didn't hesitate to betray your comrades in the surveillance team—"
"They are all alive and well now!"
Zhou Yuanyang couldn't help but speak up in defense: "I said they wouldn't be in any danger—"
What are you yelling about?
Lu Chusheng's cold gaze fell on Zhou Yuanyang's face. He looked at the facial muscles twitching due to memory spasms, and also saw the scar on the half of Zhou's burned cheek that seemed to be wriggling.
“They’re not dead,” Lu Chusheng said coldly, no longer looking at Zhou Yuanyang’s disfigured half-face. “They took a full six months to recover before they could enter the game instance normally. Do you think you showed mercy?”
"……Yes."
The emotionally charged Zhou Yuanyang calmed down as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water. A smile appeared on his lips again, but the depths of his gray pupils were shockingly dark.
"I calculated the time precisely, down to the second, before I could finish the game. Isn't that considered going easy on me?"
"Brother Lu."
Zhou Yuanyang clenched his hands, trying to suppress the physiological spasms, and asked earnestly:
"None of them died. Isn't that a good enough outcome? What more could I ask for?"
Lu Chusheng stared at him intently. "And back then? Did they know about your so-called plan?"
"You say you didn't really intend to kill anyone, but that's just your one-sided thought. Do you know who can possibly get into your head?"
"Brother Lu——"
"enough."
Lu Chusheng didn't want to continue. He sighed, looked down at the red-legged centipede curled up in the mango mousse and munched on it, and sighed again.
"Yuan Yang".
Lu Chusheng: "Stop talking. Those people almost died back then. The doctors were so busy they were almost exhausted before they managed to save them all. We put in so much effort. Do you think I would believe your one-sided explanation?"
"..."
Zhou Yuan opened his mouth, but when he looked into Lu Chusheng's eyes, which refused to meet his gaze, he closed them in despair.
"you're right."
Zhou Yuanyang laughed self-deprecatingly: "I was too presumptuous, and I was too selfish."
“But I will not give up on bringing her back to life,” Zhou Yuanyang said. “I have given up many things, but this is the one thing I cannot give up.”
"..."
Lu Chusheng watched as the red-legged centipede slowly devoured the mango mousse, and blinked slowly.
"Your freedom."
Lu Chusheng: "I have said that I respect the thoughts of each of you."
The main reason he was angry with Zhou Yuanyang was that the latter had almost killed nearly six players in the monitoring team before leaving.
If Zhou Yuanyang simply left, the people in the inspection team would be angry and furious, but they would never hate him.
This is no longer just a matter of leaving the inspection team—this is treason, even treason that tried to kill them.
Lu Chusheng had just emerged from a game instance. Covered in wounds, he hadn't even had a chance to drink a recovery potion when Lin Feng pushed open the door and called out to him.
Lin Feng's expression at the time was one of terror, a kind of panicked helplessness that left her speechless.
She said, "Brother Lu, Brother Zhou, he's betrayed us."
Yes, Zhou Yuanyang, after entering the game instance with the monitoring team players, was about to clear the instance when the locked monster was released... After being released, the monster frantically bit the unprepared monitoring team players, leaving a trail of blood.
"……Feel sorry."
Zhou Yuanyang finally lowered his head, reached out and touched the red-legged centipede that was eating mango mousse, and whispered:
“What’s done is done. You’re right. I shouldn’t explain.”
After all, those dying players in the monitoring team were real, and it was also true that he had betrayed the trust of Lu Chusheng and the others.
"So, Captain Lu, what exactly is it that you came to see me about this time?"
The address changed from "Brother Lu" back to "Captain Lu," and Zhou Yuan's hand, which was touching the red-legged centipede, trembled almost imperceptibly a few times.
The red-legged centipede seemed to sense his emotional fluctuations, raised its head and swayed it from side to side, its cream-covered mouthparts opening and closing several times before biting into Zhou Yuanyang's hand.
"hiss."
Zhou Yuanyang hissed involuntarily, but made no move to withdraw his hand.
Lu Chusheng watched his "interaction" with the red-legged centipede with a complicated expression.
He didn't say much, only stating, "Guild Tournament."
"..." Zhou Yuanyang paused, then looked up at Lu Chusheng with a half-smile and said:
"I thought Captain Lu would look down on such shameless behavior as trying to get information out of us beforehand."
"It's not just empty talk."
Lu Chusheng shook his head: "What I want to ask is, will you participate in the guild competition this time?"
"..."
Zhou Yuanyang paused for a few seconds, then realized something and slowly said, "Yes."
"it is good."
Having received the answer, Lu Chusheng picked up his coffee, took a sip, and said coldly:
"They will all participate in this guild tournament."
Both of them knew perfectly well who these "they" were.
Zhou Yuanyang subconsciously reached out and grasped the coffee cup, took a sip, and said:
"I will show no mercy."
"Need not."
Lu Chusheng remained indifferent as always: "They won't show any mercy either."
"..."
The private room fell silent for a moment.
After a long while, Zhou Yuanyang suddenly chuckled softly, but the topic shifted to something difficult to discuss.
"The town is now hiring players for daily buying and selling jobs... Captain Lu, what do you think it's doing?"
Lu Chusheng: "Isn't this a good thing?"
Zhou Yuanyang was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "A good thing? Don't tell me that's what you really think. If this is truly a good thing, then I'd rather just die—"
"For some people, this is a good thing."
Lu Chusheng interrupted his sarcasm, saying, "For players who lack ability, courage, and the motivation to continue living, relying on jobs in towns to survive is a rare and good thing."
"..."
Zhou Yuanyang, who had been interrupted, remained silent for a moment after hearing this, then suddenly sneered:
"Captain Lu means, how dare this good-for-nothing still have the nerve to live?"