By the time he returned to the dormitory, it was already evening. Inside the dormitory, not only was there Luo Chen, but also someone unexpected—Gu Yue Na.
"Na'er, why are you here in the boys' dormitory?" Gu Chen was a little surprised.
"Chen Ge, Hu Liena and the others dared to try to assassinate us. We can't just let this slide. How about I take care of them for you?" Gu Yue Na whispered, her gaze icy—of course, the coldness was directed at Hu Liena and the others.
"Don't worry, they won't survive tonight." Gu Chen sneered coldly, transmitting his voice to her.
"Since you have a plan, I can rest easy." Gu Yue Na was slightly taken aback, then nodded.
"Actually, it's my fault. If I hadn't trusted Hu Liena and the others, we wouldn't have ended up in that situation. I'm sorry, Na'er." Gu Chen spoke with a hint of apology.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yue Na didn't say anything. She simply moved closer to Gu Chen. Gu Chen, startled, kept retreating until his back hit the wall with a "thud."
Gu Yue Na was still coming closer, their bodies almost touching, and Gu Chen could feel her breath. Their eyes were less than five centimeters apart!
Could it be... could she be...?
Gu Chen's face turned red, like an apple, and he shut his eyes tightly.
"Pfft!"
Suddenly, Gu Yue Na laughed, taking a step back, her face filled with amusement. "Do we really need to say sorry between us?" After saying that, she left the boys' dormitory, humming a tune and looking very happy.
Looks like she was teasing me?
Gu Chen opened his eyes and rubbed his nose, where a water droplet had formed from Gu Yue Na's exhaled breath.
"Gu Chen, big brother, you two are siblings, right? This..." Luo Chen looked at Gu Chen with a strange expression.
Gu Chen gave a mysterious smile. "Unfortunately, we're not real siblings."
"Wow!" Luo Chen seemed to realize something and looked at Gu Chen with admiration.
"Alright, I need to go out for a bit." Gu Chen said, walking out of the dormitory.
He didn't go far, but instead jumped up a steel pipe to reach the top of the five-story dorm building. Once he confirmed that no one was around, he took out the Night Cloak from his system bag and put it on.
In the distance, Qian Jun Douluo furrowed his brows. "This cloak is strange. I can't even detect his presence. Wait, have I... lost him?"
Suddenly, Gu Chen's body shifted and disappeared from the spot, leaving Qian Jun Douluo stunned.
Gu Chen knew that Qian Jun Douluo was following him, but there were some system secrets he didn't want anyone else to know.
At the Soul Master Academy, on the back mountain, Gu Chen quickly scaled to the top of the mountain, where he sat cross-legged in a naturally formed cave.
After all the movement, he didn't even break a sweat. Taking a moment to regulate his breathing, Gu Chen extended his right hand and threw out a puppet.
The puppet transformed into the appearance of Hu Liena.
"Hu Liena" quickly exited the cave and returned to the Soul Master Academy's dormitory area.
"Big brother!" As she was about to return to the dormitory, Xie Yue saw "Hu Liena" and waved at him.
"Huh? Na Na, didn't you go back to the dormitory?" Xie Yue looked at Hu Liena in confusion.
"Hu Liena" smiled and said, "It's not even midnight yet, I'm not sleepy yet. And by the way, I can't believe we failed to assassinate Gu Chen."
Xie Yue nodded, his voice solemn. "Yeah, I didn't expect Gu Chen to have a protector. Even Bibi Dong couldn't kill him."
"Big brother, I heard there's an assassin group in the Soul City commercial street. Their martial souls give them the ability to come and go without a trace. They'll definitely kill Gu Chen before his protector notices." "Hu Liena" spoke mysteriously.
Xie Yue's eyes lit up. "Really? Where?"
"Hu Liena" replied, "At the commercial street of Soul City, there's an alley at the corner of the street. Wait for me there, I'll go find Yan."
Xie Yue nodded and instructed "Hu Liena" to be careful before heading out of the Soul Master Academy. He trusted his sister's words without question. His sister would never harm him, right?
Once Xie Yue left, "Hu Liena" smiled and headed toward Xie Yue's dormitory.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At that moment, Yan, who was still furious from the failure of the morning's plan, had just smashed his desk in frustration.
"Who is it!" Yan opened the door and saw "Hu Liena" standing outside.
"Na Na?" Yan was surprised but quickly calmed himself. He was Hu Liena's most loyal follower, or more strictly speaking, her lapdog.
"Yan, I need your help with something. Do you have time to talk to me alone?"
"Hu Liena" lowered her head slightly, a faint blush on her face, as she nervously fiddled with the corner of her clothes and spoke in a soft voice.
Na Na, does she want to go on a date with me?
Yan's face turned red at lightning speed, his mind blank for a moment.
"Okay, okay..." Yan instinctively agreed.
"Hu Liena" grinned happily, "Then it's settled. I'll be waiting for you in the small forest behind the Soul Master Academy at midnight."
Before Yan could react, "Hu Liena" had already left.
Yan sat down heavily on the ground and slapped himself on the face, muttering in a daze, "It hurts. This isn't a dream. Na Na really wants to accept me?"
"Hu Liena" appeared once again. No, at this moment, she shouldn't be called "Hu Liena" anymore; she should be called "Xie Yue."
Because the one standing at the door of the girls' dormitory now looked exactly like Xie Yue.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Xie Yue" gently knocked on the door, and Hu Liena opened it.
"Na Na, I have something to discuss with you. Can you come out for a moment?" Xie Yue spoke as he looked at Hu Liena.
Hu Liena peeked inside the dormitory and said, "Big brother, my roommate isn't here. She won't be back until tomorrow. What is it? You can just tell me."
"Xie Yue" smiled, though it was a rather eerie smile, as he spoke both to Hu Liena and as if talking to himself, "Is that so? Well, that makes it easier. Na Na, aren't you going to invite me in?"
"Oh, oh, big brother, please come in!" Hu Liena quickly moved aside to let "Xie Yue" in.
As they reached the window, "Xie Yue" gazed at the moon outside and sighed, "The moon tonight is beautiful, don't you think, Na Na?"
Hu Liena didn't know what "Xie Yue" was planning, but she obediently walked to stand before him, facing the outside. "Yes, the crescent moon tonight is quite beautiful."
"Xie Yue" smiled, "I wonder if your blood will be just as beautiful, just as graceful in its dance?"
"What?" Hu Liena suddenly turned around, but she could no longer see "Xie Yue." Instead, she was confronted by a puppet with an eerie, sinister appearance.
"Clamor and turmoil..." The puppet spoke in a strange, gender-neutral voice as its metal claws dug into Hu Liena's throat with no mercy.
Countless wires shot out, tightly binding Hu Liena from head to toe. Her hands and feet were tied, the steel wires connecting the puppet to all the furniture in the dormitory.
"Who... Who are you?" Hu Liena struggled violently but couldn't move. Her eyes were filled with terror as she shed desperate tears.
"Vividly real death!" A familiar voice came from behind her. Hu Liena tried to turn around to look but found that she no longer had control of her body.
It turned out that a paper Puppet had pierced her heart, deeply embedding itself into the wall opposite her. The paper puppet was stuck several centimeters into the wall, which was made of metal!
Her life force was rapidly draining, and Hu Liena could no longer struggle. Her eyes became vacant, and her head drooped weakly.
Blood poured from her chest, flowing down her clothes and pooling into a red puddle on the floor.
Behind her, Gu Chen, still cloaked in the Night Cloak, removed his hood, revealing his sinister eyes. He withdrew the paper Puppet, retracted the wires, abandoned the puppet, and walked out of the dormitory without looking back.
"Born small, died spectacularly!"
(End of Chapter)