The Last Gentleman-Chapter 318: Dressing
When his head was crushed by Zede, the instant he was declared dead,
Yi Chen’s consciousness immediately felt a call from the depths of the nightmare, as if a multitude of black tentacles rose from the deepest muck, dragging at his very being.
As he continued to sink with the drag of the tentacles,
there was nothing below, just a warm, primal darkness.
His consciousness was wrapped layer by layer in silt, while his physical structure began to ferment, expand, and perfect on the surface.
By the time this wondrous process completely ended,
pop!
A giant egg festooned with tentacles on the bottom dropped vertically into the Library area.
The top of the egg bloomed like a flower,
Yi Chen sat upright within, hugging his knees, still sporting his bun hairstyle, but his clothing was nowhere to be found.
Unlike Catherine,
Yi Chen was experiencing death and rebirth in the nightmare for the first time.
Even though his physical reconstruction was complete,
his entire brain still felt buried deep in the mud, overwhelmed by a sense of compression, dizziness, and weight, eventually unable to bear it, he supported himself on his hands and vomited violently.
The Library janitors rushed in response to the commotion, using soft tubes grown at their mouths, quickly cleaned away Yi Chen’s vomit.
It took a full five minutes to recover,
and with a wry smile, he recalled his brief experience of being killed by Zede in an instant.
“Teacher Zede’s true level is just too terrifying… That perfect corpse form must be Teacher’s ‘Restriction Release,’ right? It’s my first time seeing Teacher using that form.
That body even comes with an aura or domain effect,
anyone who peers at this perfect corpse will fall into the ‘Corpse Demon Cave’ and be stripped of the control over their body.
In that situation, if I wanted to forcibly take back control of my body and used ‘Dead Man Makeup,’ I probably could have managed it, but by doing so my control over my body would be noticed by Teacher, and even my identity might be exposed.
If Teacher spared me, it might violate the contract I signed with Catherine.
But if I didn’t give it my all, I would have just been killed in an instant… quite the dilemma.
I’ve thought it over and there’s only ‘The only way’ left~ I’ll wait for Catherine to return here, and then I’ll ask to try it out. Faced with a situation that exceeds the game’s settings, she should agree.”
Yi Chen leaned on the Library’s railing, continuing to excitedly talk to himself,
“This is just too thrilling~ with the nightmare privilege of infinite death, I can fight Teacher Zede at his full strength multiple times. The feeling is just too great.
No wonder Teacher Zede, for his uncontrollable crime within the Organization, wasn’t treated as a Death Row Inmate but was labeled as ‘Special Record Combat Power’ and imprisoned.
Even if I can’t win, at least I want to see what Teacher Zede’s ‘Frame’ on his head really looks like.”
For some reason, the killed Yi Chen felt somewhat ‘addicted’;more precisely, it should be called a physical addiction.
Originating from the most fundamental struggle instinct of humans as a species, any man’s male hormones would be ignited upon seeing such a perfect body as Teacher Zede’s,
wanting to challenge such impeccable power, longing for the most basic physical collision to determine the victor.
With human civilization’s advancement, perhaps pulling a trigger can take a life, perhaps throwing a bomb can kill a group of people, or perhaps holding a weapon against unarmed people can allow one to kill wantonly.
But this always touches upon a foundational problem,
such struggles between people become less pure due to the inclusion of ‘external factors’;the purity of the contest is greatly diminished.
Therefore, humanity has started to organize some ‘legalized’ combat competitions, where weapons are prohibited, relying solely on individual physical confrontation.
The audience below, and even those watching in front of the TV, are stirred by such primal physical struggle, their blood boiling, even willing to bet heavy gold to increase their own ‘sense of participation’.
That’s exactly how Yi Chen felt at the moment;he was completely fascinated by Zede’s physicality, eagerly wanting to engage in this most primitive confrontation.
Even if he were killed, it would be immensely satisfying.
“Catherine, this guy, how can she hold out so long this time? I have some things I need to talk to her about…”
After waiting for about an hour,
splat—a giant egg fell heavily in front of Yi Chen. Before the egg could even open, Catherine kicked her way out from inside it, climbing out furiously.
Due to her rage, you could even see numerous female faces protruding from the surface of Catherine’s skin, wailing and roaring along with her.
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“This guy can be this strong?
I wasn’t ambushed this time;I was still unable to win even in a direct confrontation? Speaking of which, William, you’re too weak, getting killed in an instant. So much for the promise of fighting together;it’s just me resisting the enemy alone.”
Yi Chen spread his hands, “How can I not be weak? Mr. Zede has the perfection of gentleman’s clothes to strengthen him, and I have nothing. The ‘Nightmare Power’ I got from you, Catherine, is handy, but no matter what, this new gain is always somewhat unfamiliar and can’t possibly compare with the [Costume] that has grown with me.
Catherine, let me bring the [Costume] in… only then can I bring out my real strength.”
As Yi Chen made this suggestion, Catherine’s emotions also immediately subsided.
She took small hopping steps to get close to Yi Chen, tiptoeing so their eyes were almost touching.
From such a close inspection, Catherine found no impurities between Yi Chen’s eyes, verifying that he indeed wanted to use the costume to combat Zede, not to pull any tricks.
“Fine, I didn’t expect the opponent to be able to bring in the costume.
But I must warn you! Don’t try any tricks using the costume. Violating our partnership contract would result in annihilation on a soul level.
I’ll go get it for you… just wait a moment.”
As the ruler of nightmares, Catherine easily returned to the surface of the dream and woke up.
She took down the ‘Gentleman’s Skin’ sealed in nightmares from the wall and personally dressed Yi Chen in it.
The moment the costume touched his physique, numerous threads immediately burrowed underneath his skin,
Not just the effect of high Skin Content, but some deep soul contract also reactivated, and a yellow substance quickly flowed into Yi Chen’s soul.
The next second,
Yi Chen, situated in the Nightmare Library, was already wearing the [Costume].
However, the costume presented in the dream looked different. To conceal his identity as a gentleman, Yi Chen naturally couldn’t retain the costume’s original appearance.
He roughened, aged, even shattered the iconic appearance of the gentleman’s clothes.
The costume was further adorned with leather embellishments, with the edge of the garment tails reflecting a feeling of fiery ash passing away.
The most important thing was letting Yellow Skin gain the dominant position, suppressing the ‘Gentleman’s Skin’ so that Wrinkled Skin Spacy and teacher Zede would not discover in combat that it was a gentleman’s costume.
The Yellow Skin, once capable of causing chaos in the Skin Market, naturally achieved this with ease, while also displaying a little yellow leather cape.
Catherine, being active in the circus for years, had not heard of the disturbance in the Skin Market, let alone known that Yellow Skin was involved.
“Quite an odd style~ It even makes me feel strange at first glance.”
In response to Catherine’s words, Yi Chen acted as if he hadn’t heard at all, his entire focus on the costume.
Making Yellow Skin the leading component of the costume was a first for Yi Chen, resulting in even higher conformity with the costume than before.
If the past fit was 100%, it was now 150%.
Because Yellow Skin completely permeated the physique, perfectly combining with Yi Chen’s consciousness. It felt as if he could perform [Restriction Release] at any time.
