Chapter 130
Chapter 130
This was why Girl 206 was so eager to lure Jiang Li to the Hot Spring Pool.
She intended to strip the skin from Jiang Li’s body while they were in the pool.
She wanted to perform a skin replacement for her own broken, rotting self.
At the thought of this possibility, a chill surged from the soles of Jiang Li’s feet straight to her heart.
No wonder Girl 206 had specifically prepared a whole pack of razor blades in addition to her toiletries.
Those blades were meant to skin Jiang Li alive.
Jiang Li hadn’t violated any rules, so she wouldn’t die.
But her skin would be “flayed” right off her.
Just like the current Red-Skinned Man.
The resentful Red-Skinned Man had followed Girl 206, driven by the obsession of the harm inflicted upon him.
He watched as the girl wore his skin, hiding in the shadows like a stinky rat.
He also monitored her, preventing her from continuing to harm other innocent people.
As for how this seemingly straightforward man had been tricked into the Hot Spring Pool by Girl 206, Jiang Li had no way of knowing.
Perhaps only the man himself knew that the girl’s desperate cries as she “pretended to drown” that day were the final funeral dirge that sent him to his doom…
“Jiang Li.” The girl’s shout interrupted Jiang Li’s thoughts.
Jiang Li pulled herself together and looked in the girl’s direction.
At this moment, Girl 206 was grabbing Jiang Li’s right arm, pulling her inward with all her might. “Come with me!”
Jiang Li’s feet didn’t budge an inch.
Because the Red-Skinned Man was also grabbing Jiang Li’s left arm, pulling her outward.
“Don’t trust her. Come with me,” the Red-Skinned Man said, his grip like iron.
The bloody water seeping from his skinless hands soaked further into her sleeve.
The two of them tugged at Jiang Li from both sides.
“Jiang Li, you say it yourself! Do you want to go with him or with me?”
Having no other choice, Girl 206 threw the question back to Jiang Li.
Girl 206’s mind was working fast.
She knew that if the choice was left to Jiang Li, the only possible answer was to “go with her.”
Jiang Li did not dare to anger a guest.
That was a rule.
But if she went in, she would be cruelly skinned; if she didn’t, she would anger the guest.
Jiang Li had no way to choose.
-“If it really comes down to it, just go with her. It’s not like Jiang Li can die anyway.”
-“The person upstairs, you sure make it sound easy. It’s not your skin being peeled off, is it!”
-“Even if Jiang Li can recover, no human being wants to endure the pain of being skinned alive, right?”
-“If it were me, I’d rather die than have someone flay me alive [Crying.jpg]”
A dilemma lay before Jiang Li.
No matter who she chose to follow, the level of harm she would face was not to be underestimated.
The two figures on her left and right were still arguing fiercely.
The girl held Jiang Li’s right arm, urging her to “go with her.”
The man also gripped Jiang Li’s left arm, stubbornly insisting she “go with him.”
This wasn’t a “request” from a Non-guest as defined in the rules, because he didn’t need Jiang Li to do anything for him.
He was simply providing the greatest possible “warning” to Jiang Li from the perspective of a victim.
Looking at the scene before her, Jiang Li thought it over and decided to adopt a “scumbag tactic.”
Jiang Li secretly hid her left hand behind her back and gave the man an “OK” gesture.
Judging by the man’s expression in the mirror, he had received Jiang Li’s message.
Then, Jiang Li spoke: “Since I promised you, I definitely want to go with you. But she’s grabbing me right now, and I really have no way out.”
Jiang Li said this while facing the girl.
Jiang Li had previously “promised” the girl that she would accompany her to the Hot Spring Pool.
Therefore, hearing Jiang Li’s response, the girl’s first reaction was that “Jiang Li is on my side.”
But just now, Jiang Li had also signaled the “OK” gesture to the man, effectively “promising” him as well.
The man heard her words and assumed Jiang Li was taking his side.
Because of this ambiguous dialogue, both of them believed Jiang Li was aligned with them. Consequently, they both gripped Jiang Li even tighter.
The Girl shouted, “She told you to let go! Didn’t you hear her?”
“You’re the one who should let go!” the man retorted.
The Girl and the man were at each other’s throats, their conflict completely escalating. Eventually, they ignored Jiang Li altogether and began brawling with one another.
Jiang Li took the opportunity to step back, retreating toward the Full-Length Mirror and letting out a quiet sigh of relief. The immediate crisis was averted, but it was far from enough.
The Aberration Power of Girl 206 was much stronger than that of the Red-Skinned Man. The Red-Skinned Man was an honest Aberration, simply doing his job. Girl 206, however, had been constantly harming people, and her power had grown accordingly.
After a second of thought, Jiang Li looked toward the Full-Length Mirror nearby.
“Patient ID 1037, it’s me. I need your help.”
A ripple like water suddenly appeared over the reflection of “Jiang Li” in the mirror. Then, the Mirror Person stood within, rubbing its eyes as it looked at her. “What is it, Jiang Li? I was still catching up on my sleep.”
Jiang Li made a shushing gesture, signaling it to be quiet. Seeing that Girl 206 hadn’t noticed her, Jiang Li gave the Mirror Person its instructions.
“Remember the Old Lady we kidnapped today? Go find her. Tell her… her relative is being beaten by a monster. Tell her to bring her family and friends over to help immediately.”
The Mirror Person agreed and vanished instantly.
Its efficiency was truly high. In less than thirty seconds, the Old Lady emerged from her room, brandishing a Kitchen Knife and fuming with rage. She let out a loud shout, and her various juniors quickly assembled. Everyone grabbed tools and weapons, charging toward the Hot Spring Pool with aggressive momentum.
The Red-Skinned Man was pinned to the ground, and Girl 206 was frantically slapping him. Blood was spraying everywhere.
Wang Xiaopang grabbed a stool and smashed it over the Girl’s head. The Old Lady, eyes wild with a murderous frenzy, hacked blindly at the Girl with her Kitchen Knife. Even the child holding the doll was there, pulling silver needles out of the doll and sticking them into Girl 206 until she looked like a pincushion.
The scene was… even Jiang Li found it terrifying to watch. Fortunately, when Jiang Li had beaten up Ran Xinxin that day, most of this family had been half-asleep. If they had attacked her as a group like this, Jiang Li might not have been able to hold them off.
Surrounded in the middle of the chaos, Girl 206 cried out to Jiang Li for help: “Ah!! Jiang Li, help me!! …Ah, it hurts!!!”
Jiang Li wiped the spectator’s look from her face and immediately put on an expression of deep concern. She shouted anxiously at the empty air, “But… but I can’t see you! What am I supposed to do!?”
Jiang Li waved her arms tentatively at the air, acting as if she truly couldn’t find her.
“I’m to your lef-” The Girl managed only a few words before taking a heavy blow to the neck from a blunt club.
Jiang Li went to the entrance of the Hot Spring Pool and gathered mops, brooms, and even an Iron Bucket. She carried over anything that could be used as a weapon. The family members beating the Girl were just starting to worry about their own weapons breaking, so they swarmed forward and snatched the items from her.
This “weapon delivery” from Jiang Li caused the Girl to be beaten even more mercilessly.
Watching the chaotic brawl through the mirror, Jiang Li crossed her arms and couldn’t help but shake her head. This family’s combat power was no joke. No wonder Girl 206 had gone out of her way to act pitiful in front of her and hinted that she wanted Jiang Li to eliminate this entire family of Specters.
In the mirror, Jiang Li saw the Iron Bucket being shoved over the Girl’s head.
Jiang Li’s lips curled upward. “Hang on, I’m coming to help you!”
With a loud shout, Jiang Li squeezed into the fray and delivered several vicious kicks to the Girl.