Chapter 698: Life-or-Death Speed, Two Choices One
At this moment, Hans's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fixedly at the bathroom door!
He was squatting in a horse stance, shuffling step by step toward the bathroom, sweat pouring down his face like a flood!
He felt as if his rear end had gone numb from the sheer force building up behind it.
The "clang clang clang" sound was incessant!
It felt like he was holding a pot filled with boiling hot soup—one shiver, and the soup would spill out!
The sensation was indescribably intense!
By the time Hans shuffled into the bathroom, the room was already thick with mist!
Hans gritted his steel teeth, tears welling up in his eyes as he stared at the toilet bowl so close at hand!
Victory was right within reach!
Frantic with urgency, Hans spun around and sat down on the toilet!
A loud "clang-rattle-rattle!" echoed through the room!
The expression on Hans's face froze. He looked down and broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.
(٥ಥжಥ‧̣̥̇)
Aaaah, how could I forget about this?
I'm still wearing the iron shorts! How can I relieve myself without taking them off?
[Resentment Points from Hans. Black +1000!]
Driven mad with desperation, Hans's gaze fell on the rows of alloy locks lining both sides of the shorts!
Seven on one side, seven on the other—fourteen locks in total!
"The keys! Where did I put the keys? Get them for me, now!"
Outside the door, his underlings were rolling on the ground laughing. When they heard Hans's roar, they quickly opened the door!
A wave of white gas rushed toward them like a club to the head!
The underling who opened the door rolled his eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and fainted!
(||꒪ͦ﹃꒪ͦ)
Quite a few underlings were gagging from the stench, their eyes streaming tears from the irritation!
"Boss! The keys are locked in the safe back at headquarters! Should I go get them?"
Hans: (٥ಥ益ಥ‧̣̥̇)!!!
"Headquarters? Go! Hurry up and get them for me!"
No sooner had he roared than a loud "crack-crunch!" sounded!
The ceramic toilet bowl, unable to bear the weight of the alloy iron shorts, cracked under the pressure and was shattered as Hans sat down!
He fell to the ground with a thud! Hans's face turned white!
When the dam was about to burst, an earthquake hit?
Who could withstand that?
[Resentment Points from Hans. Black +1000!]
Forget about picking the locks!
By the time the keys arrived, he would have already burst the dam!
So, like a madman, he grabbed the alloy locks on both sides and pulled with all the strength he had, yanking wildly!
"Aaaah! Open, damn it! Open!"
"What an idiot I am! Why did I put on so many locks!"
(งཀДཀ)ง!!!
After all, Hans was still a Star Glory rank; even alloy locks couldn't withstand his destructive force!
In no time, he had torn off three locks!
But then his body stiffened!
Wait—if I take off the iron shorts, what if the Original Sin Heavenly Punishment comes to punish me right then?
No... it can't be that coincidental, right?
But what if it does?
If I don't take them off, I'll be reliving my childhood warmth right now!
Hans slapped himself wildly in the face!
No time to hesitate—life-or-death speed, two choices one!
Do I choose a happy life?
Or do I choose the Nine Heavens Falling Silver River?
I think heaven has already made the choice for me!
Hans, still sitting on the floor, suddenly relaxed his tense body!
A look of relief spread across his face!
(｡⁼̴△⁼̴｡) Oh ho ho ho~
The bathroom echoed with banging and clattering, but this time the "clang clang" sounded somewhat muffled!
In the corridor, the underlings fell into collective silence!
The boss—he did his best!
A wind-element underling suddenly flew in through the window, panting heavily, holding a set of keys in his hand. He said anxiously, "I've brought the keys! Hurry and give them to the boss!"
One person shook his head and said, "No need! The boss has already started!"
Wind-element underling: Σ(ŎдŎ٥)ﾉﾉ
Started?
Ah, well...
[Resentment Points from Hans. Black +1000!]
[Resentment Points from Hans...]
In the Explorer camp, Jiang Nan was utterly baffled!
Why is Hans still sending me Resentment Points?
He's been sending them for seven or eight hours straight, nonstop?
I even specially gave him soybeans for free to remove the Abyss influence—out of goodwill!
Why don't people these days know how to be grateful?
Just then, Yao Hong called, her voice tinged with delight!
"Boss Nan Shen, Hans has agreed to meet and discuss the Star Luo plan!"
Jiang Nan chuckled darkly. "Expected. Don't meet him. Stall him for another two days."
Yao Hong was taken aback. "Huh? Not meeting him? Wouldn't that..."
Jiang Nan said flatly, "Have you forgotten what I taught you? In negotiations, you must hold absolute initiative. The negotiation has already begun!"
"Black Claw coming to us on their own accord means they've already lost the initiative. But that's not enough—do you understand?"
Yao Hong's eyes sparkled. "You want Hans to spend a few days in fear and anxiety, making him even more desperate for the Abyss treasures you mentioned to escape the Original Sin Heavenly Punishment?"
Jiang Nan grinned. "Smart. How's the search for that dirty kid going?"
At this, Yao Hong's expression turned strange. "Haven't found him yet. Boss, are you sure he's in Nightless City?"
Jiang Nan was also a bit surprised. Nightless City wasn't huge, but it wasn't small either!
Even Dandelion couldn't find him?
Did that little brat know Dandelion was looking for him, so he went into hiding?
"Keep searching! Report any leads to me immediately!"
After hanging up, Jiang Nan rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Hmm—let's hit Hans with one more for good measure. Three shots should be just about right."
With that, he pulled out another Bubbling Pudding and popped it into his mouth.
When going out to cause trouble, of course you don't use your own appearance. Nightless City had too many eyes and too many people.
His identity was sensitive, so he had to be more careful.
Half an hour later, on the main street!
A girl wearing black fishnet stockings and a short skirt was strolling down the street, her big eyes darting around restlessly.
She had a shoulder-length bob haircut, a white felt hat on her head, and a lollipop in her mouth.
Pure and cute!
She sauntered up to a certain building and muttered under her breath, "Black Claw First Branch—this should be the place, right?"
Then she slipped into a deserted alley, pulled out the Hundred Shots Hundred Hits Slingshot!
This time, Jiang Nan didn't use a Diamond-grade Spirit Pearl; instead, he loaded another Black Pearl!
After carefully checking that no one was around, he drew back the slingshot with a wicked grin. There was an indescribable thrill in doing sneaky things like this!
He was even getting a bit addicted!
"Swish!"
A sonic boom rang out, and a crimson spiritual streak streaked across the sky in a stunning arc, heading straight for the building!
After firing the Black Pearl, Jiang Nan naturally teleported away from the crime scene!
Standing on the street, he also wore a look of shock as he stared at the crimson spiritual light flying toward the building!
"Everyone, look! It's the Original Sin Heavenly Punishment!"
Gasps rose from the crowd!
Inside the building, the "clang clang" sounds hadn't stopped—it had been eight hours already!
But for Hans, who had downed over a hundred small soybeans in one breath, this was only the beginning!
By now, the scene in the bathroom was beyond description!
Hans sat on the floor, eyes vacant, utterly devoid of life!
Had he, after all these years in the underworld, never been so humiliated?
In the end, he still had to relive the warm childhood of being six years old?
Just then, the tiled bathroom wall suddenly shattered!
A crimson spiritual light shot toward the iron shorts at terrifying speed!
Hans's eyes bulged, every hair on his body standing on end!
The Original Sin Heavenly Punishment had come to punish him again?
A third time?
I knew it! Hahahaha!
For some reason, Hans's heart was pounding with excitement!
It felt like all his suffering hadn't been in vain!
Good thing he hadn't taken off the iron shorts and chosen the Nine Heavens Falling Silver River!
Otherwise, wouldn't all the preparation for the iron shorts have been for nothing?
At this moment, Hans couldn't help but admire his own brilliant decision!
I didn't relive my warm childhood for nothing!
Come on! I want to see how you're going to pierce through my iron shorts!
Having been hit twice by the Original Sin Heavenly Punishment, Hans had roughly figured out the characteristics of the spiritual light!
It was fast, extremely hard to react to and defend against, and it could even track!
But he had a rough idea of the explosive power. These iron shorts were specifically designed to defend against spiritual light attacks!
An explosive attack like the previous two—the iron shorts would definitely hold!
Watching the crimson spiritual light hurtling toward him, Hans stood up straight, hands on his hips!
"Let's see what you can do to me!"
The crimson spiritual light struck the iron shorts instantly!
"Clang!"
The deafening sound of metal impact even shattered the building's glass windows!
The explosion Hans expected never happened!
The terrifying mass combined with kinetic energy turned into unparalleled penetrating power, all focused on the iron shorts!
The 50mm thick Ki-Nb-Ti-Mg alloy shorts were pierced clean through, leaving a coin-sized hole!
Hans's eyes went wide, his face instantly turning the color of a pig's liver. His body was hurled backward by the immense penetrating force!
He flew out of the branch building, and a scream like a pig being slaughtered rang through the air!
ヽ(;´༎ຶ口༎ຶ`)ﾉ: "Aaaah—that's cheating! Since when does this thing have armor-piercing! Aah!"
Hans crashed through two more buildings before smashing heavily onto the ground, banging his head against the floor in agony!
He never expected this!
Why didn't it explode this time? Changed to armor-piercing?
Then what was the point of all that suffering—wearing the iron shorts, making the life-or-death two-choices-one, choosing to relive his childhood for the sake of happiness!
(||ཀ口ཀ): "I can't take it anymore! I'm too South! I don't want to stay in Nightless City anymore!"
"Why is it just me being hit! Just me! Three times already!"
[Resentment Points from Hans. Black +1000!]