Chapter 972: Kill You
"He can control 'people,' but that doesn't mean we can control 'people,'" Black Sheep said with a frown. "Right now, we're stuck on the 'people' step!"
"You..." Ground Tiger thought for a long moment, then moved Black Sheep's hand away from his collar. His expression turned somber as he muttered, "Old Black, anyway, I've made up my mind. Regardless of whether Brother Sheep will actually let me kill 'Sky Tiger,' I see this plan as beneficial to him, so I'm going through with it."
Black Sheep's face showed a hint of anger. He stared at Ground Tiger for a long while before slowly saying, "Then we'll go together."
"No, no..." Ground Tiger gave an awkward smile. "That's not what I meant, Old Black. I can go myself. Don't be mad... you..."
"Stop with the fucking nonsense." Black Sheep sighed. This feeling truly left him helpless.
It was supposed to be a plan to separate the clever from the fools. Now that he'd seen through everything, he had to execute it in the stupidest way possible... Wouldn't this definitely cause problems?
But Black Sheep knew better than anyone that he and Ground Tiger had held on for so many years. If someone were to die at the very last moment... the one left alive would surely regret it for the rest of their life.
"Paying-the-bill Tiger," Black Sheep called out again. "Just in case, there's something I need to tell you first."
"Tell me...?" Ground Tiger was taken aback. "Old Black... aren't you afraid I'll screw it up..."
"I have no other choice." Black Sheep said. "In all my decades here, the people I can trust are few: Human Snake counts as one, you count as one, Brother Sheep counts as one... and... Little Mouse."
"Old Black... you... don't pull this dying shit on me."
"Little Mouse and Brother Sheep are gone. Human Snake's body is as fragile as paper for us... so I can only trust you." Black Sheep continued, "Paying-the-bill Tiger, listen to me. If I die..."
"Fuck your mother!"
Ground Tiger suddenly shoved Black Sheep, who slammed into the wall.
Then Ground Tiger pointed at his mouth and said, "Spit three times right now! That's fucking bad luck!"
Black Sheep ignored him. With his back against the wall, he continued in a low voice, "If I die, you must rush to the corridor immediately and gather all the 'Destroyers.' Their leader is a woman named Yan Zhichun. From then on, you and Yan Zhichun will be in charge. Tell them you 'represent Black Sheep.'"
"What...?" Ground Tiger was stunned. "Damn you, Old Black... you... you had your own plan all along?"
Black Sheep didn't answer the question. Instead, he added, "After gathering everyone, head to the bottom cargo hold and free all the 'Ants.'"
"Huh?"
"Freeing the 'Ants' will definitely draw 'Sky Ox' to intervene..." Black Sheep looked up. "Paying-the-bill Tiger, no one else is going to kill 'Sky Ox.' So if we want to get out of this intact, we need to take down two 'Celestials.' And the time limit for killing 'Sky Tiger' must be within ten minutes; otherwise, there's no way to rally the 'Destroyers' to take down 'Sky Ox' together."
Seeing that Ground Tiger remained silent, Black Sheep added, "On this 'Train,' the two hardest 'Celestials' to kill, besides Sky Dragon, should be 'Sky Snake' and 'Sky Ox.' One controls the 'Train operations,' the other controls the 'Ants.'"
"Fuck... this fucking..." Ground Tiger frowned. "Old Black... don't tell me your original mission was to free the 'Ants'...? Before we got the 'Counterpart Kill' mission, you already knew you'd have to fight 'Sky Ox' solo?"
"That's right. I even practiced on a different 'Ox' today." Black Sheep rolled his neck and touched the blood on his cheek. "Lucky me. 'Ground Ox' is very similar to 'Sky Ox.' That's probably why 'Sky Ox' was willing to train her... Both women are nimble and strong, so their fighting methods are probably similar."
"You... you got those injuries from that Ground Ox sister?" Ground Tiger was surprised, then pointed his thumb toward the wall. "The one next door?"
"Yes." Black Sheep said. "Don't let her small frame fool you; she doesn't mess around when she fights. I heard she used to be an athlete."
"Wait, hold on..." Ground Tiger scratched his head. "You couldn't even gain an advantage over a Ground Ox sister... and you want to solo 'Sky Ox'...? Have you lost your fucking mind?"
"Our physical abilities are the same, so..."
"But they have 'Echoes'!" Ground Tiger said. "Don't give me that bullshit. You definitely can't beat Ground Ox. Let's just swap missions!"
"Swap...?"
"I'll take 'Sky Ox,' and you solo 'Sky Tiger'!"
"I'll fucking kill you!" Black Sheep cursed. "I go help you kill 'Sky Tiger,' and you just leave me there? Choosing to help you is truly my fucking blessing!"
"Haha!" Seeing Black Sheep return to his usual self, Ground Tiger laughed heartily. "Damn Old Black... I was joking! How could I leave you there?"
Black Sheep sighed in exasperation and said, "Anyway, that's the situation, Paying-the-bill Tiger. At the critical moment, you can even use those 'Destroyers' bodies as weapons to throw at 'Sky Ox.'"
"Ah...?!" Ground Tiger was stunned. "But aren't they Brother Sheep's men?"
"That's right." Black Sheep said. "That kind of behavior should be tacitly approved by Brother Sheep."
"Why?"
"Because Brother Sheep handed them over to me. He knows my fighting style. If he dares to give me men, I dare to let them die." Black Sheep said. "From that perspective, those 'Destroyers' also know I might kill them. So don't hold back. Use any method you think can help you win and kill 'Sky Ox' as quickly as possible."
After hearing this, Ground Tiger scratched his head and said, "I guess I can understand that much... but why do we need to free the 'Ants'?"
"I don't know." Black Sheep said. "But this is the plan I received. I'll complete it at any cost. Consider it my way of repaying all of Brother Sheep's kindness to me."
After thinking it over, Ground Tiger lowered his head and muttered, "Fuck... strange..."
"What?"
"Old Black..." Ground Tiger scratched his head with a confused expression. "Why does it sound like everyone has their own independent plan... but I don't?"
"You...?" Black Sheep was startled. "Did Brother Sheep not give you any private instructions before he left?"
"No!" Ground Tiger said. "Am I not worthy?! My brain doesn't even qualify to receive an independent plan?"
Black Sheep found this puzzling too. Ground Tiger was clearly the eye of this storm, and yet Aries hadn't told him anything.
Looking at it this way, there was only one possibility.
"This means that in Brother Sheep's eyes, no matter what you do, it's all within the plan."
"Huh...?"
Black Sheep stood up and walked toward the door. "I need to go treat my wounds."
"Alright... need help?" Ground Tiger asked.
"Get lost."
"Oh."
At the door, Black Sheep turned back and said, "Paying-the-bill Tiger, if you dare to die, I'll definitely kill you."