Chapter 469 – The Terrifying Twins

These threads seemed fragile, but they were incredibly strong and deeply embedded in the flesh, making them very difficult to escape from.

“Could this be the legendary Hair Ghost? It’s got to be the Hair Ghost!” The Smoking Man’s eyes widened, then he quickly shook his head. “No, no, no… this must be an illusion. It’s all an illusion! These threads are illusions!”

“Hee hee!”

A little loli let out a light laugh and suddenly took out something very familiar to the Smoking Man.

The dark barrel of a gun was pointed right at the Smoking Man’s eyes.

“Why is it in your hands?! Were you the one who snatched my gun in mid-air just now?”

With the barrel aimed at him, the Smoking Man’s hair stood on end.

As long as that little hand pressed down lightly, his head would be blown to bits at such a close range.

“This doesn’t match the intel at all! The intel said there might be a little girl with an enhancement ability, but this girl isn’t an enhancement type!”

Enhanced what? Hair? Or body hair!

The Smoking Man had cursed Liu Baodong a hundred times in his heart, but he was more concerned about his current situation.

No matter what superpower this little loli had, she was still a minor and should be easy to deceive…

“Um… Little sister, can you let uncle go…”

The Smoking Man swallowed hard, trying to control his trembling voice and speak as “kindly” as possible. “Uncle has something even more fun than this gun…”

“Sure!” The little loli tilted her head and agreed very readily.

“Rea… really?”

The Smoking Man didn’t expect it to be so smooth and quickly said, “Then let uncle go, hahaha…”

“But uncle has to lend me his eyes first!”

The little loli continued, pushing the barrel a bit closer.

“What?!”

“Lend? This is clearly robbery! And how can you lend something like that, little sister! Can you handle a gun with your eyes closed? Can those red eyes hanging around your neck work normally? This is a crazy girl, deceiving her won’t work…”

The Smoking Man desperately tried to grab the gun, but the more he struggled, the tighter the silver thread constricted around him.

The gun was right in front of him, but he couldn’t snatch it away…

Just as the veins on his forehead were about to burst, the little loli, whose eyes had been tightly closed, suddenly opened them wide.

Her blood-red pupils, filled with a frenzy and indifference, contrasted eerily with the innocent smile on her face!

“Bang!” The little loli giggled, making a sound with her mouth.

“Ah… ah!”

The Smoking Man started to struggle frantically, losing all sense of judgment.

Those were definitely not human eyes!

But if she was a zombie, how could one explain these silver threads and the extra eyes around her neck?

This isn’t scientific! This is too unscientific!

The Smoking Man felt his worldview being yanked down and flushed down the toilet!

He was completely at a disadvantage, unable to predict what would happen next. The overwhelming fear made him twist his body desperately.

The threads cut into his flesh, but he still managed to turn his body.

“It’s useless, useless! Hee hee hee…”

The little loli’s laughter echoed in the stairwell, sounding like a death knell to him.

But at this moment, another figure suddenly appeared before him!

“Heh heh heh, whatever tricks you have, use them all! It’s all just an illusion, just illusions!”

“Huh?”

Seeing the figure clearly, the Smoking Man was momentarily stunned.

Standing before him was an ordinary-looking teenage girl.

With long straight hair and a school uniform, the only abnormal thing was that her slender body was carrying an enormous scythe.

“Scythe… right! The intel mentioned her! The girl wielding the scythe! Hahaha… it really is all illusions, I knew it…”

The Smoking Man involuntarily felt relieved, for the first time finding an enemy so familiar and comforting…

However, just as the Smoking Man breathed a sigh of relief, a blood-red shadow slowly rose behind the girl…

“Uh…”

The Smoking Man was stunned once again.

The blood-red shadow clung to the girl’s shoulder and gradually stood up.

A red scythe reeking of blood, an identical face…

The only difference was that under the same black hair, there was a pair of blood-red eyes.

Just like the “female ghost” with full-body arthritis, she had a pair of kaleidoscopic blood-red eyes!

She leaned on the girl in front, and one of her eyes suddenly turned black.

Meanwhile, one of the eyes of the girl in front slowly turned blood-red at a visible pace.

“What’s going on! Twins? No, no… what kind of terrifying twins are these!”

The Smoking Man’s mouth hung open, his eyes wide, and only meaningless “grrr” sounds came from his throat.

The two girls simultaneously showed an eerie smile; one had a cold and ruthless gaze, while the other looked calm and sinister:

“They said to dig something out of your mouth…” they spoke in unison.

“Is it organs…” said the one with black eyes.

“Or information…” followed the one with red eyes.

“It’s up to you,” they said again in unison.

The Smoking Man shivered all over, the continuous shocks leaving him utterly bewildered…

…

“Given the lack of information, this is all I could do…”

Yin Jie was on his way to the designated location with the broadsword. Although the first step of the plan had been disrupted, his expression remained relatively calm…

Now, they just had to wait for the signal.

“Whether Dong-Ge’s mission succeeds or not, the intended effect will be achieved. Delay time, create an opportunity for Yuanyuan…”

Even if the Smoking Man is captured, he should know.

Only by clenching his teeth tightly does he have value and a chance to live.

“Even if that mental ability superhuman has a way to force his mouth open, it would still take some time. In any case, the goal of buying time will be achieved…”

Yin Jie thought to himself as he looked ahead.

Suddenly, Yin Jie paused and glanced back with the corner of his eye: “Zombies?”

He waited quietly for a moment, and seeing that nothing happened, he continued forward with the broadsword.

Meanwhile, about a hundred meters away from them, a huge white figure was pressed against the wall.

“Clumsy panda, you almost got spotted!”

Ling Mo’s main body let out a sigh of relief, simultaneously retracting his gaze from Xia Na.

Trying to multitask really doesn’t work…

“This guy knows nothing… must be a pawn1, right?”

The efficiency of the female zombies was indeed impressive, probably even Yin Jie couldn’t have imagined that the Smoking Man would spill everything without any coercion…

Even Ling Mo didn’t see that coming…

“They’re really getting more and more resourceful, and they know how to use their strengths!”

Ling Mo rubbed his chin and thought: “There’s still one person who hasn’t entered the hotel. Now, where could they be?”

…

Outside the hotel, a figure was busy at work.

Yuanyuan’s mission was not to act together with the Smoking Man from the start.

Her task was to start setting up explosives as soon as the Smoking Man entered the hotel.

Whether the Smoking Man got caught or not, she would reach a safe location in five minutes and detonate the hotel.

The explosion would attract countless zombies to swarm in, while Yin Jie would be sniping from a distance.

Even if they survived the explosion, they wouldn’t escape the sniper rifle.

And if they did, there were still her and the broadsword lying in wait…

“Even if the plan fails, achieve a victorious result.”

This was Yin Jie’s way of doing things…

“Hope they can hold out a bit longer…”

Yuanyuan glanced up at the towering hotel, thinking.

But just as she looked down, her movements stiffened.

In the moonlight, a long shadow stretched out in front of her.

The figure was holding a gun, with the barrel pointed right at her.

“Don’t… move…”

As she reached for her waist, a voice stopped her.

“Tch!”

Yuanyuan gritted her teeth, rolled on the ground, and quickly drew two pistols, firing wildly in front of her.

Even if it’s random shooting, it should hit once or twice…

“Where is he!”

Yuanyuan’s eyes widened as she looked at the empty space in front of her.

Footnote:

1. Pawn(棋子): When someone is described as a “pawn,” it means they are being used by someone else in a larger scheme or plan.  They have little control over their situation and are often sacrificed for the benefit of those in power.

In Chinese culture, this metaphor is common and conveys a sense of powerlessness and exploitation.