1TWITF[C Chapter 101

Chapter 101

Under Fang Tu’s icy gaze, Lin Chu knocked on Lu Yanli’s door.

“Jiang Bai, Jiang Bai, are you there?”

Lu Yanli opened the door, looking even more haggard, as if he hadn’t rested well. He smiled at Lin Chu, “Hello, what’s the matter?”

Everything seemed normal, but Fang Tu still felt something was off.

The conversation between the two came through the earpiece, and after a while, the screen of the mobile phone began to display images.

Under his coercion, Lin Chu took advantage of Lu Yanli going into the kitchen to make tea and installed a pinhole camera in the living room.

All of this was clearly visible on the monitor.

“Jiang Bai” nodded.

Fang Tu became impatient and reminded her, so Lin Chu turned the topic to the Wen Hua Festival.

“Jiang Bai” pondered for a moment, “To be honest, I don’t know much about this cultural festival. I didn’t intend to participate at first. A few days ago, when I went to visit the museum, a little girl at the entrance insisted on giving me a flyer.”

“What’s even stranger is that I can’t throw this flyer away, nor can I destroy it.” Jiang Bai’s eyes showed seriousness.

Lin Chu: “Can I take a look at the flyer?”

Lu Yanli handed it to her.

Lu Yanli nodded. She tore with force… but couldn’t tear it.

Just a thin piece of paper.

She also used a small knife she carried to scratch it, but it didn’t leave a mark. Seeing her attempt, Lu Yanli even handed her a lighter to burn it, but similarly, there were no signs of burning.

“Too weird.” Lin Chu held the flyer, “So you…”

“Yes, so I had to come. Otherwise, I might die.”

Fang Tu instructed her through the earpiece to bring the flyer out for research. Lin Chu smiled at him, “Is it convenient to lend us this flyer for a look?”

“We will.”

Another explosion came from outside the window. It was unknown where another explosion had occurred.

“By the way, is that person on the wanted list really not you?” Lin Chu stared directly at him, asking on behalf of the person monitoring him, and also asking for herself.

“Jiang Bai” shook his head, “It’s not me. I’m also curious as to why he looks so much like me.” He paused, revealing a gentle smile, “Do I have a twin brother I don’t know about?”

He didn’t intend to let these people know about the Pisces Jade Pendant.

The functions of the jade pendant, making wishes to gods, etc., were better kept to himself.

Lin Chu understood his hint and indicated that she knew. After sitting for a while, Lin Chu discussed some other matters as instructed by Fang Tu before leaving.

“Do you think… what that Jiang Bai said is true?”

“The person on the wanted list and he are indeed exactly the same, but there’s one thing: the person calling himself Jiang Bai doesn’t have any scars on his face.”

“Who can prove that the scars on the face of the person wanted by the police aren’t disguised?”

This was their third day arriving in the small town.

Now, the people in the hall were arguing.

Di Ying said, “I, I saw her go back to her room to sleep normally last night. There was nothing unusual.”

“I saw her too. She even greeted me and said she was going back to rest,” a task-taker said.

Could Shen Zhu be sleeping in?

It was ridiculous to say that.

“Could she have secretly gone out?”

Everyone was in an uproar, but they weren’t too surprised.

It was only the third day… and so many people had already died. Not to mention them, hundreds of people in the town had died.

When would this ever end?

*

The gauze that was previously applied fell off due to the car accident. Lu Yanli endured the pain and reapplied it. He packed his things and prepared to go to another place.

He clearly didn’t plan to make another wish to that “god”, but when death was approaching, it seemed that this was the only way to save himself. Therefore, even if the price of resurrection was killing everyone in the town, it didn’t matter.

What’s more… the future him died in the cultural festival. If he could eliminate everyone before the cultural festival, the cultural festival would naturally not be held again.

But…

The streets and alleys were plastered with wanted posters with his portrait. Although they didn’t write his name, the portrait on the wanted poster was very similar to him, so it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn’t be discovered.

At the end of the alley, he tore off a wanted poster and reburied a bomb. Just as he was about to turn around, a sense of danger came. He suddenly turned his head to look behind him.

At the end of the alley, stood a tall, thin figure.

That figure, like him, carried a long-handled axe, wore the same clothes, and had a large burn on his face.

It was himself.

Lu Yanli in the alley was a little unsure.

Judging by appearances, they were injured at the same time. So, when was the him at the alley entrance from?

The Lu Yanli at the alley entrance didn’t walk in.

He knew that this version of himself was full of explosives, and he also knew that even if the person in front of him was himself, he would never be willing to give up his life obediently because of the few words brought by the future him.

He failed to kill him last night, making it even more difficult today. If he were to unite the others in the town, including the task-takers, to kill the him of the present, it was very likely that he would be planting hidden dangers for the future him.

So, he just stood there and said one sentence.

“Your current behavior will cause us to die in the future.”

“Yes, but I can’t tell you,” said Lu Yanli, standing deep in the alley.

The other price he paid was to go to the future and kill a future him. This was the condition for him to return to the present. As for the other condition, eliminating everyone in the town was the reward that the “god” offered to allow him to change the past.

Therefore, he wouldn’t tell the future him about this. If the future him took precautions, then he might not be able to go back to the present.

Lu Yanli at the alley entrance: “I understand.” He looked outside and suddenly said, “When I came, it was May 1st.”

It was now March 3rd, the third day the task-takers entered, and the second day Lu Yanli entered the small town.

The Lu Yanli inside the alley: “I know.” But he didn’t say which point in time he had gone back to from the future.

Lu Yanli at the alley entrance continued, “Although I came back successfully, I made a mistake.”

“What?”

Lu Yanli deep in the alley indicated that he understood.

But he was deeply troubled.

Because he was the one who nearly died at the cultural festival and was reborn through making a wish. But he didn’t tell the future self about this. If he happened to be himself from the timeline after his death and rebirth, then he didn’t need his reminder. If he wasn’t, it meant that his route might not be wrong.

However, how should he get through it this time?

After the Lu Yanli at the alley entrance finished speaking, just as he was about to turn around and leave, he was stopped by another self.

“Wait, one last question. Who exactly are the people they’re looking for?”

Hearing this question, the Lu Yanli at the alley entrance looked at the other person with an unclear expression, and shook his head, “I can’t tell you.”

Not “I don’t know”, but “can’t tell”.

With that, he turned around and left, leaving only another past self to fall into thought.

Soon, the people in the small town discovered him.

He looked exactly like the man on the wanted poster!

He was even carrying an axe and swaggering down the street!

The Lu Yanli who had gone back from the time node of May 1st, after confirming that he had attracted enough attention, immediately turned around and ran into the alley.

He had already heard the sound of police cars.

“Don’t run! Stop!!”

Some enthusiastic citizens also came to chase him.

Lu Yanli took the opportunity to leave.

The current him was being suspected by the task-takers. As long as they showed their faces, it would greatly reduce his suspicion.

*

“Explosions happened again? The suspect appeared?”

Simon Yuan couldn’t believe his eyes.

They had hacked into the local public security system to check the surveillance, and indeed saw a familiar figure.

The scars on that person’s face were still there, covering nearly half of his face, and he was carrying a long axe on his back.

And the “Jiang Bai” they were monitoring had been in the room all along and had never left.

So, did two people who looked so much alike really exist in the world?

The task-takers had to believe it, seeing two people who looked exactly alike with their own eyes. What else could they do? Could Jiang Bai use clone jutsu or something?

Jiang Yu was also among them, nodding to Jiang Bai, “Indeed, congratulations, Mr. Jiang Bai. Your suspicion has been cleared.”

“Really?” the other party asked with a look of surprise. “I plan to go to the location of the cultural festival in advance to take a look.”

“Of course it’s true. You can go anywhere else. We happen to be free.”

If there really was such a murderer, and he discovered someone who looked exactly like him, what would he do?

Jiang Yu thought to himself.

He didn’t follow in person, but instead assigned three people to accompany “Jiang Bai” together.

Fang Tu, Lin Chu, and a man named Qiu Zhi.

According to the map on the flyer, the four walked side by side.

In order to survive, they had to kill others. Wouldn’t their conscience be uneasy?

But people always had to consider themselves. He also wanted to live. He didn’t want to die…

“Don’t always put your arm around her. She doesn’t like it.” Seeing Lin Chu cast a look for help, Qiu Zhi spoke.

Fang Tu was startled, his gloomy gaze meeting Qiu Zhi’s.

Immediately, the smile on his face grew little by little. Fang Tu didn’t let go, but instead strangled Lin Chu’s neck even harder.

Even Lin Chu was stunned.

She knew very well that Lu Yanli knew her true nature. Fang Tu probably saw something as well, so he had been forcing her, trying to get her to expose herself. But she didn’t expect that there would actually be such an honest person in the team.

“Oh? I just want to bully her?” As he said that, Fang Tu turned his head and bit Lin Chu’s ear.

He smelled a faint fragrance on the other party, very light, but it made him a little dizzy. In his mouth, he tasted a flavor that didn’t seem like human skin should have.

Before he could recover, Qiu Zhi grabbed his collar and threw him to the side, causing him to fall to the ground.

Strangely, his limbs were a little weak, which caused him to fail to avoid Qiu Zhi’s attack and fall to the ground shamefully.

He really couldn’t get up a little.

Just as Qiu Zhi was stopping Lin Chu from being threatened by Fang Tu, a sudden change occurred!

“What?”

That person… was not the suspect in the bombing case on the wanted list. Who else could he be?

“Yes, that’s me from the future.”

“I know. First, kill me, second, find the missing person.” Lu Yanli said, seeing the other party nod.

Lin Chu: “I won’t do the first task for now. Because this time the mission has no time limit. I need to stay here a little longer.”

“Why?”

“I feel like I should have found a little clue.” Lin Chu said, “What’s more…”

“Our world is changing. I suspect that something is being spread through the mission.”

“What changes?”

“At least, we can cooperate until I finish the investigation.” In other words, when she finished her investigation and needed to go back, that was when their cooperation would break down.

So, could she really kill Lu Yanli?

Lu Yanli didn’t care. However, having someone provide help was better than nothing.

The current Lin Chu was still trustworthy.

But unfortunately… only one of them could live.

Lu Yanli would never hand over this opportunity to others.

“The current me doesn’t know what I’ve done. It’s most likely the behavior of the future me.” Lu Yanli added.

Therefore, the current him still had many unknowns.

“Perhaps.”

“By the way, how much do you know about the cultural festival?”

“I don’t know anything. I need to ask around.”

He guessed that the cultural festival was a very important thing.

“I believe you should know the information on the flyer. I will also ask around later. I will tell you when there’s progress.”

“Okay,” Lu Yanli agreed.

“By the way, do you know Chu Xiu?” Lin Chu asked.

“Because of the last mission. In the last mission, a high school student named An Xingyu didn’t return. He accepted the commission from An Xingyu’s parents to investigate, and as a result, he investigated me.”

“I know from him that he also knows you.”

In fact, after meeting Chu Xiu last time, the two of them confirmed that Lu Yanli was indeed a special person.

“An Xingyu?”

“Yes. Speaking of which, it might be because of me that An Xingyu couldn’t go back.” Lin Chu couldn’t say too much about the mission and could only vaguely say that she had changed the temporary sacrifice in the ancient tomb last time.

“Indeed, just like you thought, he stayed here forever,” Lu Yanli told her.

After the previous task-takers died, Lu Yanli could always see them transformed into new strange things. But An Xingyu didn’t. He didn’t see the strange image of An Xingyu.

“That’s impossible…”

Lin Chu muttered to herself.

But now, An Xingyu’s body had disappeared.

His body was left in this world!

So, every time they entered the world, did their bodies enter? Why could the injuries sustained in the mission be healed?

“I don’t understand…”

The more she researched, the more she found herself in a maze, unable to see the truth.

“Wait! Then what about you? What are you like after we go back?”

Lu Yanli told the other party the truth.

Lin Chu was still thinking when Qiu Zhi’s shouts came from not far away.

“That guy ran away. I didn’t catch up.” With a dark face and tightly knitted brows, Qiu Zhi was obviously dissatisfied with the result.

Lin Chu switched to a weak appearance in a second, and Lu Yanli also coughed softly, looking haggard.

“What should we do now?” Lin Chu stared at Fang Tu’s body with tears in her eyes. “Should we go back first?”

One or two were weak and unable to take care of themselves, so the job of carrying the corpse naturally fell to Qiu Zhi.