usenovelonline Chapter 105
Chapter 105
Chapter 105: The trick of infinite growth
Facing Tiffany's cold expression.
The Joker pressed a hand to his chest and gave a bow, his tone flippant.
"Oh~ my dear Miss Tiffany."
"It seems…you didn't take my words to heart at all."
"Not only that, but even this morning..."
"That message spread across the Sky Screen—the one that nearly drove Lord Nightmare to his grave with rage—you didn't catch that either, did you~"
"What?!"
Those words wiped the impatience from Tiffany's face in an instant.
She knew the 2nd Seat better than anyone. That man who perpetually brooded like a pool of stagnant water.
A man who wouldn't so much as furrow his brow if Mount Tai itself came crashing down.
For something to make him angry—that meant an event capable of shaking the entire Arashin-kai to its core!
"What on earth happened? Come inside and speak!"
"As you wish, my beautiful lady."
The Joker settled into the sofa and crossed his legs.
"Just moments ago, the Sky Screen released its rankings."
"That newcomer called 'No Words Needed,' acting entirely alone, inside Rose High School…"
"Killed the 9th Seat, Lord Wu Wo."
"Oh, and as a side note—he also beat Dusk into an idiot. Apparently the man is now crawling around in diapers~"
"You…what did you say?!"
Tiffany's full chest heaved violently, her face a mask of pure disbelief.
"Lord Wu Wo…is dead?! And Dusk is finished too?!"
That was the Divine Fetus!
‘The most unreasonable stat monster in all of the Arashin-kai!’
‘And Dusk! A veteran among veterans! A contemporary of Nightmare himself from the same era!’
‘No wonder the Joker came in person. No wonder even Nightmare had cracked.’
‘This 'No Words Needed'—his threat level had blown far past anything she'd estimated!’
"Fine…"
Tiffany forcefully suppressed the shock roiling in her chest, her gaze sharpening into something cold and lethal.
"Once I finish the high-stakes game this morning, I'll go investigate myself!"
"Even if I have to dig 3 feet into the ground, I will find this 'No Words Needed' and hack him to pieces!"
However.
At this precise moment, the Joker extended one finger and wagged it slowly from side to side.
"No no no, Miss Tiffany."
"We don't need to go anywhere else to look…"
"Because at present, this 'No Words Needed'…is very likely right here in this hospital!"
"Right here in this hospital?!"
Tiffany's brow creased hard.
She suddenly recalled the gunshots and commotion that had erupted from the 1st floor lobby in the middle of the night.
‘Someone really did force their way in before dawn!’
"Could it be that group of people? Who are they?!"
Tiffany demanded directly.
The Joker stroked his chin, his voice trailing into a low, unhurried murmur.
"I'm not certain either."
"But based on the memories of this poor wretch I'm currently occupying, and the intelligence I just gathered…"
"That person's current title inside this hospital should be—【Revolver God】."
"Revolver God?"
Tiffany searched her memory and came up empty. "Never heard of it."
"But regardless…since he's in this hospital right now, he has nowhere to run!"
Tiffany let out a cold laugh.
"I need to take part in the 8-o'clock high-stakes game first—to launch the 100-person Werewolf game for re-electing the Hospital Director!"
"Only by winning that can I claim the S+-Grade Cursed Object Slot Machine and the Director's absolute authority over this entire hospital!"
"Once I have full control of the hospital, killing him will be far easier."
Tiffany shot the Joker a sideways glance. "After all, what you've sent here is nothing but a split form."
"I have no habit of placing my life entirely in someone else's hands."
"A rational judgment."
"I agree completely, my dear Miss Tiffany."
The Joker clapped his hands and gave a consenting nod.
"If needed, I can serve as your external support and assist you in winning this Werewolf game."
"No need."
Tiffany waved him off.
"I happen to have a student I'm grooming."
"With Piano—an S-Grade ability user—serving as my assistant and working under me, I have this round locked."
"……"
The air went silent for exactly 1 second.
And then.
"Pfff…HAHAHAHA!!"
The Joker suddenly clutched his stomach and rolled wildly across the sofa, laughing so hard his mask nearly fell off!
"What are you laughing at?!"
Tiffany was unnerved by his laughter and snapped at him in fury.
"S—sorry…hahaha!!"
The Joker forced down his laughter and pointed at the space just above Tiffany's head.
"I just…suddenly thought of something delightful!"
"Though for you, it might be something of a disappointment."
"Because…that prized student of yours, Miss Piano Cassone…"
The Joker deliberately dragged out the trailing syllable.
"A few hours ago, in a card game…"
"Used herself as a stake—and lost herself to that 'No Words Needed,' going off to be his exclusive pet!!"
"And from the look of things...she seems considerably happier than she ever was being your student!"
"Wha…what?!"
Tiffany's mind went completely blank, her thoughts disintegrating on the spot.
"She lost?! She bet herself and lost?!"
In that very instant.
A memory surfaced in Tiffany's mind—of herself soaking in the bath last night…
Hearing battle cries drifting down from the 8th floor above!
She had assumed it was Piano wasting time on her own indulgences.
But now, thinking back…
‘That was absolutely not self-indulgence!’
‘And the other party was…’
‘The Arashin-kai's mortal enemy of all people!’
‘No Words Needed!!’
"PI!!ANO!!!"
Tiffany shook from head to toe with fury, her teeth grinding hard enough to shatter.
A rage born of betrayal!
Of humiliation!
It consumed her—she wanted nothing more than to charge upstairs right now and tear that traitorous wretch into shreds!
"I'm going to torture her to death!!"
"I will cut her into 10,000 pieces!!"
However.
At the very moment she was seething in helpless rage.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The ceiling directly above her erupted in impact sounds—again!
And far more violent than the night before!
Tiffany looked up.
Every last trace of color drained from her face in an instant.
……
At the same time, on the 8th floor above.
Steam filled the lavish bathroom.
Jiang Nan was at this moment engaged in an extremely physically taxing household chore.
Because this individual—blessed with a constitution of congenital repression—
In order to demonstrate admirable flexibility and loyalty to her master,
Had just "accidentally" gotten herself wedged inside the washing machine drum.
Jiang Nan's expression remained blank.
To save time, he was multitasking.
His gaze was fixed on the Newcomer Leaderboard reward sitting atop the washing machine!
Hum!
A lantern hovered there in silence.
The shape of this lantern was nothing like Guo Shuai's battered scrap of bronze—it was larger, more refined, exquisitely crafted.
Most striking of all!
Its wick held no flame.
Instead, it seemed to radiate outward a primordial violet aura so dense it had turned almost black!
It looked boundlessly sacred and supreme!
As the reward recipient, Jiang Nan opened its detailed information with a thought.
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【Item】: Sovereign Lantern
【Type】: Cursed Object
【Grade】: Grade F (Unlimited Growth Potential)
【Function】: Contains a small self-contained world within.
Can forcibly absorb or permanently imprison the souls of living beings who have fallen into a 【Weakened】 state or dropped below the 【Kill Line】!
【Information】: A Cursed Object forged by an ancient human master artifact-crafter of the Savage Realm.
Growth has no upper limit! The higher the grade, the higher the Kill Line threshold! The larger the interior small-world space!
Note: This item is soul-bound and may only be used by the reward recipient. It is non-transferable.
【Message from the Artifact-Crafter】: Welcome to the Grand Love Alliance of Heaven and Earth! Let us bring blessings to the Savage Realm together! Hehehe!