Chapter 1902: Chapter 1080: Cooperation (Part 2)
"That’s right, Senior Sister Yuanda, once he’s released, he’ll seek revenge on us. He... he’s going to die; he received a Ghost Train Ticket, it’s in his pocket!" At this moment, Yamamoto Chunai was also anxious and quickly spoke up to stop it.
"Why panic? With me here, he won’t dare to act rashly." Yandeta Chiyoda didn’t pay any attention to their nonsense; Hirano Yuuhi stepped forward and directly cut through the binding ropes, then splashed Watanabe Gou awake with icy water.
A few seconds after Watanabe Gou woke up, his true nature was immediately revealed. He wanted to seek vengeance against Xiao Lin Zhengyan and Yamamoto Chunai. Simultaneously, Xiao Lin Zhengyan also drew out a knife he found in the apartment kitchen, this knife was hidden on him.
Seeing the situation about to spiral out of control, it was Yandeta Chiyoda who stood up, "Now is this really the time? You’re still fighting, are you afraid you won’t die quickly enough?"
"Watanabe Gou, your time is running out, listen to me now. Let’s go to take the train together, and if we move quickly, there might still be time." Yandeta Chiyoda added.
"Help me catch them, and I’ll help you deal with Chu Xi." At this moment, Watanabe Gou was filled with hatred towards these two newcomers, his eyes already bloodshot and red.
The back of his head still faintly ached, Yamamoto Chunai’s several blows were very ruthless, he didn’t expect to be utterly defeated at the hands of two newcomers; if it weren’t for Yandeta Chiyoda’s appearance, he would have died very aggrievedly tonight.
With the price Watanabe Gou offered, Yandeta Chiyoda was clearly tempted, but she maintained a certain level of reason, "Listen up, I’m not going to help either side, now, let’s all go take the train together. Tonight we’ll share a common fate, Watanabe Gou, this is also your chance to survive, you must seize it firmly!"
Under the pressure of Yandeta Chiyoda, Watanabe Gou eventually gave up his plan to catch a Substitute Death; his current physical condition couldn’t support him fighting against four people simultaneously.
Additionally, Yandeta Chiyoda was a person with real skills, and he was quite apprehensive.
"Senior Sister Yuanda, thank you for your assistance. We two are newcomers, we know little, and can’t do much to help, going would just add trouble to you all, we’ll head back first, wishing you all good luck tonight." After saying the platitudes, Xiao Lin Zhengyan was about to take Yamamoto Chunai away.
In Xiao Lin Zhengyan’s eyes, this Yandeta Chiyoda wasn’t anything good either, they must try to stay away as much as possible.
It’s not that he’s assuming the worst intentions for people, but tonight it’s just not right for Yandeta Chiyoda to appear here!
Her task tonight is to take the train at the station, retrace the route from the night Sasaki Sakura disappeared, so why would she not go to the station and come here, unless she’s clearly targeting them!
Watanabe Gou was the first, Yandeta Chiyoda Hirano Yuuhi was the second, they were all of the same ilk, all came looking for a Substitute Death.
But he couldn’t speak these words openly, otherwise, if he revealed everything, the only ones hurt would be himself; he and Yamamoto Chunai couldn’t fight against these three old players.
But as he took only a few steps out, he was called back, Yandeta Chiyoda’s voice had become much colder, carrying a bone-chilling coldness: "Heh, Mr. Xiaolin seems to have not clearly heard my words, I said everyone must go to the station, naturally that includes the two of you."
"Why waste words with them, just grab them and then talk!" Watanabe Gou knew he had helpers now, becoming more brazen.
Yet this time, facing Watanabe Gou’s threat, Yandeta Chiyoda chose to ignore it.
At this moment, Xiao Lin Zhengyan’s heart felt half cold, he knew the matter today was unlikely to end well; if they don’t comply, Watanabe Gou would attack them, and Yandeta Chiyoda Hirano Yuuhi would just stand by and watch.
They were currently in the stairwell, there was quite a distance to their room, it wasn’t possible to escape back to the room taking advantage of the situation.
He began to regret not locking Watanabe Gou in his own room’s bathroom, but in such a scenario, who knows if an unexpected situation with the Ghost Train would occur after that, affecting the innocent.
He didn’t dare gamble.
After weighing the pros and cons, he chose the most practical route; he chose to compromise and decided to follow Yandeta Chiyoda and others’ actions together.
In return, Yandeta Chiyoda would protect them from Watanabe Gou’s attacks and not allow the latter to transfer the Ghost Train Ticket to them.
Thus, a group of five set off, and a white pickup truck was parked downstairs, a vehicle acquired by Yandeta Chiyoda and them.
Hirano Yuuhi drove, Watanabe Gou sat in the passenger seat, while Yandeta Chiyoda sat in the back, monitoring every move of Xiao Lin Zhengyan and Yamamoto Chunai.
Xiao Lin Zhengyan guessed correctly, their presence tonight was indeed to find Substitute Death; they were previously troubled about how to deceive to open the door, but now, everything fell into place.
Bringing Watanabe Gou was also a safety measure, tonight he was the one targeted by the ghost, having him here greatly reduced the chances of the others dying.
Of course, they kept a safe distance from Watanabe Gou.
If they could witness the ghost’s killing process firsthand, it would greatly enhance their understanding of the mission world, even allowing them to possibly confirm the ghost’s identity directly.
In any case, tonight someone was bound to die, Yandeta Chiyoda’s job was to ensure the one who died wasn’t herself.
The ghost’s first target was Watanabe Gou, besides him she had two Substitute Deaths by her side, everything was very perfect.
After a while, the car stopped, they got off and discovered the station was not far away. As they approached, Xiao Lin Zhengyan found it familiar, he had been here during the day.
"It’s Central Renhe Station." Yamamoto Chunai was somewhat surprised, after all, by agreement, their route’s starting point tonight should be at Renyuan Shrine Station, which was the next station after Central Renhe, then continue griding the train, finally pass through the Youjian Mountain Tunnel, and get off at Shirahata Station.
They were a station early, for this Yandeta Chiyoda explained they needed some preparation time.
It was late, the five of them went into the station to wait for the train, at this moment the night was already deep, there were only a few scattered people on the platform, adding them only made 10 people.
Knowing tonight was extremely dangerous, Xiao Lin Zhengyan refused Yandeta Chiyoda’s invitation to sit together and instead took Yamamoto Chunai and left, heading to another boarding point to wait.
This was unlike outside, Yandeta Chiyoda and Watanabe Gou dared not threaten or make too much noise, otherwise, tonight none would get on the train, all controlled by station staff and security, causing big trouble.
Xiao Lin Zhengyan was sure they wouldn’t act recklessly, thus he mustered the courage to leave, his life needed to be controlled by himself.
A train rolled in from the darkness afar, slowly coming to a stop in front of them. Through the windows, the passengers inside weren’t many, on average only 6 or 7 per carriage, some were looking down at their phones, others leaned against a side in a corner and dozed off.
The train had a total of six carriages, Watanabe Gou was the first to board, he chose the fourth carriage, while Xiao Lin Zhengyan brought Yamamoto Chunai and boarded the second carriage.
After confirming Xiao Lin Zhengyan and Yamamoto Chunai boarded the train, at the last moment just before the train doors closed, Yandeta Chiyoda and Hirano Yuuhi also boarded; they chose the fifth carriage.
Between the carriages was an inter-carriage door, through the glass on the door they could clearly see the situation in the neighboring carriage, Watanabe Gou had already found a place to sit down.
Not far from Watanabe Gou, there was a girl with yellow-dyed hair, she looked about high school age, engrossed in reading a black and white comic.
It’s obvious, she was one of the targets Watanabe Gou chose for himself, if anything unexpected happened, she was a backup Substitute Death.
The train started, slowly heading to the next stop, Renyuan Shrine Station.
Once the train was stable, Yandeta Chiyoda stood up, moved through the inter-carriage door between the carriages, and came to Watanabe Gou, then lowered her voice: "They’re in the second carriage, if you run into trouble go to them, I’ll help you survive tonight."
"As long as you help me make it through tonight, I’ll help you deal with Chu Xi." Watanabe Gou, of course, knew there was no free lunch.
"Deal."
