The sturdy hind leg of Rabbit trod on Faster's face. Silver liquid spewed out from Faster's nostrils and mouth. At the same time, two silver teeth also flew out.
Compared to the physical pain, Faster's doubt was growing bigger in his mind. "Why?"
"Cough... Pff…" Faster spit out watery blood in his mouth. His eyes opened wide in shock as he talked to Feng Bujue. "What… What's going on? You just…Them…"
"Of course, we were just acting," said Feng Bujue.
"No way… I… The Rabbit's phantom…" Faster could only say a few words.
Rabbit intervened him, "It's my real body." He spoke up while wiping his leg on the ground. "I know you can differentiate between the illusion and the real body, but haven't you seen me using a layer of illusion to cover my real body?"
Rabbit said then used his rabbit claw to cut his throat. They then saw an open wound on his throat with plasma and blood gushing out like a waterfall. "If you want to see me taking out my heart, I can show you, too." The illusion he created had disappeared even before he had finished talking. The wound and blood stains vanished into thin air altogether. "What you've seen… was just a powerless bullet shooting me, and I had instantly fabricated the headshot illusion. Billy's 'damage' is the same."
Feng Bujue said, "One of your mistakes is that you are too confident with your muddy sculpture trick. You always let them kill this clay sculpture; that's why you had just a shallow understanding of their powers. If you had paid more attention when remotely manipulating your muddy sculptures, instead of your careless deeds, you could have known more of the information related to these three prisoners… especially the details of their powers and the changes they can make during the fight."
"This is all your faults that court calamity," Billy said. "After we've got tricked several times, you casually told us about the 'Spell of the Lord of Time.' Afterwards, you haven't even cared about our breakouts. Usually, you just do some simple moves to resist perfunctorily before getting killed." He paused for a while. "I used to have doubts. Why was the capacity of this new jailer so much different from Satsuma Diehl's. Unfortunately, I still got fooled by your false spell…"
"You… Have you planned everything carefully before you entered the door?" asked Faster.
"Not to mention the thorough plan or something," Feng Bujue said deliberately, "this isn't a complex performance. I just had the mood when I proposed this. In fact, I got it correct. Of course, even if I got it wrong, we wouldn't bear any loss, but it'll be just a show without any payment. It went exactly like you said. Later on, they would come here, give me the gun and I would shoot you to death."
Ten minutes ago…
Feng Bujue raked his eyes through the other three then shrugged, walking straight forward.
He just made several steps to reach the gate of the prison and put his hand on the knob. Right before he was about to push the door, he halted.
He stood there contemplating.
"Hey! What's the matter now? Are you done yet?" yelled Rabbit.
"No…" Something flared in Feng Bujue's eyes. "You guys got fooled!"
"What are you doing? Do you want to take the reward and—" Rabbit's voice started to pitch up.
"Shut up," Billy shouted to stop the rabbit then continued with a probing manner, "he's implying something else."
Feng Bujue let go of the knob. He returned to the desk. "You've told me that the 'Reincarnation' will happen and it's triggered by 'killing' Faster. We have some problem here…"
"Having an infinite resurrection power is a common thing in a special space. You also can—" said Alden.
"I didn't say that his ability to resurrect people is the problem," Feng Bujue denied and interrupted him. "If it were actually the spell cast by the Lord of Time, why wouldn't he have set it up so the reincarnation would be triggered when anyone of you gets out from that doorway?" His look swept through the other three. "That way, he could even cause you guys a civil war." He pointed at the door on the other side. "Why he's set it like killing Faster to trigger the reincarnation?"
"When the jailer is alive, he will watch over the prisoners. When the jailer dies, it will cause the reincarnation. Isn't it reasonable?" asked Alden.
"Ha!" Feng Bujue beamed a smile. "If that jailer is stronger than you, it's reasonable, indeed." He turned to Billy. "However, as a matter of fact, Billy alone can kill Faster. If the two of you join in the fight together, I think it'll be a cinch…"
"You meant…" said Billy.
"Faster himself has told you about this reincarnation theory, right?" asked Feng Bujue.
"Yes, it's him," answered Billy.
"Did you know about Faster's competence before he had become your jailer?" Feng Bujue asked. "How is he compared to Satsuma Diehl?"
"Although we had never engaged in a fight in the past, everyone knows that Faster is a strong warrior, as excellent as 'The Twelve Hours Officers'." Billy contemplated then said, "Satsuma Diehl was ranked the tenth among the 'Twelve Hours Officers'. When he was in charge of this prison… there was no monster nor reincarnation, and the three of us were alone in the cells. It was impossible to resist even if we joined together to force or ambush him. We had no way to strike against Satsuma Diehl."
"Yeah..." Feng Bujue crossed both of his hands in front of his chest and nodded. "Then we can jump right into the conclusion… If the new jailer the Lord of Time had assigned here is not able to take care of this duty, why did he still send him over? Well, setting up the spell would do, right?" He lifted his head. "If Faster is appointed, it speaks up the fact that the Lord of Time has certified his competence to watch over you guys. However, the way Faster is taking care of you is not purely relying on his powers. He got his own way…"
Feng Bujue curled his lips. "Moreover…. Does the spell actually exist here? In the eyes of a traveler from another world like me, if it does, the Lord of Time just needs to place a pig with tremendous attack power at the gate. It would do, too. Why would he need a jailer?"
"Therefore!" Feng Bujue held up one finger. "I think, Faster has fabricated the spell thing."
"So then, why—" Rabbit wanted to ask further.
To save time, Feng Bujue said straight away, "I have a plan. You come listen."
Back to the current moment, there were only ten minutes before Feng Bujue's poison would burst out.
"Of course, I have a certain selfishness," Feng Bujue talked to Faster. "Although I assumed that the last chemical bottle would be at your place, whether or not killing you would grant me the item, I wasn't so sure… Thus, I wanted a proper way to fool you and take the bottle.
"It's unlikely to negotiate with you. And, you also said that you would assume I should be on the opposite side when I got to this place through the prison gate. Your assumption isn't wrong. However, what I have known beforehand was useful to me.
"I got much information from Billy. I knew when you got the bottle, you also knew about my information, which you would use to predict my competence and what I would do. Since you have come to the standpoint that I would cooperate with the other three, I then played the betrayal role to topple your standpoint.
"Seeing with one's own eyes is more convincing than any verbal descriptions. Thus, after attacking with the pistol, I also used the high-level skill like the [Dragon of the Darkness Flame].
"At that time, Billy's gunshot wound was just fake. In fact, he was still intact. Moreover, as we have planned before, if I could successfully activate the skill, he would receive the attack. Then, he would use it together with the illusion to run away.
"What Alden had said was just to make you think that my betrayal was beyond their expectation. And it was real.
"Sure enough, this performance, which devoted all our energies, worked. Seeing Alden retreat, you couldn't help but believe that all were true.
"Turned out after Alden had withdrawn into the door, you removed your guard and gave me the chemical bottle. Moreover, you were so contented you used your real body to see me. Because, you couldn't wait to share your clever tricks and be on the same side with me, the one who would never have a chance to come here again to disclose your secrets. Anyway, you've used this set of tricks to fool them for a long time; if you couldn't boast about it to anyone, wouldn't it be casting pearls before a swine?"
Faster wore a fierce face and said, "Cut it off… Aren't you doing the same thing now?"
"It's not the same. You wanted to show off," Feng Bujue smiled, "and this is my hospitality to prevent the case you would die without knowing the truth." He then immediately used the [Antidote]. The system instantly notified, [Current Quest, accomplished. Main Quest, accomplished.]
[You've completed the scenario. Auto teleport in 60 seconds.]
"He's right," Alden whispered in Faster's ear dolefully. "You must die, and I assure that before you die, you will experience what's called 'terror'."
Rabbit was near there, polishing his claws like he was going to practice some rabbit boxing drill.
Faster knew his life would end here. He stared at Feng Bujue with a bitter look. "Why did you want to help them? Do you know the price to pay when going against the Lord of Time?"
"I also have the same question." Billy turned to Feng Bujue. "Why didn't you change side just before acquiring the battle?" He lowered his voice to say, "Ten minutes ago, if you had chosen to push the door and got in directly without discussing with us… I thought you might have succeeded. The betrayal scene wouldn't be different from playing the drama with us. It also could help you finish the scenario and prevent the grudge between you and the Lord of Time."
"Ha ha..." Feng Bujue smiled. "Regarding making a grudge, I've considered… if you won't tell anyone and I won't disclose the details, who will know the breakout this time is related to me?" He spread his arms. "I'm just a traveler from the other world, a small character that's not worth mentioning. You guys slaughtered Faster and ran away. If no one divulges the secret, it will not be related to me…"
Feng Bujue casually said, "And… What I've done? I didn't proactively catch Faster or kill him. This is none of my business." To their surprise, he had no sense of shame to separate himself succinctly from the event. "And why I wanted to help you guys, I've told you before…" A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and that smile revealed some sort of craziness. "Originally, I don't have any one of the Lawful alignments." [1]
[1] (from Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game - TL)