Who hid my body?

Chapter 328 Their respective plans

If you won't let me live, I'll make you die.

Such a simple and blunt statement did not surprise Isaiah and Diana much. These were indeed words that the tongue could utter. This guy had expressed his desire to live at the first gathering, even at the cost of sacrificing a piece of his body.

He was simply acting in accordance with his established persona. Since he couldn't get any support from Peach Blossom Village, he had to find his own way, which is why he sought out that forbidden scholar.

This makes sense.

The only problem is why this guy insists on acting as a woman... Hmm, it's not entirely incomprehensible, the contrast is a kind of disguise, after all.

Isaiah and Diana readily accepted Bai Wei's explanation, but Rocky couldn't.

What does it mean?
His identity was exposed, and then he was beaten up like this.

So after all that trouble, it all turned out to be because of him? He was just being foolish and messed with his own words; it's his own fault!

Damn it, how can you bully people like this?!

Rocky stared intently at Bai Wei: "So what exactly do you want?"

"What do you mean 'what do you mean I want'?" Bai Wei glared back without any politeness. "My goal has always been clear: kill Shouyan and survive. Whoever can help me, I will help. If you can help me kill Shouyan, then of course I can help you."

Rocky pointed at himself in shock: "You almost killed me, and you still want me to help you?"

Bai Wei sneered: "If you're unwilling to help me, you can go help your accomplices."

"There's no way I'd help that old bastard!"

"So what exactly do you want?" Bai Wei slammed his hand on the table impatiently. "I already regret calling you in. It's such a pain to talk to you. Stay away from me in real life from now on, or I'll beat you every time I see you. Even if you don't have any body parts left, I'll still beat you. Anyway, I already know who you are."

"You, you, you, you fucking..."

Seeing Loki trembling with rage, his already dim soul growing even fainter, Isaiah finally couldn't bear it any longer and sighed softly, "You two, calm down, especially you, Mr. Thumb. Since you've barely escaped with your life..."

"What do you mean you barely escaped with your life?!" Loki immediately glared at Isaiah. "Do you think this guy is completely unharmed? If I hadn't wanted to trade lives with him, I would have taken him down with me! He wouldn't have survived either! This guy's injuries are no less severe than mine!"

Oh, was your tongue also badly injured?

Isaiah and Diana immediately looked at Bai Wei, but finding that Bai Wei's soul had not faded, they put the matter aside for the time being.

"Stop rambling!" Bai Wei seemed to have run out of patience. He waved his hand and looked at Rocky. "What you want to do is your own business. You can continue to search for me or hide from me, that's your own business! But now you shut up, or I'll expose all your personal information!"

Rocky's eyes widened instantly, and he instinctively wanted to say, "Do you think you can threaten me like this?"
But the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.

Because it really can.

He couldn't imagine what would happen if his disguise was exposed, so after his face turned red and white (of course, this couldn't be seen in his phantom state), he sullenly sat back down.

Isaiah and Diana also witnessed this scene, and they couldn't help but frown slightly.

Tongue already possessed three pieces of the corpse, had found the forbidden scholar, and now even held the thumb in its grasp. Given the thumb's current abilities, it was either incredibly wise in disguise or incredibly foolish and mentally challenged, leading them to believe that the thumb was already Tongue's possession, something he could take at any time he wished.

This is not a good thing.

That being the case...

Isaiah and Diana first looked at the tongue, and then their gaze gradually shifted to the thumb.

Maybe we should just kill this guy first.

Rocky, who had just sat down, was suddenly overcome with a chill for no reason.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Bai Wei spoke again. "I called you here because of my eyes and ears. I know you may have reached some kind of agreement with him, but it doesn't matter. My conditions remain the same: whoever helps me kill him, I will give them a piece of his body. I can swear to Taoyuan Township that you can choose any three pieces of his body."

From the perspectives of the three, Tongue and Hands-Eyes are indeed two people with vastly different personalities.

If it were Shouyan here, he would definitely try every means to seize some small benefits for himself, while making empty promises (i.e., empty promises) to get everyone to work hard together, but everyone knows that he definitely hopes to be the one who survives to the end.

Tongue, on the other hand, is more straightforward and brutal. If it wants to kill Hand and Eye, it simply offers a bounty on the body parts. Compared to Hand and Eye's ease and composure, Tongue is more impatient and urgent. This also indirectly proves that this guy is indeed being chased by Hand and Eye.

“But according to your logic, if one of us killed Hand and Eye and then obtained a body part from you,” Isaiah slowly began, “that person would then possess four body parts at the same time. Aren’t you worried that he would then come looking for you?”

"If that day ever comes, I'll run far away before handing over the body parts," Bai Wei said calmly. "Then I'll never accept the summons from Peach Blossom Village again. If they still find me, what's wrong with giving you my life? It won't be any worse than being constantly watched by that old fart."

The three of them immediately extracted the key words from Bai Wei's words.

Rocky is called "Old Butt," while Isaiah and Diana are called "Refuse to be Conscripted."

"Can we refuse the summons from Peach Blossom Spring?" Diana asked immediately.

"Oh, you guys don't know yet?" Bai Wei said calmly, "Of course you can. As long as you have two pieces of the corpse, you have the ability to open Peach Blossom Village, and you also have the ability to reject it. Otherwise, why do you think I've never recruited that old bastard? I wish I could tear him to pieces. Even if I can't do anything in Peach Blossom Village, I will never let him have peace... But unfortunately, he has rejected my recruitment every time he has two pieces of the corpse, so I brought in some others just to make up the numbers."

"Damn it, who are you calling a filler!"

Rocky almost slammed his fist on the table again, but no one paid him any attention. Isaiah and Diana were deep in thought.

Rejecting the Peach Blossom Spring is also a very important right.

Now, whether it's the tongue or the hands and eyes that summon them, they cannot refuse. No matter when, where, or what they are doing, they will be drawn in whenever summoned.

This is a very serious matter, but since no one had a way to refuse before, no one tacitly brought it up.

But things are different now. If knowing that having two pieces of the body grants the authority to refuse the summons from Peach Blossom Village, then everyone will want to get the second piece.

No, it's not that I want to get the second piece, it's that I absolutely have to get the second piece.

In this idyllic land, if they don't even have the right to refuse conscription, then they will forever be subservient to others, and they won't even have the ability to protect themselves.

Thinking of this, all three realized the necessity of the second body part, even Rocky, whose eyes belatedly rolled around.

And that's exactly the effect Bai Wei wanted to achieve. Stop hiding, all of you, come out and make your move!

"Of course, you can continue watching." Bai Wei decided to add one last push and said slowly, "Anyway, I already have a way to deal with Hand and Eye, it's just not 100% successful, but if I'm really forced into a corner, I'll have no choice but to take the risk. If I fail, there's nothing to say, all three of my body parts will fall into Hand and Eye's hands, and with his ambition, none of the three of you will be able to escape."

Bai Wei paused for a moment, then said coldly.

"But if I kill Hand and Eye and get his body parts... then rest assured, I will do the same thing as him. It will be too late for you to regret it then. So, either help me, help Hand and Eye, or wait to die. Think about it carefully."

……

Isaiah opened his eyes and returned to reality.

His brow was slightly furrowed, clearly still recalling the gathering.

To be honest, he didn't know whether the situation was becoming clearer or more chaotic.

Let's take stock of the current situation.

Tongue found the forbidden scholar and may have found a way to solve the problem of Hand and Eye from him. However, this method is risky, so Tongue still hopes that someone can help him. After the matter is done, he can at least get a piece of the corpse. As for the two pieces of Hand and Eye, that's another story.

The goal of the hand and eye remains the same as before: to have everyone kill the tongue, and then kill and kill together until the last one survives and gets all the body parts.

If they choose to stand by and watch, as Tongue said, once these two have finished their task, the three of them will only have one body part. People who couldn't even refuse the summons from Peach Blossom Village will find it difficult to resist these two.

To put it more simply, the tongue and the hands/eyes are two equally matched, locked-in battle, giants, while the three others are merely henchmen. The two giants' primary goal is to eliminate the other, hence their need for the henchmen's help. And it is only during this crucial period that the giant requires the henchmen's strength; once only one giant remains, the henchmen become nothing more than food for the giant.

Honestly, I never thought he'd become a lackey one day.

Isaiah walked to the window and looked out in two different directions.

One is the town of Della, where the tongue is located, and the other is the location of the hands and eyes.

This is his advantage over others; he knows where his hands and eyes are, so he can make decisions earliest.

So, should we just go over there and kill Hand and Eye?

Once he has both eyes, he will immediately turn the tables and the tongue will no longer be able to threaten him.

But if he did that, he would immediately become the target of everyone's criticism, which was not what he expected. Moreover, that guy Hand and Eye was not so easy to deal with. Not to mention, his own rules were still in his hands, and he had already collected both eyes before him.

But he could only use it once, so Isaiah kept planning to wait until the loan period was over, or until his right eye had been used on someone else before he could act, because that would be the only time when he would be absolutely sure of success.

But this tongue of a man is forcing everyone to take action, which is really giving Isaiah a headache.

It was as if they had planned to cover for each other; even Isaiah couldn't think of the optimal solution for the time being.

And there's another problem.

He turned his head again and looked at the distant, perpetually deserted area shrouded in yellow sand.

If this drags on any longer, preparations for the gathering at the Land of Covenants will be completed, and Isaiah has a vague idea of ​​what they are preparing.

If you really become the one who sticks out and then become the target of that thing, then it's truly a case of losing more than you gain.

So what should we do?
Isaiah fell into deep thought once again.

……

So, should we proceed according to the original plan?
Bai Wei was also thinking about this question.

Hevinia's sudden appearance was indeed somewhat unexpected for him. Although it doesn't seem like a bad thing now, it could even be considered a good thing. After all, Hevinia has placed herself at the very center of the vortex, which allows him to better manage things from outside the vortex.

Should we go find Hevinia?

The idea had barely popped into Bai Wei's mind when he immediately dismissed it.

Now that he's going to Heveria for an adventure, his crippled body can only withstand one more high-intensity battle at most, and Heveria obviously won't just have one fight.

So instead of risking going to Hevinia, it's better to cooperate with her from the outside.

Anyway, with Hevinia's current strength, as long as she doesn't do anything reckless, she shouldn't die.

Thinking of this, Bai Wei suddenly hesitated for a moment.

...She probably won't do anything stupid, right?
Well, I'll just have to trust her for now. Since Hevinia has already diverted his attention, he can proceed with the original plan and deal with the most troublesome Isaiah first.

It's time to contact his cheap subordinate.

It's been quite a few days already, so it should be about time.

Sigh, time to go back to trading again.

Bai Wei stretched his body, which hadn't moved for a long time, and after making a series of creaking sounds, he collapsed again.

When she opened her eyes, she was inside Lyle's body.

Lyle was still in the same small, uninhabited village in the deserted area where Bai Wei had told him to wait for news a few days ago, staring blankly into the distance.

Before Bai Wei could even speak after entering, he heard another voice coming from beside Lyle.

"Um... Your Highness, could you tell us more about Heaven?"

Lyle turned his head and saw several thin, pale-faced children standing behind him, looking at him with longing eyes.

He grinned. "Of course."

So Bai Wei temporarily put aside the thought of speaking and watched quietly.

(End of this chapter)