Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 473 The Tricky Kid (Version 2.0)
"Negotiations? Are you kidding me?"

"Where would a lion ever negotiate peace with its prey?"

Ghost Lion's hunched, aged body emerged from the shadows.

The murderous intent in his eyes could not be concealed no matter what.

His mission is not only to take the widow away, but also to silence him and eliminate himself who knows all of this.

At least that's how Legolas sees it.

He took a deep breath and reconnected his mental energy to the nanobot.

They immediately noticed that the people in the surrounding mines, whom they had initially thought were similar to the criminals in the riot in Area 2, who had been forced in by the clones to act as shields, were now swarming in like a tide.

“They…were not forced,” Legolas said grimly. “Everyone here is a target for clone possession.”

Snapped--

Ghost Lion snapped his fingers.

Smiling, he said, "Smart. Otherwise, where do you think we hid all these people after we possessed them? They're all waiting for you here."

"The group Ryan is chasing will find a hidden exit before he catches up."

"Of course, they are not eligible to leave the prison."

"Therefore, when they approach the exit of the passage, they will all be teleported back to where they are supposed to be."

"For example—inside the cells of Zone 28."

"At that time, Ryan will have to wander around the mine for half a day to find them."

Upon hearing Ghost Lion's words, Legolas's expression grew even more unpleasant.

If that's the case, then Ryan probably won't be able to come back for a long time.

Damn it! Why didn't Ryan consider the safety of the widow more?!

They should at least bring some prison guards to protect us!

At this moment, Legolas completely forgot that he was the one who had just been trying to take credit.

All he wants now is to get out of here alive.

"Go, take him away. This old elf... shut him up forever!"

As soon as Ghost Lion uttered these words.

Dozens of dark figures suddenly rushed forward from all around.

Their human-bodied, beast-headed appearance made them look even more ferocious.

That's right, Wu Wang possessed and replaced almost all the members of the [Ghost Thief Gang].

Unlike the burly guys in the "Remnant Sun Gang" who hang out together all day.

The social hierarchy here is too rigid.

Ghost Lion, as their leader, wielded terrifying power and commanded his subordinates almost like servants.

This leads him to prefer being alone in his private space when taking a shower or eating.

This, in turn, gave Wu Wang the opportunity to quietly replace him.

He then used his power to make each member meet with him individually and take turns controlling them.

This is why the prison guards in Zone 2 had a large number of potions that could restore physical strength when the rebellion occurred.

Everything was provided by the Ghost Thieves.

Now, Wu Wang is about to put on a grand show.

Roar--

Leading the charge was a creature with a tiger's head, roaring as it raised its muscular arms, the cold glint of its claws sending chills down one's spine.

It seemed that one swipe of his claw would completely crush Legolas's head.

Unexpectedly, Legolas, who seemed weak, advanced instead of retreating.

He stepped forward and threw the bag containing the nanobots at the other person.

Faced with this weak and powerless throw, coupled with the fact that the bag was empty.

The tiger-headed man did not back down at all.

The intention was to tear the sack apart along with the elf behind it.

However, the moment his claws touched the cloth bag...

His eyes rolled back immediately, and he collapsed to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.

It looked exactly like he was having an epileptic seizure.

Wu Wang glanced at Legolas with a surprised look.

I didn't expect this guy to have some skills.

He was able to sense it thanks to his incredibly powerful mental strength.

The moment the tiger-headed man touched the bag, a faint yet extremely strange mental fluctuation surged from the bag straight into his mind.

Clearly, this is some kind of attack targeting the soul.

However, before Legolas could even catch his breath, the person next to him was already beside him.

He immediately fled backward in a disheveled manner, and even fell and rolled on the ground several times due to his poor dodging.

They also used many self-developed props to obstruct the way.

Unfortunately, the Elven race's main research focus was not on weapons, and the number of enemies was simply too great to handle.

Before long, Legolas was cornered with nowhere to retreat.

brush--

Just then, Legolas pulled out a bunch of strange gadgets from his person.

Those were many ping-pong ball-like spheres.

From these things, Wu Wang could sense the strange mental fluctuations he had just experienced.

"Don't make any rash moves! What I have in my hand is something that can blow the souls of every living being in this area to the heavens! Anyone who comes near, I'll fucking blow them up!"

Legolas wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, tilted his head back, and threatened menacingly.

After being instantly suppressed by Wu Wang at close range, Legolas had been carrying this self-destruct-like device with him.

The main theme is "Once bitten, twice shy."

"Oh? You think we're afraid of this kind of thing?" Ghost Lion chuckled. "Don't forget, what we're doing here is a job that could cost us our heads."

"So what if the souls of the entire region explode into the sky? We can still bring in people from other regions to collect your corpses."

"Go ahead and blow it up if you dare!"

Completely disregarding the threat posed by Ghost Lion, he continued to order his men to charge forward.

Legolas began to panic.

He simply lacked experience in direct combat.

I never expected that these desperate criminals could do something like this.

Besides, he had just lied.

Even if all the mental bombs in his hands were detonated, the chain reaction could cover the entire 28th district, but the power was not as exaggerated as he claimed.

It's estimated that at most, it will cause most people to become mentally disoriented and lose their ability to resist.

This naturally included himself.

This is also why Legolas didn't detonate it immediately.

I thought that even if these psychological bombs weren't enough, they could at least threaten and hold him off for a while, but I didn't expect this guy to be completely unmoved.

The number of people surrounding them was so large that they couldn't be counted by the naked eye at once.

Legolas gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.

They planned to detonate the psychological bomb first, at least to get through the immediate danger.

However, just as he was about to throw it away...

A gunshot shattered the oppressive atmosphere of being besieged.

boom--

The next second, Legolas saw one after another human-bodied beast-headed creatures whose heads were smashed open, their eyes glazed over, their expressions blank, and they collapsed to the ground, never to rise again.

The bullet, a symbol of death, flew through the crowd.

It is completely invisible to the naked eye, and its penetrating power is so strong that it doesn't seem like something that could be fired from a pistol.

This familiar scene made Legolas turn around in surprise. "Holy crap! Old Ridley! You're back so fast?!"

"I'll never joke about dwarves in front of you again in my life! You've saved my life!"

Hearing Legolas's tearful words of gratitude.

Ryan's shorter figure slowly emerged from the direction he had left in.

He pointed his sidearm at Ghost Lion's head.

He said calmly, "If I had known you had such ulterior motives, I would have shot you in the head when you were in prison."

"You've been lurking in this devil's prison for decades, you're not simple either, there must be someone behind you, right?"

From Ryan's perspective, it's impossible for the criminals to have any means of contacting the outside world.

In other words, Ghost Lion infiltrated the organization as an undercover agent.

It just came to light today.

Now it was Ghost Lion's turn to look grim.

He pulled a handful of syringes from his pocket and stuck them into his companion's arm.

In an instant, the rationality in the eyes of those criminals with human bodies and animal heads quickly faded, and their bodies began to swell up, growing so tall that they almost reached the ceiling.

"I didn't expect you to react so quickly. Did I give myself away somewhere?" Ghost Lion asked Ryan.

Ryan did not respond to this.

Ghost Lion continued to sneer at Legolas, "Don't be so quick to thank him. If I'm not mistaken, this guy didn't even chase after anyone, did he?"

"Having watched this show from the sidelines for so long, aren't you afraid we'll rip this old elf's head off?"

Upon hearing this, Legolas looked at Ryan with a startled expression.

Yeah! It's impossible for this guy to catch up with the people in the mine in such a short time, then turn back after realizing something was wrong, right?
So he really had been watching from the side the whole time.

Ryan remained completely still while his men were being beaten to a pulp, only stepping out at the very last moment.

Damn it! You feel good watching me get beaten up, huh?!

In response, Ryan explained coldly, "Sorry, I don't trust anyone right now. I need to determine whether you and this guy are in cahoots, even if it means risking your life to prove it."

He then turned his gaze to Ghost Lion.

He spoke with an almost triumphant tone: "And you, if I hadn't pretended to be stupid enough to be tricked into chasing those people in the mine, why would you have personally shown up to arrest them?"

"I know more about entrapment than you do."

"If you didn't want to make peace earlier, it's too late to back down now."

With that, Ryan instantly appeared beside Legolas.

I snatched a mental bomb from his hand.

They rushed quickly to the Ghost Thieves members who had transformed into towering monsters.

Place it on the chest of one of them.

It was suddenly crushed and detonated.

hum-

The next second, instead of the expected explosion, a strange, ringing sound rippled through the air.

Everyone who came into contact with the sound clutched their head in agony and collapsed to the ground, writhing in pain.

They felt as if their souls were being driven out of their bodies by this sound.

That feeling of being unable to control oneself, coupled with the significant damage that sound does to one's mental strength.

Even these towering monsters, under the influence of drugs, collapsed like a toppled city wall.

Legolas didn't have time to stop it.

He rolled his eyes and fell backward.

In the moments before he lost consciousness, he saw the widow standing not far in front of him, who should have been the first to suffer the psychological bomb.

At this moment, he is standing more steadily than anyone else.

He didn't even cover his head, as if this mental bomb that could render almost everyone here incapable of moving couldn't even make him feel a trace of pain.

Damn it, this script is wrong, isn't it?
This guy just recovered from a serious injury, didn't he?
Where does such powerful mental strength come from?
Besides that, the only thought left in his mind was—

"That bastard Ryan, he's planning to sell me out!"

Once he was knocked unconscious by the mental bomb, Ryan brought Ghost Lion to the warden.

The entire story, from beginning to end, was told entirely by Ryan.

Legolas knew it perfectly well!
The evidence against Ryan for dereliction of duty will only be effective when he stands with Ryan in front of the warden to report it!

Who knows if he'll pin this label on me when I'm not around!

They even went so far as to turn the tables on themselves, revealing their own treacherous intentions.

By the time the dust settles and you come to your senses, it will be too late to refute anything.

Damn it! Who said dwarves aren't smart?!
That bastard is as cunning as a fox!
With his thoughts stuck in that spot, Legolas was completely unable to rise again.

In contrast, Ryan, who had detonated the mental bomb in his own hands, only swayed slightly.

In the end, they stood firm.

As mentioned before, the dwarves have a special racial talent—the ability to perfectly integrate their mental and physical powers.

In addition, Ryan's mental strength was stronger than that of ordinary dwarves, and even surpassed that of most elves.

This ensures that Ryan's soul will not be shaken by the power of a mental bomb.

He always knew Legolas carried this thing with him, and he was also very clear that he could withstand it head-on!
Just as Legolas had suspected—Ryan had planned this situation all along!
"Cough cough cough... Damn it..."

"I never thought I'd still fall for your tricks..."

Ghost Lion knelt on one knee, panting heavily.

To Ryan's surprise, yet also as it was expected, he was not rendered incapacitated by the explosion.

You should know that this guy doesn't have the special talent that dwarves have to protect their souls from harm.

Perhaps this is the real reason why Ghost Lion dared to defy Legolas's threat earlier.

He was actually capable of handling it.

Who would have thought that an old man, hunched over, who had lived in the Demon Prison for decades, could still possess such powerful mental strength?

This further convinced Ryan that he was the mastermind behind this situation.

However, this clarity of mind also made Ryan feel relieved.

He darted forward and grabbed Ghost Lion by the neck.

He said expressionlessly, "Very good, this saves me the time of waking you up. That way, I don't have to worry about Legolas waking up before you."

"Come on, come with me to the warden, become my spoils, become my achievement."

Well, another one trying to take credit.

Wu Wang silently squatted in the corner, raising his eyebrows and chuckling.

The part he's been waiting for is almost here.

Our little rascal will be taking the Ghost Lion he possessed to the area where the warden is located.

At that time, the prison's biggest secret will be revealed to him.

The culprit who turned the corpses of his chosen ones into prisons, attempting to peek into the corruption of the Abyss God.

He is the real mastermind behind it all.

I'm finally going to meet this person.

Ryan really deserves a lot of credit for getting us this far!
When it comes to taking credit, he and Legolas are equally good at it.

Always doing the work for others.

Of course, before that, Wu Wang had one more thing to do—

He controlled the ghost lion to spit at Ryan, but instead of landing on his face, it flew over Ryan's head.

He said sarcastically, "Merit? Aren't you afraid that your achievements will overshadow your master?"

"Oh right, you're not that tall."

"What makes you think you can intimidate me? Are you going to jump up and hit the warden's knee?"

Of course, I should tell a dwarf joke in front of Ryan before I leave!

(End of this chapter)