Each with Their Own Schemes

If you won't let me live, I'll let 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 support from Peach Blossom Paradise, he had to find his own way, which is why he sought out that Forbidden Scholar.

That 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 Luo Qi couldn't.

What does this mean?

His identity was exposed, and then he was beaten up like this.

So after all that trouble, it was still 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?!

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

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

Luo Qi 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 Hand Eye."

"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. Talking to someone like you is such a pain. From now on, stay away from me in real life, 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 motherfucker..."

Seeing Luo Qi tremble 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?!" Luo Qi immediately glared at Isaiah. "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 badly injured too?

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 Luo Qi. "What you want to do is your own business. You can continue searching for me or hide from me, that's your own business! But now you shut up, or I'll reveal all your personal information!"

Luo Qi's eyes widened instantly, and he instinctively wanted to say, "You think you can threaten me like this?"

But the words stuck in my throat, and I 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 form), he sullenly sat back down.

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

Tongue already possessed Three Corpse Pieces, had found the Forbidden Scholar, and now even held the thumb in its grasp. Given the thumb's current abilities, it was either a display of great wisdom disguised as foolishness, or a display of great foolishness and intellectual disability. This made them feel that the thumb was already Tongue's possession, something he could take at any time if he wished.

This is not a good thing.

Since that's the case...

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

Maybe we should just kill this guy first.

Luo Qi, 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've called you here because of my Hand Eye. 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'll give them a piece of his body. I can swear to Peach Blossom Paradise that you can choose Three Corpse Pieces his body."

From the perspectives of the three individuals, the tongue and the Hand Eye are indeed two people with vastly different personalities.

If it were Hand Eye, they would definitely try every means to seize some small benefits for themselves, while at the same time making empty promises (i. e., empty promises) to get everyone to work hard together, but everyone knows that they definitely hope to be the one who survives to the end.

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

"But according to your plan, if one of us killed Hand Eye and then obtained a piece of the body from you," Isaiah slowly began, "That person would then possess four pieces of the body. Aren't you worried that he will then come looking for you?"

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

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

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

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

"Oh, you guys don't know yet?" Bai Wei said calmly, "Of course you can. As long as you possess two pieces of the corpse, you have the ability to open Peach Blossom Paradise, 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 Paradise, 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!"

Luo Qi almost slammed his fist on the table again, but no one paid him any attention. Isaiah and Diana fell into deep thought.

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

Now, whether it's the tongue or the Hand Eye 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 Paradise, 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 must get the second piece.

In this Peach Blossom Paradise, if they don't even have the right to refuse conscription, then they will forever be subservient to Hand Eye, and won't even have the ability to protect themselves.

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

This is 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, slowly saying, "Anyway, I already have a way to deal with Hand 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 Corpse Pieces will fall into Hand 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 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, Hand Eye 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 Eye from him. However, this method is risky, so Tongue still hopes that someone can help him. If it is successful, he can at least get a piece of the corpse. As for the two pieces of Hand Eye, that's another story.

The goal of the Hand Eye remains the same as before: to have everyone kill the tongue, and in the end, kill, kill, kill, and whoever survives to the end will get all the body parts.

If they choose to stand by and watch, as the tongue said, once these two have divided the body, the three of them will only have one piece of flesh. People who couldn't even refuse the summons from Peach Blossom Paradise will find it difficult to resist these two.

To put it more simply, the tongue and the Hand Eye 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 imagined he'd become a lackey one day.

Isaiah walked to the window and gazed in two different directions outside.

One is the De La Town, where the tongue is located, and the other is the location of the Hand Eye.

This is his advantage over others; he knows where to Hand Eye and act, so he can make decisions earliest.

So, should we just go over there and kill Hand 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 Eye was not so easy to deal with. Not to mention, his rules were still in Hand and Eye's hands, and Hand and Eye had already collected both eyes before him.

But he could only use it once, so Isaiah kept planning to wait until the loan period had passed, or until his Hand Eye had used the right eye's rule on someone else before he acted, at which point he would be absolutely certain 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 this all along 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 No Man's Land shrouded in yellow sand.

If this drags on any longer, preparations for the gathering at the Contract Land 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 pondering this question.

He Wei Ni Ya's sudden appearance was indeed somewhat unexpected, although it doesn't seem like a bad thing now, and could even be considered a good thing. After all, He Wei Ni Ya 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 He Wei Ni Ya?

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

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

So instead of risking going to He Wei Ni Ya, it's better to cooperate with her from the outside.

Anyway, given He Wei Ni Ya's current strength, she shouldn't die unless she does something reckless.

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 He Wei Ni Ya 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, making a series of creaking sounds before collapsing again.

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

Lai Er was still in the same small, No Man's Land where Bai Wei had told him to wait for news a few days ago, staring blankly into the distance, lost in thought.

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

"Um... Your Angel-sama, could you tell us more about Heaven?"

Lai Er 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.