A moment later.
Chen Ye came back carrying the evolved zombie in one hand.
Like he was carrying a chick.
The evolved zombie looked miserable, covered in wounds. Its arms and legs hung limp, soft as noodles. Clearly, Chen Ye had broken all the bones in its limbs, leaving it completely unable to move.
Thud!
Chen Ye tossed the evolved zombie onto the ground in front of Tang Zichen, dusted off his hands, and said with a smile, "All done, Class Monitor. Sorry to keep you waiting."
Tang Zichen: "..."
A crisis that had been deadly for the newcomers.
Had just been effortlessly resolved by Chen Ye!
From the moment he made his move to the moment he took down all the zombies, it had only taken around ten minutes.
It felt like a damn dream...
Chen Ye was terrifying when he did not act, but once he did, he could scare people to death!
Tang Zichen stared deeply at Chen Ye, completely at a loss for words.
Originally, she had asked Chen Ye to team up with her to repay Chairman Chen's kindness. She had wanted to lead Chen Ye to a good result in the secret realm.
Instead, she had nearly gotten Chen Ye killed.
And even more unexpectedly, he had never needed her to lead him at all. If anything, Chen Ye had been the one carrying her this time.
So she had been the clown all along?
"Eh?"
Chen Ye suddenly looked at the Japanese youth on the ground in surprise. "You brat aren't dead yet?"
That was right.
The Japanese youth was not dead yet. Lying on the ground, he pressed his palm tightly against the artery in his neck to slow the blood loss. He still had one last breath left in him.
Chen Ye could not help marveling at how tenacious this little Japanese bastard was!
His will to survive was strong too.
But he would not last much longer.
Blood had already dyed the ground beneath the Japanese youth's neck red. His face was as pale as paper, and his life had long since entered its final countdown.
After all, his artery had been cut. Even if the wound was not particularly severe, he could not stop the bleeding just by pressing on it with his hand.
At this moment.
The Japanese youth stared at Chen Ye. Aside from shock, his eyes were filled with hatred for Chen Ye.
Chen Ye understood the look in the Japanese youth's eyes and said with a smile, "Are you thinking of cursing me out? Thinking that I had this kind of strength but refused to use it sooner, waiting until all of you were dead before stepping in?"
"Actually... I did it on purpose!"
What a vicious twist of the knife!
What a vicious twist of the knife!!
As though he had received a final burst of life, the Japanese youth's eyes suddenly widened. He glared at Chen Ye with boundless venom, as if he wanted to devour him alive.
He understood Chinese!
That was why he hated him!
Suddenly, the Japanese youth realized that even without the mess Li Zairong had caused, with a terrifying monster like Chen Ye around, their plan to assassinate Tang Zichen had been doomed to fail.
The ridiculous part was that they had thought Tang Zichen had no chance of escape this time, that Xia would lose a genius and never recover.
Yet the true genius had never been Tang Zichen!
Xia was protected by immense fortune.
Talents emerged one after another.
For Japan to swallow Xia whole in this lifetime was probably impossible...
Thinking of this, the Japanese youth suddenly lost all fighting spirit.
The next moment.
The Japanese youth failed to draw his next breath. His pupils quickly lost focus, and the hand pressing against his neck went limp and fell away.
He was dead...
There had barely been any blood left in his body to begin with. Provoked by Chen Ye's words, rage had overwhelmed him, and he had finally breathed his last.
But his eyes remained open.
He had died with his eyes open!
From then on.
The only living people left at the scene were Chen Ye and Tang Zichen.
The evolved zombie did not count as a person.
Their gazes met.
Silence.
Wordless silence.
Tang Zichen simply did not know what to say.
Everything that had happened tonight had shocked her deeply. Even now, she could not calm herself.
Chen Ye felt that he should say something.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Class Monitor, actually, ever since I was little, I've felt that my body was different from ordinary people's. As long as I kept training every day, my strength would keep growing..."
"Based on that, I looked up a lot of information. In the end, I could only reach one relatively reasonable conclusion: I was born with extraordinary strength!"
Tang Zichen finally spoke. "So at the Hero Compatibility Convention, you chose to bond with a C-class Hero because you thought an S-class Hero's talent would not be of much use to you? The success rate for bonding with a C-class Hero was close to one hundred percent. All you needed was a ticket to enter the secret realm?"
Only those who successfully bonded with a Hero could enter the secret realm.
Hearing Tang Zichen say that, even Chen Ye was stunned.
He had now seen what it meant for someone's own imagination to be the deadliest thing of all.
"Class Monitor, you really are smart!"
Chen Ye spouted nonsense without changing his expression.
It was better for Tang Zichen to imagine things this way. It saved him from racking his brains to keep making up lies.
Chen Ye did not want anyone to know Saitama's secret among the C-class Heroes.
In this world.
One Bald Demon King was enough!!
"...Did I look like a clown just now?"
Tang Zichen suddenly mocked herself.
Hm?
What did she mean by that?
Chen Ye froze.
He truly did not understand how women thought.
"Class Monitor, this is my biggest secret. Even my parents don't know. I wasn't trying to deceive you."
Chen Ye spoke calmly.
If this girl kept being so dramatic, he was going to go over there and smack her butt.
He could only look while they slept every day. He had long wanted to find out what it felt like.
"You've deceived me more than once."
Tang Zichen gave Chen Ye a deep look.
This guy always loved teasing her, and he had made so many dirty jokes with her too...
What a scumbag!
Then she said, "No matter what, Chen Ye, if it hadn't been for you tonight, I would already be dead. You saved me, so I owe you my life! I can never repay such great kindness, except..."
Chen Ye immediately looked expectant and listened intently.
Following the usual script, the next four words should have been "offer myself to you," right?
But after waiting for a long time, he still heard nothing more. Confused, he looked toward Tang Zichen.
He saw a mischievous smile of triumph on Tang Zichen's pretty face.
Well, well.
You naughty girl, you've learned some bad habits too!
It had to be said, Tang Zichen's little face was truly beautiful! It was as exquisite as a work of art. Even that sly smile had its own unique charm.
"Chen Ye, when you run into trouble in the future, as long as you come to me, no matter what the situation is, I'll save you once!"
Tang Zichen said this with utmost seriousness.
From this, it was clear that she still had a stubbornly competitive streak.
She probably believed that once she grew to Ms. Qin's level, she would be able to surpass Chen Ye or even help him.
Chen Ye merely smiled at Tang Zichen's thoughts.
"Alright. When I run into trouble I can't solve in the future, I'll come ask you to save me," Chen Ye said.
Tang Zichen nodded, then added, "I'll help you keep your secret."
Chen Ye believed her.
The way this girl's mind worked was not quite like that of an ordinary young woman. She valued promises even more than most men did.
One could tell that from how she had agreed to Chairman Chen's request and decided to team up with Chen Ye.
However.
Keeping it secret was not enough.
The two of them needed a plausible excuse for outsiders to believe.
"Class Monitor, after we leave the secret realm, if people ask, I'll attribute everything to you."
"In their eyes, you're a favored child of heaven, while I'm only a poor student with a useless Hero talent. They'll only believe it if we put it all on you."
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