Go Apologize to Them Yourself

After a brief moment of thought, Su Chen came up with a plan.

He smiled and helped Yamashita Kenichiro to his feet.

He spoke gently.

"What are you doing? I know what happened in the last supernatural trial. It was all Kim Xiba's doing. It had nothing to do with you, so there's no need to blame yourself."

Hearing that Su Chen wasn't going to hold him accountable,

Kenichiro's eyes lit up.

He hurriedly rose to his feet, keeping his posture humble.

He answered quietly, "Dragon Country has been Sakura Country's good big brother since ancient times. I felt guilty for failing to save my benefactor last time, so I came here specifically to ask for forgiveness."

Su Chen smiled without answering.

He turned around and made as if to leave.

Meanwhile, Kenichiro hadn't expected to save his miserable hide so easily.

Seeing that Su Chen was about to leave, his mind began working again.

Su Chen had talked Kim Xiba to death with just a few words.

That meant he must have discovered some hidden rules.

Wouldn't he be safer following Su Chen?

Besides, if he could trick Su Chen into revealing those rules, wouldn't he no longer have to fear him?

At that thought, Yamashita Kenichiro hurriedly quickened his pace and caught up with Su Chen.

He kept nodding and bowing beside him.

"Mr. Su, let's stick together. That way, I can handle any hard or tiring work for you."

"It'll also give me a chance to prove how sincerely I regret what happened."

Seeing that he had taken the bait, Su Chen was delighted.

If you keep following me, how could I possibly run out of chances to kill you?

"Sure."

Su Chen agreed without hesitation.

Then the two of them headed toward the Elephant Enclosure together.

Along the way, Kenichiro kept scratching his head, racking his brains for a way to pry the information out of him.

Su Chen noticed every one of his little gestures.

Seeing how hopelessly stupid he was, Su Chen couldn't stand it anymore.

"Your face is red from holding it in. Are you trying to ask me how Kim Xiba died?"

He cut straight to the point.

The moment he said that, Kenichiro's expression changed.

He hurriedly waved his hands in fright.

"No, no, no! I wouldn't dare ask."

"What's there to be afraid of? Since we're companions now, I won't keep it to myself. He died because I used a hidden rule, and the hidden rules are in the shop."

Su Chen spoke with a broad smile.

Hearing this, Kenichiro stopped walking.

Seeing that he was tempted, Su Chen struck while the iron was hot.

"Go if you want. I'll wait for you in the Elephant Enclosure. Oh, and when you see the shop assistant in black, remember to mention that I sent you. He'll tell you a few more secrets."

"Mr. Su, thank you so much!"

Yamashita Kenichiro bowed deeply, then turned and ran toward the shop.

At the same time, a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Bastard! Once I find the hidden rules too, I'll kill you!"

That was how it was for people from Sakura Country, who valued honor and humiliation more than right and wrong.

Earlier, he had kowtowed and admitted his wrongdoing to stay alive, then shamelessly fawned over Su Chen like a dog.

To him, that was an unbearable humiliation.

And the way to wipe away that humiliation was to kill Su Chen.

So he viciously swore to do just that.

Watching him run into the distance, Su Chen smiled as well.

"If you love apologizing so much, hurry up and die so you can apologize to everyone yourself."

Only when Kenichiro was out of sight did Su Chen turn and stroll toward the Elephant Enclosure.

A short while later, just as he entered the enclosure,

Yamashita Kenichiro came running back, panting with his mouth wide open like an exhausted dog.

When Su Chen saw the red traces around his mouth and on his teeth, he knew the fool was done for.

"Well? Did he tell you?"

"He did. He also sold me an Aquarium ticket and gave me a bottle of holy water."

"Holy water?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Su. He said the holy water had to be drunk while it was warm and couldn't be taken outside, so I couldn't bring you any."

Kenichiro deliberately put on an embarrassed look and casually spouted nonsense.

Hearing that, Su Chen understood after a moment's thought.

Combined with the bright red stains around Kenichiro's mouth and on his teeth,

what he had drunk was already obvious.

"It's fine. I sent you there, so of course I've already had some myself."

Su Chen started making things up too.

Then the two of them entered the Elephant Enclosure, each harboring his own ulterior motives.

Meanwhile, Dragon Country's livestream chat had already been celebrating for quite some time.

"Hahaha! Su Chen is amazing! He killed Kim Xiba with just a couple of sentences. That felt so good!"

"Exactly. His way with words is right up there with Kongming tearing into Wang Lang until he died."

"Where the hell are the people who called Su Chen a dumbass earlier? Get out here and apologize! My man Su's IQ blows yours out of the water!"

"I'm sorry! I apologize!"

"+1"

"Guys, keep an eye on this Kenichiro. My guess is he won't last long either!"

"Does that even need saying? He went into the Death Shop and still expects to live? In his dreams!"

Meanwhile, Pickle Country's leadership gradually analyzed the situation and realized something was wrong.

Kim Xiba had clearly died because of Su Chen.

That left them utterly furious.

They lodged a formal protest with Dragon Country, demanding an apology and compensation.

Otherwise, they would deploy the Dumbass Defense System throughout their territory.

Dragon Country replied to this message with only one sentence.

[Do not test Dragon Country's bottom line. Do not say you were not warned.]

At that moment, inside the Zoo, Su Chen had no idea that the real world was practically tearing itself apart arguing over him.

He strolled warily through the Elephant Enclosure.

He suspected that the Elephant Area had to contain a serious danger.

According to the map, only the White Lion Area remained after the Elephant Area.

And clearly, "it" couldn't tamper too heavily with the White Lion Area.

So the danger there wouldn't be too great.

Although his earlier experiences had been somewhat rough,

objectively speaking, there hadn't been much danger outside the shop.

Following that line of reasoning, there had to be danger in the Elephant Area.

An enormous danger at that!

"It" couldn't possibly let visitors clear the trial so easily.