Chapter 236: Dog Son, Tiger Father (3)

"Hu Juan, you’ve worked hard. I’ve prepared two gifts for you."

This time, Hu Juan, who had removed his apron, slowly raised his head.

His ears quickly grew fluffy, while dense golden fur sprouted across his face. His eyes became large and round, his nose darkened and protruded, and his features gradually transformed into the head of a golden retriever.

At that moment, just as Hu Shan finished speaking, a strange pain suddenly surged through the skin of Wen Lan’s and Long Lingxue’s arms.

They looked down in horror.

Sharp, white, triangular canine teeth were slowly pushing through their skin. One by one, they pierced the flesh, tearing through the skin and emerging from beneath it, slick with blood.

"Ugh! Ah!"

Unable to endure the intense pain, Wen Lan couldn’t help groaning.

The canine teeth continued growing beneath their flesh.

They moved like a curse, wriggling layer upon layer beneath the skin. They pulsed through their veins, tore the flesh apart, and forced their way out, dragging blood and tissue with them.

In an instant, Wen Lan’s and Long Lingxue’s faces were covered with canine teeth and countless bloody holes.

But that wasn’t even the deadliest part.

Wen Lan felt a strange stabbing pain in the right side of her chest, near her heart. She didn’t need to lift her clothes to guess what was happening.

More canine teeth were probably growing inside her organs.

"Ah! Ah!"

Long Lingxue couldn’t help screaming.

Hu Shan’s face immediately lit up with excitement.

Seeing this, Wen Lan hurriedly covered Long Lingxue’s mouth.

Great misfortune! Great misfortune!

At that moment, the meaning of Long Lingxue’s omen couldn’t have been clearer.

"Come on, you two. Aren’t you leaving?"

The golden retriever’s head looked at them with pity.

Under Hu Juan’s urging, Wen Lan’s chest trembled as the sharp pain intensified once more.

Damn it! Damn it!

It was too late!

Blood began seeping from Wen Lan’s chest.

Not daring to speak or risk controlling Yan Cheng’s corpse, Wen Lan activated her Word Spirit.

In a sense, Tiger seemed unusually resistant to Word Spirit abilities.

Time Jump!

Boom!

As she activated her final Time Jump, Emo Sheen’s upper body exploded completely.

The cracks in his chest spread all the way to his neck. His flesh and blood burst apart, and his head flew off, rolling several times across the living room floor.

Buzz!

The next moment, another future appeared before Wen Lan’s eyes.

"Ugh!"

Finally, a row of sharp canine teeth burst through her chest, piercing her shirt.

Wen Lan couldn’t suppress a muffled groan. Her face contorted with pain.

Hu Shan, on the other hand, erupted into wild laughter.

"Ha ha ha! Clever little thing! You finally couldn’t figure it out!"

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Just as blood began seeping from Wen Lan’s chest, numerous knife-like wounds shaped like the character 王 erupted across her face.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Blood sprayed from the wounds, rapidly filling the air with a crimson mist.

Clutching her chest and gritting her teeth, Wen Lan stubbornly ran toward the door.

Huff! Huff! Huff!

Unfortunately, just as she escaped Room 518, her back suddenly twisted.

Dense, sharp teeth pierced through her chest.

Wen Lan collapsed into the corridor, her face drenched in blood.

Damn it!

Time Jump!

Without wasting another moment trying to understand why the future had unfolded that way, Wen Lan chose the most conservative approach.

Buzz!

Space inside Room 518 twisted.

The next moment, Wen Lan appeared outside the door, covered in blood and dragging Long Lingxue with her. Without hesitation, she rushed straight toward the elevator.

Inside Room 518, Hu Shan and Hu Juan stared in shock, unable to understand what had just happened.

By the time they recovered, Wen Lan had already pressed the elevator button and stepped inside.

"Damn it! What was that? A spatial jump?"

Hu Shan couldn’t figure it out. He glared furiously at the elevator doors as they closed with a bang, then slammed the door to Room 518 shut.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Inside the elevator, Wen Lan and Long Lingxue collapsed to the floor.

Blood pooled around them, flowing from their injured chests.

Their eyes were filled with the relief of having survived.

Time Jump, when used conservatively, allowed Wen Lan to skip portions of the future, bypass periods in which she would otherwise sustain injuries, and erase the memories of others.

It was an especially useful ability in battle.

Unfortunately, she had now exhausted her remaining opportunities to use it, and Mo Xian was completely dead.

"Great misfortune... misfortune... minor misfortune..."

Cough! Cough! Cough!

After coughing up blood, Long Lingxue suddenly looked at the top of Wen Lan’s head in astonishment.

"Minor misfortune?"

Hadn’t they already escaped from Room 518? Why was that omen still hovering over Wen Lan?

She looked at Wen Lan’s head, then checked her own.

Nothing.

Wait!

"Wen Lan, don’t tell me you’re still planning to go back to Room 518!"

Long Lingxue stared at her in disbelief.

"I say we wait for Shen Yu. We can’t keep doing this alone!"

"No."

Wen Lan interrupted her firmly.

"I said I would never rely on anyone else for anything. This mission in Room 518 is something I must complete myself."

As she spoke, Wen Lan touched her chest, which had already begun to flatten again.

The terrifying canine teeth that had been growing beneath her skin seemed to have stopped once she left Room 518.

Could it be that we can only confront the curse directly? Or did the Dog deliberately let us go?

Wen Lan leaned against the elevator wall, deep in thought.

They had already used every trick available to them, yet they still couldn’t defeat their opponent.

What else could they possibly do?

Long Lingxue wanted to persuade Wen Lan again, but Wen Lan ignored her and continued analyzing the situation.

The omen above Wen Lan’s head flickered slowly.

Minor misfortune... minor blessing... blessing... great blessing...

Her eyes narrowed as a new possibility began to take shape in her mind.

Live Broadcast Comments

"A thorough investigation will uncover all your hidden tricks!"

"666! Now this is the strength the Fat Alliance Squad should have!"

"I can’t even imagine what would have happened if Emo Sheen had cooperated properly from the beginning. Could they still have ended up in this state?"

"Turkey-flavored Crisps: 666! The idea above is genius!"

"But in a certain sense, isn’t Wen Lan basically the entire Fat Alliance Squad right now?"

"We can see that Tiger can kill people simply by speaking. But what about Dog? He doesn’t seem to have done anything yet."

"Milky White Snowflakes: Am I the only one wondering about the information Shen Yu gave them? What does he mean by Dog Father, Tiger Son? This is clearly Tiger Father, Dog Son!"

"Look at how Hu Shan gives orders. Hu Juan doesn’t even dare utter a word in response. Isn’t that obvious?"

"At the banquet, the dog-headed man was leading the tiger around. What does that mean? Could a Dog’s status be higher than a Tiger’s under certain circumstances?"

The bullet comments in the live broadcast room were buzzing with speculation.

Suddenly, a new comment flashed across the screen.

Long Akyan: "Hey, why are you all getting so worked up? With so little information, the official Fat Alliance Squad could simply use its communication privileges to pass a hint to Wen Lan. Didn’t you tell them to cherish that opportunity earlier? Now the entire team consists of Wen Lan and Long Lingxue, and you’re deliberately withholding outside assistance?"

"Exactly! What is the Feiha Defense Department doing?"

"Feiha! Another wave of urgent bullet comments is flooding the screen!"

Yet even with nearly ten million comments pouring in, the official Feiha account remained silent.

"Damn it! Where are they?"

"Wait, haven’t you noticed something? Since this instance began, the official Feiha account has barely appeared!"

"That’s right! And what about the explanation for Mo Xan deliberately targeting Shen Yu? Where is the official account?"

"Holy crap! The more I think about it, the stranger it gets. Where exactly are the officials?"

The direction of the bullet comments suddenly shifted.

Inside the elevator, Wen Lan continued frowning as she considered the problem.

Shen Yu had no reason to lie to her.

His conclusion must have been based on something he had personally witnessed.

He had said that Dog would help the Wolf Faction.

That should be correct.

But why had he identified Room 518 as Dog Father, Tiger Son?

Everything she had seen suggested the opposite: Tiger was the father, and Dog was the son.

What exactly had Shen Yu witnessed to make him so certain?

Recently, the only time he hadn’t been with her was during the banquet.

Could he have seen something at the banquet?

Perhaps he had witnessed an image of a Dog suppressing a Tiger.

That would explain why he was so confident in his conclusion.

Wen Lan’s eyes gradually brightened.

She calculated the timing, then closed her eyes to rest briefly.

An unexpected guess had begun forming in her mind.

Let’s wait and see whether my theory is correct.

If I knock on the door at that particular moment, I should be fine.