pjbooks Chapter 24 The Perfect Alibi
Chapter 24 The Perfect Alibi
"Fanzi—!"
Fatty Wang lay on the ground, reaching out his hand in vain to grab at the area completely buried by rubble.
His face was covered in tears and dust, and he looked as if his soul had been ripped out.
died.
Fanzi died just like that.
In order to protect him and Lin Xiaoyu, he was killed by that damned goblin captain with a single blow.
That tragic figure, that final cry.
Like a red-hot branding iron, it was deeply imprinted in his mind, playing back again and again.
Why?
Why is this happening?
They were just grinding monsters and leveling up together, and Fanzi was so awesome and strategizing.
How could it all happen so suddenly...?
Endless sorrow and self-blame overwhelmed him like a tidal wave.
If it weren't for saving him, Fanzi wouldn't have rushed over at all.
If he hadn't been so useless, unable to even withstand a level 10 elite monster, Fanzi wouldn't have died at all!
"Fuck your mother!"
Fatty Wang suddenly scrambled to his feet. His usually honest eyes were now bloodshot and flashing with a crazed light.
He raised his shield and charged at the goblin captain, who had just retrieved his spiked club, like a mad rhinoceros.
He wants to avenge Fanzi!
Even if it means death, he will tear a piece of flesh from this beast!
"Fatty! Don't be impulsive!"
A weak voice pulled him back.
It's Lin Xiaoyu.
The girl's face was also covered in tears, but her eyes were unusually clear.
"Chen Yifan... he saved our lives, we can't... we can't let him die in vain!"
She gripped Wang Pangzi's arm tightly, her voice trembling with excitement.
"We must get out of here alive! We must tell the teacher everything that happened here! Let everyone know he's a hero! And let everyone know that Li Wei and the others... are cowards who stood by and watched someone die!"
The girl's words were like a bucket of ice water poured over Wang Pangzi's feverish head.
Correct.
They cannot die in vain.
He's dead. Who will avenge Fanzi?
He's dead. Who will expose the true colors of Li Wei and his gang of beasts?
Fatty Wang glanced at the goblin captain in the distance, who looked somewhat lost because he had lost his target.
He glanced again at the other end of the passage, where Li Wei and the other two were also in shock.
A chilling hatred took root in his heart.
"Walk!"
Fatty Wang gritted his teeth and squeezed out a single word.
He pulled Lin Xiaoyu up, didn't look at the ruins again, turned around and ran like a madman towards another fork in the road.
He wants to live.
He wanted to carry on with Fanzi's share of life!
……
Meanwhile, Li Wei's two teammates also recovered from their shock.
"Wei...Brother Wei, Chen Yifan...he's really dead?"
The fire mage's voice sounded somewhat ethereal.
Although he also disliked Chen Yifan, witnessing a classmate being crushed to death by a monster while protecting his companion was still too visually impactful.
"He's dead."
Li Wei's voice was cold, devoid of any emotion.
"He was a piece of trash. So what if he died? It's no big deal."
He said that, but his mind was a complete mess.
Chen Yifan is dead.
Lin Feng also died.
With Zhao Hu missing, he's probably in grave danger as well.
The team he led was almost completely wiped out.
And all of this started simply because he wanted to cause trouble for an F-level good-for-nothing.
This price is far too high.
Most importantly, Chen Yifan's heroic "sacrifice" at the end.
And the two living "witnesses," Wang Pangzi and Lin Xiaoyu, will bring him enormous trouble.
He stood by and did not help his classmate who was in danger.
Once this charge is proven, no matter how rich his father is, he won't be able to protect him.
His college entrance exam bonus points, his reputation, everything he has will be ruined!
"No...that's not how it is."
Li Wei's eyes instantly turned sinister.
"It was that good-for-nothing Chen Yifan who, oblivious to his own mortality, provoked a level 10 elite monster, which led to the deaths of Lin Feng and Zhao Hu!"
"We made a strategic retreat to preserve our strength and to avenge them!"
"Yes, that's it!"
He nodded heavily, as if convincing himself.
"Let's go! We'll go find the teacher now and tell everyone the 'truth'!"
Having made up his mind, Li Wei immediately led his two equally uneasy teammates and ran towards the dungeon entrance.
He wanted to get there before Fatty Wang and Lin Xiaoyu.
They've turned black into white, throwing all the dirty water onto the already dead Chen Yifan!
at the same time……
He also wanted to get there before Fatty Wang and Lin Xiaoyu.
Go to the dungeon entrance first.
As long as these two people show up!
He just...
The dead cannot offer explanations.
With the departure of the two groups of people, the entire cave returned to its deathly silence.
Only the level 10 elite goblin captain remained, pacing back and forth like a dutiful guard, seemingly protecting something.
Time passed by, second by second.
About ten minutes later.
The pile of rubble that buried Chen Yifan's "corpse" suddenly moved.
A stone was pushed open from the inside and rolled to the side.
Immediately afterwards, a dusty hand reached out from a crack in the pile of stones.
Then came the second one.
Two hands cleared away the surrounding rubble, and a dusty, dirty head emerged from it.
It was Chen Yifan.
"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
He spat out a mouthful of mud and sand, shook his still dizzy head, and crawled out of the pile of stones.
That scene was truly terrifying.
To make the performance more realistic.
The activation of [Spatial Blink] must occur in the instant before being hit by an attack.
If we do it too early, Li Wei and the others will notice something is wrong.
This would affect his plans.
If it's too late, it will really turn into a pile of mud.
Fortunately, he has [divine speed].
With the perspective of slowed-down time, he precisely captured that perfect moment of 0.01 seconds.
Just before the spiked club touched his body.
He first left the team.
Immediately afterwards, [Spatial Blink] was activated.
He teleported himself directly beneath the pile of rubble.
Thus, a perfect alibi was born.
"Cough cough... We almost really messed up."
Chen Yifan patted the dust off his clothes, still feeling a bit shaken.
He glanced at his attribute panel.
[Mental Strength: 180/210]
[Psionic Power: 80/110]
Thank goodness.
The consumption wasn't too high.
It was all worth it.
He not only successfully "died" once, but also got rid of all the trouble.
And incidentally, they also eliminated Lin Feng, a major threat.
the most important is……
Chen Yifan's gaze fell on the goblin captain not far away, who was patrolling back and forth like a loyal bodyguard.
Now, only he and this level 10 elite monster remain in the entire cave.
Without Lin Feng's interference, without Li Wei's covetousness, and without Fatty Wang and Lin Xiaoyu.
He can finally let loose and pull off a big heist.
A dangerous smile slowly crept onto Chen Yifan's lips.
He took something out of his backpack.
It was a bundle of slender, unremarkable vines.
This is a piece of junk material I got from a goblin while farming monsters: [Tough Vines].
At the time, Fatty Wang complained that this thing was useless except as a belt.
But now, it will become Chen Yifan's most lethal weapon.
Like a patient hunter, he silently disappeared back into the shadows of the cave.
Next...
It’s just a good show.