Chapter 213: Be Clever
Translator: Lonelytree
Gu Jun listened to the dial tone from the phone and sighed helplessly. ‘So it failed after all...’ He turned to look at the other custors, took in Malachite and the rest who were still pointing at the television, as well as Kathlyn who was on her phone in the corner. She and Tom had been missing for more than 10 days already, she was calling ho to assure their families that they were fine, to call off the police search.
‘What to do?’ Gu Jun was about to put the phone down when he realized that Dirty-minded Yu must have had her reason to bring up sothing like a horror movie cliché apropos to nothing. There were two possibilities to this, onem it just ca to her for no reason, which was unlikely considering the team training was so long ago and horror movies was just one of their many topics, this seed much too coincidental to be true, so it had to be the other possibility which was the ESP connection!
‘Is it because of calling her na internally that it reminded her of that conversation we had?’ Gu Jun’s heart trembled, indeed that was a possibility. He glanced around. The place was noisy and crowded, it might hinder his ESP connection, dampening its effect.
“Kathlyn,” Gu Jun called. When she was done with her own call, he said, “Bring us to the closest motel, sowhere quiet.” Other than to contact Wu Siyu, Gu Jun still needed to deal with Malachite and the rest. The plan was to hypnotize them to lure out their original personalities.
“Okay.” Kathlyn nodded. She was in need of a rest herself after such a long trek through the desert. Before they left, she went to grab so food from the diner counter. She ordered 5 large coke, one for each of them. She exclaid happily, “Drink up, my friends, I am sure you’ll like this.” She bit on the straw and took a large sip. Instantly Peacock gasped, “Ah, this is...” Malachite, Gold, Amberlite and Aquamarine took a more careful sip from their own cups. Gold almost spat it out, Aquamarine’s face scrunched up and Amberlite could not stop coughing. This ‘thing’ had a texture even stranger than the rye wine at Dylath-Leen, it was not spicy but it sure ca with a unique experience...
“This is what we call the happiness juice, welco to the golden era.” Gu Jun took a large gulp of his own. He used to have a whole bottle after every surgery. With the sugary taste on his tongue again, that mory felt like a lifeti ago. They left the convenience store and walked towards the nearest motel since the Ford was too small to fit 6 people and a rock. This was a normal township but since it was the pitstop between the inland and the shoreline, there were so shops and hotels for tourists. When they passed a boutique, Kathlyn went in for a quick shop. She used her credit card to buy everyone a set of comfortable casual outfits. When they arrived at the 2 story tall hotel, it was also Kathlyn who handled everything. As per the Nightmare Man’s request, she asked for 2 rooms, 1 small and 1 big. She registered for both with her ID.
Thankfully it was not the tourist season so the elderly woman at the reception did not ask for more identification and docunts, she only demanded that they keep the noise to a bare minimum. The sound of water ca from the bathroom as warm, clean water gushed out from the shower, washing away the gri. Gu Jun rewarded himself with a good bath. His ntal corruption rate was still as high as 24.68 percent, the missions that he had been secretly doing in the past few days only managed to lower it by 0.1 percent. Regardless, he felt more refreshed after the bath. The vines around his legs had all wilted away, leaving behind so surface scars. However, his whole body and face were covered in purplish-red scars...
When he saw his own reflection in the mirror, he was startled because it was not the familiar Gu Jun who looked back at him...’Will I stay this way forever? Is there a chance for to recover?’ As anxious as Gu Jun was, this was not the most imminent problem.
He put on the new set of clothes, a long-sleeved t-shirt and khakis. He used a rubber band to tie his grown hair into a ponytail and walked out of the bathroom. Kathlyn and the rest were in the bedroom. The land’s travelers had seen the nightmare man in person before but this was the first ti Kathlyn had seen it and it obviously had quite an effect on her.
“I’m sorry...” She quickly shook her head realizing how rude it was to stare. “It’s just... rather unexpected.”
“It’s okay.” Gu Jun smiled at her. “I used to be quite handso so I’m used to people staring but I guess now it’ll be for a different reason.” He had Kathlyn take care of the others while he retreated to the smaller room that did not have an attached bathroom. After he entered the simple wooden-floored bedroom, Gu Jun sat down on the chair near the bed. There was an old black landline sitting on the dresser. He tried to rember their mont of telepathy in Dreamlands and Wu Siyu’s voice when he was semi-conscious until a ripple surged through his heart.
“Dirty-minded Yu, I hope you’re more receptive this ti.” He said to himself as he picked up the phone. He made the sa call again...
With a click, the call was connected. “Hello?” The lazy voice said, the tone was unchanged from before.
“...” Gu Jun remained silent but this ti he closed his eyes and tried to form a connection in his mind. Internally he shouted, ‘Wu Siyu, Dirty-minded Yu, Tamarine! I, Gu Jun, am not dead, I am back!’ This continued for about 10 seconds until her yawn ca through the line. “Who is it, is anyone there?”
Gu Jun made his breathing more conspicuous to signify that soone was indeed there. He mumbled silently, ‘Gu Jun, Gu Jun, Gu Jun...’
“Pervert much?” Wu Siyu said with another yawn. “O well, be my guest. You’re the one calling so the bill’s on you.”
Gu Jun was getting desperate, he could hear the television volu being picked up in the background and then ca the sound of soone munching on chips. This young woman had clearly put down the phone, as she returned to her drama-chasing... According to legend, she would have died in her sleep, is it because she had entered the Dreamlands as they thought or could it be sothing as mundane as high cholesterol level due to obesity?
‘How could she be so free?’ This thought crossed Gu Jun’s mind. ‘Wait, she has transferred to the Recreational Departnt, hasn’t she?’ At that mont, a satisfied burp ca from the line. Gu Jun was still trying to summon her but it was to no avail. But sothing suddenly caught his eye, the television. Perhaps the key was not for her to hear it, but to see it. After all, they had managed 100 percent accuracy rate in their Ganzfeld Experint. ‘I should try vision telepathy, that might be more effective.’
Gu Jun kept the phone connected while he picked up Tom’s phone to find a picture of salt on the internet. ‘My ntal connection with Dirty-minded Yu should be strong, our telepathy would have left so traces between us, this distance is nothing!’ He focused on the picture on the phone and like how he did it so many tis in their Ganzfeld training, he transferred the image to her. After about 10 seconds, suddenly, Gu Jun could hear Wu Siyu’s curious voice saying, “Hmm... what is this taste... Salt?”
‘It’s working!’ He exclaid internally but quickly tampered himself. He could not allow any distraction. He searched for another picture and sent it again, this ti it was the picture of a surgical knife. The volu of the television was lowered, Wu Siyu appeared to have picked up the phone again. Her voice that ca next sounded so close. “Dirty-minded Jun?”
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