Chapter 49 Un Entertainment "I am not you, but you are me."...
Roue held a ball of line in his hand; he held not only Ji Yang, but everyone who had been hooked by the fishhook in his hand.
Some did manage to pass through the iron gate and leave the acting class, but it was clear they hadn't completely escaped.
Jiang Yang stood silently in front of the two people who were originally tied together.
Ji Yang had already untied the ropes binding them when Roue came in. At this moment, the young man waved his hand behind him, and the two of them ran towards the iron gate knowingly.
Suddenly, a fishing line flashed through the air and wrapped around the necks of the two men.
Ji Yang drew his sword and slashed, while Jiang Yang, also holding a small knife, rushed to Roue's side.
The two were suspended in mid-air, struggling for a long time. Ji Yang pretended to cut the thread and used the tip of his sword to press against Roue's face. Roue had no choice but to let go in order to avoid it.
He landed and began to cough violently.
Jiang Yang watched intently from the side, coldly threatening, "Let them go."
He certainly wasn't trying to be a good person.
However, before Roue could react, he was putting on a superior act. Since Roue couldn't figure out what cards he and Ji Yang were relying on, he couldn't act rashly.
Roue didn't speak, her fingers fiddling gently. Her gaze fell on Ji Yang, but seeing that Ji Yang had no reaction, she was slightly incredulous.
Ji Yang's sword tip grazed his face, leaving a bloody mark with its sharp edge, a clear warning.
"Get out," Roue said with a gloomy face.
The two of them scrambled out, and Jiang Yang noticed that the fishing line did indeed follow them out.
Ji Yang sheathed his sword and stepped back. Jiang Yang stepped forward and stood beside him, his five fingers gripping the man's waist to support him steadily.
The person involuntarily stiffened their back, and their fingertips slowly tapped twice on their waist, outwardly displaying an intimate posture.
Ji Yang breathed a sigh of relief. The young man meant that he could leave the rest to him.
Jiang Yang asked casually, "Can we talk properly now?"
Roue gritted her teeth, "What do you want?"
“Your time is running out, are you asking me?” Jiang Yang lifted his eyelids and looked Roue up and down.
"Kill the wooden figure."
"No," Jiang Yang refused.
There are no other additional conditions.
"Don't you want to leave here?!" Roue roared, his previous confident demeanor vanishing, replaced by a look of madness.
He raised the fishing line, but Jiang Yang remained unmoved.
To be honest, when there was no observation room, he was really too lazy to engage in pretense with people.
Roue compromised.
“If you kill the wooden figure, I will let you go, and I will untie the fishing line.”
"No."
Jiang Yang refused again.
"What exactly do you want?!" Roue was on the verge of a breakdown.
Jiang Yang knew how to break a person's defenses. After filtering through countless questions in his mind, he finally asked, "Do you remember the senior who used to live on the fifth floor?"
Of course, that wasn't what he initially wanted to ask; it's just that all the other questions had clues to follow.
Only, "senior".
In Un Entertainment, Jiang Yang noticed that the other three agents didn't emphasize this title much, only Roue.
At first, they called out "Nan Ke".
Later, at noon on the first day, after enduring Nan Ke's actions, he saw the rabbit head that Roue had hidden.
Just as Jiang Yang was deciding what to ask, he remembered the rat's paw that had torn open the belly of room 213.
Sure enough, it was a fatal blow.
“I…I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Roue said, backing away in alarm.
Jiang Yang gently guided him, "Don't you want me to help you kill the wooden figure?"
"Tell me, do you remember the senior who used to live on the fifth floor?"
"He's a devil!"
"That's enough, you're being a bit too tense, Professor Roue," Jiang Yang said, not pressing further.
After a brief pause, Roue visibly relaxed and continued, "I grant your request. Now, shall we untie the knot?"
Roue, fearing Jiang Yang might change his mind, quickly withdrew the fishing line from Ji Yang's body, deliberately leaving Jiang Yang's hand exposed, and said smugly, "I'll untie you after you kill the wooden figure."
Unfortunately, he misjudged the situation.
Ji Yang's hand casually brushed across Jiang Yang's back, sending a shiver down his spine.
Then the touch behind me outlined two words: "Don't be afraid."
Yes, in terms of actual ability, Jiang Yang can only be considered...pretentious.
"How can we kill the wooden man?" Jiang Yang asked.
Roue pointed to the small knife with a copper handle in his hand, "Please insert it into its heart."
Jiang Yang took two steps toward the door, looked at the wooden figure not far from him outside, and asked, "Won't I be affected by the rules if I go out now?"
“Don’t worry, I’ll be with you,” Roue gestured, “but I can only go with one person at a time. You probably don’t mind if you stay for a while first.”
The second half of the sentence was meant for Ji Yang.
The young man nodded to the person, fearlessly twirled the knife, and walked out, with Roue silently following behind.
The heavy atmosphere made both of them hold their breath. He took two quick steps, raised the knife to the level of his heart, and gestured at the wooden figure within reach.
The intense atmosphere made Jiang Yang momentarily unable to distinguish whether it was real or an illusion.
"Close your eyes and lower your head," a strangely familiar voice rang in his ears, and he subconsciously chose to comply.
Roue yelled in annoyance, "What the hell are you doing!"
There was a trembling unease in his voice. When Jiang Yang glanced at him, he was reaching out to touch the fishing line tied to his body.
The man then quickly said, "Three, two, one, freeze! Don't speak, don't move!"
Roue stopped moving and then collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"Okay, open your eyes," the person patted on the shoulder.
Immediately afterward, Ji Yang's concerned voice rang out from inside the door, "What happened?"
Jiang Yang looked at the person gesturing to her and unconsciously responded loudly with her back to Ji Yang, "It's nothing."
[System has determined that player Jiang Yang's identity has met the activation requirements and has now been automatically restored.]
[The observation room will be automatically unlocked after 5 hours, 46 minutes, and 58 seconds due to suspected violations.]
[Congratulations to player Jiang Yang for receiving the support of the Holy Infant; the account has been automatically bound.]
[The instructions for using the Holy Infant have been enabled; you can view them in your email.]
The system panel kept changing, and Jiang Yang looked up and stared intently at the face that Huang Er had described as being 35 years old. His voice was hoarse and choked with emotion.
The young man believed he could at least trust the other party.
This trust is built on the premise that he always believes in himself.
Jiang Yang asked, "Are you the soul hiding inside the wood?"
He said, "To be precise, we're trapped here."
Jiang Yang continued, "Have you been trapped for a long time?"
He said, "I forgot."
He added, "I don't remember, that's enough."
His words seemed to be referring not only to himself, but also to Jiang Yang.
After he finished speaking, Jiang Yang saw him take out a small knife with a purple copper handle, just like the one in his hand.
Seeing the man's movements, Jiang Yang asked in confusion, "He's not dead yet?"
He smiled and said, "I don't remember being this naive when I was in my twenties."
Jiang Yang was even more confused, "Aren't you me from the future?"
"I am not you, but you are me."
This is what Jiang Yang, who was in his thirties, said to Jiang Yang, who was in his twenties.
Jiang Yang, in his early twenties, looked intently and said, "Then I'll do it myself."
After saying that, he squatted down, aimed the knife at Roue's heart, and stabbed it in hard.
[The death of executive agent Roue has been detected; the dialogue lessons are immediately suspended.]
In the final second before his wooden heart shattered, Roue, who had declared death, clamped Jiang Yang's right hand with his rat-like claws that could no longer maintain their human form.
The fishhook attached to the fishing line in his right palm disappeared, leaving a bloody, mangled hole.
Jiang Yang couldn't help but meet his resentful gaze. He clearly heard someone shout that something was wrong, and then, after a dizzying moment, he was forcefully thrown aside.
A gust of wind swept through the corridor, obscuring the view, centered around Roue. "Jiang Yang" pulled out his glasses, put them on his nose, and, half-bent over, sneered, "Can't you just face your death peacefully?"
"Judgment without a master!" he shouted, and for a moment it seemed as if time had been paused, the wind floated in the air, leaving Jiang Yang with a look of astonishment and shock.
He straightened up, his back appearing exceptionally tall. "Unfortunately, the judgment card indicates that you are a worthless soul, and your soul will forever be lost in the land of no man."
A translucent, fat rabbit floated out of Roue's body. At first, it bared its teeth and claws, but after being slapped, it immediately scattered and fled.
The wind died down, and he said, "Now it looks like there's a bad situation."
"He wanted to trap us here, and it seems... he's succeeded?"
Jiang Yang followed the other person's gaze, and the next second their eyes met. Ji Yang, who was walking out of the room, said seriously, "The inner door is gone."
"He can't see me, so don't tell him you can, and don't talk to me. He... he'll probably figure it out...?"
Ji Yang glanced at Roue's corpse on the ground, and Jiang Yang pursed her lips. "Did I cause trouble again?"
"It's alright," Ji Yang said, unable to bring himself to blame her. "Let's look for another way."
Ji Yang walked to the other side of the corridor first, and Jiang Yang followed. The two of them were silent, but the man in his thirties kept chattering.
Are you in a relationship?
Is he good to you?
"Tsk tsk, that's great, I'm finally not alone anymore."
Jiang Yang initially wanted to refute him, but he wouldn't let him speak, so he couldn't deny it and simply ignored him.
But as Jiang Yang listened, he began to discern something deeper.
Jiang Yang, who was in her thirties, said this to Jiang Yang, who was in her twenties.
I am not you, but you are me.
Therefore, at this moment, Jiang Yang, who was fighting alone in a no-man's-land, had so much to say.
He won't be alone anymore.
Jiang Yang was very happy, even though it had nothing to do with him, even though he was just a passerby in time.
With Roue's death, the facade of prosperity that Un Entertainment's corporate building maintained crumbled, the paint on the corridor walls faded, revealing their original dilapidated state, yet they walked around without finding a single crack in the wall.
The leader, Ji Yang, stopped.
Jiang Yang didn't speak either, and began to ponder in unison with Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang's attention fell on the flashing red icon in the email section.
When he opened it, the Holy Infant made a funny face, trying to scare Jiang Yang, but luckily he had expected it.
【The Holy Infant: Its harsh environment has given it an extremely tenacious vitality; love will help it grow, and players who receive its support will be unconditionally protected by it】
The child, unwilling to remain ignored on the panel, jumped out and stared at Jiang Yang and "Jiang Yang" back and forth.
"One...two..." The infant drooled, asking in a daze, "Two?"
Ji Yang turned around when he heard the noise, and saw that the child had his back to him.
Jiang Yang squatted down, unconcernedly wiping the liquid dripping from the baby's mouth with her sleeve, gently shushing it, and patiently asked, "Good boy, don't talk yet, I'll give you a name later, okay?"
The child's eyes lit up instantly, and he covered his mouth and nodded vigorously.
As expected, Jiang Yang's ability to soothe children is top-notch, no matter the situation.
Ji Yang beckoned to Jiang Yang, "Come here."
Jiang Yang ran up to the person, and Ji Yang said, "Listen."
With slowed breathing, a series of faint chiseling sounds came from the other side of the wall.
Ji Yang observed for a long time, but only when he saw that Jiang Yang did not react for a long time did he have to speak up to remind him.
Finally, thanks to the other party's efforts, a small hole was broken in the wall, and an eye was stuck on it, which frightened Jiang Yang so much that he staggered backward.
On the other side, however, someone shouted excitedly.
"It's Jiang Yang!"
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Author's note: I've finally gotten to this point!
That's right, because this is Jiang Yang's nth worldline (non-parallel world version).
Thus, "Jiang Yang" and Jiang Yang met across time and space.
Only after the timeline is reset to zero will Jiang Yang become the Jiang Yang she was at the beginning.
At this moment, Jiang Yang, fighting alone in a no-man's-land, was truly alone.
Because of his amnesia, Ji Yang became an exception in Jiang Yang's plan to escape the land of ignorance, which is why "Jiang Yang" felt fortunate.
I'm going back to my hometown this week, so updates should be every other day.
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