Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 182

Chapter 182: The dawn before the showdown
Chapter 182

The warden entered the room where no one other than Wei Jun and a woman naked, dressed in explosives to be more accurate, was present.

“What is the meaning of this?” The warden asked, his Qi emanating from him as if he was about to attack Wei Jun at any moment.

As soon as he displayed that intention…

Click.

A click sound came from the bomb and a light turned on. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what that light meant. There were two more small bulbs but they hadn’t turned on yet.

“That’s one strike, warden.” Wei Jun said before he pointed to the seat next to the woman, gesturing for the warden to sit down.

The warden took a deep breath and sat down next to his wife. Wei Jun smiled and gestured for the warden to speak but the warden knew that speaking loudly wasn’t an option so he calmly spoke, “Why did you do this?”

“What? You can target my lover but I can’t target yours. Not very fair, I say.” Wei Jun said with a smile.

“I…” The warden began when Wei Jun said, “Shut up.”

The warden stopped. He didn’t say another word and Wei Jun said, “I don’t care who forced you to do this. All I care about is what I force you to do.”

“And quite frankly, I have the upper hand.” Wei Jun said before he stopped talking.

“What do you want?” The warden asked.

“Now that’s the tone I was expecting to hear. A tone of a man who knows he has been defeated.” Wei Jun said before he said with a smile, “Now I want you to take care of this first.”

Wei Jun pointed at his bracelet that he was surely going to need. “And I want you to empty a wing. I need to use it for a showdown.”

“Even as a warden, I cannot do all that.” The warden reasoned.

Wei Jun stared at the warden without any change in his expression before he sighed and said, “Well, that’s not a very nice thing to hear.”

“I mean, you can change the logs, erase fifty three people from the records, change visitor’s logs, and then everything else. Yet when I ask you to do something, you’re suddenly limited.” Wei Jun paused and asked with a sigh, “How do you think that makes me feel?”

Wei Jun leaned forward, putting his hands on the table as he asked, “Do you know where your children are, warden?”

The warden tensed, his body once again emitting Qi when Wei Jun continued, “I’m sure, they’re lovely children and all. I can’t remember their names but I was nice enough to nickname them. Just for the sake of specification, that’s all.”

Wei Jun asked with a smile, “Do you want to know their nicknames, warden?”

The warden didn’t reply. Of course, he didn’t reply. When the fate of all of his family was at stake, he knew better than to not talk about it.

“Their nicknames are ‘Soon to be dead one’ and ‘Soon to be dead two’. How considerate of me, right?” The woman whimpered as tears began to fall down her eyes while the warden seethed with anger so much so that the entire room began to tremble.

Click.

Another sound was heard that made the warden quiet down and the room began to stop.

“You’re not doing very good, warden. Already at two strikes. You know what happens at three strikes, right?” Wei Jun asked but replied to his own question the next second, “Batter out.”

Wei Jun leaned back in his seat and said, “Do as I say and you get to keep on pitching. Your wife goes home with clothes and your children get to live. And you continue to play president in this little territory of yours.”

The warden nodded wordlessly but asked about his family, “How can I be sure you won’t harm them?”

“When you have a card of yours own to play, you can force the answer out of me.” Wei Jun said with a smile before he added, “Oh, and don’t try anything else after this. I will slit your children’s throats without a warning if you so much as try to move your people. I’m always keeping an eye on you.”

The warden nodded and Wei Jun nodded in return. The lights that were turned on on the bomb went off once again and Wei Jun said, “Your wife stays here until I stay here. With me, of course.”

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Wei Jun sat in his cell. Once again thinking of the future but this time, he wasn’t alone. There was a trembling woman with him in the cell on the top bunk while Wei Jun was on the lower bunk.

Another strange thing was that the entire wing had been evacuated. It was just Wei Jun and the warden’s wife in the entire block.

[Why not just leave?]

The system asked to which Wei Jun asked a question of his own, ‘Are you asking because you don’t know or are you just pulling my leg?’

[Ongoing quest]

[The killer and the killers]

[Status: Incomplete]

The only reason Wei Jun hadn’t left yet was because he still had to complete that quest. He didn’t know whether it would be completed after his last target was dead or he would have to kill some more because technically, the warden was also after his life.

He didn’t want to deal with the warden as of yet because his level wasn’t enough to deal with him.

All Wei Jun could do was wait and kill the people he could for now. He’d worry about the rest when it came to it. Until then, his task hadn’t changed nor will it change.

Wei Jun turned around and slept. He heard the cell door open but as soon as someone entered, two clicks sounded that made the unwelcomed guest retreat in a hurry.

If there was one thing in all of that atmosphere that struck Wei Jun’s nerves, then it was the constant sobbing of the woman on the top bunk but Wei Jun graciously allowed that.

After all, the poor woman had enough explosives on herself that if they went off, her molecules might not be found let alone any part of her body.

Of course, that also meant that Wei Jun was in danger as well but he was sure he wouldn’t have to worry about it so much.

After all, as long as he had death Qi, he wouldn’t die and he made sure to keep it fully stocked just for that reason.

The day came to an end and a new day began.

As usual, Wei Jun was brought to the yard by a guard but the warden’s wife was kept in the cell.

After all, he was his leverage, he couldn’t just let her die in the crossfire of what was to come.

As Wei Jun entered the yard, it was empty, without a soul in sight. Well, not exactly empty. If he counted the countless guards with their weapons aimed at the yard, or more specifically at him, Wei Jun couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight.

But Wei Jun had made sure that they wouldn’t do anything. The prison was on lockdown. Li Wei was too deep in the network, controlling everything from the outside.

That prison was completely under Wei Jun’s control. Not to mention that there was the threat of a bomb with enough firepower to wipe them all out.

A good motivation for all of them to cooperate with Wei Jun.

As for Wei Jun, he was mentally preparing himself for a gruesome fight ahead. One thing he was sure of was the fact that he wouldn’t be getting out of this fight unscathed.

Dead even.

But to lower those chances, Wei Jun had taken control of the bracelet on his wrist that limited his power.

Well, not anymore.

Wei Jun sat down on his bench and just waited; waited for his opponent to come.

And he didn’t have to wait for long because soon, a bald man in chains entered the yard, escorted by about twenty guards with active weapons.

The bald man behaved, letting the guards do what they were doing. Not that they were a threat to him but even he wasn’t sure he could escape the onslaught of all the guards in the prison.

He was strong and confident, not stupid.

He turned his gaze to the sole person in the yard with the same attire as him.

As he was being unchained, he kept his gaze on Wei Jun, not flinching at all.

Wei Jun also didn’t flinch, he kept his gaze on the bald man, their eyes locked on with each other.

Soon enough, the guards were done freeing the man and left the yard. As for the bald man, he glanced around, finally breaking his gaze from Wei Jun, and looked at the extensive presence of the guards.

He returned his gaze to Wei Jun and said, “Not what I expected in the least.”

[The details of the quest have been updated]

[You have encountered an aura user]

[Details ….]

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