The Gentleman at the End
Chapter 499 - 497 Catherine’s Disgust

Chapter 499: Chapter 497 Catherine’s Disgust

For some reason,

Catherine, clearly dominating the dream connection and theoretically enjoying absolute initiative within the dream space, not to mention completely surpassing William in terms of the Plague level (Path completion),

felt utterly uncomfortable when this individual, with half of his head cut off and a body very similar to William’s, laid on the glass and licked it. Even a moment of fear was born within her.

The next second, a warning came.

"Yi Chen, behave yourself."

"I am behaving~ But this kind of twin tails is my favorite. There used to be a little girl at the Orphanage who played with me and always wore her hair like this. Unfortunately, the teacher shaved her head bald, and she ended up killing herself right in front of me.

It broke my heart for a long time, leaving me unable to eat or drink~

Looking at this lady always reminds me of her."

William responded, "You might as well stop making up stories. There’s no such girl in my memory."

Yi Chen pressed his entire face against the glass surface and slowly rubbed it across to William’s location, sticking out his tongue and making the glass vibrate to produce sound.

"Just because your memory does not contain her, does that mean she truly doesn’t exist?

Is it possible that our memories are not completely shared... after all, I am the main entity, and you, William, are just a temporary vessel for me in this world.

Giving you too many emotionally charged memories could lead to bad consequences, affecting your development."

With a hint of resignation, William spread his hands, "Are you starting with your whispers again? You would do better to continue discussing our future cooperation."

Yi Chen continued to lick the glass partition, "I’ve already agreed to cooperate. Whether it’s going to the Abyss or dealing with Moon Scar, I’ll do my best to help you~ After all, we are one and the same.

Since I’ve agreed to cooperate and am willing to fully collaborate with you!

Can you fulfill my request? Can you give me that twin-tailed girl sooner? I can’t wait to taste her flesh."

No sooner had the words fallen than William suddenly erupted, summoning an axe and firearms within the dream.

His previously calm eyes instantly filled with blood, he hacked towards Catherine,

Bang! An armor-piercing bullet pierced through Catherine’s forehead.

Following with a Death slash aimed to sever the head completely... Crack—the axe blade got stuck on something, merely managing to cut halfway through the neck.

Catherine was completely enraged by this sudden act of slaughter.

From the bullet hole in her forehead, countless miniaturized female faces squeezed out, cursing with filthy language, as though they wished to tear William into pieces and chew up every bit of his flesh.

From the slashed neck wound came strange noises,

The sound of waves crashing,

The sound of something living wriggling,

And the roar of some nightmare creature,

As a surge of nightmare liquid squirted out, tentacles of the nightmare sprung from the wound... Strong like those of an octopus, the tentacles hurled the Hand Axe aside and swiftly entwined around William’s entire body, binding every joint.

Boom!

A violent tremor occurred within the Aquarium,

William, entangled in octopus tentacles, was slammed heavily against the aquarium glass, causing it to dent inwards, with some of the water symbolic of the Black Liquid seeping out.

Spitting out a large mouthful of blood, William promptly made a standard French military salute, then turned his gaze toward Yi Chen inside the tank.

"You see, Yi Chen~ It’s not that I don’t want to kill her, but that I simply lack the ability.

Catherine is the conductor of the dream and she has completed her Path... She can easily infiltrate here, so naturally, she’s not someone I can deal with.

Even if I let you out, at most we would both suffer. Better to save our strength for more meaningful actions, right?"

Yi Chen continued to lick the glass, "Ah~ what a pity, such a cute girl. But that’s it for today’s talk. While my memory of this girl is still clear, I’m going to take care of it myself."

Listening to the conversation between the two,

Catherine also roughly understood why William had suddenly attacked her and gradually released her tentacles to let him down.

Now she had completely lost interest in William, not to mention there was such a disgusting third party beside them doing disgusting things.

Catherine raised her hand blade above her head, making a cutting motion,

Hum... Some unseen dream connection was severed.

Catherine voluntarily left the current dream.

One night passed.

When William woke up from the dream, Catherine was no longer hugging him from behind; instead, she had gotten up early, sat on a stool opposite the bed, and watched him with a wary and even perverse look.

"William, which one is really you?"

"I am me, you should be able to see that, right? Catherine."

"Isn’t that you imprisoned in the aquarium? You’ve used some method to separate and seal away all the perverted, malignant, and other negative emotions inside you, only showing the world a self that has had the malignancy removed."

"Catherine, you’re thinking too simply. You can closely compare the details of that guy’s form to mine; there are many subtle differences.

Indeed, you can consider him as a negative collection, even another me, but we are absolutely independent of each other... As for why two selves were formed, I’m also looking for the answer.

If you feel uncomfortable staying with me, Catherine, you don’t have to force yourself."

Catherine bit her lower lip, "I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt this time... After all, I don’t have many people I can trust.

Once I leave here, I can only go back to the cold Clown House, facing the mirror all day and having meaningless conversations with thousands of sisters inside me, utterly boring.

Otherwise, I’d have to go to the boss and learn some clown skills I’m not really fond of."

"Then stay here, since you probably won’t have the chance to see Yi Chen again anytime soon. Ah, I slept so well."

William stretched his arms, continuing, "Thanks to your dream nourishment, Catherine, I’ve finally fully recovered from the influence of the Abyss. It was not easy.

In the future, I will spend an hour a day gazing into Jian’s eyes. I’ll be as exhausted as I was today until I adapt, and I’ll need your dream abilities, Catherine, to help me recover quickly."

"So you’re using me as a tool?"

"If there’s anything you need my help with, Catherine, I will certainly not refuse."

In the past, given the confinement of the current room, Catherine would have certainly had some demands we associate with human nature.

But just thinking of that ’Yi Chen’ licking the glass surface of the Aquarium made her shiver, goosebumps rising all over her body, destroying any interest.

"I don’t need your help at the moment, after all, my clown performance doesn’t have room for a live person like you. Wait until you truly establish a new department and become the new Chief to help me then.

I’ll try to stay here as much as I can these next few days. Once I have to leave, you’ll have to recover on your own.

Also, I have one condition: don’t dream about that Aquarium again, and don’t let me see that Yi Chen guy again. He’s just too disgusting... I even feel he’s the pure embodiment of evil, more extreme than the boss Beatt."

"Don’t worry, you won’t run into him again anytime soon.

Last night, it was just that I needed to talk to him about some things face to face, so I used Madness Brain to overlap ’Dream’ with ’Memory Palace’.

Talking things over while sleeping, to make the most of my time."

"Hm? William, you can do directed dreaming now?"

"That’s all thanks to you, Catherine... Back in Zion, I was granted nightmare authority by you, so naturally, I learned some things. I’m quite good at learning.

Moreover, in Zion, we have an even stronger dream master than you."

"You’re full of it! If there was such a strong dreamer, why was I able to spread nightmares throughout the city so easily last time?"

"That guy came back after you left, due to some matters... He’s now taken on the title of ’First Gentleman’. I’ll have a chance to introduce you someday, to our human dream master."

"Great! I’m really looking forward to it. Let’s see if I don’t beat him so hard he’ll be scrambling for his teeth in the Nightmare Space!"