Yama Reborn
Chapter 79 - 77: 【Hasty】(Three more - s of 14,000 words, seeking guaranteed monthly votes!)

Chapter 79: Chapter 77: 【Hasty】(Three more Chapters of 14,000 words, seeking guaranteed monthly votes!)

Chapter 77: Reckless

Chen Nuo sat cross-legged on the sofa.

Lord Yama’s mood at this moment was very...

Unpleasant.

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All night long, during the early hours, Chen Nuo meticulously used his "special ability" to repeatedly probe the nearby rooms.

He was staying in 1108, and Jiang Yingzi was in 1208.

To search for potential assassins, Chen Nuo expanded his surveillance to cover all rooms on the 11th to 13th floors.

Then.

Damn it, I was reckless.

Do you know what usually happens in hotels on weekend nights?

Chen Nuo certainly did now!

All night long.

BOOMS! BURSTS! NON-STOP!

By halfway through the night, Chen Nuo had eavesdropped on many well-kept secrets.

The man in room 1204 isn’t performing very well; that woman’s moans sound a bit fake.

In room 1303, it’s clear the price wasn’t agreed upon. The man then debated with his opponent for a long time about whether it was permissible or not.

In room 1112, holy crap, it’s explosive! A three-player game of Fight the Landlord!

The events in room 1217 were peculiar. During the first half of the night, the man made a long, affectionate phone call to his girlfriend, sounding deeply in love. Later, however, the sounds of two experts engaged in a one-on-one duel suddenly erupted.

And the adversary, called in at the last minute, was actually a freaking international athlete.

He could hear this international competitor shouting for a while: YES! YES! YES!

Then she switched to shouting: NO! NO! NO!

And then, the winner of tonight’s bizarre spectacle was crowned!

The most bizarre of all was room 1118!!

After a major battle in room 1118 during the first half of the night, the female contestant emerged victorious and left.

However, after leaving the room, she didn’t exit the hotel. Instead, she turned around, took the elevator upstairs, and went into room 1204 for another intense but brief battle!

And it didn’t stop there!

This formidable female warrior, after defeating another competitor in room 1204, left and once again took the elevator, this time to room 1314!

Lord Yama thought, I’m absolutely floored! The professionalism is touching!

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When dawn arrived, Chen Nuo stared at the dark circles under his eyes in the bathroom mirror and sighed.

Eight years... For a young man who’s been celibate for eight years... this is just too cruel!

In the morning, Chen Nuo—his Lord Yama persona flaring—had bloodshot eyes and felt his inner demons stir! When the long-legged girl sneaked in to bring him breakfast, Li Yingwan entered to see Chen Nuo staring at her, his gaze seemingly wanting to devour her.

Filled with secret delight, the Firefly thought, Is it... finally going to happen?

Fortunately, after Chen Nuo silently repeated to himself countless times, Three years minimum, permanent 404... he forcefully pushed the long-legged girl out the door.

What a torment!!!

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Do you know the most agonizing part of checking hotel rooms?

Answer: Because it’s a hotel, the guests in a room today might be different tomorrow!

So, even if he had monitored these rooms the previous night, he had to do it all over again the next night!

「The second night.」

With dark circles under his eyes and veins throbbing on his forehead, Chen Yanluo listened to a fierce game of Three Kingdoms Kill unfolding wildly in room 1106.

Furthermore, several competitors enjoyed cheering each other on with passionate and robust shouts to boost morale!

Chen Nuo listened for half an hour and really couldn’t take it anymore...

No, it was that he truly couldn’t restrain the righteous heart within him.

He picked up the phone, inserted an anonymous SIM card he’d bought from a street vendor, and dialed the number for the fist of justice!

"Hello! Police? I’m an employee at XX Hotel. Out of conscience and my duty as a good citizen, I want to report that in room 1106 of our hotel, someone is currently..."

After blurting it all out, Chen Nuo added, "Please, make sure not to reveal the identity of a righteous, good citizen! Thank you!"

After hanging up, Chen Nuo started a countdown.

Half an hour later, a patrol car of the "fist of justice" stopped at the hotel entrance downstairs.

A moment later, the intense battle in room 1106 came to an abrupt halt... After a chaotic commotion, three fervent fans of the Three Kingdoms Kill game were taken away by the enforcers of justice.

Hmph. A 5,000 yuan fine and 15 days of administrative detention. Serves them right!

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Message from ’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome’: I am in position, all is normal.

Chen Nuo glanced at the timestamp on the message; it had been sent eight hours ago.

He frowned thoughtfully.

Looking at the 11th to 13th floors of the hotel, three targets currently warranted the most attention:

Room 1112.

Room 1219.

Room 1207.

People were staying in these three rooms, but they were very quiet, with hardly any noticeable sound.

From this, an interesting speculation could be made:

In these three rooms, there might be an assassin, or there might be ’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome.’ Or both. Or neither.

Chen Nuo decided to investigate that night.

During the day, while Jiang Yingzi and Li Yingwan were out eating, Chen Nuo sneaked into Jiang Yingzi’s room to check it first, ensuring no one had planted poison or set up any other traps as before.

At the same time, Chen Nuo taught Li Yingwan a very simple trick.

He had Li Yingwan, every time she left and closed the door, wedge a strand of hair in the doorjamb, while also keeping the room’s "Do Not Disturb" light continuously on.

That way, upon returning and opening the door, she could check if the hair was still in its original place to determine if anyone had snuck into the room while they were out.

Additionally, Chen Nuo taught Li Yingwan that when going out to eat, she should randomly select restaurants, preferring fast food.

Randomly chosen food wouldn’t give potential assassins time to poison it.

Moreover, the food should never leave her sight.

「On the third night.」

As night fell, Chen Nuo decided to investigate the three rooms he suspected.

Dressed in a close-fitting hoodie, Chen Nuo pulled up his hood and slipped out onto the balcony.

In the darkness, his body clung to the hotel’s exterior wall, crawling like a gecko, carefully bypassing rooms with lights on and curtains open.

Well, I still accidentally saw some things.

Like... wow, this room... so white!

Stay steady, hold back the urge.

Chen Yanluo turned his head and continued crawling.

Finally, he reached the wall outside the window of the primary suspect, room 1112.

He peered inside for a while.

A minute later, Chen Nuo retreated, cursing under his breath.

In that room lived an obese slob with a beer belly larger than a bucket; the ashtray was overflowing with cigarette butts. The slob was sitting shirtless at a desk, frantically typing on a laptop while emitting a creepy ’HEH HEH HEH’ laugh.

And he’s still picking his feet from time to time!

With that appearance, if you told me he was an assassin, I wouldn’t believe you even if it killed me. He’s more like one of those platinum-ranked web novel authors—an overweight otaku.

Room 1112: Ruled out.

Next, to room 1219.

Climbing up the wall, as he passed room 1218, Chen Nuo had just crawled by when he suddenly slid back down.

Staring at the window for a few moments, he couldn’t help but admire internally.

This position, this difficulty... full marks for flexibility...

After a few more glances, Chen Yanluo sighed to himself, firmly memorizing those positions, then forced himself to turn away and crawl towards room 1219.

In the second suspected room, 1219, a woman was crying her eyes out.

The bed and floor were littered with tissues used for wiping tears, and there were many empty beer cans on the table.

Chen Nuo clung to the exterior wall, watching for two minutes. The woman sobbed quietly while furiously texting on her phone.

With Chen Yanluo’s excellent vision, he could just make out the woman’s phone screen from the side.

The messages were all about being heartless, an unfaithful scoundrel, human trash, "Do you want her or me?" "Didn’t you promise to divorce your wife?"

The most damnably peculiar thing was, just when he thought that was the extent of it...

Suddenly, the woman’s phone rang. She answered it, quickly wiped away her tears, and spoke in a sweet voice.

"Hello, hubby! Mhm, I’m on a business trip... Yes, I’ve missed you so much~"

Chen Nuo was speechless.

Alright, a mental thumbs-up to this formidable Sea King. Target ruled out.

Continuing towards the third suspect, room 1207, he hadn’t climbed more than a few steps when the phone at his waist suddenly vibrated.

Chen Nuo frowned, pressing his body against the wall, and freed a hand to take out his phone. It was a text from Li Yingwan.

"Oppa, Mom says there’s an emergency at the company, and we need to leave right now."

Chen Nuo frowned and put his phone away.

He continued climbing to the window of room 1207...

The room was pitch black.

Listening carefully, he confirmed there was no one inside, not even the sound of breathing.

Chen Nuo landed gently on the balcony.

Just as he reached out and grasped the doorknob... Chen Nuo pulled his hand back.

In the darkness, though very well hidden, Chen Nuo still saw on the inside of the door, tied to the doorknob, a fine, barely perceptible hair-thin thread, connecting the doorknob to the window frame.

One could imagine that if he opened the door unknowingly, the thread would break.

Chen Nuo smiled.

Found you. But I wonder... are you ’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome,’ or the one I’m here to bury?

His eyes focused on the thread for two seconds. The thread slowly unwound itself. Chen Nuo pushed open the balcony door and entered the room, his footsteps as light as a cat’s.

Five minutes later, Chen Nuo had finished checking the entire room.

No luggage, no equipment.

The only thing that piqued Chen Nuo’s curiosity was a small roll on the table, made from a neatly cut piece of newspaper, containing some fine granular material.

Chen Nuo leaned in and sniffed it. The odor was strange, but it didn’t seem to be any kind of drug or poison.

After a moment’s thought, Chen Nuo picked up a few grains, wrapped them in a piece of paper, and put them in his pocket.

Then he exited through the window the way he came. Before leaving, he used telekinesis to reattach the thread on the window to the doorknob.

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Jiang Yingzi and Li Yingwan stood side by side at the hotel entrance. When the driver brought the car around, a secretary hurried to open the door. Mother and daughter got in one after the other, and the car slowly drove off.

’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome’ stood by the entrance of a supermarket on the roadside, watching the car drive away. He let out a soft breath, whistled, then casually walked to the side of the road and, surprisingly, pulled out a bicycle.

Mounting it, he rode off in the direction the car had taken.

While riding, he answered a phone call, "...Hello. Yeah, I’m fine, still working. Don’t worry, it’s quite simple. Mm... there’s soup simmering on the stove, remember to turn the heat down. It needs to simmer on low for two hours, then add the wood ear mushrooms... Yeah, I know, I know. Okay, I’m busy."

Hanging up, ’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome’ whistled as he rode his bicycle at an unhurried pace.

After passing a red light, he caught up with Jiang Yingzi’s car.

He pursed his lips and sighed.

I told them riding a bike would suffice. Foreigners just don’t understand the local conditions. Driving out during evening rush hour? You’ll get completely stuck in traffic.

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In the car, Li Yingwan was rapidly texting Chen Nuo.

"Oppa, we’ve left the hotel."

"Oppa, we just passed an intersection; traffic is so bad."

"Oppa, we’re almost at Mom’s company."

"Oppa, where are you?"

"Oppa, Mom and I got out of the car. Mom says she has a meeting tonight that will run very late."

Throughout the journey, the long-legged girl kept texting. The lack of a reply from Chen Nuo made her a bit anxious.

Finally, at the company, while Jiang Yingzi was in a meeting with her staff, Li Yingwan, sitting in the lounge, received a reply on her phone.

"Don’t worry, I’m here."

Li Yingwan instantly felt reassured, a sweet smile appearing on her face.

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In the industrial park at night, the factory buildings were still brightly lit.

Chen Nuo sat cross-legged on the rooftop of a factory building, one hand propping up his chin, as he watched the office building opposite.

Through the windows, he could see Jiang Yingzi in a meeting with a group of managers.

And in the window of the adjacent lounge, he could see the long-legged girl holding her phone, smiling foolishly to herself.

Chen Nuo watched for a while, then suddenly looked around.

Damn it, where’s the bodyguard I hired for half a million US dollars?

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About three hundred meters from the factory, at an intersection.

’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome’s’ eye twitched as he stood by his bicycle, looking at an old lady lying on the ground before him.

The old lady was wailing exaggeratedly, like a pig being slaughtered.

"Ouch, I’ve been run over! Come look, this cyclist wasn’t watching where he was going! My legs, I can’t stand up... Quick, take me to the hospital..."

’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome’ felt like vomiting blood, his internal energy roiling. He really wanted to go over and give her a taste of his full power.

Looking at the bystanders pointing and murmuring... he managed to suppress his feelings, reluctantly approached, and lowered his voice.

"Stop shouting! One hundred!"

"No way! Two hundred!"

"One hundred fifty!"

"One hundred eighty!"

"Deal!"

’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome’ felt like his head would explode. He pulled out an old wallet, fumbled for some cash, and counted out exactly one hundred and eighty.

The old lady took the money, promptly bounced up from the ground, and ran off in the blink of an eye.

’Life Need Not Be So Troublesome’ leaped onto his bike and sped off, wishing he could pedal hard enough to make sparks fly.

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