Chapter 400: My Superior

Di Yang was momentarily stunned, then looked at Di Gou. "Don't spout nonsense—I wouldn't have any other plans."

Di Hu also found that statement a bit strange.

"Old Hei... what are you scheming?" He stepped closer to Di Yang. "I often think about killing you, but I know you don't have any bad intentions... But now... what are you thinking?"

"I..." Di Yang was completely at a loss for words. Before coming to this room, he hadn't anticipated things would unfold this way, so he hadn't prepared any excuses.

"Are you planning to sell me out?" Di Hu asked.

"Don't you dare say that crap." Di Yang snapped. "If I wanted to take you down, I'd fight you fair and square. What kind of man snitches and betrays?"

"Then I'm a bit confused..." Di Hu stared at Di Yang like he was a criminal, making Di Yang feel deeply uncomfortable. "What's something you can't tell me? What do you mean by 'you can't leave and you can't rebel'?"

"I can't say." Di Yang replied. "There's more to it, so I really can't explain."

"So you really are hiding something from me..." Di Hu furrowed his brow and moved his large face closer to Di Yang. "Does it involve Yang Ge?"

Di Yang's expression grew serious as he said gravely, "Money-losing Tiger, if you're truly thinking of Yang Ge, you need to stay out of trouble right now."

"What...?"

"Yang Ge has his own arrangements. Use that sponge of a brain and ask yourself—whose plan is more reliable: yours or Yang Ge's?"

"What the hell are you babbling about..." Di Hu's whiskers twitched slightly. "Do you even believe what you're saying? If Yang Ge is really 'Tian,' how would you know his plan? And if he's not 'Tian,' how could he arrange one for himself?"

"I just know." Di Yang answered very seriously. "If you two really plan to rebel, I'd rather fight you both right now."

Di Hu knew Di Yang's temperament, and under these circumstances, if Di Yang said that, he was probably set on it.

Seeing that Di Hu had fallen silent, Di Yang turned to Di Gou. "Gou, are you really teaming up with Money-losing Tiger?"

"I don't care who I team up with..." Di Gou looked up and said, "My thinking is even simpler than Tiger's. As long as we can create a vacancy for 'Tian'... then I'd have to get promoted, right?"

As soon as he said this, Di Hu and Di Yang were both startled.

"Your goal is 'Tian Gou'...?" Di Hu asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Di Gou gradually showed a lazy expression. "What you call 'rebellion'—isn't it just killing your direct superior? That way, we'd have a high chance of becoming 'Tian.' If there are any obstacles, we can just kill the other zodiac members too..."

"Hey, wait a minute," Di Yang interrupted, turning his head. "If we don't handle the 'Zodiac Slaughter' properly, we'll be facing more than just the other 'Zodiac'... What if we alert 'Bai Hu'?"

"Ha..." Di Gou suddenly flashed a meaningful smile. "That's right, Xuan Wu handles 'maintaining justice,' Zhu Que handles 'judging the zodiac,' and Bai Hu handles 'mediating slaughter'... But have you ever noticed a problem?"

"What problem?" The two turned to look at him.

"Is 'Bai Hu'... on this train?"

"Ah?" Di Hu was slightly stunned. "What do you mean? 'Bai Hu' didn't board?"

"Has any of you ever seen that legendary 'Bai Hu'?" Di Gou asked. "What does he look like? Which car is he in?"

The two wanted to come up with a rebuttal, but upon thinking it over, it did seem a bit strange.

Whenever "justice" was involved—whether it was participants killing for the "Dao" or triggering a life-or-death gamble with the zodiac—Xuan Wu would descend from the heavens to ensure fairness in the event.

Whenever there was a "violation"—be it a 'Zodiac' breaking the rules or a participant in a human-level game trying to kill a human-level 'Zodiac'—Zhu Que would definitely appear to enforce the law.

But when it came to "Zodiac Slaughter," perhaps because the 'Zodiac' valued their lives more than any participants, the most serious incident on this train so far had only been "fights."

This had led to 'Bai Hu' never showing up for a long time.

But on the other hand... if 'Bai Hu' wasn't on the train, wouldn't that put the 'Zodiac' in a dangerous situation?

"I think you've been infected by Money-losing Tiger..." Di Yang said. "Just because we haven't seen him doesn't mean he doesn't exist. You should know that even if you're lucky enough to go head-to-head with 'Tian-level,' you absolutely can't mess with the 'Divine Beasts.' Even if there's just a one percent chance of provoking 'Bai Hu,' I won't take the risk."

"You're right..." Di Hu nodded after hearing this. "If we really have to go up against a 'Divine Beast'... just the three of us aren't enough. We'd need some much stronger allies..."

"Hey! What do you mean 'the three of us'? When did I decide to join in?" Di Yang said. "Didn't you hear what I said? Yang Ge has arrangements—don't act on your own!"

Di Hu blinked and looked up at Di Yang.

"What are you looking at me for?"

Di Hu bared a tiger tooth and suddenly laughed. "Old Hei, I just thought of something really interesting."

"What?"

"Since you're always going on about 'Yang Ge has arrangements,' theoretically, he must have told you something before he became 'Tian Yang,' right?"

"Yes." Di Yang nodded in agreement.

"You and I both know what kind of person Yang Ge is... I don't think I'm any worse than you..." Di Hu said.

"What do you mean?" Di Yang asked in return.

"What I mean is... supposing everything is as you say, and all of this is part of Yang Ge's prior plan, but he deliberately didn't tell me about it—could it be that my 'rebellion' is also part of his plan?"

Hearing this, Di Yang and Di Gou both widened their eyes.

Yes, manipulating people's hearts like that was exactly something he would do.

"Because Yang Ge knows my impulsive nature, once I find out he didn't become 'Tian Yang,' I'd definitely go question 'Tian Long.' If I get really determined, I might stir up the whole train into chaos..." Di Hu then looked seriously at Di Yang. "He knows you and I are sworn enemies. The more you try to stop me, the more rebellious I'll get, so he only told you about it."

"Absurd..." Di Yang moved his lips slightly.

Although he was denying it verbally, in his heart, he felt this was probably Yang Ge's real plan.

"Isn't this the perfect opportunity?" Di Hu laughed. "I don't care what Yang Ge told you... I'm starting my own plan now."

"So you're going to kill your direct superior, 'Tian Hu'?" Di Gou asked from the side.

"Not necessarily..." Di Hu's gaze turned cold. "My ultimate target isn't my direct superior... it's his superior."

"Are you talking about 'Tian'...?" Di Gou didn't finish the sentence. He swallowed and lowered his voice to ask, "Are you crazy? Your 'rebellion' is aimed at 'Long'?"

"Otherwise, what would you call it 'rebellion'?" Di Hu smirked.