Chapter 720: A Rift Appears

Before the deceased's teammate could say anything, Gu Yu gege continued loudly, "You all listen to me—every place has its own rules."

The onlookers quietly listened to him speak, but I could clearly sense that Gu Yu gege's scent carried a hint of fear.

It seemed that even my "jian" had no confidence in convincing these people this time.

"You beg for heroes when you need them, but when you don't, you want to kill them. There's no such easy deal in this world—he's not your tool," Gu Yu gege went on loudly, his voice stirring emotions. "This building houses several thousand people right now, and any one of them could be the thief who stole those 'yu.' If you insist on killing the hero here, no one will ever come to detect scents for you again. Have you really thought this through?"

It sounded like Gu Yu gege was negotiating with them, but to me, it felt more like a threat.

He was using my life to deter them, and that sounded far too dangerous.

If the negotiation failed, they wouldn't just tear me apart—they'd tear Gu Yu gege apart too.

"But our 'yu' is gone!" one of the brothers said. "Our 'yu' has disappeared—we were so close to getting out!"

"Why not go look for it?" Gu Yu gege asked coldly. "Did you ever ask the hero to watch over your 'yu'?"

"What...?"

"Who's the real child here—you or the hero?" Gu Yu gege grew more furious, a faint killing intent emanating from him. "He has to check every day if you've awakened, and he even gives up his food for you. Now you're making him responsible for lost items too. Does that mean he'll have to dress you, wipe your bottoms, and more? Who's the child between you and him? Do you want to kneel down and call him 'dad'?"

His forceful words hit the onlookers like heavy punches, leaving their faces exceptionally grim.

By now, I understood these people well. Though they had no scent themselves, they often changed their scents in response to what others said.

"But we... we trusted him so much..."

"Trust him, and that gives you the right to grab his collar?!" Gu Yu gege demanded loudly. "Today you question him about lost 'yu,' tomorrow about a failed game. You question him for every difficulty you face. The hero has given everything for you, and this is how you treat him?!"

After speaking, he turned to all the onlookers: "You judge for yourselves—is one person supposed to handle all of you? Hasn't the hero done enough?"

Though everyone's scents followed Gu Yu gege's lead, I knew something wasn't right, because the one who stole those 'yu' was Gu Yu gege himself.

"Then... then..." That person hesitated for a while before saying, "Then Gu Yu... you go find it for us! You found fifty thousand 'yu' last time, so you can do it again!"

"No, quite the opposite," Gu Yu gege shook his head. "This time, not only won't I help you find it, but I'll also set a rule here. Because your team lost the 'yu' that the hero distributed and tried to blame him for it, I'm ordering you to find the lost fifty thousand 'yu' within two days to make amends. Otherwise, you'll all be dealt with according to the 'jia gui.'"

"What...?" Everyone in that team widened their eyes. "If we could find it, why would we come asking the hero?"

"You know you can't find it, don't you?" Gu Yu gege sneered. "But 'jia gui' is 'jia gui.' The hero distributed all the 'yu' to you, and you didn't keep them safe."

I could feel that Gu Yu gege was winning; he had guided everyone's scents.

"Yeah..." Gradually, people started saying, "Why didn't our 'yu' get lost?"

"That's right, our 'yu' is all here!"

Everyone chimed in chaotically, shifting the room's scents and leaving that team in a panic.

At that moment, Si Wei jie jie ran in. She looked at the situation, picked my "wang guan" up from the ground, and put it back on my head. Then she anxiously asked what had just happened.

"So that's what happened...?" Si Wei jie jie suddenly turned and said, "Did you do this on purpose?"

"What do you mean on purpose...?"

"You 'cuan wei'...?" Si Wei jie jie asked gravely. "Did you hide your own 'yu' and then come to frame the hero?"

Those people's expressions grew even more panicked than before, their scents a total mess. Gu Yu gege and Si Wei jie jie had completely won.

"We didn't...!"

"Didn't you?" Si Wei jie jie said. "Then choose for yourselves. Do you want two days to find those 'yu,' or do you want to be punished right now for 'cuan wei'?"

After hearing that, those brothers had no choice but to agree to spend two days finding the lost 'yu.'

Once the crowd dispersed, the three of us returned to my room and locked the door. I had so many questions I wanted to ask.

"Gu Yu gege... you..." I hesitated for a moment. "Did you hide their 'yu' again?"

Si Wei jie jie looked at Gu Yu gege with a strange gaze too.

"Of course," Gu Yu gege said. "I told you, no one can collect enough of them, or we'll all be in danger. So I have to protect this place. It's just a shame that in this city, I can't find like-minded friends to form a team with me to protect it together."

"A team...?" Si Wei jie jie was stunned. "You form a team just to stop others from collecting 'yu,' and call it 'protecting this place'... That sounds a bit odd."

"But..." I also felt it was a little strange. "Gu Yu gege, like you said, if someone collects enough, an unexpected disaster will happen, and we'll all die. But according to what Xing Guan jie jie told me back then... if we want to cure everyone's 'bing,' we have to kill them. Could this be an opportunity?"

"No, we have no way to predict what kind of disaster will happen, or what the consequences will be," Gu Yu gege said. "We only know we'll start over, but what if someone like Wan Cai comes back too? What if we lose our memories? After all those years of hardship you've suffered, do you want to go through it again?"

The thought of Wan Bo Bo reviving and remembering how he used to speak to me with that smile made my hair stand on end.

"So today, I made an example out of them," Gu Yu gege said. "But the situation is still dangerous—this method won't work many more times."