While Chen Yu was digesting his newly acquired special ability, the young man gradually regained consciousness, clutching his throat and dry heaving at the head of the bed for quite a while.

Glancing up, his eyes were ice-cold as he looked toward the plump neighbor, "You... cough. Why did you hit me?"

"He didn’t mean to hit you," said Chen Yu, suppressing the restlessness within him, trying to defuse the situation.

"Right, right, right!" The plump neighbor nodded frantically like a pecking chicken, "I didn’t mean to hit you."

The young man: "Then you... "

"He wanted to kill you," Chen Yu added, "and then stage a coup. Didn’t you hear him?"

The young man: "..."

The plump neighbor: "..."

"I think the one wanting a coup is you!" The key word from Chen Yu made the young man redirect his anger back at Chen Yu, "What were you attacking me for just now?"

"I just wanted to touch your stomach," Chen Yu explained.

"... Get out," the young man said, holding back his rage, pointing towards the door.

"Did you hear that?" Chen Yu said to the plump neighbor, "His Highness is telling you to get out."

"I was talking to you!" the young man roared, "And your ’cronies’! All of you, get out!"

...

Chen Yu and the plump neighbor both walked out of the embassy.

Chen Yu looked up at the sky, eyeing the plump neighbor with suspicion, "Dude, are you sick? Why would you just go up and hit him out of the blue? Did the court shortchange your salary?"

"I... I thought you were going to rebel," the plump neighbor said, looking downcast, "I was just thinking of helping you." Read exclusive content at NovelBin.Côm

"... When we get back to the capital, spare some time to get your head checked," Chen Yu suggested dryly.

"Yu, do I even have the chance to get my head checked?" The plump neighbor looked at Chen Yu with longing eyes, "After returning to the capital, I’ll probably just be waiting for my execution."

"It shouldn’t come to that," Chen Yu mused, "But you can’t avoid a bit of suffering. You see how that bastard appears amiable, but he actually wants to show his ’benevolence towards the wise and yield to the capable.’ Deep down, he’s quite the arrogant one."

"What should I do then!" The plump neighbor was in despair.

"God doesn’t starve fools," said Chen Yu.

Chen Yu extended his hand, patting the plump neighbor’s shoulder in consolation, "Let’s just take it one step at a time. It’s not even certain how long we will live in the world of the Transcendents, and there’s no use worrying about it. Later on, find an opportunity to warm up to that bastard a bit more, and maybe also—ah! Your... Your Highness, you’ve arrived!"

Standing behind the two of them, the young man with a duckbill cap, expressionless, glanced at his watch and said indifferently, "About today’s incident, I won’t hold it against you. Rest assured. Right now, I am more concerned with you fulfilling your promise."

"What promise?" Chen Yu cocked his head.

"I agreed to let you perform surgery," the young man said calmly, "Now that the surgery is done, when will you hand over your thing."

"Your Highness, you might be mistaken," Chen Yu licked his lips, "I said I’d perform surgery on both you and the Team Leader. You’ve had yours done, but the Team Leader hasn’t had his yet! By the way, where did the Team Leader go?"

"Dammit... How would I know where he’s gone?"

The young man wanted to curse again but restrained himself, "If it weren’t for your poor medical skills causing my surgery to be botched, would he have run away? The responsibility is on you."

"It’s not botched; it’s reversed. Turned the wrong way around," Chen Yu corrected.

"Quit your bullshit!" the young man hissed through clenched teeth, using his duckbill cap to cover the title "Defying Fate Skill" on his head, "I am asking you for the last time, can you or can you not pay what you owe me?"

"I can’t," Chen Yu replied, unaffected by the other’s pressure.

"... Chen Yu, my patience has its limits," the young man warned.

"Then maybe you should raise your limit a bit more," Chen Yu suggested.

The young man: "..."

Chen Yu spread his hands, "I always keep my word; it’s my creed. Anyway, there’s only the Team Leader left. After I finish his surgery, I won’t say another word and will castrate myself on the spot!"

The steel-armored brute is a B+ ranked Transcendent.

It’s impossible for him to give up on his powerful level 15 Defying Fate Skill.

"I don’t know where he is," the young man said with a dark expression, "This is the city of law, not the realm of humans; there’s no way to contact him here."

"Then that has nothing to do with me."

"Let’s do this," the young man seemed to have a plan already and pulled out a golden scroll from his chest, weighing it in his hand, "No matter where the Team Leader has gone, if he doesn’t return today, he will tomorrow. After all, he’s still carrying out a mission, and if he truly has fled, that would be considered desertion. So let’s both make a concession; you cut off your lower half now and hand it over to the grand enforcer. When the Team Leader returns, I’ll order him to operate on you immediately."

"Snap!"

As he spoke, he unfolded the scroll, "Our agreement will be recorded on this Divine Artifact. It contains my father’s will, and even I cannot defy it."

"A Divine Artifact..."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and took a step forward to closely examine the scroll in the young man’s hand.

He could distinctly feel the strange fluctuations emanating from it.

"I’ve seen it before!" the plump neighbor exclaimed in surprise, "The one that destroyed Hecheng..."

"Correct," the young man nodded, "It was just an order from a Divine Artifact."

Chen Yu wanted to reach out and touch it.

The young man stopped him, "Don’t touch. It’s a very special Divine Artifact."

"Then let’s just wait for the Team Leader to return," Chen Yu suggested.

"Do we still have time?" said the young man with a sneer, "From the day we received the mission in the capital to now, it’s been nine days. The deadline we agreed upon with the grand enforcer is less than a day away. If the Team Leader cannot distinguish between what’s urgent and what’s not, I must punish him later. But right now, the mission is the priority."

"Well... okay then," Chen Yu knew it was about time to wrap things up, raising his hand, "Let’s go with your plan, Your Highness."

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