Who hid My Corpse! Chapter 20 – Chapter 20: Which one is number eighteen?

Chapter 20: Which one is number eighteen?

Bai Wei's remark, “Your back door is too lax,” completely stumped Ulu.

As an old ASS, he naturally understood what Bai Wei meant, so he didn't bother to ponder what was wrong with his own body, treating it as if he had suffered a severe injury—after all, his entire shoulder had been bitten through, and it was still bleeding out.

Therefore, once he made sure he hadn't left any traces at the scene, Ulu hurriedly left.

Seeing that Ulu didn't continue to inquire, Bai Wei felt some relief in his heart and managed to deceive him once again for the time being.

Sooner or later, Ulu would discover his body was deteriorating and understand that it was because he had been “parasitized” by Bai Wei, but Bai Wei hoped that day would come as late as possible.

Because Ulu still had a way out at this moment, his situation might look grim, but if he truly made up his mind to abandon his current identity and status, cut Bai Wei out, and throw him into the Church before fleeing and living a life incognito as a fugitive, there was still a very good chance he could survive.

Ulu could obviously think of this path too, but the cost was simply too great—it was as if his entire life's work had been in vain, and he would have to live in constant fear for the rest of his life, which he was absolutely unwilling to endure.

However, when compared to his life, Ulu was more willing to gamble with his life. Once he knew that using Visas's power meant a slow death, Bai Wei was certain he would flee at all costs. If that happened, it would be troublesome for him.

Thus, Bai Wei still had to paralyze this guy as much as possible, letting him die peacefully in the illusion of “I now possess the most powerful force in the world.” By the time he realized something was wrong, he would hopefully have one foot in the grave with no other option left.

Tch, that sound a bit evil.

If it were an ordinary person, Bai Wei might feel some psychological burden for doing this, but since the target was Ulu, it didn't matter.

At this moment, Ulu was unaware Bai Wei had already planned several paths leading to his death. He was just dragging his battered body back to the Church, naturally through the back door, unnoticed by anyone, which was also because Kelsay hadn't bothered to post guards here. The arrogant Knight Master had never thought that after fleeing, Lu Ji would have the courage to return to this place—this was how Bai Wei had found an opportunity.

After returning to his room, Ulu immediately put away his bloodstained clothes and then cast several Healing System magics on himself.

At Ulu's level, the Healing System's magic could not directly heal the wounds—it could only stop the bleeding and improve his complexion somewhat.

But that was enough, just like in the next room over, Lu Ji's, where the Knights, if they had investigated thoroughly, would have discovered something amiss, but they simply had not. The same applied to Ulu—as long as he dressed, those without suspicion couldn't spot anything wrong.

After doing all this, Ulu glanced out the window, estimated how long until dawn in his mind, then muttered, “Still have time, still have time,” before collapsing on the bed and falling into a deep sleep.

What Ulu didn't know was that after he fell deeply asleep, his entire left arm started to move slowly.

It even considerately propped itself on the bed to turn him over and, thoughtfully, pulled the blanket over him.

Then, after making a satisfied “yeah” gesture, it too became motionless along with him.

…

At the “Joy House” bar, Kelsay looked at the bodies of Lu Ji and Roger with a very unpleasant expression.

“Have you figured out who this guy is?” Kelsay asked the Knight who was examining Roger's body.

The Knight immediately picked up a flame emblem from Roger's body and approached Kelsay: “Report to the Knight Master, this person should be from the Wildfire Sect.”

“The Wildfire Sect…” Kelsay narrowed his eyes slightly, murmuring, “These guys are too fast, how long has it been since we found that black-market dealer? And they've already managed to find Lu Ji.”

After examining Lu Ji's body, another knight said to Kelsay, “Knight Master, look at this…”

Kelsay turned his head and saw that the knight was showing him Lu Ji's left hand.

That left hand was missing its middle finger.

“Damn, are we one step behind?” Kelsay's frown deepened, “It seems that finger was indeed on his hand before, but…”

He turned his head, looking at Roger's body with some confusion.

“If this guy came for the finger, then why is he dead too? And the finger is gone… Is there a third person involved? Someone else from the Wildfire Sect?”

Kelsay couldn't quite understand why Lu Ji would come here after obtaining the finger.

Why did he die alongside someone from the Wildfire Sect? Who killed whom? Was there a third person at the scene? Was it that third person who took the finger… but there seemed to be no doubt about that.

“The number of people getting involved is increasing,” Kelsay said in a low voice, “If we don't recover that finger quickly and let this news spread further, it's going to be more troublesome.”

Visas's Corpse was absolutely the most unique entity in this world.

Everyone wanted it, including the Four Great Orthodox and the Four Great Secret Religions.

Now one of the Four Great Orthodox, Rhein, and one of the Four Great Secret Religions, Wildfire, was already involved, which was trouble enough. If the news kept spreading and the other six churches found out, it would be even more complex. Even more so, being discovered by the Orthodox was more troublesome than by the Secret Religions, because all the Secret Religions were enemies, heretics; if they dared to compete with Rhein, Kelsay could simply roll over them.

But if the other three Great Orthodox got involved, brute force wouldn't work; it would be a race to see whose hand was quicker. Whoever secured it first would own that finger.

So, waiting was no longer an option.

Kelsay, sharply aware that relying solely on his small team might not be enough to find the finger quickly, turned to one of his knights and said in a low voice, “Notify Bishop Corey immediately to send more people. Make sure to indicate that we've obtained substantial intelligence, at least enough to confirm…”

He paused slightly, then glanced at Lu Ji's left hand before continuing.

“At least enough to confirm that the finger is the middle finger of Visas's left hand. Please ask Bishop Corey to bring the Rule that was sealed within that Corpse…”

Before he could finish, the knight examining Lu Ji's body suddenly spoke up, “Reporting to the Knight Master, there seems to be something wrong.”

Annoyed at being interrupted, Kelsay glared at the knight, “What's wrong?”

The knight brought out Lu Ji's right hand, which had been pinned beneath his body.

“Father Lu Ji's right thumb… is also missing.”

Kelsay's eyes slowly widened.

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