Crime Prison Island
Chapter 174 - 78 My Knife! _2

Chapter 174: Chapter 78 My Knife! _2

However, Gao Xin nodded: "Okay, I’ll give you the Demon Blade, and we’ll play by my rules. Leave behind all the Glassmen, and give me all the Redemption Tickets."

Upon hearing his agreement, Lauren was briefly stunned.

"You agree?"

Gao Xin nodded: "Why wouldn’t I agree? I came to participate in the game for the Redemption Tickets, the blade... it’s not important, I need the money."

Lauren smiled: "Well then, I’ll take the blade, and you get the Redemption Tickets. If you want all the Glassmen to live, let them live, I don’t care, it’s all up to you."

Gao Xin spread his hands: "So, do we have an agreement?"

"We have an agreement," Lauren said with a smile.

Gao Xin reached out his hand: "Hmm, then share with me the soul of the pig you just slaughtered."

"..." Lauren’s smile disappeared.

"Hm? Why aren’t you moving?" Gao Xin asked.

Lauren frowned: "If the Demon Blade is with a Glassman, I can get it back, but if I just give you the Demon Blade right now, would you really give it back to me?"

Gao Xin’s face turned grim: "So from the very beginning, you’ve been talking nonsense!"

"Even if I agree to give up the blade, you wouldn’t believe me, and you surely wouldn’t let the Demon Blade fall into my hands!"

"I’m still wearing the erasure collar; if you persist in taking the blade, it means you want me dead!"

With those words, he exuded a strong killing intent.

Lauren immediately braced for battle; he was seriously wounded too, yet Gao Xin had the notoriety of defeating the pig.

In his heart, he truly didn’t want to fight to the death, but it seemed he had no other choice.

Once he learned the value of the blade, he would never hand it over to Gao Xin.

Even if it was just to lend it temporarily, he wouldn’t; all the previous talk of dividing the spoils was meaningless.

Because in order to remove someone’s collar, one had to give that person a ghost identity, and to give a ghost identity, one must hand over the blade.

But the Demon Blade was the most precious reward in the game; what if Gao Xin never returned it?

Furthermore, with the Demon Blade in Gao Xin’s hands, his combat power would be stronger, and he might turn against him. By then, not only might he not get the blade or the Redemption Tickets, he might not even survive.

With no trust between them, this thought instantly led to a deadlock.

"Brother, I don’t want a fight to the death, but I also can’t give up this blade!"

"Your strength is enough to kill the pig, and with this Demon Blade... who could stand against you? How could you possibly give it back to me honestly?"

"It’s better to take a chance with the Demon Blade in hand. I don’t believe that my two brothers and I, with the Demon Blade, can’t defeat you, a skinny monkey!"

Lauren also became dead serious.

However, Gao Xin changed his tune: "Does it have to be a fight to the death? No, there’s actually another way. I don’t have to give you the Demon Blade, and I can still avoid being erased."

"Hm? What?" Lauren was taken aback.

Gao Xin picked up Lauren’s collar: "The key to avoiding erasure isn’t necessarily to be a ghost in the end, but rather to not have an erasure collar."

"This is your collar, it displays ’ghost,’ maybe the person who wears this collar can also remove their own collar."

Lauren lit up: "Yes, yes, in many games, you can switch identities, if you wear his collar you can definitely do it."

"Keep in mind the rules didn’t say there wasn’t another way to become a ghost."

Gao Xin coldly said: "But I won’t gamble with my life... we must test this first."

"Test?" Lauren immediately pointed at Dong Chuan.

"Right, put it on him! Then let him take off his human collar to see if it triggers an erasure. If not, it means the rules accept him as a ghost."

Dong Chuan’s face turned pale as he heard this. Using him for such an experiment? As a human, trying to remove his collar just because he put on another ghost collar?

What a joke, this was practically a death warrant!

He was about to say something, but Gao Xin cut him off: "But the rules clearly state, there can only be one ghost in the entire game at any time."

"So if it accepts him as a ghost, then you’re not anymore."

"But you’re holding the Demon Blade, so even if this Glassman could become a ghost, he could switch back instantly because you have the Demon Blade, or maybe it won’t happen at all."

"The rules will definitely prioritize the blade holder as the ghost, only when nobody is holding the blade, that kind of collar switching might be effective!"

Lauren’s expression turned grim; indeed, that was the logic.

No matter what, as long as he held the Demon Blade, it meant he was the ghost.

So the idea of trying to switch collars to switch identities would only work when nobody touched the blade.

Like earlier when the Glassman hid the blade and didn’t speak up, the pig was forced to talk about collars because there was no other option; otherwise, everyone would simply choose to take the Demon Blade.

"You want me... to put down the Demon Blade?" Lauren narrowed his eyes.

Gao Xin exploded in rage: "What else then! You don’t dare to hand the Demon Blade to me, so do you even dare to put it down?"

"Then why should I bother trying! I don’t have any way out; what other choice do I have!"

He erupted in anger, activating organ overclocking.

""Wait, I’ll put it down!" Lauren exclaimed anxiously.

With that, he plunged the Demon Blade into the wall beside him.

Seeing him put down the Demon Blade, Gao Xin also turned off his organ overclocking.

They ultimately did not come to blows, which secretly relieved Lauren.

Without trust between them, he wasn’t willing to transfer the dagger, and that would be a dead end.

But now Gao Xin was actually willing to try the identity exchange with the collar, which was a huge sign of sincerity.

It was merely about setting the dagger down, if he wouldn’t even do that, then it meant he was determined to see Gao Xin dead!

Pushing the future Wolf King into a corner, even if he had two people, he might end up swapping one out, and it would be hilarious if the hidden, healing Kerry were to take advantage of the situation.

Even if he managed to deal with Gao Xin and then Kerry, he was bound to be severely injured. It would be even more ridiculous if some scavenging glass cannon took advantage of that.

In other words, if he had any other choice, he would want to try it, as a bloody brawl was the last resort.

"The Demon Blade is here, I won’t touch it, you try it," Lauren said earnestly.

But the Demon Blade wasn’t buried deep, just on the wall beside him, within arm’s reach.

On the other hand, Gao Xin was still two or three meters away.

With this distance, Lauren was absolutely confident that even if the glass cannon managed to land a killing blow later, Gao Xin would still have to fight him to the death, and couldn’t get to the Demon Blade faster than he could.

Gao Xin showed no intention of seizing the opportunity to grab the dagger and turned to walk towards Dong Chuan.

Another loyalty-driven member of the Viking Gang glanced at Lauren, and upon receiving his nod, released Dong Chuan.

Gao Xin placed the collar on Dong Chuan, whose face was filled with despair.

However, Gao Xin didn’t rush to remove it but said to the Viking Gang member, "You took his talisman, right? Give it to me."

"Why?" The loyal brother was taken aback.

Gao Xin said coldly, "If this glass cannon gets taken out later, we still have to fight to the death."

"You, you were even willing to die for your brother before. What if you see me being brave and invincible, almost winning, and you just activate the talisman to destroy it, then it’s game over."

"At that time, your big brother will survive, but you and all of us will perish together..."

The man from the Viking Gang didn’t respond, indicating that he might indeed do such a thing.

So even if they were to duel to the death, it was very likely that only one would be exchanged by Gao Xin.

Nevertheless, Lauren said, "Give it to him."

Lauren wanted the Demon Blade, which was why negotiations broke down, and he was willing to fight Gao Xin to the death.

If he ended up being forced to destroy the Demon Blade to survive alone, then what was the point of it all?

Gao Xin received the talisman, glanced at it, and stored it securely.

Then he solemnly placed his hands around Dong Chuan’s neck; the latter shook like a leaf, wanting to struggle, but Gao Xin held him firmly in place.

Gao Xin’s movement to remove the collar was slow and focused.

All eyes were fixed on the scene, tense with anticipation, but no one rushed him.

This mattered greatly, determining whether they were to fight to the death or continue negotiating.

Just as Gao Xin was about to remove the collar, suddenly, the ghostly collar around Dong Chuan’s neck changed!

The red light turned to blue, and the ghost image became a human likeness.

Gao Xin’s action paused, as he looked towards Lauren.

Lauren, in turn, was shocked and immediately looked towards the Demon Blade, reaching for it.

"Tear!"

The Demon Blade was instantly pulled from the wall and flew toward the stairs.

No, it wasn’t flying on its own, someone was holding it!

A figure, completely camouflaged as part of the wall, rushed past at high speed, still maintaining the color and pattern of the wall, as if a piece of the wall had come to life in a frenzied run.

The thief sprung up, his body stretched gracefully, and you could even see a pair of underpants fluttering with him.

"What!"

"There’s someone in stealth!"

The complexions of everyone present changed dramatically; someone had stealthily come right under their noses and seized the opportunity to steal the dagger and flee.

This turn of events enraged Lauren!

"We’ve been tricked!"

"My dagger!"

He roared, leaping out like a giant toad, in full pursuit of the Demon Blade.

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