Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 361 - 360: Consequences of Cheating

Chapter 361: Chapter 360: Consequences of Cheating

"Futian Shenyi, it’s not like you’re the one fighting, so buzz off," Lin Tian huffed indifferently. "Why do you go on and on like I need your permission on how to eat? Hmph, you’re just a coward who sends others to be cannon fodder."

He had been pondering a problem just now, and Futian Shenyi had been buzzing around like a fly—no, like a swarm of flies—incessantly chirping, which was extremely annoying.

"You..." Futian Shenyi was infuriated but couldn’t retort because he indeed did not dare to enter the contest.

However, Bai Yufeng patted him on the shoulder and then said to Lin Tian, "Lin Tian, the outcome will soon be clear. At that time, it will be evident who’s the coward and who’s the real man. You won’t be smug for long."

"Let’s not talk about who the real man is for now," Lin Tian replied to Bai Yufeng with no courtesy and coldly continued, "Right now, you two are just a pair of cowards, blabbering away. Go stand over there and shut up."

"Exactly, It’s not up to you two cowards how Brother Tian does things," Li Wenxuan glared and said, as Fan Lei and the others behind him all laughed. Their gaze toward Bai Yufeng was filled with scorn.

Lin Tian grabbed a handful of peppers and began to chew them in his mouth as usual, then slowly savored the spicy pain.

The sympathetic nerve! An idea flashed through Lin Tian’s mind. As a zombie, he could easily endure extreme spiciness, while humans could only achieve indifference to the heat by blocking the sympathetic nerve and the trigeminal nerve. Only then could one possibly not feel the spiciness.

To achieve nerve blocking, one could undergo surgery to sever the nerve network, but that came with a great cost. However, there was another way to block the nerves, and that was acupuncture.

Some hospitals now used acupuncture for anesthesia, temporarily blocking the nerve network with silver needles to achieve anesthetic effects, which was side-effect free and much better than anesthetic drugs.

With this in mind, Lin Tian smiled slyly. To temporarily block the sympathetic nerve, silver needles had to remain embedded in the body. Even if Nomura Tarou were chopped with a knife, he would not feel any pain.

If only he could find the silver needles on Nomura Tarou’s body and then remove them, the consequences were somewhat terrifying to even think about. Lin Tian had found the reason and smiled even more broadly.

To outsiders, Lin Tian seemed to eat the Naga Viper peppers while smiling as if the peppers were delicious.

"Ah..." Suddenly, Lin Tian exclaimed and then stood up, "To continuously eat so many Naga Viper peppers and still keep a straight face, Nomura Tarou, you truly are admirable."

The others didn’t know what he was up to, and Lin Tian didn’t care either. He picked up his plate of peppers and walked over to Nomura Tarou, his penetrating gaze scanning the latter’s head.

The head was the nerve network hub, and acupuncture on the head was the most effective way to block the sympathetic nerve. Sure enough, Lin Tian found three silver needles behind Nomura Tarou’s head and near the base of his ears.

The silver needles were almost completely inserted into his head, leaving only a small portion exposed outside, and they were covered by hair, hardly noticeable even up close.

The Japanese are not simple, Lin Tian thought. Capable of creating Healing Medicine and also skilled in acupuncture to block nerves; the person behind this must be well-versed in medical science.

Without showing any change in his demeanor, Lin Tian smiled and said, "Mr. Nomura, you really are a brave man from Japan. Come, let’s finish all the remaining Naga Viper peppers and show everyone else your style."

His attitude had turned 360 degrees, and no one could understand what he was up to. Whether it was the people in the bar or Futian Shenyi’s group of Japanese, everyone was confused. Just a moment ago, he was acting all righteous and confrontational, so why had he suddenly become this polite?

Although it was baffling, the competition continued. Seeing Lin Tian keep eating, Nomura Tarou could not stop either; otherwise, he would be conceding defeat.

Before long, they had finished a plate of peppers. Both of their plates were empty, and a fair amount of Hell Tequila had also been consumed. Yet to everyone’s surprise, both men remained stoic as if the contest were still ongoing.

"The match isn’t over yet, Lin Tian. We must continue," said Futian Shenyi.

Lin Tian nodded and said with a sly smile, "I’m fine as long as Nomura Tarou can withstand it."

After he spoke, Lin Tian’s palm moved, swooshing over Nomura Tarou’s head, and when he retracted it, his fingers were holding two thin silver needles.

Clutching the silver needles and holding an empty plate, Lin Tian casually strolled back to his seat with his hands behind his back.

"Three, two, one, drop!" Lin Tian said softly as he sat down.

"Brother Tian, why are you counting?" Liu Wenxing, who was the closest to him and heard him the clearest, curiously asked.

As he spoke, a loud "boom" resounded, and the hefty body of Nomura Tarou across from them suddenly collapsed, flattening a chair as he fell to the ground.

"Mr. Nomura..." The Japanese, including Futian Shenyi, rushed over, clueless about what had happened.

At this moment, the large body of Nomura Tarou was convulsing, his eyes rolling back, foaming at the mouth, and some of the alcohol and peppers he had consumed were vomited out.

The smell of alcohol mixed with spice was so foul and pungent that the nearby Japanese were brought to tears by the stench, as if someone had thrown a tear gas grenade into the mix.

"Lin Tian, you must have sabotaged something, otherwise why would Mr. Nomura fall as soon as you came over?" Futian Shenyi turned around, angrily glared at Lin Tian, and said with hatred.

He didn’t know that the silver needles from Nomura Tarou’s head had already been removed; he still thought Lin Tian was up to no good.

"Take a look at what this is. Was it me who tampered, or was it you who cheated? You know very well in your heart," Lin Tian said coldly, holding up the two silver needles.

"Are those silver needles?" The audience, all Huaxia people familiar with acupuncture, recognized the silver needles in Lin Tian’s hand immediately.

However, confusion was written on their faces: they couldn’t link the silver needles to the Japanese cheating.

Futian Shenyi and Bai Yufeng’s faces instantly turned sour, fully aware of the significance of the silver needles. Their exposure at this moment was shocking; how did Lin Tian know about them?

"Brother Tian, how did the Japanese cheat with silver needles?" Liu Wenxing asked, puzzled.

Others, including Li Wenxuan, Fan Lei, and Lu Jia, couldn’t fathom how those thin needles could be of any use.

"Some of you may have heard of a technique used in hospitals called acupuncture anesthesia. The principle is to use silver needles to temporarily block the nerve network, effectively eliminating the sensation of pain. There are people behind the Japanese who are well-versed in medical theory, and they used this technique to temporarily numb Nomura Tarou’s senses. That’s why he was unaffected by the spiciness," Lin Tian explained in detail.

"I’ve heard about this technique too. My relative was in the hospital for surgery, and the doctors used acupuncture anesthesia." an audience member exclaimed loudly.

"Damn, doesn’t that mean the Japanese were cheating?"

"Right, those little devils cheated; they’re as despicable as ever."

Cheating is like card sharping in gambling; it is not inherently right or wrong. If you’re not caught, you’re a gambling god; get caught, and your reputation is destroyed.

"Lin Tian, you’re slandering us! Those silver needles are yours, and you’re framing us!" Bai Yufeng, in a moment of desperate cleverness, shouted out loud.

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