UWP - Chapter 72 - Gaping Maw, Lashing Tongue

Bai Zhi and Lin He faced each other on the ghoulish path paved with bone. To either side of them were jet-black, twisted trees, while in the darkness, dim red lights, which hadn't been there before, could be seen floating amongst them.

"...I didn't lie about what I said earlier," said Lin He coldly.

"Hmm?" said Bai Zhi blandly. "Since when does you telling the truth have anything to do with whether I trust you?"

Bai Zhi hefted the emerald-green box in his hand, then stuffed it in his Inventory. "Thanks for the gifts, anyway. I'll honor our deal and get the box to your sister."

Lin He growled. "...I saw the parasite infect your arm myself! I don't care what items you have, there's no way—"

"Hmm? Oh, this?" Bai Zhi brought out something from behind his back and tossed it at Lin He's feet. "Just a sleight of hand."

The baffled Lin He tilted his head downward and flew into a sudden rage as he realized how Bai Zhi had tricked him.

"Just what the fuck kinda weird shit do you keep stuffing your damn Inventory with?!"

At Lin He's feet was a severed arm, plump and unnaturally pale. Fleshy sprouts were multiplying and swarming all over the back of the hand, making it look much creepier than it already was.

"When I was treating the undead, I had one patient whose arm I just couldn't reattach. It was in great condition, too, barely decomposed, so I helped myself to it. I was hoping to preserve it in forearm-alin* for research purposes."

Bai Zhi shrugged.

"Don't you know, in this age of peace, how hard it is to wrangle up a cadaver to study? I'm a law-abiding citizen, you know. I'm not just saying that either—I once held the Excellent Young Pioneer of China Certificate**, was named head of the bullies at the orphanage—multiple times—and as the Prince of Many Instruments, I played on a big stage and wowed the audience with sounds that were out of this world... Hey, don't you want to hear more?"

Clearly sick of Bai Zhi's interminable speech, Lin He pounced at him with a roar before he could finish. It seemed that comp

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Translator Notes

* Formalin. Raw had some wordplay elsewhere in the sentence, so I took liberties. I apologize if the pun made you cringe. 🙇
** The YPC is a youth organization for children aged six to fourteen in China, thus the certificate he's talking about is for kids.

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