When Qin Siyang woke up, Hu Chan was still lying beside him.
But he was already awake, looking at his phone, and seemed to be texting someone.
Qin Siyang yawned, "You're pretty relaxed, huh?"
"Very busy. The college entrance exam results come out next week, and before the results there's another very important blessing ceremony. I'm thinking about how to handle it."
"You have to be there in person?"
"Technically, yes. I, as the Holy Son, must attend to represent the Zephyr Church's respect for the believers. But now—", Hu Chan sighed, "Whether I can even make it back to District 8 alive is a question."
Qin Siyang asked curiously, "Chris and Jin Shengyu tried to kill you, won't that cause trouble? You are, after all, the Holy Son!"
Hu Chan's mouth twitched, "Although I'd love for them to run into trouble for killing me, the fact is there really isn't any trouble."
"The so-called Holy Son and Protectors are nothing more than euphemisms for power struggles."
"After Zhang Yingrui died, the four-man mahjong of our Zephyr Church turned into a three-person Landlord fight; influence was reshuffled. And when fighting over Zhang Yingrui's inheritance, because I accompanied you out of the safe zone to hunt gods for a few days, I missed a lot of opportunities, which resulted in me only grabbing a very small piece of the cake."
Saying that, Hu Chan still looked at Qin Siyang with some grievance.
Qin Siyang immediately sprang up from the bed, "What's that look for? You pointing at me?"
"No."
"Hu Chan, have some conscience when you talk. You say you accompanied me to hunt gods? Obviously I hired you to go hunt gods with me! Besides, I didn't force you to leave the safe zone those days, did I? Did I hold a knife to your neck? You were the one eager for the Titan Foxtail inner leaf fragments, wanting to save Yu Ziying's life, so you gave up fighting for power during that time and chose to go out with me."
After hearing this, Hu Chan said nothing and scratched his arm.
'Seems that's the logic.'
Everything was his own choice and arrangement, can't blame Qin Siyang.
'Really strange.'
He clearly felt he had reason, at least a little reason, but every time he faced Qin Siyang he was left speechless.
Qin Siyang really was a powerful opponent.
Hu Chan continued talking about what had just happened, "I fell behind in the fight for Zhang Yingrui's power and was faintly pushed down by those two. When they learned I got the Titan Foxtail inner leaf fragments from you to save Yu Ziying, they directly united and in this period severely damaged all the factions in the church that were close to me."
"Now my power is extremely fragile; you could say those two paved the way for killing the two of us."
"What? They severely damaged your friends, you didn't fight back, and you just ran away from them?"
"We fought, but we lost. That's why I fled here to save my life."
Qin Siyang didn't scoff.
Because he also remembered the scene of being beaten by Guo Jiuxiao and his group and being forced to flee.
"I heard Chris and Jin Shengyu have already prepared a new Holy Son. Once I die, there will immediately be an obedient puppet to seamlessly take over the Holy Son position."
"Will the United Government recognize this Holy Son?"
"Why wouldn't they? The United Government only needs a Zephyr Church that can bring stability to the safe zones. As for internal church struggles, they don't care at all."
"Moreover, as long as I die, the two of them can split the Zephyr Church's speaking power evenly. Promoting a puppet Holy Son is not a big deal and won't touch anyone's interests."
"So, I really am in a bit of trouble now."
After hearing this, Qin Siyang sympathized and sighed along, "Yeah, in this situation you do feel powerless. But those two probably prepared a new Holy Son a long time ago, waiting for the day to kill you."
"Normal."
"I've also long prepared candidates for my new Red-robed Protector, Yellow-robed Protector, and Blue-robed Protector to obey me, each Protector even has two backup candidates, it's just that now my power is weak and I haven't had the chance to put them in place."
Qin Siyang couldn't help laughing twice, "Sounds like you're not a good guy either, whoever of you three wins it's about the same."
Hu Chan also sat up, snorting, "Good stuff? All the good stuff died out the year the apocalypse came."
"By the way, President Qin, if you can do me a favor, I think I still have a chance to turn the defeat around…"
"Wait a minute!"
Qin Siyang narrowed his eyes at Hu Chan, "Why'd you tell me so much, turns out you want me to help? Help and help until it never ends, huh!"
Hu Chan smiled, "We have an old saying in east: if you help, help to the end; if you send Buddha, send him all the way to the west. If you only help me halfway, isn't that basically helping for nothing?"
"Cut that! My rule is: do a favor, collect a favor. You haven't even repaid me for saving your life, and now you want to run a tab? No way!"
"First come with me outside the safe zone a few times and square the accounts, then we'll talk about a new deal!"
"A few times? Didn't you say if we go out once more you'd give me the remaining Titan Foxtail inner leaf fragments?"
"That was then, this is now!", Qin Siyang said domineeringly, "I saved you and Yu Ziying's lives. If you don't repay me, how can you still have the face to live in this world? A dignified Holy Son have no shame?"
"I…", Hu Chan grit his teeth, "Fine, I promise! I'll accompany you out of the safe zone three more times!"
"That's better."
"But the favor I just mentioned, you must help me with it. Otherwise don't blame me for having no shame!"
"You little!"
"My life's nearly gone, why should I care about shame?"
Qin Siyang glanced at Hu Chan with disgust, "Alright, say it, what favor?"
"Zhang Yingrui's corpse is still in your hands, right? Give Zhang Yingrui's corpse to me and I'll honor my promise."
"Hm?"
"When Han Shuo came to you to claim the reward, you must have asked him for Zhang Yingrui's corpse as proof, right?"
Qin Siyang froze, not expecting Hu Chan to make that request.
When President Han Shuo of Central Glory University killed Zhang Yingrui to claim the crimson crystal, he indeed gave Zhang Yingrui's corpse to Qin Siyang as proof.
Qin Siyang planned to have Li Tianming help find someone to read all the information in Zhang Yingrui's brain to see if there was anything valuable.
The Yellow-robed Protector of the Zephyr Church surely had many important memories.
But he had been busy with other more important matters recently, and Qin Siyang had no time to deal with it.
Zhang Yingrui's corpse, together with the remains of the Corroding Black Centipede, Lava Croc, and Ice Crystal Giant Moth, neatly lay in his storage box.
Qin Siyang rubbed the corner of his eye, shook his head and said, "No, I can't give it to you now. Let me see what's in his brain first, then I'll hand it over to you."
Hu Chan said, "You want to use the info in his brain to make money, I need the info in his brain to save lives."
"You give me his corpse first, I'll find someone to check it and then return the corpse to you, how about that?"
Just as Qin Siyang was about to retort to Hu Chan's empty-handed wolfish trick, Hu Chan slid a bracelet off his wrist.
"I'll use this fourth-tier bracelet as collateral."
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