The Last Gentleman

Because the support incident was not reported to the higher-ups, it was an impromptu decision by Jin.

Although the two played a crucial role at the end of the incident, they would not receive any additional rewards.

As a reward for handling the Severe Patient incident, each of the two squads received 2000 silver coins, one piece of Gentleman’s Skin mixed with the aroma of the old world for each person, and random high-quality materials.

Besides,

Because he lost the arm-wrestling match, Jin voluntarily relinquished the perfect capture of the [Severe Disease Object—Gun Master – Amis Tiller].

This was extremely rare, a ‘Sick Object’ derived from a new-era product—firearms. Throughout the whole Fourth Continent, although there were quite a few Sick Objects, those related to firearms were very few and far between.

Moreover, it was captured live, with both vitality and integrity at 100%.

The value of this thing was much higher than the combined rewards of the two squads.

When the Severe Disease Object was brought back to Zion, it naturally had to undergo a safety inspection. When this object was handed over to the Gentleman Hall, it agitated quite a few high-ranking officials.

Once the top executives confirmed that the mission participant[Edmund Mariano], possessed the talent and aptitude concerning firearms, and gauged his growth potential and personal value,

the manager handed over the processed and sealed Sick Object to Edmund.

…

A month passed.

[Zed’s Paradise]

Two enormous iron balls, each weighing tons, hung in the air, repeatedly striking a young man’s physical body.

With every strike, the young man was completely flung away, smashing into the wall ten meters away before forcibly coming to a stop.

He needed to return to the original position to receive the next hit before the other iron ball struck down.

This exercise was specially designed to train the ‘Receiving Body’, and was one of Yi Chen’s favorite weekly training exercises.

Not far away,

Zed, blindfolded with a black cloth, gestured to him with a wave of his hand.

“You’ve been hit five hundred times already, let’s call it a day~ It’s rare that the academy has loosened its restraints on me, exceptionally allowing me two hours a week to go out.

Hurry up and accompany me for a walk; I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like outside.”

“Alright!”

Yi Chen, covered in blood and sweat, immediately changed into gentleman’s clothes,

When the Skin material made contact with his body, it instantly absorbed the filth on him, expelling it through the trouser legs, completely eliminating the need for bathing.

The reason why he was training alone today and not sparring with Zed,

was because the academy had considered Zed’s behavior for over half a year without incidents and that he was responsible for teaching the Pathology classes, where none of the students had given any average or poor feedback.

For this reason, the academy had relaxed the personal restrictions on Zed, granting him two hours a week of outside time.

If any violations occurred during the outing, his privileges would be immediately revoked.

As a student, Yi Chen naturally volunteered to be the guide,

given that Zed’s temperament was somewhat peculiar, and encountering a student with an unusual body might lead to impromptu dissections.

When Zed stepped out of the Viersman Teaching Building and breathed the long-missed outside air,

cough, cough, cough~ he suddenly burst into a violent cough.

He immediately took out a breathing mask made of phalanges and throat membrane from his waist, which gradually eased his condition.

“Indeed, such overly fresh air is like poison to me.

Having stayed underground for a long time and been in daily contact with Patient corpses, considering the unavoidable spread of World Pathology, sooner or later, our living area will be eroded by the Grey Zone.

So, during a moment of boredom, I had a special surgery done on my lungs, which allows me to easily adapt to various pathogenic air components. The only downside is that I can’t quite tolerate this sort of unpolluted fresh air.”

Yi Chen quickly took up the topic:

“The spread of World Pathology is unstoppable… Teacher Zed, how long do you estimate it will take for the Grey Zone to cover the entire world?”

“I can’t estimate the exact time, but it will definitely not be more than one hundred years, you still have time~ Agh! I managed to come out today, let’s not talk about such heavy topics.

The activity area is limited to the school premises, otherwise, I’d like to go play in the lower layers of the street district; some of the shows in the shops there are very interesting.

With a bit of improvement in my performance, I hope the academy will grant me leave from the campus.”

Saying this, Zed twitched like a zombie, visibly delighted.

He had no complaints about the confinement himself, as long as the academy provided some perks, it could keep him excited for a long time… a point even Yi Chen didn’t quite understand.

“Let’s take a trip to the cafeteria, experiencing the feeling of ordering our own food might be nice too~ How about we see who can get to the cafeteria from the Twin Towers first, and the loser pays?”

As he proposed this, Zede has already bent down, ready to directly climb down the mountain where the Twin Towers were located.

Thud! A big bag of silver coins was thrown right in front of Zede, interrupting his start.

“I’ll pay, let’s take the elevator down.”

“That’s no fun~”

“I definitely can’t beat you, Mr. Zede.

Besides, if you, teacher, get too caught up in the race and bump into something or knock a student flying, you might not have a chance to come out again.”

Zede poked the area around his eyepatch where his eye would be and nodded thoughtfully, “Indeed, it’s better to be cautious.”

Zede appeared quite ‘obedient’ as he moved his body like a zombie, slowly following behind Yi Chen.

When the two took the large elevator to the ground,

they were met by some all too familiar faces coming up the slope at the mountain’s base,

a sunny young man with golden hair,

a woman with a shawl covering her face, supported by a cane, followed closely by,

a burly Northern Realm Warrior,

All three were just as surprised to stumble upon each other, especially when they saw the teacher resembling a zombie behind Yi Chen, they stepped back in fright and quickly bowed their heads, saying, “Mr. Zede!”

Unlike Yi Chen, they only interacted with Zede in the classroom and regarded him with a kind of reverence and even a bit of fear. They also didn’t know that Mr. Zede was allowed to leave the school.

After a brief explanation, they also joined the queue to the cafeteria.

The arrival of the three was no coincidence; Edmund had an important item that he needed to personally hand over to Yi Chen, having heard that Yi Chen was in the teaching building, he rushed over to deliver it.

The item was in his hand,

a portable black wooden box giving off an exceptionally heavy feeling, with the family’s Feather emblem stamped on the surface.

Since they decided to have lunch together, they simply stayed for a while afterwards to present the item,

just as everyone stepped into the cafeteria, Edmund prepared to utilize his family privileges to secure a private room for the subsequent discussion and item transfer.

Little did they know,

whether the students who were currently eating or the chefs inside the food counters, all stopped their work and looked at Zede with a fearful expression.

The cafeteria manager was also informed immediately, and after confirming with the authorities that Zede’s outing was sanctioned, quickly arranged a special top-level dining room for them, reserved for hosting the organization’s senior management.

To prevent Zede’s dining in the main hall from disrupting the entire cafeteria’s operations, they minimized the risks as much as possible.

The manager also expressed his welcome for Zede’s visit, stating that all meals were free.

“I didn’t expect the school to treat me, an old employee, so well, they are quite generous.”

Zede ordered himself three expensive meal sets,

and when the food was served, he seemed to have forgotten all about gentleman-like etiquette and gorged himself like a zombie, to the point where the staff could not bear to look directly at him.

After a satisfying meal,

Zede was touching his fully bloated abs, leaning back in a lounge chair for a short rest, with a slight smile on his lips, apparently quite satisfied with his first outing.

On the other hand,

after the dining table was cleared, Edmund requested that the private room be temporarily sealed off to ensure privacy inside.

“William, this is for you.”

Edmund brought the heavy black box over to Yi Chen, along with the sole matching circular key.

Both the key and the box corresponded to extremely complex seals, indirectly indicating the preciousness of the tool inside.

Click~ with the turn of the key,

the seals between the box and the key also gradually aligned, unlocking layer by layer.

Click!

The moment the lid of the box was opened, a strange pathological aura immediately spilled out,

rousing the napping Zede who abruptly sprang up onto the table like a reanimated corpse, sniffing the air, ready to rip apart the suspected patient’s body into pieces.

But he discovered that the source of the pathological aura was a special item stored within the box…

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