Chapter 1138: Chapter 1138: Spin-off – The World of Live Streaming 107

When they entered the hospital ward, the patient on the bed was peeling an apple with a small knife.

The apple was so red it was almost black, and under the room’s lighting, it had a lustrous sheen. As the peel was sliced away bit by bit, the pale yellow flesh inside was gradually revealed, looking crisp and appetizing.

Bai Youwei scrutinized the man on the hospital bed.

Compared to his previous arrogance, he now looked much more disheveled, his body thin, his hospital garb hanging loose. The once-distinctive Fu Manchu mustache had become fuzzy, with the hairs blending into his jawline and sideburns, a dark bluish-green stubble.

Tch, he probably hadn’t shaved in days.

“What do you want?” Nick didn’t look up, his knife pausing as he peeled the apple, “You’re not here for revenge, are you?”

As soon as Ada entered the room, he strode forward and placed the bouquet of roses on the bedside table, as if the flowers were burning his hands.

Nick shifted his gaze slightly, saw the bunch of roses, and cracked a smile: “What’s this, paying back old scores? You even have to return the flowers…”

Bai Youwei laughed: “Don’t like red roses? How about I send you white chrysanthemums next time, hmm?”

Shen Mo said: “Yellow chrysanthemums would work too.”

Nick: “…”

Finally lifting his head, he let them fully see his face. His features were unchanged, but there was an exceedingly ugly scar stretching from his forehead to his temple, with half his ear missing as if mauled by some ferocious beast.

Ada took in a sharp breath. Such wounds on the body may not faze him, but seeing them on the face made Ada feel an extra pang of pain!

“This was done by monkeys, right?” thinking back to his own experience on Demon Island, Ada still felt the terror, “The monkeys on Demon Island are man-eaters. They go crazy at the sight of humans, not stopping until they’ve ripped flesh off!”

Bai Youwei gave the patient another careful look and noticed that Ada’s sleeve, retracted to reveal his forearm, bore several apparent scratch marks that had already scabbed over.

Nick grabbed the apple expressionlessly, bit off a piece, and chewed heartily, speaking indistinctly: “Spit it out, what do you want from me? Surely you’re not here just to laugh at my expense?”

Shen Mo inquired: “How many spots are left in your team?”

Nick paused, his gaze settling on Shen Mo and Bai Youwei, and after a moment, swallowed the apple in his mouth and said with a smile, “Why do you ask? Don’t tell me, you want to join my squad?”

Without responding, Bai Youwei continued: “Who’s the captain of your team? Is it you?”

Nick fell silent for a while, then slowly nodded, “Hmm… For the time being, it’s me.”

“We’d like to collaborate with you,” Shen Mo succinctly proposed, “we need to join a team with the fewest remaining instances, break the scoring record, and then secure this year’s exit spots.”

“Break the scoring record?” Nick gave Shen Mo a skeptical look, then glanced at Bai Youwei and Ada beside him, suspicion in his eyes, “Do you… really believe you can break the scoring record?”

Bai Youwei leaned on Shen Mo’s arm and smiled, “Whether we can or not, why don’t we find out after we join?”

Nick furrowed his brows, asking defensively, “Why such a good deal coming my way?”

Bai Youwei smirked and replied, “For one thing, your team has fewer instances left, and secondly…”

She smiled and continued, “Secondly, you’re pretty down on your luck, having lost so many team members. It must be tough to improve your score, right?”

Nick: “…”

Ada urged him, “Be a man, make it quick, will we collaborate or not?”

Nick held the apple, no longer in the mood to eat, blandly running his tongue over his teeth before asking them calmly, “Aren’t you afraid that at the end I’ll just kick you out?”

“No need for you to kick us out,” Bai Youwei said, “If I’m not wrong, we’ll leave the team after the score comes through.”

Nick raised his eyebrows, looking squarely at the three of them again, “This gets more interesting. Help me break records and then voluntarily leave the team… Hey, what exactly is your goal?”