Chapter 478 - I’d Like To Correct Something (1/2)

“Those disasters had nothing to do with the Dreamland of Death. On the contrary, it’s more like Han Lu’s defense mechanism of sorts. Think of what you would you do if you had rats and c.o.c.kroaches at home?”

“Buy some rat poison and put it at the corner? Or disinfect the whole house with pesticides? It appears she chose the second method,” grunted Rabbit.

“Yes, I was wrong from the beginning, whether it was the tsunami or the giant dragon. They weren’t targeting Han Lu all along.”

“Can’t blame you. After all, anybody who found Han Lu running for her life and hiding from these unnatural disasters would think that she’s under the Dreamland of Death’s spell.”

“But in fact, the one she’d been avoiding all along, since the very beginning, has been you, and you alone, yes?” Zhang Heng quizzed. “She changed dreams frequently to escape your tracking—from her childhood to studying abroad to her daily life. I wasn’t with you in the first dream, so I don’t know why the tsunami attacked the city. But then we found Han Lu’s mother, supposedly the key figure in the second dream, the strange clouds appeared again.”

“A coincidence, perhaps?” Rabbit said.

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“Yes, but this time, when you, and this… Freddie appeared in Han Lu’s favorite museum; those clouds appeared again. The first time might have been a coincidence, but the second, surely not. It’s all but a possibility too small.

“You weren’t the sole target of the disasters. Everyone else in the dream could have been killed as well. Right now, we are standing in Han Lu’s vault, one that she uses to store information. These are the collection of memories from her subconscious, containing information related to her. She was worried that you’d use this information to locate her. Unsure who to trust and not knowing who the enemy was, she had to destroy all foreign beings in the dream. You choose to partner with me because Han Lu and I are closest among all of us. I’m your best lead, and I would have led you to her eventually.”

“Anything else you wish to add?” Rabbit asked.

“Actually, it was the dragon that confirmed my doubts about you.”

“The dragon?”

“Yes. During the last dream, we came to Han Lu’s schoolmate’s house. The dragon was resting on the roof of that building, and yet that building was intact. If those dragons were chasing Han Lu, I thought, then they should have burned down the building as soon as possible. The dragon did not. Instead, it seemed to be guarding the place, preventing anybody from approaching it. It was then that I started to think of another explanation for these disasters.”

“Your observation and deduction rank second among everyone I met. Of course, the woman named Han Lu did a good job too. I’d rank her defenses in the dreams among the top ten,” Rabbit smiled. “I didn’t expect you to find out so quickly. This was supposed to be an interesting round. Unfortunately for you, my friend, you won’t get to witness what’s about to happen. Since my ident.i.ty has been exposed, it means I’ll have to kill you now. I’ll use your ident.i.ty to approach the rest. The girl called Shen Xixi is pretty good as well. She’ll be able to lead me to Han Lu.”

‘Rabbit’ then spoke to Freddy in English. “He just said something insulting, and he even threatened me! Can you help me teach him a lesson?”