Hell’s Handbook - Chapter 289

.289: Awkward Situation

Inside Hell’s Bar, the group of seven sat together. Ye Yun looked curiously at Su Jin’s friends. She wasn’t the introverted type in the first place, so she had become very familiar with all of them while Su Jin had been away the past three days.

“You guys are amazing! Besides Uncle Wu, the rest of you have gone through fewer than 20 Challenges and you’re already so formidable! That’s amazing!” said Ye Yun admiringly.

Wu Chen glared at her. “Hey! Are you saying that I’m not as good as them? I’m very formidable too!”

“Of course! The fact that you rendered Shen Wu helpless is something that even the top ten owners might not be able to do!” Ye Yun quickly gave Wu Chen a huge compliment to butter him up.

“Haha! You’re right, you’re right! No wonder Su Jin likes you so much!” Wu Chen laughed heartily. His ranking wasn’t high, but if he was put in a desperate situation, Wu Chen was confident that if he used his trump card wisely, he would be on par with the top 100 owners.

Su Jin’s face reddened at this comment, but Ye Yun was still full of smiles. Kano Mai, on the other hand, had a sad smile on her face.

Chu Yi noticed her expression, but he could only scratch his head awkwardly. Everyone knew that Kano Mai liked Su Jin, and even Su Jin himself knew that. But sometimes, relationships worked out like this. Being just a little too late could mean having to give up altogether.

“Situ’s shadow powers should be considered a high level Spirit Power, while Sister Mai has the powers of the seven deadly sins and Chu Yi has internal energy. These are all pretty good Spirit Powers to have. So… only Sister Bo Ya doesn’t have Spirit Power?” Ye Yun knew their current status like the back of her hand.

Su Jin said, “Bo Ya has not been an owner for very long, so I’m afraid it’s going to take her a while before she can activate her Spirit Power.”

Ye Yun nodded. She took her Handbook out and retrieved a bright green sprout from it, then said to Bo Ya, “Sister Bo Ya, this is a Guiding Object that can bring you to the Land of Elves. If you’re sure about becoming a medic, then this might be helpful to you.”

Bo Ya was a little surprised. She glanced at Situ Jin and she only accepted Ye Yun’s gift after he nodded, and also thanked Ye Yun.

“No need to thank me. If all of you hadn’t come to help, I would be dead by now. Take it as my gift of gratitude!” said Ye Yun with a smile.

Su Jin took his Handbook out as well and said to Ye Yun, “Join my team! We can move together as a team from now on and help each other.”

Ye Yun didn’t turn his offer down and nodded slightly. She placed her hand on his Handbook, and once they had completed the process, the symbol of a boning knife appeared on her arm as well.

Su Jin exhaled deeply. He felt like he was in a dream. After going through so much, searching and chasing after Ye Yun, the one he had been looking for was now sitting right next to him. None of this felt real to him yet.

Ye Yun noticed Su Jin just staring at her in a daze and burst out laughing. “What’s wrong?”

“Um… nothing!! Oh! By the way, isn’t it time you went home and contacted your parents and Tang Ning?” Su Jin quickly switched the topic.

Ye Yun immediately bowed her head low and nodded vigorously. She then said to everyone, “I’m sorry but I’ve got to go now. It’s been a very long time since I contacted my family.”

Everyone was understanding and bade farewell to her. After she left, all of them stared at Su Jin and Kano Mai.

The atmosphere became super awkward, so Kano Mai immediately stood up and said, “I, uh… I’m boiling some soup at home, so I’d better go now.”

Everyone felt upset when they saw how Kano Mai had run off so desperately. Compared to Ye Yun, whom Su Jin liked, they preferred to stay on Kano Mai’s side, since she was someone who had gone through many Challenges with them.

“Jin, how do you really feel?” asked Wu Chen as he rapped the table with his knuckles.

Su Jin was confused at first, but he quickly realized what Wu Chen was asking him. He frowned and said, “I… I don’t know. I don’t want to hurt Mai, but… I fell for Ye Yun first.”

“Aha! All of you heard that, right? He said he fell for Ye Yun first, which means you don’t deny having feelings for Mai.” Wu Chen immediately picked up on Su Jin’s words and continued to grill him mercilessly.

Su Jin knew that after going through so much together, he did see Kano Mai as more than a friend. But like he said earlier, he didn’t want to hurt her.

“Boss, is your world strictly monogamous? There are some areas in my world that allow polygamy,” said Chu Yi.

Situ Jin scoffed. “Too bad, in our world, our country only allows monogamy. I’m afraid he can’t have two.”

“Who cares about the law? Given Su Jin’s current standing and powers, he could even marry 200 if he wanted! If your government made Su Jin angry, he could become a dictator like Shen Wu. Nobody would be able to stop him,” said Wu Chen with an impatient wave of his hand.

Situ Jin burst out laughing. He looked at Su Jin and said, “Well, Wu Chen’s not wrong. I’d fight you to the death if you tried to pull off something like that, but I won’t be able to defeat you at all. But… you wouldn’t do something like that just so that you could have more than one wife, right? I mean, if you really want to, I can always raise a special request to the authorities.”

Su Jin glared at them. These guys were clearly egging him on for their own entertainment. He had watched dramas and movies with such scenes and never thought it would apply to him. Now that he was stuck in such a conversation, he realized everything he said could be used against him. How terrifying!

“I’m warning you, both of them are good girls. If you really don’t know what to do, then… I guess you could just cut your dick off? Then they don’t have to fight over you,” said Wu Chen with a stern face before bursting into laughter at the end.

Situ Jin and Chu Yi were both sniggering as well. Only Bo Ya was more serious and glared at them. She said to Su Jin, “Jin, don’t listen to them spout nonsense. If you don’t want to hurt either of them, you should make things clear to both of them and confirm your relationship with them. That way, they don’t have to harbor hope unnecessarily and keep waiting in vain.”

Su Jin was so glad to hear proper advice and nearly started crying. “Bo Ya, you’re the best! You’re a real friend! These guys are nothing but animals!”

The three men made a face at Su Jin. They were clearly displeased with what he just said about them.

After all that, they decided to leave Hell’s Bar and go to the bungalow where Su Jin and Kano Mai lived. Kano Mai had already whipped up a table full of dishes to help Su Jin to thank everyone for their help.

But her actions only made Su Jin feel even more guilty toward her. Bo Ya was right. He had to clarify his relationship with Ye Yun as soon as possible so that Kano Mai would stop waiting and doing things unnecessarily for him.

The team sat down to feast, and everyone commented that Kano Mai would make an excellent wife and mother. Su Jin was certain that all of them were saying such things on purpose to tease him. He had lost all authority over them as their team leader.

Ye Yun had gone to look for Tang Ning. Tang Ning could hardly believe that this cousin who was constantly disappearing would actually appear before her. After getting over her initial shock, she scolded Ye Yun harshly and warned her never to do something so worrying ever again.

But what happened next was not what any of them had expected. Shen Wu had put up a notice inside Hell’s Bar. It was a wanted notice for Su Jin and his team.

“Anyone who kills one member of Team Boning Knife will get an A Grade Spirit Power item. Anyone who kills the team leader Su Jin will get three A Grade Spirit Power items. If you capture Su Jin alive, you will get an Earth Grade item. If you capture Team Boning Knife member Ye Yun, you will get three Earth Grade Spirit Level items!”

Su Jin read the contents of the notice and felt enticed himself. He said to his team, “Gosh, do you think he’d give us those items if I turn myself in?”

Chu Yi was even more upset. He slapped his thigh and said, “Damn! If my clone hadn’t died, I could have just sent him over and gotten an A Grade item in return!”

Everyone turned to stare at Chu Yi like he was an idiot. Situ Jin sighed and said, “Don’t you think that clone of yours is better than having an Earth Grade item?”

“Huh? I… oh, you’re right.” Chu Yi nodded and became even sadder over the loss of his clone.

Su Jin wasn’t very surprised that Shen Wu had put up a notice like that. It would have been even stranger if Shen Wu hadn’t done anything at all even after the team had wreaked so much havoc in his home planet.

“Thankfully, the Mad Hatter has added a barrier around our universe. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t know what to do.” Su Jin was really glad for that. If the Mad Hatter hadn’t done that, he would have immediately gone on the run with Ye Yun and wouldn’t have dared to stay anywhere for too long.

“What do we do now? Since we’ve become fugitives, we’ve got to be more careful from now on,” said Situ Jin.

Wu Chen didn’t seem too bothered. “I’ll be fine. At most, I’ll change my face and name. It’s impossible to capture me if you only know my current name and face!”

“To play safe, all of us should just stay at my place if you don’t have anything urgent to attend to. We’ll wait a few months for everything to settle down, then you can go home,” Su Jin said to the group.

Everyone was agreeable. It was just a few months, so they took it as a holiday. They didn’t have anything urgent to attend to in their own worlds.

A few weeks flew by in no time and it was time for everyone to enter a Challenge again. Su Jin gathered everyone, and once they were ready, he started their next Challenge.

But the usual darkness did not engulf them. Instead, a group of people appeared in front of them. It was a very large group too. Su Jin did a rough count and realized there were at least 20 or 30 of them gathered. And in the middle of the group sat a clown in a straitjacket, the sort used in old psychiatric hospitals to physically restrain patients.