Ten Day Ultimatum

Chapter 398

Chapter 398

Ten Day Ultimatum

Chapter 398 Life-and-Death Pact

Meanwhile, in the train:

Terrestrial Tiger paced impatiently in front of a wooden door. Passing Earthly Branches saluted and hurriedly kept their distance.

“Motherfu… still not off work?” Terrestrial Tiger leaned one hand against the wall, his expression radiating extreme annoyance. “Why is that punk always so overtime-happy…”

After a few more minutes, the door in front of him slowly opened. A Terrestrial Goat with black fur stepped out, giving Terrestrial Tiger a blank look before turning to leave.

“Wait!” Terrestrial Tiger shouted.

Terrestrial Goat paused, then turned around and said irritably, “Are you crazy? It’s only the first day. I’ll repay your {Dào} in time.”

“Who the hell wants {Dào}?!” Terrestrial Tiger grabbed Terrestrial Goat. “Lǎozǐ has a new idea. I need your help…”

“Spit it out.”

“I…” Terrestrial Tiger hesitated, then suddenly remembered something. “Uh well… shouldn’t I treat you to a meal first since I’m the one asking for a favor?”

“Can you stop spontaneously pretending to be polite?” Terrestrial Goat shoved Terrestrial Tiger away. “If you don’t want to talk, then I’ll be on my way.”

“Hold on…” Terrestrial Tiger looked flustered. “It’s not convenient to talk here. How about you go to my room first?”

“Huh?” Terrestrial Goat frowned impatiently. “What exactly do you want?”

“Sigh… come on, come on…”

Terrestrial Tiger half-dragged Terrestrial Goat toward his room. After a few steps, another door in front of them opened, revealing another figure.

That was a dog, wearing only a suit jacket over his bare chest.

“Well well…” Terrestrial Tiger gave a perfunctory nod. “How particular, Dog, you actually worked overtime?”

“Don’t even mention it. I ran into some veterans,” replied Terrestrial Dog with a sigh. “Tiger, you still got food right? Take me to grab a bite. I got off too late and didn’t manage to get dinner prepared.”

“What? Not today.” Terrestrial Tiger decided immediately. “Tomorrow. I’ll treat you to two meals tomorrow.”

“What?” Terrestrial Dog frowned. “No way… why are you acting so stingy all of a sudden, punk? I even let you drink the liquor I stashed away, and now you won’t even treat me to a meal?”

“Sigh! Today’s no good!!” Terrestrial Tiger gave Terrestrial Goat a pleading look. “We have things to discuss, right?”

“Who said I have things to discuss with you?” Terrestrial Goat sneered. “Terrestrial Dog, come along. This punk said he’ll be treating tonight.”

“I knew it,” Terrestrial Dog yawned. “Let’s go, Tiger. Don’t waste your precious after-work hours.”

Originally, Terrestrial Tiger had been dragging Terrestrial Goat, but moments later it became Terrestrial Dog pulling the two of them toward Terrestrial Tiger’s room.

Terrestrial Tiger helplessly pushed open the door. Inside, around eight Mortal-grade {Earthly Branches} were sitting around the table waiting, and the table was full of dishes.

“Teacher, you’re back…” a female Mortal Monkey remarked.

After her words, all the disciples looked toward Terrestrial Tiger.

“Uh… um…” Terrestrial Tiger wore an awkward expression. “You all scram for a moment. The three of us have something to discuss.”

The eight disciples, seeing that it was three Terrestrial-grade entering, didn’t dare to slack off. They all stood up and left the room. Mortal Monkey, who was last to leave, mindfully closed the door behind them.

Terrestrial Dog, seeing the table full of food, no longer held back and sat down to eat.

Meanwhile, Terrestrial Tiger and Terrestrial Goat remained silent.

“Go ahead and chat…” Terrestrial Dog said. “My ears aren’t good, I can’t hear anything.”

“Motherfu…” Terrestrial Tiger muttered under his breath. “Do you actually believe your own words? You’re a {dog}, and your ears aren’t good?”

“What else can I do?” Terrestrial Dog said, lowering his head as he grabbed some food. “There are no plastic bags here, otherwise I’d just take it in a doggy bag.”

Terrestrial Goat crossed his arms and sighed. “Just spit it out. Don’t waste everyone’s time.”

“But there are outsiders!” Terrestrial Tiger called out.

“Outsider?” Terrestrial Dog said, mouth full of bun, glancing around. “Who else is here?”

“It’s f*cking you!” Terrestrial Tiger shouted. “Why the hell did you have to come over?!”

“That’s harsh,” Terrestrial Dog shook his head and took another bite. “If I hadn’t been forced to work overtime today, would I have run into you two? Our encounter is fate, and you inviting me to eat represents {Earthly Branches camaraderie}. From every angle… this should be a pleasant meeting.”

“Cut it out!”

Terrestrial Goat picked up a carrot from the table, took a bite, and said to Terrestrial Tiger, “We’ve known this dog for a long time; he’s not an outsider. What’s there that he can’t hear?”

“Ah… it–it’s…” Terrestrial Tiger lowered his voice. “It’s about {Goat ge}…”

Even with his best attempt to suppress his voice, Terrestrial Tiger’s inherently loud tone delivered the words plainly to Terrestrial Dog.

“Goat ge?!” Terrestrial Dog froze. “White Goat ge?!”

“Stop eavesdropping, punk—!!” Terrestrial Tiger shouted.

“No… stop being ridiculous. That bass-blaster voice of yours pounds in my ears whether I want it or not.” Terrestrial Dog retorted. “Goat ge is my idol, didn’t I tell you? At first, I wanted to be a Goat, but people are hard to fool, and being the Goat is harder, so in the end I had no choice but to become a Dog…”

“Alright, alright…” Terrestrial Tiger waved his hand. “Punk, you’re just asking for trouble. You wanted to hear this, so if something goes wrong, it’s on you.”

“Huh?”

Hearing that, Terrestrial Goat and Terrestrial Dog both felt uneasy, suddenly regretting coming along.

“Ole Black, Dog.” Terrestrial Tiger fixed his gaze on the two of them, and with utmost seriousness uttered a line that made their eyes widen—

“Let’s rise in rebellion.”

Immediately, Terrestrial Dog coughed violently, clearly choking on his food.

Terrestrial Goat hurriedly stood up, muttering a quiet {farewell} before sprinting toward the door.

“Hey, don’t run!” Terrestrial Tiger stepped forward and grabbed Terrestrial Goat. “Punk, you already heard everything, and it’s too late to leave now.”

He turned back and pointed at the coughing Terrestrial Dog. “And you’re in too. Whoever tries to leave, I’ll f*cking snitch. Neither of you is getting away.”

After a prolonged fit of coughing, Terrestrial Dog managed to spit out the piece of food he had choked on. “You savage bastard… It’s the first time I’ve ever freeloaded off you, and you pull this on me? Fine, I’ll throw it back up…”

Terrestrial Dog frantically dug at his throat with his fingers, but it didn’t seem to help much.

“Spitting it out won’t do you any good!” Terrestrial Tiger said. “I already said it. You two are now in the know. Either you rat me out and I turn the tables on you, or we sit down and seriously discuss whether this plan is feasible.”

No matter how many times he gagged himself into retching, Terrestrial Dog couldn’t understand why this matter should concern him at all. He just wanted a simple meal, and now he was stuck on this ridiculous sinking ship.

Was Terrestrial Tiger out of his mind?