Yama Reborn

Chapter 645 642: [Difficulty Lowered]

The next morning, Chen Nuo's door was opened, and standing outside was Jason wearing a beret.

"How did you sleep?" Jason walked in with his hands behind his back—a posture that looked quite arrogant.

Chen Nuo yawned, calmly sitting up in bed: "Slept fine, would have been better with a girl to warm the bed."

Jason squinted at Chen Nuo, his tone ice-cold: "Listen up, you have five minutes to get dressed and wash up! Now, get moving!"

Hearing Jason's arrogant tone, Chen Nuo suddenly laughed.

He didn't move, looked up at Jason, and seriously asked, "Do you think I'm some new recruit under your command? Where does this commanding tone and arrogance come from?"

Jason was taken aback; he probably didn't expect Chen Nuo's response to be so firm and hostile: "You..."

"I'm a guest of your boss, not your new recruit. You'd better understand that." Chen Nuo's tone was calm, but his words were serious: "Your name is Jason, right? You might not realize this..."

With that, Chen Nuo looked at Jason, his tone very flat: "You're just a small fry, you're nothing to me."

Jason's expression turned extremely unpleasant.

He glared fiercely at Chen Nuo and then strode towards him!

As he approached, he swung his left fist at Chen Nuo's chin.

Chen Nuo didn't move.

He simply watched, not even attempting to dodge.

Not because he couldn't react, but because he deliberately didn't move.

Even without his abilities, many of Chen Nuo's combat skills remained, and he was still in the prime age for a man.

Whether to dodge, block, or counterattack—any could be done.

Perhaps dodging might not be successful, perhaps blocking might not be effective.

But sitting still was definitely a deliberate act by Chen Nuo.

Bang!

A punch landed on Chen Nuo's face, his head snapped back, and he staggered.

The corner of his mouth was also injured.

Chen Nuo touched his mouth, that punch had caused his lips and teeth to collide, leaving a one-centimeter long cut on his lip.

Chen Nuo looked up, frowned at Jason, then chuckled and spat out bloody saliva.

"Now perhaps you understand your situation, kid." Jason glared at Chen Nuo fiercely.

Chen Nuo had a faint smile on his face, just watching Jason.

Honestly, Jason was a bit unnerved by this calm smile, but his arrogant nature kept him maintaining a tough stance: "Now, within five minutes, I want to see you dressed and washed, standing at the door! Otherwise, maybe your other cheek wants to feel my fist too."

Chen Nuo smiled: "Let me guess, your deliberately arrogant attitude and hostility towards me stems from... hmm, because of the coke yesterday?

Do you feel offended because I asked you to pour me coke with ice... does that make you feel insulted?"

Jason glared at Chen Nuo fiercely, his face clearly showing a deliberately intimidating expression: "You really like to talk tough, don't you?"

As he spoke, Jason deliberately cracked his knuckles, producing a cracking sound.

Chen Nuo thought for a moment, deciding he'd let this idiot hit him once for his purpose—taking another hit was unnecessary.

So he exhaled deeply, got up from the bed, and casually put on his clothes.

Jason was a bit surprised by Chen Nuo's sudden display of "weakness," but quickly became proud—thinking his tough stance worked and the other person caved.

Chen Nuo dressed, quickly brushed up in the bathroom, and returned to the room looking at Jason: "Alright, can we go have breakfast now?"

Jason arrogantly smirked, coldly: "Originally, I was to take you for breakfast, but due to your earlier behavior, I regret to inform you that your breakfast is canceled."

Chen Nuo nodded: "An unexpected turn... so my breakfast is gone, and going hungry is your punishment for me, is it? So, what's next? What do we do?"

"You can continue to stay in the room to rest, Mr. Guest." Jason sneered, postured, turned, and slammed the door shut on his way out.

Chen Nuo looked at his neat clothes, shrugged, and laid back on the bed.

Indeed... people from M Country are arrogant and pretentious.

Hm, how stupid.

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Chen Nuo lay on the bed the whole morning—he had great patience.

By noon, the door opened, and a cold-looking, strong, black-clad soldier walked in with a tray.

The tray was placed on the table, and before the soldier could leave, Chen Nuo stood up: "Wait a moment!"

The black-clad soldier turned, looking at Chen Nuo warily.

Chen Nuo walked over, picked up the tray, and forcefully threw it out the door.

"Just letting you know, I'm starting a hunger strike now."

With that, Chen Nuo turned and went back to lie on the bed.

The black-clad soldier didn't say anything, just turned and silently left the room—it wasn't his problem; he just needed to report it.

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After Jason was informed of Chen Nuo's "hunger strike" by his subordinates, he didn't take it seriously at first, just smirked coldly: "If he's not hungry, then cancel dinner too."

Dinner indeed wasn't served, and Chen Nuo just calmly rested in the room.

Occasionally, he would get up to move around or drink tap water when thirsty.

The day passed so boringly.

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Bang!

In the morning, the door was kicked open.

Jason came in with a face full of arrogance, still adopting that extremely ostentatious posture: hands behind his back.

He looked just like one of those officers conducting surprise inspections of soldiers' barracks.

Chen Nuo lay on the bed without moving, coldly saying: "I'm not eating breakfast, so you can leave."

Initially prepared with some tough words and even fantasizing about Chen Nuo being hungry and giving in—instead, Chen Nuo's attitude left Jason stunned.

"Kid, you want to play this game with me? I've seen too many guys like you who pretend to be tough; if you enjoy being hungry, then stay hungry!"

After saying that, Jason turned his head up and left the room.

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That day, Chen Nuo still ate nothing.

No one brought food at noon.

In the evening, though, a black-clad soldier brought in food—Jason was standing at the door, sneering: "Kid, if you give in, you can obediently apologize now, and this food will stay in the room for you."

Chen Nuo lay on the bed, too lazy to look at this fool who was doomed, and just turned over, presenting his back to him.

Jason: "..."

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Now, Jason was genuinely worried.

Including dinner, Chen Nuo hadn't eaten six meals, a whole two days.

The boss parachuted into the base clearly valued this prisoner.

And the prisoner's hunger strike... it's been two days; he couldn't hide it any longer.

So, that night, around 8 PM, Chen Nuo's door was opened again.

This time, it wasn't Jason, but two black-clad soldiers.

Chen Nuo looked at the two, roughly recognizing them as the soldiers with special abilities guarding outside the Mother Clone's operations command room a few days prior.

"The Commander wants to see you," one said coldly.

This time, Chen Nuo didn't delay, cooperating as he got up and followed them out.

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Upon entering the operations command room of the Mother Clone again, the Mother Clone was seated in his chair, with a pack of cigarettes in front of him.

Chen Nuo noticed several cigarette butts in the ashtray—hmm, had this Mother Clone taken up smoking?

When Chen Nuo walked in, Jason was also in the room, standing to the side, but no longer adopting the "officer stance" with hands behind his back, but standing straight with hands by his sides.

The Mother Clone didn't look at Chen Nuo initially, instead fiddling with the cigarette pack in his hands, speaking in a seemingly casual tone: "I heard you're on a hunger strike, Chen Nuo? Does my threat pressure you so much, or are you... hmm? What's the matter with you?"

The words of the Mother Clone weren't finished, and in the end, the tone changed.

Because he had already looked up and seen Chen Nuo's face.

The complexion of the Mother Clone had already changed, and his gaze fell on the corner of Chen Nuo's mouth—a one-centimeter-long wound still remained on his lip.

In just two days, the wound would not have healed.

The brows of the Mother Clone were already furrowed.

He slowly stood up from the chair, walked over to Chen Nuo, and stared at the wound at the corner of his mouth: "I remember, the night before last when we were chatting here, you didn't have this wound."

Chen Nuo grinned: "Your memory is quite good."

The Mother Clone frowned: "So, this wound?"

Chen Nuo laughed: "Why, wasn't it your intention? I thought you instructed someone to give me a hard time."

The Mother Clone nodded, as if he understood something, turned his head to look at Jason: "Jason, report what's going on here."

Jason's eyes clearly looked a bit flustered, but he soon calmed down, raised his head, and loudly said: "Commander, because our prisoner showed resistance and uncooperative attitude, I employed some punitive measures against him.

I think, in order to break the opponent's resistance mentality, using a tough stance is beneficial for making him learn to cooperate...

I feel, the attitude he is showing now is a continuation of this confrontational mentality and should be met with heavier punitive measures..."

The Mother Clone was too lazy to listen any further and made a gesture: "Did you hit him?"

"...Yes," Jason took a deep breath, "I think, for the prisoner's resistant actions, it is necessary..."

"I didn't ask you all this crap, I just asked if it was you who hit him," the Mother Clone shook his head.

"Yes." Jason nodded.

The Mother Clone looked at Jason, as if he had suddenly developed a great interest in this guy.

"Jason, I remember, about my guest, I gave you two orders, right?"

"Yes, Commander." Jason answered.

"Repeat them for me," the Mother turned and sat back in his chair, then lit a cigarette for himself.

Jason hesitated for a moment: "The first order is to keep an eye on him and do not let him escape. The second one is, on the basis of the first order..."

At this point, Jason's voice lowered.

"I didn't hear clearly, keep talking," the Mother Clone shook his head.

"On the basis of the first order, fulfill his reasonable requests." Jason quickly finished, then took another deep breath, loudly said: "Pardon my frankness, Commander! Maybe you lack experience! In my experience, I think, dealing with these tough guys, you should use an even tougher stance, just like a hammer breaking their hard shell, make them fully understand who is in control, then they will obey and cooperate..."

This time, the Mother Clone did not interrupt him again but didn't bother with Jason either.

The Mother Clone looked at Chen Nuo, he suddenly smiled and shook his head: "Alright, Chen Nuo, it's my fault. I f*cking didn't expect to encounter such an idiot.

I must say, I also forgot one thing: during these stages, it's the most chaotic period internally at Octopus Monster Company, so invariably some fools climb to positions that don't belong to them."

The conversation between the Mother Clone and Chen Nuo made Jason feel something was not right, he frowned and looked at the Mother Clone: "Commander, you..."

The Mother Clone rubbed his forehead: "Jason, tell me, has my guest shown any behavior of attempting to escape?"

"Not for the time being..."

The Mother Clone looked up at this guy: "Don't f*cking say not for the time being, I'm asking you if he has."

"...No."

"He hasn't attempted to escape. Then, has he made any unreasonable requests?"

Jason's expression couldn't hold up: "...No."

Pausing a moment, Jason still attempted to argue: "But his attitude is very uncooperative, and..."

The Mother Clone frowned: "You seem not to understand one thing, which is, when your superior is asking you something, you answer, and when it's not something you were asked, it's not your turn to speak up? Don't you understand this?"

Jason was obviously still unconvinced: "I'm just doing the right thing, Commander! I think..."

The Mother Clone waved his hand: "Shut up!"

"...Alright, you are the Commander, but I retain my right to my own opinion." Jason stubbornly held onto his pride.

"Blame me," the Mother Clone bitterly smiled at Chen Nuo: "I truly forgot how chaotic internally these matters were. These guys have been living too comfortably, and the true boss has long ceded authority without oversight, which has bred too many presumptuous fools. Sorry for the joke, Chen Nuo."

Upon hearing this, Jason frowned: "Commander, you should respect your subordinates, I'm just performing the duties of a competent subordinate, offering correct suggestions, I..."

"For f*ck's sake," the Mother Clone scratched his head and suddenly pulled out the gun from his waist, directly pulling the trigger at Jason.

Bang!

Bang bang!

Three consecutive shots, all hitting Jason's chest.

Jason's expression was one of disbelief. After a brief moment, he fell to the ground. As he fell, he grabbed the table beside him, pulling it over as well.

The Mother Clone stepped in front of Jason, looking down at him: "Do you not understand human speech? I'm the base commander, you're my subordinate. I give orders, you execute them. How can you not handle such a simple task?

I feel, I think, I believe... Where the hell do you get so many feelings and beliefs from?"

Jason's breathing had become ragged, his hands clawing desperately, his breath disordered: "You, you... you can't kill me, I... I am... Elder Jose's..."

"Got it, so it's just arrogance, just self-righteousness, just thinking you can rely on your backing to gain presence, acting recklessly, making decisions on your own... Damn it, how did such an arrogant fool climb to this position." The Mother Clone shook its head: "No wonder, after the Octopus Monster returned, it directly instructed Nolan to initiate the slaughter mode, purging the base from top to bottom with bloodshed.

When I read this memory, I thought this approach was boring.

Now it seems, not enough were killed."

Jason finally breathed his last: "Help, help... me..."

His breath stopped there, and a large pool of blood flowed out from beneath him.

The Mother Clone put away the gun in its hand and turned to Chen Nuo: "I think I don't need to explain much. Although I threatened you that day, I sincerely hope you seriously consider my suggestion.

This kind of foolish, arrogant pretentiousness is definitely not something I would do. So, pardon the sight."

Chen Nuo thought for a moment, then waved his hand: "Get me something to eat, give me a roast chicken, and a Coke—I feel like I can eat now."

The Mother Clone nodded, walked over to open the door, and called in the two Special Ability User soldiers guarding outside.

"Take this fool's body out, clean up my room, and then get my guest a roast chicken and a Coke."

The Mother Clone sighed and turned to look at Chen Nuo: "So, shall we talk now?"

"No need." Chen Nuo shook his head: "I have an appetite, but I'm not in the mood to talk with you. As for your threat to me, I will consider it seriously."

"Of course." The Mother Clone smiled: "We're not in a hurry here anyway."

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Chen Nuo was sent back to his room, and the food he requested, the roast chicken and Coke, were quickly brought to his room.

This time it was another officer who delivered them, one of those burly, heavily built guys. However, he didn't have the deliberate arrogance that fool Jason had.

Chen Nuo leisurely ate a roast chicken in the room and then went into the bathroom for a hot shower.

When he came out of the bathroom, he saw Vanel sitting at the dining table, smoking a cigarette and looking at him with a complicated gaze.

"Sneaking into someone else's room like this makes me think you're peeping at me taking a bath," Chen Nuo said grumpily as he walked over and picked up the remaining half glass of Coke on the table, drinking it in one gulp.

Vanel swallowed: "How the hell did you do it?"

"It's simple," Chen Nuo smirked: "The BOSS of this base is a guy with human weaknesses. His weakness is arrogance. And the thing an arrogant person hates the most is other arrogant people.

Especially when that person is not only arrogant but also sufficiently foolish."

Chen Nuo explained seriously: "The biggest feature of this guy is his mindset of looking down on everyone from above... he thinks he's superior to everyone, anyone! And at this time, a guy he sees as worthless dares to disobey his orders, act on his own, and even argue with him...

Simply put, your commander doesn't consider anyone human.

And that fool Jason took himself too seriously."

Vanel didn't quite understand, but he nodded anyway: "Alright! But you really did a great job!

Now that Jason's dead, the biggest threat to me in the base is gone! Killing the commander has become much easier."

Saying that, Vanel took a satellite phone out of his pocket and handed it over: "The phone you asked for! Jason was watching you too closely the past two days, so I didn't come over. Now... weren't you looking to contact the Son of the Sun?"

Chen Nuo took the phone...

But, a few minutes later, Chen Nuo's face didn't look good either.

"... Can't get through." Chen Nuo frowned, handing the phone back to Vanel: "That old bastard can't be relied upon at a critical time."

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[Sorry, I went out of town the past two days.

My father was traveling out of town and accidentally fell, breaking his hip. He could only undergo hip replacement surgery there, getting an artificial hip joint. When I got the news, I had to rush over two thousand kilometers to handle it. The old man is over seventy years old, suffering such a hardship, and as the only son in the family, I had to take care and handle it (my mother is also over seventy, and I couldn't let the old lady travel two thousand kilometers), so I had to go, which delayed the past two days' update.]

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