Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings-Chapter 271 - 265: The Tone Is Gradually Changing...
Early the next morning.
Lin Yuan staggered out of Jian Bing’s apartment, clutching the wall—for last night, Jian Bing played all four roles by himself.
Then, he fought Lin Yuan as each of these four personas.
One moment he was the Fox Lady, next he was the sultry housewife, then the girl-next-door, and finally himself, true to character.
That wild battle—howls and wails filled the air, heaven and earth plunged into chaos.
If we’re counting casualties, there’d easily be a few billion dead, maybe tens of billions.
In the end, it wrapped up with Jian Bing begging for mercy after a miserable defeat.
Stepping outside the apartment, Lin Yuan activated the ability of his Yellow Springs Road Tattoo—the "No Distance" rule snapped into effect.
Next second, Lin Yuan was already standing in Peng City.
After the director engraved Meng Po’s tattoo onto his soul, Lin Yuan stayed in Emperor Dragon City. For now, there wasn’t much left for him to do there.
With Meng Po’s tattoo now burned into his soul, the next soul-mark he needed was from one of the Ten Yama Kings.
To engrave a Ten Yama King tattoo on his soul, he had to hunt a Tier Four Evil Spirit for ink.
Right now, there aren’t any Tier Four Evil Spirits in the Real World. So, to hunt one, he’d have to travel to the Mysterious World.
To enter the Mysterious World, he’d need the director to finish replicating Liu Family’s Teleportation Gate.
That’s naturally going to take a few days.
While waiting, Lin Yuan returned to Peng City—truth is, he had his own agenda.
He was planning to test out Meng Po’s tattoo.
Lin Yuan knew that the ability of Meng Po’s tattoo was to erase and modify memories.
But he hadn’t actually used it before.
As the saying goes—whether it’s a mule or a horse, you gotta take it out for a walk.
Whether the power’s any good, you only find out by actually using it.
Just so happens, Lin Yuan had the perfect opportunity to use it right now.
Day Traveler.
That’s right—Day Traveler.
For that psycho who toyed with his feelings, Lin Yuan decided to just rewrite her memory.
Strangely, for some reason, Lin Yuan just couldn’t bring himself to kill Day Traveler.
If he’d wanted her dead, hell, he could’ve killed her the moment she tried to assassinate him.
Since he wasn’t going to kill her, he might as well just mess with her memories.
He already knew exactly how.
Day Traveler was head-over-heels for Night Traveler. Willing to do anything, give up anything for him, right?
Fine!
Perfect!
Then, he’d just swap every single Night Traveler memory in Day Traveler’s head—for himself.
Now, Day Traveler would give up everything... but for him instead.
Killing Day Traveler would be letting her off easy.
Messing up her memory, making her forget Night Traveler completely, then watching her pour all those feelings onto him—that was the true cruelty.
You played games with me, Lin Yuan? I’ll pay you back a thousand times, a hundredfold.
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Peng City.
The villa where Day Traveler was locked up.
Last couple days, Zhuge Ming had been tormented.
Sure, he was smart, sharp as hell.
But faced with an insane psycho? He had absolutely no tricks left.
Lin Yuan handed Day Traveler to him for safekeeping, with clear orders—no matter what, Day Traveler cannot die.
That task—simple, and yet not simple at all!
To stop Day Traveler from offing herself, Zhuge Ming ordered her tied to the bed.
But just keeping her physically restrained wasn’t enough. She kept coming up with other ways to kill herself.
For example: biting off her tongue.
Day Traveler tried to do exactly that—luckily, Zhuge Ming’s men caught her in time. So Zhuge Ming had to gag her too.
Once gagged, Day Traveler just refused to eat or drink, determined to starve herself to death.
"Boss, this chick is totally bonkers!"
"The second we take the gag off, she goes for her tongue."
"Two days, hasn’t eaten a single grain, not a drop of water—there’s really nothing we can do!" said the guy in charge of feeding her, frustration in his voice.
This kind of mess would stump anyone.
Right now, Zhuge Ming was tangled up in confusion.
He was genuinely curious: what the hell went down between Lin Yuan and Day Traveler?
How did Day Traveler turn into... this?
Zhuge Ming had crossed paths with Day Traveler before.
She’d always been crazy, sure—but at least she wasn’t suicidally obsessed back then.
"If we can’t get her to eat, we’ll have to start IV nutrition."
"Before that, hit her with a sedative."
"Bottom line, no matter what, she cannot die!" Zhuge Ming reminded them.
Right then, Lin Yuan appeared before him.
"Boss!"
"You’re back?" Zhuge Ming’s face lit up when he saw Lin Yuan.
With Lin Yuan back, that hot potato Day Traveler could finally be handed over.
"How’s she doing?" Lin Yuan got straight to the point, asking about Day Traveler’s condition.
Zhuge Ming quickly answered: "Alive, but... not in good shape!"
"Mentally and physically, she’s just not doing good."
Zhuge Ming was clever. Even though he was dying to know what happened between Lin Yuan and Day Traveler, he kept his questions in check—what he shouldn’t ask, he didn’t.
Still alive!
That’s all that mattered.
This time, Lin Yuan was here to finally put an end to the Day Traveler problem.
Once her memories were rewritten, that’d be it.
From now on, Day Traveler would be his toy to play with.
Her body, her mind—all at his mercy.
Thinking about it, Lin Yuan had to admit his ideas were starting to get twisted.
But on second thought, after everything that happened, it wasn’t his fault.
After the Deceitful King Faction collapsed, Day Traveler had every chance to leave—pick a place where no one knew her and live a quiet life.
Or hell, just stay in Peng City. As long as she didn’t mess with him, he wouldn’t mess with her.
But no—she had to seduce him. And right when he was ready to open up, she tried to assassinate him.
Serves her right!
This whole mess—she brought it on herself!
"You all can leave now." Lin Yuan ordered Zhuge Ming and the others.
When Zhuge Ming left, Lin Yuan went into the room.
Inside, Day Traveler lay strapped to the bed, dead-eyed, motionless, just waiting to starve to death.
She just wanted to wait in silence, until her body finally gave out.
But seeing Lin Yuan, her emotions exploded.
In an instant, she burst into tears, her whole body trembling, thrashing violently. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Mmmph!"
"Mmmph-mm-mmmph!"
Day Traveler thrashed, making muffled noises through her gag.
Lin Yuan stepped forward and removed whatever was gagging her mouth.
"Lin Yuan, you’ll die a wretched death!"
"Just kill me, kill me already."
"Even as an evil spirit, I’ll hunt you down!"
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Day Traveler started cussing him out, trying to goad Lin Yuan into killing her.
Just thinking about what Lin Yuan did to her at Night Traveler’s grave—Day Traveler could only feel crushing shame.
She figured, even in death, she couldn’t face Night Traveler in the Underworld.
Lin Yuan stepped up, stroked her face—his tone unexpectedly gentle: "No, I won’t kill you."
"You want to die? If you die, you’ll be able to meet Night Traveler in the Underworld!"
"How could I possibly kill you? Killing you would just let you two be reunited."
Here, Lin Yuan’s tone twisted: "They say the dead watch from above. If Night Traveler’s watching, what do you think he saw at his grave that day?"
"If he saw it all, even if I killed you and sent you down there with him, you think he’d still want you in Hell?"
"You know, when I came here today, I saw Night Traveler’s grave covered in bright green grass. Sprung up in just a night."
"It looked... it looked just like a green hat."
"Exactly—a green hat!"
Hearing Lin Yuan’s words, Day Traveler’s spirit was shredded.
"Ah!"
"Ah! Ah!"
"Lin Yuan, may you die a miserable death!"
"You’re a demon—a demon!" Day Traveler sobbed, screaming.
Lin Yuan thought maybe spending so much time around Day Traveler was making his own head go a little screwy.
Seems like, little by little, he’s starting to lose it...
