365: Chapter 365 Wait, where's my storage ring?!

"Yes, yes, that's right! I encountered him!" Jiang You nodded frantically, like a chick pecking at rice. To make his performance more convincing, he deliberately put on an expression of lingering fear and shock, shouting,

"I met him! It was that Faceless Man! I was insta-killed by him!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue erupted in an uproar!

"As expected! The Faceless Man didn't even spare him!"

"Too arrogant! This cultist is absolutely rampant to the extreme!"

President Xia Yun's gaze turned sharp in an instant. He stared fixedly at Jiang You, not letting a single change in expression on his face escape him, and pressed,

"How were you insta-killed? You are the captain of the Magic City Martial Arts University team. Even if you were outmatched, you should have been able to see his moves, right? What method did he use to defeat you?"

"Uh..." Now it was Jiang You's turn to break into a cold sweat.

Moves? Damn it, I didn't even see his shadow, where am I supposed to make up his moves?

Jiang You's brain spun rapidly, cold sweat trickling down his temples. He recalled the scene before he blacked out; aside from feeling dizzy, everything just went black. Screw it! Time to make it up!

"I... I was..." Jiang You stammered, his eyes flickering as he steeled himself to start spouting nonsense:

"I had just woken up under the tree... No, I had just finished meditating under the tree and had just set a plan to show off my skills..."

"Suddenly, everything in front of me went black!"

"And then... I didn't know anything else. When I opened my eyes, I was here!"

After Jiang You finished speaking, he felt incredibly guilty. He lowered his head, preparing to face the anger and exposure from President Xia Yun and Principal Pang Ban.

A lie filled with holes, one that could even be called perfunctory to the extreme—only a fool would believe it, right?

Everything went black?

What kind of description of a move is that, damn it!

However.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds passed.

The expected scolding and questioning did not come.

Jiang You tentatively raised his head.

The result: what he saw were grim faces filled with "as expected," "deeply convinced," and even a touch of "terrifying when you think about it"!

The talented students from various schools who had just escaped with their lives, upon hearing Jiang You's description, not only didn't laugh at him, but collectively gasped in cold air!

It matches! It all matches!

A captain from a second-rate academy who had escaped death shouted excitedly, "Ink Cloud Devour! A silent insta-kill! He doesn't even give you time to react! This is definitely the Faceless Man's signature trick!"

Helan Que, who had already regained consciousness, also nodded with a heavy expression and said in a low voice, "That's right. That guy's spatial black mist is indeed incredibly bizarre. Once enveloped, it instantly deprives you of your five senses, causing you to black out and lose consciousness."

"Jiang You's encounter is exactly the same as what we experienced inside earlier!"

Everyone also roughly "guessed" Jiang You's situation. This guy probably just woke up, only to encounter the Faceless Man's sneak attack, and then fell back asleep...

President Xia Yun sighed deeply. He patted Jiang You on the shoulder, his tone carrying a rare trace of gentleness and comfort: "Good child, don't blame yourself."

"You faced a peerless old monster suspected of possessing a mythical-level Supernatural Ability. Being ambushed and insta-killed by him is nothing to be ashamed of. It is already a blessing that you came out unscathed."

"That's right, Jiang You, don't take it to heart. The Faceless Man's methods are too dirty; they are impossible to guard against!" The mentors nearby also chimed in one after another.

"..." Jiang You sat blankly on the ground, listening to this group of big shots seriously helping him cover up his lie, and even comforting him. His dead-fish eyes widened round again.

What is going on?! In this day and age, this kind of third-rate nonsense that even I don't believe, actually passed so easily? Not only did it pass, they even filled in the blanks themselves with a perfectly logical victim process?

When did my credibility become so high? Could my image in the Great Xia Martial Arts World have become so glorious and towering?

Jiang You looked at these big shots, who were grave and deeply convinced by him, and a strange, tiny bit of guilt actually rose in his heart.

"Sigh... everyone is such a good person, it makes me a little embarrassed..." But! He really couldn't be blamed for this! He, Jiang You, was a captain with aspirations!

This time, when he entered the dungeon, he really intended to contribute properly, slaughter in all directions, and show off the prestige of the Magic City Martial Arts University! If anyone is to be blamed, it can only be that unreliable remnant soul old monster inside his body!

He insisted on possessing him at the critical moment to force-feed him white liquor, drinking away his grand ambitions until he blacked out! Thinking of that "Old Master" inside his body, Jiang You felt a surge of anger.

"Wait..." In Jiang You's mind, a memory that made his balls ache flashed by. That old guy who possessed him, he seemed to have pulled two bottles of Erguotou from the ring on his hand...

"That ring is actually a storage device?" Jiang You suddenly realized, instantly casting his guilt to the nine heavens. He excitedly lowered his head and looked at his left index finger, preparing to carefully study this treasure he had never paid attention to before.

However. When his gaze fell on his left hand. The expression on Jiang You's face froze again. His left index finger was bare. The black ring that should have been worn there had vanished into thin air?!

"Holy f*ck!" Jiang You gasped, his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets. He hurriedly raised his hands, frantically searching the pockets of his spongebob pajamas, shook his pant legs, and even turned over his shoe soles to take a look.

Nothing! It's nowhere! A bolt of lightning flashed through Jiang You's mind. There's a thief!

"I knew drinking would cause trouble!" Jiang You wailed in his heart with heartbreak: "That was a high-level storage ring that could hold two bottles of 53-degree Erguotou! Although I don't know where it came from, since it has spatial attributes, I could at least trade it for a large flat apartment!"

"I actually had this large flat apartment stolen while I was sleeping... while I was unconscious in the secret realm?!" This is unbearable!

On the competition center plaza, shrouded in gloomy clouds and a heavy, murderous atmosphere, everyone was worried about this terrifying "Faceless Man incident." Just then.

"Report, referee!!!" A righteous, full-voiced, and slightly shrill shout, like a thunderclap on dry land, instantly broke the silence on the plaza.

President Xia Yun, Principal Pang Ban, Zhao Zhenlei, Chu Tiankuo... thousands of eyes present turned in unison toward the source of the sound.

They saw Jiang You raising his right hand high, like a primary school student actively participating in class, squeezing out of the crowd with a face full of grief and indignation.

He pointed at the pitch-black portal and loudly accused, "There's a thief! There's a light-fingered thief in this secret realm!"

"I was sleeping inside... cough, when I was lying on a big tree inside meditating, my ancestral ring was stolen!"

Jiang You looked righteously at the high-level officials of the Organizing Committee, patted his chest, and loudly demanded, "I strongly request that the Organizing Committee review the surveillance! Slow down the footage a hundred times and check it carefully! You must catch this morally corrupt thief and recover my economic losses!"