Ten Day Ultimatum Chapter 274

Chapter 274 Goat ge

I stared into his eyes, and after a long pause, I finally managed to say, "Thank you, mister..."

"Mister...?" He didn’t seem to like that title very much. "Calling ‘mister’... might as well call {Lord Vermilion Bird}."

"Lord Vermilion Bird?" I didn’t quite understand. This isn’t ancient tis—why would soone still refer to themselves as {Lord}?

But Lord Vermilion Bird had indeed saved my life. If he hadn’t shown up, I would have definitely died here.

He must be a really, really good person.

"Xiaoii, you’ve made a very great decision today," Lord Vermilion Bird said with a smile. "From now on, you won’t go hungry, and no one will bully you anymore."

"Ah?"

"It’s getting late, let’s go," Lord Vermilion Bird beckoned with his hand and walked out the door.

Once outside, I finally saw that he was wearing a crimson feathered cloak.

"Lo—Lord Vermilion Bird, where are we going?" I hurriedly followed him.

He pointed to a nearby open space, where a glowing door had appeared.

"You are now part of the {Earthly Branches}, and every night you must board the {Train}. This is the first rule," Lord Vermilion Bird said. “May fate guide you to new friendships.”

‘Earthly Branches... Train... friendships?’ I didn’t understand a single word.

But in the blink of an eye, Lord Vermilion Bird had vanished.

Was he so kind of deity sent to save ?

As the darkness around deepened, I could only keep walking toward the glowing door. It seed like a door from the legends, floating in the air but leading to another place.

I slowly walked through the door and found myself standing in a long corridor, with wooden doors lining both sides. Many people wearing masks were walking out from behind those doors, heading straight for the opposite end of the hallway without pausing.

I turned around and saw that the glowing door I had entered through had disappeared, leaving only a wooden door behind.

"What is going on...?" Could it be that I ca out of one of these wooden doors?

"Move aside, don’t block the way." A rough voice rang out behind .

I jumped in surprise and quickly stepped aside, only to notice a tall man wearing a white tiger mask standing behind .

"What’s this... how co there’s such a short one?" He glanced at with disdain, then turned and walked ahead without looking back.

"Ah..." It took a mont to react, and I imdiately hurried to follow him. "Mister!"

The tall man froze for a mont when he heard the word "Mister," then slowly turned his head back.

"What...?" His tone softened instantly. Thɪs chapter is updated by ɴovelfire

"Mister... h–hello..." I lowered my head slightly and asked, "Could you tell where this place is?"

The tall man gave a very complicated look before slowly responding, "This is the {Train}, a place where {Earthly Branches} rest."

"{Earthly Branches} rest here?" I was sowhat confused. "Why am I in a place for {Earthly Branches} to rest?"

Mister Tiger appeared to freeze again.

I thought he would answer my question, but he paused for a long ti before finally forcing out four words. "How... old are you?"

"Mister, I’m about to turn ten." I answered earnestly.

"Ten...?" He blinked and then asked, "Are you hungry?"

"Hungry...?" I felt a little embarrassed and touched my head. "I... I am a bit hungry..."

"Co on, I'll take you to eat." He reached out his large palm and held my hand, filling with a sense of warmth.

We had only taken a few steps when another mister walked out from the door ahead of us. His face was hidden behind a snake mask, and he slled terrible.

"Well well!" The Mister Snake called out. "Isn't this little Tiger? Haven't seen you in a day, and you found yourself a little girlfriend?"

"Get lost." Mister Tiger’s tone when replying to him was anything but polite. "Do you believe I’ll tear you apart?"

"Hahahaha!" Mister Snake seed to find this amusing for so reason. "You want to tear apart on the {Train}? Co on, co on, I want to see what Goat ge will say if you do."

"Then laozi will just break your fingers then," Mister Tiger growled. "If it weren't for Goat ge, I'd break all ten of your fingers right now."

"Aiyo... alright, alright..." Mister Snake reached out and put his arm around Mister Tiger's shoulder. "Co on, as fellow {students}, is there really a need to kick up such a big fuss?"

"Get lost." Mister Tiger shook off his hand. "What {little girlfriend}? Watch your mouth when you speak with laozi."

"Haha! Isn’t it true?" Mister Snake bent down to look at . "A loli-style little mouse? Not bad."

I swallowed slightly and looked into his eyes, then said, "Mis—Mister... hello..."

The mont those words left my mouth, Mister Snake froze.

"Eh?" His expression changed as he quickly turned to Mister Tiger. "What are you playing at...? This voice... this is still a child!"

"Did you just f*cking realize?" Mister Tiger shook his head. "What kind of nonsense were you spouting earlier?"

"I... I..." Mister Snake quickly slapped his mouth, cursing, "F*ck, how was I supposed to know?! But why?"

"Enough talk. Goat ge will figure sothing out," Mister Tiger said, pulling in front of him. He scanned the area and then asked, "By the way, where's Ole Black? Is he dead?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door in front of us was pushed open.

A person wearing a black goat head mask stepped out.

He shot us a cold glance, then walked off in another direction.

"Motherf..." Mister Tiger cursed. "They’re both {goats}, but just seeing him pisses off."

"Alright, alright..." Mister Snake chuckled and patted Mister Tiger, then looked down at and said, "Child, you must be starving, right? Mister will take you to eat."

I smiled awkwardly. If it weren’t for Mister Snake showing up, I probably would’ve already gone to eat by now.

The two of them each held one of my hands, guiding through the crowd of masked people.

Mister Tiger seed to have a lot of authority—many people stepped aside to let him pass.

We followed Mister Black Goat for a long while before finally stopping in front of a door.

I was a bit curious. All the doors here looked the sa—how did they know where they were supposed to go?

Mister Black Goat reached out and knocked on the door, then said respectfully, "Goat ge, we’ve arrived."

"Co in." A man's voice ca from inside.

After hearing that, the three of us slowly pushed the door open. Inside was a room that looked like a restaurant.

There were many kinds of food laid out on the dining table, and I imdiately froze, staring at the spread.