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Even a cold sweat broke out.
Did Tan Ming intend to stab him with the knife? With Tan Ming's strength, it should have been an easy task to subdue him.
Tan Ming put away the knife, a hint of self-defense in his demeanor. "Sorry for scaring you."
Defend against me? Yan Qing found it hard to believe.
Tan Ming's gaze flicked to Yan Qing's claws, his sharp nails glinting with a cold white light. "If you had resisted just now, I wouldn't have been able to protect even one of my hands today," he said seriously.
Given the sharpness of Yan Qing's nails that could easily sever branches, Tan Ming wasn't joking at all.
"Why would I want to kill you?"
"What do you think?" Tan Ming retorted.
Yan Qing wasn't unintelligent; he just didn't like to think too much. It quickly dawned on him.
Actually, Tan Ming had just been testing him! If he were the murderer, he would be most afraid of having that secret discovered and would likely eliminate any witnesses.
"Are you really not afraid that I might be the murderer? Are you willing to take such a big risk?"
"That's why I brought tools with me." Tan Ming sheathed the knife.
Yan Qing had nothing to say in response. He sighed and took a bite of chicken leg meat, saying helplessly, "I don’t even know what’s going on. Whenever I get hungry, I turn into this scary figure."
Tan Ming's brows furrowed tightly, like an unyielding line. His gaze swept over Yan Qing's left leg and noticed the bloodstains on his pants. The wound, which should have scabbed over due to his large movements, was seeping blood again. Could it be...
He asked, "You only discovered it last night?"
"Yeah," Yan Qing replied. "I was dragged into a small grove and realized it when they snapped the branches. Honestly, I was startled myself!" He made an exaggerated expression.
Tan Ming's eyes flickered slightly before he asked again, "Are you an envoy?" Although his tone was calm, Yan Qing could still detect a hint of uncertainty in it.
Yan Qing thought about how Shen Jianghuan and the others could easily find out about his dormitory, so he had to keep his identity as an envoy a secret.
"No," he blurted out.
Tan Ming pondered for a moment. If Yan Qing wasn't the messenger, then attributing his hunger to being bitten by a mutated animal seemed plausible. Moreover, Yan Qing had never admitted to being a messenger from the beginning! This also explained why he hadn't stepped forward in the square. It felt like everything was falling into place!
"Do you know why your hand has become like this?"
Yan Qing feigned ignorance. "Why?"
For someone who wasn't skilled at playing dumb, trying to deceive someone else didn't require much acting; a sincere gaze could do half the work.
Tan Ming voiced his speculation, "Could it be that you were bitten by a cat, which caused your body to mutate?"
Yan Qing's eyes widened, and he felt like slapping himself on the forehead. How could he have not thought of such a good reason? Tan Ming was indeed a clever person!
"That makes sense!" he mused, nodding his head while secretly feeling relieved.
Seeing that Yan Qing was so unconcerned about him, not even noticing the mutation, Tan Ming felt a mix of helplessness and amusement.
"Is there anything else wrong with your body?"
"No!" Yan Qing replied. "As long as I'm full, I'm fine."
"Full?" Tan Ming thought about how mutated plants and animals attacked humans; in some ways, it resembled feeding. It seemed that after being bitten, Yan Qing had also been affected.
"Exactly."
Tan Ming placed his backpack in front of him and sat down. When he first awakened to his Wolf Messenger identity, he needed to eat voraciously, but he hadn't experienced hunger since then. He had observed other messengers, and none of them had shown such symptoms. Only Yan Qing was an exception.
Thinking this way, it truly seemed impossible for Yan Qing to be a messenger.
Yan Qing was lost in his meal, having consumed a third of his backpack's contents before finally feeling satisfied. His hands had regained their strength as well.
Looking at the remaining half of his food, he secretly calculated the value of the chef's Satiation Pill. Just then, a furious shout echoed across the square.
The voice was as powerful as a dragon's roar; even from such a distance, the commotion reached Phoenix Terrace!
"Who stole my Satiation Pill?!" Li Jianping cried out, his voice piercing the air. He had three Satiation Pills in his possession, having consumed one himself, leaving him with two—but now only one remained!
At the same time, someone in the square exclaimed, "The Traveler's Card is missing!"
"Who took the Traveler's Card?"
When Tan Ming and Yan Qing rushed over, they found Li Jianping in a frenzy, grabbing nearby individuals to search them forcefully. Some complied while others resisted, leading to a heated argument.
After a fruitless search, Li Jianping declared with certainty, "It must be that Thief!"
"A Thief? Is there really such a person?"
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