098 Dekan Abducts the Robber
The man in the suit was shaking with rage.
He felt as if he had completely become a laughingstock.
Even the hijacking had gone wrong.
It was embarrassing enough to be considered a disgrace to the industry.
Moreover, he found himself in the most perplexing situation for any kidnapper.
He couldn’t figure out where the real Dekan was hiding.
If you want to threaten someone, at least ensure that the object of your threat can hear you.
If you don’t even know where the person you want to threaten is, you’re likely just threatening the air.
This made him look like an incompetent, raging clown.
“Ha ha ha…”
The man in the suit covered his face, flicked his hair backward, and laughed maniacally.
Regardless of whether his actions today would succeed or not, he’d likely become a comical villain widely known throughout the Norton Kingdom and perhaps even the entire Rebirth Church.
His reputation was ruined!
His identity had been completely destroyed by Dekan!!
As someone orchestrating a terror attack, the worst fear was being regarded as a comedian.
His livelihood was about to be shattered by a series of moves orchestrated by Dekan.
The man in the suit stopped his trembling laughter, reining in his anger that almost drove him to madness.
Gradually calming down, he shouted:
“Dekan! Do you really think hiding will solve anything?!”
The man’s gaze was icy cold, scanning each and every person in the cabin.
At this point, he viewed anyone as possibly being Dekan in disguise.
Although initially he thought that Dekan might not have even boarded the plane.
But after analyzing carefully, it didn’t make sense. A summoning card loses its ability to perform delicate commands after moving a certain distance away from its master.
A summoned object like the puppet with capabilities to mimic expression and speech, even providing feedback to the summoner, required the summoner stay relatively close.
Therefore, Dekan must still be on this wind magic airship!
Dekan was probably somewhere in the cabin.
He must have disguised himself as a passenger!
Even though the situation had shifted slightly in Dekan’s favor, the man in the suit believed he still held the advantage.
For whatever reason, today he had no intention of leaving empty-handed!
Even if Dekan refused to negotiate or show up, it didn’t matter.
The man in the suit didn’t think Dekan could just watch him kill innocent people.
And Dekan’s classmates too.
“Dekan! I know you’re here, so you still have to accept my conditions!”
This time, the man in the suit was one hundred percent sure that Dekan was hiding among the passengers in front of him.
However, none of the passengers seemed inclined to step forward.
“Pretending to be clueless, are we? Fine!”
The man in the suit glanced around and shouted loudly:
“I’ll give you thirty seconds. If you come out willingly, I’ll forgive you.”
Saying this, the man took out a small dinner knife with a sinister look and placed it lightly on the neck of the nearest passenger.
“But if you don’t come out, every thirty seconds, I will kill…”
However, before he could finish his sentence, he felt a sudden chill in his heart, causing him to stop speaking.
He had felt it.
His two companions in the cockpit had been attacked!
A strong sense of unease overwhelmed the man in the suit.
Shouldn’t Dekan be in the cabin?
Did he fool me again?
Isn’t this making me look like a clown again?
Did my menacing words turn out to be empty bluster?
And more importantly, is this guy a ghost or something!
When did he manage to circle around me and reach the cockpit?
While the man’s mind was in turmoil, unable to come to a conclusion,
“Buzz buzz.”
The airship’s announcement system came to life once more.
Then a voice came through the cabin’s speakers:
“Dear passengers, the robbers in the cockpit have now been captured by me.”
“Please enjoy the rest of your pleasant and colorful journey.”
“Everyone in the cabin, surrender now and I’ll let you live. Otherwise, I’ll deal with you as well.”
This calm and composed voice left the man in the suit stunned.
Everyone from Hewenlit Academy was also quite astonished.
This voice, what the hell, isn’t it Dekan?
How did he get to the cockpit so quickly and manage to neutralize his accomplices so efficiently?
But the biggest issue still remained—
What does it mean by “you’ve been captured by me”?!
Should a student even say something like that?!
…
The man in the suit immediately understood his current predicament.
The Knight Commander couldn’t kill him because of the self-destruction spell cards.
The Knight Commander couldn’t control him since the man’s co-conspirators in the cockpit could still destroy the aircraft at any moment.
But now that Dekan controls the cockpit, the Knight Commander only needs to find a way to subdue him!
The Knight Commander quickly understood the situation and immediately gripped his sword, planning a route to ambush the man in the suit while avoiding the other passengers.
He’d endured this thug for too long!
However, in the blink of an eye, the man in the suit lifted the knife which was previously at the passenger’s neck and pressed it hard against his own.
Due to the force, a blood-streak appeared across his neck.
His look was one of a desperate lunatic as he stared at the Knight Commander.
“If you move, I’ll blow them all up!”
The man screamed.
“Damn it…”
The Knight Commander stopped his advance.
He couldn’t cover the distance to stop the man from committing suicide and apprehend him.
Partly due to the distance, and partly due to Alice’s and Dekan’s seats still being separated by a number of passengers.
If someone could give him an opening,
even if only for a few seconds.
The man in the suit held the knife tightly in both hands, letting the blood stream down his neck, while keeping one eye on the Knight Commander and inching closer to the window.
He had already lost his most valuable card.
Continuing to threaten Dekan could still be an option.
But the tide had turned.
Fighting back now would not be a good choice.
Most importantly, he understood just how formidable this Dekan was.
He was like a ghost!
Even though every member involved in the mission knew about Dekan’s behavior patterns and his card usage in the Shadow World,
only now did he truly understand the hopelessness that had claimed the lives of many other members who’d fallen to Dekan.
The despair was absolute, every time he thought he was about to win,
the next moment he realized he was merely a toy in the other’s hands.
This was a feeling he wanted to end immediately.
If he could prevent the Knight Commander from surprising him and shield himself from Dekan’s unexpected attacks using the [Pain Blocker], he could escape!
Shattering the window and summoning the flying creature he had prepared ahead of time would guarantee his safety.
But just as he was almost ready to execute his escape plan,
“Hehe, fool!”
Near the cockpit, there were sounds of activity. Three small legged puppets had suddenly appeared, unknown from when.
Each looked like a Q-version of Dekan.
They now wore mocking expressions as they stared at the man in the suit, continuously hurling insults and taunts at him.
In that moment, the man in the suit was overwhelmed with rage. He completely lost his cool.
