Chapter 5: The Monster in the White Mask
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With injuries like this…
He shouldn’t have survived.
Yet not only had he survived…
He had followed her.
And knocked her down with one hand despite his injured leg.
How was that possible?
Forget it.
She had already traveled through time.
Why should she be surprised by anything anymore?
Bo Li took a deep breath.
She searched through the first-aid kit and found ibuprofen.
It was for him.
And for herself.
Her back still hurt faintly from when he had slammed her onto the ground.
She broke out one capsule and handed it to him.
Then she swallowed one herself in front of him.
“This can reduce pain.”
Eric stared at her for a moment.
Then took the capsule.
And swallowed it.
Bo Li had wanted to tell him that he needed electrolyte water to help take the medicine.
But then—
His throat moved.
And he swallowed it directly.
She had no choice but to keep the words to herself.
She took out iodine swabs.
First, she cleaned the scratches on her own arm.
Then she looked up.
“Can I?”
Eric slowly nodded.
Bo Li took tweezers, scissors, and hemostatic powder from the first-aid kit.
Then began cleaning his wounds.
Fortunately, when she had packed her hiking bag before, she had watched many first-aid videos to pass the time.
Otherwise, she truly wouldn’t have known how to handle this.
Some areas of the wound had already fused into dark reddish-brown clumps of rotten flesh.
She had to remove those pieces before applying medicine and bandages.
What surprised her was…
Eric never made a sound.
Not once.
From beginning to end.
He sat there quietly.
Like a corpse that could breathe.
Unable to hold back, she asked:
“...Doesn’t it hurt?”
No answer.
She closed her mouth.
And continued treating the wound.
She didn’t know whether the ibuprofen had worked for him.
But it had definitely worked for her.
When he had pressed her down earlier, the pain had almost brought her to tears.
Now, at least, she could move normally again.
Bo Li sped up.
She regretted not buying injectable chitosan before.
Apparently, that could stop bleeding within seconds.
Some of Eric’s wounds were so large that they made her dizzy.
She wasn’t sure whether ordinary hemostatic powder would work.
But the moment she sprinkled the powder onto the wounds—
The bleeding stopped.
His recovery ability was terrifying.
His leg was clearly broken.
Yet aside from a slight limp…
It seemed to barely affect him.
With physical abilities like this…
Was he even human?
Eric, however, showed no surprise.
He took the package of hemostatic powder from her hand.
He seemed more interested in the ingredients printed on it.
Bo Li immediately regretted it.
She regretted not buying a product with Chinese packaging.
The entire package was in English.
He could understand it.
What if he handed it to the manager later?
What if they decided she was a witch and burned her together with the villagers?
“...Don’t worry.”
She forced herself to explain.
“This is just something to stop bleeding.”
“It has no harmful effects.”
“Once the wound forms a scab, it will naturally fall off.”
Eric remained silent.
But he returned the package to her.
Bo Li finally relaxed.
She looked through the first-aid kit.
There was still one bottle of electrolyte water and an energy bar.
The energy bar…
She wanted to save for herself.
As the lowest-ranking person in the circus, she probably didn’t get enough food every day.
She needed emergency supplies.
But the electrolyte water could be given to him.
He had lost so much blood.
It should help him recover.
Bo Li had her own calculations.
Even if she and Eric couldn’t become allies in the end…
At least he could serve as a shield.
A distraction to hold Mike back.
If he didn’t survive tonight…
Mike would definitely find another target to bully.
And if he discovered that she was the real thief who stole the gold pocket watch…
She probably wouldn’t live long.
“If you’re thirsty…”
Bo Li handed the bottle of electrolyte water to him.
“It will help your body recover.”
Eric did not take it.
Only then did Bo Li notice the two cans sitting beside his bed.
The labels were a dull brownish-yellow.
Compared with them, the electrolyte drink in her hand looked like a bright poisonous mushroom.
“...”
Bo Li had no choice but to take a sip herself.
“It’s not poisoned. Really.”
She crouched down slightly, trying her best to make her expression look sincere and friendly.
“I just want to say…”
“Starting today, you can try trusting me.”
“I’ll find a way to tell everyone that the gold pocket watch wasn’t stolen by you…”
Her voice gradually became quieter.
Eric turned his head.
The two empty eye holes of the mask stared at her without emotion.
For several seconds, Bo Li regretted everything.
Why had she said so much?
Why had she made so many promises?
He had remained silent the entire time.
She should have done the same.
The more she said, the more mistakes she made.
She knew nothing about him.
She didn’t even know what he looked like.
What if he suddenly lost control?
What if he threw her in front of Mike and forced her to admit she was the thief?
He was like an untamed beast.
Unpredictable.
Dangerous.
They had been together for almost three hours.
And he hadn’t spoken a single word to her.
Yet she actually thought she could gain his trust?
That she could become friends with him?
She had been too reckless.
Bo Li suppressed her fear.
She took a step back.
She wanted to leave.
But the next second—
Eric leaned forward slightly.
His hand moved like lightning.
He pulled out the dagger.
And slammed it into the ground beside her.
Thud.
The blade sank into the floor.
Only a few centimeters away from her cheek.
Bo Li suddenly felt extremely grateful that she was an actress.
She had emotional control.
She had strong facial control.
She knew how to handle unexpected situations.
…
Of course, her ability to control her bladder was also quite impressive.
Just like before—
He still didn’t say a single word.
But she understood his meaning perfectly.
He didn’t believe her.
And he wanted her to stop talking.
Then leave.
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