Chapter 487

Chapter 487 Indiscriminate Attack

“Hades is coming to China?”

　　Danielle Sharp said mockingly, “Are you worried about him coming?”

　　”Better that he doesn’t come than that he does.” Su Rui curled his lip and said, “I’d be even happier if he’s willing to hole up in Hades’ Palace for a hundred years like a turtle hiding in its shell.”

　　”The fact that he still hasn’t shown up makes me furious.” The corners of Danielle Sharp’s mouth curled up slightly, as if she was quite satisfied with Su Rui’s reaction.

　　At least, this guy still had someone he was wary of.

　　”Hades wouldn’t do something so irrational. He should be able to figure out what kind of consequences a full-scale war with me would bring.” Su Rui smiled faintly and sat down on the edge of Danielle Sharp’s bed. A faint, delicate fragrance drifted to him from her, and at that moment the two of them looked just like a pair of old friends.

　　”He has to come and save me.” Danielle Sharp’s eyes narrowed slightly, as if she had thought of something.

　　”Don’t think about leaving. Have you forgotten the pill you swallowed?” Su Rui said with a grin, his smile absolutely dripping with malicious intent.

　　Being stared at like that, and thinking back to the black pill she had been forced to swallow, Danielle Sharp couldn’t stop a wave of nausea from rising in her stomach!

　　”I have to remind you, even if Hades himself comes to China and takes you away, you still won’t have the antidote. Once the time limit is up, your entire body will fester and rot, oozing pus from your face and body nonstop. By then, that pretty face of yours will be gone for good. Tsk, tsk.”

　　Women all care about their looks, and Danielle Sharp was no exception. Listening to Su Rui’s words, she couldn’t help but shudder.

　　”First your looks are destroyed, then your gut rots away. Imagine that feeling — wouldn’t it be wonderful?” Su Rui said with a cold laugh.

　　”Everyone says the sun god Apollo is a man of iron will who never stoops to such underhanded and despicable tricks, but they’re all wrong. You are so vile — you can even do this to a woman!” Danielle Sharp said furiously.

　　”What’s wrong with doing this to a woman? The way you talk puts men and women on unequal footing.” Su Rui said bluntly, “When you were trying to kill me, I didn’t hear you say anything about inequality between men and women.”

　　”You’re an absolute beast!”

　　”You’re wrong about that.” Su Rui corrected her again, “When dealing with people who want to kill me, I won’t act like a beast — I’ll treat them worse than one.” As he said this, Su Rui’s eyes still held a smile, yet Danielle Sharp, sitting across from him, could clearly sense that Su Rui was absolutely not joking!

　　”So, something like slipping someone poison is child’s play. I won’t let go of anyone who poses a threat to me — even if she has a beautiful behind, even if that beautiful behind has a tiny little mole on it.” As Su Rui said this, his gaze drifted again to Danielle Sharp’s well-rounded rear… it looked so firm and elastic — its owner must do weighted squats regularly.

　　”You…” Hearing Su Rui bring up old business again, Danielle Sharp was half mad with anger. She also knew that when it came to trading barbs, she was simply no match for this man!

　　After a few minutes of silence, she seemed to remember something and said, “The deadline you promised for the drug’s effect seems to have already passed, yet I don’t feel any discomfort at all right now.” Danielle Sharp looked directly into Su Rui’s eyes, as if trying to find some kind of answer there, “That drug of yours was fake, wasn’t it? You deliberately tricked me into not daring to leave on my own.”

　　”Deliberately tricked you? Do I need to go to that kind of trouble?” Su Rui laughed out loud, “Have you not paid careful attention to how your body feels right now? Is there anything off about it?”

　　”My body is in perfect condition, not the slightest bit of discomfort.” Danielle Sharp said with a confident smile, “So I can say with complete certainty that the drug you gave me was fake.”

　　Su Rui shook his head, “The most unreliable thing in this world is a woman’s intuition. I really don’t know where this confidence of yours comes from.”

　　”Pay close attention. Don’t you feel a faint tingling itch somewhere on your body?”

　　”A faint tingling itch?” Danielle Sharp’s expression didn’t change, “You’re not going to trick me. I don’t feel anything like that.”

　　”Is that so? Then focus your attention on the back of your neck, your armpits, the backs of your knees, and… between your legs.” Su Rui smiled like a trafficker luring children with candy, “Still no different feeling now?”

　　In fact, the moment Su Rui said that, Danielle Sharp had already instinctively shifted her attention to those areas. Whether it was psychological suggestion or not, she actually found that the spots Su Rui had mentioned really did have a tingling, itchy sensation!

　　And as time went on and she focused more on it, the itching grew more and more intense, to the point where Danielle Sharp couldn’t stop herself from wanting to scratch!

　　The other places were one thing, but the sensitive area between her legs was now itching to an unbearable degree, and Danielle Sharp was finding it harder and harder to stand!

　　If Su Rui hadn’t been right there beside her, she would have already thrown all dignity aside and stripped down to check!

　　”Damn it, could this really be the drug taking effect!”

　　Thinking of the symptoms Su Rui had described — the festering, pus-oozing all over the body — this great beauty of Hades’ Palace began to slowly change color!

　　This was absolutely the last thing she wanted to see!

　　The itching all over her body was beginning to escalate, spreading gradually from a few key areas to her entire body!

　　Watching Danielle Sharp desperately wanting to scratch but not daring to, Su Rui grinned broadly, “Now that’s great — just like that… You can’t still doubt what I said, can you?”

　　Danielle Sharp would rather have taken a knife slash than endure this maddening sensation. She glared furiously at Su Rui and said, “Give me the antidote, give me the antidote!”

　　”You see, you should have listened to your elders. If you had asked me nicely for the antidote a little sooner, would I have refused you?” Su Rui’s gaze held a teasing gleam, “Right now I really want to watch you strip naked and scratch yourself.”

　　Danielle Sharp’s face was almost contorted. She glared at Su Rui and said through gritted teeth, “I’m warning you, Apollo — if anything happens to me, not only will Hades not let you off, but even…”

　　”Alright, I hate being threatened most of all.”

　　Before Danielle Sharp could finish that sentence, Su Rui suddenly cut her off. He reached into his jacket and produced a small pill — black and sticky — and flicked it over casually, saying, “This is the antidote. Take it.”

　　This time, without Su Rui even having to say anything, Danielle Sharp knew to obediently open her mouth and swallow the rather off-putting little pill right down!

　　This had once been something she loathed with every fiber of her being, yet now she swallowed it as if it were the most delicious thing in the world!

　　”See, wasn’t it easier to do it this way from the start? Your symptoms won’t get any worse. In half an hour, the tingling itch will disappear completely.”

　　Su Rui dusted off his hands, seemingly completely indifferent to Danielle Sharp’s gaze full of hatred, and tossed out a parting remark as he walked out, “If the old man Hades does show up, you’d better let me know. Of course, as long as I keep you locked up here, he’ll lose his patience sooner or later.”

　　With that, he shut the door, leaving the beautiful Danielle behind, gritting her teeth against the itching.

　　Even though she was itching beyond endurance right now, she absolutely did not dare to scratch — terrified of breaking the skin, which might then fester and ooze pus, and that would be a nightmare to deal with!

　　”Apollo, I am going to kill you!” Danielle muttered to herself!

　　…………

　　The moment Su Rui closed the door, he immediately pressed himself against the wall and clawed frantically at his own body with both hands, his expression twisted in agony!

　　”Kim Tae-ju, you’re a complete bastard. Where did you get this stuff? It’s itching me half to death!”

　　Su Rui had been suffering tremendously just now — the tingling itch on his body was barely any less intense than what Danielle Sharp was experiencing! Yet he had still put on a brave face, playing it cool and mocking her!

　　Fortunately, Danielle Sharp had been so tormented by the itching that her attention had completely shifted, otherwise she would certainly have noticed that Su Rui’s complexion was equally off!

　　”Sir, this is what you requested. I merely followed your instructions.” Kim Tae-ju’s poker face was completely earnest!

　　”I told you to use it on Danielle Sharp — why did you get me caught up in it too!” Su Rui was practically ready to tear his own clothes off and scratch like mad!

　　”These are tiger-head grass seeds, nearly invisible to the naked eye. They have a strong affinity for areas with high sodium ion concentrations. I sprinkled just a tiny bit in the air, but you came in faster than expected, which caused an indiscriminate effect.”

　　”Indiscriminate effect — I’ll give you an indiscriminate effect!” Su Rui extended his foot and landed several solid kicks on Kim Tae-ju’s backside before finally feeling the tiniest bit of relief.

　　No wonder this guy had told him that Danielle Sharp’s neck, armpits, backs of knees, and other such areas would itch — it was summer after all, and those spots would inevitably produce some sweat, and sweat naturally contains sodium chloride. The tiger-head grass seeds would of course be drawn straight to those areas!

　　Still, thinking about the fact that the area between Danielle Sharp’s legs was probably itching unbearably right now, a grin spread across Su Rui’s face — the grin of someone who had pulled off a perfect prank!

　　”Sir, rest assured. These tiger-head grass seeds don’t last long. In half an hour, it’ll clear up on its own.” Kim Tae-ju said.

　　”I still have to endure another half hour?”

　　Su Rui let out a long sigh. He had truly brought this upon himself. If he had known it would come to this, he would rather have given Danielle Sharp a real poison pill!

　　That said, he could now rest easy — Danielle Sharp wouldn’t be leaving on her own anytime soon. Women all care about their looks, and he had well and truly seized her by her greatest weakness.

　　…………

　　A full half hour after taking the antidote, Danielle Sharp lay drenched in sweat on the bed, the hospital gown she was wearing completely soaked through!

　　She swore that she would rather die right now than ever experience that feeling again!

　　After cursing Su Rui a hundred times in her heart, Danielle Sharp got up in a huff to take a shower — for a woman with her mild touch of mysophobia, being covered in sweat was simply intolerable.

　　But just as the sound of rushing water came from the shower, Su Rui slipped quietly inside, glancing at the damp hospital gown lying by the bed, a smile spreading across his face — the kind that every man would understand.