A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 985: The Witch

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Wait!” Su Tang’s face was pale and her voice went a key higher.

She had one hand against the man’s chest as she tried to stop him. She understood now that the so-called Witch was a pervert! These people were helping him to find a test subject, and she was the one! Once she got to The Witch, she would end up—as the man said—with the fate of a lab rat!

She... couldn’t take it lying down!

“Bitch, why are you so hard to deal with!” That man gave her two tight slaps on the face out of anger. He did not care to waste more time talking to her, and immediately pinned her down.

“The Witch won’t let you off!” Su Tang screamed, “If you dare lay your hands on me, I’ll get him to kill you once I become his test subject! As long as I cooperate with him and let him have his way as a test subject, he’ll definitely fulfill my wish!”

She was banking on the fact that they feared The Witch.

From their descriptions of him, The Witch seemed to be an intimidating figure in this prison that no one dared offend. It even seemed like they were afraid of him.

She was right.

The man was about to force himself on her but stopped his attempt the moment she said that. He glared at her, gave her another two slaps, and then held her by her hair. “Who do you think you are, telling tales about me to The Witch?! Do you think he’ll listen? Let’s see if I should kill you right now!”

“You wouldn’t dare.” At this point, Su Tang was oddly calm. She looked into that man’s eyes and said, “You wouldn’t dare kill me, because once I’m dead, it’ll be hard for you people to find another test subject. What did that woman say just now? If you don’t find one, they’re going to get one of you to take to The Witch instead. Hazard a guess, would they pick someone else, or would they pick the person who killed me?”

Her calm questioning left him slightly shaken.

The man really would not dare to kill her, and the reason was as she had mentioned. If she died, who was going to take her place? In Prison X, each group had to come up with a test subject for The Witch on a rotational basis. Once, a group had been unable to find one for him during their turn, and everyone else witnessed the bad end that they came to!

Nobody dared to offend The Witch.

“Even if I don’t kill you, I can rape you!” He wanted to force himself on her again.

Su Tang said, “I’ve learned some medical skills before, and I might even be able to hold a nice conversation with The Witch. Even if I can’t, I could always be a good test subject to favor him. That way, I’ll be able to get him to punish the people who’ve bullied me before. I’m guessing that killing you people is as easy as chopping vegetables to him. If you’re daring enough, give it a shot.”

The man was fuming but suppressed all temptation to hit her.

“Bitch!” He yelled at her.

Su Tang knew that she was safe for now and smiled. “Don’t get so angry. If you can protect me and send me to The Witch safely, I promise I’ll ask him to reward you.”

A reward from The Witch?

The man’s eyes lit up. That must be good stuff! The rice grains, penicillin, lighters and all the other desirable things that were brought into prison were hoarded by a few “powerhouses”, and The Witch was one of them. Even if he managed to get just a little of these items, it’d be enough enjoyment for a while!

The man sized her up. Most newbies in prison were frantic, scared and disoriented; it was rare to see someone as calm and organized as this woman. For all they knew, she might really be able to convince The Witch to reward them!

“Alright, I’ll help you this time!” In any case, this woman was too dangerous to lay his hands on. He might as well do her a favor, and if he did get his reward, his status in the group would rise.

They reached a deal.

From then on, that man really did protect Su Tang from getting violated by the others. He even made sure she had enough food and rest. Su Tang’s days got better, but she still got yelled at by other inmates every once in a while. Meanwhile, some grimy men would ogle at her openly, sending chills down her spine.

She found herself unlucky enough to be captured by this group of people the moment she entered prison.

The inmates’ uniforms were beginning to reek of a stench. Initially, she despised the uniform and found it too dirty to be on her. But just a few days later, she found that it wasn’t smelly or dirty enough—she wanted to be all the grosser, only then could she keep those disgusting men away. All this time, she never stopped racking her brain. She spent every moment thinking of a way to escape, but these people kept such a close eye on her, she never found a chance.

Eventually, she ended up at The Witch’s.

It was a wizened, ugly old man. His face was distorted and his complexion was horrid—in all, his look was appalling. The group of people were evidently very afraid of him, given that their voices shook as they spoke before him. “Y-Your Honour, The Witch, we have brought along your test subject.”

The Witch walked towards Su Tang. He used two of his dry, wrinkled fingers to check her out, and nodded in satisfaction. “A newbie? You did well this time, this new thing is way better than the old and used ones in prison.”

“Thank you for the compliment!” A few of them exclaimed in joy.

The man who’d looked out for Su Tang all this while gave her an eye, signalling for her to get him his reward as promised.

Seeing that they weren’t leaving yet, he frowned. “Is there anything else?”

Su Tang scoffed. “He wants me to ask you for a reward.”

The Witch was taken aback. This test subject was a daring one. Not only was she not crying and begging for mercy, she even spoke to him directly; this was a first. He narrowed his eyes at Su Tang and asked, “Little girl, do you know who I am?”

“I do, the respectable Witch.” Su Tang said politely, not wanting to offend this old pervert. After all, she wasn’t courting death. “I’ve heard about you and the things you do. I know that you’ve dug the brain of someone alive before, and even grafted animal limbs to a human body. How creative. I’ve learned some medical skills outside, it would be such an honor if I could be your assistant.”

“Oh?” The Witch smiled. So, it wasn’t that she was unafraid of death, she simply had another idea in mind.

“This is a pretty new way of keeping yourself alive.” The Witch seemed to be in a good mood. “So, tell me how much you know about medical skills.”

“Not much, just some simple procedures like removing bullets, rejoining broken limbs and the like. I was out in combat before, so I’m fine with treating common injuries. But I can’t do very much beyond that.” She added politely, “But, Witch, since I’m sincere about sticking with you, I can pick up the other skills you need me to. I will definitely be able to help you.”

The Witch was a little unhappy initially when he heard that that was all she knew. But realizing that there wasn’t much of a choice in this prison, he figured that he had something to gain.