Chapter 72 (1/2)
Chapter 72
”What do you mean?” Xiaohong asked .
”It's fine that you didn't help me earlier, but how can you let the last one go? Come on, help me drag these bodies in and we'll burn them before going away . I'll be a magician's a.s.sistant . How about that?” Xiaohuang suggested with a grin .
”I'm no longer performing magic,” he stated dully .
”Why? Doesn't it pay well?”
Xiaohong stared at Xiaohuang's smile, remembering their carefree youth .
”I got tired of it,” he lied .
”We'll think of something else,” he a.s.sured him before dragging another corpse into the kiosk .
”Hold on,” Xiaohong stopped him .
”What?” Xiaohuang asked, putting the corpse down .
”When I came earlier, I mentioned that I was heading to the school . If I hadn't said that or convinced you that I was just an innocent pa.s.serby, would I have become one of them?” he asked, pointing at the corpses on the floor .
Brief silence .
”I can't answer that,” he replied bluntly .
”If that thought didn't cross your mind, you would've given me a definite answer,” he said firmly, his expression turning dark .
”I can't answer you because I don't want to lie . If I did think you were just an ordinary person driving a luxurious car, then yes, you would've been on the ground by now . But you are Xiaohong . I let you off the moment you mentioned the school . ”
Xiaohong was dumbstruck .
Xiaohuang continued pulling the corpses inside . ”You have two choices now . Leave immediately or help me tidy up this mess and we'll leave together . It's up to you . ”
He focused on his task and left Xiaohong to deliberate .
It was only when he was dragging the third corpse did Xiaohong join him .
”Thought it over and well?” he asked .
”Don't think too much about this . I'm just helping an old friend . I don't want to commit a crime, or worse, kill anyone,” he answered, making herself clear .
”It's not as easy as you think, you know? Killing somebody, I mean . I remember when I first did it . Struck by poverty and the northern region incident, I entered a lousy high school and b.u.mped into a bunch of gangsters collecting protection fees . It was at that time when I first made use of my ability unconsciously, instantly killing their chief,” he revealed .
”What happened after?”
”It's a long story . I'll tell you in the car . ”
Just then, a car drove over slowly .
”Someone's here,” Xiaohuang shouted .
Xiaohong turned around immediately .
It was a police car but its sirens were off .
”I'll drain his oil before getting that bag of money . Are the gangsters calling the police these days? What even?”
He glared at the approaching car .
The car stopped and a policeman in full uniform got off .
He walked toward the kiosk unhurriedly .
”Just one person? I'll get rid of him and we'll continue,” Xiaohuang decided .
”The fewer complications the better,” Xiaohong warned, pulling him back .
”He's already here and he might even have a gun . Are we going to kill him or get killed?” he demanded with a frown .
Before Xiaohong could respond, the police started shouting .
”You guys know the tooth fairy, don't you?”
”He mentioned the tooth fairy . ” Xiaohong held Xiaohuang back once more .
”Yes, but if he does something strange, I'll put him down immediately . I mean it . ”
The police came closer and took his vest and other equipment off and tossed them onto the ground .
”I'm not here to apprehend you,” he informed them with both hands raised .
The three exchanged glances .
”What are you here for then?”
”20 minutes ago, a gangster barged into the station, reporting that there is a vampire who sucked 12 of his friends dry . My colleagues suspected that he was high on drugs but I knew it was something more,” he explained .
”How do you know about the tooth fairy?” Xiaohuang asked .
”The tooth fairy gave two of my friends and I a superpower . ”
”You're Xiaolan?” Xiaohong asked in shock .
After a few seconds, the policeman spoke, ”You're Xiaohong and Xiaohuang? I knew it! Vampire? It has to be the tooth fairy! I can't believe it's really you two!”
Xiaohuang asked, guarded, ”Where's that gangster now? Why did you come alone? Where are the rest of the policemen?”
Xiaolan broke into a smile . ”We locked him up and he's probably undergoing some drug tests in the hospital . The other policemen are busy discussing the possibility of having nabbed a drug lord since such a secluded area was ideal for drug trafficking . I found an excuse to slip out to check this place out . ”
Xiaohong was just about to say something when Xiaohuang stopped her . He said instead, ”Didn't you join the army? Why are you here?”
”It's a long story . ”
”Make it short then,” Xiaohuang directed .
”I did write a letter telling you that . I became a machine operator in the first year and started driving fighter planes in the second . ”
”Machine operators do that? You're the most capable among us,” Xiaohong added .
”I've been banned from flying,” Xiaolan continued .
”Why?” Xiaohong asked .
”When I was flying, enemies called me a death G.o.d because the moment they enter my radar, I can crash their planes without even shooting . I think you both know how I do it . ”
”Draining their oil again . Why are both of you like that? Then again, he's doing it to protect the nation, but what about you?” Xiaohong reprimanded Xiaohuang .