1163 Ambushed 1 (2/2)
She could actually feel this man's murderous intent. It was bare and completely unconcealed which made her shivered slightly. Despite her crazy tendencies, she was merely a young woman who had yet to even turn twenty-one years old in the end. After being captured by this man and taken here because she was unable to fight back, she then realized that something was amiss. Now that she could clearly sense the other party's murderous intentions, large patches of goosebumps rose throughout Kong Xinxue's entire body suddenly.
She bit down on her lips and swallowed her spit before sitting on the newspapers quietly.
The small building became quiet for a while again.
”You're a good person.” Kong Xinxue opened her mouth yet again.
”?” The man was somewhat confused. He never expected that his victim would actually regard him as a good person.
”After kidnapping such a beautiful girl like myself, most people would definitely force themselves on me even if it wasn't their first thought. But you're different.” Kong Xinxue combed through her long red hair vainly.
”…”
”Do you have any brothers or sisters?”
”They're dead.”
”What about your parents?”
”Dead.”
”Other relatives?”
”All dead…” The man turned silent and lowered his head before taking a multi-purpose army knife out and drawing random lines on the ground with it.
Kong Xinxue sighed dejectedly.
”Actually… I had a younger brother too but he died… My father died as well…”
She met the man's gaze directly and noticed a sympathetic response in his eyes.
”That was a joke,” she added.
Screech.
The knife that the man was dragging across the ground stopped suddenly when he drew a deep scratch violently.
”…stop babbling!” He glared at Kong Xinxue furiously. He felt like she was constantly testing and challenging his patience.
The sound of an arriving car could be heard outside suddenly.
”Someone's here,” said Kong Xinxue softly. ”Should we hide?” She looked at the man.
”…”
The man vaguely felt as if the roles had been reversed.
He stood up and took out a sharp, black three-edged army knife from his thigh. He strode out and went down the stairs.
A little while later, a few painful screams could be heard from below. There were no more noises after that. The man strode back up the stairs quickly again. He took a cell phone out and made a phone call.
Beep…
The phone call was connected.
”Hey?” It was a man's voice. Kong Xinxue recognized it as Lincoln's voice at the very first instance!
”I'll only wait for half an hour. If you don't come after that, you will only see your girlfriend's corpse,” said the man coldly. ”Remember, my name is Silver Chain.”
”Where's Big Sister Xue?! What are you planning to do exactly?!” Before Lincoln could finish his sentence, the other man disconnected the phone call.
”Actually…” said Kong Xinxue softly in a voice that was somewhat timid. ”You might have kidnapped the wrong person… Him and I don't have the relationship that you're thinking of…”
Bang.
The man named Silver Chain dodged behind her precisely and knocked Kong Xinxue on the neck with a karate chop.
Kong Xinxue's eyes rolled to the back of her head and passed out. The man held her and placed her down gently on the newspapers beside him. Once Silver Chain had completed everything, he returned to his original spot, using his little knife to scratch lines across the ground quietly.
The entire little building returned to a state of complete calmness.
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In the evening, the setting sun ducked even lower beyond the horizon.
Lincoln's car finally appeared on the lane in front of the little building. There was a screeching noise as the car braked frantically before he jumped out from the vehicle in his white sportswear.
”F*ck… What happened exactly?!” He could not help but curse.
He was living his normal daily life initially before he heard someone speaking to him suddenly while he was inside the bus. The noise was clearly right beside his ear but no one around him including Xiaofei could hear it.
The occurrence of a single spine-chilling incident like this would have been enough. He had never expected that the voice would also tell him that Kong Xinxue was kidnapped! He could only come to this place to save her on his own. He had to do it alone without informing anyone else.
If they noticed that other people had arrived to help or the police had come, Kong Xinxue's survival would not be certain.
After verifying that Big Sister Xue had really been kidnapped, he rushed over in burning anxiety.
Bang!
Lincoln's expression relaxed after he slammed the door close. He observed his surroundings carefully before the various lessons that were taught to him by his father who had disappeared when he was younger now floated back up in his mind.
He strode forward towards the little building in the abandoned factory area.
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”Challenge?”
Garen stood inside the Saber Art Dojo's interior classroom and looked at the muscular young woman before him who was carrying a wooden stick that was used in martial arts on her shoulder. The flesh on her body weighed at least 100 kilograms. He could tell with one look that she was the strong type.
”Yes, I felt that there was no need for your Saber Art Dojo to continue anymore. Since there aren't any activities planned throughout the days, I thought that you should merge with my Staff Art Society instead.” This girl had introduced herself to him before but Garen had forgotten her name. Instead, he only remembered her by her nickname 'Wild Boar'.
”You're… Wild Boar, right?” said Garen helplessly. ”You called me out for a combat challenge during one of my rare off-duty weekends? Have you fought against the other members of my Saber Art Dojo?”
Wild Boar nodded before saying, ”You're the only one left.”
”…”Kong Xinxue is referring to a question in 'Kong Yiji', a novel by the Chinese author Lu Xun; links: , jin = ~½ kilogram. Therefore, 200 jin = ~100kg; link: 斤.htmlRefers to the Japanese staff technique martial art called ”Bojutsu”; link: