C10 (1/2)

He walked around the house and arrived at a messy alley. The alley was about one meter wide and about 20 meters long. Under the light of the flashlight, the alley was empty.

Am I hearing things? Was that the cry from the back of the alley?

Looking at the walls on both sides, they were roughly three and a half meters tall. If they were placed in front of me, I could easily cross them. But now …

Where was the girl who had issued the cry for help? Where are the vicious criminals?

In less than half a minute, from the time I heard the noise to the time I entered the alley, had the girl been overpowered and moved away?

”Pa Pa!” The sound of footsteps came from behind him.

I whirled around, my flashlight shining behind me. A burly dark figure blocked Hu Tong's path, only three or four meters away from me.

He was wearing a large black robe and a hood that covered most of his face. I couldn't see his face.

However, I felt that this person looked a little familiar.

”Who are you?” I asked, thinking, could this person be the mysterious man in black at the school gate that Li Fengyun mentioned?

The person didn't answer and just raised his fist towards me. It was too fast for me to dodge, so I subconsciously raised my left hand to block it. At the same time, my right hand swung out to hit him in the face.

Afterwards, he extended his left hand and firmly grabbed onto my wrist. At the same time, he struck my abdomen with his uppermost knee. I felt pain as my body bent and pain came from the back of my neck.

The dull sound of a blow rang out, and I lost consciousness...

”...”

When I woke up, my head was dizzy and my neck hurt. I felt like I was sitting on the cold floor, my hands tied behind my back, my feet tied up, something in my mouth, my ears blocked...

Not daring to open my eyes, I first checked my surroundings.

The floor was hard, like an undecorated concrete floor. There was no wind, and I was sure I was inside.

He had been beaten up by an extremely skilled fellow in the alley, and now that he was tied up on the ground, he was sure it was the doing of the man who attacked him.

There shouldn't be any other injuries on my body. I should be in good spirits as I probably got tied up here after being knocked out. I didn't suffer any more.

Squinting slightly, I tried to look around and found myself in the room, lying on the floor of an undecorated clean room, the walls untreated, the light dim, a crude incandescent lamp hanging from the roof, and, from my angle, no one in the room.

He didn't dare to turn his head, afraid that there would be people behind him.

Not long after, a voice came from behind.

”How is it?”

”Sigh, don't mention it. I think I found the wrong person. He's completely a piece of trash.”

”Then what should we do? Kill him?”

”Forget it, just throw him out later. This kind of trash is not a threat to us.”

”That's true. Killing this kind of trash would simply dirty our hands.”

”...”

It was a conversation between two men, their voices very low. Something had been stuffed into my ears, presumably to keep me from hearing important messages.

From their judgement, they didn't seem to want to kill me by capturing me here, and even said that slaughtering trash like me would dirty their hands. When they said ”I found the wrong person”, I was a little doubtful. They weren't looking for me?

Since they weren't prepared to kill me, I couldn't keep my eyes open. I could only continue to pretend that I was still unconscious and pray that these two guys wouldn't change their minds and kill me.

At the same time, I was also wondering, just who were they? What did he mean by looking for the wrong person? They said I was trash. It sounded as if it was because of my status as trash that saved his life. They didn't even care to kill me and even said I posed no threat to them.

I didn't expect that in just three years, he had turned into a piece of trash. This guy is quite pitiful, he used to be pretty good at fighting, but now he's been subdued by one of my moves. His reactions are slow, his speed is too slow, and he lacks sharpness.

”Ai, the world is unpredictable. Things change according to the person …”

The two of them were still in discussion, and even though I couldn't hear them clearly, I knew what they were talking about.

In fact, three years ago, I couldn't be considered to be able to fight, but I persisted in practicing for a long time. I had pretty good physical fitness, and liked to watch close-combat fighting techniques when there was nothing to do, so I had to fight with people a few times. Other than a big, tough guy like Li Fengyun, normal people really aren't my match, since ordinary people my age could fight two or three times.

Thinking back to when I was beaten up by the man in black in the alley, I don't think that guy was particularly powerful. Even if I couldn't beat him three years ago, I should have been able to escape.

The three years in the clinic had been a physical and mental devastation to me. My mind was not sharp and my body was not agile. Even when I heard the woman cry for help, I was so scared that I couldn't even move my legs.

Right, where is that girl?

After thinking about it, I finally understood …

The other party is here for me and has nothing to do with that girl. The one who sent out the cry for help could very well be a bait.

They know me from the past, and they know me from the present.

They said I was too slow to react and lacked the acuteness to danger, which was true, and it was only when I thought back that I remembered that when I was walking down the alley, past the old house, there was a sturdy looking stick in front of it, but I was too nervous to pick it up and went down the alley with my bare hands.