Chapter 16 Misfortune (2/2)
No. 1 squinted at him and asked, ”Do you know this person?”
”No, I don't.” Hu Fei shook his head repeatedly.
No. 1 noticed an out-of-place outline in his clothes and ordered, ”Search his body!”
Hu Fei was pressed to the ground and watched in horror as the 73-WASP was taken from him.
”This is one of our guns!” exclaimed No. 1. He held the gun up to the crowd and shouted, ”Zero has obviously been here. How dare you all try and lie! Do you want to die‽”
”Speak! Where has he gone!”
The terrified wanderers began to turn their eyes to the person who had first spoken to Han Xiao, Kai Luo.
Kai Luo was squatting in the corner like an ostrich.
”What are you guys looking at me for? All I did was sell him some stuff. Ask Hu Xuan Jun! He definitely knows!”
Hu Xuan Jun stood up slowly in the crowd.
”I don't know,” he declared.
Kai Luo, wanting to cast away the suspicion on him, retorted, ”How can you not know? You let him spend the night at your house!”
No. 1's face darkened.
The other wanderers began to urge Hu Xuan Jun to say the truth.
”Hurry up and say what you know!”
”Do you want us to die because of some outsider?”
Hu Xuan Jun cursed Kai Luo under his breath before taking a deep breath to compose himself.
”That person went in that direction,” he said, pointing to the opposite of where Han Xiao had headed.
”You're very good, you.”
Bang!
A hole appeared in Hu Xuan Jun's forehead. He fell back and landed on the ground with a loud thud.
Hu Fei shrieked at the sight of his lifeless body.
Just... just like that‽
No. 1 stared at the Hu Xuan Jun's dead body. He would not hesitate to kill anyone who helped Han Xiao.
”Old Hu?” An couldn't see, but she could hear exactly what had transpired. She stood up from the crowd and attempted to locate her husband.
Bang!
Her head exploded.
An's body crumpled to the ground, landing an arm's length away from her husband.
No. 1 sneered.
”Asked for it.”
Hu Fei was torn with regret.
His one moment of greed had caused all of this.
All the wanderers were stunned, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
Suddenly, No. 1's transmitter lit up, projecting a holograph of the boss's face.
”What the hell are you doing? Who gave you permission to kill?”
No. 1 instantly shrunk in fear. He hastily began to explain, ”These wanderers lied to us, so I was just trying to teach them a lesson. We'll depart right now.”
”Forget it. Since you've already started it, end it properly. Don't let news of this get out.”
No. 1 nodded and gave a signal.
...
Dusk had fallen.
Han Xiao was finally reaching the encampment. Suddenly, the smell of blood filled his nose, causing his heart to sink.
”I'm too late.”
Han Xiao entered the encampment to a gruesome sight. It was the aftermath of a bloodbath.
He spotted Hu Xuan Jun and An's lifeless bodies, causing him to shake with rage.
Suddenly, a figure began got up from the ground. It was the big bearded merchant who had attempted to scam Han Xiao.
Kai Luo had fainted at the start of the massacre, and it ended up saving his life. Before he could rejoice, however, he noticed that there was someone looking at him. When he saw that it was Han Xiao, he began to tremble in fear.
Han Xiao walked over to him and grabbed his collar.
”Tell me what happened here!”
”It was the Germinal Organization! The Germinal Organization! They killed us because we wouldn't tell them where you went! Ah! They massacred us! You must take revenge for us, for Hu Xuan Jun!”