"That brat!" Seeing Zhang Tie running away so impatiently, Donder shook his head. The longer Zhang Tie stayed in the grocery store, the more Donder felt that Zhang Tie seemed to have something on his mind. Therefore, he especially told Zhang Tie to go back in advance today. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tie had long been waiting for his words. The moment Donder said the word "dinner", Zhang Tie had already rushed out of the door and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
… …
Zhang Tie was very excited. He couldn't wait to run back home and watch the "leakless fruit" ripen under that small tree. Because of his eagerness, the aching feeling all over his body seemed to be alleviated a lot.
There was only one thought in Zhang Tie's mind — — go home!
… …
The vicinity of the railway station was crowded with people. Due to the recent curfew in Blackhot City, before the curfew, more people would come out for activities. As a result, the flea market and the surrounding shops became increasingly boisterous.
In order to return home as soon as possible, Zhang Tie didn't choose the usual route; instead, he took a shortcut and ran in the crowded streets and alleys near the railway station. These places were always the gathering place of people from all walks of life. Due to the large number of outsiders, the public security here was the most complex. However, as Zhang Tie had been going back and forth here for several years, he didn't feel strange at all. Instead, he was familiar with these places. However, even if he was familiar with the roads, he would still encounter accidents. Just like this moment, the moment he reached the corner of an alley, due to the lack of street lamps, Zhang Tie bumped into a person who had just turned out of an alley. It seemed that neither of them had imagined that they would bump into each other at this crossroad.
That person's body only shook a bit while Zhang Tie was bounced onto the ground by his own momentum. Feeling dizzy, Zhang Tie couldn't help uttering a muffled groan.
"Brat, you're seeking death!"
When Zhang Tie opened his eyes, he saw a tall and strong man at his 40s in common pioneer's costume. He had yellow hair and a fierce, horse-like face. He was watching Zhang Tie with a ferocious look. At the same time, he raised one foot and wanted to stomp onto Zhang Tie ferociously. Zhang Tie didn't know what to do.
Zhang Tie was already aching all over. After being hit by that man, Zhang Tie felt as if his bones were going to fall apart. He didn't even have time to react. Zhang Tie had never imagined that he would encounter such a ferocious person. He had only bumped into him once, and he was still a teenager. Seeing that he had fallen onto the ground, the man wanted to step onto him twice more. Looking at the man's huge feet and tangled muscles, Zhang Tie knew that if he was really stepped on, he would be severely injured even if he didn't die.
"What's wrong, Huck?" A slightly thinner figure, also dressed like a pioneer, darted out of the alley behind the man called Huck like a snake. The moment he saw Zhang Tie lying on the ground and Huck's actions, he hurriedly pulled Huck back. The thinner guy pointed his chin towards the distance. The man who was going to step onto Zhang Tie looked over and saw a team of patrolling soldiers turning from a distant street to this street. Only then did the man called Huck stop.
"Young man, are you alright?" The slightly thinner man who was much taller than Zhang Tie walked towards Zhang Tie and squatted down with a smile. Not knowing why, Zhang Tie felt like he was being stared at by a cobra at the sight of the man's thin, long, and pale yellow eyes, causing goosebumps all over his body. Furthermore, this man seemed to be like a snake. The moment he approached Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie could smell a faint, nauseating smell from him.
Thinking of the man called Huck's raised feet, Zhang Tie hurriedly tried to get up from the ground. No matter what, it was too dangerous for him to lie on the ground.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. I was running just now. I didn't expect that you would suddenly turn out of the alley..."
"Hehe, how could you be so careless? Did you fall? Come on, let me help you up!"
"No need... no need..." Seeing this guy, who made him feel uncomfortable all over, stretching out his hands to help him up, Zhang Tie hurriedly struggled to sit up.
"Yes, of course. It's our fault for not paying attention …" the skinny man said with a smile. He then grabbed Zhang Tie's hands, intending to pull Zhang Tie up. However, before Zhang Tie could say anything, he felt his hands being quickly touched by the skinny man, as if they had been licked by a snake's tongue. From his palms to his wrists, elbows, shoulders, armpits, waist, chest and abdomen, the skinny man searched all over Zhang Tie's body. In the end, he even searched Zhang Tie's crotch, calves, and ankles. Before Zhang Tie could react, the skinny man had already searched all over Zhang Tie's body. After that, the skinny man slightly shook his head towards Huck.
"Be careful when you walk in the dark!" The thin man smiled at Zhang Tie, while the one called Huck glared at Zhang Tie. After that, the two of them disappeared into the crowd.
In only a few seconds, Zhang Tie found that his back had been soaked with cold sweat. As the night wind blew over, Zhang Tie quivered all over. Zhang Tie's intuition told him that he had survived a huge crisis in just a few seconds.
"I have to leave this place as soon as possible. Never meet these two terrifying guys again." Zhang Tie muttered to himself. Raising his foot, he took two steps forward and seemed to have kicked something. Slightly stunned, Zhang Tie bent down and picked it up. With the help of the moonlight, he carefully observed it. It was only a palm-sized cloth bag with something inside. It didn't feel like a precious metal or money. Zhang Tie took it out of the cloth bag and put it in front of his eyes. Strange, there was nothing special inside the cloth bag. It was only a palm-sized, dark-red, triangular wooden plate that had been cut off from the middle. There were no patterns or words on the wooden plate. It seemed to be made of common red Thunder Pine. The moment Zhang Tie wanted to throw it away, he found that the texture and texture on the wooden plate had become very smooth, as if it had been frequently held by people. Zhang Tie thought about it carefully. If this thing was useless, why would someone put it in the bag so solemnly? Suddenly, he remembered that this thing had fallen off Huck's body when he had bumped into him. Sneering, Zhang Tie put the inconspicuous wooden plate back into the cloth bag and put it in his own pocket. After that, he quickly left and ran back home.
Half an hour after Zhang Tie left, Huck and the snake-like man returned. Different from when they had left, this time, their faces were pale and filled with an indescribable fear. Holding an oil lamp, they lay on the ground and searched every inch of the ground, but they still couldn't find what they wanted.
"What should we do?" At this moment, Huck's face was no longer ferocious. Instead, he looked restless, as if it was doomsday. "Snade, why don't we go find them directly?"
"Are you out of your mind?" The snake-like man called Snade glared at Huck. "You know the principles of the organization and how those people do things. Without the token, if you and I go there, we will be killed by them the moment we reveal our identities. How can we convince them?"
"Then what should we do? If we can't complete this task …"
Thinking of the punishments that the heads of the organization would give to those who made mistakes, Huck and Snade's faces turned even paler. "It must be that brat.
I didn't expect that even I would make a mistake this time. When we left the railway station, you even checked that thing. It was still in your pocket. When we left the railway station, we didn't contact anyone. That thing couldn't have disappeared for no reason. Just now, when you bumped into that brat, it disappeared. That thing must have been taken away by that brat! "Snade said angrily." Apart from that, there is no other possibility! "
"But didn't you check that brat's body just now? You didn't find anything."
"That brat must be an experienced pickpocket. The moment he got it, he threw it away. It was too dark here, so we didn't pay attention to the ground. After we left, that brat picked it up and escaped!" Besides mistaking Zhang Tie as one of those experienced pickers near the railway station, Snade's deduction was pretty accurate. "Now, I hope that brat doesn't treat that thing as something useless and throw it away. Before we find it, he'd better keep that thing, or else …"
"Otherwise, this father will definitely kill his entire family and chop that brat into minced meat!" Huck's face twitched. "What should we do now? Go find that brat?"
"No, let's catch a pickpocket first and let them lead me to that brat. If that brat hangs around the railway station, the other pickpockets must know him!"
"Fine …"
The vicinity of Blackhot City's railway station had always been the most chaotic place in Blackhot City. None of the liars, pickpockets, and thieves here were clean, especially those pickpockets near the railway station. If they could cheat, they would cheat; if they couldn't cheat, they would steal; if they couldn't steal, they would rob; if they couldn't steal, they would cheat; if they couldn't steal, they would cheat. These people colluded with the magistrates near the railway station and did all kinds of immoral things, such as cheating, kidnapping, drugging, and smashing bricks. In the eyes of commoners, these people were the scourges of Blackhot City. However, tonight, because of a trivial thing, the two malignant stars finally found them...
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