However, the reason Zheng Shu felt this man looked more like an ancient knight than a Western wizard was probably because he was wearing a distinctive black suit. At this moment, he looked down at the people in the car from a high vantage point, yet his eyes were curious and not disdainful.
"Are you in trouble?" the man asked softly.
It was not until the man said this that Zheng Shu realized that all the ropes on his body had broken.
...When was it?
The man waved his hand gently, and the paper ball in Zheng Shu's mouth flew out along with the tape. The man was clearly quite interested in the tape. He pulled it toward him, pinching it, turning it over and over, and even rubbing his fingers against it to feel its stickiness.
"Brave man, save me!" Zheng Shu blurted out without thinking.
"...What?" The man blinked, a smile slightly unexpected. His gaze spread out like the sea, seeming to reflect the clear and calm sky.
"This is the first time someone calls me a warrior." The man laughed, "You're quite humorous, little brother."
Zheng Shu then realized that he might have called the wrong name out of nervousness. He quickly said, "No, no, no, brother, Taoist priest, male god, hero...you can call me whatever you want. As long as you save me, I will reward you handsomely!"
The man immediately laughed. "It doesn't matter. Call me whatever you want. 'Warrior' sounds interesting, too. I saved you, and I don't need your gold. Let me see. Did these bandits kidnap you, intending to extort money and kill you to silence you?"
He raised his finger slightly, and a force like a stream of air appeared out of thin air beside Zheng Shu, lifting him up from the trunk. "Robbery of innocent people is a serious crime and deserves a fair punishment. Logically, I shouldn't attack mortals. I wonder where your government is?"
Zheng Shu was sweating profusely at the man's constant mention of "officials" and "good citizens." He even felt a little embarrassed and quickly spoke out to stop him, "Stop, stop. There's no need to trouble you. They don't want to kill me, they just want to teach me a lesson. Well, I was wrong in the first place. Would you mind showing some mercy?"
He was too excited when he suddenly escaped from the trap just now, but now he has gradually come to his senses. He is very glad that this man did not kill people directly to "enforce justice": no matter how you look at it, these thugs do not deserve the death penalty.
Although Zheng Shu was always unclear about his lovers' relationships, he could still distinguish clearly when it came to matters of life and death, and he was even a bit timid.
The man tilted his head, actually following Zheng Shu's advice and not making a move. He landed calmly on the grass in the countryside, not even moving a step, but in the blink of an eye, he was standing in the van with the roof lifted.
"Hmm? So you two know each other." The man's smile was still there, but his eyes paused on Zheng Shu. Even though his gaze only lingered on Zheng Shu for a brief moment, Zheng Shu felt as if he had been seen through.
Then he saw the man hook his finger at one of the thugs.
The five men witnessed how he fell from the sky, smashing the reinforced van to pieces without even a speck of dust on his body. Furthermore, the shards of glass he had so casually suspended in mid-air were still frozen in place. Therefore, apart from a few sounds at the beginning, they remained silent, their heads in their hands, like quails.
It was not until one of their companions suddenly collapsed after being pointed at by the man that the other four people raised their heads one after another.
This time, Zheng Shu was the one who spoke too quickly. He screamed out in surprise, "You, you put him..."
"I'm just looking through some of his memories. He'll be more comfortable if he's unconscious." The man's actions clearly weren't as gentle as his tone. "I won't touch on too many of his private matters. I'm just looking at the whole story of this hostage-taking incident."
As a purebred 24k little fool, Zheng Shu didn't realize it until that night. What the man meant was that he wanted to know whether the six of them were originally in the same nest, and the kidnapping happened now was because of the infighting due to uneven distribution of the spoils.
At this moment, Zheng Shu just stared at the man stupidly, watching him staring at the unconscious thug with a thoughtful expression. After three or four seconds, the man raised his head, and his eyes were no longer as sharp as before.
"You guys are really messing around," the man said with a laugh. "I've already destroyed their magical instruments of transportation. Since they wanted you to walk back, let's just make them suffer the same way. As for you, little brother, I'll take you home."
Hearing this, Zheng Shu's eyes lit up, and he quickly climbed from the trunk of the van to the back seat, then rolled and crawled out of the back seat, opened the door and got out of the car, staring at the man with great anticipation.
As someone at the top of the food chain, this man carried himself with a leisurely demeanor. He wasn't in a rush. Before reaching out to place a hand on Zheng Shu's shoulder, he asked curiously, "Do you have that... Armstrong... cyclonic acceleration... jet-powered Armstrong cannon?"
Zheng Shu: “…”
Zheng Shu was really curious about what this man had just seen in the thug's memory.
Zheng Shu didn't even dare to speak too firmly to such a powerful being who could easily knock anyone unconscious with just a finger. He said stubbornly, "Yes, yes. Um, is that what you want? That's a bit difficult."
"It's not that I want to." The man laughed heartily, "I just want to confirm. It seems that this is indeed Sister Xue's hometown."
As an uneducated playboy, Zheng Shu naturally thought that the man was talking about "Xue Zi".
He casually pondered: Xuezi? The one who controls the snow? Then does this man also control the weather? What, exactly, does he control?
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