“This festival is so much fun!”

Sitting in the car, Sonozaki Shion stretched happily.

"It seems that my decision to attend the Cotton Festival was the right one... Hmm, should I transfer to my sister's school? It feels like it will be interesting... Oh! Oh no!"

At this moment, Shiyin clapped her hands suddenly as if she remembered something.

"I forgot the message my sister asked me to bring to Mr. Fang Zheng... Ugh... The teacher shouldn't be far away now, Kasai, let's turn around!"

"yes."

Hearing Shiyin's order, the man in a suit driving the car nodded, then he suddenly turned the steering wheel and changed direction, driving back the way he came.

"oops?"

When the vehicle returned to the position it had just left, Shiyin could still see Fang Zheng's figure in the distance, but soon she realized that something was wrong.

Because at this moment, a van was slowly approaching him from behind.

Are you here?

Hearing the engine sound getting closer and closer, Fang Zheng sneered. He certainly knew who was coming. If Fang Zheng remembered correctly, these guys were the "Mountain Dog Unit" under Takano Sanshi. On the surface, they were a special force serving Takano Sanshi's research institute and protecting Rika's safety. In fact, this group of people were just a group of dogs raised by Takano Sanshi. They were also responsible for kidnapping Rika and killing more than 2,000 people in the entire village of Hinamizawa.

And now... they are setting their sights on me?

What a courage.

“Squeak!”

At this moment, the van suddenly stopped beside Fang Zheng, and then the door opened. Two men in work clothes jumped out of the car, pounced on Fang Zheng from behind, and tried to subdue him.

But at the moment they pounced on him, Fang Zheng suddenly dodged their attacks. Then he frowned and stared at them with a serious expression.

"Who are you?! Why are you attacking me?"

Failed?

Seeing that the young man in front of them actually dodged their attack so easily, the mountain dogs were obviously quite surprised. According to the information they had obtained, the young man in front of them was just a greenhorn who had just returned from studying abroad not long ago. Although they didn't know why their superiors specifically designated him to be arrested, in the eyes of these special forces members, kidnapping an ordinary person was not a stress-free thing at all for them.

But now... this is different from what we agreed!

"superior!"

Although they were a little surprised, as members of the special forces, the mountain dogs would certainly not give up. On the contrary, they looked at each other and rushed forward again.

You came just in time.

Seeing these guys rushing up without knowing how to live or die, Fang Zheng was secretly pleased. He had originally wanted to teach these beastly guys a lesson, and now they were actively rushing up to him to beat him up. If he didn't beat them half to death, would that be worthy of their kindness?

“Drink it!!”

Facing the two men rushing towards him, Fang Zheng turned around, clenched his fist and hit one of the men hard in the face, knocking him out. Seeing this, the other man was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, Fang Zheng had already arrived in front of him and kicked him between his legs.

“Oh—Ahhh—!”

Feeling the unspeakable pain coming from below, the man's expression suddenly became twisted and weird, and he curled up and bent over. But at the same time, Fang Zheng hit the man's chin with a right hook, temporarily relieving him from the pain and causing him to fall into a coma.

"how so?!"

Seeing this, the others in the van were also shocked. They didn't expect that they were just here to kidnap an ordinary person, but they were beaten down by the other party in one encounter. At this moment, the members of the Mountain Dog Unit also immediately became serious. They jumped off the car one after another and surrounded Fang Zheng from all sides. At this moment, their expressions were no longer as relaxed as before, and even a little solemn. Because the two unlucky guys lying at Fang Zheng's feet have proved that this young man in front of him is not easy to mess with!

And... it's cruel...

Seeing the unconscious companion who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, crying but not crying, with his hands tightly covering his lower body, everyone else felt their legs tighten... This is too cruel! Killing is not the right thing to do. We have no grudges against each other, why are you doing this?

“Let’s go together!!”

But as a special force, the Mountain Dogs still have some professional ethics. Although the young man in front of them looks like he can fight, they are professionals!

Besides, this is an order!

No matter how we talk about it, two fists cannot beat four hands. He alone can't be a match for the six of us!

"Let's go together!"

Following an order, the others immediately rushed towards Fang Zheng.

The Mountain Dogs thought that they had more people and more power, and they had pistols and electric batons, while the enemy was alone and unarmed, so they should be able to take him down even if they had to suffer a little. But when they really started to fight, they found that it was completely different from what they thought!

The young man in front of them was not only very strong, but also had an incredibly quick reaction. No matter how they attacked, he could easily dodge through their gaps like a loach. Not only that, the members of the Mountain Dog Unit discovered that this young man was also incredibly strong!

They wanted to restrain the young man, but just as the two of them were holding down his shoulders, Fang Zheng leaned back heavily and crashed into the two of them. Then the two unlucky guys felt an extremely powerful impact coming towards them, and they flew backwards with a wail as if they were hit by a truck, and fell heavily into the fields on both sides of the road.

Then Fang Zheng stretched out his hands, clenched them into fists, and hit the two members of the Mountain Dog Unit in front of him from the left and right. The two unlucky guys didn't even have time to dodge before they were hit in the chest by Fang Zheng, and then they fell to the ground with a wail.

“No, that’s not good!!”

Seeing their companion being knocked to the ground by Fang Zheng in no time, the remaining two people did not dare to rush forward to die. They looked at each other, then turned around and wanted to get in the car to leave, but as soon as they turned around, they felt a hand grabbing their heads, and then the two people felt that the world in front of them suddenly began to spin and fly, and then...their eyes rolled back and they completely fainted.

"Nothing more."

Fang Zheng clapped his hands and snorted as he looked at the members of the Mountain Dog Corps lying at his feet. He probably guessed the other party's intention. According to the process of the Cicada World, one person must die and one person must go missing during the Cotton Festival. Originally, the one who died on this day should be Totake Jiro, who was ostensibly a photographer but was actually an inspector, and the one who went missing was Takano Sanshi. But now it seems that Takano Sanshi is planning to let himself replace Totake Jiro...

Unfortunately, she chose the wrong opponent.

"Mr. Fang Zheng...!"

At this moment, a slightly panicked voice came from a distance. Fang Zheng looked up and saw Sonozaki Shion running towards him nervously, and behind her, there was a man in a black suit.

"I'm so glad you're okay. What on earth is going on? Who are these people?"

Looking at the unconscious men lying on the ground, Sonozaki Shion's face showed uncontrollable surprise and astonishment. At first, she also saw the van approaching Fang Zheng, and Shion felt that something was wrong. But what happened next still shocked the girl, because the man who got off the van actually wanted to attack Fang Zheng!

What is going on?!

Originally, Shiyin was planning to ask her bodyguard Kasai to help, but she didn't expect Fang Zheng to act so quickly. By the time they arrived, those people had been dealt with by Fang Zheng in no time.

"I never thought you were so amazing, Mr. Fang Zheng!"

At this moment, the look in Sonozaki Shion's eyes when she looked at Fang Zheng also changed. Although she had learned from her bodyguard that the young man in front of her was very dangerous and powerful, it was only after she actually saw him that she realized that Fang Zheng was actually much more powerful than she had imagined. Each of these men was strong and powerful. Even Kasai would probably find it difficult to deal with so many of them at once with his bare hands, but Fang Zheng was able to deal with them so easily?

But soon, she had a new question.

“Who are these people?”

"I don't know either."

In response to Sonozaki Shion's question, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"I was just walking down the street, and these people came to cause trouble for me... From the looks of them, it looked like they were planning to kidnap me."

Having said this, Fang Zheng showed an expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

"…Come to think of it, today is the Cotton Festival. Could it be that these people are planning to make me suffer the evil of the shrine god as well?"

"Why?!"

Hearing this, Sonozaki Shion's expression suddenly changed. She stared at the people who had fainted on the ground, then hesitated for a moment, then looked at Fang Zheng and asked again.

"So Mr. Fang Zheng, what are you going to do?"

“It’s very simple.”

As for the countermeasures, Fang Zheng has certainly thought of them.

"Call the police."