Chapter 75 Footsteps, Alarm Clock, Fu Ze is Dead. It is with great regret that we inform you…
After the invention of firearms like guns and their widespread use on the battlefield, battles often ended very quickly.
Because the person who is hit will instantly lose their mobility and become a lamb to be slaughtered by the other side.
But Yuan Jianxing had never imagined that a battle could last so long.
Through the thick rubber, all the sounds became somewhat indistinct.
So no matter how hard Yuan Jianxing concentrated, he couldn't figure out which shot from the dense gunfire belonged to Fu Ze.
But he was absolutely certain that Fu Ze would be the one to stand until the end.
After a few more shots, only the sound of shoe soles scraping against the rubber surface of the inflatable castle remained.
The leg that was wearing those shoes staggered a bit at first, then stopped for a while, as if recovering from some state, before continuing to walk towards the direction where Yuan Jianxing was.
As they drew closer, the footsteps became clearer.
It was only then that Yuan Jianxing suddenly realized that this was not Fu Ze's walking rhythm.
In other words, the person who survived the gunfight just now... was Badger Tooth.
Without a doubt, this is an extremely dangerous sign.
However, compared to the impending crisis, Yuan Jianxing's mind was filled with only four words at this moment:
How is that possible?!
That's Fu Ze.
A person who can walk out unscathed from a furniture store right in front of a rhinoceros horn.
A person who can single-handedly reverse an action plan that has been completely altered by the appearance of the Dragon's Spine.
The person who can see through your plans and find you without anyone else noticing.
How could someone like that possibly lose to a mere, cunning, and powerless badger?
Yuan Jianxing didn't even realize that while he had listed Fu Ze's many achievements, he had conveniently omitted the most significant one: Fu Ze single-handedly infiltrating his office and killing Wan Chuanqiu.
While Yuan Jianxing was in a daze, the footsteps had already arrived at a very close distance.
Knowing that his battle-hardened body was reacting instinctively, Hara Kensei was able to pull himself out of his emotions and begin preparing for battle.
He curled up inside the cockpit, his hands bracing against the hatch.
If the opponent wants to kill you, they have to lift the rubber cover and aim to shoot.
Once the bullet is fired, it will inevitably damage the cockpit, giving him the opportunity to escape.
However, to Yuan Jianxing's surprise, the footsteps simply brushed past the aircraft, seemingly without any intention of finishing off the location where Yuan Jianxing was most likely hiding.
It's possible that Badger Teeth stepped on a connecting structure when he jumped out of the inflatable castle, causing the leaky rubber that was originally hooked on the wreckage of the aircraft to suddenly fall down and pile up on the ground in layers.
Without this thick barrier, the sounds that were previously indistinct became clear.
This includes the lingering, slow footsteps, as well as the still-echoing, chaotic chimes.
The last rays of the setting sun shone into Yuan Jianxing's eyes through the huge open glass connecting the basement to the third floor of the mall, stretching the figure of the departing person to an extremely long length.
Seeing is believing; that person was Badger Tooth.
Judging from the shadow, Badger Tooth's glasses were broken and were hanging uncomfortably on the bridge of his nose.
He seemed a little uncomfortable with this, but instead of instinctively pushing it back, he simply took it off and put it in his pocket.
His arm was injured, and drops of blood dripped from his sleeve, hitting the ground and being rubbed into a red line by his barely able-bodied steps.
Yuan Jianxing's heart had almost sunk to its lowest point.
If it weren't for that tiny, almost ethereal glimmer of hope clinging to it like a hair, it would probably have already crashed to the ground and shattered into countless pieces that could never be pieced back together.
Hearing the continuous sound of rubber hitting the ground, Badger Tooth stopped and turned to look at the place where Yuan Jianxing was hiding.
Just when Yuan Jianxing thought that Badger Tooth would come back to check, the other party left again.
This is unreasonable.
Yuan Jianxing's brain immediately began to think.
Why didn't Badger Tooth come to be checked?
How could someone who could orchestrate the kidnapping of Sparrow Feather not know the principle of "doing things thoroughly and eliminating the root of the problem"?
Is it because of the injury on my arm? Or...?
However, Hara Mihoshi's question was soon answered.
Just as Badger Tooth's figure disappeared from the South Gate, a large number of executives poured in from the North Gate, which was also damaged by the aircraft, and was closer to the Clock Tower Square.
With many hands making light work, they quickly rescued Yuan Jianxing from his predicament.
Just as the others were helping Yuan Jianxing onto the stretcher, one of the executives approached with something in his hand: "Brother Xing, is this your phone?"
His tone was somewhat hesitant.
Yuan Jianxing's phone wasn't a special model, but it wasn't common either.
And because he never wears any phone case, he is actually surprisingly easy to recognize.
However, this phone of the same model clearly does not meet the second criterion.
It was not only covered with a dopamine-colored cream-colored phone case, but also had many small ornaments with a street art style hanging on it.
Therefore, the executive officer was not entirely sure who its owner was.
But Hara Miki knew.
This is Fu Ze's phone.
He bought the same model for Fu Ze.
Just then, the phone suddenly vibrated, startling the executive officer into instinctively letting go of his hand.
The phone fell from a height of half a person and slammed heavily onto the ground of the inflatable castle, then, by sheer coincidence, bounced back and landed right next to Yuan Jianxing's hand.
Yuan Jianxing picked it up, unsure whether his trembling hands were due to the phone's vibration or some other reason.
The culprit was an alarm clock.
Below the alarm clock is a line of small print:
"Dear Partner, we regret to inform you that your current loyalty program has expired."
Loyalty... expires...
Yuan Jianxing suddenly recalled the conversation between the two of them on the cruise ship.
"Fu Ze, at least for now, genuinely wants to help Yuan Jianxing."
"First, explain what you mean by 'at least for now'?"
"'At least now' means 'from now until some time in the future.' Do you expect me to promise you a lifetime? That's so greedy!"
"So, how long is your loyalty valid, and what are the conditions for it to be valid?"
So... what does this mean?!
Why did Fu Ze set such an alarm clock in advance?
Did he never intend to come back alive to see me?!
"Where is Fu Ze?" Yuan Jianxing suddenly looked up at the executive officer who had come with his phone, his tone somewhat fierce.
Fu Ze? What Fu Ze?
The executive officer, who was being questioned by Hara Miki, was somewhat bewildered.
Wasn't Fu Ze transferred to a secret mission? Even if others didn't know, as the supervising executive officer, this transfer process must have been approved by Yuan Jianxing.
Why would he ask a question like "Where is Fu Ze?"
Yuan Jianxing also realized that he had lost his composure.
Taking a deep breath to forcefully calm his anger and fear, he changed his question: "Where did you find the phone?"
"In the area near the bubble ball ocean."
Having received the answer, Yuan Jianxing swept off the examination patch that the team doctor had stuck to his body, got up somewhat disheveled, and rushed over like a madman.
Without any searching, he followed the increasingly strong smell of blood in the air to a marine-themed sunken area next to the bubble ball pool.
After the battle, the seaweed, coral, and marine animal-shaped air sacs that were originally standing there all deflated, revealing the decoration in the center—a huge seashell.
Perhaps it was lucky, but the shell was not pierced by the bullet.
Its upper shell bulged and pressed against the lower shell, making the hand that stretched out diagonally from between the two, along with half of its forearm, appear very smooth and lustrous.
No matter how you look at it, it's no different from the person who usually stays in bed all the time.
However, at this moment, wisps of red were seeping out from the gap between the two shells, but instead of sliding down the curve of the lower shell, they gradually spread to both sides.
At first glance, it looks like a cruel smile.
Upon seeing this scene, Yuan Jianxing felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, as if it were being pricked by needles.
Although Haramihoshi's rationality made him anticipate this fact when he saw that the person who came out was Badger Tooth.
Yet he allowed his emotions to allow him to harbor some ethereal fantasies.
After all, Fu Ze has so many tricks up his sleeve; this might just be another one of his schemes to outwit his enemies.
He slid down the wall of the inflatable castle, and when he landed, his legs gave way, and he almost pounced in front of the seashell.
With trembling hands, Yuan Jianxing tried to lift the upper part of the shell, but repeatedly lost her grip due to her shaking hands and the sticky blood.
Finally, as if he had accepted a certain fact, he knelt down and used both hands to pry open the seashell.
Wearing his own coat, Fu Ze was immersed motionless in a pool of blood held up by seashells.
Several bullets blasted a fist-sized gash into his chest, spilling out shattered lung lobes and half a heart that was still warm but would never beat again.
Faced with these irrefutable facts, all conjectures were shattered.
Fu Ze... is dead.
Yuan Jianxing grasped Fu Ze's drooping hand, the one that wasn't stained with blood.
It is still soft and warm.
But they will never again whine and rub their fingers together, just to sleep a little longer.
Yuan Jianxing suddenly had a strange feeling.
Is it possible that these are all hallucinations caused by being stunned when I landed?
Therefore, I must use some method, such as pain, to quickly get myself out of this terrible fantasy.
So he placed Fu Ze's finger, along with his own, in front of his lips and bit down hard.
Someone has to wake up.
The senior executive who had previously addressed Franka from the clock tower square finally arrived at the scene.
Upon seeing Yuan Jianxing engage in such an extremely irrational and almost self-harming act, he immediately ordered, "Let him calm down."
In an instant, several sprays came down in a deluge, leaving Yuan Jianxing, who was at a low position, with no way to avoid them.
After inhaling the tiny droplets scattered in the air, Yuan Jianxing's muscles began to relax uncontrollably, unable to support his body any longer.
Yuan Jianxing fell to one side and fell into a deep coma.
The last thing etched into his vision was Fu Ze, who was huddled in the center of the giant clam shell, looking in his direction.
Just a door away, a black sedan drove in the opposite direction from where Yuan Jianxing had fallen.
The badger teeth on the passenger seat pushed the broken glasses back onto the bridge of his nose to cover the reddened corners of his eyes.
From now on, probably no one will ever call him Fu Ze again.
Similarly, he would no longer allow others to call him Fu Ze.
Fu Ze is dead.
finally.
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Seeing that Badger Tooth was still looking at the receding Clock Tower Square through the rearview mirror, Rhinoceros Horn said, "There's no need to feel regretful. Perhaps this is the limit of what we can do."
Fu Ze nodded slightly, his hand unconsciously rubbing his slightly itchy forearm, which was already bandaged.
To be honest, even if he were in charge, he couldn't come up with a better elaborate scheme.
Fortunately, Yuan Jianxing was very lucky and had a long life.
...May the stars live to be a hundred years old.
"The system's schedule shows that Longji was supposed to go on a business trip to the university-enterprise cooperation research institute in V City today." Rhinoceros turned the steering wheel to the left and then stopped in a deserted corner of the nearby bus station. "But for some reason, he suddenly went back to the company."
Then what happens in the Bell Tower Square will definitely reach Longji's ears immediately.
Just then, Fu Ze suddenly looked up, his voice trembling: "You mean, Dragon Spine is currently at the headquarters of the Kangming Group in L City?"
Rhinoceros Horn noticed Badger Tooth's excitement, but interpreted the fluctuation in the other's tone as fear of "being exposed".
After all, Badger Tooth is a person who is hesitant and somewhat timid.
According to what the other party said before taking action, that is—
"Planning to kill Hara Miki has used up all the courage I have in my life. After I finish my escape, I'll probably only be able to run a convenience store, the kind where I can make a little profit after paying some protection money to the local thugs each month."
How did I respond back then?
Oh, right.
"Wherever you open a shop, I'll become the new local bully. This local bully doesn't eat much, your little shop can definitely support him."
That's what Xijiao genuinely thought at the time.
pity……
“Yes, so before Dragon Spine officially issues a warrant like it did for the last Snake Eyes hunt, I’ll send you away first.”
"Aren't you coming along?" Fu Ze asked instinctively.
After asking the question, he quietly and helplessly bit the tip of his tongue.
This death-for-life transformation happened too quickly; he hadn't had time to completely erase the thought processes belonging to Badger Tooth.
Rhinoceros Horn shook his head: "Killing Yuan Jianxing was my personal decision. I am already very grateful that you could help me arrange things to this extent in advance."
As for Dragonspine's anger, that's something he should bear.
As they were talking, Rhinoceros Horn took out a brand-new gun from the armrest box between the two of them and handed it over.
This is a very exquisite and compact technical revolver, completely different from the kinetic submachine gun that Badger used to fight Fu Ze.
It is clear that the rhinoceros horn had a deeper understanding of the badger tooth's abilities than the badger tooth itself did.
"From now on, you can do whatever you want."
"But now there's only one thing in my life that meets this condition."
Taking the gun, Fu Ze slowly loaded a bullet into the chamber.
Trusting Badger Tooth implicitly, Rhinoceros Horn had no suspicion or vigilance, assuming that the other party was still immersed in the guilt of failing to kill Yuan Jianxing earlier, so he turned around and got out of the car to get the luggage from the trunk.
"Bang—!"
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Author's Note: It's been so long, does everyone still remember the title of this story? [Oh, oh, oh]
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