Chapter 424: Peace in a Small Town
In the North District 9, the rain in May is still changing. Under the gloomy sky, there is a gray world. The train passes through the mountain tunnel and enters the empty plain, bringing up bursts of whistling sounds.
The advancement of the purification project in the North District 5 has given hope to the residents of many areas of the Jade Skirt. Compared with the past, there is a lot of vitality. Some large enterprises are also willing to invest in the northern region in advance in order to seize the opportunity after the environment is restored in the future.
"Why, do you miss home?" Leaning against the window, the young man in a white robe looked at his companion who was as tall and burly as him.
"A little." He looked at the reflection on the glass window, and a subtle sense of strangeness emerged.
It turned out that he already looked like this, with thick eyebrows, cold eyes, and a look as immovable as a rock. He didn't look like a young man in his 20s at all.
"Xian Ta, your home is in the North District 3."
"Yes, why do you suddenly ask this." The young man in a white robe next to him folded his arms and opened his eyes.
"Nothing, I just suddenly want to visit the northern districts. I'm about to graduate."
"Indeed, I'm going to study at the university in the central star field. I'm afraid it will be difficult to go home for several years. The probability of returning to the Four Leaf Crystal for work in the future is also very small." Xian Ta loosened his arms and came to his companion's side, looking at the gray world outside with him.
"Although it's a bit gloomy, the foundation here is good. If the environment is restored, it should be a pleasant place. Are you reluctant to leave, Valk?"
"Yeah."
After the brief answer, the carriage became quiet again. For a long time, the two did not speak, just quietly looking at the rolling hills and fields outside. This is not because they have a bad relationship, but because neither of them is a talkative person.
An hour later, in the drizzling rain, the train with orange-red searchlights stopped at the station in the small town, and then the two got off.
"We're here, I'll take you to where you live." Valk held up a black umbrella and led the way in front.
The two walked on the street, looking at the sparsely populated shops and passers-by on the street, occasionally saying a few words, and the church in the distance was illuminated by the lightning in the sky from time to time.
"Bang——"
A figure flew out of the alley beside the street, knocking over trash cans and guardrails along the way, and then slid for several meters on the wet street before stopping.
"You still want to run, right? Haha."
Several rude men walked out of the alley. The leader was wearing a leather jacket with chains. He had a hook-like scar on his face, brass knuckles on his right hand, and a silver wrist guard on his wrist.
As they spoke, they kicked the man lying on the ground fiercely. The severe pain made the man curl up.
"I asked you to pay back the money, not to cry poor to me. You are not very capable, but you have a lot of ideas. You hit me."
After a round of punches and kicks, the four turned around and looked at the two people who had been watching and spat.
"What are you looking at? Get out!"
If it were an ordinary person, he would probably leave quickly with the idea of less trouble, but the two men did not move at all.
In response, the leading man raised his eyebrows, and with anger in his annoyance, he strode forward and kicked out fiercely, with a whistling kick. If it was an ordinary person, this kick would be enough to break bones, but this time it hit an iron plate. With a "bang", not only did he fail to kick the person in front of him, but the recoil force made his leg hurt, and he staggered back.
Covering his aching calf, the man felt that he was being played, and his face was burning.
"Grab your weapons, come together!" He roared, then took out a short knife from the waist covered by his jacket and rushed over again.
In response, Valk just shook his head, and directly swung out with his palm, catching the tip of the stabbing knife, holding it tightly, twisting the blade and breaking it apart. He also easily subdued the blade stabs of the other people.
The sharp steel blades were broken by the man in his palm, and then thrown aside. This scene made the people present frightened and terrified, and finally sobered up.
"Who are you? We are from the Blackwater Gang. If you mess with us, you will never have peace. Don't think you are powerful. If we know where you live, we will make sure you can't live."
"Oh, really?" Valk took a step forward, lifted the leading man with one hand, and then wiped his hair wet by the rain with the other hand so that the other party could see him clearly.
Unfortunately, the other party still looked confused and didn't react at all. Only after a long time, the younger brother next to him exclaimed.
"Are you Valk?"
"Yes, it's me."
"This... I'm sorry, the eldest brother hasn't seen you, it's our fault, please let us go." When the remaining few heard this, their tone suddenly changed and became humble and flattering.
"What if I say I don't want to." Valk threw the man in front of him down, and then stomped on him. With a scream and the sound of bones crushing, the man's thigh was broken.
"No, Brother Valk, we have always kept our distance from each other. The church where you grew up is now the focus of our gang's protection, and all the gangs in the town are also taking care of it. Even for the sake of Pastor Boyce, please let us go."
After that, the other people also echoed and said words of pleading.
In response, Valk just shook his head and spoke.
"Who is your gang leader now, and where is he?"
"The gang leader is Cook, and now..." Several of the younger brothers hesitated for a few seconds before answering.
"The gang leader is not in town now, he is out of town discussing business."
"Tell him to come back, I have something to ask him."
"This..." Several people looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
"The gang leader is very busy, I guess he won't see me." One of them whispered.
"What is he busy with?" Valk was not in a hurry.
"Busy with business, a lot of business, there are many companies investing in the north now." When they answered, there was a little joy in their voices.
It seems that the local gangs have also reaped a lot of benefits from this revival. Come to think of it, when some large companies come to the north to invest, they will definitely inquire about the local situation and make friends with local forces to avoid any unpleasantness and obstacles in the future.
"I know." Just as they put down their worries and thought Valk would not pursue the matter this time, another sentence popped up.
"Tell Cook to see me within three days."
After saying that, he walked to the side, picked up the figure who had been beaten before, carried him, and continued to walk towards the church in the distance.
Xian Ta, who was following behind, looked at the people at the alley with interest, then smiled, and then followed Valk's back.
After walking away, Xian Ta asked about what happened just now.
"Do you know that Cook?"
"Yes, I fought with them a long time ago, and I broke one of his teeth, and I almost died under the siege."
"So cruel, then how did you survive later, they seem to have a lot of power in the local area." Xian Ta asked intermittently.
"Later, it was because the teacher heard about my deeds and came to the town to take a look, so I saved my life." Valk recalled the past.
"After that, I went to Edes Academy, and they didn't dare to provoke me anymore, and then they became friendly."
"I came back with my friends in the first and second grades, and we cleaned up the gangs on the edge of town, but Cook and his gang still survived."
"Are you going to solve it once and for all this time?" Xian Ta saw Valk's thoughts.
"Yes, I'm leaving, and it will be difficult for me to come back, so I have to solve it properly this time."
As they talked, the two walked to the front of the church. There was a knock on the door, and then the warm orange light in the church came out, illuminating the gloomy and dark world outside.
"I'm back, everyone." After Valk walked in, cheers soon rang out in the church, and then it became noisy.
At night, after rescuing the injured man, Valk walked out of the room and found that Pastor Boyce was still standing in the church hall, praying to the empty altar.
"Aren't you going to sleep yet, Pastor?" Valk walked over.
"Yeah." Pastor Boyce turned around and asked Valk to sit with him for a while.
"You shouldn't have messed with Cook and the others. Since they have settled down in the past few years, why bother to stir up disputes?"
"Besides, I've also heard about their situation in the past two years. They got a lot of guns and special weapons on the black market." Boyce said worriedly.
"I know, Pastor." Valk didn't let the other party continue nagging.
He walked up to the pastor and put his hands on Boyce's shoulders, feeling the old age and frailty of the middle-aged man in front of him. It seemed that if he exerted a little force, he could break this dead tree. He was not as tall and strong as he remembered. With
a slight sigh, Valk patted Boyce's back, hugged the pastor who had raised him, and then let go.
"I know your concerns. For example, after I leave, they may come back, such as using various conspiracies in secret, or using guns and other weapons to attack." The pastor in front of him was just an ordinary person after all. He was afraid of the other party's revenge and had no ability to deal with such things.
"Knowing this, Lord Boyce, and I came back this time to solve these things permanently." Valk turned his head and looked at the vacant throne beside him.
"It's different from the past, Lord Pastor." He looked at his palm and slowly clenched it.
"I have grown up and have enough strength to break some things in the past. You don't have to be as nervous as before, and you don't have to worry about me."
As he spoke, strands of light golden magic rose from Valk's body. The stable and warm magic light sand instantly filled every corner of the church, reflecting all objects clearly. Even the frail Pastor Boyce felt much more comfortable standing in this halo, as if some old pains were gradually recovering. His
broad palm clenched, and a light ball condensed by white flames emerged. Its appearance was warm, but the thriving magic inside was frightening.
Boyce had also attended a good school when he was young. Although he didn't know the specific strength of this light ball, according to some intuition, he felt that some Sequence 6 extraordinary people might not be able to take it.
Surprised at Valk's transformation and growth in the past four years, his originally hanging heart gradually let go.
"Ah, yes, I'm old." He said with a little self-mockery and relief.
"You've grown up, Valk. Even I find it hard to associate your current appearance with your childhood." He sat down on the chair and looked up at the man not far away.
"You were so thin and small back then. You and Grid were like two sticks in the ground. The first time I gave you a bath, it was like wiping your bones."
"Huh... I always feel that I have done a lot of failures in my life. The only lucky thing is that you appeared, which gave me a lot of dignity and comfort." Pastor Boyce recalled the past.
"I always mess things up. My family, friends, and lovers are all disappointed in me. Looking back, I joined the church and came here. It was a kind of self-exile."
"I can't say that I did a good job in adopting children and teaching you. If I had been more patient and gentle at the time, perhaps Grid wouldn't have such a big grudge. This is all my fault."
"You are different from me. Although your childhood was a bit difficult, your future is particularly bright, so... you don't have to care about me, a failed old man." Although he was pleased with Valk's growth, Boyce felt that he was unworthy. If this former boy in front of him had not been discovered by the teacher of Edes Academy, he would probably have been ruined in his hands. He was always like this, unable to accomplish anything, and now he is still a burden to this promising new star.
"No, although you don't think so, but when I think back to my childhood, I still think that it was a rare and precious memory." Valk turned around and walked to Boyce and sat down.
"From the desperate situation of hunger and cold, I finally have a warm house to live in, to take a shower and wear clean clothes. Every first experience is so impressive."
"No matter what the pastor thinks of the past, in the future, I will let you experience success and soothe the regrets in your heart." Valk's voice was particularly firm and powerful, like a hammer hitting the hall.
Two days later, in a warehouse in the town, Valk met Cook again. This sinister man with tattoos on his face was the boss of the Blackwater Gang and one of the few Sequence 4 Beyonders in the town.
"Oh, our genius boy Valk is back, ah ha ha." He laughed sinisterly and applauded loudly. When Valk walked into the warehouse, one by one, the younger brothers rushed in from the side door with guns, and the door behind slowly lowered. Valk
didn't care about this, but just looked at the other party calmly. "You
're not going to run away? You're so confident." Cook jumped down from the tall container and took a few steps forward. He took the thick-barreled high-powered pistol handed by the younger brother, loaded the bullet calmly, and then rotated it in his palm.
"I know you've done well at Edes Academy, but this isn't a school, and we're not stupid, innocent students. Since you dare to name me and pick on me, don't blame me for being rude." He raised the muzzle of his gun and pointed it at Valk.
"Markin Workshop's 'Golden Fire-R3' anti-beast elite pistol is specially used for mutant creatures in the Wilderness Ruins galaxy. It can easily penetrate the skeletal carapace of Sequence 5 creatures. Even Sequence 6 creatures can't avoid being injured by large-caliber enchanted bullets."
After the introduction, he put the muzzle of the gun away, and then put it on his knuckles and rotated it again.
"My gun alone is sold for at least 5 million federal coins on the black market. Which do you think is harder, your muscles that you've worked so hard to train, or the bullets in my gun?"
"If it weren't for Pastor Boyce, I could have shot you today. No matter how outstanding a genius is, you're nothing when you die. Even if Edes Academy cares about you, you're dead, and you're worthless." Cook threatened Valk.
"Really?" Valk stared at Cook, his voice still steady.
"But why do I feel like you're actually scared?"
"You don't care about Pastor Boyce at all. You are just afraid of my identity and the flourishing Edes Academy. You don't even dare to really shoot." He walked towards Cook step by step, which made dozens of gang members in the warehouse nervous. They put their fingers on the trigger and began to aim.
"Come on, fire!" Suddenly, Valk accelerated his pace and reached out to Cook's neck.
Finally, under the tension and excitement, the gang members in the warehouse opened fire one after another, and the bullets rang out. Valk roared, and then saw that the other party's burly body was about to get close. Cook's pupils shrank, and his fingers could not help but put on the trigger, and he hastily aimed at Valk and shot.
"Bang--"
The scarlet gold air wave spread from the muzzle, and a thick and refined enchanted bullet was shot out. The magic crystal inside was instantly ignited after being stimulated, and then the magic filled the veins and imprints in the bullet, together constructing an extraordinary brilliance, making its penetration and power instantly increase.
The bullet passed through Valk's shoulder, bringing up blood and flesh fragments, but at this time his palm also grabbed Cook's wrist.
With a cracking sound, the opponent's wrist was directly broken, and then Valk stepped on the pistol and embedded it into the ground. At this time, the bullets of the surrounding gang members also poured into Valk, like hitting a thick and hard steel plate, splashing a burst of sparks, and then the bullets flew and bounced off, some even hit the gang members nearby, causing accidental injuries.
Resisting the gunfire, Valk lifted Cook up, and punched him while he struggled. Then the man flew out and hit the stacked containers in the warehouse, forming a human-shaped pit.
At this moment, Cook lost consciousness, and Valk did not stop. He continued to move forward, grabbed Cook again, punched his arm, crushed it directly, and then punched again, breaking the other arm. The severe pain made Cook sober, and then he let out a tragic roar. He cursed Valk, vowed to make him die, and asked his brothers to kill Valk.
The gang members present were trembling and kept firing at Valk, but they could not cause effective damage. At this time, someone finally couldn't help being afraid, threw down his gun, and ran away. Others also panicked, shooting and retreating, afraid that this man would pounce on them.
But Valk didn't care about these gang members. He still punched Cook one by one. From the initial roar and cursing to the later painful groans, and then to the later crying and begging for mercy, this arrogant man finally became afraid. His mouth was full of blood foam, and he breathed in less and exhaled more, feeling death spreading on his body.
"Please, I was wrong. I don't dare to do it again. Please let me go. I won't dare to do it again." He cried weakly. He was really afraid that Valk would beat him to death in this warehouse.
If he died, he would lose everything. The money he had earned over the years, the life he enjoyed, and everything would be gone. Thinking of this, he felt more and more regretful and afraid.
Finally, Valk stopped and carried the man to the outside of the warehouse. There were only a few gang members left around. Even the few who stayed looked at Valk in fear and did not dare to continue shooting.
Valk did not stop. He just dragged Cook through the streets of the town, causing countless people to scream and shout along the way. Finally, he stopped in the square and waited for the police to arrive.
Looking at the surrounding townspeople, Valk spoke.
"From today on, no more gangs are allowed in this town."
Soon after, the police car arrived. After some questioning and discussion at the scene, Cook was taken into the police car and arrested. The charges were private purchase and use of firearms, forming an illegal organization, and extortion. Everyone present, including Cook himself, was a witness, and Valk fought back in self-defense, so it was not considered a crime.
After this day, the town became stable and peaceful. Soon, large companies related to the Edes Academy also came to the town and invested in the construction of new workshops, which allowed many residents to get jobs and further stabilized the social environment.
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