Hearing even the boss admit that Xiao Lan was the only one who currently still had an item, the tattooed gangster gasped as his bloodshot eyes immediately locked onto Xiao Lan like an angry bull.
The tattooed gangster didn’t have any other way out.
Once again, he was deceived by Lin Yan. After he and that fellow joined hands to steal Xiao Lan’s cigarettes, Lin Yan ambushed him after the two of them split up to search for Xiao Lan’s whereabouts.
The tattooed gangster absolutely didn’t expect Lin Yan to be so quick, and the latter was far stronger than he appeared on the surface.
Caught off guard, the tattooed gangster was knocked out flat. Then, Lin Yan tied him up firmly and shut him inside a water tank. That beast even hit him hard on the back of his head before sealing him inside the water tank, knocking him unconscious for over ten minutes so that he completely missed out on the time to search for clues.
He didn’t have an item, and choosing one randomly was just looking for death; the only item that had a chance of passing was whatever Xiao Lan had.
Right now, only one path lay before the tattooed gangster — seize Xiao Lan’s item, even though that meant snatching the other person’s road to survival.
He clenched his fists and his joints cracked. He bent slightly in an attack posture, and he walked towards Xiao Lan with steady steps.
The tattooed gangster spoke aggressively. “Are you going to hand it over, or do I have to take it myself?”
Clearly, Lin Yan hadn’t told him about Xiao Lan’s fighting skills, otherwise he wouldn’t be so confident. After all, looking at their physiques — one slim, 180cm tall youth, and a muscular gangster who was nearly two meters tall — wasn’t it obvious who the weak one was at a glance?
But there was no panic on Xiao Lan’s face.
Actually, ever since the tattooed gangster appeared, Xiao Lan had been secretly writing on the letter to communicate with Luo.
After Xiao Lan’s physical attributes were boosted by the skill, he didn’t lose out to Lin Yan. Moreover, Lin Yan’s advantage was his speed. Xiao Lan just needed to increase his speed to the same level, and facing the tattooed gangster and Lin Yan together would be a cinch. Moreover, Luo said that Xiao Lan’s current physique would be able to support a four-fold increase in speed.
Thus, Xiao Lan didn’t respond to the tattooed gangster’s provocation, but directly activated the skill.
【Title: Poverty is unable to restrict my imagination】
【Ability: Quadruple acceleration】
【Remaining time: 00:04:59】
Instantly, the world seemed to slow down before Xiao Lan’s eyes. The tattooed gangster’s every move was very slow, like an old granny crossing the road; in Xiao Lan’s eyes, the gangster was full of openings. Beating this fellow up would be a piece of cake.
He charged forward and took the initiative to attack.
In the face of Xiao Lan’s punch, the tattooed gangster didn’t think much of it, but was suddenly astonished in the next second!!
What was this speed?!
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Xiao Lan was obviously over two meters away, but the fist instantly appeared in the tattooed gangster’s face. He hastily raised a hand to block it, and was pushed backward by the force of the attack. He hurriedly shifted his body to neutralise the force, and felt his entire arm turn numb at the same time.
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The tattooed gangster’s astonishment had yet to fade when Xiao Lan attacked again.
From Xiao Lan’s experience in fights, if you wanted to come out on top and survive, it was vital to make the most of an opponent’s astonishment or daze, and get a few more attacks in.
Xiao Lan’s quick punch landed right in the tattooed gangster’s stomach and caused the latter to stagger back.
Bracing himself, the tattooed gangster stood firm and tried to counterattack.
Before he could react, Xiao Lan had already followed up with a knee which broke the gangster’s fighting stance, then took the chance to jump up and give the tattooed gangster a flying kick, and the latter fell to his knees.
Xiao Lan’s movements were smooth and natural, and everything happened in less than three seconds.
Kneeling on the floor, the tattooed gangster’s face was full of bewilderment. What just happened? Why was he on the floor? How did this pretty boy defeat him?
Of the spectators watching from beginning to end, Zhao Xiaohe was so excited that her eyes glowed. If the boss wasn’t right in front of her, she might have jumped and cheered, “Xiao ge is too cool!” or “All hail my Xiao ge!”
On the other hand, Lin Yan’s expression was ashen. He couldn’t help clutching his stomach for a moment, as if recalling some bad memory, and the vigilance and wariness in his eyes as he looked at Xiao Lan increased significantly.
Under the tattooed gangster’s confused gaze, Xiao Lan slowly straightened and turned to look at Lin Yan.
If he didn’t sort him out right now, what should he do if he could no longer catch this guy after clearing the instance? It was still better to get even here.
Xiao Lan turned around and walked towards Lin Yan.
Lin Yan immediately became nervous, and his voice was somewhat hoarse. “What — what are you doing?! Submit your item, why are you coming this way?!”
Xiao Lan turned a deaf ear to his words. He was no longer in the mood to continue speaking nonsense with Lin Yan. Language was the bridge of communication, not a means to cheat and even plot against someone’s life.
He used all his strength to punch Lin Yan in the face, and Lin Yan also mobilised all his strength to try and avoid it.
Originally, given Lin Yan’s abnormal speed, dodging a new player’s attack was nothing.
But he never thought that even as he did his best to dodge, he was still punched so hard in the face that the muscles on his face skewed to one side. His glasses were flung right off, and a tooth flew out of his mouth.
With a “bang—”, Lin Yan cut a pitiful sight as he was slammed to the floor, the force of the attack even causing him to roll over the floor twice before he stopped.
Lin Yan stopped his momentum with difficulty, and braced both hands on the floor as he tried to get up. When he opened his eyes, however, he felt the world spin, as well as a strong urge to vomit.
“C- chazy… Yuh can aleady cleah the insance, why come thouble me…” Lin Yan said angrily from the floor. At that moment, his facial features were twisted out of shape and he was bleeding from the corner of his lips. His suit was also in a mess, and his carefully combed wig was also askew, revealing the Mediterannean Sea underneath.
“This isn’t much in return for when you schemed repeatedly against my life, right?” Xiao Lan looked down at him, his expression indifferent. “You wanted to kill me — three times, even.”
Suggesting that he pick a special price product; the sneak attack by the lurker in the warehouse; and joining hands with the tattooed gangster to seize the cigarettes. Each time, Lin Yan truly wanted him to die; if Xiao Lan was a little more naive, or a little weaker, his body would have already long grown cold.
Lin Yan hurried to quibble with him. “I… I think highly of yuh teh most; how culd I hut yuh ne?!”
He seemed to feel that this wasn’t enough, and promptly began to go into HR swindling mode. “Yuh awen’t teh same as those idiots. It was all… twial, wight wight wight, they ah trials!! You have already passed, and yuh can join my force afteh leaving the game wold. Theh ah a lot of items theh. Yuh also like young schoolgils, light? We also AH —”
Lin Yan’s lengthy speech was cut off by his own scream.
Xiao Lan violently stomped on Lin Yan’s leg, which was accompanied by the crisp sound of a fracture. Lin Yan finally could no longer rattle on.
Xiao Lan realised that they really couldn’t communicate at all. To this person, human lives were absolutely nothing. Lin Yan didn’t feel the slightest bit regretful or guilty about the deaths he had caused, and even believed that the victims were idiots.
Fuck victim-blaming! The one who should die was obviously this sort of scum who would destroy everything for their own benefit.
Lin Yan howled wretchedly as he clutched his leg, but no one present had any sympathy.
However, Zhang Dong stared at Xiao Lan with slightly narrowed eyes.
Sensing the gaze on his back, Xiao Lan turned around and said to Zhang Dong, “Don’t worry, I won’t ruin your game.”
On the floor, Lin Yan had a moment of confusion. What game?
The matter they were discussing seemed to be related to him, but… what were they talking about? His gaze flicked between the boss and Xiao Lan’s faces, and he noticed that their smiles seemed to contain some tacit understanding.
A thin layer of sweat covered Lin Yan’s back at this thought.
Unfortunately, no one cleared up his confusion.
Under everyone’s gazes, Xiao Lan stepped forward and took out a small, flat glass bottle from his pocket. This was a cheap liquor with a high alcohol content that was sold in the supermarket, and it was very easy to carry this small, flat bottle around.
“Hahahahaha.” Lin Yan suddenly burst out laughing. “Choosing alcohol is death! I have neveh seen an idiot choose liquor; I never thought that yuh would actually look for death yuhself, hahahahaha!”
He thought that this kid had been able to find some key clue in twenty minutes, but in the end, he was just trying his luck. Lin Yan laughed until he was rolling over the floor. He was already imagining what sort of death the boss would give this youngster; it would be best if he was torn to shreds and turned into little pieces. That would make him happy.
Xiao Lan, however, was completely unmoved. He didn’t react at all even when he saw Lin Yan’s expression.
Because Luo had chosen this liquor based on the alcohol traces on the ground.
The alcohol that a person chose to drink when in the throes of despair couldn’t possibly be one that they hated, or else the more you drank of an alcohol you disliked, the more terrible your mood would become — how could you drown your sorrows with alcohol then? It would already be good enough if it didn’t lead to rage.
Xiao Lan placed the liquor bottle on the checkout counter.
He saw an odd, nostalgic expression appear on that stiff, grey face.
Zhang Dong reached out to take the bottle, opened the top, and took a sip, before he closed his eyes with an infatuated expression. “En —”
Zhang Dong said to Xiao Lan, “After so many games, you’re the first to find this. It’s already been a long time since I’ve tasted this. Hehe, I’ll give you an extra present as a reward.”
Xiao Lan: “…” He recalled the ‘supermarket unsaleable item’ which Zhang Dong had randomly given to him.
“Pass.” Zhang Dong looked a little reluctant to part with Xiao Lan. “You really won’t consider staying here? Our supermarket has talents everywhere who are good at both talking and listening. How about I commend you as an outstanding staff member?”
Xiao Lan hurriedly said, “Thanks, but no thanks.”
Glancing at the sweet-smiling shop assistant lady on the side, Xiao Lan thought in his mind, Big brother, the talent under you wants to usurp you, you know?
Zhang Dong finished the liquor and smacked his lips.
He surveyed everyone, then pointed at Xiao Lan and Zhao Xiaohe. “It seemed that only the two of you pass this round.”
Hearing this, Lin Yan’s face was filled with disbelief. He hastily said, “Wait — wait a minute… those who got the free coupon just have to go through another selection round, right? They passed, then what about… me?”
Zhang Dong responded to him with disdainful nostrils.
Xiao Lan said with a smile, “He’s such a stingy person; how can he give you another chance?”
Lin Yan’s face immediately drained of color.
The author has something to say:
Xiao Lan: We’ll be receiving bentos soon, may I ask how you feel right now?
Lin Yan: Can I swear?
Xiao Lan revealed a fist.
Lin Yan: Right now I’m happy… very happy… I love bentos the most QAQ
I wonder what kind of bentos Xiao Lan makes? Hehe~
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That guy deserved the punch x100 XD
He’s finally getting his just deserts!
Thanks for the chapter! 💕
Zhao Xiaohe (the schoolgirl, I don’t know if I spelled her right) became a fangirl😂
Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️
She deserved each one of those blows, she was a little worried if it was necessary to get her hands stained by that scum, the good was not necessary
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^
Thanks for the chapter!
Hahaha, LY’s distorted speech was funny lolol But was it easy to translate or write? x’D
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
Luo’s was disconnected….
Thanks for the chapter!
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Fuck victim-blaming!! Let’s say it louder!
Idk why but I kinda find zhang dong adorable in this chapter 😳
So the shandi brand cigarettes don’t count as pass? Damn if Xiao lan have taken those 💀