The Road to Slaying God - Chapter 3

The Road to Slaying God Chapters 3-4

Of course, this totally depended on the young man's credit. Though they weren't too worried since the young man wouldn't have told them to return the items otherwise. These items were evidence of their crime. In fact, they were more glad to return them at this point. Even if the police catch them afterward, they would only be detained for a few days. No one in a train would choose to stay and be witnesses, one of the reasons they chose to commit the crime on a train.

The items were mixed together in the bag so it was rather troublesome to return. To everyone's surprise, the young man could pinpoint every item's owner as they took it out. This saved them a lot of time. Half an hour wasn't short but not really enough time to return everything otherwise.

All the items were returned to the passengers under Zhang's help. The passengers looked at him with gratefulness. Felt good to recover what was once lost.

"Good. Everyone... these men were just looking to feed themselves. Since you haven't suffered any loss, why don't you give them a chance? After they give the knives to my girlfriend, please give me some face and let them go. A man should own up to his words. I have promised them... of course, if they bring out any other weapons to threaten you, you can beat them to your hearts content. We are arriving to the station and we have two hundred people here. They can't run away..."

His tone became increasingly threatening toward the end. He pressed the knife further. The pain almost made him tear up. Yet he couldn't move an inch, afraid of Zhang mistaken him for trying to run away.

No one replied but they nodded. These passengers were from all over the country. No one would want to stand up if Zhang wasn't here.

"Thanks. Hurry, hand the knives over to the girl." Their leader ordered. He just wanted to leave this place, leave this young man. The dangerous and evil pressure made him uncomfortable.

The men slowly walked over.

"Wait!" Zhang suddenly shouted. "Don't come over. Hold out your arms straight. Hold onto the blades and hand the handles to my girlfriend."

The leader sweat again. The thought of threatening the young man with the girl just came up then it was killed off. Such deliberate thoughts gave him a sense of fear. The man had been on the business for over ten years. He wasn't an important person but he couldn't bring up the courage to resist in front of this young man. The whole compartment was in the young man's control the moment the knife was pressed against his neck.

As Zhang had said. The train began decelerating as it entered the station. They could hear the noise coming from the other compartments. People were also getting their luggages ready. If it wasn't the robbers still standing here, they might have started rushing toward the doors.

"You can go... oh and... are you going to get revenge on me?" Zhang suddenly asked.

"...No. No..."

"Hehe. That's good." Zhang let out a sigh of relief and took the knife off the man's neck.

"Thanks."

The man gestured a thanks and headed over to another compartment. As they disappeared among the crowd, Zhang could faintly see them brought out black or gray vests from their pockets and put them on...

The train was still decelerating slowly. Zhang dropped to the seat exhausted. No fight happened but the expense in stamina and energy near that of a basketball game or exam.

Zhang felt a lack of energy. He didn't even reply to the thanks from the passengers. He leaned himself on the girl. It wasn't to take advantage of her this time.

"I am sorry. Zhang Yang tongxue (senpai equivalent). I have to get off..." She blushed and said in a weak voice.

"Ah..." He shoot up at once. His face turned red as he looked at her. "You are from xx school?"

"Yes. I am a sophomore in Chinese major. One year lower than you..." She didn't want to look at his face. She lowered her head and played with the knives. The scene was peculiar.

Pff... It was as though a gust swept across the compartment. Zhang disappeared among the crowd.

"Your wallet! Your wallet..."

The girl shouted from behind but Zhang was nowhere to be seen. The remaining passengers stared at the scene in confusion as they wondered what happened between this little couple.

Zhang had exited the train. The anxiousness had him walking without direction. How could he still remember about the wallet. He didn't bring any luggage. His clothes were just bought since the cafe uniform was destroyed in the explosion.

"What should I do? What should I do?... My hands reached up to my xuemei (kohai equivalent). Shit..."

He looked like as if life was hell.

"Fuck. Taking advantage isn't even such a big deal!" He raised his head and glanced around. Then immediately lowered it and ran away like he was afraid of getting caught.

When he crossed the checkpoint, five men were staring from afar.

"Leader, finish him!" One of them said with a hideous expression.

Pah! The leader gave him a slap.