Chapter 23: The Ghost-Faced King
Xiao Qi, is your teacher leaving?
Sent away Zhao Kongcheng, aunt only hurriedly walked out of the kitchen, aiya, why not let people stay for a meal before leaving! This child ……
Lin Qiye shook his head, he has something to do in a while, he won t stay for dinner.
What did your teacher say?
Nothing, said there was some kind of sports test, specially came to ask about my eyes.
This teacher Zhao can be a really good person ah, but also personally came to the student’s home to ask about the situation, right, before you came back, he was still in the kitchen to help me wash the vegetables, he looks big and thick, I did not expect the work is quite meticulous.
Auntie wiped her apron with her hand, turned off the rumbling hood, and said to Lin Qiye:
The food is almost done, call your brother to come and eat with you.
Good.
A few moments later, the three members of the family were neatly gathered around the table, the table was set with seven dishes, colorful and fragrant, let a person’s appetite!
Tomato scrambled eggs, stewed chicken soup, dry fried seasonal beans …… and sweet and sour pork ribs? Yang Jin looked at the table full of food, gulped, Mom, how long has it been since our family’s food has been so sumptuous?
Xiao Qi’s eyes have healed, this is a happy event bigger than the New Year, of course it has to be grand! Auntie said as a matter of course
Lin Qiye lowered his head, looked at Little Black Lai who was madly wagging his tail, and laughed:
It seems that tonight, Little Black Lai will be able to have a great meal as well.
It’s cheap. Auntie smiled and raised the teacup in front of her, to celebrate Xiao Qi’s eye recovery, cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Beneath the dark clouds, the shimmering light of dusk had long since disappeared without a trace, and it was as if heaven and earth had been veiled in a black veil.
The rain wavers in the wind.
The light, in the distant city center, is gorgeous.
In this short old residential area, a figure clad in a dark red cloak was running wildly in the rain, carrying a large suitcase in his hands.
The rain fell down Zhao Kongcheng’s cheeks, and there was an inexplicable coldness even though it was clearly summer rain.
Are you guys sure that the Ghostface King is really coming in this direction? Zhao Kongcheng frowned.
In the headset, Wu Xiangnan’s voice rang out.
Not sure. Ten minutes ago, our search team found the Ghostface King’s bloodstains in the nearby sewer pipe network, and from its tracks, the destination could only be that old residential area, or the city center.
There are two suspected destinations?
That’s right.
What should we do? Split into two teams and guard them?
Theoretically that’s true, but the city center has a huge flow of people and we can’t easily evacuate the crowds, so if the Ghost-Face King shows up in the city center, not only will it cause a large number of casualties, but it will also easily cause panic, so we’re sending most of the battle force to the city center to stand guard.
What about the old residential area? In case the Ghostface King shows up here, the people here will also be in danger!
The old residential area has fewer residents and is more spread out, making it easier to evacuate compared to the city center, and ……
And even if the Ghostface King comes here, it won’t cause too much damage, right? Zhao Kongcheng’s voice had a hint of anger in it, and those who live here are also living people ah!
Old Zhao, calm down! Wu Xiangnan’s voice was serious to the extreme, I never said to give up the old residential area, now Red Tassel has already led people there, your task, is to evacuate the residents of the old residential area, the faster the better.
Also, even if the Ghost Mask King does go to your place, don’t get into a head-on conflict with it, the Ghost Mask King isn’t something you guys can deal with, open up the [Ringless Airspace] to trap him if necessary.”
Zhao Empyrean City’s clenched fists slowly unclenched and sighed.
Copy that.
Although Zhao Empyrean City had some resentment in his heart, he knew very well that this was the most correct thing to do.
After all, if the Ghost Mask King was really allowed to go downtown, the flow of people there was so dense that casually hiding in that dark corner and killing a few people would be enough for it to recover from its injuries, and once it was exposed to the public, it would inevitably cause panic.
So no amount of people sent downtown would be more than enough, it would only feel inadequate.
As for the old residential area, there were fewer people living here, and they were farther apart from each other, even if the Ghost Mask King came here, it would take time to recover from its injuries, and the possibility of it being exposed was very small.
Under such circumstances, it was already considered very decent of Wu Xiangnan to still send people to the old residential area.
Now, he had to hurry and evacuate the residents of the old residential area.
This was a race against time!
Zhao Kongcheng’s figure weaved through the rain with amazing speed, the falling raindrops hitting the carrying case in his hand, blooming out a crystalized water flower.
Not far away, amidst the hazy vapor, the familiar short house became clearer and clearer.
A few minutes ago, he had just come out from there.
Zhao Kongcheng’s heart was filled with complexity, counting the time, that family should have started eating dinner as well, right? He remembered that there were sweet and sour pork ribs, tomato eggs, and dry stir-fried four season beans ……
By the way, the four seasonal beans or he washed.
Damn, just before the foot in front of that kid to play handsome, said guarding the world and so on entrusted to himself, and now you have to go up and knock on the door to let them hurry to evacuate ……
This looks like I’m losing face, right?
However, now is no longer the time to dwell on face.
Zhao Kongcheng stepped on the rainwater and sped forward, but right at this moment, a disgusting and extremely foul odor suddenly surged into his nostrils!
His pupils suddenly contracted and he violently stopped in his tracks!
Clattering ……
The clamor of the rain filled Zhao Kongcheng’s mind as he cautiously and slowly turned his neck, his eyes wide open for fear of missing any detail.
Then, his gaze fell on the manhole cover not far away.
The stench, it was getting thicker and thicker.
Zhao Kongcheng’s hand clutched the handle of the suitcase tightly, he took a deep breath, bent down slightly, and placed the suitcase on the ground.
He knew very well what this stench represented.
Report, Watchman Zhao Kongcheng, found Ghostface King in the old residential area …… He opened his earphone, his voice was very calm.
As he spoke, he pressed the button on the suitcase.
Splat–!
The suitcase popped open, revealing three neat and new notice boards inside.
Zhao Empyrean City shouldered the three notice boards and set one down at the same spot, followed by speeding towards the other side!
Almost the instant Zhao Kongcheng finished speaking, on the other end of the headset, Wu Xiangnan’s voice rang out.
Roger that! I’ve already given the order, the night watchmen are all moving towards the old residential area, Red Tassel and the girls are also arriving soon, there’s at most ten minutes left!
Ten minutes at most! Old Zhao, set up the [Unrestricted Airspace] and temporarily trap it!
Zhao Empyrean put down the second signboard and darted towards the other apex of the triangle while speaking helplessly:
Xiangnan, the [Unrestricted Airspace] is used to hide battles, not to trap people, it can’t trap the Ghostface King for ten minutes.
Gudu, gudu, gudu ……
The rainwater flowed into that manhole cover by following the tilted angle of the ground, but all of a sudden the whole manhole cover trembled violently, and the rainwater that was originally poured into it was like a boiling spring, surging outward crazily!
No matter what, you don’t want to fight the Ghostface King head on! Wu Xiangnan’s voice was clearly anxious, Old Zhao, the old residential area is so big, even if the Ghostface King comes out, it may not cause damage for a while.
These ten minutes, even if you let it kill a few people, it won’t recover too much strength!
Mysterious caused civilian casualties every moment, we vigilantes are not God, can not stop all the deaths and injuries, and if you lose a core team member because of a seriously injured Ghostface King, it is absolutely more than worth it!
Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao! Can you hear me?
Bang-!
The manhole cover was catapulted like a cannonball and shot up into the sky, and at the mouth of the blackened sewer, a hideous arm violently poked out, followed by a monster several times larger than the original Ghostface leaping out from it!
Zhao Kongcheng calmly watched this scene, slowly put down the last signboard in his hand, bit his fingertip, and applied a cross of blood to the signboard table. Applying a cross of fresh blood.
Xiangnan, do you still remember the oath you once made ……
Zhao Kongcheng gazed at the ghost face king in front of him, crouched down slightly, and his afterglow fell on the short residential building not far away.
If the gloomy night finally comes, I will stand in front of ten thousand people ……
This time, I don t have ten thousand people behind me.
May.
Behind me ……
There is that child’s whole world.
His hands suddenly closed.
An invisible canvas enveloped the tiny triangle.
Forbidden Ruins …… [Unrestricted Airspace]!