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Chapter 98: Smart Argument
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
No matter whether one was being chased by wolves or a group of people, especially when it included some LV 3 and LV 4 individuals, it would still not be a pleasant feeling. Seeing the distance between him and the other people behind him gradually narrowing, Zhang Tie was forced to use all the strength he could muster as a soon-to-be LV 2 warrior to escape.
Like a gust of wind, Zhang Tie, while carrying the mining basket, rushed towards the ore collection center below Wild Wolf Castle. At the sight of Zhang Tie dashing forward, a couple of people at the ore collection center hurriedly asked, "Zhang Tie, what are you running for?"
"Washroom!" Zhang Tie's voice reverberated from afar.
After Zhang Tie was more than 50 meters away from them, several bodyguards who were responsible for the safety of the Samira Business Group arrived and shouted loudly, "Catch that thief! That guy ahead of us is a thief! Hurry up, catch him!"
Closely following the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group was a group of students with a great sense of righteousness. In this fashion, a great number of people rushed by the ore collection center.
"This is bad! I have to go report to the teachers of the Temporary Supervision Committee and tell them that something is happening here!" Noticing that something was amiss, a student who was acquainted with Zhang Tie told the others what he had to do before rushing towards Wild Wolf Castle.
F*ck, is that brat's zodiac a rabbit? How could he run so fast? The group of LV 3 and LV 4 Samira Business Group warriors who were chasing Zhang Tie became shocked at his speed. Zhang Tie's speed was nothing like the speed a normal student should have; however, no matter how fast Zhang Tie could run, there was still a sharp difference between him and the other LV 3 and LV 4 bodyguards. The distance between them gradually shrunk from 100 m to 50 m, then 50 m to 20 m...
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Tie kept dashing forward as he cursed inside, "F*ck, when I am powerful enough, I will definitely stomp you bastards to death one day!" Seeing the mining cave in front of him, Zhang Tie became excited as he increased his speed and directly rushed into the mining cave.
The sinister smile on the faces of the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group, which were becoming more and more pronounced, suddenly froze when they saw Zhang Tie drilling into the mining cave in front of them. Without any hesitation, they also hurriedly followed him in...
As Zhang Tie had gone inside this mining save several times over the past few days, he was extremely familiar with the paths inside. This time when he rushed inside, he didn't have time to ignite a torch, so he simply stretched out his right hand to get a feel for the wall and quickly moved based on his memory without showing any signs of having slowed his steps.
Because the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group who were following him were not able to see in the darkness and were unfamiliar with the topography inside, after traversing a bit more than 20 m inside the cave, the man at the foremost front had already hit his head on the wall in a corner of the cave and made a shrill shriek.
"Quickly find a torch! Quickly find a torch! It's too dark inside! We can't clearly see him. The brat ran into the hole..."
Hearing the shrill shriek and the furious voice behind him, Zhang Tie, who slightly slowed down his steps, showed a trace of a cold sneer. Damn. You guys wanted to set me up, so this father will frame you back!
The path inside this mining cave was very long and was about 1 km in length. After running for about 100 m, when Zhang Tie no longer heard the voices behind him, he searched for a torch in his mining basket. After igniting it, he continued to run inside to the place where he usually mined ores and was able to hear the "crack crack" sounds made by the hoes hitting the walls. When he finally reached the mini cave on the side, he put out the torch and heavily gasped for air.
At this moment, darkness was truly the color which could protect him the most.
Zhang Tie heavily panted for roughly two minutes. After recovering his composure, Zhang Tie hurriedly closed his eyes and locked onto the mysterious arched door in his mind before entering the Castle of Black Iron.
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Within the Castle of Black Iron, it was bright and warm everywhere...
——Handsome and Magnificent Castle Lord, welcome to the Castle of Black Iron!
The same dialogue box with the same greeting appeared, but this time, Zhang Tie was not in the mood to read it in the least and instead poured out all the contents of his mining basket onto the ground. As expected, a delicate purse made from deer hide was found. As he took out the purse, Zhang Tie opened it and gave a casual glance at the contents inside. At the sight of more than 20 shiny gold coins and a handsome amount of silver coins, Zhang Tie laughed out loudly.
Throwing the purse into the sundry box, Zhang Tie thought about it twice and decided to swap his dagger with the one that Donder had gifted him. Heaving a deep sigh, he exited the Castle of Black Iron.
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More than 10 minutes later, a great number of brilliant flames poured into the underground mines, causing it to turn particularly bright. At the sight of the burning torches, Zhang Tie sneered and began to mine for ores inside his own mining hole in the same rhythm as usual. It was only when the bright group of torches arrived at the mouth of his mining cave several minutes later did Zhang Tie put down his iron hoe. Tightening the grip on the dagger on his waist, he walked out of the hole calmly with a burning torch in hand as if nothing had happened.
"Ahyaya, what's going on? Why are there so many people digging in the mines here today?" Looking at the burning torches moving inside, Zhang Tie looked pretty shocked and exclaimed.
"Brat, we finally caught you. Obediently let us arrest you!" said a man with a blue nose and a torch in hand. It was as if he had been ferociously punched by another person.
"What do you mean by 'obediently let us arrest you'? Who the f*ck are you? I am mining here as usual, so why are you telling me to 'obediently let us arrest you'? Zhang Tie gave a strange look before suddenly cursing loudly and ferociously.
Hearing Zhang Tie's words, the faces of the men with the burning torches in hand suddenly twitched.
"Brat, you're still going to argue? Just now, it was obviously that you were the one who had stolen my purse. We chased you from the square of Wild Wolf Castle all the way to here, yet you're pretending that nothing has happened? Everyone here could testify for us!" another guy with a burning torch in hand said. This was exactly the person who had bumped into Zhang Tie in the square of Wild Wolf Castle.
"I stole your purse?" Zhang Tie jumped up from the ground. "I could steal your mom, your grandma, your sister, but I would never steal your purse. Although we are not in Blackhot City now, I could still report you to the Temporary Supervision Committee for slander!"
"Don't talk crap with him. Just take him down first!" said the guy with the broken nose.
"Who the hell dares to touch me!?" Zhang Tie instantly pulled out the dagger from his waist and ferociously glared at the people who wanted to move forward, causing them to be startled. They never expected Zhang Tie would use his weapon to fight back. After pulling out his dagger, Zhang Tie changed his expression and shouted towards the other horny students who had followed them in, "Fellow students, I am Zhang Tie, a student from Seventh National Male Middle School. Since these guys are disturbing my survival training by framing me for stealing a purse and are trying to forcefully arrest me, a bit later, if I stab them to death, then please be my witness. This is the only thing I can do to protect myself. Is there any brother among you that could help me go fetch the Temporary Supervision Committee!?"
Some students who had followed them in the hole immediately became flustered. "Aren't we here to capture a thief? Why does he look so confident?"
"Didn't you steal a purse in the square just now? We heard their shouts to capture a thief, so we followed them in. If you weren't the one who had stolen the purse, then why did you run?"
"I had a stomachache just now and needed to go to the washroom. That's why I quickly ran back just now..." Zhang Tie explained as if it was true.
Seeing the "fact" having deviated so much from the "script", the group of people from the Samira Business Group became anxious, and one of the men had surged forward towards Zhang Tie and placed his hands onto Zhang Tie's shoulders, aiming to directly take Zhang Tie down.
Seeing that guy confidently attacking him, Zhang Tie's eyes flashed with an icy glint. Instead of retreating backwards, Zhang Tie moved forward and directly stabbed his dagger towards the throat of that person as his blade shone in a shiny, icy light.
Including all the other miners and the other bodyguards of the Samira Business Group, Zhang Tie's move had startled everyone. Such a move was truly sharp and ferocious. With his eyes fixed on that person's throat, Zhang Tie's move was extremely fast and precise. This simple set of gestures and basic dagger training were something that he had learned at school and was used with a sense full of unspeakable sharpness, braveness, and valor. The series of consistent moves could never be completed by a normal student; it was similar to the moves used by a veteran soldier on the battlefields who have been used to fights where one move would determine life and death.
The moment Zhang Tie moved, the face of the bodyguard from the Samira Business Group who had tried to take him down twitched. Zhang Tie's reaction reminded him of the master sergeant that had taught him how to fight when he had just joined the army. Any move and fighting skill used by that master sergeant would be both aggressive and frightening. At this critical moment, that bodyguard had no time to change his move. Reluctantly, he lowered his body with his face facing the sky, resulting in a sharp breeze from Zhang Tie's dagger closely flying over his forehead...
Such a series of risky moves made everyone else exclaim...
"Watch out..."
Soon after the exclamations of the onlookers, Zhang Tie didn't pull back his right hand and had instead surged forward in front to the center of that person, using his left hand to complete a Hammer Punch, a skill from the Iron-Blood Fist Skill repertoire, onto that person's stomach.
Hammer Punch was a very powerful skill that turned the impact of a punch to be one akin to a blow from a hammer.
With a sound of a "Bang!", the man, who was off balance, was hit and was sent flying three meters back before falling onto the ground at the place where he had started his attack on Zhang Tie.
All of a sudden, the entire mining cave became extremely silent; at this moment, even the sound of a needle falling onto the ground could be heard. Aside from the "Zi Zi" sounds that came from the burning torches, nothing else could be heard. Everyone was staring at Zhang Tie with wide opened eyes as if they had seen a ghost. Among the onlookers, there were even some who couldn't believe their eyes and began to rub their eyes to make sure that what they had just seen was true. "Was what we saw just now real? How could a student attending the survival training beat a Samira Business Group bodyguard, who's at least LV 3, and send him flying backwards? Are you kidding me?" The onlookers couldn't believe their eyes., and at the same time, Zhang Tie also became slightly excited, as the moment he fought back against the bodyguard, he had realized that what he had practiced in the Trouble-Reappearance Fruit had finally shown its effects. It seemed that the dagger training he had done at school over the past three years had greatly improved after repetitive practicing in the Trouble-Reappearance Fruit. The moves that could only be described as normal were now ferocious and an applicable fighting skill. Luckily, what he could do in the Trouble-Reappearance Fruit could replicate in reality...
Chapter 99: Verbal Defense
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
In the cave, everybody had their eyes fixed on Zhang Tie...
Remaining at his current spot, Zhang Tie, who had just hit a bodyguard and had sent him flying, crossed his hands behind his body and coldly stared at the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group. Ignoring the comments from the onlookers, Zhang Tie felt that his current gesture was heroic; however, in the eyes of those who knew fighting skills, they understood that this was the "Hidden Blade Move" that was always seen during dagger training. With the dagger behind him, this caused people to not know where the dagger was nor did they know whether the dagger was in his left hand or in his right hand. The dagger could also be put beside his waist, which frightened the others, as this increased the number of possible moves. This was the essence of the "Hidden Blade Move". Sometimes, a sharp, hidden blade could be more frightening than a blade that was exposed in the sun.
After the short fight, Zhang Tie stood there with this "Hidden Blade Move", causing everyone to be shocked. Seeing Zhang Tie's cool gesture, the eyes of the onlookers all shone. Now, even those who had doubted Zhang Tie's words had started to trust him. The reason was simple, and that was because Zhang Tie's Qi field and his status really matched with his "Hidden Blade Move". Instead of showing your purity and heroicness, this move was used to hide your killing intent. Anyone who saw Zhang Tie's heroicness that was brought from his strong Qi field by his "Hidden Blade Move" would not believe that Zhang Tie was a thief. Everyone knew that a rhinoceros would never drill into a mouse's den. A person's spiritual energy and Qi field would leave the deepest impression on the hearts of others, and they were more persuasive than any words.
"So this is the true Hidden Blade Move..." Some of the horny students among the onlookers mumbled as they cast their eyes full of admiration and worship onto Zhang Tie. This was the first time they had witnessed someone among the undergraduates attending the survival training applying a fighting skill that had been taught at school so skillfully. At this moment, the fellow named Zhang Tie had caused the eyes of many to shine; it was as if he had opened a gate, allowing them to enter a completely new world.
All the horny students were startled, while the miners, who moved close to watch what was happening, became even more amazed. Although every one of the miners working here knew Zhang Tie, nobody could have expected that such an excellent "warrior" was among their "fellow workers". At the sight of Zhang Tie's performance, many of the miners instantly became confident and straightened their backs.
The Samira Business Group bodyguard who had been hit by Zhang Tie quickly recovered his composure. Zhang Tie's strike just now did not make him lose his will to fight. Having seen the short fight, all the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group realized that Zhang Tie was a tricky fellow and that they would have to expend some effort in order to take him down.
After exchanging glances, the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group came to a final decision.
"Brat, since you dare to fight back so ferociously, don't blame us for retaliating!" solemnly warned a bodyguard who took a step towards Zhang Tie.
"Even now, you're still trying to frame me so despicably and are still trying to destroy by bright future and reputation. So why should this father treat you politely?" Zhang Tie coldly glared at the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group who wanted to charge at him. "Before moving, I suggest you to think over this twice. Do you think it's worth risking your lives for that small bit of compensation that could barely allow your family to survive? Will the Samira Business Group feed you for the rest of your lives? I am only 15 years old. Have you considered what would happen if you try to create enmity with me over just a bit of compensation? I know you are smart, and we all know how things go. You are all just working for money, so I will warn you once again. Whoever dares to try to frame me as a thief again, this father will definitely kill him. I will see who will be killed first..."
Zhang Tie's ferocious words were more lethal than his "Hidden Blade Move". Hearing Zhang Tie's warning, the bodyguards who were about to surge forward instantly froze and became clear-minded; it was as if they had just been doused with icy water from head to toe. Right. Was it worth it to create a grievance with that brat just for a bit of compensation? Remembering his ferocious attack, his heroic character, as well as that frightening killing intent hidden within his "Hidden Blade Move", every one of the bodyguards realized one thing—even if they could take down this brat now, could they take him down in the future? Since this brat was already this sharp at the age of 15, he would definitely be outside of their control in a few years. If they framed him today and ended up destroying his bright future and reputation, what would happen if this guy decides to take revenge on them in the future… The bodyguards, especially the one who had experienced Zhang Tie's fighting skills just now, were all shocked by his words. If they truly infuriated Zhang Tie, they might really not be able to eat and sleep well from now on.
It was nothing special to set up an unlucky student in the way arranged by and paid by Samira; however, if that student was so ferocious that it could cause them to not even be able to sleep well whenever they thought of him taking revenge, then everyone involved would have to reconsider it. Although the small bit of compensation from the Samira Business Group was enough to force them to take action, if they had to risk their own lives and bright futures, then the amount of compensation provided was far from enough.
After exchanging glances with each other, the bodyguards instantly learned what each of them had thought. It seemed that today's incident would never develop as Samira had planned. From the beginning, this brat had already known how this story would develop. Such a person had really terrifying intelligence and strength, and it would be better for them to not stir trouble with him. They really didn't know why Samira forced them to breed enmity with such a terrifying person.
"No matter what, I realized my purse was missing the moment you ran. Since you were the most suspicious one, that's why we kept chasing you..."
"Are you idiots?" Zhang Tie cursed loudly. "You can go to the railway station of Blackhot City to have a look around. Every day, many purses are stolen over there. Which thief would instantly run once they heard the shouts from the owner? If they had truly done that, then they would just be admitting to their actions. If you have low intelligence, then I will forgive you for insulting my personality, but you can not insult my intelligence! If you had truly lost your purse, then I will see which bastard among you will dare to tell the onlookers that I have stolen your purse? Which one of you bastards dare to frame me?"
After being cursed at by Zhang Tie, the bodyguards became less aggressive and could not even utter a single word; instead, they simply looked back at Zhang Tie in the same manner as he looked at them. If Zhang Tie had not displayed his strength, then what he had just said would have made him a laughingstock; however, the fact was Zhang Tie had already shown his terrifying strength and intelligence. Considering what Zhang Tie had said and done, the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group really lost the courage to breed enmity with Zhang Tie just for a bit of compensation from the Samira Business Group.
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"Brother, could you tell me the name of that buddy? How could he be digging in the mines together with you?" a horny student asked a miner who was beside him in a low voice.
"He's Zhang Tie. He has already worked here with us for about 20 days..." As he said this, the miner looked at the person who had asked him the question with eyes full of contempt. Lowering his voice, he said, "His actions are within reason since he had even killed three wolves by himself before jumping into a pitch black hole that was as deep as 200 m in order to survive!"
"What!? You're saying… he's that guy who was chased by seven wolves and had jumped into a pitch black hole in order to survive?!" That person was really shocked by what he had heard. It turned out that Zhang Tie was not a normal student at all! He had long become a legendary figure.
"Of course!"
"If he was that sharp, then why did he choose to mine here?"
"This is a top secret!" The miner rolled his eyes.
"What top secret?" The horny student's eyes suddenly started to shine.
"This secret isn't something that I would casually tell others!"
The horny student gritted his teeth and pulled out 100 g of dried meat and tossed it to that miner. After receiving the dried meat, that miner whispered to him.
"What!? You're saying digging in the mines is the best way to cultivate? You're saying that Zhang Tie realized all this by digging in the mines? You're saying that Zhang Tie had, at the very least, improved his strength by a level by just mining in the caves these past few days?" Hearing the secret, the horny student was really shocked by that top secret. It was truly too amazing.
"Huh, quiet. This secret was disclosed by Zhang Tie to the guys at the ores collection center by mistake. Don't let the others know!"
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The horny student hurriedly nodded while the other surrounding horny students had long kept their ears alert by raising them in a manner akin to donkeys...
At that moment, with burning torches in hand, another group of people entered the mining cave. Seeing what was happening over there, they hurriedly made their way over.
It was a teacher of the Temporary Supervision Committee and some students who were on duty in Wild Wolf Castle. Seeing the arrival of the teacher of the Temporary Supervision Committee, Zhang Tie and the bodyguards all heaved a deep sigh.
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Half an hour later in the office of the Temporary Supervision Committee, Zhang Tie and the bodyguards of the Samira Business Group were standing in the middle of the room, while Captain Kerlin, Mr. Zerom, and the other teachers of the Temporary Supervision Committee were sitting behind a row of desks. Aside from them, Samira was also sitting in a chair. At this moment, outside, the room was surrounded by students who came here to see how the story would develop.
Miss Qili, who was responsible for the investigation, had inquired all the witnesses. Seeing the wisp of a smile on the corner of Zerom's mouth, Captain Kerlin became reassured.
"According to your testimony, the story has developed as follows: Jagla walked around the square of Wild Wolf Castle for more than half an hour before realizing that his purse had been stolen. At that moment, you saw Zhang Tie running away, so you took Zhang Tie as the thief who had stolen your purse. Is that why you called your people to chase Zhang Tie"
"Yes… That's how it was?" The bodyguard from the Samira Business Group named Jagla admitted without any confidence.
"I will ask this once again. Among all of you present, did any one of you see how Jagla had lost his purse?" Miss Qili asked. Everyone remained silent. When Miss Qili raised her voice and asked again, there was still no reply. At this moment, Zhang Tie, who had long been silently observing Samira, found the traces of a cold smile forming at the corner of Samira's mouth. The moment Samira was about to speak, Zhang Tie raised his hand. "Miss Qili, I have a request. In order to avoid being framed by someone, I beg for your consent to allow me to return to Blackhot City to bring something back in the event that someone wants to testify that I was the thief."
Chapter 100: A Complete Success
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
Zhang Tie's words had caused many people to be shocked, as none of them knew the reason behind Zhang Tie's request.
"What do you want? Are you trying to stall for time?" The guy in silky hat instantly became alert and asked.
"Of course not. As a pious follower of the Guardian God School, I deserve to be under the protection of the Guarding God School when I am being set up and insulted. I simply wanted to ask Grandma Teresa for one of the Guardian God School's Soul and Bloodline contract. For those among you that want to testify that I am guilty, please sign the contract and make a Soul and Bloodline oath. If your testimony is true, then would definitely have no reason to fear it and neither would it do you any harm. Using this method, I can avoid from being framed by a despicable person. Am I right, Boss Samira with triangular eyes resembling the head of a poisonous snake?"
"Pft!" Miss Qili wasn't able to hold back from laughing out loud. Realizing her misconduct, Miss Qili hurriedly returned to her solemn look. The other teachers of the Temporary Supervision Committee all looked really weird, as it was a challenge for them to hold back their laughter. Everyone turned their gazes to the man with the silky hat. At the same time, the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood, who had just arrived outside the office, couldn't hold back and began to speak in weird voices as they mocked Samira's pair of triangular eyes.
Samira's face turned purple. He stood up and pointed at Zhang Tie. "Brat, who are you trying to scare!? You could never get your hands on the Soul and Bloodline contract. You're just trying to stall the proceeding!��
"My family has sold rice brew for dozens of years. Back when I was in Blackhot City, every week, I would send food to the orphans in the orphanage opened by Grandma Teresa. At the start, it was my father who sent it, then it was my elder brother, and now, I'm the one who sends it. For pious followers who have pure souls and feel obliged to help others like us, I think that Grandma Teresa and the Guardian God would not like to see us being slandered by others. If you, Boss Samira, would like to try the effect of the Soul and Bloodline contract and do not fear being devoured by your lies, then you can just continue to try setting me up!" Zhang Tie looked at Samira in disgust and spat towards him.
Like colors being mixed on a palette, Samira's face was changing in color. At this moment, Samira had already long cursed Burwick's ancestors. Samira realized that Burwick's simple words, the one that said that Zhang Tie was the one who gave him trouble in public, was definitely a pit that waited for him to jump in by himself. If he had known that Zhang Tie was such a tricky guy, he would have never made such a rash decision; it was like beating a snake with a flyswatter. At this moment, Samira truly was full of regret.
Earlier, Samira had planned to testify that he had seen Zhang Tie stealing that guy's purse, but when Zhang Tie mentioned the Guardian God School's Soul and Bloodline contract, he was startled. The Soul and Bloodline contract was not something that only belonged to the Guardian God School; many other schools also had this contract. The pious followers would cut their fingers and would write the Soul and Bloodline Oath using their fresh blood and their prayers. Based on the constraints of the oath, as long as your name was on the contract, you would be devoured by the mysterious force within the Soul and Bloodline Oath you had taken if you told a lie. In the entire Blackhot City, only during major trials would the Soul and Bloodline contract be used to test whether the witness' testimony was true or not. Samira could never have imagined that Zhang Tie would be able to get such an item. He had known the name of the grandma who was truly a pious follower of the Guardian God School, but never would he have thought that Zhang Tie was close to Grandma Teresa.
Of course, Samira did not dare to bet his life on this trivial incident. After cursing inwardly a couple of times, he had no other choice but to sit back down in his chair with a solemn look.
Seeing Samira staying silent with a solemn expression, Zhang Tie also heaved a deep sigh. Just now, he was just pretending to be confident. He had only heard of the Soul and Bloodline contract from others and was uncertain of whether or not he could get it. However, this was just like what Donder had taught him; when two brave men encountered one another on a narrow path, the braver man would win, but if two liars encountered one another on a narrow path, then the one with less confidence would be the first to retreat. As was expected, Samira was less confident than him. Thinking back to Fatty Donder's instruction, Zhang Tie sneered inside.
"I will repeat one more time. Is there anyone who had seen how Jagla's purse disappeared?" Miss Qili asked one more time. After several seconds, there was still no reply.
"Then, the fact is clear. Jaglar, nobody had seen Zhang Tie stealing your purse nor is there any physical evidence found. At that moment when you realized your purse was missing, you saw Zhang Tie quickly running away, but according to Zhang Tie, he was simply… heading for the washroom..." As Miss Qili could not bear to say the words "relieve his bowels" described by Zhang Tie, after hesitating for a while, she changed it into another saying. "That's why you thought it was Zhang Tie who had stolen your purse and finally seeked for help in this office. But as there are no witnesses or any evidence, I declare that Zhang Tie is innocent!"
Hearing the result, all the other members of Hit-Plane Brotherhood cheered outside.
Rolling his eyes, Samira stood up impatiently. "I object. Your words don't make any sense. There is a toilet outside of Wild Wolf Castle, so why did Zhang Tie not choose that toilet, which was closer to him, and instead choose the mine that is far away?"
"That's simple. I had left my toilet paper inside the mining cave. If I want to relieve my bowels, of course I would have to go back to the mining cave. If I have taken a sh*t in Wild Wolf Castle, would I ask for your help to clean my butt, Boss Samira? Does your business group has such a service? Are you saying that you never clean your butt after relieving your bowls? Are you saying that you clean your butt using your fingers or just don't clean it at all like those barbarians? My sh*t is still fresh over there and could be used as physical evidence. Do you want to identify it for yourself, Boss Samira..." Zhang Tie sneered.
Hearing Zhang Tie's counterattack, all the other horny students outside the door of the room burst out into laughter while Hista whistled crazily. The teachers of the Temporary Supervision Committee also held back from laughing out loudly. Captain Kerlin and Mr. Zerom's face both flushed red and expanded greatly, causing a weird expression to be seen on their faces. Many teachers directly buried their heads below the desk with shoulders heavily shaking. Even Miss Qili, who was responsible for the interrogation of this incidence, had her face become twisted.
As expected, Samira was so infuriated that he even kept stomping his feet onto the ground. Pointing at Zhang Tie, he cursed, "Bastard! If you weren't the thief and the purse isn't with you, then why didn't you stop and explain it when so many people were chasing you?"
"Bastard… Bastard… Bastard… Son of a b*tch… Your brothers must have been shot onto your wall by your father masturbating and had dried on it, so why are you alive? Bastard, answer me. I'm cursing you, so hurry up and admit that you are a bastard. What are you waiting for?" Zhang Tie directly growled towards Samira. As a result, Samira looked pale and instantly sat back down in his chair. Everyone, both the people inside and outside the room, all stared at Zhang Tie with wide opened eyes. As Samira has never been cursed at by others since he was young, he pointed at Zhang Tie with a quivering finger and tried to ascertain what Zhang Tie had said. "You… You… What did you curse me as?"
"I cursed you?" Zhang Tie innocently pointed at his own nose with wide opened eyes. Blinking his eyes, he asked "Did I curse you? I was just cursing that a bastard's brothers were shot onto the wall when his father masturbated and were sacrificed, all the while he was left alive. Are you saying that you are that bastard?"
"Bastard, of course I'm not!" Samira furiously replied.
"That's right. Since you're not that bastard, then my cursing has nothing to do with you, right? There isn't any need for you to respond in such a way. Look, there are so many people in the room, so why are you the only one who looks so excited and is jumping from the ground. Unless… you are that bastard? That would explain your response just now. Have I mention your name just now?"
"Nonsense. I was not excited at all. I didn't make any response just now!" Feeling that Zhang Tie was a tricky person, under the dubious eyes, Samira gritted his teeth and sat down, trying his best to be innocent as his eyes remained looking forward with confidence.
Zhang Tie forced a smile. "So, Boss Samira, do you understand why I didn't stop running when those people were chasing me? It's because I am not the thief. There was no need for me to stop and give them a response because I had thought that they were chasing after someone else at that moment. I didn't give a response since I am innocent. If I truly gave any response, I would truly have been in trouble! Bastard, bastard, bastard, Boss Samira, why aren't you replying? Just reply. See? Since you aren't the bastard, you didn't reply and no one else here gave a response either. Do you understand now? What would I explain?"
Hearing Zhang Tie's words, Samira's face was as black as ink. Glaring at Zhang Tie, he knew that this time, Zhang Tie had set him up in return and had realized that Zhang Tie was unexpectedly tricky. Thinking of his purse, Samira felt pain once again, as there were more than 20 gold coins inside the purse! My gold coins! Zhang Tie, you bastard! Just you wait!
"Leave!" Followed by several bodyguards, Samira furiously stood up from his chair and prepared to leave, as he constantly felt restless here.
"Hold on, Boss Samira?" Zhang Tie stopped Samira in a slow voice.
"Since you are already fine now, what else do you want!?" Samira loudly shouted at Zhang Tie.
"Thanks for your pardon. Since Boss Samira has said that I'm fine now, then next, there's something you need to do!"
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"What do you mean?" Seeing Zhang Tie's confident smile, Samira suddenly felt as if something bad was about to happen...
Chapter 101: A Tongue Can Break Bones
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
Ignoring Samira, Zhang Tie turned around and asked Miss Qili, "Miss Qili, could you tell me whether the Temporary Supervision Committee represents the officials of Blackhot City within Wild Wolf Castle? And could you tell me whether the Temporary Supervision Committee is entitled to supervise and manage everything related to this survival training?"
"Yes, as long as it is related to the students attending this survival training, the Temporary Supervision Committee will be responsible for the supervision and management. The Temporary Supervision Committee's power is recorded in Blackhot City, and it states that the Temporary Supervision Committee has the power to manage everything that happens here and that it has also been granted the authority related to law enforcement and judicial related issues! Unless we receive an official notice from Blackhot City which details changes, then the rights and liabilities of the Temporary Supervision Committee will never change." Not knowing what Zhang Tie was planning, Miss Qili could only solemnly and faithfully answer him.
"Fine! Since I have proven that I am innocent and not a thief, I would like to officially file a lawsuit against the Samira Business Group with the help of the Temporary Supervision Committee. During this incident, the Samira Business Group had treated me as a thief and had even disturbed my survival training. They had chased after me in public and had even attacked me, which has damaged my reputation and even my bright future. Based on the fact that the laws of Blackhot City will protect its citizens, I request the Samira Business Group to, for this misunderstanding and my losses, compensate me!" Zhang Tie righteously said.
"Bastard, are you still crazy about making money? This time, you got off easy, yet you still want compensation? Are you dreaming?" Samira shouted out loudly. Because he had lost his purse, Samira had already felt as if his heart was bleeding, but at this moment when Zhang Tie had even dared to ask for compensation, he felt as if a handsome amount of salt was thrown onto his wounded heart.
"Of course, I am not crazy. If what I have requested goes against Blackhot City laws, then please tell me, Boss Samira. If you can tell me, then I will definitely modestly correct it and eat my words!" As if he was looking at a pile of gold coins, Zhang Tie looked at Samira with an obscene smile.
Hearing Zhang Tie's words, Samira instantly became silent, as what Zhang Tie had said truly did not violate Blackhot City laws.
Looking at the horny students outside the door, Zhang Tie shouted, "I know Blackhot City is now facing an unprecedented crisis, under which even Blackhot City might be at the edge of death. However, in my eyes, the laws of Blackhot City are still sacred and its authority is without a doubt. Nevertheless, at this critical moment, someone had actually treated the laws and the authority of Blackhot City as bullsh*t!" Hearing Zhang Tie's words, the horny students outside the door started to whisper to one another. Leit, using a weird voice, shouted among the crowd, "Is the Samira Business Group planning to stomp on the authority of Blackhot City? Is the Samira Business Group planning to go and seek refuge with its new owner?" The students continued to whisper amongst themselves as Samira's face turned pale. Since there were so many people here right now, what would happen if this scandal were to spread to Blackhot City?
"You… That's nonsense! Since when did the Samira Business Group belittle the authority and laws of Blackhot City!?" Samira pointed at Zhang Tie and furiously cursed.
"Was I talking nonsense?" Zhang Tie said with a smile as he suddenly turned solemn and pointed at the students outside the door. "The other students all respect the laws and authority of Blackhot City and have taken the initiative to stand outside the room. You, Boss Samira, are not the plaintiff, the defendant, nor are you a member of the Temporary Supervision Committee in this investigation. Is an outsider allowed to sit within a temporary court, jumping here and there while muttering whatever you want and causing a disturbance in the Temporary Supervision Committee's investigation? Please tell me, you being here… aren't you trampling on the laws and authority of Blackhot City?"
Zhang Tie pointed and shouted at Samira as his magnificence directly forced Samira a couple of steps backwards. He had come in, sat down, and casually spoke during this investigation because he had Master Abyan as his backer. Like Zhang Tie had mentioned, compared to his master, he truly did not attach much worth to the Temporary Supervision Committee. In Samira's eyes, this was a trivial matter. He had never thought that Zhang Tie would find loopholes from such a trivial matter to give him trouble. During normal times, this matter could be laughed off, but Blackhot City is currently under threats from the Norman Empire. Someone could turn this affair into a bigger matter. No matter what, the Temporary Supervision Committee was an official facet of Blackhot City, while Samira was just a businessman with no official status. Thinking of some of the terrible consequences, Samira's face instantly turned pale as he was covered in cold sweat all over. In truth, Samira was just a small figure who knew clearly that the big figures would not mind giving him some benefits and face if he proved to be useful; however, if he had a poor reputation, then those big figures would prefer to stay away from him as far as possible. If he brought them trouble, they would definitely dig a pit and bury him, feeling no pity for him at all.
Zhang Tie's words, like a sharp axe, directly chopped at Samira's weakness and the place he feared the most.
"Besides, do you know how arrogant you have been? The survival training for the students from Blackhot City is something that has always been officially protected and endorsed by Blackhot City. During the survival training, the students attending it will be managed in a semi-militarized manner and will comply with the war-time management decree of Andaman Alliance. The entire Wild Wolf Valley is similar to a military camp. Despite this, the Samira Business Group had dared to ignore the laws and traditions of the Andaman Alliance. You had dared to trespass Wild Wolf Valley and casually tried to capture a student who was attending this survival training. Aren't you violating the laws and dignity of Blackhot City? Aren't you treating the wartime decree of the Andaman Alliance as bullsh*t? I have already begun to doubt whether or not you are a mole from the Norman Empire whose aim is to disturb this survival training by using the excuse of arresting me in an attempt to cause the confidence in Blackhot City and the Andaman Alliance to waver..."
Saying this, Zhang Tie heroically strode towards Samira, while the latter kept moving backwards with a forehead covered in sweat and a face that gradually turned pale. Although Samira opened his mouth, he wasn't able to say a single word; what Zhang Tie had argued was all true, leaving no loopholes for him to refute. Hearing Zhang Tie's argument, the horny students outside became increasingly noisy. Many of them had begun to curse at Samira with words like "traitor" and "mole", which began to spread everywhere. Stimulated by the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood, the atmosphere gradually lost control.
Earlier, the teachers from the Temporary Supervision Committee were forcing back their laughter, but upon hearing Zhang TIe's testimony, they realized that Zhang Tie had worsened the situation. Every one of them looked solemn.
At this moment, Samira had already started to feel regret deep in his heart. "Why did I mess with Zhang Tie?" Earlier, Samira had already felt that Zhang Tie was similar to a poisonous snake, but now, he felt as if Zhang Tie's mouth, like the bloody mouth of a magical beast, could completely engulf him.
"You are talking nonsense… They… they chased you because… because you stole their purse?" Samira made an emergency counterattack. Having lived so long, Samira was truly quick-witted. "Based on the laws of Blackhot City, when one has found a person committing a crime, they have the right to stop the crime for the purpose of protecting one's interests. This right is even superior to the immunity conduct given to the members of the parliament of the Andaman Alliance. That's why, your intention of setting me up has failed!"
"Hahaha..." Zhang Tie burst out into laughter. He had finally led Samira right into the trap he had set. "You're right. The right to stop a crime when it happens is truly superior to the immunity given to the members of the parliament of the Andaman Alliance. If I had truly stolen your purse, then this law could truly be applicable to me and the title of being a mole of the Norman Empire would not have fallen on your head, but the problem is… I did not steal your purse!"
"Now that you have proven that you had not stolen the purse, then this could only mean that it was a misunderstanding and that you are innocent. But, this misunderstanding isn't something for you to slander me with!" Samira said as he pretended to calm down.
"What if it's not a misunderstanding this time? What if it was you who wanted to slander me? What if you were trying to stir up trouble during this survival training by slandering me, aiming to weaken the authority of Blackhot City among this group of thousands of students, who will be soldiers of Blackhot City in the future, and make us disappointed about Blackhot City? If it's like that, then do you dare to still say that you are not a mole from the Norman Empire? Do you still dare to say that you are not a traitor who's trying to destroy Blackhot City?" When Zhang Tie said these words, not only did the expression on Samira's face change, but even the faces of the Samira Business Group bodyguards and the teachers from the Temporary Supervision Committee became twisted, and the horny students beyond the door all became silent.
As he said this, Zhang Tie didn't turn to Samira, whose face had long turned white; instead, he glanced at the bodyguards, whose faces had also turned white, and Jagla, the one who had thrown Samira's purse inside Zhang Tie's mining basket. Revealing his white teeth, Zhang Tie smiled. "Do you know how Blackhot City and the Andaman Alliance would deal with them if they were arrested for being traitors and moles? Their entire families would be hung!" At this moment, in the eyes of the bodyguards, Zhang Tie's smile looked more terrifying than that of a demon. "Not to mention, they wouldn't let you have an easy death. Before dying, you will be dealt with by professionals who, for the sake of interrogation, would not let a single inch of skin on any of your family members remain untouched. I know how they treat spies more clearly than any one of you..."
"No, no, we are not spies or traitors..." Several bodyguards had turned pale and stammered.
"Whether or not you are spies is not something for you to decide, but rather, it will depend on the reason you have purposely slandered and framed me, and it will also depend on whether you were trying to stir up trouble during the survival training by setting me up. For the spies of the Norman Empire, they can't wait to see the people from Blackhot City be restless..." Zhang Tie looked in the eyes of the bodyguards calmly before moving his gaze to Jagla. Under Zhang Tie's gaze, their legs had already started to shake, and Zhang Tie did not miss this. He then suddenly and loudly shouted, "Your heads are going to be chopped off, but you're still planning to remain silent? Do you want me to report you to Blackhot City's Ministry of Internal Affairs? Without needing to take out the Soul and Bloodline contract, the powerful departments of Blackhot City can put your entire family behind bars. Will you only speak the truth then? At this time, Blackhot City is encountering a great danger. For just a bit of compensation from the Samira Business Group and that mole of Norman Empire, the traitor of Blackhot City, do you really think it's worth it for you to sacrifice the lives of all your family members for him?"
Hearing Zhang Tie's further persuasion, Jagla completely collapsed mentally. At the same time, the plaintiff suddenly pointed at Samira and exclaimed, "I'll speak! I will say everything! It's him! It's Samira who told me to throw a purse into your mining basket. He wanted me to frame you as a thief and then arrest you..."
Jagla, who suffered the most internally, suddenly collapsed like a broken dam, causing the bodyguards' mental fortitude to immediately be destroyed. At the same time, all the teachers of the Temporary Supervision Committee and all the horny students outside the door were shocked. Afterwards, it turned into a great chaos.
"I'll speak, I'll speak! It was Samira who had wanted us to arrest you after having Jagla pretend that his purse was stolen by you. And it was also Samira who wanted us to do this in public in order to let as many people know as possible..."
"It's Samira, It's Samira who wanted to disturb this survival training. It has nothing to do with us. We are just bodyguards who are trying to earn an ordinary living wage. We are not moles and traitors of the Norman Empire..."
"Samira told us that he would reward us as long as we were able to complete this task well. We really don't know whether he's a mole who wants to disturb this survival training..."
The bodyguards instantly shrieked one by one, fearing that their chance to prove their innocence would be taken away.
Hearing their testimonies, everything before Samira's eyes turned pitch black as he passed out and hit his head on the ground.
For a while, after the great commotion from the shock, both the people inside and outside of the office suddenly became silent. In face of such a quick change and unbelievable outcome, they all felt their minds go blank.
At this moment, Captain Kerlin, Mr. Zerom, Miss Qili, all the teachers, and the horny students outside the door were gazing at Zhang Tie as if they were looking at a ghost. Everyone had witnessed how this miner had used his mouth to complete an amazing reversal, step by step revealing Samira's "hidden status" as a mole of the Norman Empire.
This is too terrifying! Too exciting! Too motherf*cking dramatic! For many people, since young, they had never seen such a huge incident.
Mr. Zerom was the first to respond. Like a bird, Mr. Zerom jumped out from behind the line of desks and chairs and walked before Samira with just one step. Samira, who had just awoken and was shaking his head, passed out once again from Zerom's ferocious kick.
"Emergency situation! Samira might be a mole from the Norman Empire. Since we don't know whether there are other dangerous individuals within the Samira Business Group, all students outside, listen to my order! Take your weapons and follow me! We will go and disarm the people from the Samira Business Group..." After he finished saying that, Mr. Zerom turned to Miss Qili and solemnly said, "Miss Qili, please immediately report what had happened here to Blackhot City on behalf of the Temporary Supervision Committee and invite experts over to take over for the following proceedings, including Samira's interrogations.
After taking another glance at Zhang Tie, Miss Qili seemed to have recovered her composure a bit. She then nodded. "I will faithfully report what has happened here to Blackhot City!"
At this moment, many of the horny students who had witnessed the entire interrogation started to shout outside, "Samira is a mole from the Norman Empire!" "Samira is a traitor of Blackhot City..." Such loud screams and shouts gradually caused turmoil in Wild Wolf Castle...
Seeing the matter deteriorate to this degree, everybody knew that even if Samira's life could be saved, his future had been completely destroyed...
Chapter 102: A Crazy Campaign
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
"Samira is a mole from the Norman Empire! All students, attention! Take your weapons! Together with Temporary Supervision Committee, we will disarm everyone who belongs to the Samira Business Group. Do not let any of them escape..."
That was Bagdad's shout. The shout could be heard through almost the entire Wild Wolf Castle.
Seeing the affair developing to such a degree, Zhang Tie also felt that he was wasting time by standing here. As for the teachers of the Temporary Supervision Committee, their eyes filled with terror were fixed on Zhang Tie; it was as if they were gazing at a prehistoric animal. The office turned into chaos. The moment Zhang Tie bent down and was planning to stealthily slip away, Mr. Zerom grabbed ahold of him.
"Zhang Tie, since you are the one who made this contribution, follow me to disarm the other people from the Samira Business Group. Before they are able to slip away, you should take a careful look at them and see whether there are any among them who tried to stir up trouble with you by arresting you." Saying this in a righteous manner, Zerom winked at Zhang Tie.
Although Zhang Tie didn't know Zerom's plan, he knew that it was the right moment for him to leave, thus he hurriedly nodded.
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With weapons in hand, Zerom led a great number of students attending this survival training and rushed outside Wild Wolf Castle with killing intent. Before they had even realized what was happening, the Samira Business Group employees in the square of Wild Wolf Castle had already been surrounded by the students, who were now pointing their spears at them. If they showed an intent to move, then they might be stabbed by a dozen spears simultaneously. The expression on the faces of every one of the Samira Business Group employees changed, as they did not know what was happening in the least. Facing such a great matrix of spears, even the LV 3 and LV 4 bodyguards of the Samira Business Group dared not to move.
Seeing Zerom and a group of students walking towards them, a small director of the Samira Business Group, who was confused about what was happening, shouted furiously, "Mr. Zerom, what's going on? You guys need to give us an explanation! Where's our boss, Samira?"
Aside from the Samira Business Group, standing by the side as they watched with wide opened eyes, there were many other students in the square that were just as confused about what was happening.
"To all the employees of the Samira Business Group, may I please have your attention. Your boss, Samira, has been revealed to be a mole of the Norman Empire. The Temporary Supervision Committee has already taken the necessary measures against him. If you do not wish to be implicated by Samira, put down your weapons at once and follow our instructions. The officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be arriving to take care of this incident. Before their arrival, although the Temporary Supervision Committee will be restricting your personal freedom, we will also guarantee your safety. Anyone who resists or does not cooperate with the Temporary Supervision Committee's disposal measures will be punished with espionage!" Zerom shouted loudly in the square, causing everyone from the Samira Business Group to be shocked. The accusation that Samira was a mole of the Norman Empire had shocked them all and had even caused some to drop their weapons onto the ground. As the employees of Samira Business Group were just normal workers working for an ordinary wage, they all knew what they had to do to protect themselves at this moment. If any one of them dared to stir up trouble at this moment, they would be obviously seeking death.
As expected, the seven Samira Business Group employees all surrendered in the square and complied with the disposal measures of the Temporary Supervision Committee, calmly leaving the square with Zerom and a group of on-duty students …
When Zerom took away the seven people from the Samira Business Group, he patted Zhang Tie's shoulder and glanced at the large amount of items in the square brought by the Samira Business Group. Without saying a word, Zerom just winked towards Zhang Tie before leaving. Zhang Tie wasn't able to figure out Zerom's intention. It was only when Zerom had left and he had taken a second look at the items in the square did he realize what Zerom had meant. "This Zerom guy is really cunning, but… Hehehe, I like him!" All of a sudden, Zhang Tie became extremely excited.
While the other students in the square were still discussing what had just happened, Zhang Tie had already waved towards the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood. Seeing Zhang Tie's glance, they instantly rushed over to him with expressions of excitement. Right as Barley opened his mouth, Zhang Tie had covered his mouth.
"Listen, have you seen this stuff yet?" Zhang Tie pointed towards the items in the square that had been piled up by the Samira Business Group as he spoke in a low voice, "Hurry up and take whatever you want and as much as you can. Remember, move quickly, steadily, and confidently! No matter how many items you take, it will just be considered compensation from the Samira Business Group for ruining my reputation."
"Is… is that allowed?" Swallowing his saliva, Leit's eyes were shining.
Zhang Tie grinned. Saying not another word, he took his mining basket from Shawin. For Sharwin and Doug, he pointed at where the Samira Business Group had piled up their weapons, and for the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood, he had pointed at where the Samira Business Group had piled up their food.
Sharwin was really a considerate man; he had brought along Zhang Tie's mining basket and mining tools, which were left outside the office just now. Since they belonged to Zhang Tie, he had brought them over for him.
While Barley and the other members of Hit-Plane Brotherhood were still dumbfounded, Zhang Tie had already walked towards the place where the Samira Business Group had piled up their food. At this place, a great number of students were still discussing, as they had not realized why the Samira Business Group members were taken away.
Zhang Tie confidently entered the trading circle surrounded by the crates of the Samira Business Group. Taking in a deep breath, Zhang Tie glanced over the items and flipped his mining basket upside down before knocking it on the ground so as to shake off the dust inside. Then, he began to load the items into his mining basket.
Dried milk slices, good item...
Sausages, good item...
Dried beef, good item...
Dried rations, Heh heh… due to the limited space in the mining basket, I have to leave you alone.
After Zhang Tie loaded up about half of his mining basket with dried milk slices and sausages, Barley and the other members had already ran over. After exchanging a glance, they said nothing, and with red eyes, began to look for what they needed. Every one of them brought a sack and began to load the items into it, keeping in mind what Zhang Tie had told them—move quickly, steadily, and confidently.
After a short while, they had already completely filled their sacks, and Zhang Tie had also completely loaded his mining basket and carried it on his back. The mining basket was only a bit more than 80 kg in weight and was even lighter than when it was usually filled with ores. After putting the mining basket on his back, Zhang Tie took a glance at the other items beside him and picked up a huge piece of ham with one hand and two pieces of dried beef, which weighed more than 20 kg, with the other.
While Zhang Tie and his brothers were calmly loading the items into their mining basket and sacks, all the other guys who were standing in line to exchange for food became silent as they watched the members of Hit-Plane Brotherhood with wide opened eyes. Exchanging glances, they were completely confused as to what was happening.
"What are they doing? Are they employees of the Samira Business Group? They don't seem like it. What the hell are they doing?"
Finally, at the sight of Zhang Tie, who was preparing to leave with a mining basket filled with items and hands carrying a piece of ham and two dried pieces of beef, and the others who were carrying sacks so heavy that it caused their faces to be twisted, seemingly as if it almost broke their backs, a guy who stood to the side forcefully swallowed his saliva and asked, "Brothers, what… what are you doing?���
"It's nothing. The Samira Business Group owed me, so I am just taking some items as compensation!" Zhang Tie replied confidently before glancing at Barley and the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood. Seeing that they had also completely loaded their sacks, Zhang Tie then walked out of the trading circle.
"Excuse me, please give way..." Zhang Tie and his brothers moved out from the pile of goods from the Samira Business Group. Zhang Tie then saw that Sharwin and Doug, who were both carrying a sack and held a box in hand, were ready to leave as well. Zhang Tie, Barley, and the other members immediately went to converge with Sharwin and Doug. After glancing at each other, they all became so excited that their faces had turned red.
Although the items on their backs were heavy, nobody felt that they were heavy. Every one of them burst out with great force and hated the fact that they only had two hands.
"Hurry up, go to the tree base. It's going to get chaotic here!" Zhang Tie murmured. All the members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood exchanged glances before lowering their heads and quickly disappearing from the square of Wild Wolf Castle with the items on their backs and ones in their hands.
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"Oh, I remember that Samira Business Group owed me something too..." Seeing Zhang Tie and the other guys disappearing from the square of Wild Wolf Castle, the guy who had just talked with Zhang Tie glanced over the piled items that were supervised by no one and suddenly figured out what had just happened. He then rushed inside the trading circle, and after picking up two pieces of dried beef, he quickly left.
Seeing the second guy taking two huge pieces of dried beef, many more people among the onlookers realized what was going on and started to act.
"I also remember. I haven't taken the food that I had deposited here!" Another guy rushed forward and took away some items.
"I also remember. The Samira Business Group owes me some food from the exchange last time..."
"I also remember..."
More and more people rushed forward, while the others were still hesitating...
"Brothers, Samira is a mole of the Norman Empire. During the survival training, we follow the wartime decree of the Andaman Alliance. Have you forgotten? These items belong to the Samira Business Group. That is to say, since Samira is our enemy, these items are our war trophies. What are you still looking at? Whoever grabs them will own them. Go grab..."
In the square, a great number of horny students were stimulated by these words. As a result, almost one thousand people attended the crazy campaign. At first, only the horny male students rushed forward to grab the items; however, after seeing their actions, even the girls rolled up their sleeves to join them. At this moment, they didn't need to be polite at all. Since they had realized that Samira was a mole of the Norman Empire, why would they be polite to their enemy?
Chapter 103: A Big Harvest
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
Boom! The entire square of Wild Wolf Castle was thrown into chaos. For the boys, they would have to spend some time to bring the items back to their base or camp, which were nearby Wild Wolf Castle, while the girls would, like ants, bring the items back into the inner castle before rushing out and getting more.
"Sisters, come on! These are our trophies..." an elder sister-like female student commanded outside Wild Wolf Castle as she supported her hands on her waist. "If any bastard dares to grab our items, then we will go beat him to death!" Seeing the suddenly chaotic situation in the square of Wild Wolf Castle, Zerom smiled. "That fellow named Zhang Tie is truly smart. He actually understood my intentions. At least one thousand people have taken the items of the Samira Business Group, meaning that at least one thousand people believe that Samira is a mole of the Norman Empire. This time, Samira will definitely not be able to explain his way out of his crimes. Even though Samira has a great backer, considering Samira's notorious reputation, who would be willing to have a connection with this guy..."
At this moment, Samira and his employees had already been put behind bars. Seeing the on-duty students gazing at him with desires, Zerom smiled. "Move quickly. I had promised you an hour of break. Remember to call your fellow students since you all deserve a share of the war trophies..."
Hearing Zerom's words, all the on-duty students became spirited, and one by one, they immediately disappeared before him.
After the on-duty students left, Captain Kerlin walked towards Zerom as he rubbed his chin. Together with Zerom, the two stood on the high walls of the outer castle of Wild Wolf Castle with eyes fixed on the plunder carnival.
"Did you send someone to tell the idiots of the Male Lion Association about the event with Samira?" Zerom showed an evil smile. "I don't know how those fellows would feel when they find out the person they had made a promise with and was cooperating with was a mole of the Norman Empire. Right after they left, this was revealed. This time, the expression on the face of that brat by the name of Burwick is definitely going to be a sight to behold!"
"I have already sent some of the faster guys to give them this information. They should not have gone too far yet. I really hope those idiots with blood rushing to their heads could be a little more rational and give up on the idea of capturing golden wolves. This way, there would be fewer casualties!" Captain Kerlin softly sighed, "Burwick has truly made me disappointed. I did not expect that he would cooperate with Samira and lead the Male Lion Association to the Crescent Prairie for the sake of making his ambitions come true at the risk of the lives of the other students!"
"Although Burwick is smart, he is too ambitious and too selfish. Such a person is very dangerous, as he will feel no hesitation to sacrifice others for the sake of his own benefits. In contrast, I feel that Zhang Tie is much better and can give you a surprise at any moment. Oh, I almost forgot, have you heard how he fought the Samira Business Group bodyguards? Those brats have praised his fighting skills so much!"
"I've already heard of it, but I still don't believe it. No matter how careless a LV 3 warrior is, he would never be beaten and sent flying within just a single round!" Captain Kerlin rubbed his steel-needle-like mustache as he pondered over it. "I have not seen him perform this well at school. Could what the other students said be true? For him, is mining the most rigid and mysterious method of cultivation?"
"Perhaps!" Zerom shrugged his shoulders casually. "The Chinese clan is the most mysterious and the strongest of all the clans on the Kun'ang Continent and has its own time-honored and honorable mysterious cultivation system. I have heard that even the Catastrophe could not stop the succession of their cultivation system, let alone the fact that the Chinese Clan had also dug out many legacies from the underground world, thus obtaining numerous mysterious knowledge. That brat is Chinese and might have obtained some mysterious knowledge. People who have not been to the Oriental Continent would not be truly powerful. Perhaps I will visit the Oriental Continent one day. I have heard that it was pretty splendid over there and is filled with many powerful figures and numerous beauties..."
Zerom showed an expression of longing.
"Stop talking about the future. What should we do now? Is it really fine to treat Samira that way?" Captain Kerlin pointed at the noisy square below.
"This is just a small turmoil caused by Samira, a mole of the Norman Empire, and has nothing to do with us!" Zerom yawned, feeling as if it had nothing to do with him. He casually added, "Although there seems to be a great number of items, in the eyes of the big figures, they are worth nothing. The guy with bad luck in this is only Samira. Who would blame us for treating a mole of the Norman Empire, especially one who had tried to frame a student in such a despicable manner and had incited the anger of the public? Wouldn't they be afraid of being treated as an accomplice of the mole?" Zerom showed an evil and cunning smile. "We will just treat these items as gifts from the Samira Business Group to the brats during tonight's bonfire."
"Although I couldn't wait to pinch and break his eggs, who would have thought that Samira would be finished in such a way? Why did he set up Zhang Tie? I really can't think it through!" Captain Kerlin heaved a deep sigh.
"Hahahaha, stop thinking about that unlucky fellow. If Samira has any bitterness left to pour out, then just let him explain it to the guys from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Blackhot City, who always suspect everything..." As he finished saying this, Zerom looked right and left before whispering to Captain Kerlin in a mysterious tone, "I heard that Zhang Tie was given a strange punishment by Miss Qili. He probably doesn't know that in the eyes of the girls, he has already become a hero..."
"What punishment?" Zerom's strange behavior made Captain Kerlin unconsciously move back.
"I heard that girls nowadays mature early and are good at picking men. Heh heh heh… Don't you think this survival training is becoming more and more interesting?"
"Yes, this survival training is becoming more and more interesting." Captain Kerlin remembered the students who he had just inquired about Zhang Tie's fight with the Samira Business Group bodyguards. Based on the descriptions and the imitations of the actions from the students, Captain Kerlin realized that the fist skill Zhang Tie had used to strike back at that bodyguard was the exact same Hammer Fist skill that was part of the Iron-Blood Fist, causing Captain Kerlin to be amazed. Within such a short period of time, is that brat already able to apply the fighting skills within the Iron-Blood Fist into practical fights? That was a lot of progress; Captain Kerlin knew that even if it was the simplest move, there was still a huge gap between theory in a book and applying it to a fight. In order to cross over this gap, you would have to fight others with real machetes and spears, you would have to bleed and sweat before instinctively mastering these fighting skills and moves and being able to respond quickly at the most critical junctures during a fight. With the exception of this method, there were no other methods available. However, that brat had received the Iron-Blood Fist for less than a week, within which, according to the description given by the other students, he had spent half a day every day digging in the mines, meaning that he had less time to cultivate. "That shouldn't be the case. Could it be true that digging in the mines is a mysterious cultivation method in the Chinese clan? Should I give it a try myself?" Captain Kerlin mumbled inwardly.
He himself was really startled by his idea of digging in the mines...
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Two hours later, every one of the Samira Business Group's items piled up in the square of Wild Wolf Castle, including the items that they had purchased from and exchanged with the students, like wolf hides, medicinal herbs, and crystal sands, were taken away with nothing left behind. It was as if a pack of wolves had licked clean the entire square of Wild Wolf Castle. When the students who were still restless after plundering Samira's items heard that Samira was trying to despicably stir up trouble during the survival training by setting up students who attended it, they immediately became reassured and furious. Every one of them reaffirmed that a guy like Samira, who used such dirty tricks to stir up trouble during the survival training, was definitely a mole of the Norman Empire who was lurking in Blackhot City. There were definitely reasons behind his disgusting behavior.
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When the chaos in the square of Wild Wolf Castle came to an end, Zhang Tie and the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood had already arrived at their tree base and were covered in sweat. Although they moved as slowly as snails, they had already won the game since they were able to carry back so many items. Usually, they would not be able to stand carrying so many items at once, but for them to use such a righteous way to become rich through robbery, they wanted to obtain as much as they could carry at once; therefore, every one of them exerted their utmost efforts to do so.
Out of them all, the weight of the items carried by Sharwin was the least; including the items in his hands, it totaled to roughly 50 kg. In contrast, Zhang Tie had carried the most; with the mining basket on his back being fully loaded as well as his hands holding items, Zhang Tie alone carried more than 100 kg of items. As for the others, Barley, Leit, Hista, Doug, and Bagdad, each respectively carried 50-80 kg of items. Bagdad directly carried a huge sack of dried meat that weighed at least 60 kg and had not even been opened, though the sack was slightly smaller than Zhang Tie's mining basket. Additionally, Bagdad had also clamped two bags of sausages under his armpits. Altogether, the items carried by Bagdad would weigh more than 80 kg.
Carrying these items, everybody became exceptionally excited. They only rested for a couple of times on the journey back and all spent all their efforts to bring back the items that they had plundered to their tree base.
At the sight of Zhang Tie, Pandora ran over with slightly red eyes. Hugging Zhang Tie tightly, she burst out into tears. "It's all my fault. Because of me, you met troubles..."
At the sight of the other guys' lustful eyes, Zhang Tie became both slightly embarrassed and moved. Ever since he was young, it was the first time for a girl to hug him while crying. Zhang Tie didn't know what to say to make the situation better. This Pandora… whenever others encountered misfortune, she would always think the bad luck was related to her.
"Don't cry… Look, aren't I perfectly fine? Today, we have such a big harvest, and I have even brought you a gift!"
Chapter 104: A Great Shock
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
As expected, the moment Pandora heard the word "gift", she loosened her arms that were wrapped around Zhang Tie before looking around at the others. Feeling a bit embarrassed, her face immediately turned red.
Zhang Tie didn't care about Pandora's response and directly passed the pieces of dried beef that weighed about 30 kg to her. As it was very heavy, Pandora almost failed to steadily hold them even with two arms.
"This… this is my gift?" Pandora stared in amazement with wide opened eyes. This amount of dried beef was worth a lot, not only in the survival training but in Blackhot City as well. For other girls, everyday, they would only be able to exchange items for at most 0.05 kg to 0.2 kg of dried meat. Pandora had never thought that she would one day obtain such a large amount of dried beef at once.
"Hmm, this amount of food is enough for you to live through the survival training and perhaps even longer than that..." In the end, Zhang Tie had stolen it from the Samira Business Group and did not feel reluctant to give it as a present to Pandora. With the other food he had brought back this time, the amount of food he had stored would be enough for him to survive for half a year. Since he couldn't finish it all even by the end of this survival training and neither could he bring the extra food back home to Blackhot City, at this moment, he decided to be a rich and generous man in front of Pandora.
"I've never met anyone who treats me so well. Why do you treat me so well?" With eyes fixed on Zhang Tie, Pandora's nose was slightly shaking and her pair of beautiful blue eyes began to become glossy and watery once again.
"You are my lucky angel, so I will bring you up..." Zhang Tie made such a joke to stop Pandora from crying, but soon after saying it, he realized he went too far and his words were ambiguous. Thus, he hurriedly added, "We are partners, so of course I will make you full!"
Hearing Zhang Tie's words, Hista made an obscene smile. "Stop, stop your love talk, please. Hurry up and go back to the tree base. We can't stand it anymore. Pandora, what Zhang Tie means is that you should eat more meat, so you develop well. Heh… heh… you should know what Zhang Tie means!" To the side, Hista grinned.
For an unknown reason, as long as Hista opened his mouth, he always gave others a sense of obscenity. Hearing his words, Pandora's face turned even redder. Furiously glancing at Hista and Zhang Tie, she slightly bit her lip before hugging the dried meat and returned to the tree base.
"Come on, let's go back to count our achievements!" Barley also urged to the side.
The moment Barley urged them, Zhang Tie recovered his composure from Pandora's embarrassed and sexy glance, which had caused him to be captivated. It was not an exaggeration in the least; he was truly captivated by that glance. At the sight of Pandora's eyes, Zhang Tie felt as if a nerve in his head had become slightly numb before a wisp of excitement trembled and instantly flashed across his whole body like a current of electricity. This time, Zhang Tie couldn't help but keep his eyes on Pandora's butt and started to feel an exceptional charm from Pandora's butt. While his p*nis that was swollen and full of blood, an evil thought flashed in his mind—although Pandora was thin, she was also sexy!
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After returning to their tree base, when counting the achievements they brought back, even the girls who worked with the Hit-Plane Brotherhood stared with wide opened eyes at Zhang Tie, Barley, and the other three people who carried back goods that were more than 300 kg in weight. All the items were of high calorie and best sellers like dried milk slices, pieces of dried meat, sausages, ham, etc.. In addition to the food brought back, Sharwin and Doug had brought back several crates. Opening the crates, the gleaming long swords and the portable spare parts, which could be assembled into a spear, that laid on the grass caused the horny students to exclaim. There were two crates of spears with four spears in each, and two crates of long swords with eight swords in each, totaling to eight spears and sixteen long swords. They were all military weapons produced in Blackhot City and were even of higher quality than what they usually used in the survival training.
After jubilantly asking the girls to take some of the food to cook supper, every member of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood started to discuss how they were to deal with these items in the tree house.
In the tree hollow, all the horny members stared at Zhang Tie with no one speaking a single word. Under their gazes, Zhang Tie became a bit baffled. Scratching his head, he then said, "Why are you staring at me?"
The other horny members then moved their gazes onto Barley, who then smiled. "These items could be considered compensation from the Samira Business Group for damaging your reputation, so you have the right to deal with them. We have only brought them back for you ."
"I'm the one deciding?" Zhang Tie pointed at his nose as all the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood nodded.
Seeing these items, Zhang Tie thought for a while before uttering, "Well, since Sharwin and Doug were the ones who brought back the weapons, then they can each pick two weapons, one long weapon and one short weapon. After that, there will be six spears and fourteen long swords left, which will be considered as items to be shared by the Hit-Plane Brotherhood. As for the food we brought back today, we will share them equally. Do you agree with this distribution?"
Looking at Zhang Tie, the other members of the Hit-Plan Brotherhood all burst out into laughter, as they all thought Bighead was truly generous in this affair.
"I agree with equal distribution of food and the weapons given to Sharwin and Doug; however, if the remaining weapons belong to the brotherhood, I think it will be pretty unfair to you. This solution is also not in compliance with the principles of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood. After all, you are the one who had spent a lot of efforts this time and are the one who has made the most contribution in the Hit-Plane Brotherhood..." Barley looked very shrewd at this moment. "How about this? We will distribute the remaining twenty weapons based on the number of shares. Since Zhang Tie has contributed the most, he will own forty percent of the weapons. The remaining sixty percent will belong to the six of us. As for the personal weapons we have with us, if we don't need them, then we can exchange them for shares. After this survival training ends, we will sell this batch of weapons in Blackhot City, and the money we get will be used as our first team fund. What do you think about my suggestion?"
"Great!" Everybody agreed as they all felt Barley's opinion was much better and more reasonable. Seeing the others nodding, Zhang Tie nodded as well.
At this moment, none of the youths could have imagined that the Hit-Plane Brotherhood, starting as a trivial group that used spears and swords as shares, would become brilliant in the future...
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The event of Samira being a "mole of the Norman Empire" was gradually developing...
On a side of a hill more than 10 miles away from Wild Wolf Castle, the on-duty students who had set off from Wild Wolf Castle finally caught up with the horny students of the Male Lion Association, who were ready to capture golden wolves and pick goose-neck grass. After all, a team of more than 200 members could not move as fast as a squad of only seven or eight people.
After catching up with them, when the on-duty students told Burwick the news that Samira might be a mole of the Norman Empire, Burwick's face immediately turned pale. The Male Lion Association was thrown into chaos, and in confusion, they began to look at each other one by one.
"What's happening? How could Samira suddenly become a mole of the Norman Empire?" Burwick doubted. Of course, he didn't know what had happened in Wild Wolf Castle in the past several hours. He would never imagine that his casual exposing of Zhang Tie to Samira, which was due to fear of being surpassed, would, in the end, bury Samira.
"We won't know the results until the officials from Blackhot City's Ministry of Internal Affairs take over the follow-up investigation of Samira's case. Except for you, the fact that Samira had intended to stir up trouble in this survival training is already known by everyone in Wild Wolf Castle!" The on-duty students who came to inform the Male Lion Association looked shrewd and had eyes that contained a wisp of contempt and mockery. Any smart person could see through Burwick's ambition. As students of Mr. Zerom, the teacher of the Second National Male Middle School, many of them were smart. "The teachers of the Temporary Supervision Committee feared that you were being framed by the mole of the Norman Empire. That is why they sent us to inform you. Samira can not even protect himself now, so the promises that he had made in front of you might never be realized. Additionally, nobody knows whether or not Samira intended to harm you by instigating you to march towards Crescent Prairie. It's estimated that the officials of Blackhot City's Ministry of Internal Affairs will be interested in those who have cooperated with Samira!"
Before leaving, one of the on-duty students turned around and shouted loudly, "Brothers of the Male Lion Association, Samira is finished. You'd better not be the cannon fodder of some insidious person. Oh, I almost forgot. There's a bonfire party tonight in Wild Wolf Castle!"
No matter how cunning Burwick was, he also became restless at this moment. If he continued to march towards Crescent Prairie, then he would truly be an idiot. Burwick even started to doubt whether there would even be someone who would want to go with him to experience such an adventure which was teeming with dangers and could even put him in a load of trouble. However, if they went back to the Wild Wolf Castle, every member of the Male Lion Association, who had generously sworn to complete this great mission, might become a huge laughing stock in this survival training—no, it was not might become, but rather, they had already become one. As the instigator of this huge farce, how could his school recommend such a figure?
How did it come to this? Burwick was also confused. He then converted this confusion into hatred and anger—'Who!? Who was the one who had made me lose everything and turn me into a public laughingstock when I was so close to success?'
Burwick's expressions changed quickly while thinking it over. He was so concentrated that he even failed to notice the people beside him who had called to him several times. When Burwick recovered his composure, he found that all the other members of the Male Lion Association were giving him strange looks.
"We… we better return to our base first!" Burwick forced a smile.
After returning to their base, Burwick sent someone to investigate what had happened to Samira. However, the news from Wild Wolf Castle shocked Burwick for a long time—Zhang Tie… it was Zhang Tie...
Chapter 105: Becoming More and More Handsome
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
By the time the sun had set, large pieces of wood had been piled up two meters high in the middle of the square of Wild Wolf Castle, and to the side of the tall pile of wood were scattered smaller pieces of woods that were covered in pine resin. With burning torches in hand, the on-duty students waited to the side with eyes fixed on the highest point of the inner castle tower of Wild Wolf Castle where the lightning rods were installed.
As the last wisp of sunlight slipped behind the highest point of the inner castle tower of Wild Wolf Castle, every pile of wood was set ablaze and the bonfire party started.
At every place and at every night party, women were always the protagonists as well as the hosts of the party, and this included the bonfire party in Wild Wolf Castle. The moment the piles of wood were ignited, those women had already successively walked out of the castle in groups.
Every one of the girls had delicately dressed up, and many of them wore a beautiful skirt. Seeing the groups of girls surging out from the gate of the inner castle, many horny students who had already waited to the side of the gates of Wild Wolf Castle took heavy breaths, and with wide opened eyes, they gazed at the girls passing by, completely captivated by what they were seeing. Along with the flying skirts that brought along with it a fragrant breeze came the various enchanting figures, plump or slim, and various adorable smiles. Compared to when they had first seen those girls at the railway station, this time, they saw real girls, perhaps even goddesses.
Some of the horny students even choked on their own saliva and began to loudly cough...
Much like the tradition in Blackhot City, the bonfire party during the survival training was also considered a tradition. During the survival training, the male students would always show their own abilities and worth, while the female students showed their value for reproduction.
The girls came out of the castle in teams of two. Once they came out, they would begin to separate, with one to the left and the other to the right. After respectively occupying a place in the square, they would sit down by the bonfire, seemingly as if they were competing with each other for the attention of the boys. However, while the boys would use their preys to show their value, the girls, in a similar manner, would use their own values; they would use their beauty, elegance, charm, and other abilities to conquer the boys.
Tonight, the girls were the protagonists!
It was only when all the girls had come out from the castle, sat by the bonfire, and had displayed the attitudes of hosts were the boys, who had long been waiting to the side, allowed to join them.
When all the girls sat beside the bonfires, the animals, who had long been drooling, drew close to the circles of girls that surrounded the bonfire as they pretended to be gentlemen. The square of Wild Wolf Castle then started to be boisterous.
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Facing the first night party ever since they were born, all the horny students in the Hit-Plane Brotherhood also paid a great deal of attention to this chance. As someone had to stay in the tree base to keep an eye on it, they drew lots to decide who would stay. Unexpectedly, it was Bagdad who was to stay back, resulting in him being silent and depressed. However, after Zhang Tie took out of the and told him that he had several hours to read this book if he stayed in the tree base, Bagdad grinned. For guys like Bagdad, who treated fighting skills as their lives, he had truly made a huge gain this time.
As they had to participate in such a night party, they would certainly treat it seriously. After supper, they then started to take a bath in that stream that was not far from the tree base. Afterwards, they returned to the tree base and searched their luggage for a set of clean clothes.
For this survival training, Zhang Tie had only brought a total of three sets of clothes and a pair of spare shoes. One of the three sets of clothes was the uniform of Blackhot City's city guard army, which was left by his elder brother. This uniform was the favorite amongst the adolescents in Blackhot City and was the most popular fashion item in the black market. Although it was much larger than Zhang Tie's frame, his mom had tailored it and made it barely suitable to Zhang Tie's frame. His mom was very considerate, and in consideration of Zhang Tie's fast growth, she had specifically made it a bit larger than Zhang Tie's current frame. During the last new year when Zhang Tie wore it as a set of new clothes, he had to roll up his sleeves and trousers a bit, but today when he wore it again, he felt that it was only a bit loose and fit him quite well. This time, he didn't need to roll up his sleeves and trousers.
After changing into a set of new clothes and wearing that pair of leather boots that were gifted to him by his elder brother, Zhang Tie, with the exception of the collar insignia and shoulder strap on his hat and clothes, completely became a member of the city guard army in Blackhot City. Among the adolescents in Blackhot City, this was their favorite way to dress.
Fastening a leather belt around his waist, he hung the new sword that he obtained today in the buckle of the leather belt around his waist. After doing all of this, he felt spirited.
The long sword on his waist was exchanged with Sharwin. As that sword was the one engraved with Zhang Tie's name and was lent to him by Zhang Tie, Sharwin wanted to take it as a momento, thus he used the new sword that he had obtained today and exchanged it for the sword which had Zhang Tie's name engraved upon it.
Since Zhang Tie was the last person to finish cleaning himself up, he was certainly the last one to finish changing into a set of clean clothes and walk out from the tree hollow. By the time Zhang Tie had jumped out of the tree hollow, Barley and the others had already been waiting for him below it. At the sight of Zhang Tie, all the other members looked at him with wide opened eyes and instantly stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Tie touched all over his body and lowered his head to check his crotch but found nothing was amiss.
"That's really strange. After dressing up, I suddenly feel that Bighead is much more handsome than before!" Barley opened his mouth.
"Am I handsome?" Zhang Tie giggled as he touched his head. Since he was born, this was the first time that he was praised by others as handsome.
"Really, I feel that Bighead could already survive by using just his face!" Hista showed an obscene smile.
"Bastard, you go survive yourself by just using your face!" Zhang Tie rebutted.
"Haha, thanks for your praise. To be able to survive using my face is my lifelong dream!"
"Bighead, I feel that you are really different from before..." Leit, with two fingers caressing his chin like an old man, glanced at Zhang Tie from top to bottom. "I can't tell the specifics, but I can feel that you are really something and have a big Qi field!" Bagdad said.
"I also feel that Bighead seems more handsome than before!" Sharwin added.
"Ha...ha..." Zhang Tie burst out into laughter, as his vanity was somewhat satisfied at this moment. "Well, we are all very handsome. Let's go!"
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In truth, Zhang Tie didn't know that every since he had obtained the Castle of Black Iron, his body and spirit had undergone a tremendous change.
The effects of the Leakless Fruit gradually improved Zhang Tie's body. At this moment, Zhang Tie looked magnificent yet reserved. The largest change was Zhang Tie's eyes, followed by his hair and skin. The health of a person's eyes, hair, and skin was closely related to the energy within his body, his secretion glands, and the functioning and vitality of organs like the liver and the kidney. One effect of the Leakless Fruit was exactly reflected in the improvements of human energy and the functioning and vitality of human organs and glands.
At the age of 15, his eyes should only be brilliant, but after obtaining the Castle of Black Iron and especially after eating three Leakless Fruits, Zhang Tie's eyes looked more than brilliant and even shone a bit, making him look very vibrant.
Besides his eyes, his hair had also improved a lot. His hair was neither good nor bad before, but after washing it, his black hair looked as if it had been carefully maintained like that of those honorable ladies. Deep in his eyes was a sort of magnificent spirit which showed his vigorous vitality. As for his skin, it was just as average as the others. Ever since he had entered puberty, his skin was troubled with acne every once in awhile, but since a bit more than a month ago, Zhang Tie hadn't noticed that the couple of acne on his face had long disappeared. Not only that, his skin was gradually becoming more and more delicate, brighter, and cleaner than before.
The only side effect of the Leakless Fruit is that it made Zhang Tie look more and more handsome. Although Zhang Tie was not considered ugly before and could even rank in the upper middle areas among the Chinese adolescents, after experiencing such a great change, Zhang Tie instantly became outstanding.
Continually mining and doing high-intensity labor work gradually caused Zhang Tie's muscles to become prominent and sturdy, while his body and shoulders gradually became broader. After the continuous cultivation and repetitively experiencing life and death situations in the Trouble-Reappearance Fruit, Zhang Tie looked more and more mysterious and profound.
With all these advantages, even Zhang Tie himself had not realized that he was gradually becoming more and more excellent and attractive among his peers. As Hista had said, Zhang Tie could already survive by just using his face in front of girls.
These days, since Zhang Tie had been busy digging in the mines, he looked dirty every day with that ugly mining basket on his back, thus few people had noticed his change. However, after taking a simple bath, combing his hair, and changing into a set of clean clothes, Zhang Tie immediately looked different in the eyes of the other members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood, who had stayed with him for a long time. Because of their lack of experience, they had failed to identify the small changes to Zhang Tie. The moment they saw him, they only felt that Zhang Tie had become much more handsome.