Chapter 583: Omnipotent?
Seeing the man before her seemed exhausted and somewhat injured, Tian Tian thought that this time she had leverage to negotiate with him.
“Sorry,” Tian Tian said. “Although you and this child are both injured, I don’t know you… so I have to quickly find a way to take him to get bandaged.”
“W-wait…” The man stood up unsteadily, his expression showing no intention of giving up.
Tian Tian had anticipated this situation, and she kept the short sword in her hand held horizontally in front of her.
“You saved our lives,” Tian Tian said with a frown and a wary expression. “If possible, I don’t want to get into a conflict with you…”
“N-no, not that…” The man quickly waved his hand, blood from his wound splattering like water droplets from un-dried hands. “I don’t want to steal your bicycle… I just have a suggestion…”
Tian Tian still didn’t back down. After all, this was the only way for her and Zheng Yingxiong to leave this place.
Almost all the buildings in the vicinity had collapsed. If they wanted to spend the night, they could only use the house beside them. But precisely because there was no other place to stay nearby, everyone in the area might enter this house, which added a lot of danger to the two of them.
Now the best retreat was to take Zheng Yingxiong back to the “Cat” he had mentioned before dark. Not only could they treat his injuries, but they could also find shelter.
It all depended on whether the man in front of them would let the two of them go.
“What’s your suggestion?” Tian Tian asked, coming back to her senses.
“I… I was thinking…” The man pressed down on the gaping wound on his hand. “Sister, I’m injured, and that kid is also injured… You don’t want him to die, and I have a reason I can’t die… So can we…”
“Hmm…?” Seeing the man stammer, Tian Tian felt the situation was getting beyond her expectations. “What do you want to do?”
“Can I take this child to treat his wounds, and you wait here for us…?”
“Ah…?” Tian Tian was stunned. “You take him to get treatment?”
The other party proposed a plan that Tian Tian had never thought of, making her feel it was absurd.
“Yes… Although it sounds ridiculous, I really have a reason I must live…” The young man kept pressing on his injured palm to stop the bleeding, but the knife had pierced through it, and the blood wouldn’t stop.
“But that’s impossible…” Tian Tian shielded Zheng Yingxiong behind her. “We’ve just met. How can I be sure you’ll save this child? Your motive is really confusing to me…”
“If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it already!” The young man was also getting anxious. “To be honest… I came from the same room as those two uncles. I’ve wanted to resist them for a long time… But those two were in cahoots, basically ruling the entire interview room. Now they have already ‘Resonated’, but I haven’t! If I can’t enter the next cycle with my memories, they’ll surely kill me!”
“You…” Tian Tian felt the young man didn’t seem to be lying, but entrusting an injured child to a stranger was really too dangerous.
“So I must survive. I need to stop the bleeding right now!” The young man said. “I also need to find a way to make myself ‘Resonate’ in the remaining days… Although my wound isn’t serious now, if I don’t treat it, I won’t be able to do anything in the coming days…”
After hearing his words, Tian Tian roughly understood. He could have just grabbed the bicycle, but he kept humbly negotiating terms, which showed there was still a bottom line in his heart.
This bottom line forced him not to do anything against morality.
“Even if…” The young man silently lowered his head. “Even if you don’t agree, it’s fine. It’s just a request. After all, it’s because of our appearance that we caused you so much trouble…”
“Sister, you can agree to him,” Zheng Yingxiong said softly from the bicycle.
“What…?” Tian Tian was startled, turned back to look at Zheng Yingxiong. “Little brother, don’t get involved in this… Human relationships aren’t as simple as you imagine…”
“Sister, I am a ‘Spiritual Scent’,” Zheng Yingxiong answered seriously.
“‘Spiritual Scent’…?” Tian Tian blinked. “Is that your ability…? What does ‘Spiritual Scent’ mean?”
“I can smell the scent on him,” Zheng Yingxiong said with a smile. “His scent is very clean, very different from the two uncles just now.”
“Clean…?” Tian Tian carefully considered the words Zheng Yingxiong had used, feeling it was still a bit hard to understand. “So you trust him?”
“Mm.” Zheng Yingxiong nodded firmly. “The scent on him is the same as yours, sister. Very clean, very reassuring.”
Hearing Zheng Yingxiong say this, Tian Tian felt a little relieved. Thinking carefully, he had indeed been fixated on the issue of “scent” from start to finish. Could his ability be to distinguish good and evil in a person?
“But you… where are you going for treatment?” Tian Tian asked again.
“Not far!” Seeing the turnaround, the young man quickly said. “When those black lines were chasing us earlier, we knew it was best not to leave the vicinity of the base, so we kept running in circles. If we ride the bike back now, it’s about forty minutes…”
“But even if you can find some supplies, how will you…”
“I am actually a student at the University of Chinese Medicine!” The young man quickly explained. “Although surgery isn’t my best field, I know a bit! I will definitely treat both my own and this little brother’s injuries properly. You can rest assured!”
Seeing Tian Tian hadn’t responded for a while, the young man said, “I really beg you. Without transportation, walking back would take nearly two hours… My bleeding won’t stop…”
“I agree,” Tian Tian said. “Since Little Hero has said so, you two can go together. However…”
Tian Tian sighed helplessly. “This bicycle was already very old. It’s no small feat that it’s lasted this long. If only we could find a place to repair it, otherwise I’m afraid soon…”
She lowered her head to look at the bicycle’s chain, then slowly widened her eyes.
Where the originally loose chain and pedals were, now there were full gears and wires installed. Moreover, these gears were all attached to a circuit board, looking a bit strange.
“Eh?” Tian Tian was taken aback, stepping forward to inspect the bicycle. “This is really strange… What is going on?”
“Sister, the scent on you is fluctuating,” Zheng Yingxiong said with a smile. “It’s the ‘Clever Craft’ taking effect.”