Chapter 79: The Devil Among Devils
How could Gu Zhao not be satisfied to hear her little followers so motivated?
Little Huang, Xiao Lu, and Little Black wanted to persuade their master to leave.
But a moment later, they saw countless animals emerge from all sides...
Tigers, lions, leopards...
None of them were weak.
Far from being scared, Xiao Lu grew even more excited!
"Master, are you controlling them?! Is this that mysterious Eastern power! It’s incredible!"
Little Black and Little Huang looked at Gu Zhao, their eyes filled with hurt. "Master, do we really have to do this?"
Gu Zhao hugged herself, a sorrowful look on her face. "I’m so sad. What am I to do?"
Gu Xulin shot Gu Zhao a strange look. "Hungry again?"
Gu Zhao tilted her head and looked at Gu Xulin, her face a mask of grief. "Am I that kind of person? My three admirers have gone down a path of no return. Shouldn’t I be sad for them?"
Little Huang, Xiao Lu, and Little Black all hung their heads, thinking their young master was actually very sentimental.
They were the ones who had disappointed their master...
Gu Xulin remained silent. He had a feeling Gu Zhao wasn’t finished.
Sure enough, a moment later, Gu Zhao clutched her heart, her expression even more grief-stricken. "I wonder if it’s the same abroad as it is back home... Are there any wanted posters... Are the three of them on the list? Is the reward good..."
"I wonder if I can collect it," Gu Zhao lamented.
The three of them: ...
Gu Xulin broke into a satisfied smile. ’Now, this is more like it.’
’The real Gu Zhao.’
"Master, we have to take this person with us. It’s a matter of our professional dignity!" Little Black said, his eyes filled with resignation.
If Ye Zuiyi were awake to hear that, he would have definitely rolled his eyes.
’Dignity? Do you three even have any? You got the mission target wrong! And then you went and made your new target your master!’
’Idiots.’
Gu Zhao yawned. She was getting sleepy and wanted to go to bed.
She said lazily, "Seize them."
Big Eagle immediately translated for the other animals. Meanwhile, Little Eagle, not to be outdone, flapped its wings and shot toward the three men, snatching the gun from one of their hands.
The other two men immediately opened fire on it.
But Little Eagle was exceptionally fast, and all their shots missed.
The other animals all charged forward. The leopards, with their agile bodies, went to snatch the guns from their hands, giving them a few swipes for good measure.
It was a free service, and they were getting it whether they liked it or not.
In just a few moments, the men were covered in wounds, their guns all confiscated by the animals.
The three men lay pinned to the ground, with several wild boars sitting on top of them.
Xiao Lu couldn’t help but feel a surge of gratitude. ’My master is still merciful. She didn’t have the elephants sit on us.’
The truth was, the elephants were too loud when they walked, so Gu Zhao hadn’t allowed them to join.
Near the floodwaters, the elephants were currently jumping up and down.
They’d been rejected from the group fight for being too heavy! Did they have no pride?!
They needed to lose weight!
The drone that had been on the wild boar’s head now lay abandoned on the ground.
[Help... the snoring’s gone, but now it sounds like an earthquake.]
[What’s happening? Was that an earthquake? Where did the snoring go?! Drone, wake up! Get back in the air!]
Drone: ...
Over on Gu Zhao’s side, Gu Xulin and Zhong Siqi swiftly rummaged through the men’s bags, found some rope, and tied them up.
The posture they were tied in was... rather creative.
Their hands and feet were bound together.
"Big King, Big King! It’s our turn!" Zhong Mingrui said excitedly.
Song Yi also looked at Gu Zhao with eager eyes.
Gu Zhao gave a wave of her hand. "Go on. Whoever makes them talk first gets a reward!"
Song Zhe immediately raised his hand. "Zhaozhao, can I join in? There are three of them, which is perfect. I’d like to claim one."
Gu Zhao, of course, agreed.
The three men: ’Claim one??’
Zhong Mingrui, Song Yi, and Song Zhe: Hehehe.
Zhong Mingrui walked over to Xiao Lu, a disarmingly cute smile on his face.
Song Yi and Song Zhe chose Little Black and Little Huang, respectively.
「A few minutes later.」
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"AWOOOO AHHHHHHH!"
"Mommy, Mommy, UGH... Mommy, Mommy, UGH!"
Gu Zhao and the others were treated to a truly deafening cacophony.
A chorus of wails and howls.
Gu Zhao covered her ears, unable to bear watching. Zhong Mingrui was holding a feather—plucked from who knows what bird—and was tickling the sole of Xiao Lu’s foot.
A dung beetle, which had appeared from nowhere, was scurrying around on Xiao Lu’s foot.
It looked like it was searching for something.
As for Song Yi...
He had untied Little Black, only to have a pack of animals chase him. Whenever they caught him, they would bite his butt.
Now, Little Black was crawling on all fours. His pants had vanished, leaving only a conspicuous pair of red boxers.
Gu Zhao shook her head. ’My good apprentice, may you go in peace.’
Song Zhe truly was Song Yi’s older brother.
Gu Zhao and the others stared at Song Zhe with bizarre expressions.
After watching for a moment, Gu Xulin covered Gu Zhao’s eyes. "This is too much to watch."
Zhong Siqi: "...This is morally outrageous..."
Gu Zhao tried to pull Gu Xulin’s hands away, but when she couldn’t, she gave up and sighed. "Ah, the depravity of human nature..."
Song Zhe didn’t hear them. He was still excitedly commanding the animals... to kiss Little Huang.
"Quick, quick, it’s your turn! Kiss him!"
The animal looked pleadingly at Gu Zhao, but her eyes were covered, so she couldn’t see it.
The animal gave Little Huang’s mouth a forceful lick, then ran off crying to join the others.
"SOB, SOB, SOB, MY INNOCENCE IS GONE!"
Little Huang: "UGH... MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY, UGH..."
’They’re so twisted! SOB, SOB, SOB, Mommy, I wanna go home, SOB, SOB, SOB.’
"I’ll talk! I’ll talk! Just let me go, I’ll talk!" Little Huang was the first one to break. His mind, his sense of smell, his innocence!
They had all been subjected to extreme torture!
Song Zhe stood up, somewhat disappointed, and called out to Gu Zhao. "Zhaozhao, he confessed."
’Sigh... I wasn’t done playing yet.’
He looked over at Xiao Lu and Little Black, his eyes lighting up. "Mingrui! Little brother! Let me help you!"
Zhong Mingrui and Song Yi didn’t think much of it, but Xiao Lu and Little Black, having witnessed how he’d tormented Little Huang, started to panic.
"We’ll talk!" Xiao Lu and Little Black shouted in unison, terrified their innocence would be forfeit if they were a second too late.
Song Zhe deflated.
Gu Zhao looked at Song Zhe, speechless. Her lips moved, but she couldn’t bring herself to utter the word ’badass.’
’This guy isn’t just a badass... he’s a fucking demon.’
With Xiao Lu, Little Black, and Little Huang gathered together, it was obvious at a glance who had suffered the most.
Little Black was panting with exhaustion. Xiao Lu was also a bit out of breath from laughing so hard, his face stiff. Only Little Huang, his face pale, stared at the sky, having completely lost the will to live.
Even Gu Xulin felt a pang of pity for him. "Ahem. Answer my questions properly. If you answer well, we’ll just lock you up. If you don’t... we’ll continue with what we were just doing."
Little Huang: "I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything! Please, just lock me up!"
Everyone: ...
Song Zhe sighed with regret.
"We accepted the job on a platform, so we don’t know who specifically posted the mission," Little Huang said frantically.
He was terrified that if he was too slow, they’d hand him back over to that demon.
Gu Xulin frowned. "Is that all? This information is useless."
Little Huang wracked his brain, panicking.
"I know the client is from the same place as you all," Xiao Lu spoke up. "He gave us an address and told us to deliver the person there once they were caught."
"The address is in a hidden compartment in the bag!" Little Huang quickly added.
Zhong Siqi rummaged through the bag and, sure enough, found a slip of paper.
He handed the paper to Gu Xulin, who glanced at it before putting it away.
Gu Zhao didn’t even get a chance to see it.
"What do we do next?" Zhong Siqi looked at Gu Xulin.
Gu Xulin: "Someone will be here soon to take them away."
Gu Zhao: ???
"When did you call the police?"
Just then, several cars pulled up. A man excitedly leaned halfway out of a window and waved at them.
Gu Zhao: ’?? Who’s this try-hard?’