39: A hero of justice, probably

Inside the water pipe, Lin Ti was carried by the current, moving further and further away from the monster and Cheng Yang’s location.

All of Cheng Yang’s cards had also been taken into Lin Ti’s Summoner.

Although all these cards, except for [Torrential Rain E], were created by Lin Ti himself.

However, Lin Ti did not believe these cards belonged to him.

When he was with Cheng Yang, Lin Ti had always let Cheng Yang keep these cards.

These were Cheng Yang’s possessions, and now he had bestowed the ownership of these cards upon the next armor successor.

Even now, they were only in his safekeeping.

Lin Ti thought so.

“Damn it…”

“Damn it!”

Lin Ti was very self-reproachful.

As a Summoner, he had failed to detect the monster’s aura in advance.

If only the Summoner’s memory was affected, then so be it, after all, a Summoner is essentially human.

But as light himself, his memory was shielded by darkness.

He failed to warn and alert the Summoner.

It was his dereliction of duty.

[The first Summoner, Cheng Yang, has died]

A prompt popped up on the panel.

“…”

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“Kid, is this all the money you have?”

“Are you looking down on us with such a small amount of money, huh!?”

In an alley beside the street, several Hoodlums surrounded a student sitting on the ground, looking terrified.

Beside them were the student’s scattered books and an empty backpack.

The Hoodlum held a black faux leather wallet in his hand, and the transportation card, campus card, and student ID from the wallet were all thrown on the ground.

“No… give me back my wallet!”

The student struggled to get up, wanting to snatch the wallet from the Hoodlum’s hand.

However, his weak body was no match for the Hoodlum.

He was easily held down by the Hoodlum, who pressed his head and brutally kneed him in the nose.

Immediately, his nose bled profusely, and he painfully collapsed to the ground again.

“Bastard, you dare to act tough with so little money!”

Looking at the student whose head was on the ground, the Hoodlum heavily stepped on his head, pressing it against the dirty gutter, and spat a thick wad of phlegm onto the student’s face.

“Wuwu…”

The student struggled painfully, but his mouth was pressed against the ground, unable to speak.

“Hehe, it seems we need to teach you a profound lesson.”

“Let us buy you something good to drink.”

Looking at the student on the ground, the Hoodlum with a lip ring bent down, grabbed the student’s head, and pushed it towards the foul-smelling ditch covered with a layer of oil scum.

“No, don’t!”

The student struggled with difficulty, but he couldn’t resist at all.

He could only watch his face get closer and closer to the stinking ditch.

A pungent stench came from the ditch, making him almost vomit.

“We don’t want to do this either, but if you don’t remember it well, it won’t do.”

“Next time, if you don’t want to drink, just obediently lend us money.”

The Hoodlum sneered, pressing the student’s face closer and closer into the puddle.

“No, no!”

The student was almost in tears.

Save me, someone save me!

“Hey, you guys…”

Just as his head was about to be pushed into the stinking ditch, an abrupt voice sounded, interrupting the Hoodlums’ actions.

The Hoodlum impatiently looked up, revealing an arrogant expression, and looked towards the source of the voice.

He saw a tall figure appear at the alley entrance.

His broad shoulders blocked most of the light from the alley entrance.

A dark blue beret covered the upper half of his face, but the exposed lower half of his face had unexpectedly sharp and handsome features.

“If you’re opening a coffee shop, do you have a business license?”

“Huh?”

“Kid, if you don’t want to die, mind your own business!”

The Hoodlum looked at the figure in front of him, pulled out a dagger, tilted his head back, stuck out his tongue, and threatened.

“Ah!”

“It’s a dagger, you scared me to death!”

“It’s actually a 15-centimeter long, gleaming dagger!”

“A dagger that can directly pierce arteries, stab into the heart, sharpened to be incredibly keen, gleaming with cold light!”

The figure, in an irritating tone, looked at the Hoodlum and covered his chest in “shock.”

“…”

‘What’s going on with this person? There are three armed Hoodlums here, why is he speaking in such a provocative tone!’

The student, who was pressed against the stinking ditch, looked at the figure at the alley entrance in shock.

“Bastard, are you looking down on me?!”

“This isn’t a toy! Or do you think I don’t dare to stab you?!”

The Hoodlum holding the knife widened his eyes, holding the dagger, and approached the alley entrance step by step.

The veins on his forehead also bulged, looking genuinely enraged.

“No, no, no, I’m begging for mercy!”

“Such a long dagger, it can undoubtedly stab directly into my heart!”

“If you know that, then get lost quickly, you Hoodlum…”

“Bang!”

Before he could finish speaking, a whooshing sound came, and then a large fist swung out, heavily smashing into the Hoodlum’s nose bridge!

In an instant, the sound of his nasal bone breaking echoed, and blood continuously gushed from the Hoodlum’s nose!

The latter’s figure was also flung out like a kicked dead dog, crashing into the wall and then falling into the stinking ditch.

The figure who threw the punch now raised his head, holding his fist still stained with blood.

“Don’t get too carried away, you dead Hoodlum!”

“Hoodlums of this level, whether it’s one or two!”

“I will beat you all into dead dogs!”

The figure said as he continuously approached the Hoodlums inside the alley.

He showed no intention of stopping, even as the two Hoodlums inside pulled out their daggers.

“You, you, you!”

The Hoodlum who fell into the stinking ditch covered his nose, looking at the figure in front of him in horror, unable to speak.

And the student, who had already broken free from the Hoodlum, looked at the approaching figure with even greater shock.

‘Too strong, but there are still two Hoodlums, and they both have daggers!’

Sure enough, the remaining two Hoodlums quickly reacted, raising their daggers, their eyes wide with anger.

“You bastard, how dare you look down on us!”

“Do you really think we won’t stab you!?”

“Pfft.”

“Go ahead and try, but you better think it through, as soon as you stab, I’ll break your arms!”

The tall figure slowly approached while threatening them.

The powerful aura made the two Hoodlums’ foreheads start to sweat.

‘What’s wrong with this guy? Why isn’t he scared at all, instead he’s threatening us!’

‘Damn it, he must be putting on an act!’

The two Hoodlums finally lost their minds in anger.

As Hoodlums, they lost their reason under the influence of so-called “brotherhood” and “face.”

“Ahhh, you asked for it!”

They actually, one from the left and one from the right, truly raised their knives and shouted as they stabbed at the approaching figure.

However, at this moment, the figure still showed no panic, raising his hands, his feet slightly spread forward and backward.

Then, he easily dodged the first dagger by turning sideways, and his elbow chopped down heavily!

A crunching sound!

Followed by a scream.

“Ahhhhh!! My hand, my hand!”

The figure ignored the scream and continued to look at the other stunned Hoodlum, grabbing his wrist.

An over-the-shoulder throw directly slammed the latter to the ground, and his arm was dislocated with a crunching sound.

In one encounter, both Hoodlums were easily taken down.

“Bastard, bastard!”

“Even now, you guy, you still won’t beg for mercy, still spouting threats?”

“Impressive, impressive.”

“Then, let me treat you to a cup of our shop’s secret drink.”

“Black coffee, black coffee!”

Looking at the Hoodlum who was still cursing, the figure grabbed the latter’s head and walked towards the stinking ditch.

“Could it be…”

“No, no!”

The Hoodlum seemed to have thought of something and struggled violently.

However, it was all in vain; the Hoodlum was pressed into the stinking ditch without a moment’s hesitation.

The foul stench immediately made the latter struggle violently, and when he was pulled up again, he was rolling his eyes and vomiting.