Chapter 2: The Girl
The girl ran out of the grocery store and quickly looked left and right. The streets were full of pedestrians and stalls, and she ran towards the crowded places, trying to escape the dark house where she had been imprisoned for two days.
After running for a while, she suddenly found that she had become the focus of everyone on the street. The pedestrians, the peddlers, the homeless, the blue canvas men, and all sorts of people were watching her. Originally, in the seventeenth city where she lived, her return rate was quite high. Therefore, it is not the first time that she has become the focus of everyone. But the people there looked at her with admiration and friendliness, and the people here looked at her like a hunter to his prey, with a thirsty glint in their eyes.
Looking at the deformed and ugly faces, she felt very frightened, and looked around in a panic, not knowing where to run.
"Woman! It's a woman! "What a beautiful woman!" "Where did you come from, so white." "She's not the ...... of town" "Who's her master?" The people on the street stared at the girl, pointing and talking.
At this time, she suddenly remembered the young man's words: "As long as you walk out of this shop, you won't live for three hours." ”
In the moment of her distraction, the chatter around her grew louder and louder, and the crowd in the street began to move towards her......
She turned and ran, trying to get back to the grocery store that sold her as a commodity. Compared to these frightening strangers, the rude boy was like a light in the night. However, it was only then that she realized that the way back had been blocked by the crowd!
"Woman, ......" "Haha...... Ha ......", "Wow......" "Gollum ......"
The men opened their mouths wide and drooled with disgust, stretching out their arms and slowly approaching her. And no matter which direction the girl flees to, someone will block her way.
Gradually, the crowd surrounded the girl in the middle, and the circle shrank one by one......
"Go away! Go away! Looking at the dirty hands that were getting closer and closer, the girl screamed in despair. At this moment, a loud roar suddenly sounded from behind, "Get out!" Hear me! I don't care about you! Immediately afterward, there was a cry of pain from the crowd.
"It's Brother Xiong!" "Black bear!" "Run!" As the sound sounded, the crowd of onlookers dispersed and scrambled to retreat to both sides of the street.
The crisis had just been resolved, and the girl didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, when she saw five men with fierce faces walking towards her. Like a frightened deer, she hurried into an alley where no one was around.
She had no idea where the alley led. It was dirty, with potholes in the ground made of stone and cement. The already narrow road is still littered with all kinds of waste products, and some places can only barely squeeze through. And the head is a staggered wire and wire, and there are shabby and faded clothes, which block a lot of sunlight. The alley winds its way, with houses on both sides made of rusty iron sheets and wooden blocks, and the dark cracks in the walls always make one worry about whether a horrible dirty hand will suddenly stick out.
Her heart was full of despair, she didn't know where to flee, who could save her, and she didn't know what terrible fate awaited her. A girl who has never left the house is like a flower in a greenhouse, with no way to go up to heaven and no way to go down to the earth in this sea of sin.
At this moment, a sharp laugh suddenly sounded behind her, and she looked back in panic! The deep alleys of Kana were empty......
At the same time, a figure suddenly flashed around the corner ahead. As soon as the girl turned around, she couldn't dodge and bumped into her head-on.
"Ahh It hurts! She fell to the ground, her head a little dizzy.
"Sister, where are you going?"
A rough voice came from the head, with a hint of banter in his tone. The girl looked up in horror and saw a stout man standing in front of her. The man was more than two meters tall, with a large triangular face with a stubble beard, muscular arms with bruises, a bear head with a large mouth open and fangs tattooed on his semi-bare chest, and his strong legs were like tree stumps.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" the girl apologized repeatedly.
"Haha...... Ha ......" The man grinned, revealing a mouth full of jagged yellow teeth, and laughed after that.
The girl got up and ran backwards, but before she could take two steps, she was blocked by four figures that suddenly appeared in the alley ahead.
"Sister, don't run, my brother will take you to play." Four dark, unkempt men slowly approached her.
"Don't ...... Stay back. The girl was congested in front and back, and could only lean desperately against the wall, as if she wanted to squeeze her body into the wall.
Several of the men laughed even more when they saw this. They didn't rush to pounce, ready to slowly enjoy the last struggles of their prey.
Just when the girl was on the verge of collapse, a young voice came from the room.
"Black bear, this is my cargo."
The calm narration, like a heavenly sound, instantly calmed the girl's frightened heart and made her quickly calm down.
"Iron ...... Iron slag! One of the shorter men of the five stammered.
The tall man known as the black bear frowned and looked up, only to see the iron slag standing in the room with his chest in his arms, with an indifferent expression. He shouted in a rough voice: "Iron slag, you are too domineering, you are yours, you are yours?" ”
Iron Slag didn't answer, just looked down the alley.
"According to the rules of Iron Mountain Town, first come, first served!" Another man chimed in.
Iron Slag smiled slightly, and paced around the room with his chest crossed. After a while, he said to himself, "Well, you guys have a point. ”
The black bear smiled and let out a "hey, hey, hey" laugh, "Iron slag, we'll keep the ...... after eating" Before he could finish speaking, the iron slag suddenly jumped down from the house, holding a knife in both hands and slashing straight at his head! In the face of the sudden attack, the black bear only had time to cross his hands to block his head.
With the power of the fall, the iron slag is slashed with a knife!
I only heard a 'bang', and the black bear wailed heartbreakingly. Both of his wrists were severed in unison, and blood gushed out.
As soon as the iron slag hit the ground, he jumped backwards, and before the black bear could react, he stabbed back with a knife in both hands! With a 'poof', a sharp knife came out through the chest.
The black bear instinctively raised his arm and smashed it at the iron slag behind him. I saw the iron slag kicking on the black bear's back, and with the help of pulling out the straight machete, he avoided the black bear's smash.
Seeing that the blow missed, the black bear howled frantically and crashed into it regardless of it!
In the face of the mountain-like black bear, the iron slag did not dodge, but directly hit back!
There was a muffled sound of "bang", and the two of them slammed together! The relatively short iron slag actually crashed away from the tall black bear! Then a knife stabbed into the throat, twisted it hard, and broke the black bear's neck. The headless corpse spurted out lines of blood several meters high, slowly collapsing to the ground.
The iron slag was sprayed with blood, and it slammed on the black bear's head, directly crushing his skull. In this world, only when the brain dies is the real death.
"You...... Don't come here, if you dare to come, we'll kill her!" While the iron slag was killing the black bear, the four men grabbed the girl and put their daggers against her neck.
Iron Slag grinned, squinted at the four of them, and asked, "Who am I?" ”
"You...... You are iron slag. One of them replied in a trembling voice. They saw with their own eyes the thunderous methods of killing people with iron slag, and they were so frightened that they were about to break.
"Oh......" Iron Slag thought for a moment, "you know who I am, but you still want to rob my goods, it seems that you still don't know me." ”
"You...... You...... If you let us go, the goods will be returned to you. ”
"Yes."
They were about to agree, but they heard the indifferent voice of the iron slag sound again, "Two of you can live, let's do it." ”
The four of them looked at each other, all a little at a loss. At this moment, the person who put the dagger against the girl's neck suddenly pushed the girl away, and a dagger pierced the chest of the partner next to him! Immediately after, another man pulled out his dagger and stabbed at the people next to him with a loud roar. They scuffled together and stabbed each other with daggers at close range!
All of a sudden, blood splattered! The sound of wailing and roaring echoed in the alley......
The girl sat down on the ground, covering her eyes and not daring to look. For the first time, she discovered that people can be so cruel to each other.
Of the four men, only one could barely stand up, and at the signal of the iron slag, he stumbled away covering his wounds.
When the man disappeared from sight, the iron slag twisted his neck and walked away on his own. The girl hurriedly chased after him, clutching the corner of his clothes tightly. It may be that the girl is too tight, and the iron slag feels uncomfortable, and tears the corners of her clothes hard, faintly, "As long as you follow me, no one will be interested in you." ”
The girl had no choice but to follow him, keeping a distance of half a meter. After a while, the two walked out of the alley and walked down the street. At this time, the girl noticed that the people on the street had lost even interest in looking at her. remembered that just now, the young man in front of him killed the two-meter-tall strong man in an extremely ferocious way. Thinking of this, she shuddered a little, but was also a little curious. Finally, she couldn't help but ask him, "Why are they all so afraid of you?" ”
Iron Slag looked coldly ahead, and did not answer the girl's question.
As a result, such an attitude aroused the girl's curiosity even more. At this moment, she seemed to forget the horror of the teenager, and took the trouble to ask all kinds of questions, "How old are you?" "Who are you?" "Where's your mom and dad?"
"One more word, I'll sell you right now." Iron Slag was annoyed by her, and threatened in a deep voice.
"You can't get a good price here." The girl reminded him heartlessly.
Iron Slag looked a little helpless, so he had to explain to her, "There is danger in the town at any time, don't distract me, if there is any problem, go back again." ”
For some reason, the boy's helpless expression became kind in the girl's eyes. She boldly stepped forward and hugged his arm, grinning, "Okay." ”
Smelling the faint fragrance of the girl's body, there was a palpitating elasticity on her arm. He felt a little stiff all over, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart. He had to tell himself repeatedly that she was just a commodity, and she could sell it for a good price when she arrived in Sand City. She must be someone from some silver city, and she can get a pile of sparkling gold coins if she finds the right customer......
Winter in Iron Mountain is coming, and he urgently needs a sum of money to spend the winter. In addition, his good friend Dr. Narcissus once said that if he could get his hands on the "Nucleon Furnace", he would be able to upgrade his most important companion, the jet locomotive "Red Comet".