Chapter 105: Chapter 101: Awakened of the Capital City
"Yingzi! Found the kerosene?"
"Right here, just a little thing."
Saying that, Wu Liang bent down and picked up a palm-sized object that was wriggling like slime from the entrance, feeling soft to the touch.
This thing had been hiding on the headlight covers of many vehicles, using the reflected shadows to perfectly enlarge and shrink, almost covering half of the parking lot.
Now, under Jin Chenghua’s "God said, let there be light," the entire space was illuminated, and the ceiling naturally couldn’t reflect any distinct shadows.
"Is this a God Demon?"
Jin Chenghua, seeing the Fierce Ghost’s true form already in Wu Liang’s hand, leaned in closer and couldn’t recognize what it was after staring for a long time.
Logically, no matter how bizarre or twisted a Fierce Ghost’s form is, its true form should always be something concrete, but is there really such a thing as slime in the world?
"Emmm, to me, it looks like modeling clay..." Wu Liang said awkwardly.
He had a sudden whim to say it was the Fiji Cup, but after some thought, he suppressed his bizarre thoughts.
Seeing Jin Chenghua’s curious expression as he reached out to poke the modeling clay,
Wu Liang quickly dodged to the side.
Damn! So bold? Dude, do you also have [Breaking Blade]?
Although the Fierce Ghost’s true form was indeed extremely weak, he didn’t think a regular Awakened touching it directly wouldn’t provoke a reaction.
Thinking of this, Wu Liang decisively squeezed it hard, intending to completely destroy the Fierce Ghost’s true form.
This way, the supernatural blockade should be lifted, and they could get the victims out first.
Moreover, in such a closed, dark environment, crushing the modeling clay and tossing it into some inconspicuous corner, then letting his Fierce Ghost Minion hide there and Show-off Rice, wouldn’t that be great?
Bang—
Just as Wu Liang was exerting force, a sudden snapping sound echoed in the parking lot.
In the next second, the Fierce Ghost’s true form in his hand suddenly exploded into fragments, with many pieces splattering onto Wu Liang’s face.
"Heh, I was wondering who was stealing our achievement? Turned out it’s you, foreigner? What? Met some wild Awakeners again?"
As the Fierce Ghost’s true form exploded, two men with a laid-back appearance walked in from the entrance, one of them holding his right hand in a snapping position.
It was obvious that the explosion of the Fierce Ghost’s true form just now was his doing.
Wu Liang glanced at them, one with a hooked nose, one short, they didn’t look like good guys.
Even Jin Chenghua, who had been all smiles and delight since picking Wu Liang up at the airport, now had his mouth turned down for the first time.
It was clear he knew these two and didn’t have a pleasant relationship with them, otherwise, they wouldn’t start with personal attacks as soon as they came in.
Jin Chenghua fiercely scolded, "What are you doing! What if you hurt a comrade in the blast!"
He strongly condemned their action of directly blowing up the Fierce Ghost’s true form that Wu Liang was holding.
But with his poor Mandarin, he couldn’t really curse them, so he could only offer a couple of weak scoldings.
But who would’ve thought the short guy who snapped his fingers would just sneer and say, "If you can’t speak properly, don’t open your mouth. Besides, who knew that was one of our own? What if it was a Fierce Ghost pretending to be a human?"
This kind of talk was clearly intentional provocation.
Since they came straight in and targeted the modeling clay-like Fierce Ghost’s true form with their Awakened Abilities, they were likely already in the parking lot earlier without revealing themselves.
Coming out now was just to annoy Jin Chenghua and scold Wu Liang in passing.
Hearing such mean-spirited talk, Wu Liang felt more at ease.
Normally, he’d try to behave in front of strangers and not go crazy, but when dealing with people looking for trouble, he’s not averse to going a bit wild himself.
"Oh wow, it’s only after chatting for so long that I realize a potato bomb is talking? Why don’t you go guard Dave’s garden instead of farting around in the Capital City! Your breath is so foul, do you never brush your teeth?"
Wu Liang calmly wiped the modeling clay fragments from his face while throwing insidious remarks at the short guy.
This time, the short guy, who’d been mockingly ridiculing Jin Chenghua, flushed red with anger.
He couldn’t stand people making comments about his height!
"You! Where did this wild Awakener come from? Is it your place to speak when us official people are talking?"
Seeing his exasperated reaction, Wu Liang prepared to retort further.
Jin Chenghua pulled him aside and whispered, "Yingzi, they’re local Awakeners from headquarters, they usually look down on us trainees, it’s not good to fight a tongue battle with them, anyway, we’re leaving soon."
In his view, Shadow’s training in the Capital City would only last about ten days, then he’d return to Chengyang City with him.
No need to clash with these Capital City Awakeners on his first day here. Once gone, they’d be strangers again.
Hearing this, Wu Liang cheerfully remarked, "My friend, your grasp of Huaxia culture is actually not bad, you even know these idioms."
But in the very next moment, his tone turned sardonic as he jabbed at the hook-nosed fellow, "Unlike some dogs that only know how to bark, completely oblivious to what’s being said."
"Who are you calling names at?" shouted the hook-nosed guy with a dark, ominous face.
They had been mocking Jin Chenghua, whose Mandarin was poor, not for the first time, and had never before seen anyone apart from Fu Juan, who came with Jin Chenghua from Chengyang City, stand up for this guy.
They were a bit pissed off at the unexpected defense.
"Hehe, I was cursing a dog, whoever responds is the dog, simple self-awareness," Wu Liang, sharp-tongued as ever, retorted without backing down.
With those words barely out, a stone shattered by the Shadow Ghost’s shadow earlier suddenly floated up, hurling straight toward Wu Liang’s chin.
Fortunately, Wu Liang reacted quickly, dodging sideways just in time to avoid embarrassment.
Bam—
But hearing the rock strike the wall behind him, he sensed that if it had hit his face, a bruised outcome was likely.
"This is odd, didn’t Minister Long say the Capital City’s Awakeners adhered to many rules? Daring to use Awakened Abilities on a fellow in broad daylight?"
Though puzzled, Wu Liang was not one to stay idle either.
After dodging, he turned and laughed to Jin Chenghua, "My friend, have you realized the Fierce Ghost wasn’t really exorcised?"
Jin Chenghua: "Huh?"
What is Shadow talking about? Wasn’t the Fierce Ghost’s true form blown to bits just now? Where’s there any Fierce Ghost left?
The next moment, the entire parking lot was shrouded in dense white fog, so thick it was impossible to see one’s own hand.
Only Wu Liang’s voice remained, confidently declaring, "Looks like I have no choice but to lend you a hand!"
"I’m definitely not using my Awakened Abilities unauthorized, I’m just exorcising the Fierce Ghost!"
A moment later, Jin Chenghua seemed to hear two cries of agony echo in the fog, as if there were real Fierce Ghosts howling inside.
Damn! What’s Shadow doing?