Dual wielding volcanoes, killing through the west

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"Wow, that's amazing! You... you can actually catch up with a horse! I... I've only ever seen something like that once, at the Gao Shu recycling center..."

"Are you OK?"

Zhang Renfeng then noticed that the girl was still wearing the short shirt she wore when she went into the water, which was sticking to her body wetly, and she was shivering as she spoke.

"Why don't you change these wet clothes?"

“I…I…” Nina turned her head away shyly and waved to him.

Zhang Renfeng moved closer, crouched down slightly, and put his ear to her mouth, hearing her whisper in a voice like a kitten's murmur.

“I see. That makes sense. This kind of dress doesn’t look very warm.” Zhang Renfeng took off his outer suit jacket almost without thinking, saying, “Take off your clothes and put on mine. They’re big enough to cover you up.”

"Huh? Wait a minute!" Nina took a step back in surprise, her eyes darting around involuntarily. She forced a smile and said, "This...this isn't right, is it? Besides, if you give me the clothes, you'll also..."

“Don’t worry about me,” Zhang Renfeng insisted. “My body isn’t very sensitive to hot or cold, and besides…”

Zhang Renfeng looked at the city in the distance and murmured, "There will inevitably be some big moves tonight. The fewer restrictions I have, the better."

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"Okay."

A few simple words were enough to give Genos a temporary respite from the hellish cycle of being relentlessly kicked.

Even as he was being beaten, he was constantly thinking of a solution. Now, trying to communicate with or beg for mercy from these angry miners' families was completely pointless. If he wanted to survive, there was only one way left: to directly persuade the leader, Huang Fan.

Therefore, it is crucial not to lose momentum from the outset! You must demonstrate that you still have the capacity and confidence to negotiate!

So, with all his might, Genos stood up again.

……

“I am Hongzhong,” Zhang Renfeng said in an extremely calm tone.

"thump!"

Genos knelt down again, his face contorted with fear and dread. Clearly, this fellow had heard of Red Center's impressive record and how it was achieved. From this moment on, he no longer believed he could survive, because those sentenced to death by Red Center were doomed no matter what path they took.

"You... I see, so you came here for the company..."

“It wasn’t like that before.” Zhang Renfeng looked down at him expressionlessly, his dark eyes filled with an unyielding killing intent that seemed to want to tear him apart. “It will be after tonight.”

He whistled loudly.

This red Turkmen warhorse had carried him and Nina all the way here without Zhang Renfeng's command. As he galloped off, it followed its master at a leisurely pace. Now, at the sound of a whistle, it slowly came running—the bond between man and horse had reached a point where it was even closer than that of close friends.

Zhang Renfeng patted the warhorse's neck as a reward, took an apple from his satchel and fed it, then took the long sword that it had been carrying off the horse's back.

"Boom!!"

He suddenly stopped.

The hilt of the sword was deeply embedded in the soil, and the entire greatsword stood beside Genos, casting a terrifyingly cold light.

“Right here, in front of everyone, tell us everything you know,” Zhang Renfeng said in a deep voice. “How many people knew about this incident? How many people planned it? What dirty things has your company been up to behind the scenes? Tell us everything you know, one by one, one by one.”

All eyes were on him, as if they wanted to pierce through him.

Genos took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and remained silent.

……

"What do you mean?" In the deathly silence, Zhang Renfeng tilted his head, not blinking, his gaze becoming increasingly terrifying.

"You...you've really misjudged the situation...who do you think you are! Just a gangster! All the things you did in the past were only because those stupid Southerners couldn't catch you!"

“Mr. Roannock is different. The Osborne family is a powerful family that dominates the North! If he wanted to, he could write a few letters and mobilize the army, let alone the Pinkerton detectives! He has friends in the military and political circles!”

Genos clenched his fists, suddenly tilted his head back, and shouted in an almost manic tone, "I will not betray my family, no matter how much you let these people beat me..."

“Beating?” Zhang Renfeng interrupted him, saying coldly, “No one will beat you.”

"In this respect, people in your country are still too unimaginative."

A bad feeling crept over me.

Before Genos could react, Zhang Renfeng grabbed his chin with his left hand and forced him to open his mouth with a little force. His right hand went into his mouth and touched one of his teeth.

"Snapped!"

In the next instant, Zhang Renfeng used his powerful fingers to pull out one of the teeth directly from the gums!

It's often said that "a toothache isn't a disease, but it can be excruciating," because beneath the tooth lies the periodontal tissue and dental pulp, areas that are extremely sensitive to stimuli. Zhang Renfeng's act of pulling it out was undoubtedly like releasing a bomb into the realm of normal sensory perception.

The result was...

"Ugh—! Ah—!!"

Genos screamed in agony, his body curling up like a roasted shrimp, rolling on the ground.

“You have thirty-two teeth.” Zhang Renfeng ignored him completely and tossed the tooth aside. “If you’d like, we can play this game thirty-one more times. I have plenty of time in the long night to listen to your screams. That doesn’t seem so bad.”

"And you, the great Mr. Osborne, what do you say?"

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On the other side, Nina had already changed her clothes and was standing in the crowd when she also saw this scene.

The girl tightened her warm suit jacket around her neck, her expression somewhat complicated.

Chapter 497: I Have Fifty-Five Reasons to Kill You

“The mayor…the mayor…Hans Humphrey…he knew about it, afterwards…he approved the compensation for the families…”

His gums swelled up quickly, making his lips swell up like sausages.

Even so, after truly experiencing the terror of the Red Center, Genos hurriedly revealed everything he knew.

The essence of torture lies in speed, striking him through with pain he's never experienced before. Genos's mental preparation was limited to being punched and kicked; he wasn't prepared to withstand it, and thus he was immediately overwhelmed.

“Explain yourself clearly,” Otto continued his interrogation. “You mean, Hans Humphrey knew the accident was going to happen and even prepared compensation, right?”

“Uh! Hmm!” Genos nodded repeatedly.

"Where's the compensation? Why did you come with only a bunch of thugs?"

“Joffrey, Joffrey...he ate, ate that money…”

Everyone gasped in surprise.

What followed was anger. What did it mean to devour someone completely, to swallow them whole, bone marrow, flesh, and life, leaving not even their last penny behind? This method clearly did not treat these departed lives as human beings. As the literal meaning suggests, they were treated like a swarm of ants, insignificant enough to be crushed and replaced with new ones.

How could I not be angry?

"One last question." The night was getting late. Zhang Renfeng lit a cigarette for himself and offered one to Otto as well. "Besides Joffrey, does Roanoke Osborn have any other sons or relatives? If so, where are they?"

“I…I don’t know…I don’t…know…” Genos shook his head hurriedly, a trickle of blood mixed with saliva flicking from the corner of his mouth. “The place they live in isn’t Lagras…Morocco. All I know is that there’s a mansion in Morocco where they live…”

……

……

Asking further yielded no further results.

"Okay, that's enough."

In just a few words, fortune or misfortune is unpredictable.

Zhang Renfeng turned his head. "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Otto shook his head and exhaled the smoke from his mouth. "What's this guy planning to do?"

"No, no, no... Please, I've said everything I needed to say, really. I know I've said it all! I had no choice, I'm just working for the company, trying to make a living! To survive in this city, I can't go against the company's wishes!"

Sensing the approach of death, Genos's speech became clearer. He had lost all dignity and respect, like a lame dog. He knew he was no longer of any use to his master, yet he still wagged his tail desperately, unwilling to become dog meat hotpot.

"I was only trying to protect myself, that's all... You have no reason to kill me!"

"Ali." Zhang Renfeng didn't argue with him, but turned to the crowd and asked, "Have you got the results of the statistics I asked you to do?"

“Hmm.” Ali stepped out from the crowd, his gaze towards Genos filled with utter antagonism, but he still delivered the data Zhang Renfeng wanted in a calm tone, “Tonight, a total of sixty-seven people went down into the mine, twelve were successfully rescued, and the death toll…”

Fifty-five people.

His older brother was among them.

That thin, frail figure will forever be etched in his life, along with that night. Most of the relatives present felt the same way.

Compared to the company, they are weak, loose, and vulnerable individuals, which is why they are so eager for justice.

All eyes were on Zhang Renfeng, awaiting his next words.

……

“Very well.” Zhang Renfeng walked to his broadsword and murmured, “Then I have fifty-five reasons to kill you.”

"Ding~~"

He curled his fingers and, as if plucking a musical instrument, gently flicked the back of the knife.

The 72-kilogram greatsword, deflected by this force, was subjected to a considerable impact. Disrupting its balance, and relying solely on its own weight, the greatsword transformed into a swift shadow, hurtling towards Genos's neck…

It pressed down suddenly!

"laugh!!!"

A knife.

With ease, his head was severed from his body, and blood gushed out like a fountain from the severed point, staining the soil and grass crimson!

The scenes, which should have been rated R, provided all viewers with a strong sense of stimulation.

In modern medical terms, this scene caused their serotonin, endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin, and a whole host of hormones responsible for triggering feelings of pleasure to surge wildly. Ali, in particular, even felt a brief moment of shortness of breath, as if he were flying!

It was less of an execution and more of a performance.

Zhang Renfeng, using an almost artistic approach, transformed into a trinity of gods—capturing, judging, and punishing evil—pushing this drama, titled "Blood Debts Paying Off," to its climax!

He pulled the long sword that had sunk into the ground again and raised it high above his head. The gleaming blade was still stained with the blood of the villain.

roll over.

Mount the horse.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, you were all there tonight! You were all witnesses! But this is not over. To the company, it's just the death of an insignificant dog. Those high and mighty guys haven't even realized our anger!"

“Next, I’m going into the city. He just said the mayor knew all along, and I’m going to ask him personally what’s going on. After that, I’m going to storm the company, cut off Joffrey Osborn’s head, and hang it high above the city gates. I will show no mercy to the guilty; I will kill every single one of them!”

"Is there anyone willing to come with me?"

……

"oh---!!"

Language was no longer needed; the angry roars of the people said it all.

"If you wish, please go home first and take your weapons! We'll meet again here, and use the blood of our enemies to commemorate our loved ones who died tonight!"

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"I'm done."

It takes skill to get a man to say that sentence willingly.

Clearly, Zhang Renfeng has now reached the level required to conquer Otto in every aspect.

Watching the departing figures, each one brimming with fighting spirit, Otto couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder your bounty is $7000. Expensive things are expensive for a reason."

"What about Meteora?" Zhang Renfeng asked in a deep voice. "Can you contact him?"

“His camp is nearby, I mean, near Lagras.”

“The situation has changed. Now that things have come to this, I’m willing to join forces with him to bring down the company.” Zhang Renfeng held up one finger. “But, on the condition that you, the Lamon Raiders, must cooperate with me unconditionally in this operation. When to attack, when to go in, it’s all up to me.”

"If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility. That's about it."

“…This is very important.” Otto then turned around and mounted his horse. “I’d better go there myself and explain it to him.”

“If he doesn’t agree, I’ll come back and work with you alone. Remember to save me a spot.” Otto tightened the reins, rode his horse around Zhang Renfeng, and gave him a satisfied smile. “I don’t want to miss such a wonderful night!”