novelraw Chapter 372 - 124: Zi Yuan’s Faithful
Chapter 372 - 124: Zi Yuan’s Faithful
The magical girls of the Disaster Strategy Bureau are increasing, and even a considerable number of military troops and staff controlled by the bureau have arrived in Anyang. For the complete witches, of course, it’s irrelevant.
After all, this group of guys have unique abilities, so hiding isn’t difficult.
But for someone like Zhang Ling, an ordinary member of the Witch Association, it’s somewhat unbearable.
The tasks on the Witch Association’s side can’t be ignored; after all, without work there’s no money. However, he, an ordinary person, has to deliver supplies to the complete witches, convey information, right under the noses of the Disaster Strategy Bureau and Magical Girls, which is really asking for the impossible.
I don’t know how much longer I can hold on...
Today, under various interrogations, I barely completed the task, but if this continues, exposure is only a matter of time.
Maybe it’s time to leave the organization...
Originally, this was just meant to earn some quick money as a side job, but it turned out to pay more than his primary job. Due to outstanding abilities, currently in Anyang, there aren’t many Witch Association members with a higher position than him.
If this continues, I’ll get caught sooner or later, might as well quit after the last job.
After making such a plan in mind, he pushed open the door, adjusting his tie with a weary sigh, took off his coat and hung it on the rack beside him, felt for the switch by the wall and turned on the light, "Honey, why didn’t you turn on the light..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the messy living room.
Immediately, he turned off the light. Instinctively trying to step back, the wall-mounted TV, previously on standby, suddenly lit up.
The crackling white noise sounded, causing Zhang Ling to stop.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang Qiling." A fox-headed doll comically rode a child’s bike, then slowly turned its head, staring directly at him.
"I’d like to play a game with you."
The doll’s voice was extraordinarily raspy and strange: "You don’t know me, but I know you. Under the guise of delivering goods to antique shop customers, you’ve contacted other members of the Witch Association, worked for them, delivering information and supplies, thus receiving substantial returns..."
"I’m not Zhang Qiling, you might have mistaken me for someone else." Zhang Ling ignored the voice on the TV, quickly scanned the corners of the room. After not seeing anyone, he cautiously glanced over towards the bedroom and bathroom doors.
Carefully, he opened other doors, but still didn’t see the figure he was looking for or any enemies. Returning to the living room, the TV was still showing the doll’s image.
"...For years, you’ve enjoyed the blissful life and high status brought by harming innocent people. Today, this journey reaches its end. It’s time your life’s work reaches its moment."
"The game is simple. On the path to the end, there’s only one challenge, concerning the lives of your wife and daughter. The key to saving them is in your hand, you just need to..."
"You’ve got the wrong person. My family and I are innocent," Zhang Ling replied calmly, continuing to ignore the voice on the TV, taking out his phone to dial a number.
"Hello, police? Contact Boss Tang, I’m Paul..."
A gun pressed against his forehead just like that.
"I always thought Witch Association members were orphans."
A little girl’s voice came from behind. Without any hesitation, he hung up the phone.
A dagger slid out of his sleeve. Turning, he thrust it towards the opponent’s forehead!
Bang!
Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger, his hand being blown apart. Immediately followed by a kick to his knee, forcing Zhang Ling down to the ground.
"Turns out you guys have parents and kids too."
Zhang Ling felt his heart sink, further sinking.
Upon hearing a child’s voice, he gambled that the opponent would hesitate, dare not shoot.
As long as the opponent hesitated for half a second, he could counter-kill them.
Having mixed in with the Witch Association for so long, Zhang Ling wasn’t naive. His identity had been uncovered; the situation was dire to the extreme. This was a risk he had to take.
In fact, his instant decision wasn’t wrong, because the opponent didn’t kill him.
Only, their ability far exceeded his imagination, firing to shatter his hand, causing him to drop the dagger, then kicking his leg preventing him from standing...
The opponent was trained too.
More importantly, the opponent mentioned family.
"You don’t want your family wiped out, do you? Stop betting I won’t act. My parents were all killed by the Witch Association, so killing your family isn’t excessive, right?"
"I don’t know what you’re talki..."
Crisply, another shot was fired, his right ear was blown off. Zhang Ling covered his ear, forcibly suppressing the scream, turning into a muffled groan.
"Playing dumb? Playing dumb takes time, Zhang Qiling. I truly won’t kill you immediately because I want to know the location of other complete witches. If you continue wasting our time, treating me like a fool..."
Zhang Ling’s pupils shrank, seeing the girl toss over a severed finger, the wedding ring on it was a gift he had newly bought for his wife this year—because back when they married, they did so without money.
Later, after hard work, he still earned little money, until joining the Witch Association when things improved. Earlier this year, taking advantage of his lover’s birthday, he bought the wedding ring as a present.
Originally planning, during the year’s end holiday, to make up a wedding ceremony along with a honeymoon trip...
"What do you want!"
"Don’t be angry. Anger makes you seem weak now." The girl’s tone remained cold, "Your wife isn’t dead yet, but the time is almost up if you insist that you know nothing. Besides your wife, your two children, and your mother... how nice, why do you still have a mother?"