“Bang! Bang!”
“Bang—!”
Perhaps due to Manba and Lisa’s luck acting as a distraction, Susan’s bullets didn’t misfire, grazing the Raincoat Man’s figure.
“Damn it!”
The Raincoat Man threw a brick from beside him at Susan.
The brick didn’t hit her directly but landed on some screws in the stairwell.
The sudden loosening of the pipes caused a chain reaction, sending a potted plant from the roof crashing down towards Susan!
Susan’s hair stood on end, and she immediately rolled to dodge.
By the time she got up again, the Raincoat Man was already chasing Lisa and Manba into another building.
Young Manba watched as his pursuer got closer and closer, then suddenly leaped up and violently pulled down a metal clothesline, blocking the path.
With that pull, he instantly dislodged several already loose ceiling panels.
With a “crash,” steel bars and iron sheets slid down, not only obstructing the Raincoat Man but also drenching several unlucky spectators who were watching the show.
Screams and cries of agony rang out one after another.
The three didn't run fast, but wherever they went, chaos and disaster followed.
The panicked crowd scattered, causing the already dilapidated buildings to sway from the vibrations.
Gradually, some floors even showed signs of fire.
But Manba was oblivious to this, clutching his shoulder as he continued to flee, supported by Lisa.
Two floors below the trio, Susan relentlessly pursued them, constantly dodging various deadly objects falling from above.
The contrast between the two scenes was stark: one was on ‘experience mode,’ the other on ‘hell mode.’
“Boom—!”
Suddenly, an explosion occurred on the floor ahead.
The shockwave, carrying fragments of the building, rushed straight towards Susan.
Susan’s pupils constricted, but her frail body simply couldn’t react in time!
“Tap—”
Li Andy, who was watching from the rooftop, tapped the ground with his cane.
Susan’s shoes instantly pulled back, causing her to lose balance and fall to the side.
At the same time, the scattered fragments seemed to come alive, subtly shifting direction in the air, colliding with each other like a slanting downpour, with not a single piece able to graze Susan.
The collapsing floor above also merged with one side of the wall to form a triangle, blocking the remaining falling debris.
This series of “coincidences” made it seem as if she also possessed a lucky coin.
“Hmm… old, dilapidated buildings, a natural breeding ground for ‘coincidences’…”
Li Andy looked at the scene below and inexplicably thought of the “Kowloon Walled City” from his home planet, Earth.
But compared to the Kowloon Walled City, the Black Alley’s buildings clearly had a higher proportion of metal structures.
Perhaps… this was because the common metal output in this world was higher??
Seeing that Susan was fine, Li Andy turned his gaze to the other side.
The three lucky ones were also gradually reaching the end of the building complex.
The Raincoat Man picked up a long metal pole and, with a sinister grin, threw it at Lisa.
“Whoosh—!”
This time, Lisa wasn’t so lucky; the long pole drifted with the wind, and its sharp end precisely pierced her side!
“Lisa!!”
Manba immediately hugged the girl, tears streaming down his face, his heart aching immensely.
He felt like he was a jinx!
He was going to cause harm to someone who was good to him again!
He picked up a stone from the ground and looked at the Raincoat Man with fury.
He wanted to throw it, but his arm kept trembling.
He couldn’t defeat the other party…
He knew perfectly well that he had no real combat power.
His status as a so-called gang rising star was entirely due to that damned luck!
Now, his luck simply couldn’t compare to the other party’s…
“Don’t be afraid…”
The girl in his arms suddenly spoke, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, yet she struggled to raise her hand to caress his face.
“Lisa!”
Manba grasped the girl’s hand.
Lisa showed a pale smile:
“Don’t… give up…”
With that, the girl’s hand lost strength and slipped.
But in Manba’s palm, there was an extra coin.
He tremblingly opened his hand, revealing two blood-stained coins—both showing heads!
“Ah ah ah!!”
Manba’s heart was in excruciating pain, tears mixed with blood flowing out.
The girl’s gentle voice echoed repeatedly.
Memories of their tender moments yesterday were still vivid.
“Hey, are you sure it’s okay to tell me about the lucky coin?”
“Aren’t you afraid… I’ll steal it?”
“You’re so naive, how did you grow up so big in Black Alley?”
“But, honestly, I really like you, and I envy you…”
“You ask why? Because… you’re very clean…”
“Actually, I lied to you, I don’t have any good sisters…”
“But I used to have a younger brother, he also had white hair, just like you.”
“It’s just that once when I was little and very hungry, he said he’d find food for me, and after he went out, he never came back…”
“You said my brother’s hair color is different from mine? Because we’re the children of a streetwalker; where would we have a father…”
“If the goddess of fate were a woman, I think she’d definitely be a bitch…”
“Why? Because you see… a rich man’s child is a rich man, a streetwalker’s child is a streetwalker. This is the fate she set, a fucked-up fate!”
“Me, I also once fantasized about being a princess in a castle. But every time I woke up from drinking, I always found myself lying on some smelly man’s belly.”
“Oh, right, can I call you little brother?”
“Hehe, little brother, don’t just chat, come touch me…”
“First time? Haha, then I should be the one paying you…”
“Don’t be scared, relax~ Yes, just like that, slowly, slowly…”
“Hiss, a little painful…”
“Oh, you don’t need to apologize! It’s already great that you… don’t mind me being dirty…”
“Little brother…”
“I think, even if our lives are tough, we should never yield to that bitch, fate…”
“Lisa… Sis…”
Manba bit his lip, clutched the blood-stained coins, and suddenly looked up, glaring with rage!
“You… deserve to die!”
The Raincoat Man frowned, a sudden, inexplicable tremor in his heart.
He… actually felt fear?!
“Hmph! Just bluffing!”
The Raincoat Man gritted his teeth and advanced with his knife again, intending to finish off the two quickly!
Suddenly,
“Bang—!”
The Raincoat Man’s eyes widened.
He looked down in disbelief; a crimson stain was spreading across his chest.
He stiffly turned around and saw Susan, who had fired the shot.
He also saw the chaotic sea of fire behind Susan.
“Heh heh… Hahahaha…”
The Raincoat Man laughed miserably, slowly turned back, and looked at Manba again, his expression enlightened yet unwilling,
“Hahahaha! I get it…”
“Just a casual pull, and so many people died…”
“Turns out… you’re the butcher!!”
“You, the butcher covered in blood!!”
“Bang—!”
The bullet hit the Raincoat Man’s chest again.
“Clink…”
The butcher knife fell, and the Raincoat Man, with a smile, swayed, crashed through the railing, and fell from the rooftop.
“Thud!”
His body kissed the ground, and blood splattered into a vibrant flower.
A coin slipped from his hand, rolled once on the ground, and lay still… This time, it was tails up.
At the same moment, in a certain secret room, a gray brush was diligently writing with a scratching sound—
“Streetwalker, trapped by love”
“Hunter, died in the hunt”
“Butcher, let the earth be stained with blood again…”