I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 303 - 299 An Unexpected Encounter
Chapter 303: Chapter 299: An Unexpected Encounter
Chapter 303 -299: An Unexpected Encounter
Fang Xiaocao stood in front of the wall, hesitated for a while, but did not act rashly. Instead, she turned and walked out of the operating room. She needed to find Hummingbird and discuss their approach together. If she ventured in alone and encountered an enemy, the outcome could be a matter of life and death.
Fang Xiaocao walked out of the operating room, following the direction Hummingbird had left, searching for clues of his whereabouts.
After several steps, Fang Xiaocao paused abruptly.
She looked at an iron door beside her.
“Is someone there?”
Fang Xiaocao frowned slightly and murmured.
She moved closer to the door.
She gently slid open the small peephole in the door.
When the peephole opened, Fang Xiaocao did not rush to look inside but listened carefully instead.
The reason was Fang Xiaocao could not be certain of the state of the person confined within the room.
If the person were not restrained and was waiting by the door, her sudden appearance at the peephole to peer inside could easily lead to an ambush.
If, while she was peering through the peephole to check the room, the person inside suddenly poked a finger through the peephole, she could likely be injured in the eye.
She waited quietly for a while, verifying that there indeed were people in the room who seemed to be injured and were softly moaning. The sound came not from behind the door, and only then did Fang Xiaocao feel safe enough to peek through the peephole and survey the room.
The room appeared basically the same as the one she and Hummingbird had awakened in, with two iron frame beds set in the middle of the room, walls and ceiling painted stark white.
On the two iron beds lay a man and a woman, respectively.
Both were only dressed in underwear.
They were bound in a spread-eagle fashion to the beds with belts.
Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao blinked.
She was intent on entering to see the full situation.
The people were bound in the room by the Pawnshop.
There was a high probability that, like her and Hummingbird, they had been captured by the Pawnshop and could potentially become allies.
After all, an enemy’s enemy is a friend.
With this thought, Fang Xiaocao no longer hesitated.
After repeatedly confirming that there were only two people in the room, Fang Xiaocao placed her hand on the doorknob, trying to turn it and open the door.
With a soft “click,” the tightly shut door opened.
Fang Xiaocao felt a surge of joy and drew her Dagger.
She slipped into the room through the door gap.
Upon entering, Fang Xiaocao first looked at the table beside the door to see if there were any clothes of the two people.
If there were, then these two people, very likely just like her, had been captured recently, and she could use the clothes to determine which faction they belonged to.
Tonight, on this mountain, there were no shortage of forces moving around – Ragnarok, Blacklist, Goddess of Vengeance, including their group, indeed a gathering of masters.
As Fang Xiaocao expected, there indeed were two sets of clothes and two backpacks along with some weapons and gear on the table beside the door.
She recognized the men’s clothes.
They were Ragnarok’s combat uniforms, identical to the one Hummingbird was wearing, even the accompanying weapons and gear were virtually the same.
Fang Xiaocao even spotted a katana similar to Hummingbird’s, though this one was slightly rougher in make, not as refined as Hummingbird’s.
When Fang Xiaocao saw the woman’s outfit, she suddenly shuddered and her eyes widened in shock.
“This…”
“Is this Xiaozhou?”
Hummingbird almost cried out in surprise.
Fang Xiaocao was too familiar with this outfit.
Especially the Black Tech Bulletproof Vest, identical to those she, Tom, and Taotie were wearing.
According to Taotie, this type of vest was only available to Blacklist members with codenames, and on this mountain, besides the Capricorn they had killed, Fang Xiaocao only knew that Wan Xiaozhou wore one. Even if the woman bound on the iron bed was not Wan Xiaozhou, she was definitely a codenamed member of the Blacklist.
Fang Xiaocao knew that within Blacklist, those who were granted codenames were all masters.
If not top assassins, then certainly First-Class assassins.
Their skills wouldn’t be much inferior to Hummingbird’s.
If uninjured, using hypnotism to recruit her could be a significant advantage under the current circumstances.
At that moment, Fang Xiaocao felt a surge of admiration for talent.
Gripping the Dagger, she walked toward them.
She walked straight to the woman’s bedside.
Fang Xiaocao reached out, lifting the woman’s hair.
When she saw the woman’s beautiful face, Fang Xiaocao was shocked, “Is it really Xiaozhou?”
Yes, it was!
The woman lying on the bed was none other than Wan Xiaozhou, who had been kidnapped by the Ragnarok Mercenaries soon after Gao Jinshan had disappeared.
She was also Fang Xiaocao’s little maid!
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“How could Xiaozhou be here?”
Fang Xiaocao murmured to herself.
“Xiaozhou?”
“Xiaozhou?”
Fang Xiaocao gently patted Wan Xiaozhou’s face, softly calling out her name.
Under Fang Xiaocao’s call, Wan Xiaozhou slowly woke up, fluttering her eyelashes and opening her eyes, “Princess Your Highness…”
Seeing Fang Xiaocao stunned Wan Xiaozhou.
Fang Xiaocao smiled slightly, “It’s me!”
“Hang on, I’ll untie you!”
As she spoke, Fang Xiaocao’s dagger swiftly sliced through the straps binding Wan Xiaozhou’s hands and feet.
“Xiaozhou, can you get up?”
Fang Xiaocao’s eyes scanned over Wan Xiaozhou, making sure she had no injuries before helping her sit up from the iron bed.
Wan Xiaozhou moved her hands and feet, “Princess Your Highness, I’m fine, just a bit dizzy.”
Seeing Wan Xiaozhou was alright, Fang Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief.
No injuries meant no impact on their movement.
And certainly no impact on their fighting capabilities!
If Wan Xiaozhou had indeed been seriously injured, affecting her ability to move, Fang Xiaocao would have had to abandon her.
After all…
She and Hummingbird, in their current situation, really didn’t have the capability to carry an injured person who couldn’t move freely out of the pawnshop.
If she forcefully took Wan Xiaozhou along, it would only end up killing both her and Hummingbird.
“Your clothes are over there, go put them on!”
Fang Xiaocao pointed to a table next to the door, instructing Wan Xiaozhou.
“Yes!”
Wan Xiaozhou responded, rubbing her temples and staggered toward the table.
Fang Xiaocao turned her head to look at the Ragnarok mercenaries. The opponent had woken up long ago, but had been silent, and upon seeing Fang Xiaocao look at him, he displayed a hopeful expression, “Beautiful miss, I am Ragnarok’s Fire-tailed Pig, can you take me with you?”
“After we get out, I will repay you!”
Fire-tailed Pig pleaded with Fang Xiaocao in Mandarin.
Fang Xiaocao smiled slightly, “A person of Dahan?”
“Yes, I am a citizen of Dahan!”
Fire-tailed Pig nodded repeatedly.
“Oh～”
“Oppa?”
Fang Xiaocao elongated the word as she spoke.
“Yes!”
Upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s call, Fire-tailed Pig showed a delighted expression.
“Humph～”
“Women of China really do like our Dahan men!”
Fire-tailed Pig thought proudly to himself, a smug expression appearing on his face.
“Heh!”
Fang Xiaocao scoffed.
The next second!
The flash of a blade passed, and Fang Xiaocao slashed Fire-tailed Pig’s throat without hesitation…
