Chapter 28: I Didn’t Expect You To Be Like This, Feng Quan
Zhang Qian looked at the barely breathing Xiao Fan with a face full of pity and said, “Feng Quan, I didn’t expect you to be such a ruthless person.”
Feng Quan was full of question marks, “Wasn’t it you who told me to beat him?”
“I just wanted you to cure Brother Xiao Fan. Look at these broken arms and legs—what’s the difference from a human stick?”
Zhang Qian shook his head and persuaded Xiao Fan, “Just confess. I admit you’re an unyielding fighter, but unfortunately Feng Quan is really too vicious.”
“Uh ah…” Xiao Fan’s lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something.
“Hm? Speak, I’m listening.” Zhang Qian encouraged, “Say it. Once you say it, Feng Quan will let you go.”
“You guys… f*ck, what exactly do you want me to say…” Xiao Fan’s voice was feeble.
This guy named Feng Quan came up and gave him a brutal beating. He was now barely clinging to life thanks to the fierce ghost inside him; without the supernatural power, he would have croaked long ago.
“Sigh, if you really wanted to say it, why would I need to ask…” Zhang Qian turned away reluctantly, “Continue.”
“Oh, right.” Zhang Qian turned back and tossed out a Golden Finger Tiger, “Try the feel. I spent quite a bit of money to make it. Since Xiao Fan isn’t willing to talk, don’t let him make a sound. I can’t bear to listen.”
“Got it.” Feng Quan caught the Finger Tiger and made to smash Xiao Fan’s jaw.
“No, I’ll talk, I’ll talk!” Xiao Fan shouted with his last bit of strength.
“If you’d done this earlier, wouldn’t that have been better? Why suffer that guy’s torment for nothing?” Zhang Qian said helplessly.
Then he walked to the nearby van and dragged out a folding stool to sit on.
“Please begin your performance, but keep it realistic, or Feng Quan might smash this stool on you.”
“My name is Xiao Fan, I’m twenty years old this year…”
Feng Quan smashed a brick on Xiao Fan’s head, “Can you get to the point? Why not start from when Pangu created heaven and earth?”
Xiao Fan cried out in pain and tentatively said, “Once upon a time, heaven and earth were a chaotic mass…”
“You’re really humorous, huh?” Feng Quan smashed another brick, “What is that organization you mentioned? What’s your relationship with it?”
“I…”
“Think it through before speaking. Feng Quan is Headquarters’ executioner, and that organization of yours is probably no good. Just distance yourself from it and provide more of their intelligence.” Zhang Qian reminded him kindly.
Hearing this, Xiao Fan’s voice became even more innocent, “I wasn’t even that familiar with them to begin with…”
Zhang Qian clapped lightly, “Yes, that’s the attitude. Haven’t you found your state now?”
“…”
Xiao Fan was silent for a moment, then hurriedly told what he knew about the organization before Feng Quan’s iron fist could fall.
“I’m not very familiar with that organization either. I was just approached after awakening my supernatural ability one day.”
“That person was named Hu Song Shan. He said I had become a ghost controller, and that strange ability wasn’t a supernatural ability but the ability of the fierce ghost on me. He introduced some basic knowledge about ghost controllers, then invited me to join the organization to fight against Headquarters.”
“Hu Song Shan told me Headquarters were supporters of the old era, that they sought to control all ghost controllers and even allowed ordinary people to ride over ghost controllers. We civilian ghost controllers should unite to resist their atrocities…”
Xiao Fan’s narration came to an abrupt end. Zhang Qian said somewhat helplessly, “That’s it? Looks like you still haven’t opened your heart.”
Feng Quan also picked up the Finger Tiger to threaten, “Think carefully if there’s anything you missed, like what Hu Song Shan’s fierce ghost ability is, or how many ghost controllers are in the organization.”
Xiao Fan had a mournful face. What could a newbie like him know, when he hadn’t even joined the organization in time?
It seemed he did know a little…
“I ran into Hu Song Shan this morning. He used his fierce ghost ability to kill a few ordinary people. I didn’t see the process, but those ordinary people all turned into dry corpses.”
“I really don’t know more than that. I didn’t even join that organization. I’m innocent…”
“Heh, you think I’ll believe that?” Feng Quan mercilessly covered Xiao Fan’s mouth, then turned his questioning gaze to Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian silently turned away, “Why look at me? I can’t control what you want to do.”
After a long while.
The trembling Xiao Fan confessed even what underwear he wore today and what he ate for dinner yesterday.
But in the end, he still couldn’t provide more intelligence about the organization.
“Looks like you really don’t know.” Zhang Qian approached slowly with footsteps that weren’t too heavy or too light.
The footsteps hammered into Xiao Fan’s heart one by one. He lay on the ground and begged bitterly, “Please, I’ve said everything. Let me go this once! I’ll get lost far away afterward, go abroad, and never appear before you again.”
What dignity, what pride—all had to get out of the way in the face of life.
Xiao Fan thought he was perverted enough, but these two guys were the real ones who didn’t treat human life seriously.
Especially that Feng Quan, who treated him completely like a toy to toy with.
“You think that’s possible?” Zhang Qian expressionlessly grabbed Xiao Fan’s neck, while his true qi surged, suppressing the Business Card Ghost’s supernatural power.
Xiao Fan’s eyeballs gradually bulged, his bloodshot eyes glaring resentfully at Feng Quan.
His throat squeezed out the last bit of sound, “Feng Quan, I want you…”
“Crack.”
The last spark of life was extinguished.
Xiao Fan’s face was filled with fear and reluctance, just like that girl he had personally strangled to death.
Zhang Qian didn’t give Xiao Fan the chance to curse Feng Quan—who knew if a ghost controller’s ability might activate because of it.
After casually tossing Xiao Fan’s corpse to the ground, Zhang Qian picked up Xiao Fan’s mobile phone from the sports car, “Headquarters should be able to crack it. Wonder if they can find clues about that organization.”
Still need to confirm Xiao Fan’s relationship with that organization. If he was just a potential member, there probably wouldn’t be retaliation, but if he was a formal member, it was uncertain.
Fortunately, this interception was secretive. Xiao Fan died without knowing Zhang Qian was behind it.
Feng Quan was the one who tortured him—what did it have to do with me, Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian looked at Feng Quan and asked, “You wander around outside all the time. Have you ever contacted this organization?”
“I joined Headquarters from the start and helped handle a lot of things. Most ghost controllers know I’m official and aren’t too willing to bring me along.” Feng Quan replied.
“Didn’t expect you to be that kind of enthusiastic ghost controller.” Zhang Qian said, somewhat surprised.
“You think you’re the only chuunibyou? Who hasn’t dreamed of saving the world?” Feng Quan said with a sigh.
Back when he was possessed by the fierce ghost, he thought he’d become the savior. But in the end, the supernatural wore down his edges, and he became an unremarkable small fry.
