Chapter 7: Humans Really Aren’t Suitable For You Two
“Where is there any grain?” Cao Weida said bitterly: “The whole city is under search and arrest during the day, who would dare to come out and sell? I’ve been looking for a long time and haven’t found any. If it weren’t for the fact that there’s really nothing to eat at home, I wouldn’t dare to come out at this time, right?”
The two traitors did not doubt this statement.
They knew too well the characteristics of the police officers. During the day, not only were the police officers conducting a citywide search and arrest, but quite a few of their puppet soldiers were also mobilized.
Unfortunately, however, such a good opportunity to make money did not fall to the two of them.
Originally, seeing the brothers in the team chatting and laughing with each other about today’s harvest had already made them envious and jealous enough. Now that they had caught this pretext, how could the two let Cao Weida go easily?
One traitor asked with a sly smile: “You participated in the search and arrest during the day too, right? How was it? Quite a harvest, huh?”
He shook the dozen or so military scrip notes in his hand; these were all just searched from Cao Weida’s body.
These were all taken out by Cao Weida from the space and put on his body when he was discovered. If they hadn’t found a single cent, his earlier spiel wouldn’t hold up.
“Confess honestly, where did you hide the money? Why is there only this little on you?”
“I’m warning you, you’d better spill it quick, or else, this young master will make you suffer!”
“This…” Cao Weida seemed very hesitant and tentatively asked: “Masters, if I hand over the money, will you let me go?”
The two traitors exchanged a glance, both seeing the mockery and ridicule in each other’s eyes.
Let you go?
What a joke!
If we let you go, where would our merit come from?
If we don’t pin the title of anti-Japanese element on you, how are we going to get promotion and wealth?
Patrolling nervously all night, wouldn’t that be all for nothing?
Even if not an anti-Japanese element, just the crime of privately buying grain is enough for execution by firing squad!
Hah, if you don’t give it up, we still won’t confiscate property from your home?!
“Don’t worry, as long as you give us the money, we’ll definitely let you go.”
Fooling idiots, are you!
Cao Weida sighed inwardly: I had no intention to kill, but you force my hand; alas.
He wasn’t a fool; how could he possibly believe words meant to fool idiots?
He, who had been hesitating whether to kill, now had the intent to kill all three of them.
Pretending to be tearfully grateful, he repeatedly thanked and flattered them: “Then thank you, masters. The money is all at my home; I’ll take you there right now. Can you loosen me first?”
“Smart kid,” the traitor said with a sly smile, his expression insincere as he assured: “As long as you hand over the money, we’ll definitely speak well of you in front of Taijun. Let’s go; lead the way ahead.”
With that, he released his grip on Cao Weida’s hands.
They had already searched him; Cao Weida didn’t have even a piece of metal on him. Facing three rifles, they didn’t believe he would dare resist, nor did he have the means to.
But just as their hands loosened and before they could raise their rifles to force Cao Weida forward, a dagger suddenly appeared in Cao Weida’s hand.
Rip~~
In the blink of an eye, the dagger slashed across the necks of the two traitors, so fast that they didn’t even feel the pain.
But Cao Weida didn’t stop; he kicked off with his feet and instantly lunged at the little devil three steps away.
Pfft~~
Under the little devil’s stunned gaze, the dagger brutally stabbed into his heart.
“Breathe slowly; dizziness is normal, it’ll be fine in a bit.” Cao Weida covered the little devil’s mouth to prevent him from making noise, roughly seizing the rifle with his other hand to avoid accidental discharge.
The little devil’s stunned gaze turned to fear, the dread of death.
He wanted to struggle, but with his heart pierced, all his strength drained away instantly, leaving him to quietly feel his life rapidly fading, his vision growing darker.
Thud~~
Two muffled thumps; the two traitors incredulously clutched their necks and fell to the ground. They stared fixedly at Cao Weida, mouths agape, able only to make gurgling sounds.
Throwing the dying little devil to the ground, Cao Weida slowly walked over and squatted in front of the two traitors, who yearned infinitely for life, sneering at them.
“Why not be proper people instead of traitors worse than beasts.”
“Reincarnate as beasts in your next life; the human species really doesn’t suit you two.”
The two traitors’ eyes showed fear and despair, along with thick doubt.
They had clearly searched him; why hadn’t they found such a big dagger?!
This was completely unreasonable!
Cao Weida chuckled inwardly: Can I tell you I have a system space?
Of course not!
Even to a dead man, he wouldn’t reveal his secret.
The two traitors finally died glaring with unwillingness, regret, and confusion. Cao Weida wanted to just leave, but after thinking, he still stored their corpses in the space, cleaned up the nearby area a bit, then patted his hands and quickly sneaked toward home.
The bloodstains had already mixed quite a bit with the soil and seeped in; he could only cover with some dust. As for whether it would be discovered tomorrow, he had no way.
He couldn’t dig up the ground, after all.
This ground was all rammed earth!
After all, it was his first time killing, and though it was little devils and traitors, his stomach still churned badly; he was jittery all the way.
Back at the courtyard gate, he took the grain out of the space and slung it on his back. Just as he opened the door, Master Duo’s room cracked open a slit.
“Man, you’re finally back; nothing happened, right?” Since Cao Weida left, Master Duo had been waiting for him.
Only now that Cao Weida returned safely did he breathe a sigh of relief.
“Everything went smoothly, Master Duo; sorry to worry you. Here, ten jin of cornmeal, ten jin of millet, plus ten jin of rice.” Cao Weida took two cloth bags and filled them respectively with some millet and rice.
Master Duo was surprised, “Quite a harvest tonight!”
People need to eat; no matter the era, grain is a necessity.
Due to the little devils’ control, already precious grain became even scarcer.
Being able to buy so much grain at once clearly exceeded his expectations.
“The money I gave you before wasn’t enough; wait a bit, I’ll get the money for you now.”
He had only wanted some cornmeal originally; now with rice and millet, Master Duo naturally wouldn’t foolishly refuse.
Just as he picked up the bags to head back, by the dim oil lamp light, his sharp eyes instantly fixed on the few red spots on Cao Weida’s clothes at the chest.
He sniffed lightly, his face changing immediately as he lowered his voice and asked urgently: “Ran into devils tonight?”
Only then did Cao Weida notice the small splatters of red on his chest; these were from stabbing the little devil.
He inwardly cursed his oversight; first time killing, too inexperienced, and afterward, lacking experience, he hadn’t noticed.
If seen by others, it would surely raise suspicion.
Cao Weida originally wanted to brush it off with some excuse, but then thought better of it.
Don’t think Master Duo was usually not very talkative and mild-mannered; his brain was definitely sharp.
Tricking him clearly wouldn’t be easy.
Lying at all meant one lie needing countless more to cover it.
Moreover, missing two traitors was no big deal, but missing a little devil, the news couldn’t be concealed.
So, after hesitating, he whispered back: “Ran into a little devil and two traitors; they wanted to frame me as an anti-Japanese element, so I had to…” He made a throat-slitting gesture; the meaning was obvious.
Master Duo’s heart jolted; he hurriedly asked: “No traces left?”
“Don’t worry, I handled everything.”
“Good, good; you can’t go out these next few days, and don’t go to that place either; try to stay low.” Master Duo was deeply worried; killing anyone without leaving a trace was very difficult.
As long as someone skilled at solving cases could spot flaws from tiny details, then follow the vine to the melon.
Cao Weida naturally saw Master Duo’s worry and reassured: “Don’t worry, Master Duo; I’ve learned case-solving from you for so long, picked up at least a bit. The scene was handled very cleanly.”
Far more than a bit; not to mention else, just his case-solving ability—he dared say he was first, no one second.
Think master-level case-solving ability was a joke?
“Moreover, I even moved the corpses elsewhere to hide them; they won’t even find the bodies.”
He was quite confident about this.
Have the guts to search his space for the corpses!
If the little devils had that ability, he’d have nothing to say and just surrender.
Hearing this, Master Duo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had more contact with Cao Weida and had always followed him at the bureau.
Though he didn’t know Cao Weida’s case-solving ability far surpassed his own, he knew Cao Weida had case-solving ability, and he had taught tirelessly.
He didn’t ask where Cao Weida hid the corpses; no need.
Master Duo changed his previous view, looking at Cao Weida with unprecedented eyes, meaningfully saying: “You kid, you hid it deep enough usually.”
Understanding the implication, Cao Weida spread his hands: “I’m neither Kuomintang nor Communist Party.”
Master Duo nodded thoughtfully, not dwelling on the topic: “Hurry and clean the stuff off your clothes; don’t let anyone see.”
Dropping that, he picked up the three heavy cloth bags and went out the door.
Kill devils, kill traitors?
If he had the ability, Master Duo wished he could go kill a few himself!
These damn beasts had ravaged China’s people to what extent!
Damn it!
Sigh, pity he only had this tiny bit of ancestral case-solving ability, nothing much; kung fu average, marksmanship poor; alas.
Cao Weida sat on the stool, took out a smoke, lit it, and puffed away, inwardly reviewing this killing.
Thinking now, killing didn’t seem so frightening.
Though physiologically still a bit discomfort, he had already recovered by now.
“Looks like, on the basis of ensuring safety, occasionally killing a few little devils and traitors worse than beasts seems quite good.” He talked to himself.
