Chapter 168 An Eye for an Eye

"Bang!"

The two figures fell together from the high hospital building,

Slamming heavily onto the ground,

Raising a cloud of dust.

The old man got up first, reaching for his neck, "crack" as he twisted it back into place.

Officer Chen, on the other hand, continued to lie on the ground, his body struggling, but unable to stand for the moment.

"Give up. You're just an avatar. If your true self came, I wouldn't dare fart, I'd run as far away as possible.

And I'd sing your praises as I ran:

First there was Emperor Yao, then Heaven, the Dharma Beast existed even before Pangu!

But you want to take me on with just an avatar projection?

Hiss,

Not that it's impossible,

If it were the old me,

I'd probably be done for,

But this time,

Oh dear,

I'm planning something big."

The old man raised both hands, covering his eyes, and started hopping around:

"Cover your eyes, cover my eyes,

Can't see, can't see anymore!"

Pouting,

The old man smiled,

"You came up here for that policeman, right? That policeman is really interesting, clearly a ghost messenger, but with hardly any ghostly aura, he's even glowing.

Tsk tsk,

Do you feel a little guilty after all these years of being blindfolded, pretending to be blind, and being worshipped as a mascot, so you want to do something to make up for it?"

"What are you going to do?"

Officer Chen questioned.

"What a pity, what a pity, if it were before, I wouldn't do anything to him, I like people like him.

Speaking of liking, I suddenly remember that I seem to have a disciple who I also liked back then.

In order for him to grow up healthy,

I even killed his parents,

I can be said to have done everything for him.

But...

Sorry,

Anyone related to that bookstore,

This time,

Must die."

The old man reached out,

Pointing at Officer Chen who was still lying on the ground,

"Since you've interfered, I can't let you leave."

"If you want to kill them, why go to so much trouble?"

"Oh, oh, oh, tsk tsk, I've forgotten a lot of things, but from the little bit of memory I have left, I seemed to have died miserably last time.

So, this time I have to be careful, go around, take it slow.

I can even imagine how smug and self-satisfied I looked when I appeared last time, as if everything was under my control,

And then think about the ending,

Ah,

My face still feels hot and painful."

"What exactly... are you?"

"I've always wanted to know the answer to that question too."

The old man grabbed his scalp with both hands and tore it off, a black horn growing out of his head, which he grasped with one hand;

"Buzz!"

He snapped off the horn.

The old man walked to Officer Chen's side,

Raised his hand,

"Pfft!"

The black horn pierced into Officer Chen's shoulder blade,

Officer Chen grunted,

The crimson red in his eyes began to fade.

"Just stay here, don't mess with my business, I know you have many avatar projections, but I really can't be bothered to waste any more time with you.

Anyway, you are a high and mighty Dharma Beast, worshipped by all, whether you are blindfolded or not;

I'm just a nobody who doesn't even know who I am, not even a clay or wax statue,

Why would you bother arguing with someone like me?

Of course,

I still have to say one thing to you,

Since you're blind,

And still sitting so high,

Why?"

The old man stood on tiptoes, pointing upwards,

"I'll give you face, I'll deal with that policeman last, after I've cleaned up all the cats, dogs, and demons at that bookstore, I'll catch that policeman, and in front of you,

Oh no,

In front of your esteemed Dharma Beast,

I'll end him with my own hands.

Send my kind regards to your true self.

I'm really looking forward to your true self disregarding everything and appearing here to attack me. Maybe you can kill me completely?

The greatest pain in the world isn't that you don't have long to live,

It's that you want to die but can't die cleanly!"

After the old man finished speaking,

He walked straight to the other side of the road,

His voice still echoing around,

But his figure,

Had long since disappeared.

………………

"Morning, Editor-in-Chief."

"Morning."

"Morning."

Xue Xiangkai nodded to the several employees in the office and sat down at his desk, picking up the manuscript submitted by his editors last night and starting to review it.

Some of the political and social news published in the newspaper needed to be personally reviewed by him, the editor-in-chief.

The development of print media has gradually reached a dead end. Faced with emerging online media, they often appear slow and embarrassed.

Currently, in addition to the mandatory newspaper subscription tasks imposed by relevant units, retail sales and individual subscriptions in the market are declining sharply.

The newspaper has not failed to take corresponding measures, but various constraints and problems in software and hardware often leave people feeling helpless.

Two years ago, an editor created a very popular local public account, but after the newspaper's senior management expressed their desire to take it over, the editor resigned.

Xue Xiangkai yawned and poured himself a cup of coffee. The desk closest to his office glass door was currently empty.

It was originally occupied by a young editor named Xu, but he was fired the day before yesterday.

Thinking of that young face full of longing and dreams,

Xue Xiangkai shook his head helplessly,

Still too young, always wanting to get big news, but ended up losing his job, haha.

Yesterday, the hospital sent someone to deliver him a gift box,

Inside was a therapeutic magnetic stone for the bed. Of course, Xue Xiangkai wasn't interested in that. He had some idea of what the so-called magnetic therapy and the hospital were up to.

What pleased him was the balance in the bank card in the gift box, and the promised newspaper ad slots for the next quarter.

Xue Xiangkai read the manuscript for a while, then got up and left the office to go to the toilet.

He squatted down in the stall, holding a copy of today's newspaper.

Xue Xiangkai had always maintained a habit since childhood: using newspaper to wipe after using the toilet.

Using newspaper to wipe was a very common phenomenon twenty years ago.

At that time, using soft, white toilet paper was a luxury.

Xue Xiangkai always used this opportunity to remind himself to remember the hardships of the past, but it was mainly because he was used to the hardness and texture of newspaper.

Squatting,

Spreading out the newspaper,

There wasn't much to read,

Just killing time.

"Cover your eyes, cover my eyes…"

"Who's there!"

Xue Xiangkai shouted.

The voice was unfamiliar.

The sound outside disappeared. Xue Xiangkai frowned, lowered his head, and continued to read the newspaper.

"You're blind, you're blind!"

"Who is it? Are you sick!" Xue Xiangkai roared.

He had a high position in the newspaper and had no qualms about cursing.

"Sick."

Xue Xiangkai continued to look down at the newspaper.

"Thump!"

Suddenly,

It felt like a pair of hands had grabbed his legs,

Xue Xiangkai only felt himself being turned upside down, the back of his head slamming against the tiles, and he fell to the ground.

He wanted to get up,

But his hands seemed to be fixed to the ground, unable to move at all.

"Swish..."

The newspaper he had just been holding in his hand, the one he was going to use to "wipe" with, now flew up,

One sheet after another landing on Xue Xiangkai's face,

At the same time,

The toilet flushing pipe seemed to have cracked,

A small stream of water sprayed out,

Starting to wet the stack of newspapers on Xue Xiangkai's face.

Xue Xiangkai subconsciously shook his head and began to struggle, but because he couldn't move his hands or feet, he could only passively endure it.

He felt like he couldn't breathe,

His chest was getting tighter and tighter,

He wanted to call for help,

But couldn't make a sound.

In the end,

In this toilet stall,

Xue Xiangkai lay on the ground, slowly, motionless.

"Another one died, hehe, now they can catch another one over there. One dies, one gets caught, hehehe."

"Cover your eyes, cover my eyes…"

…………

The old Daoist yawned,

He usually slept late in the bookstore, but never this late, it was already eight o'clock!

Where was Monkey?

"Monkey! Monkey!"

The old Daoist called out, but didn't dare to be too loud.

Usually, Monkey would come down at this time to sleep with him, what was wrong today, sleeping with that silly sable?

The old Daoist suddenly felt a sense of loss, like a son growing up and becoming independent,

But he still got up to look for him,

He first went upstairs and checked his room, but didn't see Monkey.

Passing through the corridor, the old Daoist stopped at the boss's room and whispered:

"Yingying, have you seen Monkey?"

The old Daoist knew that sometimes the boss was asleep, and Yingying was just lying next to him, not sleeping.

However,

This time, Yingying didn't respond.

Were they all asleep?

The old Daoist shook his head in confusion,

Hesitated for a moment,

And then reached out and opened the boss's bedroom door,

The bed,

Was empty!

Huh,

Didn't the boss and Yingying come up to sleep a long time ago?

The old Daoist smacked his lips,

Subconsciously rubbed his crotch,

And then walked to Xu Qinglang's bedroom door and knocked:

"Old Xu, where did the boss and them go?"

No one responded.

The old Daoist opened the door,

Peering inside,

The room was still empty.

Huh,

That's strange.

The old Daoist ran to Lawyer An's room, Lawyer An was in Sichuan, but the little boy was here, but the room was still empty.

The fox's room was also empty.

The old Daoist felt that something was wrong,

While placing his hand on his crotch, preparing to draw his gun at any moment… oh no,

Preparing to draw his talismans,

He walked back to his room.

Reopening his room door,

Everything seemed normal at first,

But as soon as the old Daoist stepped inside,

He suddenly felt a strong wind,

Blowing him from side to side, and in the end, he couldn't maintain his balance and fell to the ground.

"Hiss!"

The old Daoist gasped,

It felt like he was sitting on a pile of broken stones,

The pain,

Tsk tsk.

Ignoring the pain,

The old Daoist opened his eyes and immediately looked around,

And then,

He was completely dumbfounded.

He discovered that he,

Was sitting on the peak of a mountain range,

Surrounded by cliffs!

"Oh my god, I'm getting senile!"