It took two seconds for the bald man to accept the reality of being shot. Instead of tending to his shoulder, he used his uninjured hand to grab the machine gun, preparing to counterattack.
Before he could locate the enemy, the second gunshot rang out, and the other shoulder was hit.
The pain was so intense that the bald man lost control of both hands.
“What’s going on!” The man with a crew cut was shocked and quickly lay down.
He raised his phone, turned on the camera, and scanned the surroundings. Thanks to the phone’s powerful camera, he located the enemy.
It was the familiar golden eagle, holding a gun in its talon.
The man couldn’t believe his eyes.
A bird using a pistol? And the distance between the eagle and himself was at least a hundred meters—how could this eagle be such an excellent shooter?
His confusion was soon answered.
Diao Yu pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced through the car window, destroying the man’s phone and simultaneously penetrating his palm.
Withdrawing his hand, the crew-cut man gritted his teeth against the pain.
With his other hand, he grabbed his gun, stood up, and prepared to retaliate.
As soon as he peeked out, a gun barrel was pressed against his head.
Diao Yu flew fast. While the man was writhing in pain on the ground, Diao Yu had already arrived outside the car.
Diao Yu stepped on the hood with one talon and held the pistol with the other. His expression was cold. If not for being in the body of an eagle, he would have been the perfect ruthless assassin.
Cursing under his breath, the crew-cut man gave up resisting.
Diao Yu fired another shot into his other arm, rendering him unable to fight.
Then, Xia Yu pried open the crack in the windshield and crawled inside.
At the back of the car, the three remaining men—Zhu Mengbing and the others—swallowed hard.
The fact that the crew-cut man’s group had been completely defeated delighted the three greatly, but Diao Yu’s arrival terrified them.
“We’re not with them! The one who shot you earlier was that bald guy!” Zhu Mengbing feared Diao Yu might eliminate them all, so he hurriedly explained.
Upon hearing Zhu Mengbing’s words, the wounded crew-cut man glared at the bald man.
The bald man lowered his head and dared not look up.
They all assumed it was the bald man’s shot that had incurred Diao Yu’s hatred.
Diao Yu didn’t respond. He approached the three men, who all shrank into a corner, trembling.
Xia Yu looked at the handcuffs on their wrists and the ropes binding their feet.
The ropes were easy to deal with, but the handcuffs were a bit tricky.
He grabbed the crew-cut man and pointed his talon at Zhu Mengbing’s handcuffs, gesturing for the key.
Zhu Mengbing looked at the talon Diao Yu extended toward him, somewhat frightened. He moved his hand away.
Diao Yu moved his talon accordingly, but Zhu Mengbing actually began waving his hand in circles.
Spreading his wings, Xia Yu slapped Zhu Mengbing’s head and gave up pointing at him, instead pointing at Li Hua.
Li Hua was more cooperative. Even when his hand was grabbed by Diao Yu’s talon, he didn’t resist.
Diao Yu pulled Li Hua’s hand over to the crew-cut man and tapped the handcuffs.
The crew-cut man hesitated for two seconds before asking hesitantly, “Key?”
Seeing the golden eagle nod, the crew-cut man felt a whirlwind of emotions.
This eagle actually understood what he said!
This eagle actually wanted to save these three people!
Could it be that this eagle really came because of the prince they had captured?
The crew-cut man’s final question also arose in the minds of Zhu Mengbing and the other two.
Especially the butler, who had just tried to use this excuse to trick others. The butler’s eyes widened in disbelief, unable to accept that his master might actually be divinely protected.
Seeing the four of them stunned, Xia Yu slapped the crew-cut man’s head, snapping the four back to their senses.
The crew-cut man immediately replied, “The key is with me, here.”
Enduring the pain, he reached into his pocket with his hand.
Because he couldn’t use his hand properly, he tried three times without success. Finally, Xia Yu used his talon to hook out the key himself.
He tossed the key to Li Hua. The three unlocked their handcuffs and used a knife to cut the ropes binding their feet, finally gaining freedom.
The thin, elderly butler approached Diao Yu, clasped his hands together, and said devoutly, “Thank you, Buddha for watching over us.”
Xia Yu: “???”
I saved you, yet you thanked Buddha?
Considering the butler’s old age, Xia Yu decided not to hold a grudge. Instead, he slapped Zhu Mengbing’s head in frustration.
Zhu Mengbing, who was slapped, looked wronged but could only endure it.
“Envoy, what should we do next?” the butler asked Diao Yu again.
Xia Yu dragged the three men out of the car, took the bald man’s phone, opened the map, and pointed to Haiming City for the three.
“Return—um!” Zhu Mengbing was just about to speak when the butler covered his mouth.
Zhu Mengbing had intended to say “Go back?” but the people lying outside weren’t dead yet. Saying it would expose their location.
“Of course the envoy says to go back. They definitely won’t guess we’d return, and Princess is still in Haiming City,” the butler said.
Zhu Mengbing looked at Li Hua again. Li Hua glanced at Diao Yu and said, “Then let’s get going. We’ll switch cars at the next town.”
Seeing the three’s obedient behavior, Diao Yu nodded in satisfaction. He then took the phone, pressed a series of numbers, and showed the screen to the three.
“What is this?” Zhu Mengbing was somewhat puzzled, looking at the eleven-digit number on the screen.
“It’s a phone number,” Li Hua looked at Xia Yu. “Do we call this number when we arrive?”
Xia Yu nodded. This phone number was a temporary unregistered one he bought for internet access in District 26.
Once everything was explained, Diao Yu pointed at the steering wheel, urging the three to leave immediately. Then he spread his wings and flew back into the sky.
After his departure, Zhu Mengbing and the butler exhaled in relief.
“That scared me to death!” Zhu Mengbing said.
“He must be the envoy of Buddha,” the butler said devoutly.
“Aren’t you a materialist, old man?” Zhu Mengbing asked.
“Now I feel the light of Buddha,” the butler felt like the protagonist of a religious movie, finally realizing Buddha’s greatness after an hour of cinematic plot twists.
Zhu Mengbing curled his lips, preparing to talk to Li Hua, but Li Hua picked up the pistol and walked away first.
After five gunshots, Li Hua sat in the driver’s seat and started the minivan.
“Li Hua, weren’t you scared just now?” Zhu Mengbing asked.
When Diao Yu approached him earlier, he had dodged the eagle’s talons in fear, even getting slapped on the head for it. But Li Hua, facing Diao Yu’s talons, didn’t flinch at all, allowing the eagle to grab him.
“If it were me, I definitely couldn’t stay so calm,” the butler added.
“A little scared, but I’m somewhat used to it,” Li Hua replied.
“Used to it?” Both Zhu Mengbing and the butler were curious.
After the intense scene just now, the two needed casual conversation to relieve their tension.
“It’s because back in the mountains, the princess raised a brown bear. That bear was as clever as this eagle,” Li Hua said. Suddenly, he frowned. He realized just now that this golden eagle and the brown bear weren’t just generally similar.
Equally intelligent, equally powerful. The brown bear saved Mei Mei, and the golden eagle saved Zhu Mengbing. What a huge coincidence!
Could it really be Buddha’s divine intervention?
What was the number the golden eagle left behind?
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