Chapter 343: Great Dragon

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The man's words caught Li Huowang off guard. He stared in astonishment at the chubby man with the thick gold chain, almost convinced he had misheard. "Staring at me? What's there to stare at?"

Gazing fearfully at the blood-stained shattered glass, the chubby man stammered, "I don't know. My distant cousin told me to watch you. He said he'd give me 2,500 a month."

"At the time, I thought, 'Watching a crazy person for 2,500 a month, no boss to bother me if I slack off, and I can play games? It's much better than working in an electronics factory.' So I took the job."

Li Huowang reached out and tugged at the gold chain, immediately realizing something was off. He had handled gold before, and it was much heavier than this. This was fake.

The chubby man was likely telling the truth; he was just a lookout sent by someone else.

A fawning smile appeared on the chubby man's face. "I bought this for 30 yuan at a street stall. How could I afford a gold chain? That son of a bitch Wang Zhilong hasn't paid me for two months."

Li Huowang's eyes became a little dazed. What was happening in this illusion? And who sent someone to watch him?

Li Huowang shook his head vigorously, muttering with a slightly hurried breath, "No! It doesn't matter. This is all an illusion. What logic can an illusion have? I don't need to know, and I don't care what's happening here."

"Li Sui!" Li Huowang turned around and shouted loudly at everything around him, "Li Sui! Are you done playing? If you still recognize me as your father, come back to me right now!"

Since he had given up, there was nothing left to care about. He didn't want to stay in this illusion any longer; he wanted to go back. There was still a mountain of things to deal with over there!

Seeing Li Huowang's erratic behavior, the bound chubby man was so frightened he almost wet himself.

Having watched him for so long, he knew this person wasn't faking it. This was a genuine, bona fide madman, and as far as he knew, this madman had even cut people before.

The chubby man struggled desperately, inching backward, and yelled, "It's not my business! I'm just an errand boy! It was that kid Da Long who said if anything appears out of thin air next to you, I should immediately call and inform him! If you want trouble, go find him!"

Li Huowang's pupils contracted slightly as he was shouting. He slowly turned his head to look at him. "What did you say?!"

Li Huowang walked over, grabbed him directly from the ground, and glared at his fat face, saying, "What exactly is going on here? Who is this Da Long? Why does he know I can make things appear out of nowhere?"

Everything that had seemed absurd just moments ago suddenly began to make sense. This unbidden logic made him feel a little scared.

"That's all I know. I have his number on my phone. You call him; I'll help you lure him here!"

Li Huowang took out the chubby man's phone, unlocked it with face recognition, opened the contacts, found someone nicknamed "Da Long," and dialed.

"Hello~ Brother Long! Come quickly! That madman is making things appear, like a magic trick, just pulling them out constantly! Yes, yes! There's gold!!" After saying this with feigned seriousness, the chubby man looked at Li Huowang with seven parts fear and three parts flattery.

"Brother, he said he'll be here soon. I've tricked him into coming. Can you let me go now?"

Li Huowang threw the phone into the swiftly flowing river nearby, then pulled off the chubby man's socks, rolled them into a ball, and stuffed them directly into his mouth.

It seemed that the so-called Da Long wasn't far away. After a short while, Li Huowang heard the screech of brakes outside.

When three men, carrying various items, hurried into the bridge underpass, a short-haired, burly man with a scarred face looked in surprise at the chubby man deep within the underpass, bound by his own belt and shoelaces.

As they rushed over and clumsily untied the chubby man, Wang Zhilong shook him vigorously and asked, "Where's Li Huowang?"

Before the man could speak, a black shadow splashed out of the nearby river, holding a cobblestone, and slammed it fiercely onto another man's head.

The man dodged in a panic, and the stone hit his collarbone, which visibly swelled up rapidly.

However, this was just the beginning. Facing Li Huowang's sneak attack, these men were completely unprepared, and despite being four against one, they were forced to retreat step by step.

"Damn it! I'll fight you to the death!" A short, stocky man hardened his resolve, pulled out a dagger, and plunged it into Li Huowang's arm.

Having stabbed someone, the man suddenly panicked, instinctively letting go of the dagger and stepping back.

The next moment, Li Huowang unhesitatingly grabbed the hilt and pulled it out, then plunged it directly into the other man's arm. A horrific scream echoed within the bridge underpass.

Immediately after, with lightning speed, Li Huowang pulled out the blood-stained dagger and plunged it into another person's thigh.

Seeing this terrifying scene, Wang Zhilong was clearly panicked. He hadn't expected the opponent to be so formidable.

At this point, he wanted to run, but facing Li Huowang, who now had a weapon, it was too late to escape. A kick to his back sent him sprawling face-first into the dirt.

Soon, the four men were tied up by their own shoelaces and belts, their limbs bound, lying on the ground like pigs awaiting slaughter.

Li Huowang grabbed Wang Zhilong by the hair, dragged him to the riverbank, and pressed his face into the murky water, holding him down until he struggled violently, then abruptly pulled him up.

After repeating this several times, Wang Zhilong looked half-dead.

When he was pulled up again, Li Huowang looked at him and asked, "How did you know I could make things appear?"

Wang Zhilong, his eyes somewhat vacant, spoke in a very weak, fragmented voice. "I... I found out by secretly asking around."

"What else did you do?" Li Huowang released his grip, and Wang Zhilong's face was mere centimeters from the water. The suffocating fear made his words tumble out rapidly.

"I heard you have special abilities, that you can make gold appear out of thin air! So I had bad intentions, found connections to smuggle you out of the hospital, and wanted you to make gold for me!" Wang Zhilong burst into tears by the end.

"They didn't abandon me?" A strong feeling of happiness flooded Li Huowang's heart. "They didn't abandon me!"

He had constantly told himself that he didn't care, but only when he heard that this man had smuggled him out of the hospital did Li Huowang realize how much he truly did care.

Seeing Li Huowang's emotions stabilize, Wang Zhilong wailed and pleaded, "Can you spare me this once? I was truly led astray, possessed by a ghost, to think of such a crooked path. I was wrong, I was really wrong!"

Li Huowang looked down at him, his initial excitement quickly fading, replaced by a strong wave of suspicion.

"You're lying! If you wanted to control me to make gold for you, then why didn't you capture me? Why did you just leave me on the street? This place is fake! It's an illusion!"

Wang Zhilong despaired, howling, "I wanted to capture you too, but the problem is you couldn't be tied down! The ropes were clearly on your hands, but then they just loosened. The door was clearly closed, but you appeared outside the door!"

"If you hadn't shown off that special ability, I would have thought you were just a regular madman! I would have quit long ago!"