Chapter 238
WAO Chapter 238: The clock hand ticks
Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: VindiFan#1
Proofreader: Arya
“Clearly already arrived but wouldn’t answer, is she crazy?”
The young man mumbled in a low voice .
As a Professionist, Liu Shi Man’s hearing is extremely good, so the mumbling of the young man didn’t escape her ears at all .
But she wasn’t the least bit angry, instead calmly observing the area .
With the 360 degree 3D projection, she was able to see every detail of what’s happening outside the shuttle .
There’s no new shuttles landing, no one leaving from having finished their meals, there wasn’t even a car passing by on the road .
This is the safest moment .
Liu Shi Man slowly rubbed the golden ring on her finger, burst out laughing silently and shook her head .
The young man came to the door, yelling: “Your order is here, please receive it”
Liu Shi Man’s order was a bit large so he was already breathing a bit heavily from bringing it all this way .
From the way he looks, it seems he doesn’t intend to bring it up, instead of waiting for her to come down and get it .
But Liu Shi Man is definitely not coming down!
“Come up here, quickly” she ordered .
The young man sighed, then said: “Please tell me your caller ID”
Liu Shi Man told him the unconscious man’s number .
“Fine”
The young man had no choice but to carry the big boxes up .
When he came in, he was slightly shocked .
Because the shuttle’s owner was standing on the other side of the shuttle, staring at him .
“Crazy”
The young man muttered quietly, then placed the food boxes onto the table in the shuttle .
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He quickly put everything out .
Then he glanced at her and said: “I wish you a wonderful meal”
After saying so, he instantly turned to leave, not sparing a single moment .
Looking at his back, Liu Shi Man thought about how she has at least a couple dozen ways to kill him instantly at this angle .
When the delivery man was about to walk through the door, a rock lance has silently appeared in her hand .
She readied herself to throw it .
At the same time, her Earth Elemental power was still focused on her fingertips, ready to activate the ring at any time .
In the very second --------
The young man left the shuttle and didn’t even bother to turn back . Making ‘clang clang’ sounds with his shoes as he walked down the shuttle stairs .
He really did leave .
In fact, he was hurrying back to the restaurant as soon as he got off the shuttle .
He looked like he was in a rush .
-------ah right, he still has to clean the store .
So he’s perfectly fine as well?
Seems like it .
Liu Shi Man shook her head, finally feeling that she’s a bit too paranoid .
The rock lance disappeared in her hands .
Looking at the massive amount of food on the table, she couldn’t help but gulp .
As she walked to the table to eat, she found that the dashboard of the steering wheel was blinking .
“What’s the problem?” Liu Shi Man asked .
[Not enough fuel to reach appointed destination, please make sure to refuel] the electronic voice replied .
“I know” Liu Shi Man answered in annoyance .
As she opened the box of food, the first thing she did was scan it with a device she had on hand, waited until it turned up a green light before eating .
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While she wolfed down the food, she was thinking about how to refuel the shuttle .
To refuel, she would have to go into a large-scale energy station, at which point the station will scan the shuttle’s owner certificate .
Which means, it won’t be long until someone found that this was a missing shuttle from the data scanned at the energy station .
That’s not the only issue .
Once she enters the station, there’s a chance that hackers might be able to gain access to the shuttle’s GPS system, thus finding out her location and destination .
Liu Shi Man couldn’t think of any method to circumvent this all the way until she was full .
Outside, the restaurant door opened .
The girl called Tong Tong walked out .
“Don’t play too hard, make sure to get home early” her father’s advisory voice came .
“You’re so nosy, I want to play a bit longer, I want to go overnight!”
The girl seems to be in her rebellious phase and protested .
The father wasn’t able to get through to her, so he just sighed .
A few people in the restaurant were laughing without malice at that .
The girl quickly went to the shuttle and climbed in .
Starting it up, the girl took out a Holo-Brain and spoke with her friends on the other side of the screen .
The other side was clearly having a party, the music was very loud, you could almost see the girls and boys dancing to it .
A few young girls wearing fashionable clothes were on the other side of the screen, raising a bottle of liquor and spoke to Tong Tong .
“Come quick, come quick, you’re late already” one of them said .
“I'll be there soon, just wait a bit”
“We’ll give you a time limit, if you haven’t come yet when that’s up, we’ll leave for the after-party party!”
After saying so, an image of a clock face appeared on Tong Tong’s Holo-Brain’s screen .
The clock hands were ticking .
“That’s barely 10 minutes! You guys are mean!”
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Tong Tong exclaimed, but quickly arranged the route on her GPS system .
She doesn’t notice at all how there’s a person already standing behind her inside the shuttle, silently watching all this .
Liu Shi Man stopped watching and silently pushed opened the bag on the back .
An eye-catching cup reflected in Liu Shi Man’s eyes -----the same cup in the news article she saw .
Some text was carved on the cup: “First place - Fu Ning village wind instrument competition”
Next to the cup was a metal flute .
There were some words carved on the flute as well: “A gift to Tong Tong, hoping that she will keep doing her best”
After seeing all of them, Liu Shi Man silently returned the bag to its place .
This was a civilian shuttle so it’s very unassuming, and there won’t be anyone looking for it in the next few hours .
Everyone saw clearly how Tong Tong didn’t want to go home just now .
That being the case, even if she’s a little late, her parents might worry, or get a bit angry, but they won’t think too much of it .
This is a small village, so the shuttle is unlike those in large cities that have an interconnecting network array of safety monitoring devices .
-------I’ll just kill her then dump her body in a lake, no more worries along the journey .
Thinking so, Liu Shi Man raised her hand .
Earth Elemental power was concentrated into a sharp rock dagger, held tightly in her hand .
She raised the dagger .
In that moment, a figure appeared behind her .
The figure didn’t let out any sound and didn’t emit any presence, like it was nothing but air .
Liu Shi Man completely didn’t notice .
In front of Liu Shi Man, Tong Tong was concentrated on looking at her Holo-Brain .
While the figure behind Liu Shi Man did nothing but stare at both of the girls’ movements .
Liu Shi Man moved!
The sharp rock dagger was aimed straight at the young girl’s nape .
If she receives this, she’ll die instantly without being able to utter a sound .
Her body will be thrown into some unknown lake, and her parents will never see her again .
In that very moment, like a silent flash, three things happened at the same time
Tong Tong didn’t turn around but used two fingers to tightly grip the blade of the dagger .
A black skull appeared from thin air .
And Liu Shi Man was lightly tapped on the shoulder .
FUCK!
Liu Shi Man’s alarms instantly rang as she immediately tried to activate the ring to teleport away .
But the light tap made her entire body shake uncontrollably .
As if struck by lightning, her body became stiff, unable to move even the tiniest bit of power .
At the same time, the black skull opened its mouth and bit her hand .
Her hand was instantly charred black, the only thing unharmed was the golden ring .
The ‘second’ hand of the clock on the Holo-Brain ticked once .
A streak of blood-red light quickly descended, grabbed Liu Shi Man by the neck and flew away .
The mission was over .
The figure that stood behind Liu Shi Man suddenly knelt down and coughed .
Tong Tong stood up and offered: “Mr . Gu, should I help you?”
“No need, I’ll get him” a clear charming female voice came .
Anna appeared at the shuttle door .
The three of them returned to Liu Shi Man’s shuttle and opened the trunk .
The man who was knocked unconscious before was sitting there, smoking a cigar .
“Hello”
Gu Qing Shan and Zhang Ying Hao greeted each other .