Chapter 4.31 Miserable Victory (Extra)

This wasn’t a fight, because all the leader’s flaws were basically being flaunted. Chen Pi already felt like something was off, but his bloodlust was too far gone, and so he put his left foot out to meet him. The hitmen’s leader slashed his knives a dozen times in a row, but Chen Pi avoided all of them. In the sudden gap, he aimed his knife at the leader’s chin, but the leader quickly pulled back and threw his two knives right at Chen Pi.

Chen Pi knocked one knife out of the air, while the other one flew past his neck. When he turned back around, he saw that the hitmen’s leader was already upon him. The leader raised his fist and grabbed Chen Pi’s hair.

Chen Pi didn’t even think about it as he raised his head up. But just as the leader was feeling overjoyed, Chen Pi grabbed the leader’s arm, twisted his whole body, and pulled his hair out directly.

The sharp pain made him shout, but he still managed to flip his knife around and stab the hitmen’s leader in the ear.

But he knew it was bad as soon as the knife went in, because that was when he realized the leader’s real purpose for cutting his ears off.

Chen Pi could always determine the position of someone’s ear hole by looking at their auricle. It was how he always managed to kill people with chopsticks or knives. But when he stabbed down just now, he found that the auricle had been cut off by the hitmen’s leader himself. In a panic, his hand became unstable. The leader tilted his head and the knife struck near his temple, completely missing the ear hole.

The leader’s skull was extremely hard, and Chen Pi’s knife slashed across his scalp, carving out a terrible bloody hole. But with Huang Kui’s medicine preventing him from feeling any pain, he immediately grabbed Chen Pi’s neck.

Chen Pi froze.

He didn’t resist because he didn’t know how to. All the people he had stabbed before were usually dead by this time.

The hitmen’s leader pulled his arm free, used all his strength to get up on his knees, and then smashed Chen Pi’s head on his knees.

Blood burst out as Chen Pi’s whole nose caved in. The hitmen’s leader looked at Chen Pi, unable to believe his eyes. He couldn’t believe he had actually caught the beggar. He let out a shout, lifted Chen Pi up high, and smashed him directly against his knee. When Chen Pi’s waist connected with the top of his knee, he heard Chen Pi’s spine make a snapping sound. The beggar’s whole body bent at an unnatural angle and he fell to the ground.

Everything was silent as a breeze blew up from the river. Huang Kui’s boss was watching it all coldly as his palms sweated.

This all happened in just a few short moments, and by the time everyone reacted, it was already over.

The leader’s strength gave out and he stumbled. The blood from his ears and scalp dyed his body scarlet. He sat down beside Chen Pi, bowed his head, and looked around for a knife.

When he saw Chen Pi’s knife still firmly grasped in his hand, he tried to take it, but found that Chen Pi’s hand was as immovable as a rock. His nails dug into the skin on Chen Pi’s hands and tore some of the flesh off, but the beggar’s hand still wouldn’t move.

His own hands were shaking as he looked around for one of the knives he had used just now, but he couldn’t find them. He used his remaining strength to pull himself onto Chen Pi’s body, and found that he could still feel the beggar’s body heat and hear his breathing.

The brat was still alive.

He couldn’t let him live. He grabbed Chen Pi’s neck, but lacked the strength to squeeze, so he ended up having to press his elbow against Chen Pi’s neck and lean all his weight on it.

Chen Pi’s eyes widened as the leader’s blood dripped down onto his face. There was a stabbing pain coming from his waist, but he could still feel his lower body. He couldn’t breathe, and just barely managed to get some oxygen by twitching. He couldn’t see the leader’s face and couldn’t think.

There was a salty taste in his mouth, which turned out to be the leader’s blood. His gaping mouth wanted to absorb any hint of oxygen, but he ended up choking on the blood instead. Gradually, he couldn’t feel the pain anymore, and thought he was going to die.

But that wasn’t the case.

At that moment, maybe the leader’s blood flowing into his throat was full of the Huang Kui medicine. The immense analgesic and stimulating effects suddenly made his eyes clear. His waist and face didn’t hurt anymore, and his weak body gradually regained consciousness. He looked at the hitmen’s leader, slowly lifted his hand, aimed at his throat, and slashed.

The hitmen’s leader didn’t resist at all, as if his eyes had been captivated by the blood. Maybe he didn’t see the knife clearly at all, or maybe he didn’t think that Chen Pi could still move.

As he fell on Chen Pi, the blood flowed from his slit throat and Chen Pi gulped it up. The hot blood slowly warmed his body, and Chen Pi finally managed to stand up.

His waist was still crooked. He glanced at the leader’s limp body twitching on the ground and thought it looked just like Qinhuai Murderer. The people around him watched as their bet came to an end. This time, they had finally won.

He walked over to the river, leaned down with some difficulty, and washed the blood from his face and neck. There was a drum crawler not far away from him in the water. Its strange little head was sticking out of the river, and he didn’t know whether it was dead or alive.

Chen Pi didn’t even look at the ship again as he turned and walked towards the temple. He’d done it. He’d finally settled the account and earned those hundred coins.

Fuck, it hadn’t been easy. But some of his rage had died down with his exhaustion.

After taking a few steps, however, his way was blocked by a middle-aged woman.

“There’s one left. Let’s kill him together.” The madam pointed to Huang Kui’s boss on the ship. “If you don’t kill him today, he’ll definitely kill you later.”

“Go away.” Chen Pi said as he pushed the woman away. He had only taken a few steps when a string of copper coins was suddenly thrown at his feet.

He looked down. It was a string filled with a hundred copper coins. He turned back to find the trembling madam looking at him. Chen Pi looked up at the ship and saw the drum crawler climb up the side. The Huang Kui’s boss was looking at them silently, but Chen Pi couldn’t see his expression clearly. He thought it over and then picked up the copper coins.

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Oh sweet baby Jesus, WE’RE FREE!!!!!! This is the last official chapter of Chen Pi’s extra! Thank fucking God lol. The next chapter is titled “The Mystic Nine Preface” but it kind of seems more like a postcript/wrap-up to this extra so I’m just going to call it Chapter 4.32. After that I’ll finish the rest of those Mystic Nine extra chapters that I’ve been putting off and then it’s the New Years Specials (with sweet, beautiful Wu Xie, Fatty, and Poker-face again).