Chapter 11

Everyone in the audience was silent. When we heard this kind of plot device, we had to think about its authenticity.

When it came to storytelling, there was a situation where you probably knew what the context of the story was, but you didn’t know what the main plot was. As a result, you made up the plot yourself. But Xiao Hua’s expression didn’t seem like he was joking.

My mind was filled with images of when Black Glasses had sent me to Crocodile Island (1). I felt that it wasn’t that he couldn’t woo the sorceress, it was just that he was someone who would take people in as godsons at most. Still, such an exaggerated statement really surprised us.

I watched Su Wan come in through the door and knew who had spread this kind of thing. Su Wan looked into my eyes and seemed to sense my ill-intentions, for he immediately stepped back warily.

This was ridiculous. It didn’t change the actual situation. I didn’t believe the sorceress would accept Black Glasses and let things be sorted out so easily. Black Glasses was probably teasing the amateurs.

If the person with him wasn’t an insider, then he would often joke around and make light of dangerous situations. He told me that this was because having a nervous and jumpy companion around you was more dangerous than facing a bear.

The three brats smelled of cigarette smoke, and I knew there was no way we could get them to stop. When I was smoking back in the day, did I listen to anyone’s advice? I knew the answer very well, so I didn’t bother saying anything to them. When they started gasping for breath any time they went up stairs in the future, they would realize how terrible it was. Human beings always repeated the same fate, which was why some people could write a novel for more than ten years.

Xiao Hua continued the story. Su Wan tried to leave when he heard that we were talking about Black Glasses, but Fatty caught him. “I’m not getting involved in this matter,” Su Wan said. “He won’t beat you guys, but he’ll definitely beat me. I’d better help welcome the guests.”

“You’re going to rat us out, you coward. Do you think I don’t know what you’re about to do?” Fatty said to him. “Stay. I have to listen to this story.” Su Wan couldn’t leave, so Xiao Hua continued.

Black Glasses told the little mute girl—whose name was Chuchu—about his plan. That was when the siblings learned that only the sorceress’s family could pass through the minefield, enter the building outside the village, and get the equipment back. Chuchu realized she had to get serious. In this matter, what she needed to do was to be the translator. Theoretically, sorceresses were more difficult to bribe with money, so they could only be outwitted.

In any case, there weren’t any skills that would make others accept you as their son, so the only possibility was courtship. Of course, it was ridiculous, but compared to being someone’s son, courtship was at least logical. But this logic was still completely useless.

Sure enough, Xiao Hua changed his style of storytelling and looked at Su Wan, “Unfortunately, the sorceress didn’t like him, so this person became angry and kidnapped her.”

Fatty and I looked at each other, feeling a little relieved. Sure enough, this was Black Glasses.

Black Glasses tied the sorceress up and put her on the edge of the minefield before looking at Chuchu and saying, “You go with me.”

Chuchu was a little surprised and asked in standard sign language: “According to the TV dramas, shouldn’t people like you tell me to go back and wait for news at this time?”

Black Glasses looked at her: “Would you really go back and wait for news?”

Chuchu sneered: “No.” (This was all done in sign language)

Black Glasses looked at the minefield in front of him and saw that it was getting late. “The location of this minefield isn’t quite right,” he said. “The place we’re going to is in the center of the minefield. This minefield almost seems like it’s protecting that place. I don’t know whether it’s to prevent people from getting in or to keep something from getting out.”

“Did the army set it up?”

“Yeah. It must’ve been done during the Myanmar-Vietnam War.” Black Glasses looked at the sorceress and asked Chuchu to translate for him: “I’ll walk there with you on my back. You tell me how to get through, or we’ll both go to heaven together.”

The sorceress looked at Black Glasses in horror, pointed to the sun that had almost completely set, and then pointed to his sunglasses. Chuchu translated: “She said that you’re blind and she can’t speak. How is she supposed to tell you how to get there?”

Black Glasses asked Chuchu to gesture back: “I can see. I can see everything.”

He looked at the strange shadow behind Chuchu, and the shadow looked back at him—he didn’t expect there to be such a good place near Mute Village where he could confront this immortal thing. Since this place was surrounded by mines and there were only three people in the whole area, it couldn’t escape.

The three of them cautiously walked into the minefield.

At this time, Liu Sang suddenly turned his head, looked at the door, and made a wait-and-see expression at us. We all settled down and saw Black Glasses, Wang Meng, and Poker-Face walk in.

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TN Notes:

(1) From “Master Black Glasses Sequel: Wu Xie’s Island Adventure”. It’s on the Misc Extras Tab.

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Ok guys, here’s the game plan after we’re done with Black Glasses’ adventure in 9 chapters (~37 more pages):

1. Reboot Trial Reading (21 chapters, ~98 pages)
2. Black Glasses and Xiao Hua’s Adventure in Russia (8 chapters, ~46 pages)
3. Notes in Rain Village (30 chapters, ~118 pages)
4. Reboot Part 3: Looking for the Dead in the Sea of Lights (63 chapters, ~294 pages and counting)

There will be a few short extras tossed in here or there. I think I gave myself carpal tunnel, but the raws have been copied and ran through the translation sites so we should be raring to go without pause.