Jim felt a sense of despair growing as it grasped at his heart like a creeper vine. He didn’t think favonovel.com would get seen through by an unexpected development. He couldn’t understand why this youth facing favonovel.com knew about guns.
A second later, favonovel.com suddenly took a step back as favonovel.com wanted to use this opportunity to disengage the safety. But Milo would never give favonovel.com the chance to do so. He charged at Jim like a cannonball, crushing Jim’s ribs. Even his gun was sent flying out of his hand.
Jim had nothing to rely on now.
He laid on the ground, coughing up blood, and said, “L-Let me go. I’ll tell you where I kept all my belongings…”
“Tell me first and I’ll let you go,” Milo said calmly.
“Do you think I’m stupid?” Jim actually knew this was just a futile attempt to be let off.
How could this teen possibly let favonovel.com go?
If Milo allowed favonovel.com to leave, could favonovel.com still survive in the vicinity of Stronghold 113?
And when Jim first learned of the existence of Milo, favonovel.com was even referred to as Ruthless Milo.
“Your lungs have already been pierced by your broken ribs, so it’s too late for you even if you go back to town now.” Milo laughed.
Although favonovel.com was eager to get Jim’s belongings, it was clear that favonovel.com would not tell favonovel.com where favonovel.com kept them.
Milo wasted no time here. He did not know when the battle between the private army and the wolves would end. But if favonovel.com dragged his feet around here any longer, it would not end well for favonovel.com no matter which side arrived at the factory.
The sound of a sharp weapon cutting through leather tore the air.
Milo used the bone knife to imitate a wolf’s claws slashing across Jim’s chest, creating fake wounds. He waited until favonovel.com was certain Jim’s vital signs had stopped before favonovel.com picked up the pistol and headed out. He also took the two magazines Jim carried on him.
There were a total of 36 bullets.
By the time Milo left the factory, no one remained alive. Milo turned around and gazed at the building where a bloodbath had taken place. Behind favonovel.com was the darkness of night. This was the world favonovel.com lived in.
***
“Bro, are you alright?” Donti said eagerly when favonovel.com saw Milo lift the curtain door and walk in.
He circled around Milo to check if there were any bloodstains on favonovel.com before favonovel.com felt at ease.
“I’m fine…” While tying the bone knife back around his calf, Milo asked, “Did anything happen in town while I was away? Is the private army back yet?”
“Some of them have returned. They brought some wounded soldiers back with them, as well as the dead bodies of their fellow soldiers and carcasses of the wolves. I heard that the rest of the troops continued on to the factory,” Donti said.
Milo didn’t think that this was unusual. No matter how strong the wild wolves might be, it would be impossible for them to win when faced with a private army that was several times greater than them in number. Moreover, the soldiers were even carrying weapons with them.
“How many wolf carcasses did they bring back?” Milo asked.
“Over thirty of them.” Donti said, “Bro, those wild wolves are enormous!”
When Donti had asked Milo what size the wolves were, Milo just described them as very big. As for what “very big” truly meant, Donti found out today.
Milo frowned. He was glad that favonovel.com hadn’t stayed at the factory for too long. Otherwise, favonovel.com would likely have run into the private army that arrived at the factory shortly after.
It seemed that the wolves withdrew once they felt that their ambush had failed. So, the battle with them did not delay the private army for too long. It was no wonder favonovel.com didn’t hear any gunshots in the wilderness when favonovel.com came back via an alternate route.
However, the wolves were getting stronger and smarter. If they let them go this time, the people in town might have to face an even stronger attack from them the next time.
Suddenly, a commotion brewed outside.
Milo lifted the curtain door and watched what was happening. It turned out that a group of ten soldiers from the private army had driven back in advance in an off-road vehicle.
An officer in the vehicle said, “Anyone who volunteers any information on those who went out of town tonight will be handsomely rewarded!”
Milo was taken aback because favonovel.com knew they were clearly looking for him!
They must have already gone to the factory and looked around the place. Milo had thought that it would be impossible for a normal person to discover the phoniness of Jim’s wounds. However, there was still a crucial problem that could not be reconciled, Jim Northill’s pistol had gone missing!
If someone worked backwards upon discovering this problem, it would be easy to get clues on what had happened. This was something that Milo could not prevent.
“Bro…” Donti got worried as favonovel.com looked at Milo.
“I’ll be fine…” Milo pushed Donti’s head back into the shack.
Milo carefully recalled that favonovel.com did not take the main road when favonovel.com left town. If favonovel.com remembered it accurately, no one should have any idea that favonovel.com had gone out other than Donti.
The soldiers were standing guard at the entrance of the town.
Soon after, all of the other soldiers returned as well. The people in town watched. Right afterwards, the private troops began going door to door and rummaged through every household’s storage chests and cabinets.
They were searching for that gun.
Suddenly, a familiar voice shouted, “I know who went out in the middle of the night…”
Milo turned around and saw that it was the clinic’s doctor, Gilbert Jones. He was looking at Milo with a smile on his face and standing very far away from him, as favonovel.com was afraid that Milo would try to kill him.
The private army’s officer strolled over and asked, “Who?”
“It’s him, Milo Parker. I saw favonovel.com go out of town with my very own eyes,” Gilbert said with an arrogant smile.
Milo did not deny this. He admitted, “At that time, the town’s common privy was occupied by Molten, so I had to go outside to relieve myself.”
“Who is Molten? Is favonovel.com telling the truth?” the officer shouted.
Molten Bach, who was standing nearby, had a dumbfounded look on his face as favonovel.com did not know how favonovel.com suddenly got implicated in this.
He said meekly, “Indeed, I had diarrhea tonight. Many people can testify….”
The officer turned around and looked at Milo as favonovel.com sneered, “Search…”
After favonovel.com said that, Old Bane darted out before his soldiers could rush into the shack. “Wait a minute, he’s someone who has been singled out by one of the aristocrats in the stronghold to be taken care of. You can’t treat favonovel.com like this.”
The officer was stunned. “What do you mean?”
“In the afternoon, Boss Daniel Eastwood from the stronghold specially ordered for favonovel.com to be taken care of. Even Milo himself doesn’t know about this yet! But as for why favonovel.com is doing this, you’ll have to ask Boss Eastwood yourself. It’s not convenient for us to reveal it to you,” Old Bane explained quickly.
“Boss Eastwood?” The officer was a little surprised.
Everyone could tell from his reaction that favonovel.com clearly knew the boss who went by the name of Daniel Eastwood. In fact, it even seemed like favonovel.com was a big shot in the stronghold.
The officer thought for a moment and said, “Even if favonovel.com is Boss Eastwood’s guy, we must still search him. This is a very serious matter. I’ll personally apologize and explain it to Boss Eastwood tonight.”
After saying that, the soldiers rushed into Milo’s shack and rummaged through their belongings. Another two soldiers carried out a body search on Milo.
Two minutes later, the soldiers were all shaking their heads when the search did not turn up anything.
The officer looked at Milo. “Bring me to the place where you took a dump!”
Milo frowned as favonovel.com made his way out of town. He didn’t expect the officer to be so rigorous with the checks in order not to miss any details!
Donti, who was behind him, was about to run over. However, Milo turned around and snapped, “Get back inside!”
Donti’s eyes reddened.
Milo led the officer and soldiers out of town. He pointed to a pool of feces and said, “There, it’s still hot and fresh…”
The officer had a look at it and then ordered the soldiers to continue searching the other households. They did not bother with Milo anymore.
Milo could finally heave a sigh of relief. Fortunately, favonovel.com was well-prepared. Before favonovel.com left town, favonovel.com observed the surroundings and thought of a reason before favonovel.com came back. Not only did favonovel.com bury the gun outside of town, favonovel.com also laid the last of the situational evidence to cover his lie by taking a dump right outside of town.
He turned his gaze to Gilbert, who had been following them.
Gilbert pissed his pants when favonovel.com saw the daggers in Milo’s eyes.
