366: Chapter 164: I Won’t Stop You If You Want to Run 366: Chapter 164: I Won’t Stop You If You Want to Run People all have a herd mentality.
Those who are so timid that they can’t even kill a chicken can, with someone leading them, soon become experts at all sorts of burning, killing, and looting without any teachers.
This is, of course, a mental vulnerability that can be easily exploited.
But that’s assuming they don’t encounter an opponent.
An opponent who understands this principle as well.
Since ancient times, many trades have kept things secretive, with secret recipes and techniques passed down only to males, and families relying on these secrets from generation to generation for their livelihood…
In reality, none of this involves much technical content; the advantage lies in the unknown.
Once everyone knows, the advantage disappears.
Wang Yunxiao might not be good at mental suggestion and psychological hypnosis, but he happened to be an expert at dealing with Echo Erosion.
Firelight and sound are the two Dharma Treasures for solving Echo Erosion.
The essence of it is using a strong interference source to suppress a weaker one.
Scar Wang’s notorious reputation spread wider and wider across the ground of Tianmen City.
Although Wang Yunxiao didn’t like it much, he didn’t come forward to clarify, and instead secretly allowed the rumors to spread.
This was when they really came in handy.
All that mental suggestion, all those enthusiastic citizens, were scenarios deliberately led by that hidden Flower Amidst Guests, aiming to stir up trouble in troubled waters, then slip away in the confusion.
This guy could indeed be called sinister and cunning, with old and deep strategies, but he overlooked two key issues.
First, he chose the wrong opponent.
If it were an ordinary person who was implanted with mental suggestion and led in secret, they would never notice anything amiss.
But this time, to abduct Li Mumu, he dared to strike against a group of Garrison Soldiers.
The combined Resistance of the Garrison Soldiers is the natural nemesis of such people.
To be more precise, when Garrison Soldiers form an Array, they restrain all that is fancy and frivolous.
Second, he didn’t understand the rules of the Real World.
On the streets of Tianmen City, there’s a fundamental rule called “Jianghu.”
If you don’t follow the rules of Jianghu, if you hide behind others and provoke trouble, such behavior is despised by the people of Old Tianmen.
By comparison, Wang Yunxiao’s declaration held much more persuasion.
In those past times, the lines between good and evil, right and wrong, black and white weren’t so clear-cut.
Simply praising someone’s goodness wouldn’t convince anyone.
It mainly came down to whether the person had a sense of responsibility.
Announcing one’s name in the streets was a form of responsibility.
Whether or not one kills doesn’t matter; By proclaiming his own name, Wang Yunxiao was indicating that he was willing to bear the consequence.
What remained was a matter between the victims’ families and the Governmental Office, having nothing more to do with others.
Obviously, this was something the opposition hadn’t expected, and for a moment, they were trapped by Wang Yunxiao, unable to advance or retreat.
At this time, Youtiao arrived with other brothers.
As the Garrison Soldiers gathered, their Resistance doubled.
Seeing his support arrive, Wang Yunxiao finally let down his guard.
He ordered Little Gourd to come and treat Eryang while his gaze shifted to the motionless rear seat of the car.
“Come out, stop hiding!”
There was still no response from inside the car, as if there truly was no one inside.
Wang Yunxiao sneered, “Mr.
Tong, you are at least a person of status in Qian King’s Mansion.
At this point, how can you have the audacity to do something but not admit it?
Acting all timid like a woman, aren’t you afraid that your friends in the Jianghu World will laugh at you if this gets out?”
After a few seconds of silence, the car door suddenly pushed open from the inside.
Mr.
Tong—this man whom he had once briefly met—stepped out of the car, his face emotionless as he coldly huffed, “Young Hero Wang…
truly a master of concealment, how did you recognize me?”
Of course, Wang Yunxiao would not admit that it was thanks to his magical notebook combined with a bit of deductive reasoning that he had arrived at the answer.
When he last encountered Echo Erosion, there weren’t many strangers he had come into contact with.
Add to that a previous conviction for trafficking women and children, there was simply no other candidate but Mr.
Tong.
“If you don’t want others to know, don’t do it yourself!”
Wang Yunxiao spread his hands and showed a sincere smile, “Mr.
Tong, I have experienced your abilities.
If we were to fight here on the street, innocent bystanders might get hurt.
How about this, you hand over Miss Li to me unharmed, and I won’t hold today’s events against you.
I’ll give you a way out.
We’ll let bygones be bygones, and we can settle our scores another day, how about that?”
Without changing his expression, Mr.
Tong glanced at the pedestrians around and chuckled, “Young Hero Wang must be mistaken, I have never met any Miss Li.”
“I don’t care whether you’ve seen her or not!”
Wang Yunxiao narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “The road ahead is drawn for you, today she’s fine you’re fine, she’s not fine you won’t be either.
If you try to deceive me again, I’ll chop you into mincemeat and throw you in the river to feed the crabs!”
“You dare to kill someone in the street?
Aren’t you afraid of the police arresting you?”
“I’ve already killed.”
Wang Yunxiao raised his blood-soaked right hand and pointed a finger at Mr.
Tong.
“I’m counting to three, Three!
Two!”
Unable to help but show a pained expression, Mr.
Tong realized he had no way to deal with a shameless scoundrel who couldn’t be bound by morality or propriety.
The situation was now completely under Wang Yunxiao’s control, and despite his own spells, Mr.
Tong was helpless.
“Alright, Young Hero Wang, you’ve got the better of me today!”
Realizing there was no way out, Mr.
Tong promptly caved, opened the car door, moved aside, and Wang Yunxiao immediately saw the figure of Li Mumu sitting inside.
But he would not be so easily convinced.
Wang Yunxiao glanced at his notebook, walked straight over, pulled Li Mumu out of the car, and after a careful inspection to confirm her identity, he then turned to look at Mr.
Tong.
Mr.
Tong forced a laugh, “Young Hero Wang, I can go now, right?”
“Go?”
Wang Yunxiao looked at him sideways.
Mr.
Tong said with indignation, “You made a promise in front of all these people, aren’t you going to keep your word?”
“I didn’t stop you from leaving!”
Wang Yunxiao shrugged, “But your driver has been ramming people all the way here, and he even smashed a shop.
Your bodyguard has been shooting people in the street, and he still has the gun in his hand, and you think you can just walk away?”
“What do you want then?”
“Why are you asking me?
Go ask the police!”
Although police force in Nantong District had always been severely inadequate, the police presence near Nanshi Main Street remained constant as it was the most bustling area and prone to crime.
At this point, the patrol police were already on their way.
Wang Yunxiao smiled and spread his hands, “You better hurry up, the police are on their way, I’ll see how you explain it to them.”
Distorted by anger, Mr.
Tong found himself in a difficult position, to go or not to go.
If he did not leave, he might still have a chance to turn things around, but leaving would mean fleeing from crime, like getting dirty mud in one’s pants—it might not be feces, but it will be considered as such.
Did he think I did not understand the law?