In the mountain forest under the cover of night, as this twitching criminal pulled the trigger of his tranquilizer gun, a dart landed squarely on his accomplice's arm.
"You motherf..."
Before the curse could even leave his lips, the unfortunate man felt a dizzying sensation in his head. The dose, enough to incapacitate an elephant, sent him into unconsciousness on the spot.
As soon as he collapsed, the man holding the gun felt his twitching left hand suddenly recover.
"Brother Yuan, hear me out, my hand was just cramping, I really didn't mean to."
But before he could finish his explanation, a tiger's roar echoed from a large tree not far away. kanδん
They followed the sound, and a pair of eyes glowing with green luminescence was particularly striking.
"Don't say any more, the little white tiger is awake. Hurry and catch it, or it'll run off."
The leader of the bandits, Song Yuan, gave the order. His subordinates, ignoring their fallen comrade, raised their tranquilizer guns to shoot the little white tiger on the tree.
But at that moment, the crow, which had been watching them silently, suddenly let out a hair-raising cry.
Hearing the sound, everyone immediately had a bad premonition.
The next second, a rustling sound emanated from the forest shrouded in darkness. The gazes of the men who had just raised their tranquilizer guns were immediately drawn to this subtle disturbance. To their horror, a large black silhouette emerged from the bushes.
Even though they couldn't see its entirety, based on the sound it made and its outline, they instantly recognized its identity.
"It's a wild boar! Quick, shoot it!"
With almost no hesitation, Song Yuan was the first to divert his gun. However, he only managed to fire one shot before feeling a powerful impact to his abdomen. His body, weighing over a hundred pounds, was sent flying several meters away. Before he even hit the ground, his consciousness was gone.
Seeing their leader sent flying by the wild boar, his companions froze in place. It wasn't until the wild boar disappeared back into the forest that they, sweating profusely, finally reacted.
"Brother Yuan, quickly go check if Brother Yuan was killed by the wild boar."
"Why is there a wild boar out here in the middle of the night?"
"How should I know."
When they reached Song Yuan and saw his慘狀, they were immediately startled. Song Yuan, having been directly hit by the wild boar, had a caved-in chest cavity. Without even looking, they could tell at least seven or eight ribs were broken.
"Brother Liang, should we call 120? If Brother Yuan isn't rushed to the hospital, he'll die here."
"Call who? Brother Yuan is involved in so many cases. If you send him to the hospital, aren't you just handing the police a win?"
"Then what do we do? Brother Yuan is in this state from the wild boar, Xiao Ba is knocked out by the tranquilizer, and there are only three of us left. Are we still going to catch the little white tiger?"
"Why is today so bizarre? So many things have happened before we even caught the little white tiger."
"I told you seeing crows was unlucky. You guys never believed me. In my hometown, crows are a sign of great misfortune, of death."
"Didn't that crow just cry out before the wild boar appeared?"
As they spoke, the remaining three men simultaneously turned their gazes to the crow, Mudie, still perched on the branches above them. Mudie's gaze also happened to fall upon them.
The moment their eyes met, they felt a cold gust of wind rush down their necks, making them shiver. All the bad legends about crows flooded their minds.
"Let's go down the mountain, hurry down the mountain, this place is too strange."
"Yeah, I feel like this crow is looking at us like we're already dead."
"We should listen to the elders. encountering a crow on the road really brings misfortune."
"Are we still going to catch the little white tiger?"
"No more. I feel like that little white tiger is also very strange. Whoever wants to catch it can catch it."
"Are we leaving Brother Yuan and the others?"
"Leave them to fend for themselves."
As they mulled it over and felt things were increasingly amiss, they immediately abandoned the idea of catching the little white tiger. They didn't even plan to take care of their companions and headed down the mountain in the direction they came from.
But just as they were about to move, a white shadow blocked their path. It was the little white tiger that had been on the tree earlier. Seeing the sudden appearance of the little white tiger, the remaining three men tightened their grip on their tranquilizer guns.
"Get out of the way! Don't block our path!"
The three men, eager to leave, no longer bothered with the little white tiger, hoping to drive it away with words alone. But the little white tiger paid them no mind. It opened its mouth and let out a childish roar. Hearing the roar, the three men's expressions changed slightly.
"Brother Liang, what do we do? This little one isn't going to move."
"If it won't move, then it can't be blamed on us."
A sinister glint flashed in his eyes, and Yu Liang, one of the criminals, was about to pull the trigger. But he had clearly underestimated the little white tiger's speed. The moment his finger moved to the trigger, a white blur leaped directly onto his face.
"Ah!"
With a scream, Yu Liang's face was immediately marked by three long bloody gashes. The two companions beside him tried to grab the little white tiger directly. But the little white tiger gave them no chance to approach. It pushed off Yu Liang's face with its hind legs and leaped high into the air.
The three men, armed with firearms, were no match for the little white tiger up close. Even with all their strength, they couldn't even touch a single strand of its fur. Instead, they were covered in scratches and bites from the little white tiger.
Defeated by the little white tiger, the three men finally extinguished their last hope and, covering their heads, rushed down the mountain. However, just as they were halfway down, three gunshots suddenly rang out from the mountain forest.
As the gunshots echoed, the three men who were running frantically fell to the ground. Fortunately, the shots were not fatal, and they could only cry out in pain. Their peripheral vision caught sight of the black crow on the tree nearby. They hadn't expected the crow to follow them this far. Even more unexpectedly, shortly after they were shot, three men holding old-fashioned hunting rifles emerged from the nearby woods, looking dejected.
"Why are there three people? I clearly heard a wild boar just now."
"Yeah, it looked like a wild boar to me, that's why I shot."
"What do we do if we hit them? Should we send them to the hospital?"
"Send them to the hospital for what? What if they try to extort us? I say we go all the way and just kill them. If we leave them overnight, they'll be eaten by beasts."
"That makes sense..."
Hearing this conversation, the faces of the three men on the ground turned ashen. If they could have a chance to regret it now, they would have chosen to leave the moment they saw the black crow. Just as this thought crossed their minds, a sharp cry once again came from the tree nearby.