Escape
Under the moonlight, black-clad men died without closing their eyes, still holding bows in their hands.
A graceful black blurred figure walked out of the grass and turned to chase down Ding Ning after watching her enter the military area.
With a burning pain on his back, Ding Ning knew that although he wasn’t seriously injured, his wound was deep. It made him feel a little relieved that fortunately this arrow was non-toxic, otherwise it would be troublesome if the toxic attacked him as he ran.
He knew that his current state didn’t enable him to protect Xiao Nuo’s. If they stayed together, both of them would be killed. So he took the risk and lured the enemy to chase down him.
Consuming too much energy made him in a bad state. His current sensory ability only enabled him to sense the aura of three enemies around him, and the aura of them followed him, which consoled him a little.
He hoped that there were no other enemies in ambush, otherwise Xiao Nuo might be in danger.
However, at this moment, he was could barely save himself like a clay Buddha fording the river, and had no time to think about something else.
He could only escape as fast as he could to keep a distance from the killers and gain some time for healing himself, otherwise the wound on his back could make him die from severe blood loss.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to twist his body when blocking the arrow for Xiao Nuo. It only caused a large abrasion on him, otherwise he must have been pierced by the powerful arrow.
He didn’t know when there was a mass of dark cloud across the sky. The cloud blocked the moonlight, and made the heaven and the earth fall into a darkness.
Before Ding Ning was delighted with that, his heart sank to the bottom again.
These killers not only had powerful arrows with a long range, but also were equipped with thermal imaging night vision. Darkness had little effect on them.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The arrows were constantly shot at him, making him linger between life and death and may be shot at any time.
Obviously the killer had rich experience. They kept following him like a deep-rooted ulcer attached to the bones, and he was unable to get rid of them.
Puff! Puff!
Ding Ning breathed heavily with the sounds seemingly made by bellows. There was burning pain in his lungs, and his throat was extremely dry.
Everything in front of him gradually went black. Covered with sweat all over and strongly feeling weak, he staggered at a much slower speed.
The three killers, like experienced hunters chasing down the prey, kept following him unhurriedly, keeping a certain distance from him while leaving him no chance to get out of their sight.
They were about to outflank him from different directions like cats making fun of a rat.
Dead end, hopeless situation, these two idioms which obviously didn’t have positive meanings appeared in Ding Ning’s mind.
Was he really caught in a hopeless situation?
Ding Ning had a strong sense of despair. He was so tired that he even didn’t want to move a finger and just wanted to fall asleep.
He couldn’t help but feel regretful. He should have carry a biological simulation skin with him. In this way, he could hide in any place, and these killers wouldn’t be able to find him.
One prospered in worries and hardships and perished in ease and comfort!
Five years of settled and plain college life had worn away the wildness in his bones and made him lose the vigilance. He would rather solve problems with intelligence than with force.
He had slacked off on practicing martial arts, and even his fighting spirit had been gradually dampened. He who had dominated Luochuan Mountains and threatened the wolves there had even lost the last courage?
Ding Ning kept introspecting himself, feeling strongly reluctant. He decided that he would never give up until the last moment.
Great Master often said that one should stay calm in front of every major event.
The more dangerous the situation he was in, the less panic he should be. Only by maintaining absolute calm could he find a slim chance of survival in desperation.
Ding Ning stopped his footsteps, and became calm. He breathed heavily, while restoring his strength and preparing for the final counterattack.
He had never been that kind of people who awaited their doom. Such was his vicious nature to put up a desperate fight. In this short time, he had already figured out his own advantages.
The first arrow was shot at Xiao Nuo. However, when he fled, despite of many opportunities to shoot him, the three killers had never aimed at him. It seemed that they didn’t intend to kill him, which meant he must be useful to them, so they wanted to catch him alive instead of killing him.
As long as they didn’t directly kill him, there was still a slim chance of survival for him.
After making
"Who are you? I don’t think I’ve offended you. Why do you want to kill me?"
The three black-clad men wore black iron masks and pointed at him vigilantly with arrows, but not moving forward.
The black-clad man in the middle said in rigid Chinese, "Where is the thing in Monkey’s hand?"
"I don’t know there is something in Monkey’s hand. I am just a doctor. You let me go, and I can ask Monkey for you."
Ding Ning said calmly, while showing appropriate fear on his face.
It occurred to Ding Ning that Monkey was briefly awake for a while after taking the antidote, but he fainted after just saying something inexplicable to Ding Ning.
He mentioned the name of a woman – Zheng Shufang.
He thought it was the name of the woman that Monkey liked, but now it seemed that the name he mentioned was not that simple. Things seemed to be getting increasingly complicated.
"You are the only person to whom Monkey has talked when he was awake. Tell us, what did he tell you?"
The black-clad man asked in a sullen tone with rage.
Ding Ning was stunned. Had Monkey been dead? This was impossible. These people should not dare to go to the military region to kill someone.
Besides, how did they know that Monkey had talked to him when he was awake? The only ones who knew this were Xiao Nuo, Han Xi and him. Could it be possible that either of Han Xi and Xiao Nuo actually worked for them?
No, it was impossible. It was absolutely not Xiao Nuo, but Han Xi didn’t look like that kind of person neither.
"When did Monkey talk to me when he was awake? Who did you hear the nonsense from? It’s slander. I must be slandered by someone. I am just an ordinary doctor. Who intends to frame me?"
Ding Ning said indignantly, while secretly observing the response of the three black-clad men.
Unfortunately the three black-clad men wore masks, so he could not see any change in their expressions.
You have nothing to do with who said that. Since you don’t admit it, it means that your life has no value. Go to hell."
With murderous intent on the black-clad man’s face, he raised his arrow and pointed it at Ding Ning, about to shoot.
Ding Ning looked flustered, and raised his arms to cover his face in horror. The black-clad man on the right suddenly reached out to stop the black-clad man in the middle, and said in a hoarse voice.
"Wait! We should deal with him after captain comes over."
The black-clad man in the middle withdrew his arrow, stared at Ding Ning and said with a sneer, "I urge you to be honest now. Otherwise, when captain comes, you will be tortured by him slowly."
Ding Ning shuddered and said with a bitter face, "I really don’t know anything. What do you want me to say? I am just an ordinary doctor, what can I know?"
At the same time, he was secretly sneering. As he expected, he bet that this black-clad man just wanted to scare him and would never kill him. It seemed that the thing in Monkey’s hand were really important to them.
However, the three black-clad men were stupendous, and the captain they mentioned must be more powerful than them. If their captain came, it would be more difficult for him to escape.
"If you are so stubborn, then wait for captain to come and interrogate you. Captain’s means, hehe… I’m scared at the thought of it. I hope you will not regret it by then."
The black-clad man on the left who had kept silent suddenly spoke with threatening laughter.
What surprised Ding Ning was that the black-clad man on the left turned out to be a woman.
He found that the three black-clad men were not tall after looking closely at them, and then thought of their rigid Chinese. It made Ding Ning suddenly burst into anger. The three people turned out to be Japanese.
Japan was originally a country established by some ancient Chinese people who had drifted there and educated barbarians, but Japanese people considered themselves the descendants of Amaterasu.
After becoming a developed country, they forgot their own roots and invaded China decades ago. On the land of China, they had committed all sorts of crimes including rape and plunder, cruelly killed more than 30 million Chinese people. Their monstrous crimes were too numerous to record.
It was a shameful history that China could never erase. Any compassionate Chinese people were full of hatred against this tiny island nation, and Ding Ning was no exception.
Although he was not a narrow nationalist, he instinctively hated Japanese people who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
In particular, he had seen the photos of those Chinese compatriots who had been murdered. The miserable scenes were intolerable to a doctor, who was determined to save lives, like him.
He intended to continue bearing patiently and restoring his physical strength, but after seeing through their identities, he could no longer bear it.
"Go to hell!"
As quiet as an unmarried girl, and as agile as a running rabbit. It could the most appropriate idiom to describe Ding Ning’s move at this moment. He suddenly got up, and the silver needles held in his hands were shot at the three people like a storm in the cover of darkness.
The only thing that made Ding Ning slightly regretful was that the three people had removed the night vision devices after surrounding him. Otherwise, these silver needles were more difficult to find under the night vision devices.
Although Ding Ning’s sudden attack made the three killers unprepared, they reacted at a horrifying speed.
They suddenly stamped on the ground and leaned back like a lightning bolt, keeping waving the bows in front of themselves to form a matte curtain to vibrate the silver needles away.
They expected that Ding Ning would inevitably launch a Thunder strike, so they turned a somersault after dodging the silver needles, and had pulled out the matte daggers from their waists and got ready for the following attack.
However, when they concentrated, Ding Ning didn’t launch a counterattack. Instead, he vanished in their sight along with their thermal night vision devices.
The head of the black-clad men shouted, "Chase him!"
The dragon dived into an abyss. The fish swam into the sea. Without the thermal imaging night vision devices, how could they find Ding Ning who deliberately sought all means to hide his traces?
The three people searched in three different directions and soon disappeared into the darkness. It fell silent once again on the spot, and only the chirping of the insects and the rustling of the wind blowing the leaves echoed in the darkness.
Ten minutes later, three ghostly figures suddenly appeared, and surrounded here. A black-clad man suddenly yelled, "You can’t escape."
As he said that, three black-clad people suddenly launched an attack. Numerous boomerangs fluttered in the forest, smashing everything that could be seen.
"Nothing? Did he really escape?"
The black-clad woman said in shock.
"Impossible. He has been wounded before. He can never go far. He must be here."
The black-clad man with a hoarse voice said with absolute certainty.
The head of the black-clad men looked around with his eagle-eyed eyes and said with a cold snort, "We can surrounded here and wait for captain to come. With a thermal night vision device, he won’t be able to hide himself."
"Yeah!"
The two black-clad people answered in unison. The three people dispersed again and began to search around carefully.
At this moment, some slight sounds of something rubbing the grass came from the east side, and quickly rushed to the distance.
"He is there, chase him!"
The three black-clad people were overjoyed and chased eastwards.
In the grass, as the earth was suddenly broken, a shadow bounced out of the earth and quickly fled to the west.
Ding Ning ran while cursing them, "These Japanese devils are really so difficult to fool. I dug a hole to bury myself, and they keep chasing me down."