Book 2: Chapter 14

Book 2: Chapter 14

"There are only a few special operations that can cure my throat," Chuchu signed to Black Glasses. "Its very expensive and I dont have the money to do it. My brother said that after finishing this project, Ill have the money to cure this disease, but I know hes lying to me."

Chuchu's sign language was so fast that Black Glasses was a little dazzled. He grabbed her hands, secretly wondering if she was doing the Northern Praying Mantis style of martial arts (1). "Expense is never a problem for my friend, he said. And he doesn't necessarily use modern methods."

"I dont believe it." Chuchu gave a wry smile and pointed to the ancient temple, You should deal with this matter first. Have you found my equipment?

"No. It's not inside. But the person who gave us the info was very sincere. He wasnt lying. He looked at the sorceress, "Please help me ask this sorceress where the stuff is."

Chuchu proceeded to ask, but the sorceress wouldnt look her in the eye. Black Glasses knew that the sorceress was lying, but he noticed that her eyes kept looking down.

He also looked down. The thing the sorceress wanted to hide turned out to be the foundation of this ancient temple.

There was something under the temple.

He looked at the vegetation around him. If there was a hollow space under the ground, the vegetation would grow differently from other places because of the limited root space and difference in temperature.

But the vegetation growing around the temple was completely different from what Black Glasses had been expecting. He thought that there would be more shrubs here, but there were towering trees around the temple that were actually bigger than the other places.

Whatever was underground seemed to provide a lot of nutrients to the plants in this area.

He suddenly smiled at the sorceress. She looked at him in horror, but he quickly squeezed her neck, caused her to faint, and then put her on his back. He turned to look at Chuchu and saw that she had a frightened expression on her face.

"Don't worry. If you compress the blood vessels and nerves for a short time, youll immediately faint. You won't die, Black Glasses said.

"What are you doing?" Chuchu immediately asked him.

"Are you scared of the fact that I can stun others in an instant? Do you think Im a bad person?"

"What do you mean?" Chuchu took a panicked step back and made a defensive move. But because she had to sign while defending, she just looked ridiculous.

Either someone moved the statue or it moved by itself, but neither possibility was good.

Chuchu wanted to sign and ask Black Glasses what was going on, but he grabbed her hands and indicated that she should look in a certain direction. When she did, she saw a face on the ground, sticking out from below the altar.

It was the face of the statue. It was moving very slowly, which was a technique the special forces used in the jungle. It took a lot of patience, but any sounds would be completely buried in the jungle noises.

Chuchu was so petrified that she kept clutching Black Glasses, but it only took him a quarter of a second to react. He immediately grabbed her and jumped out.

He saw the statue suddenly roll out from under the altar. It turned out to be a thin man with a shotgun in his hand. He fired at them directly.

Iron pellets hit the place where they had just been standing with a loud "bang!", immediately turning the pillar to sawdust.

Chuchu covered her ears as Black Glasses lifted her up and ran out of the ancient temple at breakneck speed.

The statue chased them out and fired another shot, but Black Glasses speed far exceeded the shooting speed of their opponent. Black Glasses instantly dragged Chuchu into the minefield and hid behind a tree.

"There are guards." Black Glasses found it a little funny. Of course. Since this temple is so important to the locals, its obvious that itll be guarded.

The statue fired two more shots at the jungle, and Black Glasses suddenly had an idea. He grabbed Chuchu and ran wildly around the minefield.

This is a minefield!!! Chuchu was having a mental breakdown.

Black Glasses directly rushed three or four steps away from the statue. When it raised its gun, Black Glasses used Chuchu as a weapon and threw her directly at it. As soon as the statue was knocked to the ground, Black Glasses stepped forward and bent the barrel of the shotgun.

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TN Notes:

(1) Its an aggressive style of martial arts that focuses on striking. It mimics the praying mantiss fighting style, which involves the use of whip-like/circular motions to deflect direct attacks, and then precise attacks to the opponent's vital spots as a follow up. Info here.