Dimensional Codex System I m really not a cultist

Chapter 120: Chapter 119 I’m Not Giving Points for This Trick
 

“This festival is really too much fun!”

Sitting in the car, Sonozaki Shion stretched languidly with great joy.

“It seems like a spur-of-the-moment decision to attend the Cotton Flow Festival was indeed the right choice… Hmm, should I also transfer to my sister’s school? It feels like it would be fun… Ah! Oh no!”

Just then, Shion suddenly remembered something and slapped her hand.

“I forgot the message my sister asked me to give to Mr. Fang Zheng… Oh… Maybe the teacher hasn’t gone far yet, Kasai, turn around!”

“Yes.”

Upon hearing Shion’s command, the driver in the suit nodded, then suddenly turned the steering wheel to head back the way they had come.

“Oh?”

When the car returned to the place they had just left, Shion could still see Fang Zheng’s figure in the distance, but soon, she noticed something was off.

At the moment, a van was slowly approaching him from behind.

Here they come?

Listening to the engine sound getting closer, Fang Zheng chuckled coldly, knowing all too well who the newcomers were. If Fang Zheng remembered correctly, these guys were Takano’s “Mountain Dog Unit,” ostensibly a research group serving Miyo Takano, and also a special forces tasked with protecting Rika. In fact, these people were just Takano’s dogs, who would later kidnap Rika and kill over two thousand people in Hinamizawa.

And now… they had set their sights on him?

They really had some nerve.

“Screech!”

Just then, the van suddenly stopped next to Fang Zheng. The doors opened and two men in work clothes leaped out, lunging at him from behind, trying to subdue him.

But at the moment they lunged, Fang Zheng swiftly dodged their attack. He frowned and stared at them with a serious expression.

“Who are you?! Why are you attacking me?”

Did they fail?

Seeing how easily the young man had dodged their attack, the Mountain Dogs were obviously taken aback. According to their intel, this young man was just a greenhorn who had recently returned from studying abroad. Although they didn’t know why the higher-ups had ordered his capture, to the members of the special forces, kidnapping an ordinary person was supposed to be a stress-free job.

But now… this was not what they had agreed on!

“Charge!”

Though surprised, as members of the Special Forces, the Mountain Dogs would not just give up. Instead, they glanced at each other and charged at him again.

Perfect timing.

Seeing these clueless fools rush at him, Fang Zheng felt secretly thrilled. He had been longing to deal with these cruel-hearted individuals, and now that they were throwing themselves at him, how could he not give them a thorough beating they’d never forget?

“Haah!”

Facing the two men charging at him, Fang Zheng turned his body and clenched his fist, striking one of the men heavily in the face and sending him flying. The other man paused in shock, but before he could react, Fang Zheng had already reached him and kicked him between the legs.

“Oh—ahhh—!”

Feeling unspeakable pain surge from below, the man’s expression twisted bizarrely as he doubled over. But at the same moment, Fang Zheng landed a right hook on the man’s jaw, temporarily relieving him from the pain as he fell into unconsciousness.

“How could this happen?!”

Watching this scene, the others in the van were also significantly shocked. They hadn’t expected that their simple kidnap attempt of an ordinary person would result in two of their men getting floored in an instant. The remaining members of the Mountain Dog Unit immediately became serious; they jumped down from the van and surrounded Fang Zheng from all sides. Their expressions were no longer relaxed, they even appeared grave. The two unfortunate comrades lying at Fang Zheng’s feet had proven that this young man was not to be trifumed with.

And he was… extremely cruel…

Seeing their comrade, who was neither laughing nor crying, with both hands tightly covering his crotch as he lay unconscious, the others felt a tightness in their legs… That was too ruthless! We mean no harm and have no quarrels, why do you have to go this far?

“Everyone, charge!!”

But as members of the Special Forces, the Mountain Dogs still had a shred of professional integrity. Even though the young man appeared strong, they were professionals!

Moreover, this is an order!

No matter how you put it, two fists can’t beat four hands. He alone certainly can’t stand against the six of us, right?

“All together now!”

Following that command, the others immediately rushed toward Fang Zheng.

To the Mountain Dog Unit, they believed their superior numbers, along with pistols and stun batons, would easily subdue a single, unarmed man. However, as soon as they engaged, they realized this was nothing like they had anticipated!

The young man in front of them wasn’t only strong; his reactions were surprisingly quick. No matter how they attacked, he slid through their gaps like an eel, evading with ease. Moreover, the members of the Mountain Dog Unit discovered that the young man’s strength was extraordinarily great!

They had intended to restrain him, but two people had just grabbed his shoulders when Fang Zheng forcefully leaned back, slamming into both. The next moment, these unfortunate ones felt a massive force hit them head-on, like being struck by a large truck, as they howled and flew backward, crashing heavily into the fields beside the road.

Immediately afterward, Fang Zheng stretched out both hands, clenched them into fists, and struck the two Mountain Dog Unit members in front of him, one left and one right. Poor things—they couldn’t even manage a bit of evasion before Fang Zheng’s fists met their chests, causing them to groan in agony and fall to the ground motionless.

“No, no good!!”

Seeing their companions swiftly knocked down by Fang Zheng, the remaining two didn’t dare charge forward to meet their deaths. They exchanged glances, then turned to escape by car, but just as they turned around, they felt a hand grasp their heads. Suddenly, the world spun and danced before their eyes and then… they completely passed out.

“That’s all.”

Fang Zheng dusted off his hands, looking down at the felled members of the Mountain Dog Unit with a snort. He likely guessed the reason for their arrival. According to the World of Cicada’s Song, during the Cotton Flow Festival, there must be one death and one disappearance. Originally, the one to die was supposed to be Tomitake Jiro, who posed as a photographer but was in fact a Supervisor, and the one missing was supposed to be Miyo Takano. But now, it seemed Takano intended to have him take Tomitake Jiro’s place…

Too bad she picked the wrong opponent.

“Mr. Fang Zheng…!”

Just then, a somewhat panicky voice came from a distance. Fang Zheng looked up to see Sonozaki Shion running anxiously toward him, with a man in a black suit following her.

“I’m so glad you’re okay! What on earth is going on? Who are these people?”

As she looked at the men lying unconscious on the ground, Sonozaki Shion’s face showed uncontrollable surprise and astonishment. Initially, she too had seen the van approaching Fang Zheng and felt something was off. But what happened next had utterly shocked the girl, as those who descended from the van attempted to attack Fang Zheng!

What is going on here?!

Originally, Shion had intended to have her bodyguard Kasai intervene, but she hadn’t expected Fang Zheng to move so quickly. By the time they arrived, he had already dealt with all of them.

“I really didn’t expect you to be so formidable, Mr. Fang Zheng!”

At this moment, Shion’s view of Fang Zheng changed. Although she had been informed by her bodyguard that this young man was dangerous and powerful, only by witnessing him in action did she realize that Fang Zheng was even more formidable than she had imagined. Each of these men was strong and, even for Kasai, dealing with so many of them at once with bare hands would have been difficult, yet Fang Zheng had handled them with ease?

However, a new question arose in her mind very soon.

“Who are these people?”

“I don’t know either,”

responded Fang Zheng, shrugging his shoulders to Shion’s inquiry.

“I was just walking along when these people came looking for trouble… by the looks of it, they seemed to be planning a kidnapping.”

As he said this, Fang Zheng’s expression carried a smile that was not quite a smile.

“… Speaking of which, today is the Cotton Flow Festival, isn’t it? Maybe these people were planning to have me suffer from Oyashiro-sama’s curse.”

“Eh?!”

Hearing this, Sonozaki Shion’s expression changed dramatically, and she stared intently at the people who had collapsed on the ground. After hesitating for a moment, she then looked at Fang Zheng and asked again.

“So, Mr. Fang Zheng, what do you plan to do?”

“It’s simple.”

As for his plan, Fang Zheng had already figured it out.

“Call the police.”