Fatal Counterattack - Chapter 1: Fight
A small street beside Piedmont Avenue. West of Second Ring Road1The 2nd Ring Road (二环路, èr huán lù) is a ring road highway that encircles a city Ten o’clock in the night. SJZ City, China.
“Zichen…which side do you think… will win?” A pair of big eyes appeared in between the branches of a holly2A widely distributed shrub, typically having prickly dark green leaves, small white flowers, and red berries. This pair of eyes was moving around anxiously as if it was afraid to miss even a second of the scene happening before it.
“Ju, what are you nervous about? Isn’t it just a fight? What’s so fun about it?” Another voice came from a person casually sitting on the floor beside the holly. In the dark, his long and slanted eyes weren’t very big, but they looked incredibly sharp.
“Nonsense. I’ve lived for twenty years and ever since I got onto the streets as a kid, this is the first time I’ve seen such a big fight.” Ju looked away from the scene in front of him and looked towards his brother3Non-biological who was in his usual calm and casual attitude. But after only a quick glance, he looked through the holly again.
“Why do you sound so proud…?” Zicheng tilted his head and casually grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground. It was a bit damp and soft.
“Whatever. Hurry up, which side do you think can win? Do you not want your next meal? We have to get ready.” Ju tried his best to lower his voice.
“The left side. We can go out after they leave.” Zichen threw away the dirt in his hands and looked up while touched the bridge of his nose.
“Zhang Zichen! Look again at those pitiful tools the peasants on the left are holding. Do you expect them to give these professionals a critical hit or something? Let’s be serious over here, otherwise, if we don’t get anything out of this fight, I’ll make you go eat shit.”
Zhang Zichen grinned and looked at the funny position Ju was in: with his head shoved in between the branches of the holly.
“Don’t worry, when did you ever starve because of me?”
Ju wanted to say some more, but after seeing the sickening expression on Zichen’s face, he closed his mouth.
In front of the holly and under the pale moonlight, there were almost fifty people facing each other and divided into two groups. The group on the left were wearing ragged clothes and had pickaxes and rakes in hand. The group on the right were all wearing black suits and black leather shoes. Just standing there made them look scary. The long metal bars in their hands reflected the moonlight and one could almost hear the clanking sounds coming from them.
“So you guys really want to fight?” A person in the gang of people on the left shouted in a deep voice.
On the right side, none of the people in black suits replied, but the attitude they had by standing there gave the reply.
Suddenly, the fight broke out. The scene in front of Ju seemed to have just glitched. A second ago, everything was rather calm, and now, it was total chaos. In the dark night, a fight started.
Ju felt like his pair of eyes were not enough to see everything. He excitedly and nervously played with the holly beside his head. But after less than ten minutes, the fight had already started to settle down.
“Let’s go. Time to pick up our next meal.” The tired and hungry Zhang Zichen suddenly stood up, patted the dirt on his butt, and then patted Ju’s head.
”Zhang Zichen… I can’t fucking believe it… How come you guess it right every time…” Ju slowly pulled his head away from the holly and slowly looked at the smiling eyes of Zhang Zichen.
Zhang Zichen slowly rose his right hand, stretched out his index finger, and gently pointed toward his temple4The temple is a juncture where four skull bones fuse together: the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid. It is located on the side of the head behind the eye between the forehead and the ear.
“Guess? That’s what you do. I use what’s in here.”
A slim of moonlight reflected off his sharp eyes.
Edited by: Summit
- 1The 2nd Ring Road (二环路, èr huán lù) is a ring road highway that encircles a city
- 2A widely distributed shrub, typically having prickly dark green leaves, small white flowers, and red berries
- 3Non-biological
- 4The temple is a juncture where four skull bones fuse together: the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid. It is located on the side of the head behind the eye between the forehead and the ear