The Real and Fake Pocket Watches
The beautiful woman spoke with difficulty, her voice trembling.
"Hmm, something seems a bit strange."
Murong Qing scrutinized the other person's face, a sense of unease creeping over her. After a moment's thought, she reached out and gently touched the other person's face, then pinched the skin and pulled it off, revealing a human skin mask.
Beneath the mask was an ordinary face, even somewhat rustic, with a slight bluish tinge due to the cold air entering the body.
"No wonder your expression was so stiff, it didn't match the movement of your muscles. I've only ever seen human skin masks in books, I never thought they actually existed in real life."
Murong Qing looked at the human skin mask in her hand, half in realization and half in curiosity.
"Give me back... this mask... it's very expensive."
The woman reached for the mask, but her hand fell limply halfway down.
Murong Qing had no intention of taking other people's property. After satisfying her curiosity, she was about to return it to its rightful owner when Si Ming, "Give it back to them, so they can continue to pretend and deceive people?"
Murong Qing thought for a moment, took the human skin mask back, and nodded, saying, "You're right. I can't give this back to you, otherwise I'd be harming you. Come back to me when you've turned over a new leaf and decided to stop being a thief."
The woman was so angry she felt like she was going to vomit blood. She glared at Si Ming with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire. Why did this kid always do things the wrong way?
How can you take something that belongs to someone else without any shame?
Si Ming glanced at it disdainfully. Defeating enemies and collecting money and items was a tradition of heroes, a righteous act.
Chapter 110 The Real and Fake Pocket Watch
Looking at the two who had lost their fighting ability, Murong Qing asked Si Ming, "What do we do next? The old man seems to have broken a bone; it wouldn't be good to just leave him like this."
Si Ming thought for a moment and said, "Contact the train police. Send them off at the next stop. These two are definitely repeat offenders; they probably have a lot of cases on their hands. A quick check of their records should be enough to convict them."
The woman had already used her internal energy to dispel the chill. She scoffed and said sarcastically, "Young people are so naive, acting without considering the consequences. You think it's so easy to be a hero? You hurt someone and think you can just walk away? There's no such thing as a free lunch. Even if we're thieves, we still have human rights. This isn't over until we extort hundreds of thousands from you for medical expenses!"
Murong Qing frowned and said, "This is too unreasonable! Have you no shame?"
"If we had any shame, who would steal?" the woman retorted confidently.
Then, in the tone of an elder reprimanding a younger person, she said, "I'm not talking to you about principles, I'm talking about the law! Legally speaking, we neither stole your property nor threatened your lives, so there's no question of self-defense. You attacked us first, committing intentional assault. Little girl, let me tell you something: acting as a chivalrous hero at will only exist in fairy tales. In reality, acting as a chivalrous hero comes at a cost!"
Murong Qing was stunned for a moment, because she realized that this was indeed the case. Although she had issued a challenge, it did not prove that the other party was necessarily a thief, especially since the other party had not even made a move.
Seeing this, the woman revealed a smug smile. The feeling of teaching a good person not to do good deeds was incredibly satisfying.
However, when she turned to look at another boy, she found that he didn't seem bothered at all; on the contrary, he looked very much in agreement.
"You're right. To avoid you trying to extort money from me, I'll just throw you out the car window. Rats like you probably won't care even if you die. Besides, you might not even die from being thrown out; you might just break a leg. By the time you're rescued, we'll be long gone. Then you won't be able to find us to extort medical expenses."
Si Ming slapped his fist into his palm, giving off a "I'm so damn smart" look.
The woman's face turned pale instantly. She couldn't tell if the other person really thought that way or was just trying to scare her, since this guy always did unexpected things.
She was young and impetuous, and acted without considering the consequences—that's what she just said.
"Fine, a bet's a bet, we admit defeat. We'll turn ourselves in to the police at the next stop, and there won't be any medical expenses. You... you stay away! If you come any closer, I'll call the police!"
"As a thief, you should hide obediently in a stinking ditch like a rat. Why bother with all this polite talk and then resorting to force? Do you really think you're some big shot?"
Just as Si Ming was about to punch the other person unconscious, the carriage door was suddenly pulled open, and a very young female attendant walked in.
"Someone reported that there's a fight going on in your carriage. Please restrain yourselves, or we'll..."
The woman cried out in a panic, "Attendant, call the train police quickly! I'm a thief, I want to turn myself in!"
The young female flight attendant was taken aback, probably because she had never seen such an aggressive thief before. She turned her questioning gaze to Si Ming and Murong Qing.
"That's right, those two are indeed thieves..."
Murong Qing explained the whole story to the other party in concise language.
The young flight attendant nodded and said, "I understand. In any case, let's arrest these two first. Although they are thieves, since they have lost the ability to commit crimes, we are not allowed to use vigilante justice in principle."
Si Ming was only annoyed by the woman's lecturing attitude and was just trying to scare her; he didn't really intend to throw them off the train. So he handed the two of them over to the female flight attendant to take them away.
Back in the carriage, Murong Qing patted his chest, still savoring the moment, and said, "I didn't expect someone to come to my rescue so quickly. These thieves are really audacious. It seems they really consider the train their territory. I wonder if catching these two will have a deterrent effect?"
Si Ming, "Those who feel weaker than these two certainly won't dare to humiliate themselves again. Those who feel stronger might want to get revenge, since we've already embarrassed them, which is equivalent to officially declaring war on the thieves on this train. Before, they could say they didn't care about dealing with a young girl like you, but now they have no excuse."
"I really don't understand. If they have such skills, why don't they work hard and make money instead of taking Evil Dao?"
"Perhaps it's because they earn more that way, perhaps it's for the thrill, or perhaps they've gotten too deeply involved and can't turn back. Everyone has their own way of life."
"But a mistake is a mistake, and you can't try to distort the truth!"
Murong Qing in a serious tone, saying things that many adults would consider very naive.
Si Ming didn't spout any self-righteous grand principles. In his opinion, there was nothing wrong with Murong Qing's ideas. Even if she was prone to setbacks in society, that was something that would happen when she grew up, and there was no need to force her to grow up too fast.
Moreover, in this world of extraordinary power, those with unwavering will go further and climb higher than those who always compromise with reality.
"Knock knock knock."
There was another knock on the door. Murong Qing opened it cautiously and found it was the same female flight attendant from before.
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
"Here's the thing, we just searched the two thieves who confessed, and we found a pocket watch on one of them. So we wanted to ask if it's the one you lost?"
The female flight attendant raised her right hand, holding a pocket watch that looked very similar to the Dragon Diagram Time Wheel Meter.