In the Midst of Ruin, I Found a Kiana
Chapter 5

Chrysanthemums Fall, Scattering Wounds Across the Ground

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"Haha, that's a long story... What's that?"

Lin Nai noticed something.

Blythe was holding a Gatling gun and shouting, "Kid! Times have changed!!!"

"Chinese profanity! Was that really necessary? You even brought out a Gatling gun?!"

Where the hell did you even get that thing?! Was it really reasonable for such a heavy weapon to appear in such an ordinary little town?!

"This place sure had simple, honest folk..."

"Was this really the time to complain about that?"

Chapter 5: Crushed Chrysanthemum, Wounds All Over the Ground

"Alright, alright, I give up. Let's go."

Lin Nai raised both hands in what looked suspiciously like some kind of military salute, indicating his surrender.

There was no other choice.

If that Gatling gun opened fire, he could dodge it, but Kiana and that little girl absolutely could not.

It looked like he could only think of something later.

"Lin Nai?!"

Kiana seemed to realize something and tried to step in front of Lin Nai.

But Lin Nai grabbed her.

"What are you doing?"

"What am I doing... Of course I'm saving you!" Kiana said as if it were only natural.

Lin Nai pointed at the Gatling gun. "Do you know what that thing is?"

"No."

"..."

Well, no wonder.

In Kiana's eyes, guns were probably about the same as Heavenly Fire Self-Sacrifice.

And much weaker than that.

So she was not afraid at all.

But she might be fine after taking one shot, while the other side had machine guns. No matter how he looked at it, something would go wrong.

The current Kiana was still too weak.

So was Lin Nai.

He did not even have a shield.

He himself would be fine, but Kiana and the little girl who had gotten caught up in this were different.

"Kiana, listen to me. Their target is only me, not you or this child."

"But..."

"Listen to me. Take this child to find her parents first, then go back to the hotel and get some sleep, okay?"

"I..."

Kiana wanted to refuse.

The time had been short, but Lin Nai had been very kind to her. He was also her friend.

One look was enough to tell that this group was no good.

Kiana might not understand much yet.

But it was obvious.

"Be good."

Lin Nai patted Kiana on the shoulder, walked toward the group, and held out his hands with a blank expression.

He let them tie up his hands.

Kiana clenched her fists, wanting to rush over and punch their leader.

But she could not.

She had no strength.

Lin Nai was not weak. In only a few days, Kiana had already realized that the boy was far from ordinary.

The invincible brute strength of the Kaslana family was completely useless against Lin Nai.

So when Lin Nai looked so serious, Kiana knew that right now... at least right now, there was nothing she could do...

She could only watch as Lin Nai was taken away. Kiana gritted her teeth and stared hard at the license plate.

Then she looked at the little girl behind her, and Kiana fell silent.

She should listen to Lin Nai and find this little girl's parents first...

She cast one deep look at the departing vehicle.

Kiana clenched her tiny fists. She would find Lin Nai and rescue him!

After a long while.

Lin Nai was taken to an empty little room and tied to a chair.

Lin Nai twisted slightly.

This tying method would not do.

Lin Nai: What, you have a better way?

Random Skill: Fancy Rope Art

Lin Nai: Nice.

"Oh, it's you two." Lin Nai could not help but grin when he saw the two men guarding him.

Weren't these the two with crushed chrysanthemums?

The two men wore long faces and glared at Lin Nai.

That spot still hurt for both of them. If their boss had not given strict orders, they would have already made a move to kill this little brat.

Lin Nai looked the two up and down. Honestly, if their genders had been different, he would have called them trash fish.

Two trash fish!

"Hey, have a seat."

Lin Nai said mockingly.

The two of them were bent over now, unable to sit or stand properly.

Whether they sat or stood, it would pull at that spot, so they could only endure it.

The two men glared furiously at Lin Nai.

If looks could kill, Lin Nai might have already been sliced into a thousand pieces.

Lin Nai did not care about such stares at all.

Since they wanted to make a move against him, they had better think carefully about the consequences.

Everything came with a price.

"Come to think of it, it should be about time, right?"

Lin Nai glanced at the time displayed by the system. He had already been here for several minutes.

There should not be any extra people outside anymore.

"By the way, is this place soundproof?" Lin Nai strained against the rope. This thing could not restrain him at all.

"Soundproof? Yeah, this place is very soundproof!"

One of them suddenly understood.

The other shook his head. "No. The boss said he can't see even the slightest injury on him."

"Then we just do it somewhere he can't see, right?"

"Hiss... That makes sense!"

Thus, the two men whom Lin Nai had hurt revealed malicious expressions.

Lin Nai raised an eyebrow.

Seriously? You only thought of that now?

As villains, they were truly unqualified.

As the two men approached him, Lin Nai suddenly exerted force and snapped the ropes apart.

Then he grabbed the chair and smashed it into one man's head.

The other was kicked flying by Lin Nai!

The whole sequence flowed in one smooth motion!

Both men staggered backward, one clutching his head and the other his stomach.

"How?! We clearly tied him tightly enough!!"

"Who knows."

Lin Nai looked at the chair, which was practically falling apart, then casually tossed it onto the floor.

The chair immediately scattered into a pile of pieces.

Lin Nai looked at the two men before him, one hand clenched into a fist at his waist and the other stretched forward with an open palm.

"Are you ready?"

"You brat!!"

"Woo~~ Take this!"

Lin Nai smashed his fist into the man's nose. Blood immediately gushed from it, and the man fell to the floor.

Lin Nai: One-shot. What was there to say?

He glanced at the man who had been struck by the chair earlier and had only just recovered from his daze.

With absolutely no sense of fair play, Lin Nai kicked him, knocking him straight to the floor.

He could not even get back up.

What a joke. At a time like this, was Lin Nai supposed to talk about fair play and wait for him to slowly recover?

Did they think this was a training room?

Lin Nai somehow pulled out a rope, then looked at the two groaning men on the floor.

A smile appeared on his face.

Hehehe.

Not long after.

The two men were hanging from the ceiling, with two traffic cones beneath them.

"Don't move around. If you accidentally fall..."

"Demon! You're a demon!!!"

"Thanks for the compliment."

"Crushed chrysanthemum, wounds all over the ground~"

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