The Infinite Journey of Prototype
Chapter 34

Despicable Outsider!

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"Anna! My Anna!" Upon seeing Anna appear behind the glass door, the woman nearly burst into tears, quickly pushing aside those blocking her way as she hurried to open the door for the two of them.

The others did not stop a mother's desire to see her child, moving aside and even helping the woman open the supermarket door to let Li Wei and Anna enter.

"Dad, look, it's that Asian man. His eyes... huh? They were clearly red before!"

Little Billy, cowering in his father's arms, recognized the Asian man who had suddenly appeared a while ago the moment he saw Li Wei walk in. He wanted to tell his father that he had truly seen the man's eyes turn red, but he was astonished to find that Li Wei's eyes were black now!

David pressed down Billy's hand, which was pointing at Li Wei, signaling with his eyes for him to be quiet.

But in the quiet supermarket, little Billy's voice was still too prominent to be hidden.

Many people were already drawn to the Asian man, and after hearing what little Billy said... wasn't this the Asian pedophile who had suddenly popped up yesterday!

"Damn it! Stay away from the kids, you pervert!" Brent, a black lawyer, felt a surge of righteous indignation and stepped forward, ready to drag Li Wei away from the little angel Anna.

In a town this small, police cars had driven back and forth five or six times yesterday. Nothing like this had ever happened in town before, so word had spread like wildfire.

Almost everyone knew that an Asian pedophile had appeared in town, and those with children at home were even more vigilant.

Even the woman who had wanted to thank Li Wei for bringing Anna to the supermarket couldn't help but pull Anna away from him.

"Hey, hey, hey! Take it easy, man. I didn't do anything. Don't start a fight, or you'll have to deal with the consequences!" Li Wei held up his hands toward the agitated black lawyer Brent; if a fight actually broke out, it wouldn't be easy to clean up afterward.

Besides, which bastard started the rumor that he was a pedophile!

His gaze wandered for a few moments before locking onto Billy and David. So, it was you two losers, right!

"Go away, bad man! You aren't allowed to bully Mr. Devil! Little Bear, go bite him!" Seeing someone trying to bully Mr. Devil, Anna immediately broke free from her mother's grip and shoved the little black bear toward Brent.

The little black bear stumbled twice, looked up at the tall, sturdy black man, and felt that it would need another year or two to win, so it trotted back to Li Wei's feet.

The woman was shocked at the sight, grabbed Anna again, and scolded her as she made a fierce but cute face: "How can you use such bad language!"

"Devil?" Mrs. Carmody, a self-proclaimed prophet, caught the key word in Anna's outburst. She stepped forward, clutched her Bible to her chest, looked Li Wei up and down, and muttered mysteriously: "Perhaps he should be called a messenger of death. The Lord will descend upon the world, and everyone will die!"

Why is there a lunatic here too?

Li Wei glanced at the rambling Mrs. Carmody, then saw that Brent was standing still and not coming forward again, so he pointed in a certain direction.

Everyone subconsciously followed his finger and looked at David.

"Sir, you were the one who called the police, right! Can you explain why I was labeled a pedophile!" Li Wei stared at David, asking with an unfriendly gaze.

Suddenly under everyone's scrutiny, David swallowed hard, feeling a strange sense of tension, though little Billy remained as calm as ever.

"Uh, you... then can you tell me why you appeared in my backyard and crushed Billy's toy car!"

He thought about it; he really didn't have any evidence that Li Wei was a pedophile, and Billy hadn't said that Li Wei had touched him inappropriately.

So, finding it hard to answer, he countered with a question.

Everyone turned their gaze back to Li Wei, waiting for an answer.

"I was just passing by, it was an accidental mishap. With such a large forest, I didn't know it was your property." Li Wei spoke with conviction, criticizing David: "Besides, I'm an outsider. From the moment I entered this town, I felt your deep rejection. I'm an Asian man, and your damn federal laws grant you the right to shoot intruders. I didn't know if you would pull a gun and kill me just because I stepped on a toy! Walking in your country, I don't feel safe at all~!"

The crowd's eyes turned back to David, waiting for him to say something to strike back!

This outsider was actually mocking their laws and community safety. As uncultured people, they admitted it was a fact and couldn't refute it, but David, as an educated man, should have the ability to turn black into white, right!

Go for it!

David, we support you!

Let this outsider feel our wisdom!

Gulp!

David swallowed hard. Seeing that even Billy was looking at him, he knew he couldn't back down now!

"You could have at that time..."

"Alright, don't say any more!" Li Wei suddenly interrupted David's speech loudly, threw his hands out, pointed at himself, and admitted: "I know, I did some things wrong, but you have to forgive a traveler frightened by a crude system, don't you! I think this gentleman should be able to understand me!"

Brent nodded in agreement, signaling his understanding and full approval.

"I won't hold a grudge about being chased by the police for so long; I just hope you explain it clearly to the police later. Sigh~ as expected, as expected indeed~!"

Fu...ck!

Although David felt there was nothing wrong with what was said, he suddenly had the urge to beat the guy up!

Why was the anger in his heart so stifling!

Li Wei had already taken the initiative to admit his mistake. If David didn't apologize, he would seem too petty, especially with Billy watching him!

After taking several deep breaths, David suppressed his frustration and apologized, "I was wrong too, sorry..."

This apology made the people around them feel a bit choked up. They wanted to lash out at Li Wei, but since the other party had already admitted his mistake, bringing up old matters again seemed to make them lose face.

There was just a ball of anger in their hearts that they couldn't get out!

Li Wei was grinning so hard his mouth was crooked, his expression quite comical. Seeing the frustrated looks on David and some of the others, the unpleasantness of being slandered dissipated a little.

After David's apology, the surroundings fell into an eerie silence because their minds had briefly crashed; they felt like they had forgotten something?

The sound of the glass door opening rang out abruptly. A man wearing a baseball cap walked out of the supermarket and said to the crowd: "Alright, I've seen enough of this farce. I'm going home. There are no monsters outside. See? This gentleman is perfectly fine. It's just ordinary water mist, right~!"

The man's actions were swift and decisive, as if his courage would vanish if he were any slower. After waving his hands at the crowd a few times, he walked out of the supermarket.

Li Wei raised his hand, intending to stop the hotheaded young man, but before he could get more than a "don't" out, the man in the baseball cap had already stepped beyond the three-meter radius of the slime-scented mist. Suddenly, the shadow of a four- or five-meter-tall monster emerged from the white fog, stooping down to reach out with a massive, arthropod-like arm that snatched the man away into the haze.

Immediately, a scream that even the glass doors couldn't muffle pierced everyone's ears, once again scaring the group who had thought they were safe until their hearts trembled, causing them to shout "shit" and "fuck" as they scrambled away from the glass exterior wall.

By the time the screams faded into the distance, the group, cowering in fear, slowly began to calm down, only to immediately erupt into angry curses and desperate wails.

Mrs. Carmody began preaching her Old Testament theories once again, continuously sowing seeds of terror.

Yet, there were also clever individuals who turned their gaze toward Li Wei, the only one who had passed through the white mist.

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