Now, several homeless men were gathered around it.
One of them scooped up the freezer case as though he had found a priceless treasure and took off.
But another homeless man shoved him hard.
He knocked him to the ground.
He wanted to snatch
the freezer case.
The first homeless man desperately shoved the freezer case beneath his body, guarding it with everything he had.
He let the others punch and kick him.
Bang! Bang, bang, bang-
Gunshots suddenly rang out.
Every homeless man froze.
They turned around in terror and saw Goro Takemura's furious face.
When Goro Takemura saw that they were still standing there, he slowly lowered the gun he had aimed at the sky and pointed it at them.
"Get lost!"
Only then did the homeless men scatter in panic.
Even the man who had initially risked his life to protect the freezer case no longer dared to take it with him.
Before long, all the homeless men had vanished.
Goro Takemura paid no attention to the fleeing men.
He put away his weapon.
He hurried forward, taking the steps two at a time.
He didn't care how filthy the garbage heap was.
His feet sank unevenly into the trash as he crossed it.
He lifted the freezer case out.
Then he noticed the bullet holes on its surface.
And the information on its display-chip integrity: zero percent.
Goro Takemura's heart kept sinking.
It seemed Su Xiao hadn't lied to him.
If the case was damaged and the chip's integrity dropped to zero, the data inside would be wiped as well.
Then there really was no reason for them to keep it.
Still clinging to one last shred of hope, Goro Takemura slowly opened the case.
Then...
That last shred of hope vanished too.
The cruel reality