The Big Fish
Xu Huo walked up to the woman holding a child. "Give it to me."
The woman clutched the bundle in her arms tighter. "What are you trying to do?"
"The thing you just stole," Xu Huo said. "Hand it over, and we'll call it even."
"What if I don't?" The woman took a step back. Her nervous, timid act vanished as she raised her hand arrogantly.
Her accomplices, who had been mingling with the crowd, started walking over one after another.
Xu Huo glanced around, then calmly took out his Communicator. "Xiaoyang City seems to take tourism pretty seriously."
The woman was baffled. "So what?"
"We're in a peaceful world. We should all get along. Before we start fighting, I'll call the mayor's hotline. If things get rough, we might damage quite a few things. But don't worry, I'll explain exactly what happened. I'm sure the mayor won't hold it against me, an Outer District Player. After all, I'm just a bystander who saw criminals working together and stepped in out of a sense of justice."
Xu Huo held the Bright Red Sword in his hand, though his gaze was fixed on the building nearby.
Quite a few Players wearing equipment passed through the square, but the atmosphere here was so different that it had already caught the attention of the mall security staff. Xu Huo could fight and run, but the woman and her crew still had to make a living here.
The woman stopped her accomplices and, with obvious reluctance, handed over the stolen item. "It wasn't an Outer District Player you were helping. Why stick your nose into this?"
"Because it's the right thing to do." Xu Huo put away the unowned item and took public transportation to the black market the young people