My Child Has Been Well Cared For...

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At high noon, the sun was exceptionally bright, and the small grove outside the town was lush and green, appearing incredibly beautiful. Yet, behind this beauty lurked a crisis. The man leading the group of six watched Loxi approaching from afar, his face filled with greed and... killing intent.

"Hmm, after sending the Beli back, taking out fifty thousand Beli should be enough, right? For purified water, I can just take a bucket to the villagers' homes in town. Thirty thousand Beli is enough to buy meat for a month of sailing. The remaining twenty thousand is definitely enough to buy some rice and flour... Oh, right, I should also buy a few outfits for Mr. Bai..." Loxi muttered to himself as he walked, planning out the expenses like a shrewd little housekeeper.

"Hmm?"

But when Loxi reached a point twenty meters away from the grove, his expression changed instantly. The step he had taken froze for a split second before he set his foot down nonchalantly. At the same time, he twitched his nose and immediately slowed his pace.

Loxi lowered his head, a flash of panic surging in his eyes as he whispered, "They must just be passing through, resting in the woods. Judging by the scent, there are six of them, and they carry a faint smell of blood; they don't look like good people." As he spoke, his footsteps came to a sudden halt, and a look of shock flickered across his face.

"No, their target is me. They are lying in ambush, three on each side of the path. What do I do—" While talking to himself, Loxi lifted and set down his feet again, acting as if he were completely unaware.

Loxi's face was suddenly filled with hesitation. If he entered the deep woods, he would definitely walk into their encirclement, but if he didn't pass through the woods, he couldn't reach the coastline behind them and return to the ship.

"What's wrong with that brat? He didn't discover us, did he?" The man known as Old Seven said with some confusion upon seeing Loxi pause.

"How could that be? He's more than twenty meters away from us. There's no way he can see us hiding here. It's not like it's an open plain."

"That's right, he must have seen something interesting and is just spacing out."

"No..." At this moment, the leader of the group changed his expression. Looking in Loxi's direction, he said, "He's backing up, not moving forward."

"How is that possible?" The other five changed their expressions, looking toward Loxi in disbelief, only to realize that although he was moving his legs, Loxi was actually getting further and further away from the grove.

The leader's expression turned cold. He pulled a pistol directly from his waist and hissed viciously, "Daring to play us for fools? Waste that little bastard for me." As he spoke, he lunged out, and the others followed him out of the grove, brandishing swords and blades.

"Those bastards—"

Once Loxi realized he had been discovered, he stopped pretending and turned to run.

Bang—

Just then, a gunshot rang out. The sprinting Loxi looked at the bullet hole near his feet, his face turning deathly pale, and his running pace faltered.

"Damn it, missed! Chase him!"

Seeing that he hadn't hit his target, the leader cursed in anger and began reloading his pistol.

Loxi's expression shifted instantly. His instinct was to surrender and hand over the money bag. However, memories of the past two days suddenly flashed through his mind. Finally, he gritted his teeth hard and turned to run toward the left.

Under no circumstances could he let these Beli fall into the hands of these bandits; that was the only thought in Loxi's mind at this moment...

The enemy had guns, so running in a straight line back to town along the path was impossible; he would be riddled with holes by the bandit's gun before he could make it back. Therefore, Loxi didn't run toward the town but veered into the woods on the side of the path.

"Damn it, what a slippery one."

The bandits were all enraged and turned to chase after Loxi.

Meanwhile, on the ship, Bai Ina was not training but looking toward the small grove on the island.

"Was that... a gunshot just now?"

A sharp look appeared in Bai Ina's eyes. His uninjured leg bent slightly, and then he pushed off with a violent force. His entire body shot out like an arrow. The moment his feet touched the ground, he bent his right leg again and charged into the small grove, moving with incredible speed.

"Don't you dare die—"

Bang—

In the grove, the moment the gunshot rang out, Loxi hurriedly ducked behind a giant tree.

"Hah... hah... hah... hah..."

Loxi leaned against the giant tree, gasping for air, his face as pale as paper. He couldn't help but feel a sense of despair; his stamina was already reaching its limit...

"Little bastard, come out! You can't run anymore!"

The leader and his men searched everywhere. The leader sneered, "Come out voluntarily and hand over the bounty you just exchanged, and I might consider letting you go."

Upon hearing their leader's words, the faces of the others showed a hint of mockery.

Let that brat go? What a joke; that was just talk. They knew this little bastard had seen their faces...

Loxi, however, was unaware of this and struggled with his decision.

Should he hand it over... or not?

Two thoughts alternated in his mind. Finally, he gritted his teeth hard, I'll hand it over. At worst, I'll just have Mr. Bai take it back later. He had immense confidence in Bai Ina. Just as he prepared to show his head and give the bounty to the bandits, his expression changed instantly.

"You little brat, let's see where you run to this time."

One of the bandits had managed to sneak behind Loxi while he was distracted by his thoughts. By the time Loxi realized it and caught the scent of the bandit, it was already too late. As Loxi turned, the large man behind him kicked him directly in the stomach. Loxi's small body flew backward for a meter and collapsed onto the ground.

"Hahaha, you little bastard, keep running if you can!"

The leader walked up with his men, sneering as he looked at Loxi, who was writhing on the ground while clutching his stomach, and then raised his gun to fire.

"Bang!"

"Aaaaaahhh--"

The bullet instantly pierced through Loxi's thigh. The intense agony turned his face deathly pale, and tears of pain streamed down his cheeks.

"You little bastard, why aren't you running anymore? Keep running, you piece of shit!"

The leader looked at Loxi with a mocking expression, laughing with extreme brutality.

"Holy crap, this is a big fish! Boss, it's a full five hundred thousand Beli!" On the other side, the burly man who had kicked Loxi away picked up the bag of Beli, checked it, and shouted in pleasant surprise.

"Five hundred thousand?"

The leader choked upon hearing this, a flash of apprehension crossing his face. "Pirates with a five hundred thousand Bounty are all very powerful, and their subordinates are all cutthroats. We can't afford to provoke the bounty hunter who killed such a pirate. Once we kill this brat, we need to leave this island immediately."

"Understood!"

The others nodded in response.

"No... you promised you wouldn't kill me!"

Loxi's expression changed instantly upon hearing this, and he shouted in terror.

"Not kill you?" The leader sneered. "You idiot, since you've seen our faces, do you really think we'd let you leave? Find a better job in your next life..." As he spoke, he aimed his pistol at Loxi's head and slowly squeezed the trigger.

Seeing this, Loxi despairingly closed his eyes.

However, the gunshot and the instantaneous pain he expected did not come, even after a long wait.

"Hm?"

Loxi quietly opened his eyes a crack, then widened them in shock, looking with joy at the small figure standing before him.

"Mr. Bai!!!"

The person who had arrived was none other than Bai Ina, who had rushed over following the sound of the gunshot. At this moment, Bai Ina's face was incomparably cold, and the long sword in his hand had been unsheathed at some point. The bandit leader opposite Bai Ina stood as if stunned, completely motionless.

The other five men were confused by the sight, but it didn't last long.

Click--

The gun in the bandit leader's hand split apart right down the middle. Like a chain reaction, a line of blood appeared down the center of the bandit leader's body, and in the next second, he split into two halves.

Blood pooled into a large puddle in an instant, and some fresh internal organs were still wriggling in the gore. The heart had not yet stopped beating, and the thump-thump sound of its rhythm could be clearly heard.

"Hiss--"

Seeing this scene, the remaining five men gasped in unison, their expressions filled with extreme terror.

Bai Ina slowly straightened his body, his right leg stepping down firmly.

Thud.

Accompanied by a muffled sound, blood sprayed upward. Bai Ina's face was filled with murderous intent, his voice sounding as if it had emerged from the depths of hell.

"Thank you for taking such good care of my child--"