"You had this thing," Little Doctor Fairy said, glancing sideways at Li Chen. "Why were we walking before?"
"You never asked, so I thought you liked hiking."
Little Doctor Fairy stared at him for several breaths.
"You obviously did it on purpose."
Li Chen smiled without denying it.
Little Doctor Fairy glared at him, then leaned back against her seat without another word.
Just then, a figure in black robes suddenly appeared ahead.
"Heh heh heh-"
The moment he heard the first two notes of that signature laugh, Li Chen floored the accelerator, coated the Off-Road Vehicle in Armament Haki, and rammed straight into the neither-human-nor-ghost protector from the Hall of Souls.
The Black-Robed Man was halfway through his laugh. Before he could even change his expression, the vehicle was already upon him.
He instinctively raised a hand to block it, a layer of black mist surging from his palm, but the mist shattered the instant it touched the Armament Haki.
The front of the vehicle slammed into his chest with a muffled bang.
The Black-Robed Man went flying and crashed into a huge boulder beside the road, shattering it.
Most of his black robe had been torn apart, exposing his withered frame beneath. He twitched twice, then could no longer move.
She patted Li Chen's arm.
"You hit someone! Stop the car!"
"Leave him. Someone will clean up later. He won't survive."
"What do you mean, leave him? You hit someone, and you won't even get out to check?"
"No need. He's just some scum from the Hall of Souls, and his laugh was unbearable. He couldn't even get out of the way when he saw a car coming. He deserved to get hit. I haven't even made him pay for the paint damage yet."
Li Chen spoke casually.