A woman opened the window door and found Jiang Bai standing at the window, with a look of disgust on her face, and waved her hand to drive him away.
In people's eyes, crows are a symbol of bad luck and ominousness, with their dark bodies and chilling cries.
If there is a crow staying at home, it means bad luck is coming and everything will not go well.
Jiang Bai didn't care about the woman. He flapped his wings and left, flying over Weixi City to start looking for his target.
Soon, it found the person it was looking for.
"How dare you not pay the protection fee, old man?"
In a bakery, a strong man stood in front of an old man, his voice so fierce that he scared away all the customers in the store.
The old man's granddaughter sat on the ground and cried.
The old man is already 60, which is an age in this world where he is about to enter his coffin.
He said tremblingly: "Sir, it's not that I don't want to give, but you said that you want to collect enough for half a year at a time, so you have to give me some time to prepare."
The old man had nothing to do with the evil man in front of him. Even if he reported it to the officials, the officials would not pay attention to such a trivial matter.
On the contrary, he was the one who was in trouble. This was the Feiyun Gang, a large gang in charge of more than a dozen nearby streets. Killing his family would be as easy as squeezing an ant to death.
The strong man said with a "I don't care" attitude: "Think it over for yourself, I'm not the one coming tomorrow. The other brothers in the gang are not so easy to talk to."
After saying that, he strode away without waiting for the old man to answer.
The old man could only sigh helplessly and turned to comfort his crying granddaughter.
The strong man who walked out of the store was also helpless. His name was Duan Zhan, and he was a newcomer to the Feiyun Gang the year before.
In fact, he also knows that asking these small merchants to pay half a year's protection fees at once is tantamount to forcing them to death.
But there was nothing Duan Zhan could do. He was the one who carried out the execution, and just now he was just trying to scare the old man.
If he raised his hand and used his strength to push the old man, the other party would die.
Duan Zhan has always had a bad suspicion in his heart. Could it be that the leader of the gang has run away?
But so what? This is not what a small person like me should think about.
After he entered an alley, a crow blocked his way.
Duan Zhan frowned, he was so unlucky that he choked on the water he drank, couldn't receive the money, and now he met a crow.
Before he could make any extra moves, Jiang Bai said, "Take me to see your gang leader."
Duan Zhan was stunned. He thought he was hallucinating.
What did he hear? A crow talking?
But he soon realized that this was indeed true, and the crow in front of him could really talk!
In an instant, Duan Zhan was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and thought: "Damn it, why can I still encounter monsters?"
He quickly turned around and wanted to run, but his speed was a joke in front of Jiang Bai.
As soon as Duan Zhan turned around, he found that Jiang Bai had arrived in front of him at some point.
Jiang Bai said coldly: "My patience is limited, don't waste my time."
Duan Zhan was so frightened that he knelt down and kept kowtowing to Jiang Bai, completely losing the prestige he had when he bullied the old man just now.
He was still chanting: "Uncle Crow, don't eat me! I have an 80-year-old mother and a newborn child. If you eat me, our whole family will starve to death."
Jiang Bai was dumbfounded by this behavior. Is the image of this monster so bad in the eyes of this group of mortals?
And considering its current small size, how could it normally be able to eat people?
Duan Zhan kept kowtowing until his scalp was broken.
"Eh?" Duan Zhan, who had been kowtowing for a long time, carefully raised his head and found that Jiang Bai was looking at him like a fool.
Duan Zhan stuttered: "Uncle Crow, you...don't you finish eating?"
"I don't eat people, but if you waste time again, I will kill you."
Duan Zhan immediately understood that the monster wanted him to help with work.
He immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Uncle Crow, if you have any orders, I promise to complete them."
Duan Zhan muttered in his heart at the same time: "Do you want me to be a traitor to the human race?"
He didn't even think about it, a pawn like him didn't have the qualifications to be cannon fodder, and he still wanted to be a traitor?
Jiang Bai flew directly to Duan Zhan's head, first combed his feathers with a peck, and then said: "Seeing that your conscience is still intact, I will give you a chance to be a good person."
"Take me to see your boss."
Hearing Jiang Bai's words, Duan Zhan was stunned. The target of this monster was actually the gang leader?
He didn't take Jiang Bai's so-called opportunity seriously. Monsters can only eat people, so how could they have any credibility? He must be painting a bigger picture for himself.
But now people are forced to bow their heads when the monster speaks of them.
Duan Zhan could only take Jiang Bai to the gang, thinking wildly along the way: "If I take this monster to see the gang leader, the gang leader won't kill me in anger, right?"
But when he thought about it, he felt that it was impossible. He estimated that all his gang leaders would be eaten by Jiang Bai by then, and he would snicker if he could survive later.
"Hey, where did Mr. Duan get the crow?"
As soon as they entered the gang lobby, some people were attracted by Duan Zhan's peculiar shape. The crow standing on the head of a man had never been seen before in his life.
Jiang Bai didn't have any unnecessary reaction and stood stupidly on Duan Zhan's head, like an ordinary crow.
"Come and touch me." The good guy walked up to Duan Zhan and wanted to touch Jiang Bai.
Duan Zhan was frightened and quickly pushed the man away.
He thought horrified in his heart: "If this group of reckless guys offends this monster, the entire gang will probably die here."
The man who was pushed down by Duan Zhan stood up, patted his pants, and whispered: "You're so stingy, you didn't even touch me, yet you took a crow as a treasure."
Duan Zhan pretended to be impatient, waved his hand and said: "Go, go, buy it yourself if you want to play."
After saying that, he took Jiang Bai and walked away.
After walking out of the mission hall, Duan Zhan came to the martial arts training ground.
This is where gang members practice martial arts and compete, but it's noon now and everyone has gone to eat.
Duan Zhan pointed to the west and whispered: "Uncle Crow, the boss's residence is to the west, but my status is too low to go there."
Jiang Bai nodded and said: "That's it."
Then a scene that shocked Duan Zhan's eyes appeared. A piece of gold the size of a thumb was spat out by Jiang Bai and fell to the ground with a clicking sound.
Just listen to Jiang Bai say: "This is considered as your traveling expenses. I think you are not a bad boy. Take this thing and leave quickly."
After saying that, without waiting for Duan Zhan to speak, Jiang Bai fluttered his wings and left, flying to the west to help his master's house.
Duan Zhan was stunned by this sudden surprise, and his mind went blank.
But he quickly reacted, picked up the gold nugget on the ground, and took a bite.
"Crack." Severe pain came from his teeth, but Duan Zhan felt only ecstasy in his heart.
He whispered: "It's true! It's true!"
Duan Zhan then looked around vigilantly, and quickly put the gold nuggets away after confirming that no one was around.
He ignored all the greetings from his fellow gang members along the way and walked home quickly.
He planned to take his mother away from home, leave Weixi City directly, and then return to the countryside to do some small business.
It was obviously what happened just now, but it gave Duan Zhan a dreamy feeling. If it weren't for the cold feeling of the gold nugget in his arms, he would have felt like he was daydreaming.
Duan Zhan thought to himself: "It turns out there are good monsters and bad monsters among monsters."