MWC – Chapter 104 Dark Thorn

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Getting into the car, under Bizhu’s direction, Kuroki Saori timidly sat next to Lu Ming, while Bizhu took the front passenger seat.

Looking at Kuroki Saori, Lu Ming scrutinized her but couldn’t see anything unusual. To be favored by Bizhu and accepted as a disciple, she must be well-suited for martial arts. In this era of martial decline, even Sun Lutian couldn’t find a barely qualified successor.

Bizhu seemed to be on a higher level than Sun Lutian, likely unable to find a suitable successor in her lifetime. Therefore, accepting a disciple’s disciple was just to console herself. But to be Bizhu’s disciple’s disciple, the so-called “qualifications” must be exceptional.

As he was lost in thought, suddenly a person came running out of the nearby woods and gently knocked on the car window. It was Nicole, in a sexy black dress with long white legs, her figure alluring.

“Sir, could you give me a lift? My car broke down, and my assistant’s car went to divert the gossip reporters. Thank you!” Apparently, Nicole had a good impression of Lu Ming and his “wife,” probably thinking they were both very cultured. The wife was a great beauty who didn’t talk much. Especially when they first saw her, the couple had remained calm and composed, making them very trustworthy.

Director Wang and the orphanage staff certainly didn’t react like this the first time they saw her.

Lu Ming opened the car door.

“Ah, thank you, thank you!” Nicole repeatedly expressed her gratitude, got in, and sat next to Lu Ming, with a pleasant fragrance immediately surrounding him.

Datou slowly started the car and gradually drove out of the orphanage.

The orphanage itself covered more than a hundred acres, and with the orchards and fields, it added up to several hundred acres. Naturally, this area was in the outskirts of the new development zone, with both sides of the asphalt road lined with green cornfields. The corn cobs had turned golden yellow, indicating it was harvest season.

Lu Ming didn’t talk much with Nicole. If she didn’t call the hotline to report the incident in the next couple of days, he would think of another way.

As for poaching her, he had to carefully consider how to execute it. The goal was not just to bring her to Nadu but to use this big news to severely hit Renault Films.

He slowly closed his eyes, pondering how to ask Kuroki Saori about anything she might know about the orphanage when they returned. He hoped Bizhu’s recordings and visit to the orphanage tonight would yield some results.

As he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard Bizhu shout, “Sit tight!”

Lu Ming opened his eyes to find the world spinning. His body felt like it was being tossed around, but he was held firmly in place by his seatbelt. He suddenly realized the car was rolling over.

Explosions roared from beside the car.

The car landed in a dry drainage ditch on the side of the asphalt road.

Lu Ming felt dizzy and his ears buzzed. Looking to the side, the car seemed to have been torn apart, with the seats severely deformed. They must have rolled over into the ditch. He was lying flat, with his hands and feet hard to move, trapped by the deformed seats and car roof.

Looking up, just a few inches above him was Nicole, her back facing him. She was holding the deformed seat above, preventing it from falling onto him.

“Boss, are you okay?” came Datou’s voice from the front, but he was nowhere to be seen.

“I’m fine. What about Bizhu?”

Outside, the sound of intense gunfire could be heard.

Lu Ming’s heart sank.

“I don’t see her. I’m stuck by the roof and seats, can’t move…” Datou’s voice was desperate. With the enemy about to kill them, being unable to fight back, especially as a bodyguard, was utterly hopeless.

Lu Ming felt helpless. He was in the same situation, trapped and unable to exert any strength.

“Ah, the little one!” Lu Ming suddenly remembered and looked to the side, seeing a pair of black, lively eyes. It was Kuroki Saori, only her little head visible, also trapped by the deformed seats and car frame but uninjured.

Outside, the gunfire grew more intense.

Bullets whizzed by the car, but none hit it.

Lu Ming was extremely anxious but couldn’t move.

Bizhu, though mysterious and unfathomable, was being ambushed by gunmen. Judging by the sound, they had automatic weapons.

Sun Lutian was captured and injured by a few gang members.

Hmm, the gunfire seemed to be getting sparse, and there were no more shots from the north?

He hoped he wasn’t mistaken.

Lu Ming struggled desperately, wondering if his hearing was deceiving him as a form of self-comfort.

But it seemed the gunfire was genuinely becoming sparser.

Suddenly, after a final burst of gunfire, there was complete silence, except for the cawing of startled crows.

Two slender black leather-clad legs appeared at the rear window.

Lu Ming immediately felt relieved, suddenly feeling like crying, but not out of fear.

“It’s over. There are no more enemies, Master, but I don’t have the strength to get you out. I’ll stand guard nearby. Someone should come soon!”

“Bizhu, are you okay?” Lu Ming called out.

“I’m fine.”

“Not injured anywhere?”

“Mm… thank you for your concern…” Bizhu’s voice faded away.

Lu Ming felt slightly reassured. She must have just exerted too much effort and needed rest.

All he could do was wait. With the gunfire and explosions, someone would naturally call the police.

Given time, Bizhu should recover some strength to help him get out.

As Lu Ming pondered, he was suddenly struck by a thought.

The car had rolled into the dry ditch, with the seats and roof deformed, and the broken frame just happened to trap them without causing any harm.

His lying position was particularly comfortable, with the broken seat below acting like a soft bed.

This must have been Bizhu’s doing.

She must have sensed the danger. With the car speeding, she must have flipped the car into the dry channel just before the mine or grenade exploded. Using the deformed seats and frame, she managed to trap them in a spot where the enemy’s gunfire couldn’t reach. If they had tried to escape, she wouldn’t have been able to protect them all.

Bizhu…

Turning a steel car into this in an instant was an incredible feat, but it must have taken a lot of energy. Coupled with taking out the gunmen, it’s clear that even the mysterious Bizhu must be in a state of extreme exhaustion now.

Fortunately, they had Bizhu.

Who sent these gunmen? Considering his current enemies, who would have the power to stage such an assassination? No need to guess.

It seemed he had underestimated the lawlessness of many people in this world.

If not for Bizhu, he would likely be dead by now.

However, he rarely went to such rural areas without a large entourage. The enemy must have found it difficult to get an opportunity or considered it too risky.

Today, seeing him without many bodyguards, they designed this assassination.

It was also because Bizhu was with him that he didn’t bring too many armed guards.

But how did the information about his trip to the orphanage get leaked? The ambush couldn’t have been arranged on a whim.

How could this be?

Only Datou, Bizhu, and himself knew about the trip.

Even if there were informers at the orphanage who knew him, they couldn’t have arranged the ambush so quickly.

His head was clearing now, and Lu Ming suddenly felt something was off.

At that moment, the seat above him, with Nicole and him trapped underneath, creaked. Nicole, with her limited movement, tried to lift the seat to see if they could get out.

“Hey… stop moving,” Lu Ming said helplessly.

Nicole, with her soft, peach-like bottom, was pressing against a very sensitive part of him. She had been still, and he had managed to distract himself with conversation, but now she was moving.

“Ah…” Nicole seemed to realize something and, after a moment of hesitation, tried to lift herself off him, but her body was tightly trapped, and she could only squirm a bit.

“Please, just stay still…” Lu Ming was speechless.

“But, but…” Nicole wanted to say something but couldn’t get the words out.

After a long while, she finally said, “I’m not moving, but you… you’re still…”

Lu Ming remained silent.

Eventually, someone found them and called the police. Many villagers and patrol officers arrived.

They lifted the car and painstakingly pried open the severely deformed frame, protruding steel, and seats.

As everyone shouted and moved the car, Lu Ming and Nicole’s faces both turned rather awkward.