According to normal human thinking, is this something a person can do?
Stealing a wallet, at worst, means detention and a fine, but taking hostages, that's a serious crime, starting with five years, and could even result in being shot on the spot.
It's just not worth it.
"Two."
The bespectacled man's emotions grew increasingly agitated, the blade in his hand could cut the boy's throat at any moment: "Stop talking, don't push me, open the door!"
The bus driver looked helplessly at Li Xiang. On this bus, Li Xiang's profession automatically made him everyone's guiding figure, and everyone waited for him to decide.
His profession granted him a sacred mission, and any move he made could influence the direction of the event's development.
This made him feel unprecedented pressure.
"I'll let you go, but you must promise not to hurt the child, otherwise you won't be going anywhere!"
Li Xiang helplessly issued a harsh warning and then said to the driver: "Open the door!"
He didn't dare to gamble; at this moment, he could only soothe the criminal's mood, hoping he wouldn't harm the child.
"Bang~"
The door opened.
The bespectacled man glanced outside the door, then turned back to look at Li Xiang, suddenly a murderous gleam flashed in his eyes.
"Oh no~"
Li Xiang's heart trembled, realizing something was wrong, but it was too late. The bespectacled man slashed with the sharp blade in his hand, immediately leaving a wound on the boy's neck. Blood gushed instantly, splattering all over Li Xiang's face, and taking advantage of the chaos, he quickly got off the bus.
"Ah~"
The criminal's ferocity caught everyone off guard. Clearly, they had agreed to let him leave. No one expected that before leaving, he would still act against the child.
When have they ever encountered such a vicious criminal?
"My child, my child."
The boy's mother was terrified to the core, wanting to catch the child, but her legs weakened, unable to gather strength, and in a moment of panic, she fainted.
The scene was chaotic, but Li Xiang was prepared. He caught the child with one swift motion, pressing firmly on the boy's neck: "Bastard, I want to kill you."
Li Xiang was deeply regretful.
If he hadn't learned the stealing skill, he wouldn't have discovered the pickpocket, and none of this would have happened.
He couldn't have imagined that even after agreeing to let him go, he couldn't spare the child?
How can a person be so cruel?
For the first time, Li Xiang had the thought of stabbing someone.
"I'm a doctor from the Chinese medicine hospital, your way of stopping the bleeding is wrong, let me do it."
Just when Li Xiang was feeling helpless, an angelic voice reached his ears.
The person quickly removed their own coat, tore off a sleeve, and with a brief treatment, took the child from Li Xiang's hands and began professional hemostasis: "He's still savable, we must get to the hospital immediately."
"Alright, you go to the hospital first, I need to make that bastard pay."
Hearing the child could be saved, Li Xiang took a breath of relief, while anger burned inside him, determined to catch the criminal himself.
At this moment, the passengers on the bus were united like never before. No one was calling to get off due to personal matters, instead, they collectively restrained the already apprehended pickpocket and insisted on heading to the hospital together.
With a professional doctor attending to the boy, Li Xiang felt a bit at ease. The urgent task now was to capture the criminal.
After getting off the bus, Li Xiang glanced at the target's location. The criminal had already run over two hundred meters away, and he sprinted after him, even adding 1 free attribute point awarded for reaching Lv.3 to agility.
This time, he couldn't let him escape no matter what...
After running a distance, the criminal looked back and found that Li Xiang, who should have been saving the boy, had also gotten off the bus.
He was taken aback, his plan had been to injure the child to keep Li Xiang busy saving him, leaving no time to pursue him. As for the passengers, he hadn't taken them seriously.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiang was willing to leave the seriously injured boy behind to chase after him.
He increased his pace, trying to lose the officer.
But he couldn't shake the feeling that the distance between them only closed as he ran.
When only a dozen meters separated them, he finally realized he couldn't outrun the officer.
"Stop, if you keep chasing I'll kill you too."
The criminal halted, holding his blade directly at Li Xiang, speaking viciously.
"I said, after hurting the child, you won't go anywhere!"
Li Xiang skidded to a stop too, watching the criminal warily.
Their skills in stealing were evenly matched, and the criminal wielded a blade with dexterous skill that Li Xiang was well aware could inflict serious injury with a single cut.
And his Fingertip Blade skill was only at the intermediate level, far from being a match.
"Heh, you're still too young. How much does being a cop pay? Is it worth losing your life over?"
The criminal feared those like Li Xiang most, valuing honor over life itself, recklessly confronting danger without regard for their personal safety.
"Anything's better than you."
Li Xiang glanced around for something to use as a weapon. As the saying goes, "an inch shorter, an inch more dangerous; an inch longer, an inch stronger." With a longer weapon, he could counter the single-edged blade effectively.
Just then, a sanitation worker happened to be cycling a garbage cart by, and atop it sat a large broom for sweeping leaves. Li Xiang's eyes lit up, grabbing the broom from her cart.
The criminal: "???"
He never expected a sanitation worker to pass by at this moment, let alone the fact that a street-sweeping broom would become a weapon against him.
So he took off running again.
With the broom in hand, Li Xiang chased right after him.
With his agility boosted, his speed surpassed that of ordinary people, closing the gap within a few steps. Li Xiang swung the broom, striking the criminal on the back.
Once, twice, three times.
The criminal fled, clutching his head like a rat.
Li Xiang only hit harder with each swing.
"I'll fight you to the death."
The criminal, feeling aggrieved and furious, suddenly grew desperate and instead of continuing to run, he pressed against Li Xiang's assault, desperately closing the gap between the two.
Li Xiang wasn't afraid of him. With the broom in hand, as long as he maintained the right distance, he had a significant advantage.
In the chaos, the broom's head broke off in one of Li Xiang's swings, leaving only the bamboo pole in his hand, making his moves even more fierce and powerful.
The sanitation worker watched the destruction of their broom in distress, but dared not intervene. Li Xiang, covered in the child's blood, looked extremely fierce, clearly not someone to mess with. They didn't dare to ask him to compensate for the broom, instead, they quietly picked up the phone and dialed: 110.
"Hello, is this 110? There's been an attempted murder at Liuhe Bridge, please come quickly."
A crowd slowly gathered around, yet no one dared to intervene in the fight. Li Xiang's appearance was terrifying; he seemed to beat the bespectacled man mercilessly, leaving them only to watch from afar and call the police.
The bespectacled man was howling from the beating, the blade in his hand somehow lost during the struggle.
"Stop, stop, I won't run anymore!"