Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 428: Defection

Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Defection

"So, you’re asking me to capture the Chief? How could I possibly succeed? As far as I know, not only does he master the Golden Bell Shield Iron Cloth Shirt, but he also knows many lost Martial Arts Secrets. I don’t mean to undermine the young hero, but I fear even you are no match for the Chief."

Black Eight’s words weren’t the least bit obscure.

Bai Junjun wasn’t annoyed and nodded in understanding, "Alright, I’ve heard you. Now, I have a new task for you."

"?" Black Eight blinked his only eye in confusion, "What... what task?"

"There are still over a thousand bandits roaming around. I want you to gather them quickly. If they are willing to accept an amnesty and become ordinary citizens of Dai County, they will be spared. If they stubbornly refuse and continue down the wrong path, I’ll have to resort to a second policy."

"What... what policy?" Black Eight asked subconsciously.

Bai Junjun’s policy was straightforward. If everyone could see the times clearly, then they should just be good citizens and, when necessary, protect the weaker neighbors of Dai County. This way, past faults can be forgiven, and they could redeem themselves.

If they insist on causing problems, then it would come to "while neighbors stock grains, I stock arms, for the neighbors are but my granaries."

"..." Black Eight was left speechless by Bai Junjun, not knowing what to say.

Meanwhile, Bai Junjun said, "You can take some time to think about it—I’ll give you five seconds."

No need for an explanation, Black Eight understood what five seconds meant. As soon as Bai Junjun’s words fell, he nodded earnestly, "I can certainly try to persuade them, but what makes you think they would listen to me?"

"Aren’t you Black Eight? You must have some skills of your own, right? Your words should carry weight with the underlings."

"But I still have Sixth Brother above me." Black Eight felt helpless, and though ranked eighth, he actually had the weakest combat power, which might not convince others.

"Leave that to me. Stay with us until we find them, and after that, you’ll be free," Bai Junjun continued to persuade gently.

Yet Black Eight was far from pleased. What did she mean by ’stay with them’? It clearly meant to monitor and control him.

But what could he do, when he was but a fish on the chopping block?

Still, Bai Junjun didn’t completely restrict Black Eight. She had great confidence in her own ’little seeds.’

If Black Eight made any sudden moves, he would immediately turn into a human flowerpot.

Before leaving, Bai Junjun instructed Black Eight to deal with these dozen or so brothers and found an identity token from Black Spider on them,

which was something Xiao Chan had discovered while counting the bodies the day before. Each member of Black Spider had a personal identification number.

Previously, they had dragged the bodies one by one back to the County Yamen for the reward, but actually, they just needed to bring back the identity token. As for the bodies, burying them on the spot would suffice.

Thus, Black Eight had to personally bury his former comrades.

At the same time, he discovered that all his comrades had died from a certain type of short arrows from a crossbow.

The reason he knew this so clearly was that the terrifying child, who couldn’t be identified as male or female, had flicked their wrist and the short arrows from the corpses’ chests had flown back neatly, returning to Bai Junjun’s hands.

At that moment, Black Eight was stunned. He had seen boomerangs return to their owner’s hand, but he had never imagined that a short crossbow could automatically return to its master’s hand as well.

Bai Junjun, however, had the look of an unsophisticated bumpkin who had not seen much of the world, "This is a family heirloom hidden weapon. It’s normal that you don’t understand."

"..." Black Eight.

Bai Junjun and Xiao Chan ended up with Black Eight and 18 identity plaques, while the other two teams came back empty-handed.