Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Seeing that Chi Yu and Black Glasses were both unwilling to step forward to help, Cheng Bingqiang felt embarrassed, but there was nothing he could do.

He pushed the boy who was already covered in scars and said, "We agreed before that you would use that method to control them now!"

The young man turned around and looked at Cheng Bingqiang, his eyes emitting bone-chilling coldness: "You are like this now, why should I listen to you? I would rather watch them beat you to death."

"Stop talking nonsense! Either you listen to me, or I will kill you right now. Anyway, if I don't get what I want, no one will be able to have a good time!"

Cheng Bingqiang became anxious and held the dagger close to the boy's neck. His eyes widened and turned red, his breathing became rapid, and his hand holding the knife was shaking with excitement.

Naturally, human's fragile skin cannot resist the invasion of sharp weapons. Almost instantly, a blood mark appeared on the boy's neck.

The young man looked at Cheng Bingqiang steadily, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, put the knife down and don't be so excited."

A melodious song was heard, and soon the chaotic crowd returned to calm.

Except for the thin man who had been following Cheng Bingqiang from the beginning, the eyes of the others had lost their luster. Like zombies, they numbly put away their weapons and lined up in a long line.

While singing, the boy smeared his blood on the face of everyone who passed by him.

Cheng Bingqiang held the knife against the boy, and after he finished, the two of them stood side by side at the end of the team and walked forward together.

"Wow, this looks really spectacular." The man with black glasses exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Looking at them like this reminds me of an interesting story."

"The Piper?"

The man with black glasses snapped his fingers at Chi Yu and said with a smile, "Yes, that's it. Boss Chi, you understand me."

That's because they just happened to think of the same thing.

Chi Yu stared at the back of the peacock boy, thought for a moment, and followed the team.

Cheng Bingqiang turned around and looked at them. The flattery on his face was gone. Instead, he looked a little wary: "What does Military Advisor Chi want to do?"

"The commission is completed." Chi Yu had a matter-of-fact look on his face, as if to say, "Why are you asking such a stupid question?" "I don't care how you deal with them, but the commission between us is not over yet."

Hearing this, Cheng Bingqiang's expression was a little distorted, but he quickly returned to normal: "Military Advisor Chi, I thought you were a smart man before. Since you chose to watch from the sidelines just now, why are you following me now?"

"I don't need you to help me explore the way forward. We can do it by ourselves. Why don't you just take the reward I gave you and go back directly?"

"You misunderstood, Mr. Cheng. I'm not discussing with you how to arrange the next trip."

Chi Yu smiled emotionlessly. He looked at Cheng Bingqiang. His blue-gray eyes were exposed to the sunlight, but they could not absorb any warmth from it. Instead, they reflected a cold light like a snake.

"I am informing you that I will continue to travel with you until we reach Peacock Country."

Cheng Bingqiang wanted to refuse again, but he saw Black Glasses following him, put his arm around Chi Yu's shoulders, and said to him with a smile: "Military Advisor Chi is right, Boss Cheng, if you want to unilaterally cancel the contract now, no one will agree. We still want to go to the Peacock Kingdom with you."

"Don't worry, we don't have any other intentions. What we agreed on before is still the same as it was before, it's just about the price..." The man with the glasses stretched out his hand and made a gesture of twisting money to him.

It was at this time that Cheng Bingqiang finally understood that it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away.

He didn't understand why Chi Yu and Black Glasses were not affected by the boy's singing, and remained sober throughout the whole process. They were also not afraid of the dangerous creatures in the swamp, and could chat and laugh with him here.

Originally Cheng Bingqiang had a very good plan, thinking that even if someone discovered the problem by then, as long as he could control this group of people and take away their weapons, these people would be like fish on the chopping board and could be slaughtered at his will.

But the plan seemed to have gone wrong from the beginning.

Just like now, facing two characters who were as troublesome as gods, Cheng Bingqiang moved his lips and it took him a long time to find his voice again.

"Mr. Hei, you are right. Now that I think about the previous price carefully, I think it is a little low. Why don't we wait until we get back and I will give you another 30%?"

Cheng Bingqiang said, observing their expressions. Seeing that the man with black glasses seemed a little dissatisfied, he added, "No settlement, pay in cash."

The man with black glasses then showed a satisfied expression and nodded at him, "Yeah, not bad, you're on track."

Cheng Bingqiang also forced a smile at him, but when he turned around, he cursed in his heart.

Damn, this money-grubbing blind man, why didn’t those things in the swamp eat him just now?

The man with black glasses guessed that this man would probably curse him in his heart, but he didn't care. Instead, he began to calculate how many days Cheng Bingqiang could live from here to Peacock Kingdom.

After the two of them reached an agreement, the few people who were still sober stopped talking and started to concentrate on their journey.

Several people continued to move forward in the swamp in silence, each with their own thoughts, until half a day passed before they finally reached the other side.

After stepping onto relatively dry land again, Chi Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He glanced at his boots and pants that were dripping with mud, and said "tsk", then looked up at the sky: "It's getting late now, let's find a safe place to camp nearby."

Cheng Bingqiang, who had lost the right to speak, nodded and said, "There is a relatively safe area not far ahead. We can rest there."

So they spent another hour or so, and before it got completely dark, they arrived at the place Cheng Bingqiang mentioned.

After confirming that the place was safe, Cheng Bingqiang gestured to the thin man who had remained silent, and together with him, they searched for all the weapons on the others.

Afterwards, the boy, who had been singing for several hours along the way and whose voice had become a little hoarse, finally stopped singing.