Chapter 791: Jiang Ran and Manager Xiao Zhang’s Direct Confrontation
Since those few people were chatting, Jiang Ran politely refrained from interrupting them. Only when someone among the four or five people across from him noticed his presence did he give a slight response.
"Jiang... Jiang Ran?!"
The one who first spotted Jiang Ran standing at the factory door was a young Asian man among those four or five individuals—the same one who had been monitoring Zhu Hong.
The young Asian man had noticed Jiang Ran first simply because he happened to be facing in Jiang Ran's direction. As long as he focused his attention there, he could see him.
And the moment he called out,
It left the others momentarily stunned, confused about why he was suddenly shouting Jiang Ran's name.
Could it be that Jiang Ran had already been buried alive by the cement, and he was seeing his ghost?
In their daze, they then saw the young Asian man raise his hand and point behind them.
Not only that, but the raised arm was clearly trembling.
Moreover, the young Asian man's face was twitching, his features frozen in an expression of sheer terror.
"If I find out you're acting, trying to mess with us, you're dead."
Manager Xiao Zhang was also among them. He stared at the young Asian man and said.
Then, frowning along with the others, he slowly turned his head or twisted his body.
Once his line of sight adjusted to the correct direction,
He saw that where the factory door had been completely empty, a figure now stood.
That figure stood there very relaxed, even waving at them.
Several of them stared at the figure at the factory door, all somewhat dazed.
One person even rubbed his eyes, only to open them again and find the figure still waving at them.
This person took a deep, cold breath, and his scream shot out like a high-altitude artillery shell, shaking countless layers of dust off the abandoned factory's ceiling:
"Jiang Ran?! How are you here?! Shouldn't you be in the pit, getting done in by the cement?!"
No wonder he reacted so strongly. The others around him weren't much calmer.
Every single one of them felt like they were seeing a ghost.
Jiang Ran stopped waving and smiled gently: "You underestimate me too much. What can an eight or nine-meter pit do to me?"
Hearing this, their faces shifted constantly, confusion piling on confusion.
Among them, one person dressed as a chainsaw murderer stepped forward, his voice hoarse and grating:
"Even if that eight or nine-meter pit couldn't stop you, there were still several people guarding the edge!"
Jiang Ran smiled faintly: "Those guys? Nothing impressive. They should all be in the pit by now!"
Upon hearing that the people guarding the pit were now all inside it,
These four or five—more accurately, five people—fell silent.
They couldn't fathom how a situation that should have been their guaranteed victory and Jiang Ran's certain death,
Could possibly allow Jiang Ran to climb out of a pit he should never have escaped from, and then throw the guards down into it.
But the situation at hand clearly left no time for contemplation.
Because although Jiang Ran's facial expression remained a smile, his smile was growing more and more abnormal.
It was radiating an increasingly palpable sense of danger.
Manager Xiao Zhang and his four companions had all taken plenty of lives.
Thus, they could sense it very clearly.
"All five of you should know that I suffer from severe dissociative identity disorder."
At that moment, Jiang Ran suddenly spoke: "Xiao Zhang, for the sake of your connection with that other person, I'll give you all a chance."
"If you can guess which personality of mine is in control right now, I'll spare your lives. How about it?"
"Not happening."
Manager Xiao Zhang had already yanked the cord on the large black-red chainsaw in his hand.
The whirring roar of the spinning chain represented ultimate killing power and sheer terror.
Then, Manager Xiao Zhang took a step forward, advancing toward Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran stood there calmly, hands in his pockets.
He spoke slowly: "The reason suspense and horror movies feel terrifying to the audience,
Is because the protagonist and their companions are scared out of their wits by psychos like you chainsaw murderers. The moment they encounter one, they just run. This makes the audience, following the protagonist and their companions, get caught up in fear and tension, terrified of being killed.
Therefore, if you just make the protagonist brave enough, willing to fight back, and strong enough, horror movies aren't so scary anymore."
Manager Xiao Zhang listened to this lengthy speech, only to sneer: "You talk a lot. You're annoying, Jiang Ran. I hope you can still be this cocky after tasting my chainsaw."
Manager Xiao Zhang began to sprint toward Jiang Ran.
The massive chainsaw he swung carried a thick aura of bloodshed with every casual motion. Clearly, he intended to kill Jiang Ran outright, with no interest in playing guessing games.
His running footsteps were heavy, pounding against the ground—thump, thump, thump.
When he was still about five meters away from Jiang Ran, Jiang Ran suddenly twisted around and lashed out with a powerful right roundhouse kick behind him.
That kick didn't hit empty air. It struck a large wolfdog that had appeared out of nowhere behind him, preparing to ambush him from the back.
This wasn't an ordinary wolfdog.
It was a Cherry Blossom Country Wolf Blue.
One of the dogs from Old Dog's pack back on Macedonia Island.
The very same backstabber that had ambushed Old Dog during Fang Xiao and Old Dog's conflict, leading to Old Dog's death—the traitorous dog.
After it bit Old Dog to death and fled,
Somehow, Manager Xiao Zhang had encountered and tamed it.
That was why Manager Xiao Zhang's earlier charging footsteps had sounded so heavy, thumping against the ground.
It wasn't because he was particularly heavy.
He had done it deliberately.
His goal, besides drawing all of Jiang Ran's attention to the front, was to give that Cherry Blossom Country Wolf Blue a chance to attack from behind.
He just hadn't expected Jiang Ran to be so alert.
After its failed ambush, the Cherry Blossom Country Wolf Blue slunk away quickly, clearly having no intention of continuing to fight or harass Jiang Ran.
After all, this dog was a textbook backstabber, an ungrateful cur.
Old Dog had already paid with his life to set an example for those who came after.
So the moment it sensed the tide turning against it, this Cherry Blossom Country Wolf Blue bolted faster than anyone.
Jiang Ran's kick clearly hadn't been strong enough to kill it outright.
Thus, it vanished in a flash.
Still, the Cherry Blossom Country Wolf Blue had bought Manager Xiao Zhang some time.
In the moment Jiang Ran turned to kick the dog, Manager Xiao Zhang was already in front of him.
He raised the chainsaw and swung it down directly at his head.
If it hit Jiang Ran, he would either die or be severely wounded.
But Jiang Ran's body was incredibly agile. He dodged to the side in a flash.
His reaction speed was ridiculously fast.
The moment he dodged, Manager Xiao Zhang twisted the chainsaw's direction and swung horizontally.
But Jiang Ran was even faster. He delivered a spinning kick that slammed heavily into Manager Xiao Zhang's neck, sending him staggering backward several steps to the left.
Before Manager Xiao Zhang could steady himself,
Jiang Ran closed in with a quick step and delivered another flying kick,
Landing squarely on Manager Xiao Zhang's shoulder.
Manager Xiao Zhang, who still hadn't regained his balance, tumbled to the ground.