Rotting Land: Survive

"What do you want to do?!" Derek couldn’t believe his ears. "You want to ask those beasts... those guys for medicine? Are you crazy? They won’t give it."

Derek seemed like a different person, completely lacking the timidity he showed when facing Old Xu.

Old Xu didn’t mind. He knew Derek was angry out of concern for his safety.

But at this moment, Old Xu couldn’t care about many things. Zhao Lina’s life was hanging by a thread. Old Xu couldn’t put all his hope on "physical cooling."

"Don’t worry! They won’t dare to harm me. Don’t forget, they still count on me to collect supplies for them."

"You don’t understand! You have no idea about those people..."

Old Xu raised his hand, gesturing Derek not to speak further. "This is my personal decision. If there’s a problem, I’ll handle it myself."

"I’ll go with you!" Knowing that the trip would inevitably lead to conflict, Lei Tong stood up abruptly and volunteered.

"Haha, why are you coming with me? I’m going to beg for medicine, not to fight. If you accompany me, they might misunderstand that something’s wrong which originally isn’t." Smiling and patting Lei Tong’s shoulder, Old Xu instructed, "Just stay here and wait for me. If something really happens to me, remember, don’t worry about me. Continue to complete our mission!!"

For soldiers, obeying orders is a duty. Even though Lei Tong was unwilling, under Old Xu’s command, Lei Tong could only respond with "yes."

Settling Lei Tong, Xu Renjie opened the classroom door and stepped out.

After walking a few steps, he bumped into the skinny kid.

It’s important to know that the skinny kid suffered quite a loss because of Old Xu and the others earlier. Now he was worried about having nowhere to vent his frustration. Seeing Xu Renjie wander out of the room, he immediately walked quickly up to greet him.

"Baka! Stop right there!"

It’s believed that any Huaxia person hearing the word "baka" would feel uncomfortable, and Old Xu was no exception, but before turning around he managed to adjust his attitude: "Ah yo, I was wondering who it was, turns out it’s you, brother."

Familiar hand gestures, but what Old Xu did fell into the skinny kid’s eyes, making him very angry.

"Baka yarou!! Who’s your brother? You people are just dogs raised at our Japan’s door! I ask you, who gave you the authority to walk around here? Do you find life boring?"

If it wasn’t for the task at hand, just based on the skinny kid’s remark about "Huaxia people being dogs," he’d already deserve to die!

"Haha," Old Xu forced back his anger, thinking to himself, let this beast be arrogant for a little while longer, when the action day comes, I’ll make you understand the consequences of being the most insolent!

"Sorry! Sorry! I didn’t mean to violate the rules, it’s just that the girl inside has a fever and her condition is quite critical. I wonder if you can give us some fever-reducing medicine to help in this emergency?"

Upon hearing this, the skinny kid smiled: "You want fever-reducing medicine? Do you think we’re a charity organization? Don’t you know how scarce medicine is right now? But if you really want it, it’s not impossible. Just have her come and exchange it herself! Hehehe!"

A lewd chuckle, the skinny kid’s intention was very clear, he was demanding Zhao Lina to use her body in exchange for medicine.

Facing the skinny kid’s bare transaction, Xu Renjie’s fists involuntarily clenched together.

"What’s wrong? Don’t want to? If you don’t, then don’t waste my time!"

"No, is it possible to exchange for something else, you know I can’t make decisions about that kind of thing."

"Humph, if you can’t make the decision, what are you here talking nonsense for! If that girl wants to live, let her come to my room personally to find me!" After saying that, the skinny kid flicked his wrist and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, as he turned around, a slightly mocking male voice came from inside the room:

"Yo yo, what happened again? Yamashita!"

Looking towards the voice, it was none other than Jiang Kou, who had led Old Xu and the others to fetch medicine earlier.

"I say, how do you manage things, Watanabe boss told you to teach these Huaxia dogs the rules and you treat it as background noise."

"Haha, Yamashita, what are you talking about, Watanabe’s orders seem to be well understood by everyone except you." With intention, Jiang Kou deliberately wiped his face, he was telling Yamashita not to forget the pain when the wound is healed.

His mouth slightly twitched, the skinny kid admitted he couldn’t match Jiang Kou in bantering, so he could only concede and switch topics: "Oh, let’s not mention this guy’s unauthorized exit, he even comes asking us for medicine, isn’t that a joke."

"Oh?" Upon hearing Xu Renjie asking for medicine, Jiang Kou immediately showed interest: "You want medicine?"

"Yes!" Old Xu nodded.

"What kind of medicine?"

"Fever-reducing medicine."

"Who is sick?"

"This... I don’t know her yet." Having learned from the skinny kid’s lesson earlier, Old Xu wisely didn’t reveal her identity.

But Jiang Kou wasn’t foolish, he immediately asked, "Is it a man or a woman?"

Helplessly, Old Xu could only answer truthfully: "A woman."

"Oh." His mouth forming a slight half-circle, Jiang Kou then shifted his gaze towards the skinny kid: "You too, when they come asking for medicine to save someone, how can you say the person is ill? Your attitude harms the interests of our Japan!"

"Jiang Kou! What are you saying!" Narrowing his eyes, the skinny kid posed a fighting stance.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Kou also gestured: "Did you forget Watanabe’s admonishments? If you find life tedious, go out and play with Zombies yourself, don’t cause trouble here. But..."

At this point, Jiang Kou seemed to think of something, his lips unable to resist curling into a sly smile.

Seeing this smile left the skinny kid feeling a bit unnerved, "Baka, what are you smiling at!?"

"Haha!" Ignoring the skinny kid’s question, Jiang Kou refocused his attention on Xu Renjie: "Hey, didn’t you say you wanted fever-reducing medicine?"

"Yes!" Hearing talk of medicine negotiation, Xu Renjie hastily pressed on.

"But you should know, right? Our things here aren’t given for free. If you want them, you must exchange something of equal value, understood?"

"Enough nonsense, I’ve already told him, if you want medicine have that girl exchange it herself, otherwise leave quickly!" The skinny kid thought Jiang Kou had some good idea, but it turns out he had the same thoughts.

"Tsk tsk!" Jiang Kou showed a look of contempt: "Yamashita, how could you act like this? Your approach truly taints the dignity of Japanese men."

"What are you saying!?"

"Haha, how can you exploit vulnerabilities like that? If something’s to be done, it should be something meaningful."

"Baka, stop leaving things hanging, speak up, what on earth do you mean by something meaningful?"

After a moment, Jiang Kou suddenly asked a question that took both Old Xu and the skinny kid by surprise: "Just now I heard from Derrick that your skills are pretty good, right?"

Xu Renjie couldn’t grasp the meaning behind Jiang Kou’s words, but he was sure that his statement was not as simple as it looked on the surface. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)