Slay the God: Late Night Bookstore

Chapter 305 Yamazaki Ice

"Yes, the gangs here are too rampant. If someone can't pay the protection money they demand, they will smash and destroy things at will, and even steal some valuables to pay off the debt. What's more hateful is that they even have their accomplices in the police station. Even if we call the police, it will be useless."

Kenta Yamazaki nodded heavily, his eyes full of helplessness and resentment.

Li Mingxuan nodded slightly, as if he had remembered something very important. His eyes then turned to Yamazaki Kenta and asked with concern: "I seem to have heard you mention buying medicine for your brother, so how is he doing now?"

"Alas!" Yamazaki Kenta sighed, "My brother was beaten and injured because he could not pay the 'protection fee' demanded by the evil forces. I had no choice but to hide my brother in a basement outside our house to prevent him from being harmed again. Fortunately, those gangsters did not know that there was such a basement in our house."

A relieved smile appeared on Kenta Yamazaki's face, and then he led Li Mingxuan to the basement.

It didn't take long for Li Mingxuan to understand why the gang knew nothing about this basement. It turned out that after Yamazaki Kenta led Li Mingxuan into his bedroom, he opened the door and walked straight to where the bedding was placed.

Li Mingxuan concentrated his mental power and scanned the surroundings, and instantly noticed a secret compartment hidden in the corner. Yamazaki Kenta gently pushed open the lid of the secret compartment, and a narrow passage that could only allow one person to pass sideways appeared in front of him.

"This is the passage to my basement." Yamazaki Kenta said softly, and then led Li Mingxuan towards the basement.

Li Mingxuan had already used his powerful mental power to explore the entire house, and he found that there was indeed a basement here.

In the basement, there was a boy who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old lying on the bed, coughing constantly, with some scars on his face and body.

"Brother, I'm back." Yamazaki Kenta ran forward quickly, and a bright smile bloomed on his slightly childish face.

"Kenta, you're finally back!" The young man's face was immediately filled with joy when he saw Yamazaki Kenta return, but when he noticed Li Mingxuan following behind Yamazaki Kenta, a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes, "Who is this...?"

"This is Brother Qian Yu Mingxuan. I was just harassed by a group of gangsters. If it weren't for your help, I would have been robbed of all my money by them." Yamazaki Kenta explained quickly.

"I see, thank you very much for saving my brother... cough cough cough..." Yamazaki Bing said softly, suppressing the discomfort in his body and casting a grateful look at the other party, but he began to cough violently due to exhaustion.

Yamazaki Bing's tense nerves relaxed, and the alertness in his eyes gradually disappeared. He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then thanked him in a slightly hoarse voice: "Thank you for your help. Let me introduce myself. My name is Yamazaki Bing... cough cough cough"

However, before he could finish his words, he burst into coughing again, making him look even weaker.

Seeing this, Li Mingxuan nodded slightly and replied calmly, "You're welcome. I just happened to pass by there and saw the critical situation, so I helped."

After all, for him, saving Kenta Yamazaki was just a piece of cake.

At this time, Kenta Yamazaki came over and interrupted: "Brother, you should rest for a while. I'll go make you some medicine." After that, he turned around and trotted out of the room to prepare the medicine.

After Yamazaki Kenta left, the smile on Yamazaki Bing's face instantly disappeared, replaced by deep vigilance and doubt. He stared at Li Mingxuan closely and asked in a low voice: "Who are you? Why is [Du'e] in your hands?"

Li Mingxuan was startled when he heard this. He slowly took out the unsheathed knife from his back and examined it carefully.

Since the knife had been slightly modified and concealed before, and he had never used it, it was difficult for ordinary people to notice the existence of this knife.

What surprised Li Mingxuan was that Yamazaki Bing actually noticed the knife on his back at a glance and could call out its name accurately.

You know, even Li Mingxuan himself doesn’t know the exact name of this knife.

"How do you recognize this knife?" Li Mingxuan asked Yamazaki Bing with a suspicious look on his face, holding the handle of the knife.

"More than just knowing each other... because my father was the sword master of [Du'e]." Yamazaki responded coldly, with a hint of anger in his eyes, but then he began to cough violently, "Why is this sword in your hand... Did you kill my father... cough cough cough..."

"Don't get me wrong. I found this knife by chance from an ancient ruin. As for saving your brother, I just did it casually."

Li Mingxuan shook his head and denied it, wondering secretly, how could Yamazaki Bing's father be the former owner of this knife? Such a coincidence is really unexpected!

I just saved a person, but I didn't expect that this person's father was the previous owner of Huojin Sword! Is it really such a coincidence?

"Since this sword belongs to your father, I will return it to you. It can be regarded as returning the property to its original owner."

Li Mingxuan slowly stretched out his hand and gently placed the [Du'e] held tightly in his hand in front of Yamazaki Bing. At this moment, his face was as calm as water, without any ripples.

For Li Mingxuan, this Huojin sword named "Du'e" was originally just an insurance he prepared just in case.

However, when he learned that the person in front of him was the son of the original owner of the Huojin Sword, returning the sword to the other party seemed to be a natural thing to do.

After all, with Li Mingxuan's own unparalleled strength as a backing, even if he lost the sword, it would not be a big deal. Moreover, he has always been good at using swords, and if he uses a long sword instead, he will be somewhat restricted.

"You...are you going to give this back to me?"

Yamazaki Bing widened his eyes and stared at the [Du'e] that was so close to him in astonishment. He obviously had not expected that Li Mingxuan would return the knife to him so easily.

Seeing this, Yamazaki Bing believed what Li Mingxuan had just said. After all, when the other party learned that he was the son of the previous owner of the sword, he returned the sword to him without hesitation, and then apologized with guilt.

"I'm sorry for offending you just now. Please forgive me."

"It's okay." Li Mingxuan didn't care at all. He stared at the [Du'e] that exuded a mysterious aura, revealing a trace of curiosity that was hard to conceal, and asked softly.

"Your father is the owner of this sword. Is your father already dead?"