Chapter 358: Astonishing discovery

"I told Sister Tachibana Maiying before that I wanted to learn martial arts from her, but she didn't agree."

In the car, Su Xiaoya spoke weakly, curling her lips helplessly, feeling very melancholy.

"What did she say?"

Zhang Su asked nonchalantly.

"She said the martial arts she mastered belong to the Tachibana family heritage and cannot be easily taught to others, and also said my foundation is too weak, so even if I wanted to learn, I couldn't."

Su Xiaoya twisted her fingers, looking very lost. Was she really that bad?

"Heh..." Zhang Su smiled lightly and said: "You're not wrong about your foundation being weak. When she fights, you seem to look soft and light, but actually, the requirements for core strength are extremely strict. However, that so-called Tachibana heritage is bullshit. Once you've entered my camp, don't even think about keeping secrets; there's no way!"

Not just Su Xiaoya, Zhang Su had had ideas the moment he saw Tachibana Maiying fight. Not only did he want to learn it himself, but he also had to let more core members learn and train!

"Is there a way to make her teach us?"

Su Xiaoya looked at Zhang Su curiously.

Zhang Su smiled ambiguously: "There is a way, of course, but I hope she can be self-aware."

A forced melon might not be sweet, but it's better than having no melon to eat!

"Self-aware?"

Su Xiaoya was even more confused, but she didn't continue to ask and returned to silence, sitting in the passenger seat.

The vehicle drove onto the provincial road toward Sky Horse Island. Less than three kilometers later, just after turning a corner, Zhang Su's gaze froze!

"Attention, there's a situation ahead!"

After picking up the walkie-talkie and speaking, Zhang Su stepped on the gas, directly increasing the speed and rushing forward.

Su Xiaoya in the passenger seat felt the obvious acceleration and push-back, her bladder tightening. Just as she was about to speak, she saw two cars appear ahead!

"Eh, this... isn't this the two cars Sister Ying mentioned before?"

Su Xiaoya looked surprised. The two cars approaching rapidly from the front were exactly a white sedan and a gray SUV!

It wasn't just Zhang Su who noticed the situation ahead; Lu Yubo and Wu Lue, who were following closely, also saw it. Their faces fell, not knowing what to say.

Lu Yubo secretly glanced at Tachibana Maiying through the rearview mirror and found her sitting in the back seat with her eyes closed, resting, seemingly knowing nothing.

"Holy crap, someone really is watching us in secret. These idiots actually ran ahead of us, haha!"

In the Sienna, Wang Xin felt a bit stunned.

"Ah? This... then will we be in danger?"

Yi Xiaoling looked ahead, slightly nervous.

"If you're talking about danger, you should be more worried for the other party!"

Chen Hanzhou said coldly.

*Screech, screech. *

Zhang Su calculated the distance and slammed on the brakes, stopping the car in the middle of the road. The two cars following behind were extremely tacit, one on the left and one on the right, almost blocking the entire road. If the other party wanted to force their way through, there was no gap at all, unless they crashed directly into them.

*Creak. *

Su Xiaoya gripped the handle tightly. To say she wasn't afraid that the other party would crash into them while watching the approaching cars would be self-deception.

Fortunately, the thing she was worried about didn't happen.

The white Toyota Corolla stopped about thirty meters in front of the FJ Cruiser, and the Buick Envision behind naturally stopped as well.

Five cars were parked on the road. In the past, this would have quickly caused a traffic jam, but nowadays, it didn't matter even if they were parked for three or five days, as long as the people in the cars could hold out...

Just like now, neither side got out of the car, sitting quietly in the cars waiting. The whole scene was like a freeze-frame, only the exhaust gas drifting from the tailpipes let people know it wasn't a painting.

*Gurgle. *

In the FJ Cruiser, Su Xiaoya's stomach growled with hunger. It was already past three in the afternoon, and none of them had eaten anything at noon.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law..."

"Call me Brother Su!"

Zhang Su decisively corrected her when he heard Su Xiaoya trying to call him brother-in-law again.

"Brother Su... how long are we going to sit here?"

"Until they get out of the car first."

Zhang Su answered very easily.

"I... I think this is so dangerous. Will they shoot at us from inside the car?"

Su Xiaoya shrank her head.

"The car has window tint, and it's so bright outside, they can't see us clearly!"

Zhang Su answered the question irrelevantly. If the other party really wanted to shoot, they wouldn't need to aim at all, just spray the front windshield. The reason he was certain they wouldn't shoot was that he could see the general situation inside the vehicles ahead.

Because of the angle, he could only see two men sitting in the front of the sedan, and the situation in the back was unknown. The SUV was very clear: only one man was driving. Excluding the trunk, there were only three people in total.

"Brother Su, Brother Su, what do we do now?"

Less than a minute after Su Xiaoya asked, Lu Yubo's voice came through the walkie-talkie; he had lost his patience.

"Wait for them to get out of the car first."

Zhang Su picked up the walkie-talkie and told the other two cars, then continued to sit quietly. He could clearly see the two people in the sedan ahead discussing something in low voices. Unfortunately, both cars had their windows tightly closed, and combined with the distance, even if he listened hard, there was only a very faint sound, and he couldn't distinguish what was said.

"My hearing is still not strong enough..." Zhang Su sighed in his heart. If only it could be a little stronger, he wouldn't need much, just doubling it would be enough to hear the content of their conversation.

Just as he was thinking this, Zhang Su suddenly noticed that the three energy bars in his mind actually flashed.

"Hmm?"

This phenomenon made his heart move. Combining it with the games he had played before, he felt that the flashing energy bars must be reminding him that he could trigger some kind of function.

"My own energy is now at 76%. Just now I was thinking about enhancing my hearing, and the energy bars flashed. Could it be like this..."

Thinking this, Zhang Su's mind moved, the backup energy bar shifted onto the main energy bar, and a flash of light appeared; the main energy was instantly filled.

"Inhale... exhale..."

Su Xiaoya was nervous when she suddenly heard Zhang Su take a heavy, deep breath beside her, his face twitching as he asked: "You, what's wrong with you?"

"Shh!"

Zhang Su made a gesture for Su Xiaoya not to speak, his eyes flashing with brilliance, completely unlike before. He hadn't been very tired before replenishing the energy, and now he was even more energetic!

The resulting change was also obvious: his hearing had indeed been enhanced to a certain extent, and he could actually vaguely hear the sound of the other party talking!

"Don't waste time, it's meaningless. Get out of the car, pretend we don't know anything!"

"Right, first figure out where their camp is, then bring people over to slaughter them... Go, get out of the car."

Just after hearing two sentences, Zhang Su saw the other party start checking equipment and putting on clothes, preparing to get out of the car...

But even if it was only two short sentences, there was a lot of information. Why pretend not to know anything? Then what did they know? It was obvious!

The biggest gain wasn't the information provided by the other party, but knowing through this incident that other aspects were improved in the full-energy state, which he hadn't noticed before!

Since his hearing could be improved, he naturally looked into the distance and found that his super vision had also been improved to a certain extent, although without professional equipment, he couldn't tell exactly how much it had been strengthened. He roughly felt a 30% to 50% enhancement; the improvement was huge!

Through these discoveries, Zhang Su felt it was necessary to thoroughly explore the full-energy state; perhaps there would be more wonderful uses he didn't know about.

But those were things for the future. Now he had to solve the trouble in front of him. Just as the other party opened the car door, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "Get your gear ready, get out of the car!"

After speaking, a sound of pushing magazines and pulling bolts came into Zhang Su's ears. The last time he activated the backup energy bar, because of various factors, he hadn't paid attention to the hearing enhancement at all. It was truly an interesting experience.

"Should I get out of the car too?"

Su Xiaoya asked.

"Of course."

Zhang Su answered while opening the car door and walking down.

"Ah, friends, hello to you all!"

As soon as his feet touched the ground, Zhang Su heard a warm greeting from the opposite side. Looking up, it was the man who had been in the driver's seat before. At this moment, he was wearing a military overcoat, his hands in his pockets, shaking his body, looking like he was freezing. His sleazy and shrewd temperament looked exactly like a merchant who had run to the Russian country to speculate.

"Hello to you too. I wonder where the three brothers are coming from?"

Zhang Su wore a smile, as if the confrontation while sitting in the car had never happened, and led his people slowly forward.

"We came from the Shanhai District. Come, come, have a cigarette."

Seeing that Zhang Su's attitude was decent, the man in the military overcoat walked up, took out a cigarette case to distribute cigarettes, and said: "Brothers and sisters, I want to ask, where did you get that car?"

Zhang Su followed the military overcoat's gaze and saw he was asking about the Great Dog. He casually put the cigarette in his pocket and said calmly: "Where I got my car, does it have anything to do with you?"

"To tell you the truth, our camp lost some supplies a few days ago, hehe... some brothers saw it and it has something to do with that car."

The man in the military overcoat was about forty years old, but the wrinkles on his face were relatively deep, and his face was full of folds when he smiled.

"Ha... Brother Su, it turns out they are looking for trouble with Liu Shijie's group!"

Lu Yubo was happy after hearing the other party's words, and his defensive mindset relaxed a lot.

Judging from the atmosphere at the scene, there were quite a few people who held the same mindset as Lu Yubo. Even the military overcoat saw the clues and hurriedly asked: "Liu Shijie? Do you brothers know any news? Could it be that this car... isn't yours?"

Zhang Su had an ambiguous smile on his face and said: "That's right, this car isn't ours; it was seized from a person named Liu Shijie. But there was nothing in the car at the time. You wouldn't suspect that we went to your place to steal things, would you?"

"No, no." The military overcoat waved his hands repeatedly, then changed the subject: "Since the matter has been investigated clearly, we have no questions. We were scared to death when we saw the car in the county town earlier, hahaha... Well, brothers and sisters, see you later!"

"See you later."

The two companions beside the military overcoat bowed their hands together, but their faces didn't have the rich expressions of the military overcoat and looked very dull.

After speaking, the three turned slowly and were about to leave.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 359 =====