Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 193: The Main Course is Indeed Delicious (4)

He first noticed the dim light above his head, then with a drooping gaze, he saw Sun Guangjin not far across from him.

"Xiao Sun?"

The voice of Brother Cai was similarly high-pitched and thin.

"Huh? What’s happening to me? Who’s pressing down on me?"

Brother Cai tried to move, then, with a sense of horror, realized he couldn’t feel his body or limbs.

"Ah!!! What’s happened to me?!" The alarmed man also fell apart, "Who? Who did this to me? Show yourself! Come out!!!"

Sun Guangjin really wanted to tell Brother Cai not to waste his energy, but he couldn’t make a sound, he could only fret silently.

"Brother Cai, is it?"

Ye Nai, grasping the voice modulator, suddenly spoke up.

"Who are you?!" Brother Cai quickly composed himself, his tone as flat as Ye Nai’s, as if he himself wasn’t in a dire situation.

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"Never mind that, just know that I’m the one who captured you."

"What do you want by capturing me?"

"Of course, to ask you for your phone password and payment password, to take your money."

"Fine, you can have all the money in my phone."

"And Sister Hong’s."

Brother Cai sucked in a breath, only then did he realize that the faceless woman lying on top of him was Sister Hong, but he couldn’t bear to give away Sister Hong’s money.

"Brother Cai is hesitating? The money in Sister Hong’s hands is your lifeline, isn’t it? Earned behind the Skyfire Association’s back? Pretty clever, huh?"

When he heard Skyfire Association, Brother Cai’s attitude softened further, but his already high-pitched, soft voice now sounded more like a eunuch in a TV drama.

Sun Guangjin couldn’t take it anymore and closed his eyes, imagining his own voice might sound just the same.

"Big brother, everything is negotiable."

"Sure, as long as there’s money, it’s all negotiable."

Brother Cai swallowed saliva, glanced again at Sun Guangjin beside him, seeing his consistently silent demeanor, guessed he too was in no position to save himself.

"Fine, we’ll give you both our money."

"Give me the passwords."

Without hesitation, Brother Cai blurted out three passwords, two for phone unlock screens and one for his bank’s cloud payment password.

"I don’t know my wife’s payment password."

"No matter, I’ll just ask her directly."

Ye Nai turned on another dim camping lantern on the other side of Brother Cai, drawing Sister Hong into the Space.

No sooner had Brother Cai felt a lightening on his body, the weight disappearing, than a thud sounded beside him. He turned his head and in the glow of the lantern light, Sister Hong’s face, eyes closed and the corners of her mouth still greasy, was right before him.

"...Huh?!"

Brother Cai let out a scream of fright.

The next second, he too was forcibly silenced, unable to make a sound.

Brother Cai fiercely turned to look at Sun Guangjin on the other side, saw him wide-eyed looking back at him, then slowly nodding.

The two brothers faced each other wordlessly; at that moment, Brother Cai understood why Xiao Sun had stayed quiet all along.

As usual, he administered Sister Hong with the customary rough awakening, then woke her up.

Sister Hong opened her eyes, saw Brother Cai lying beside her, and immediately noticed the darkness around her. She was clearly having a late-night snack, so how did she suddenly end up here?

But she remained calm and controlled, not crying out in panic, certainly performing better than the two men beside her.

"Big brother or sister, whatever you are, what’s the reason for bringing me here?" Sister Hong of course had half her vocal cords pinched as well, but a female’s slightly higher voice didn’t sound unpleasant.

"Sister Hong, I need your bank payment password."

When Sister Hong heard the unfamiliar male voice, her heart quivered slightly, but since she was prepared, she wasn’t too frightened.

"You want my bank password?"

"Yes, to buy your life with money."

"Where is this?"

"This place is the Secret Realm."

"Impossible!" No matter how calm she tried to appear, she couldn’t contain herself at this point, "What’s the date today? I was clearly eating a late-night snack at home!"

"Believe it or not, that’s up to you." Ye Nai let out a light chuckle, "You can listen carefully. The sounds around us are from nocturnal mutant beasts. They’ve scented the fresh and tender smell of humans and are searching for a way to get in."

Sister Hong listened intently, and indeed, amidst the night breeze, there were faint sounds of animal cries.

She glanced at Brother Cai once more, only to see him with his mouth open, mouthing words without making a sound. Realizing that her own body and limbs also seemed to have disappeared, she understood—Brother Cai must be the same. The one who caught them was surely a powerful Awakener.

Falling into the hands of an Awakener and being able to buy one’s life with money was already the least of the consequences.

With this thought, Sister Hong no longer hesitated.

"Alright, all my bank cards are linked to mobile banking cloud, there’s only one payment password."

Sister Hong gave out the password, and Ye Nai noted it down, but he didn’t rush to leave.

"Alright, Sister Hong, you’ve had a tough time. Take a rest now; I have another matter to discuss with Brother Cai."

Just as Sister Hong was about to say something, with a gasp, she found herself unable to make any sound.

Brother Cai, on the other hand, regained his shrill and thin voice.

Sister Hong closed her eyes, not wanting to listen closely.

"Brother Cai, tell me the entire route of Gaofei Internet Cafe’s forbidden goods transport."

"...How do you know?!"

Brother Cai was startled and instinctively turned his head to look at Sun Guangjin, only to see Sun Guangjin with his eyes closed, seeming to be asleep.

"Sun Guangjin! You dare to betray the Skyfire Association!!" Brother Cai shouted through clenched teeth, his tone and accent remarkably similar to those of a head eunuch in a TV drama.

Sister Hong’s eyes snapped open, wanting to see Sun Guangjin, but Brother Cai was blocking her view, and she couldn’t see anything.

But since Brother Cai said this, it was possible that Sun Guangjin really had been captured.

Was it a move against the Skyfire Association?!

Sister Hong didn’t dare to think further or guess. She only wanted to be spared by the other party after they took her money. She was just a small mahjong parlor owner, leveraging Brother Cai’s background in the Skyfire Association to help people with their financial difficulties; she hadn’t done anything atrocious.

"Brother Cai, you’re not focusing, and you need to be punished."

The agony arrived immediately, and Brother Cai, who had never suffered in such a way, let out continuous, miserable screams, causing both Sun Guangjin and Sister Hong to change color drastically. They couldn’t bear to listen, but they were unable to block their ears, subjecting them to extreme torment as well.

Only Sun Guangjin’s girlfriend remained asleep, utterly unaware of anything.

Ye Nai allowed Brother Cai to catch his breath after five minutes of pain.

"Brother Cai, my patience is limited. Are you ready to tell me the full route of your illegal goods business now?"

"I’ll tell, I’ll tell."

Brother Cai gasped for air, seeing stars. In the brief moments he’d felt on the brink of death, he imagined himself passing by heroes from wartime who preferred death to submission, but he wasn’t one of them. He wanted to live, not die. He was ready to say anything.

"Say it all at once, don’t try any tricks."

Ye Nai secretly activated his phone’s recorder.

Brother Cai didn’t dare to play any tricks and honestly narrated everything he knew about the route in question.

As the actual head of both the Gaofei Gang and Gaofei Bar, he first received the goods brought by the Skyfire Association, then he would inform Sun Guangjin to issue a message for dispatching the goods and distribute them in the internet cafe, instructing the subordinates to deliver them.

As he explained, it seemed every level was responsible for a specific segment of the operation. Should there be any issues, it would belong to those people in charge of that particular level.