"That car was a Porsche. I don't know the specific model, but I know cars of that brand aren't cheap, only wealthy people drive them."

"I knew that, and I'm sure the three guys with me knew it too. So, they thought a big, fat sheep had arrived."

"Under normal circumstances, after we cause a car's tire to blow out, we hide in a safe position to observe the situation. If it looks easy to handle, we take action. If it doesn't, we just keep hiding."

"That day, one man and three women got out of that car."

"They were all young people."

"After discovering their car had a flat tire, they made a phone call to request roadside assistance."

"While they were waiting for roadside assistance, my dad's woman, along with the other two men, drove up in a car we had prepared in advance not far away. They pretended to be passing by, stopped to chat once they got close to the Porsche, and then made their move after the other side let their guard down."

"I stayed behind with another man, acting as backup, just in case."

"At first, the plan went smoothly."

"The car approached the Porsche. One of the men pretended to be a good Samaritan, asking the one man and three women what had happened."

"Once the other side lowered their guard a little, our side made their move."

"In our view, this job was as good as done. The two men would deal with the only male on the other side. As for the remaining three young women, in our eyes, they had zero combat ability. In the face of danger, aside from screaming, they couldn't do anything."

"But we underestimated them. We completely underestimated them. We never imagined that this one man and three women were no ordinary people." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"They actually had guns!"

"The man had a gun! One of the three women also had a gun!"

"The man fired two shots and took out the two men on our side. My dad's woman, who was also my woman, was shot dead by the woman."

"I will forever remember that scene."

"My woman, before she died, looked towards my hiding spot. Her mouth opened and closed. Even though she couldn't make a sound anymore, her lips clearly formed the words: 'Don't come out!!!'"

"But... how could I hold myself back?"

"I charged out right then! The last man with me was also stunned by the sight of the guns and the death of our companions. He didn't react in time and couldn't hold me back."

"He had no choice but to come out with me. Honestly, he could have just stayed hidden."

"Probably the one man and three women didn't expect we had backup either. But in the face of guns, having more backup is useless."

"When they saw me, the woman fired several shots at me in succession."

"The man beside me threw himself in front of me, taking the bullets for me. Before he died, he could only mumble, 'I don't owe your dad anymore.'"

"Of course, even though he took the bullets for me, the bullets had considerable penetrating power. I was also hit."

"The feeling of being shot was like being hit on the skin by a small stone. But the actual damage was far worse than that. Anyway, I passed out afterwards. I thought I was going to die. Once I closed my eyes this time, they would never open again."

"In fact, I was wrong. When I opened my eyes again, I was in a hospital. I didn't die. I was saved."

"Even though I was saved, it would have been better if they hadn't saved me."

"Because my woman was dead, and my dad's three companions, who were like family, were all dead."

"After the police saw I had woken up, they interrogated me."

"The woman I loved was dead. My dad's three companions, who felt like family, were also dead."

"I was utterly despondent."

"I didn't want to live anymore."

"I simply vomited up all the crimes they had committed. Even though I was really just an assistant in all this and hadn't killed anyone myself, I painted myself as the leader of the gang. That it was all my idea, that I had killed many people."

"I hoped to receive the death penalty quickly, to free myself from this miserable life of mine."

"The subsequent course of events indeed went as I expected. I was ultimately sentenced to death. However, because that gang had committed too many crimes, it took time to verify them one by one. They couldn't wrap up the case quickly, so my life just hung there."

"It hung there for several years like that. Then one day, suddenly, I was taken out of the prison."

"I was confused. Was it time for the execution by firing squad? But no one told me? I didn't understand..."

"In the end, I was inexplicably brought to Alice Apartment. And the people who brought me even told me in advance some of the rules for residing in Alice Apartment."

"And so, I actually went from a death row inmate to a 'life sentence'. Of course, this life sentence is much more comfortable compared to a real life sentence."

"After living here, I remained utterly despondent. I had already planned to just buy some pesticide, or hang myself, or jump off a building to commit suicide."

"But then something very unexpected happened. I actually saw my dad here!"

"Yes, that's right. It was my dad! That man in his fifties you killed by cutting his neck with a chainsaw!"

"Even though we hadn't seen each other for many years, and he had aged a lot, I still recognized him at a glance."

"However, even though I recognized him, he didn't recognize me."

"Maybe it's because we hadn't seen each other for so long. After all, he was arrested when I was a child. My mom and I only saw him once, and never a second time after that."

"Back then, when I recognized him, it was at the Alice Apartment welcome party. Manager Xiao Zhang was still the manager then."

"During that welcome party, I stared at him for a long, long time."

"I hated him, because he was the one who caused my miserable life."

"But... but... he was also the one who told people to take care of me, to look out for me. This made my hatred for him complicated, made it something I didn't even understand myself."

"...I discovered he really liked attending the welcome parties. So I came every time too, just to look at him. He really had aged, aged a lot. He didn't have that spirited, triumphant air he had when I was a child."

"His hair had turned a lot grayer."

"However, I never revealed my identity to him."

"Now it's fine. You killed him. I don't have to consider the problem of revealing my identity anymore."

The Armored Man seemed to have finished telling the story of his experience.

But the blue-haired Jiang Ran's energy had not fully recovered.

To truly recover, he needed a good night's sleep.

This current state wasn't very effective.

"Finished telling your story? So, are you planning to kill me now?"

The blue-haired Jiang Ran slowly straightened his back.

He was already prepared to run away.

It's laughable to say it. In his life, the blue-haired Jiang Ran had never been weaker than anyone.

He never thought there would be a day when he had to run away.

Of course, the main reason was that Western plate armor on the other side. He really couldn't even break its defense.

Unless he had a blunt weapon, like a hammer or something similar.