Last Totem Novel - Chapter 26

Chapter 26 Hug
The early winter north wind passed through the endless sea of sand, bringing a faint dust to Tieshan Town.

This slightly cold current seemed to be telling the people of Tieshan Town that a terrible winter was coming.

It was noon, and the residents of Tieshan Town were busy preparing supplies for the winter. In the winter of this year, many more people would definitely die in the cold. The wanderers who slept on the streets were simply unable to withstand the cold of minus forty degrees. As a result, the younger vagrants would leave Tieshan Town for the warm south at the end of the winter and return the next spring.

At a time when almost everyone was busy, there was a middle-aged man lying lazily on a beach chair on a watchtower at the north end of Tieshan Town. His lazy expression was somewhat out of tune with the busy season. The middle-aged man was tall and thin, his horse had thick lips, his skin was slightly wrinkled, and he had a pair of thick glasses on his nose. He was Tieshan Town’s eldest sister’s butler, secretary, driver, and vice captain of Tieshan Town’s garrison. His name was Old Di.

At this moment, Old Flute was holding a telescope in his arms, and his mouth was snoozing. A gust of cold wind blew over, causing him to instantly feel a chill and wake up. Then he got up and observed the road with his binoculars. There was a vast expanse of white space between the heavens and the earth, and not even a single person could be seen. Old Di sighed and said to himself, “Brother Tie, if you don’t come back, I’ll be dry from the sun.”

The reason why Old Di said that was because of something that happened five days ago.

That day, because Tie Shan did not return on time, Eldest Sister began to worry about his safety. Her mood also became somewhat depressed, and she did not even have the mood to interfere in Tie Shan Town’s affairs. Thus, Old Di comforted her and said, “It is normal to delay a few days on the way to send a girl home.”

As a result, Old Di’s words made Eldest Sister even more unhappy, because Old Di didn’t boil which pot. So, the unhappier eldest sister ordered Old Di to wait for Tie Zha to return from the watchtower. Her original words were: “If Little Slag hasn’t returned yet, you don’t need to come down.”

On this sunny afternoon, Old Di felt only deep regret. If he had said at the time, “Sending a stupid woman to Sand City for sale, it would have been normal for him to have been delayed for a few days.” Then the result would certainly be completely different. Perhaps Eldest Sister would even give him some small money. However, as the old saying goes, “a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.” Old Di’s staying here these past few days also has an advantage.

If he was at home, his wife would tug at his ear and ask him, “Where’s the sunscreen? Where’s my–sunscreen–cream!”

At this moment, Old Di saw a small red dot appear on the horizon in the distance. He hurriedly picked up his binoculars and glanced at them. He was immediately excited, “Ah!” Then he picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, “He’s back! He’s back!”

A pleasantly surprised voice came from the walkie-talkie. After a moment of silence, he finally became arrogant. “Who’s back?” The eldest sister asked faintly.

“The iron slag is back.” Old Di replied respectfully.

“Who is Tie Zha?” “Yes … it’s a youth.” “What does it have to do with me if he doesn’t come back?” “This … this …”

“Tell him not to bother me, just say that elder sister is not free today.” With that, Lena turned off the walkie-talkie.

Although there was no wind blowing, the old flute could only feel the chill. Just as they were talking, Iron Slag arrived at the bottom of the watchtower and shouted to Old Flute, “Come down.”

Old Flute immediately climbed down the watchtower with a smile on his face and said, “Brother Tie, you’re back. I’ll give you a good wipe later.” Tie Zha smiled and took out a parcel from the canvas bag on the right side of the motorcycle and threw it to Old Flute. The old flute took the parcel and looked at it. On the parcel was the symbol of “Catherine”, and he immediately laughed even more happily. As he climbed into the back seat of the red comet, he said, “Come, let’s go to the council. I’ll show you the car.”

Tie Zha tightened the throttle and soon arrived at the entrance of the Autonomous Council of Tieshan Town. He handed the motorcycle to Old Di, took out a lunch box with the Holy Wolf badge from his canvas bag, and pushed open the door of the Autonomous Council and walked in. The moment Tie Zha stepped into the main hall of the Autonomous Society, the originally noisy hall immediately quieted down. Only half a month had passed since the incident with Knife Fang. Everyone in the hall still remembered the tragic situation of Saber Fang. They clearly remembered Tie Zha’s madness and persistence that day.

Under everyone’s gaze, the iron slag walked up to the second floor on its own. The office at the end of the aisle is closed. From the looks of it, the interior had been redecorated. Now, Blade Fang Guild should be renamed Blacktooth Guild. At the same time, Blacktooth should be the new owner of this office. Actually, compared to Blade Tooth, Iron Cinder hated Blacktooth even more. Because Blackfang gave him a feeling of cunning and sinister. Iron slag was not afraid that others would come openly, but that others would secretly harm it. However, with the strength of the Black Tooth Society, the iron slag was still underestimated.

Lena’s office was in the middle of the aisle, and the door was tightly shut. Tie Zha slowed down and silently moved towards the door, leaning against the wall. A few seconds later, he leaned against the door frame and carefully pushed open a crack in the door. There seemed to be no movement in the office, so Tie Zha moved forward a little and peered through the crack in the door. Lena was sitting at her desk, occasionally lowering her head to copy and write, as if she was reviewing a document.

Seeing such a calm scene, Tie Zha became even more cautious. He leaned his ears against the door and listened carefully, then gently pushed the door open. During this time, there seemed to be a strange sound of no mechanism. When the door was pushed wide, Tie Zha swiftly slid into the door. At this moment, he was as alert as a hound, listening in every direction and observing the six paths with his eyes. After confirming that there were no traps around, Tie Zha gently pushed the door open and walked to Lena with his cat waist.

At this moment, Lena was completely absorbed in reading the documents, as if she didn’t notice that Tie Zha had come in. But Tie Zha will not be deceived by such appearances. Although they were both B1 evolutionaries, Lena was more evolutionary than him in terms of B1. Hence, Lena was slightly superior to him in terms of strength and speed, as well as in terms of the five senses of a human being.

This is Tie Zha’s eternal pain. Without using his insecticidal ability, he was no match for Lena, so much so that he was often toyed with by her between the metacarpals.

“Sister Lena?” The iron slag asked tentatively.

Lena replied casually without raising her head, “Is something the matter?”

Tie Zha curiously stretched her neck, wanting to see what she was writing. At this moment, Lena suddenly raised her head and put her hand down, covering the paper on the table.

Tie Zha grinned and said, “Sister, I’m back.”

“Who is your sister?” Lena frowned and asked in a business tone, “How’s it going?”

Tie Zha put away his smile and told Lena about the killing of Joseph, explaining the relationship between Joseph and the Rogers.

“It’s just a guard. It’s not like he killed the young master of the Rogers.” Then, Lena picked up the phone on her desk and instructed the clerk to reissue Joseph’s arrest warrant. After making the call, she looked at Tie Zha and asked, “Is there anything else?”

“I killed Housekeeper Song of the Hiroshi Family.” Iron slag said.

Lena paused for a moment before asking, “Did you kill our housekeeper Song?” Tie Zha scratched his hair as an answer. Lena lowered her head and thought for a while, then continued to ask, “Is there a witness?” The iron slag shook its head. Lena heaved a sigh of relief and said, “Kill him. I don’t like him anyway. Although he gave me candy after an hour, he’s too snobbish.”

Tie Zha bypassed his desk and pointed in the direction of Silver City No. 13. Then, he whispered in Lena’s ear, “Steward Song is the spy on them.”

“Ignore who’s behind him. Just pretend you don’t know.” After saying that, Lena straightened her body and habitually crossed her chest with both hands. The pair of plump arms on her chest pushed open the gap between the buttons. From Tie Zha’s point of view, he could see the faintly discernible lace edges. Lena was a little taller than Tie Zha. She looked down at Tie Zha and asked indifferently, “Is there anything else?”

Tie Zha shook his head and turned around to leave. Lena was not in a good mood today. In his experience, it was best to run quickly. Just as Tie Zha walked to the door and was about to open it, a gust of fragrant wind came from behind him. Before he could react, his two slender arms circled around him.

The next second, he was fiercely hugged by a warm and delicate body, and the familiar voice sounded in his ears, “Dear, welcome back.”

Just as Tie Zha wanted to respond, his arms tightened in vain! In the blink of an eye, he was almost suffocated by the wild bear’s embrace.

“Where did you go on your honeymoon with the little demon?” “No… No.” “Does it take two weeks to go to Sand City?” “Sand … sandstorm.” “Yo ~ Honeymoon in a sandstorm, so romantic ~”

“No …” “Put up a small tent, dry firewood and blazing fire, so exciting ~” “Mistake … misunderstanding.”

“No regrets! Little scum actually has no regrets!” Lena instantly went berserk as she gritted her teeth and increased the strength of the bear hug!

“Yes … it’s a misunderstanding.”

‘”Oh, it’s a misunderstanding ~” Lena slowly relaxed her strength and said in pain, “I’m sorry, big sister misunderstood you.”

Tie Zha heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly explained to Lena. They went from being caught by sandstorms in the endless sea of sand to being chased by swarms of sandworms, then how they discovered Tasha’s lab, then how they went through calamity, and finally how they sold You Ge to a kind-hearted person in Sand City (he didn’t dare to tell the truth here).

“Yo ~ This story sounds pretty good.” As soon as Lena finished speaking, the strength of her bear hug exploded! Tie Zha was instantly squeezed so hard to breathe that he almost cried for help. He really didn’t understand how a woman could have such great brute force. This was simply unscientific.

“Gift … gift.” “Gift?” “Yes.” “Let’s see.” “Lunch box.” “Oh ~ I want to run.” “Over there.”

Lena followed Tie Zha’s gaze. There was a small parcel on the ground. It must have fallen from a joke just now (to her, it was a joke). Lena stretched out her slender legs and hooked the parcel over, then raised it with the tip of her toe. At this time, she smelled a strong fragrance of meat. So she immediately let go of Tie Zha and turned to pick up the contents of the parcel.

There were several aluminum lunch boxes in the package, and the smell of meat was emitted from the lunch boxes. Lena opened the lid of the box and a strong smell of barbecue came to her nose.

“Yo ~ It’s a roasted gerbil.” As Lena spoke, she picked up the fork in the lunch box and began to enjoy the rare delicacy.

Tie Zha watched Lena indulge in the delicious food and heaved a sigh of relief …