Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 536 Interception
As we mentioned in the previous article, the nicknames of the Popescu brothers are "The Trickster" and "The Crusher". You should be able to tell from these two nicknames that the latter has stronger physical fitness.

Therefore, after the "explosion and escape", the younger brother Ion arrived at the southern part of the town earlier than his brother as expected.

However, just as Ion was about to run to the meeting point they had agreed on and was about to stop to rest, suddenly, his stomach started to ache again.

This is normal. It's just diarrhea. It's not something that can be cured by just "unloading a load of goods".

What Ion and Sip had experienced in the "VIP toilet" before was only the first wave. Now that he was running and moving, his intestinal motility was stimulated, and another wave of urge to defecate came back like a wave.

Of course, in this place, there are not so many restrictions on going to the toilet... Let's talk about Ian. He just found a dark bush, took off his pants, squatted down, and began to relieve the pressure on his intestines.

In those days, it was no exaggeration to say that there was a lot of feces on the streets, both human and animal, so at this moment Ion didn't even have to worry about the smell exposing himself.

After a while, he finished this second wave of diarrhea and felt that the abdominal pain was temporarily relieved. He supported his numb legs and prepared to get up.

At this moment, footsteps were heard on the stone road a few meters away...

In the darkness, Ian turned his head at the sound and looked up, just in time to see a figure with a "X" drawn on the back of his clothes running past him.

His first reaction was naturally...

“Hey! I’m here!” Ion took the other person for granted as his brother Xipu, and shouted at him in a low voice.

Some people may ask, can even brothers admit their mistakes?
We have to say a few words for Ion...

Firstly, in the dark environment, relying only on the moonlight, Ion was able to see the other person's figure and the marks on his clothes, which was already good enough.

Secondly, didn’t Dan also make a mistake once before in a brighter place? This shows that Dumitru and Sip are indeed very similar when viewed from behind.

Thirdly, when Sip discussed the emergency retreat plan with Ion before the operation, in addition to preparing several codes representing different retreat directions, he also specifically reminded Ion to take off his clown costume during the retreat, and this... Dumitru just happened to do it.

To sum up, from Ion’s perspective: the person who just ran over had a similar build to Xipu, had the same mark on his back, and ran in the same direction as me... Could this be a coincidence?

On the other side, Dumitru was startled when he heard a low shout coming from the darkness behind him.

However, after the initial shock, he slowed down his pace, and some questions arose...

"What's going on... Who is talking to me? Someone who comes to kill me should just shout 'Stop' or just pounce on me without saying anything, so he shouldn't be a pursuer... But if he says it's someone I know, the voice is very unfamiliar. Could it be... that 'Vulture' secretly hired other helpers and didn't tell me?"

Thinking of this, Dumitru stopped hesitantly.

But as he was unsure whether there was any danger or not, he did not dare to approach the patch of grass where the sound came from. He just turned his head and looked there calmly.

Then, Ian, who had just pulled up his pants, came out from the bushes and made eye contact with him.

When the two looked at each other, the same question popped up in their minds - who is this?

You may be wondering, didn’t the two parties chase each other for a while in the corridor outside the toilet before, so why don’t they recognize each other now?

It's very simple... For Dumitru, he saw two "clowns", one tall and one short, coming out from afar, and then they turned around and ran away; and for the Popescu brothers, they also saw a "clown" from afar who ran away when he saw them, so they chased after him... In other words, no one could see each other's face clearly at that time.

At this moment, both sides have taken off their clown costumes, so who still recognizes who?

However, there is actually a little information gap between the two of them...

After staring at each other and standing there in a daze for a few seconds, Ion finally remembered: the "clown" he had chased in the corridor before under the leadership of his brother seemed to have a fork on his back.

At that time, because both parties were running, he didn't see clearly. Later, he and his brother fled separately, so he didn't have time to care about those things. But now, encountering this situation, the man in front of him was obviously not his brother, so he reacted belatedly.

"It's you!" Ion suddenly realized and blurted out the words.

"Ah!" Although Dumitru still didn't know where the other party came from, he was guilty and must have been panicked when he saw the person opposite him suddenly say this.

So, after Dumitru's scream, the two began to chase each other again...

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At the same time, also in Zhennan, on another road.

Xipu, wearing a cloak and carrying a basket, was also running on the street.

Sip's situation was different from Ion's. After he ran out of the theater, he couldn't hold his stomach any longer, so he could only find a place to hide and solve the urgent problem.

Since the place where he was hiding was close to the performance venue and there were still many passers-by around, after he finished the job, he suddenly had an idea and randomly killed a very unfortunate old woman passing by, and used the other party's personal belongings to disguise himself again before setting off.

At first, Xipu pretended to be very convincing and walked slowly, but when he reached a deserted place, he stopped pretending and just ran as fast as he could.

At about the same time he started running, Sun Yixie also came out from the backstage of the circus.

After Brother Sun left, how did Huang Donglai, who claimed that "I must stay to guard the prisoners", "communicate" with Dan to cover up what happened in the toilet... We won't go into details, let's just talk about Sun Yixie...

He didn't even take off his clown makeup, and went straight to the address Dan gave him.

Brother Sun’s current martial arts skills are definitely not as good as Huang Donglai’s, but compared to ordinary people, they are at least at the level of a world-class track and field athlete.

Therefore, before Xipu reached his destination, Sun Yixie had already caught up with him.

When Sun Yixie saw Xipu's back, he wondered: How could an old woman run so fast in the middle of the night? This seemed to be a problem.

At this moment, Sun Yixie had naturally known through the information and analysis provided by Dan and Huang Donglai that "in addition to Dan and Dumitru, there were two other clowns who had sneaked into the circus." So when he saw this figure who was heading in the same direction as him and was obviously disguised, he immediately lightened and slowed down his pace and began to follow the other party secretly.

According to Brother Sun's calculations: no matter if this person is Dumitru or one of the other two unidentified fake clowns, the gains from following him secretly should be greater than alerting the enemy.

The result was exactly as he expected.

As Xipu ran in that direction, he met the fleeing Dumitru at a "Y"-shaped intersection... and Ion who was about to catch up with Dumitru.

What? You're asking why Ion, who is known for his physical skills, has such a hard time chasing after a small fry like Dumitru?
Oh, didn’t I say it before? Ion’s legs were still numb when he stood up.

Furthermore, although Dumitru has behaved quite cowardly so far, his strength is actually not that weak. After all, he went to the "Broken Wall" to accept a contract, and it was a murder contract, which shows that he is not a good person either. He at least has the fighting power of a small bandit leader.

However, his luck tonight, or in other words, his luck in this life...ends here.

The moment he and Ion entered Sip's sight, Sip did not hesitate at all. This "trickster" immediately took out a dagger from his "basket", and then he accelerated and dived forward like a crow flying low...

Lunge forward, roll sideways, hold the dagger in reverse, take advantage of the momentum to swing and slash... Xipu casually performed this set of skilled fighting skills that he had practiced countless times, and easily severely injured Dumitru's calf.

Two seconds later, Dumitru fell down screaming. Before his first scream had stopped, Ion pounced on him like a bear and pressed on him.

This time Dumitru was vomiting white foam, and his screams stopped abruptly due to the severe impact on his abdomen.

Then, Ion stood up again, and after receiving a signal from his brother, he grabbed Dumitru's injured leg and dragged him into the dark alley on the side of the street.

Xipu also looked around and followed in.

Of course, neither of them saw or discovered Sun Yixie from beginning to end...

The ruthless Popescu brothers would not give Dumitru too much time to catch his breath. As soon as they entered the alley, they began to "torture" him.

"What's your name?" It was Xipu who asked the question.

"Ugh——" After enduring that wave of attacks, Dumitru couldn't even catch his breath, let alone reply. He could only make this low groaning sound.

Snapped--

Seeing the other party like this, Ion slapped him: "My brother is asking you a question! Are you pretending to be dead? Weren't you very fast when you ran away just now?"

Apparently Ion was also a little emotional, because at this moment his stomach started to hurt again due to the running and the "pressure" just now.

"Ugh - uh -" Dumitru's two teeth were loosened due to the beating, but he still couldn't utter a sound. He just fell to the ground weakly, with tears and snot flowing uncontrollably.

"Hmph... Looks like we should let him catch his breath first." Xipu looked at Dumitru coldly, then turned to Ion and said, "Why don't you watch him for a while? I have to go take a shit."

"Hey! Wait! I'm in a hurry too!" Ion couldn't help but raise his voice a little, "I'll go first!"

"Damn! Am I not in a hurry?" Xipu, who had been pretending to be awesome just now, couldn't hold back when he heard that his brother was going first. "After all, isn't it all your fault?"

Ion didn't even finish listening to the second half of his brother's complaint before he ran out and hid in a patch of grass not far away.

Xipu looked down at Dumitru again and thought that this guy would not be able to recover in a short time after being beaten like this, and his legs were injured, so he could not run far. So, after hesitating for two seconds, Xipu followed his brother.

As soon as the two of them left, Sun Yixie, who had been secretly observing them, would start to cause trouble...