Yeshua observed the four men walking towards him.
They wore crude clothes that spoke of their unruly characters. The four of them had the same menacing temperament that brought fear to the people they passed by.
The first man was tall and lean with a hook nose. His eyes looked with a fierceness like a raptor. The second man was short and stocky with big eyes. He looked like a frog as his eyes glazed with idiocy.
The third man was thin like he put all his energy into making litters. He had big ears and looked like a mouse. The last man was very fat. He was even fatter than fatty Bobo and looked like a pig in a pigsty. His mouth also protruded and looked swollen.
Yeshua was shocked! He could not believe what he was seeing!
(These people?! Aren't they… the four generic goons?!)
Yeshua was flabbergasted. He was reminded of the generic stories with generic characters in generic settings that he liked to read on a certain website!
"Oi, Uwan. Isn't that boy familiar? He looks like someone we know?" The idiot frog saw Yeshua and talked with a croaky voice to the first man.
"Idiot! That's our target. I already told you that we're here to capture that boy. Make sure that you do what I tell you or you won't like what I'll do to you, Tuwo!" The fierce raptor's voice was raspy like he was always angry.
"It's good that we found him easily. I'm already hungry after walking all the way here. It's already noon. I want to eat! Triye, where should we eat?" A guttural sound came out of the swine's mouth as he swiped his oily face.
"Eating! Eating! You only know how to eat, Pora! I don't want to eat. I want to go to the Red Shacks. I'm already drooling for those dirty cats!" With vulgar squeaky voice, the mouse who craved for dirty cats excitedly said to the fourth man.
They spoke loudly that Yeshua was able to hear them. Yeshua was thoroughly dumbfounded!
(Even your names sound like numbers?! Are you siblings that your parents gave you names based on the order of your birth?! Who thought of those names? Does he have a grudge with all of you?!)
"Boss! What should we do? Those guys look like they are here to kill you!" Bobo was trembling in fear. His voice was filled with dread as he looked at the gang members moving towards them.
Bobo's voice woke up Yeshua from his astonishment of seeing the live versions of the generic characters. "They are here for me, Bobo. Just let me deal with them. Don't worry. Maybe I can talk to them about the package. I can pay them if I have to."
Although he said that, Yeshua's voice still contained some worry. This was his first time in this kind of situation. Though he experienced something worst last night, he was still just an ordinary human who had ordinary experiences. His actions the night before were done under pressure but during those moments he was still filled with dread and worry.
Facing the four men, Yeshua was still thinking of a way to at least mend the situation in a peaceful way. He thought of paying for the lost package since he had the money he got from Wendel's house.
Although he had the mysterious shard, Yeshua did not have a proper Alter Beast so if he had to fight these people, he could only rely on his ordinary body. He was worried since there were four of them. As he was thinking, the four men reached him.
"You come with us, boy. Don't try to escape or we'll break those legs," said Pora to Yeshua. The pig was stroking his fat belly in hunger.
"Wait, let me explain. I lost the package because something unexpected happened to me. If you want I can pay for that package." Yeshua said to the men with a meek voice.
After hearing what Yeshua said, Triye's rat eyes flickered with craftiness. "Oh, you will pay? Do you know how much that package is? Can you even pay?"
"I have money. How much is that package? Just let me pay it and let me off this time. It was really an accident why I lost the package." Yeshua felt that negotiating his way from this was possible since he could see that the four men stopped to listen to him.
"Ok. Give us 20 gold coins and we'll let you off," said the crafty mouse with a grin.
(20 gold coins? I don't think that package was even 5 gold coins. Why do you not just rob me? Oh, this mouse is indeed robbing me!)
Yeshua felt cheated but just to end this situation, he readily acquiesced. "Wait here."
Yeshua entered the house, and then after a while, he went out with 20 gold coins in his hand. He gave the gold coins to Triye.
"You indeed have money. How does a brat have this much money? Do you have more? Actually, this payment is not enough, you know, hihihi," said Triye with a mocking laugh.
Yeshua felt like punching this mouse's face but he held himself back. He was trying to settle this situation in a peaceful manner, so he swallowed his anger.
But it seemed that Yeshua's hope for a peaceful resolution would fail as he heard the raspy voice of Uwan.
"That's enough, Triye! We are not here for the boy's money. Just ransack his house to get his money. Just make it quick! Tuwo, drag that boy now. He lost the package so let him talk to the boss! We don't have time to waste here. The boss wants the package found immediately!" Uwan said irritatingly as he ordered the other men.
Yeshua realized that even paying the package was not an option to resolve this situation. He would still be dragged by these people regardless of how much money he paid them!
(Come on. Just last night, I was dating death in some secluded place. Do I have to be dragged by these people to another place? Is this another tryst with that obsessive death?!)
Yeshua was thinking of what to do when suddenly he felt a fist came to him. It was targeting his stomach. It seemed that the idiot frog only knew how to drag someone after knocking them down!
"Boss!" Bobo's worried voice entered Yeshua's ears.
Bang!
It was painful. However, Yeshua was shocked because it was not painful enough! Though Tuwo was stocky and looked like he punched heavy, Yeshua felt that he could take this punch!
Looking blankly at Yeshua, the frog said with his fist still staying on Yeshua's belly. "That hurts, right? Are you not going to collapse and writhe on the ground? Usually, when I do this that's what happened."
"Is that so? Why don't you take this, then?" Yeshua raised his fist and smashed it on Tuwo's face!
Maybe because of his faith in his hard face or just his brain working slow, Tuwo did not dodge but received the attack. Tuwo's face was smashed by Yeshua's fist and surprisingly crushed it!
Blood and teeth with pieces of flesh were splashed as a sound of crushing bone was heard when Yeshua's fist connected to Tuwo's face. Tuwo flew back then collapsed hard on the street while writhing in pain!
What happened stunned everyone. If the ineffective punch of Tuwo to Yeshua only surprised them, then, seeing Tuwo twitching on the ground with a crushed face made them feel that they were dreaming!
Though he was slow and stupid, Tuwo was the strongest of the four in terms of physical strength. If he was downed with just a punch, then the three men needed to consider their situation!
Even Yeshua was shocked, but a second later a realization came to him. Smiling with confidence, he looked at the three men in front of him.
With a raised fist, Yeshua said. "It seems that… it's clobbering time!"
With excitement in his voice, Yeshua proceeded to attack.