'That's really good!'
Just as Yang Tao thought Subaru would be beaten up by the three thugs again and then rescued by the female protagonist.
Subaru actually made the first move, taking advantage of the moment he bent down to put down the plastic bag in his hand, he suddenly sprang up and lunged in front of one of the thugs, knocking out the leading Thug with a beautiful uppercut.
Then, without hesitation, he kicked a smaller guy next to him into the wall with a whip kick.
He dodged the attack of the last strong man, then grabbed the opponent's arm and shouted, "Don't underestimate the vast amount of free time truants have!"
"I, who usually practice with a wooden sword when I have nothing to do, have a grip strength of seventy kilograms!"
Then he lifted his leg and kicked the opponent hard in the crotch, and the opponent's face instantly turned pale, unable to make a sound, leaning against the wall and directly kneeling on the ground.
"I'm in a hurry, don't get in my way!!"
With that, the protagonist sprinted out of the alley.
Yang Tao looked at the people lying in the alley and wondered if he should kill these three people to test the protagonist's ability...
Then he shook his head: "Forget it, I'll naturally know the limit of the protagonist's time reversal when the time comes."
Although these three people were scoundrels, they were still lives, and most importantly, they hadn't offended him.
Following behind the protagonist, he arrived at the edge of the city, where the environment was much more dilapidated compared to the prosperous area just now.
'It looks like this is the slums...'
The Slums in this kind of anime world are just like this, at most people are thinner, houses are more broken, and clothes are older, it's impossible to truly depict a cruel world.
Of course, anime specifically designed to be 'depressing' are not included in this category.
Soon, the protagonist stood in front of a two-story house that was much grander than the other houses.
Perhaps to highlight the poverty here, the walls and roof of this house, which had at least twenty rooms on both floors, were covered with large patches of moss, looking mottled from a distance.
The protagonist stood at the door as if making a decision, and after a moment, he still mustered the courage to reach out and knock on the door.
"Is anyone home? Someone's there, right!"
The way he knocked so hard, it was as if he was going to knock the door down.
A moment later, the door was suddenly pulled open, and a burly old man, like a Space Marine, opened the door and roared at Subaru: "So annoying!"
"You don't even know the password or the secret code, are you trying to break the door?"
The protagonist followed the other party into the shop, and Yang Tao hesitated for a moment before walking to the door and knocking.
Thump thump...
The door was pulled open violently.
"What's going on today?"
The tall old man looked down at Yang Tao, his pure white beard trembling.
"I apologize for the abrupt intrusion."
He pointed at the protagonist in the room and said, "I'm here to find him."
Subaru looked at Yang Tao in surprise: "It's you?"
The old man saw that Subaru knew Yang Tao, so he didn't say much and directly stepped aside, saying, "Come in!"
The room was a bit dim, with only some sunlight coming through the window.
There were many miscellaneous goods on the shelves inside, and there was even a full set of Western armor that was very similar to the one worn by the Blue Knight, except this one was a normal metallic color.
"What do you two want from me?"
The old man walked behind the counter, poured a drink for each of them, then took a sip from his oversized mug and said, "Seriously, interrupting someone's evening drink... What exactly do you want from me? If it's some trivial matter, I'll beat you to death."
Yang Tao and Subaru sat on the stools in front of the bar. Hearing the old man's words, Subaru complained, "Drinking like this before dark, aren't you afraid of drinking Yourself to death!"
Then he asked somewhat awkwardly, "However, I have a ridiculous question."
"Hmm?"
"Old man, have you died recently?"
Hearing this question, the old man was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "Haha, although I admit I'm a geezer with one foot in the grave, unfortunately, I haven't had the experience of dying yet..."
"Then have you seen a silver-haired girl?"
"A silver-haired girl? Sorry, I really haven't seen anyone so eye-catching."
Then the old man looked at Yang Tao again and asked, "What are you here for?"
"Me? I saw this kid defeat three thugs by himself in the alley earlier, and I was curious so I followed him."
Yang Tao had a calm smile on his face. He was now certain that the protagonist himself was unaware of his ability, or rather, it was an ability he gained after his transmigration.
And he had died here.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked the old man earlier if he had died before.
"Uh, those three guys were trying to rob me..."
"I'm not their accomplice, you don't need to explain anything to me. You continue what you want to do, don't mind me."
Subaru's mouth twitched slightly. He turned to the old man and gestured with his hand: "I'm looking for a badge, it belongs to the silver-haired beautiful girl who saved me."
"I heard him say it's inlaid with a gem..."
The old man shook his head slightly after hearing Subaru's description and said, "A badge inlaid with a gem, I'm sorry, I don't have that kind of merchandise here..."
Subaru, looking unconvinced, continued to ask, "Really? Think about it carefully, you're not getting senile, are you?"
Yang Tao frowned slightly, thinking, 'This protagonist seems to have a rather low IQ...'
Speaking to someone whose background he didn't know like that, it was fortunate that the other party had a good personality. If he were the old man, he probably would have thrown Subaru out of the room already.
The extremely burly old man picked up his large mug and took a sip, completely unconcerned by Subaru's attitude, and said, "If even I, in my excellent state after drinking, can't remember, then I can only say I don't know."
"But... a little later, someone will come to deliver goods, and I heard it's top-grade goods..."
"Maybe it's what you're looking for."
Subaru asked excitedly, "Is the person delivering the goods a girl named Felt?"
"What the... You even know the name of the thief, but whether you can buy it back is another matter..."
Uh...
Yang Tao, who was standing by, finally understood what was going on. The silver-haired girl's item had been stolen, and Subaru, to express his gratitude for her life-saving grace, had tracked the thief to the fence's location. However, he unexpectedly discovered that the owner here, the old man in front of him, had been killed, and he himself, having seen what he shouldn't have, was silenced, triggering his ability to return from death.
'What a cheesy plot... However, I don't think this protagonist is so useless. It's not simple that he could find this kind of hidden fence in the Slums in a completely unfamiliar city in just half a day...'
'Hmm, he's just a bit foolish in personality...'
People's personalities are all different. The process doesn't matter, as long as the result is good, that's fine.