75: Chapter 75 Fear of Street Violence 75: Chapter 75 Fear of Street Violence Allen Zhang calmed Rena, urging her to protect herself and avoid excessive contact with the homeless.
After putting away his phone, he immediately went to fetch Sieg, preparing to drag him out of Lori’s place to assist him.
The more the merrier.
Apart from the General Sect Leader, Sieg was the next best in combat in the Beggar Gang, with a full set of street fighting skills.
Allen Zhang jogged all the way to the underbridge area where Lori lived.
As a homeless person himself, but Lori didn’t live in some common tent, rather a shabby little house built from what seemed like foam boards.
It was a step down from a camper but a step up from a tent, something you could call a tent plus!
With an area of roughly ten square meters, it was small and not very sturdy, but at least it shielded from wind and rain and had a door and a small window.
All thanks to Lori’s diligent street begging and window washing.
Other than the necessary spending on leaves, he hardly spent money elsewhere, striving to improve his life.
If it were somewhere else, a foam board house would definitely be illegal constructions, but below the bridge, no one cared.
The only worry was being occupied or destroyed by other homeless people.
But Lori, with his large frame, towering height, and thick arms resembling Li Kui himself, had nothing to fear from average homeless people.
At 28 years old, 2.1 meters tall, with an arm span of 2.1 meters, and arm circumference of 55 cm, he feared street violence.
Homeless people should be scared of him!
Damages from getting hit by a rugby player’s wild charge could compare to being rammed by a young bull, deadly or severely injurious to ordinary people.
The foam board door was unlocked.
As Allen Zhang opened the door, the position the two were in was simply eye-watering, shocking him instantly.
“Guys, what’s this position?
How did I not know you two were into this?” Allen Zhang immediately knocked on the door and woke them up.
Lori woke up, glanced at Sieg nestled in his arms, and pushed him away in shock.
Sieg, pushed off the roughly laid cardboard bed, hit his head on the foam board, startled.
“This has got nothing to do with me, clearly it’s your fault.
I was sleeping peacefully right here, why did you move close to me?
You’re seriously overweight, buddy.”
Flustered, Sieg fired back, confused how the two that had been sleeping well on the floor ended up stuck together.
Lori couldn’t take it anymore and snapped, “Get out of my hut right now!
Don’t make me lose my temper!”
“Ok, this is your territory, you call the shots.”
Seeing Lori, robust like a Gorilla, Sieg immediately lost the courage to argue.
Exiting the room, and thoughtfully closing the door for Lori, Sieg also had a rough night and still seemed a bit sleepy.
Looking listless, he asked, “Boss, why are you waking me up so early?
Isn’t it too early to be assigning tasks?”
“I’m looking for you because there’s something else.”
Allen Zhang immediately pulled out his phone, showing a downloaded gunfight video that at first glance looked like a battleground from the Middle Eastern meat grinder.
He informed Sieg about the events in the Sixth District and the news of the escaped mental patient, Alexander.
Sieg was stunned, “Have you been up all night watching short videos?”
With such timely information, aren’t you being a bit too outrageous?
“If you join the Intelligence Bureau, you’d definitely be an ace in the intelligence department!” Sieg said earnestly, praising the efficiency of gathering data and intelligence.
“Stay cool, it’s my talent, and also a manifestation of God’s favor and protection!” Allen Zhang said.
“That’s true, I admit, just like how we’re both homeless, others can only pick out cans and discarded food from the trash bins, but you always manage to find valuable gold and antiques.
Your luck is always so good!” Sieg had to admit this fact.
The disparity between people is even greater than dogs.
Some people eat a lot and never get fat, they are energetic even with only two to three hours of sleep a day, and stunningly beautiful or handsome.
And here I am, extremely ugly beyond recognition, gaining weight just from drinking water, needing 12 hours of sleep a day, eating four meals!
Can you say that’s not God’s favor?
Sieg has never seen such an outrageous person before.
If you told him before that there were such favored children of heaven, he definitely wouldn’t have believed it, but now he has to.
Science truly ends where mysticism begins.
“So, you want me to go with you to the shelter to help our friend solve some troubles?”
Sieg exclaimed in surprise, “What help can I offer?
Is there anything you can’t handle?”
“Just to help you get a new tent.
Your tent, which you just got a few days ago, is already unusable.” Allen Zhang added, “Do you really think I’m Superman?
Of course, I can’t handle everything, otherwise, what am I doing being homeless?
Rena, you’ve seen it too.”
“Of course, she is a mature woman with charisma and charm, any beauty I see, I won’t ever forget!” Sieg smiled.
“Then you can forget about her now!” Allen Zhang raised his middle finger harshly, “Go wash your face quickly, we are leaving right now.”
Shouldn’t we inform Dominic and the others?” Sieg, understanding the dynamic between these two, answered honestly.
The streets are very dangerous right now, full of mentally unstable folks.
If they come along, they’d just add to the troubles.
They’ll wake up and check their phones for updates soon enough, they’ll figure out what to do.”
Worst case, we just don’t do business today.
Money is important, but life is more important.
Everyone on the streets needs some sense of crisis, or they’d be devoured completely, no need to worry.
Allen Zhang and Sieg returned to the middle of the underpass, pulling their Trek Butterfly bicycle from the mud, with its somewhat bent wheel surely giving a wobbly ride.
“The quality of bicycles nowadays is really poor!
Just a few bumps can break them.”
“I can fix it for you when we return, I used to perform maintenance tasks frequently in the army, and I have some experience in repairs.”
Sieg looked at the damaged bicycle, figuring it wouldn’t be too hard to fix.
Not even needing the experience of screwing bolts on armored vehicles and tanks in the army, it’s totally like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
“So, you can repair bicycles too?
Then you really are our lucky star, Sieg!”
Allen Zhang was overjoyed, amazed at the other’s repertoire of life skills.
Without a vehicle, the two had to walk to the Green Word Shelter.
The streets were filled with the stench of sewage, litter and bottles everywhere, broken palm leaves, hardly any pedestrians probably because they’ve seen the trending videos and dared not go out.
Numerous homeless were seen picking up cans with bags in hand.
Houses near trees suffered as roofs got smashed by broken branches, collapsing parts, looking just like the aftermath of an apocalypse, a pitiful sight to behold.
Upon arriving at the Green Word Shelter, from a distance, it was overcrowded, buzzing like a horde of zombies besieging a city.
It utterly stunned them both.