Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

"Yes, I'm reluctant too!" Zhang Beixing said with a hearty laugh.

Seeing him like this, the middle-aged man thought Zhang Beixing was relenting. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief and say something, planning to quickly take the little girl away, he hadn't even started speaking when—

BANG!

Without warning, Zhang Beixing, who had just been joking around with him, swung his fist powerfully and struck the man in the abdomen.

Feeling the tremendous force from the fist and the excruciating pain in his abdomen, the middle-aged man's eyes widened. He stared at Zhang Beixing in disbelief and amazement.

However, he quickly recovered. Enduring the severe pain, he reached into his pocket, pulled out a knife, and lunged at Zhang Beixing.

This action didn't surprise Zhang Beixing at all; on the contrary, he was well-prepared. He easily dodged to the side, avoiding the knife the middle-aged man thrust at him. Seeing the man relentlessly stab again, Zhang Beixing didn't indulge his disgusting habit. He immediately countered by grabbing the man's knife-wielding hand and giving it a fierce twist.

A crisp SNAP! was heard.

The man's wrist was instantly dislocated.

The intense pain made the middle-aged man's face turn white, and he couldn't help but wail.

Zhang Beixing was a good man. He'd spent his life doing good deeds and couldn't bear to see others suffer. Seeing the man in such agony...

So, he thoughtfully delivered a harsh knee thrust straight into the man's groin.

CRACK!

With a sound like eggs breaking, the man's cries abruptly stopped.

His eyes bulged, veins popped on his forehead, and his whole body went ramrod straight. Even the knife he held dropped to the ground with a CLANG!

Along with the knife, the middle-aged man also fell, foaming at the mouth, convulsing, before passing out.

Seeing this, Zhang Beixing finally let out a sigh of relief.

That was really close, my first real fight against someone armed, Zhang Beixing thought. Luckily, after all this time continuously training and practicing martial arts, my skills have clearly improved. Both my reaction speed and situational awareness have significantly increased. Otherwise, if it were the old me, even if I could have won in the end, I probably would've gotten roughed up a bit.

What level are my martial arts skills in the community now? They shouldn't be considered too bad, right?

If others in the martial arts community knew what he was thinking, they would definitely consider Zhang Beixing far too modest.

"Holy shit, what just happened?"

At that moment, Lin Pengfei, who had heard the commotion and rushed over, was stunned.

No way! He had just stepped away to make a phone call to the supplier. How did he come back to find Zhang Beixing fighting someone and having shattered the guy's balls with a knee strike?

"Bro, what's going on?" Lin Pengfei asked, bewildered, instinctively clenching his legs together as he looked at Zhang Beixing.

Zhang Beixing took a pack of tissues from his pocket, wiped his knee, and said, "Nothing much. Just taught a lesson to a damn human trafficker, that's all. Where's Sister Qi?"

"Right here!"

Hearing Zhang Beixing call her, Lin Siqi stepped out from the side, walked over to the little girl, and waved at him.

Seeing her, Zhang Beixing nodded and then asked, "Sister Qi, did you finish your call?"

"I did. The police said we should try to keep the suspect here and that they'd be arriving shortly. But now... it looks like there's no hurry!" Lin Siqi said, looking at the human trafficker Zhang Beixing had knocked unconscious.

Then she looked at Zhang Beixing. "By the way, Lao Zhang, how did you know at a glance that this guy was a trafficker?"

She recalled how, just moments before, they had been walking along when Zhang Beixing suddenly pulled her aside and told her to call the police, while he went alone to confront the trafficker. Lin Siqi was still baffled. She couldn't understand how Zhang Beixing had confirmed the man's identity in such a short time, let alone beaten him into this state. It was just too unbelievable!

"Weren't you afraid you might have gotten the wrong person?" Lin Siqi voiced her doubt.

Hearing this, Zhang Beixing shook his head, indicating there was absolutely no chance of that. He had intervened precisely because he was certain the man before him was a human trafficker.

As for how he was so certain, the reason was quite simple.

It was because, as Zhang Beixing passed by earlier, he had overheard what the little girl said!

After his Power and Constitution attributes were boosted to 89.9, Zhang Beixing's hearing had become exceptionally sharp. So much so that, moments ago, the little girl's murmurs, which would have been unintelligible to others, had been crystal clear to him.

"Mommy is clearly in the bathroom. Why did he say Mommy left?"

That's what the little girl had just mumbled.

It was precisely because he learned this that Zhang Beixing had approached and started talking with the middle-aged man.

The outcome was, naturally, as expected. While talking with Zhang Beixing, the middle-aged man's eyes kept darting towards the little girl and the nearby restroom. This wary and covetous demeanor, combined with his eventual statement about taking the child away, all but confirmed his identity.

That was why Zhang Beixing had suddenly lashed out and beaten him so fiercely.

Human traffickers deserve to be cut into a thousand pieces! Death is too good for them!

Of course, when explaining himself, he couldn't very well say he'd overheard the little girl's mumble. That would sound far too absurd.

So, Zhang Beixing simply explained, "I had a hunch he was up to no good, so I decided to test him. When I confirmed my suspicions, I struck first to subdue him. If, by some one-in-a-million chance, he hadn't been a bad guy, I would have compensated him."

Listening to Zhang Beixing's explanation and understanding his motive, Lin Siqi's lips twitched. She glanced at the yellowish fluid slowly seeping down the unconscious man's pant leg.

How the hell can *that* be compensated? she thought.

But since things had already reached this point, she didn't say much more. With a sigh and a "That's so you," she went to comfort the terrified little girl.

Meanwhile, Lin Pengfei, after hearing Zhang Beixing's explanation, was fired up.

He shot a big thumbs-up. "Awesome, Zhang Bro! That's our Zhang Beixing, alright! So observant! These damn traffickers, these bastards, deserve exactly this kind of punishment! Well done!"

"It was nothing, nothing. Keep it low-key," Zhang Beixing said. "I'm going to have a smoke. You go with your sister to check on the child. Help find her parents. After something like this, the poor kid must be terrified."

"Alright, I'll go help out!"

With that, Lin Pengfei walked off. As he passed the trafficker lying on the ground, he gave the man a kick for good measure before joining Lin Siqi to take the little girl to the nearby restroom to find her mother.

Seeing them leave, Zhang Beixing also let out a long breath. He walked over to a stone bench some distance away and sat down. He then pulled out a lighter, intending to light a cigarette and calm the adrenaline still pumping from the fight.

However, just as he flicked the lighter, about to light his cigarette—

VROOM—

The roar of an engine sounded from just outside the small plaza.

Hearing the noise, Zhang Beixing froze for a second, then whipped his head around to look.

A silver van was barreling recklessly into the plaza. Because its back doors were unsecured, he could see two short men crouching by the opening, their eyes, glinting with malice and greed, fixed intently on the little girl.

Seeing this, Zhang Beixing instantly sensed trouble; alarm bells blared in his mind.

Forgetting the cigarette, he bolted towards them.

But there was too much distance; he was a step too late!

The van drifted to a sharp stop beside Lin Siqi.

The two men by the open doors leaped out. Their coordination was clear, their movements practiced. One, wielding a knife, slashed at Lin Siqi, who was holding the child, while the other lunged for the girl.

Witnessing this, Lin Siqi panicked. Her mind went blank as she watched the knife slash towards her.

Luckily, Lin Pengfei was right there with her.

"Sis, move!" he yelled.

Seeing the trafficker's attack, Lin Pengfei lunged forward, instinctively using his own hand to shove the blade away from Lin Siqi, preventing her from being injured.

SLASH!

Despite his effort, the knife left a long, bloody gash on his forearm.

At the same time, due to the suddenness of the assault, Lin Siqi's grip on the child faltered, allowing the other trafficker to forcefully wrench the little girl away.

It all happened in the blink of an eye. The attack was clearly premeditated and executed with chilling skill, taking no more than four or five seconds.

By the time Zhang Beixing, who had been further away, reached them, the traffickers had already shoved the child into the van. They slammed the door shut, and with a roar of the engine, floored the gas pedal and sped off.

As for the trafficker Zhang Beixing had subdued earlier, his accomplices hadn't spared him a single glance from start to finish.

"Fuck!" Zhang Beixing cursed.