Chapter 2: You're Awesome

  After the baptism of the devils and puppet troops, Fire Brother finally calmed down and sobered up. Fire Brother wiped away the fresh blood flowing into his eyes, gazing at Old Man Uncle who died miserably on the ground, silently swearing in his heart "Uncle, son will definitely avenge you." Then he said to the little devil squad leader: "I'll take you guys to find food."

  "Haha......" The devils and puppet troops were laughing wildly, one more than the other. This is the world of the strong.

  Huo Yao Ge walked towards Lao Man Shu's house. The Japanese squad leader, pleased with himself, ordered the others to continue searching from door to door, and then he followed Huo Yao Ge with two other Japanese soldiers.

  Lao Man Shu's courtyard was very small. In the courtyard, there was a large eight immortals table, four long benches, and a water tank. On the surrounding wall hung several tools for drying farm work. Huo Yao Ge stood at the gate of the courtyard, pointing to the water tank and said: "The grain is in the cellar under the water tank."

  "Yours, go, open it." The little devil captain said suspiciously.

  Huo Yao Ge's whole body is now trembling, as if he might fall over at any moment.

  The little devil captain let out a loud shout of contempt, "Ba Ge Ya Lu". Then he gave a signal to the two devils soldiers, who carefully moved away the water vat and removed the wooden board underneath. A small opening was revealed, below which was a 2-meter square cellar. On several overlapping wooden boards, several sacks were neatly arranged. The devil soldier excitedly shouted: "There really is grain inside".

  "Yoshi" the little devil captain looked at Lao Man Shu's courtyard and suddenly realized, nodding his head to Huo Yao: "The courtyards here are only that big, one glance and you can see everything. We usually go straight into the rooms to search, who would have thought that grain would be hidden in an open courtyard? No wonder we didn't find a single grain last time. You Chinese people are too cunning. But I want to thank you for reminding me, other people's grain is also hidden in their courtyards, right? Haha... you really are a good citizen."

  The little captain of the devils had a sturdy build, like Wu Dalang. He stretched out his short arms and patted Huoyao's shoulder with force, praising him. Huoyao smiled obsequiously, like an obedient lamb. But in his heart, he cursed the devil's ancestors for eighteen generations.

  The devils threw the Three Eight cover to the ground and jumped into the cellar. They untied all the ropes on their pockets, checked them one by one, and excitedly shouted: "It's really food, we finally found the Chinese people's food."

  "These Chinese are really hateful, too cunning." A Japanese soldier complained.

  The little devil team leader walked excitedly to the entrance of the cellar. Seeing the devils lifting food bags, they struggled to lift them to the entrance of the cellar. However, due to height issues, the devils couldn't push the food bags onto the ground. The little devil team leader quickly turned his head and shouted at Huo Yao: "Yours, hurry up and move the grain..."

  The little devil's words were not yet finished, when he turned his head and saw the ferocious and terrifying smile of Firework Brother. A black shadow rushed to his face, and his originally triumphant mood instantly fell to the bottom of the valley. He hadn't even had time to make any move. Firework Brother used a hoe hanging on the wall to fiercely dig into his face. "Ka-chang" - the sharp hoe dug a hole about five or six inches deep in the little devil's face. Fresh blood splattered everywhere, almost splitting his head in two. He didn't even have time to let out a miserable cry, and the little devil fell to the ground with a thud. Firework Brother continued to fiercely pound him, until the corpse was smashed into pulp, still shouting: "You dare to be arrogant, you dare to be fierce..."

  The Japanese soldier used a sack of grain to cushion his feet and crawled out of the cellar. One of them hadn't even stood up yet when a hoe flew out of Huo Yao's hand and made intimate contact with his head. The dazed Japanese soldier fell backwards, and another one who was getting up fell back into the cellar with a "crack" sound of breaking bones. The Japanese soldier whose neck was twisted returned to report to his emperor. Another Japanese soldier had just picked up his Type 38 rifle. Huo Yao didn't think twice and gave this Japanese soldier a flying shoulder tackle he learned from WWE. He knocked the Japanese soldier to the ground, and the two rolled around on the ground, with Huo Yao riding on top of the Japanese soldier, one hand grabbing the gun barrel pointing to one side, and the other hand quickly removing the bayonet from the gun and stabbing it into the Japanese soldier's heart. Fresh blood spurted out like from a high-pressure water gun, covering Huo Yao all over.

  "With a loud 'bang', the Japanese soldier pulled the trigger before he died. The loud gunshot woke up some of the crazed gunpowder brothers. It also attracted nearby Japanese and puppet troops. Gunpowder brother looked at the corpse in the pool of blood, the strong smell of blood made his legs feel weak. But his heart was filled with a strange sense of satisfaction after revenge."

  The sound of footsteps and shouting came from outside the old man's courtyard. Huoyao Ge grabbed a Type 38 rifle, pulled out a bullet box from the enemy's body and put it in his pocket. He then hung a hand grenade on his waist. A few steps later, he ran to the left wall and jumped over it. Huoyao Ge crouched outside the wall and heard someone enter the old man's courtyard.

  "What's going on here?" A fake soldier couldn't believe his eyes.

  "Is that the squad leader?" someone asked, recognizing the deceased from his uniform.

  "The squad leader was beaten to death, go and inform the sergeant..."

  "It must be the work of guerrillas..." someone speculated.

  "Everyone be careful, there must be guerrillas nearby."

  The yard was in a mess. Some people fired warning shots, some searched the house, and others hid behind the gate. Huoyao Ge had been waiting for this moment, pulled out the fuses of two hand grenades, waited for three seconds, and then threw them into the yard before running away. Huoyao Ge didn't know if the grenades would blow down the surrounding wall or not. He certainly didn't want to die with these scum together.

  "Bang, bang" two loud noises, the courtyard was again a scene of wailing and howling, Firework Brother's heart felt great, at least he would take down two or three.

  Firecracker Brother dodged and weaved past several houses. Suddenly, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from ahead. Firecracker Brother hastily hid behind a corner. A group of Japanese soldiers, led by a sergeant, ran towards Old Man Mǎn's residence. Firecracker Brother stood up and let out a long breath, thinking "Now is not the time to be discovered by the enemy, if I'm surrounded my life will be forfeit. Better to find some lone devil somewhere... Hehe..."

  "Bang, bang" sounds came from not far behind Huo Yao's back. Two puppet soldiers each carrying a bag of grain walked out of a courtyard. As soon as they walked out of the gate, they saw Huo Yao holding a gun and sneaking in a corner. The puppet soldiers knew at a glance that Huo Yao was not one of their own by his attire. They exchanged sly glances, thinking the same thing "This guy must be a guerrilla fighter, today it's our brothers' turn to show up. Not only did we find food, but also got to kill a guerrilla fighter. When we get back... Heh heh..."

  Two fake soldiers threw grain sacks on the ground as cover, lay down and fired at Huo Yao. They were also dreaming of promotion and wealth.

  When Fire Brother heard the sound, he turned his head and saw the fake army. The fake army had already fired at him. Fire Brother quickly ran away, and with one hand, he returned a shot. Although he had never touched a gun before, he had seen pigs run even if he hadn't eaten pork. He had already pushed the bullet into the chamber, all he needed to do was pull the trigger. After firing one shot, he didn't bother to reload, but instead quickly ran away in an S-shape. Now his life was at stake.

  Perhaps it was a big explosion of Fire Brother's character, the pseudo-army's bullets "whooshed" past him, without even touching his clothes. The bullet fired by Fire Brother hit the brow of another pseudo-soldier. Another pseudo-soldier buried his head in a grain sack and randomly fired at Fire Brother.

  Huo Yao Ge jumped over a wall, and a miserable cry sounded from behind him. The gunfire stopped. He poked his head out from behind the wall to observe, and saw a small guy holding a kitchen knife, picking up guns from the hands of the puppet soldiers. There was still blood dripping onto the ground from the knife, and another puppet soldier had gone to see King Yan.

  The little guy ran to the hidden courtyard of Huoyao Ge, seemingly wanting to meet with Huoyao Ge. The devils who had just run towards Lao Man Shu's residence came back after hearing the gunfire, one of them carrying a machine gun and spotting the running little guy. A devil sergeant shouted loudly, and the sound of gunfire instantly filled the air. Huoyao Ge anxiously thought about how to help the little guy. The little guy had already hidden in a courtyard.

  The game of hide-and-seek with the enemy has begun. Fortunately, this village is big enough, and there are only a few dozen devils and puppet soldiers, so it's not easy to catch Huoyao Gege and Xiaogezi for the time being.

  Two Japanese devils, who were roasting a whole chicken by burning down the house, finally found that big rooster. One of them was savoring half of it, completely unaware that death had already arrived. Huoyao Ge sneaked up behind them, and one bullet shot into the head of one of the Japanese devils, followed by a bayonet stabbing into the back of the other devil. It's really unknown what kind of evil deeds these two little devils had accumulated in their past lives, to come to China and do all sorts of bad things, only to end up dying with full bellies.

  Two fake soldiers whispered in a corner of the wall. The older one said, "I don't know how many guerrilla fighters came? They even killed Captain Taigun."

  "Yes, yes, about a dozen of our brothers and Imperial soldiers were killed or wounded. A considerable number of guerrilla fighters must have arrived."

  "We'd better be careful not to lose our eating utensils."

  "Yes, yes. It's better not to go out and wander around. It's too dangerous outside."

  "Then let's wait here for our brother."

  Yes, yes......

  Two fake soldiers thought they were clever, chatting happily. A kitchen knife silently chopped off the neck of one fake soldier from behind, and when the other fake soldier was shocked and stunned, he also suffered the same fate. It's true that good deeds are rewarded with good fortune, while evil deeds are punished. It's not that there is no retribution, but the time has not yet arrived. The two traitorous running dogs finally got what they deserved.

  Huoyao Ge had dodged into the courtyard opposite Lao Man Shu's corpse. Looking at Lao Man Shu's body, Huoyao Ge was filled with grief. A figure also jumped into the courtyard where Huoyao Ge was hiding. As soon as Huoyao Ge heard the sound, he immediately turned around and aimed his gun.