Chapter 1121: Passing the Blame and Inviting Disaster

Everyone present, including Doctor Zhao and Lin Geng, was stunned.

The matter had clearly been resolved, but Xiao Xiao suddenly started hitting people. How were they going to deal with this now?

"Ha... Haha, it's really hot..." Xiao Xiao said. "All this rambling nonsense... Blocking the way for so long?"

"You... You bastard..."

The man in shorts quickly realized what was happening and charged forward with an iron pipe, swinging it hard at Xiao Xiao's back. The pipe hit like it had struck a sandbag, making a dull thud.

The man in shorts felt a sharp pain in his hands from the impact, while Xiao Xiao's sturdy figure only paused slightly.

"Ha..." Xiao Xiao grinned. "Forgot to activate 'Hui Xiang'... That really hurt..."

With that, she turned around, grabbed the man's neck with one hand, tripped him with her foot, and instantly shoved him to the ground.

"Come on!" Xiao Xiao shouted. "All you rambling nonsense... Don't you know I'm in a hurry right now?!"

Doctor Zhao watched Xiao Xiao's state and was slightly stunned, recalling the last time he saw her, when that man named Lao Sun had mentioned she had symptoms of mania.

Had it flared up now?

But this wasn't just about an episode. After all, "Zhong Yan Zhi Di" was extremely hard to find proper medication in, and people with mental or psychological conditions could easily enter a withdrawal period upon arriving there.

"Xiao Xiao... Are you okay?" Lin Geng called out from the side.

"I'm great!" Xiao Xiao roared. "I feel like I can do anything right now!"

"You lunatic!" The remaining men surged forward, surrounding Xiao Xiao completely, but her eyes looked wildly excited.

"Come on!" Xiao Xiao yelled. "If you've got the guts, beat me to death!"

The two men who had been thrown down earlier got back up, forming an encirclement in an instant.

"Outnumbering one person! This is too much!" Han Yi Mo growled. "Miss, be careful—I'll activate my ability to help you!"

"Don't!" Doctor Zhao and Lin Geng said at the same time, trying to stop him.

"Hmm?" Han Yi Mo was taken aback. "Don't what?"

"What kind of ability are you trying to activate?" Doctor Zhao asked.

But as soon as he asked, he regretted it. What other ability did Han Yi Mo have besides "Zhao Zai"?

"I'll summon the 'Qi Hei Jian'!" Han Yi Mo said. "'Qi Hei Jian' specifically cuts down evildoers... Aren't these people evildoers?!"

"No... Hold on a second..." Doctor Zhao waved his hands quickly. "Never mind how you judge good and evil... I just feel like we're the ones who started the fight..."

"Uh..." Han Yi Mo paused. "Yeah, that does seem to be the case..."

"If you call out the 'Qi Hei Jian', probably half the people on this plaza, except for Bai Hu, would end up dead." Doctor Zhao added. "Just stay put, don't get any ideas, and don't say anything stupid."

"I..."

Xiao Xiao let out a few more laughs and leaped at one of the men like a wild beast, but the entire encirclement stepped back together, dodging her attack.

"Bro, she seems to be a woman..." one man said cautiously.

"Isn't a woman even scarier?" another replied. "She's a crazy one, just like Xuan Wu..."

Seeing she couldn't break through the encirclement, Xiao Xiao straightened up and said, "How boring. Six against one, and none of you dare to make a move?"

The men naturally felt intimidated by Xiao Xiao's strong build and knew a direct confrontation wouldn't work out well. Their only chance was to gang up and wear her down with sneak attacks.

"If you won't come at me... Then I'll come at you?" Xiao Xiao said.

The men grew even more cautious at the sight of her. If Xiao Xiao was some kind of trained fighter, she might launch a deadly strike, but even in an attack, there would be an opening. As long as they dodged, they could turn the tables on her.

In the next second, something completely unexpected happened.

Xiao Xiao slowly raised her fist and suddenly punched herself hard in the cheek.

The punch looked powerful, with veins bulging on her neck and her head jerking to the side.

Strangely, though, no one heard the sound of flesh being struck.

"Huh..." Xiao Xiao stared at the men in front of her, confused. Her "Jia Huo" had clearly been activated successfully, yet they were completely fine, which puzzled her.

Where had her "Jia Huo" gone?

"Ow..." Han Yi Mo clutched his face and slowly crouched down. "That hurts so much..."

"Uh..." Doctor Zhao immediately realized what had happened and quickly crouched beside him, saying, "Han Yi Mo! Don't think about it! It's just a toothache, right?! It has to be a toothache!"

"It feels like a toothache, but not quite... Lao Zhao... I feel like I got hit... But I didn't see anyone... I thought I might get beaten today, but how did it happen out of nowhere..."

Han Yi Mo spoke with slurred words, then noticed something odd in his mouth. He touched his teeth with his finger and saw it was covered in blood.

"Damn!" Han Yi Mo exclaimed. "Lao Zhao! I really got hit! Oh no, oh no, I'm done for..."

"No, you didn't!" Doctor Zhao quickly covered Han Yi Mo's mouth to stop him. "I've seen this before! It's just ordinary gum inflammation!"

After saying that, he stared into Han Yi Mo's eyes until the fear in them faded, then slowly removed his hand.

"Gum inflammation...?" Han Yi Mo was stunned. "Is gum inflammation ever this painful?"

"It... It might be acute?" Doctor Zhao said with an awkward smile. "Yeah, acute gum inflammation. You have to believe me—I'm a doctor."

"But you're a neurosurgeon, aren't you...?"

"It's all the same..." Doctor Zhao replied. "Anyway, don't overthink it, and don't say anything rash, okay?"

Han Yi Mo could only spit out a mouthful of blood with a grievance, saying, "Fine... It hurts so much I don't want to talk anyway..."

Xiao Xiao looked at her fist in confusion, while the men nearby stared at her cheek in bewilderment.

"Ha..." Xiao Xiao paused. "No problem, 'Hui Xiang' is like that—it gets accurate with use."

With that, she picked up a stone from the ground. Doctor Zhao and Lin Geng instantly widened their eyes, but before they could stop her, Xiao Xiao swung the stone and smashed it hard against her own forehead.

A strange muffled sound echoed as the stone hit her forehead, and after a moment, she moved it away, leaving only a light layer of dust on her skin.

"Ah!"

The man in the tank top suddenly flew backward, as if struck hard in the head, then clutched his forehead and writhed on the ground in pain.

"If you won't hit me... I'll beat you all to death, ha..." Xiao Xiao laughed.