99: Competitive eating contest

The leader of the big men, who was the boss of those whose limbs Ling Ke'er had severed a few days ago, was looking annoyed.

In his hand, he held a crumpled wanted poster, issued by the Xie Family of Lingwu City.

"Haizhou is so big, and there are so many people, where are we supposed to find them?!" The bald man spat fiercely, "If we don't find them, forget about the reward; we might even lose our lives!"

He had guaranteed the Xie Family that he would definitely find them.

"Boss, don't get worked up." A skinny, monkey-faced subordinate beside him bowed and offered a tobacco pipe. "This matter can't be rushed. Maybe that Young Miss of the Xie Family has already run out of Lingwu City?"

Just then, another subordinate, who had been silent and had a few faint scars on his face, suddenly caught sight of the portrait in the bald man's hand out of the corner of his eye.

He was stunned at first, then he slapped his thigh hard, his eyes wide with shock!

"Holy moly! Boss! I remember now!"

He pointed at the portrait, his voice trembling, "Yes... just yesterday, the woman who crippled our brothers... no, among that group of people, there was a woman who... she looked exactly like the person in this portrait!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, the bald man shivered and instantly sprang up from the ground!

He grabbed the subordinate by the collar, his eyes bloodshot, and asked urgently, "Are you sure you saw clearly?!"

"Absolutely! Boss!" The subordinate swore, "I was the closest at the time, and I saw her most clearly! No mistake! It was her!"

The bald man no longer hesitated and immediately gathered all the subordinates who had seen Lin Fan and the others that day!

After a careful interrogation and comparison, it was finally confirmed!

That runaway Young Miss of the Xie Family, Xie Xiaozhao, was indeed with those ominous figures!

"Hahahaha! Heaven is helping me!"

After a brief moment of fear, the bald man erupted into thunderous ecstasy!

This was simply a pie falling from the sky!

He dared not delay for a moment longer and stumbled and scrambled towards the Xie Family in Lingwu City, running like mad!

He seemed to already see countless treasures of gold and silver beckoning to him!

...

Xie Family Mansion, Council Hall.

When Xie Tianxing finished listening to the bald ruffian's report, the perpetually gloomy expression on his face finally showed a hint of joy.

Found them!

They were finally found!

He did not hesitate and immediately ordered the ruffians who had seen Lin Fan and the others to draw portraits of Lin Fan, Xiao Huohuo, Ling Ke'er, and Nanny from memory!

Although the drawings... were still terrible, they were only vaguely similar.

But, it was enough!

"My command!"

Xie Tianxing's voice was cold and filled with unquestionable Divine Might.

"Distribute the portraits of these five people to all Xie Family guards, scouts, and all forces affiliated with my Xie Family! Search the entire city!"

"Within three hours, I want to see results!"

"Furthermore!" He changed the subject, a chilling murderous intent flashing in his eyes, "Aside from my rebellious daughter, if the other four resist, kill them without mercy!"

"Yes!"

A vast net targeting Lin Fan and the four others quietly spread across the entire Lingwu City!

...

At the same time.

Lin Fan and his group were still leisurely strolling through the city.

They hadn't taken the previous ruffians seriously at all, nor did they know that they had already become the Xie Family's targets.

Just as they passed the most bustling restaurant in the east of the city, a thunderous sound of gongs and drums, accompanied by the shouting of the waiter, attracted their attention.

"Come one, come all, don't miss out!"

"The century-old 'Fuman Restaurant' is holding its first 'Big Eater Bun Eating' competition today! Anyone who wins the championship will not only have all their expenses for today waived but will also receive a jar of our restaurant's treasured century-old 'Daughter Red' wine!"

"Eating buns?"

Nanny's big eyes instantly lit up!

She tugged at Lin Fan's sleeve, her small face clearly expressing "I want to go."

What else could Lin Fan say?

He could only nod helplessly.

And so, to the astonished gazes of countless people, a delicate, jade-like little girl, who looked even smaller than a bun, bravely and proudly walked onto the already prepared competition stage.

"Little girl, are you... are you sure you want to participate?" The waiter in charge of registration looked at Nanny, utterly bewildered.

"Of course!" Nanny patted her little belly and said in a childish but confident voice, "I'm very powerful!"

The competition began!

With the referee's command!

All contestants, like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey, began frantically stuffing buns into their mouths.

Only Nanny was unhurried.

She picked up a meat bun larger than her fist, and with a small mouth open...

"Gulp."

One bun, gone.

She didn't even... chew once!

The entire process was smooth, swift, and dazzlingly fast!

Beside her, the burly man who was hailed as the previous "Big Eater King" had just laboriously finished his third bun. He looked up and found that the large basket of buns in front of him was already empty.

And the steamer baskets in front of the little girl were already... stacked more than half a person's height!

Silence!

The entire Fuman Restaurant was so quiet you could hear a pin drop!

Everyone's eyes, as if they had seen a ghost, stared at the tiny figure who was still continuously "pouring" buns into her mouth, their eyes wide and their jaws dropped!

What... what kind of monster is this?!

Just as Nanny was displaying her Divine Might and shocking the entire audience.

Outside the restaurant, a hurried Xie Family guard inadvertently glanced through the window and saw Lin Fan and the others, who were looking helpless as they watched their Junior Sister make a fool of herself on stage.

He suddenly stopped, rubbed his eyes, pulled out the portrait from hisIn arms that he had looked at countless times, and carefully compared them.

Similar!

Too similar!

Although the drawing was ugly, that aura, that charm! No mistake!

It was them!

The guard's face instantly lit up with ecstasy!

Without thinking, he pulled out a signal flare from his chest!

"Whoosh—!"

A piercing shriek echoed through the sky!

A blood-colored flare, representing "target spotted," exploded over Lingwu City!