Chapter 161: The Old Man in the Mountains

Sam Sang died, and peace returned to the valley.

Giorno summoned the Golden Experience and treated his injured companions with ease.

After repeated practical experience, his movements became as skillful as those of the most professional surgeon.

The surgery without anesthesia was extremely painful, but everyone had been injured too many times a day...Over time, they got used to it and became numb.

In this way, everyone quickly recovered and set out on their journey again.

Half an hour later...

"Damn it... When will this road end?!"

Fugo walked with his sore legs and complained helplessly.

People can recover as before, but a dead car cannot be brought back to life.

Without a car as a means of transportation, the remote mountain roads they had previously chosen to avoid surveillance became an unavoidable difficulty for them.

The road meandered along the mountain and stretched infinitely into the distance, seemingly without an end.

The group walked along the mountain road at a hurried pace for more than half an hour, and only managed to climb over a few hills with their legs.

"Come on..." Li Qing encouraged his companions, and did not hide the bad truth: "I've looked at the map, and we estimate that we still have to walk dozens of kilometers to leave this valley."

"Dozens of kilometers?"

Everyone's expressions were not good:

After walking for dozens of kilometers, not only did they lose a lot of physical strength, but they also wasted precious time for the attack.

The enemy is still lurking in the invisible darkness. The longer time goes by, the more dangerous their situation will be.

"There is no other way." Li Qing spread his hands helplessly: "Let's go forward first, maybe someone will drive by..."

This wishful thinking did not come true.

This remote mountain road seemed to have been forgotten by the world, with almost no vehicles passing by from beginning to end.

Li Qing and others climbed over an unknown number of hills on their own.

But looking around, there were still mountain roads, forests, and rivers. No matter how far they walked, the scenery remained unchanged, as if they were trapped in this valley forever.

Finally, there was a slight turn for the better.

As the saying goes, "When you are surrounded by mountains and rivers, you may think there is no way out, but when you turn around, you will find another village." Just when Li Qing and others had given up their fantasy and were ready to walk the dozens of kilometers of mountain road...

A house suddenly appeared beside the winding mountain road and among the dense woods.

The house was a typical European country villa, which looked large and quite old.

The house is surrounded by tall and lush trees, the wide courtyard is full of wildly growing flowers and plants, the cobblestones on the stone path have been polished smooth and shiny by the years, and the once bright and beautiful wooden exterior walls have now become mottled and old...

People can see at a glance the former glory of this place, but at the same time, everyone can also notice its desolation now.

Of course, these are not the point.

The key point is that there is a car parked in the yard, which is in very new condition and obviously can be used.

"You have a car?" Fugo's eyes lit up: "Giorno..."

He subconsciously called on Giorno to go up and use his professional skills, but Giorno was cautious and did not take any action.

"Wait, observe first."

Giorno carefully looked at everything in front of him:

"Why is there still someone living in this deep forest? Maybe they are enemies."

“That’s right…”

Fugo nodded, his expression becoming cautious.

It was because he was too careless that he was almost blown to pieces by Sam Sang.

Everyone hesitated for a while, but Li Qing concentrated and used his physical strength to detect possible enemies in the room.

"There's only one person in the room."

"From the outline, it seems that he is a male. He walks a little slowly and has a slight hunchback. He should be quite old."

Li Qing told the results of his detection.

Just as he finished speaking, the owner of the house opened the door and walked out:

As Li Qing guessed, he was an old man who looked quite old.

He was wearing the most ordinary plaid shirt, his temples were gray, his back was slightly hunched, his aging skin was dry and rough, but his blue eyes were bright and lively.

From the outside, he looks like a pretty energetic old country man.

"Who are you? Why are you running to my doorstep?"

The old man narrowed his eyes warily, with a hint of hostility in his eyes.

This is not surprising: if so many young people in strange clothes showed up at his doorstep early in the morning, any normal person would be as wary as he was.

And Li Qing and others were indeed not polite to him.

Although the old man's age has reduced the possibility that he is a killer in the technology team to a certain extent, once bitten, one will be afraid of the rope for ten years. Li Qing and others have seen too many actors along the way, so they have to face everything in the most cautious way.

“Stop pretending!”

Fu Ge shouted directly, half threateningly and half treacherously:

"How could there be someone living in this remote place? I think you must be a member of the technology team!"

"Technology Group, what technology group?"

The old man pointed to his white hair, and then to his plain plaid shirt:

"How can I be associated with the word 'technology' when I'm like this?"

"besides…"

His temper seemed to be even more irritable than Fugo's. He became increasingly agitated after just a few words:

"My family has lived here for generations, and this valley has been my family's private property for hundreds of years."

"So what if I'm in the middle of nowhere...Is there anything strange about me living on land I own?"

"But you guys..."

As he spoke, the old man seemed a little angry:

"They were dressed in shabby clothes and looked like hooligans. They even barged into my house early in the morning and said some incomprehensible things."

"What on earth do you want to do?!"

"Is this really your own home?"

Everyone looked at each other, with a lingering suspicion in their eyes.

"nonsense!"

The old man roared angrily:

"My full name is Fabio Del Bruni."

"You can go ask around in the nearby towns and villages. Our Bruni family has always been the owner of this valley. This valley was named after our family!"

"That's right..." Li Qing said , "I remember it was written on the map that this valley is indeed called Bruni Valley."

"Del..."

Fugo remembered the "Del" in the old man's name, which in Italian names symbolizes that the person has noble blood:

"If this name is true, then his ancestors must have been as wealthy as he said."

"What do you mean by 'if it's true'..."

The old man named Fabio seemed offended:

"I am a descendant of the Bruni family. Is there anything to doubt about this?"

"Hmm..." Everyone looked at each other.

They found themselves in what seemed like a pointless argument.

They don’t want to know how powerful the Bruni family was in the past, and whether the other party is a descendant of the Bruni family has nothing to do with them.

Even if the other party is really an enemy, it doesn’t matter.

As long as they were careful not to give the old man a chance to hurt them, they could just drive away without caring about anything.

"Mr. Fabio, please forgive our rudeness."

Giorno nodded politely, his words and actions were much more elegant and decent than those of this grumpy old man who claimed to be a descendant of nobility:

"To be honest, we have something we would like to ask you for help—"

"Our car broke down on the road, and there were no villages or passing vehicles nearby, so..."

"No!" Fabio interrupted Giorno rudely before he could finish his sentence: "I won't hand my car over to a bunch of hoodlums like you!"

"Don't get excited."

Giorno wrote a blank check without changing his expression. He was still trying to solve the problem through dialogue:

"Please rest assured, we will definitely return it."

"Even if the car is damaged in our hands, we will pay the corresponding cash to compensate you in the future."

If we were still alive then...

Giorno added silently in his mind.

"Pooh!"

"It sounds good, but I think you are just trying to get something for nothing!"

"Let me tell you, Fabio's things are not that easy to take!"