Zhang Yang, male, twenty-one years old. An introverted coward and pervert that never had the courage to enact his thoughts. Though sometimes he could do something interesting. Student in C city.

A month ago, a terrorist attack happened in the coffee shop he worked in during summer break. Zhang was carried critically injured and carried to a hospital. No one knew of the month of secret treatments, including his friends and relatives. When he opened his eyes, various people of different identities came to question the situation at the time every few hours.

All he answered was ‘I don’t know anything. I can’t remember anything.’ Zhang remained silent. He never said anything else the rest of the month, whether it be toward the police or doctor. He stared ahead and gave the same reply every time.

In the end, the police and doctor concluded: He really doesn’t know anything. And he’s shocked.

Of course that wasn’t the case. Zhang knew a lot. After that explosion, he inherited the memories of numerous people. During this month, he had been thinking of guns, machines, calculations, boxing… all fields he never thought about. He was just a normal student. But his brain right now was filled with advanced mathematics and obscure terminologies.

He was scared to say anything. Scared of becoming a guinea pig.

The train moved forward under the night sky. A young man with a pale face sat on the seventh compartment. Short hair. Eyes dazing out of the windows. A newspaper in his hand.

The young man was Zhang. The newspaper reported the list of death in that terrorist attack. He had seen this list hundreds of times. And that was how he confirmed he inherited their memories. However, he couldn’t understand why elites from all over the world came to a coffee shop in C city. Furthermore, these elites were in fields not related to each other.

He couldn’t think of a reason that had a singer and a boxing champion sit together for a chat. Nor the common language between a firearm specialist and a psychologist. Not to mention all of these elites sitting together.

This became an unsolvable secret. Because these people died. Zhang couldn’t know despite inheriting their memories. To be more precise, their knowledge, fragmented knowledge.

Zhang sighed. He moved his body after sitting there for several hours. He had been thinking for a month but it seemed like an impossible task to think through. He folded the newspaper and glanced at the girl next to him. That was when he realized this girl was very pretty. He regretted slightly that he missed such a great opportunity. Why did his mind wander off…

Of course, even if he didn’t, he wouldn’t have the courage to initiate contact with a girl.

Zhang closed his eyes a bit, trying to act tired. His body leaned slightly closer to the girl. He could smell the scent of a virgin girl from her hair. Zhang liked this scent. Furthermore, he could feel the skin on her arm was extremely smooth…

Zhang was a coward but he wouldn’t pass up a chance to take advantage when neither of them knew each other. This wasn’t school nor C city. They were on a train. He wasn’t afraid of people finding out his disgusting actions. Of course, he was only brave enough to move slightly closer to the girl.

Just one more hour before reaching C city. Most people in the compartment had fell asleep. Those who hadn’t were getting drowsy. The girl next to Zhang was quite tragic. He couldn’t tell if she fell asleep or was faking sleep. She shrunk her body to the corner. Eyes closed. Eyebrows shivering. A pitiful facial expression and a little disgusted.

Zhang actually saw that disgusted expression from the corner of his eyes. However, he didn’t care. No one could know him after getting off the train. Successfully getting advantage was a victory. Hehe. What was there to be afraid off? Wouldn’t get you pregnant.

As he was feeling that smooth skin and thinking of evil thoughts, his ears suddenly flipped. All the hair on his body stood up. A sense of danger struck throughout every cell.

Danger!

Zhang immediately sat up straight, which scared the girl. She opened her eyes…

His idly eyes suddenly turned sharp, like an unsheathed sword. Zhang felt that he was not the Zhang Yang from the past anymore. He had turned into another person. His mind still belonged to him but his hearing and reaction wasn’t his…

Zhang clenched his fist tightly then released them. Clenched and released. Finally, those trembling fingers calmed down. He looked toward the origin of danger.

As expected. Five tattooed muscular men pushed open the door to the compartment. Each of them holding onto a knife. The light reflected off the knives felt cold.

The robbery began!

The people in the compartment seemed to feel the danger. Most of them woke up. No one said a word when they looked at those knives.

These five people were very professional. They searched the passengers’ bags one by one. Cut the face of the first person that resisted to suppress the crowd. The bleeding warm blood, hideous laughter, and the light reflected from the knives shut everyone.

Closer. Closer. Zhang’s heart was beating violently again. He couldn’t control his fear.

“Calm down. Calm down. Breathe deeply.”

Zhang kept reminding himself. However, the cowardice nature couldn’t be changed with some fragmented memories. The knives were skinning off the courage he gathered in the beginning bit by bit. More importantly, it seemed as though fear was infectious as the girl’s soft body was trembling. The sharpness in his eyes turned back to those of a coward. His arms and legs began trembling.

“Don… don’t… don’t be afraid…”

As a man, Zhang believed he had the responsibility to comfort the girl. He also took quite a bit of advantage off her so he should at least comfort her a bit. Perhaps this might turn into a beautiful encounter.

Zhang patted the girl’s hands lightly. He didn’t notice that his hands were trembling worse.

The girl’s hands were soft and warm. He wanted to hold them and feel that skin.

Unfortunately, she didn’t feel a bit of affection. It was like her hands got hit by a needle. She quickly pulled them back to her back. She rolled up her body. That made Zhang feel embarrassed.

Of course, the embarrassment only lasted for a moment. He didn’t have the time for it. The muscular men’s speed was fast and had reached them. One of the snake skin bags was full, denoting their spoils.

“Hand us your money!”

One man slapped his face lightly with a knife. A savage face, coldness from the knife, and blood on that edge. That was the blood of the first passenger.

Zhang didn’t say anything. He looked like his mind had wandered off. No one knew that he was struggling with his thoughts. He was considering if he should attack. He had a hundred percent chance of downing these robbers in a few seconds. However, reason told him that he didn’t have such certainty. This certainty was merely an assumption.

“Hehe, bro. don’t be afraid. We are only after money.”

The man pulled back the knife. This young man was scared out of his mind. He could understand. He encountered the same thing many times.

“I…I… I will give…”

In the end, fear overcame his thoughts. Zhang believed that despite the top boxing techniques in his head, his weak body couldn’t handle five muscular men.

“Hehe. Good. Good. Is this your girlfriend?”

The man took the wallet from him and threw it into the bag behind. His eyes gleaming with an evil intent. He raised the girl’s chin with the knife. The fear prevented her from uttering any sound. Her eyes glanced to the side asking for help.

“…”

“Yes. Yes. I am his girlfriend…”

Before Zhang could reply, the girl grabbed his arm tightly. Blood rushed to his head. He could feel the softness from his arm as her breasts pressed against it.

“Really?” The man turned to Zhang and questioned.

“Ye…Yes… She…She’s my girlfriend.” Zhang stuttered.

“What’s his last name?”

The man suddenly asked the girl with a hideous smile. He wouldn’t actually do anything to the girl. Experience taught him that molesting a girl when the boyfriend was on the side could easily invoke resistance. They were after money, not trouble. If she didn’t have a boyfriend, he would definitely molest her a bit. She was beautiful after all.

“Zhang Yang!”

The girl replied without thinking. Zhang opened his mouth wide as he looked at her. He never thought the girl knew him.

“Hehe. I say he isn’t your boyfriend.” Zhang’s expression didn’t escape the man’s eyes. That expression looked too surprising. It was obvious that the girl knew him but he didn’t know the girl.

The man’s hand reached her face. He laughed pervertedly. His hand reaching downward.

“She’s my girlfriend. Don’t you touch her.” Zhang suddenly stood up. Blood was rushing through his head. He could feel that fear from the girl through his arm. He couldn’t control that impulse of saving a princess as a hero. A poison induced by movies.

“Haha… What can you do… Ah…”

The man laughed out. Suddenly, his voice halted as if some force cut off his voice.

Everyone on the compartment was shocked. Zhang was holding a knife. Its edge pressing against the man’s neck. The most shocking thing wasn’t his action but his expression. He looked nothing like a student. A brutal and savage expression. Eyes showing a killing intent.

“You dare---” The man said two words.

“Why won’t I dare!?” Zhang stared at the other four men like a wolf.

“…”

This suppressed the man’s impulse. He felt this young man suddenly transformed. Intuition told him the young man was extremely dangerous. If he disobeyed him, he wouldn’t hesitate in killing him. The man had been on this business for over ten years. He trusted his intuition.

Of course, the knife was the thing that shut him up. He still couldn’t understand how that knife got in Zhang’s hand. The knife's point pierced into his skin. He could feel his blood bleeding out. Not many people could stay calm when their life was in danger. Even if such people existed, he wouldn’t be one of them.

“Give me back my wallet.”

Not a big request. They satisfied him immediately. His wallet was on the top of the bag.

“Hold it for me.” He signaled the man to give the wallet to the girl.

“Give her the knives!”

The atmosphere turned stressful. Air felt like it had solidified. Zhang’s request touched their bottom line. They would get torn to pieces here without weapons.

“Hurry!”

The knife moved in a little. Blood had dripped down to the man’s pants and painted the blue jeans to black. Zhang’s voice was filled with a killing intent. All two hundred people in the compartment could believe that he would kill the man without hesitation if they don’t hand the knives over.

“Bro. We are just looking to feed ourselves. Spare us a chance to live…”

Sweat dripped off the man’s head as he felt that coldness from the knife. He had rid of any thoughts of resisting. He believed that the young man would pierce his neck with just a sign.

The man didn’t think of the young man as a student anymore. A student wouldn’t act so experienced. This was the performance of someone that had killed.

“This is F town, 20km from C city station. The train is traveling at 50km an hour. It takes 24 minutes to reach the station. It needs to decelerate at the second turn and also when entering the station. So there’s about half an hour before getting off the train. You robbed 13 people, 15 wallets, 53 phones, several cameras, 11 rings, 5 necklaces… You can begin returning the items now. Give the knives to my girlfriend when the train arrives. Then you can get off during the chaos at the time. How’s it?”

“…” the man stared at him in disbelief. No one would believe that the young man remembered every item they robbed.

Everyone in the compartment was looking at him with surprise. The girl’s eyes brightened. She remembered some of the items but not with the details of this pervert. Furthermore, he calculated the speed of the train and distance in such a short period of time. This wasn’t just an ability in calculation.

She wouldn’t know that he had been calculating the whole time on how much longer he could take advantage of her.

“Hurry. You are wasting your time.” His eyes felt like the starry sky. Cold and deep.

“Hurry, you bunch of trash!” The man shouted in a low voice. He couldn’t speak louder because the knife was still pressing against his neck. The young man’s arm stayed still like a sculpture.

The man was obviously the leader. The other four men began returning the items. Time was their lives and freedom. The young man wasn’t going to let them go if they couldn’t return the items when the train arrived. He could either kill their leader or call the cops. Neither result was what they would like to see. Their only choice was to follow his direction and escape during the chaos in the station.