Chapter 39

Call Me the Avatar of Justice [叫我正义的化身 Jiào Wǒ Zhèng Yì De Huà Shēn] is the thirty-ninth chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
In a restaurant, Che Yongtai swirls a crimson and viscous fluid in his wine glass, noting that he has not tasted it for a long time. He then gulps down the liquid while exclaiming that it is delicious. Two waiters nearby comment that he ordered ten servings of ketchup.

Che Yongtai then overhears a waiter telling the customer at a nearby table that their bill is 178 yuan. Che Yongtai turns and sees the waiter asking a brawny man if he would like to pay with cash or credit, with the man astonished by the fact he has to pay money. While Che Yongtai wonders what "money" is, the muscular man slams his hand on the table and claims that no one dares to ask him for payment after eating in the area, and yells at the waiter to put his payment on the tab. However, a young woman who is the restaurant's manager arrives. She tells the man that since the restaurant is a small business, they cannot afford to let him leave without paying and demands him to pay the bill. Che Yongtai is immediately infatuated with the girl. The man arrogantly asks her if she knows who he is, with the girl responding that she does not care who he is, and that anyone who does something shameful like eating without paying is scum at best. Hearing this, Che Yongtai concludes that girls dislike people who do not give them money and wonders where he can acquire cash.

Just then, the man stands up and slaps the manager, knocking her over and causing her to fall against a table. The angry man then tells the girl that he won't hesitate to hit her just because she's a woman, and declares that he will make sure she remembers him while holding up a beer bottle. This visibly enrages Che Yongtai.

In the Underworld, Left-hand Man, Right-hand Man and Yan Wen look through the Eye of Dimensions portal once again to surveil Che Yongtai. They see the demon lord brutally punching the thug from earlier, whose face is severely swollen and covered in blood, while two waiters fruitlessly try to stop him, telling him that he might kill the man if he continues. Left and Right-hand Man express their relief that the demon lord is finally acting normal again and praise his brutality. Yan Wen notes that being the reincarnation of a demon lord, even if he couldn't use magic, Che Yongtai's physical strength is still terrifyingly superhuman, and his overall resilience and speed is extraordinary.

Back at the restaurant, the waiters mention that thanks to Che Yongtai's intervention, the manager's only injury was from being pushed, and the thug was subdued. Noticing his critical and possibly lethal injuries however, a waiter calls for the police and an ambulance. The manager asks where the gentleman who helped them went, with a waiter telling her that he just left the establishment. As the two praise him for being selfless, they then remember that Che Yongtai also did not pay for his meal.

Chapter Notes

 * Che Yongtai beats up a thug, demonstrating his superhuman physical prowess.