After staying in the central island of the southern region for another two days, Buck confirmed that he had become familiar with the customs and cultures of this area, he began to move towards Mindanao, which is close to the southern border of Malai and Inni.

These two neighboring countries are mainly Islam, and naturally collide with the Philippines, which mainly believes in Catholicism.

Of course, there is no border line on the border here, because all the uneven islands are scattered and dotted in the South Pacific. The largest Mindanao Island is two or three times larger than the Qionghai Island in China! The most radical fundamentalist prayer group is on the west end of this island, facing Busanga Island across the sea.

Speaking of which, Buck is equivalent to traveling from the Palawan Islands, which belongs to Busanga, and around the central waters of the Philippines, heading north to Luzon, the capital, to the southeast. Along the way, I have heard a lot of news about the government's military and police blocking and clearing out the armed forces of Mindanao.

In fact, it is not such a large island, and there are always a small number of people who make trouble. Although it is divided into many armed armed fronts like the Omo Sect, it is indeed difficult to clean up when fighting guerrillas. To be safe, Buck will definitely not rashly enter the large mountainous area controlled by the armed forces. It is now a war zone, just like he avoided entering such an area in Myanmar. First, go to the largest prefecture city in Mindanao.

It was a city that actually claimed to be the largest city in the world, and the thinking pattern of looking at the sky from a well can be seen.

In fact, it is like many African cities. Because they are poor and have no productivity to build high-rise buildings, and the residents are poorly managed and build houses everywhere, just like egg cakes that are spread out in a very thin place. In addition, the people here like gathering in big cities. The rare population of over one million makes the city area amazingly large. Just look around the buildings at a little higher point and you can know which places are poor and which places are rich. When looking at the architectural style during the day, the Chinese area is a bit unique.

Like countless Southeast Asian cities, there are also many Chinese who have been living in Southeast Asia several generations ago. Thanks to the hard-working temperament of the Chinese, they are basically the same as those in Southeast Asia. Chinese are always relatively wealthy classes in various places.

Because he carried a gun, he took a ferry to this wide island. Given that he had heard that the city's egg cakes were relatively large, Buck rented an old Toyota sedan, which made Ah Nu drive the car just arrived in the state capital two days later, and the ruler here gave Buck a warning!

The four-lane road is built in a plain city, so it is quite flat, and the road conditions are the best after Buck came to the southern area. It is much better than Busanga Island. Wanda Town is all of the grades of mountain village fishing towns, and it is indeed worthy of the metropolis.

Although most of the buildings on both sides are low bungalows and temporary rooms with corrugated boards, Buck, who leaned against the co-pilot, was leisurely and relaxed. He wore sunglasses and a little sweaty T-shirt and shorts, which was similar to the locals' outfits. The only thing that is, the toe slippers commonly used by Southeast Asians were replaced with high-top travel shoes, but unlike the laces above the neck of the hiking shoes of many backpackers, the shoelaces above the neck of the hiking shoes are loose and heat dissipated. Buck was rigorously wrapped around the upper part of the ankle. As a military doctor, I understand so much how good a pair of high-quality combat boots can benefit me.

Under his guidance and supervision, Laotian teenagers also dressed like this, but Ahhh, who was very skilled in driving, pointed to the front, indicating that the noise that seemed to be gathering was heading towards the road to the left, asking what to do and where to go?

Buck signaled to park the car on the side of the road, and then got out of the car after tidying up his clothes. Ah Nu looked at his gesture and slowly slid the car along the side of the road. Finally, he watched Buck approach the gathered crowd and turned into the street with a municipal square next to him. The boy parked his car at an inconspicuous intersection and waited. Thanks to Buck's taller figure than most Southeast Asians, he could see him from afar.

According to Buck's experience in Europe, many people gathered in general cities are either related to political events such as elections, or programs such as carnival parades in various cities to promote their own culture. He originally thought that this was also a gimmick for people touting tourist cities, so he went to understand what was going on, but as soon as he stretched his head and saw the scene in the central area, he was shocked!

More than a dozen people were lined up in handcuffs and kneeling on the temporary platform!

That posture! It's similar to the way I wanted to beheaded hundreds of years ago in the Middle Ages, but I just learned to use an ancient Chinese brand behind my neck!

Acting?

The crowded crowds around were mostly locals, and their hilarious attitude seemed to have no fighting spirit. Seeing that Buck was not surprised by the locals, he introduced himself proactively: "Stolen, fraud, and debts that are not paid... This is just a whip, nothing!"

The Philippines does not have its own language. The consequence of being colonized for a long time is that the Filipino is mixed with Spanish, English and Chinese, so almost everyone can speak English. Those with a little experience in foreign exchange are fluent and their pronunciation is not strange. Buck can communicate well all the way, but it is unbelievable: "If you don't pay off your debts, you have to whip them? Is this a unique tradition on the island?" He didn't see such a scene elsewhere, and there are at least dozens of cities on Mindanao, so this custom is strange enough.

The locals are also proud: "Just the rules here! Our mayor specially promulgated!"

As soon as the words were finished, the torture on the stage began. A leather whip that was not too long, but was thicker. It felt like many thin strips were woven as thick as a baby's arm. It was carried by a burly man wearing a mask. Just thinking about it was enough to twitch it on himself. The administrator holding the notice also read out the charge loudly in a microphone: "Theft of foreign tourists' luggage, whip it ten times!"

After saying that, he executed the execution. He pulled a person over and lay on the torture instrument, pulled down his prisoner's pants, and found out that the true body was not a substitute. The big man shook his hand and whipped it. Buck felt more like a stick. The tortured screamed, and the audience below was neatly... Taking a big breath of cold air!

Then there is the next one, another whip!

It was obvious that the man who was executing the execution shook the dark liquid on his whip in the middle!

You can bleed with just one whip!

Without the introduction of enthusiastic audiences around, the administrative officials said that in order to make the tortured feel the pain more deeply, each whip must be beaten at intervals, instead of just passing it through in one breath like Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai, each whip must touch the soul!

It took more than an hour to survive this great pain!

The word "using the duplicate in troubled times" flashed through Buck's mind, but he saw a row of criminals who were also handcuffed, but both men and women were naked!

"What crime is this?" Based on his own experience, Buck estimated that it should be a sexual crime such as adultery or rape, and maybe it is a crime of bigamy? His scalp was a little tight. Didn't it be said that Southeast Asia could marry several wives? So he asked quickly.

As a result, the people around him gave him a dumbfounded answer: "Those are traffic accidents..."

ah?
Chapter completed!