"The sixth time. Inexplicably.
Chapter: 6002 Words
The next morning, Chi Ze and the others went to find Chi Han's whereabouts. Jin and I went to inquire about the Black Tiger Gang's movements.
Walking in a medium-sized market, it was filled with flowers, birds, ornaments, and antiques. This place looked very lively, and it was not easy to get into fights. Compared to the casino and billiard room, it was much quieter.
Jin was a little dazzled by the sight. I knocked him."Hey, what are you daydreaming about?" "Why did you bring me here?" he asked. Buy antiques?" Ash joked.
"Who brought you here to buy antiques? We're just passing by. We're going to a martial arts school now."”"Go to the dojo? No way, even if he wanted to get beaten up, he wouldn't use this method.”Ember stopped and said.
I turned around and glared at him.”After saying that, he continued to walk forward. Jin had no choice but to follow."I was just joking…"
" My sharp dagger was buried…" An antique seller sighed behind me. I didn't look at him and just continued walking forward. " To think that I have this thorn…" Ash said to me,"" If we can't sell it, we can only blame ourselves for the poor quality of the goods. Why…"
" Why are there so many blind people in this ancient town who can't recognize the real good goods…" Jin couldn't hold it in anymore. We turned around and walked towards the stall.
Before he reached the stall, the man immediately smiled and greeted him."Young man, come and take a look at my thorn.”After saying that, he handed over the clear and translucent thing. I took it and realized that it was a self-defense weapon carved from a natural stone. There were four finger holes on the thorn for the hand to grasp. In front of it were five extremely thin but extremely sharp and hard stone pieces. At a glance, I could tell that they were extremely sharp.
"How is it? This is a high-quality product, right?”That person smiled at me. "The two of you can tell at a glance that you know the goods." "How much?" Jin asked," It's not expensive. Three hundred. I'm just trying to support my family."”That person slightly bent his body, appearing to be very respectful. After Jin paid, we walked towards the exit of the market.
"Why did you buy this?" I asked, and Ash whispered in my ear,"It's for self-defense."”"Don't you have nunchakus?" "I can bring one to school." "You are so skilled, how many people can hurt you?”With that, we fell silent again and walked out of the market.
The dojo was located in the center of the old town. The four main alleys led to almost all the alleys. When we reached the entrance of the martial arts hall, we saw a huge board above us. The extremely hard ebony board was engraved with the black and powerful word "Wu".
Walking into the dojo, two rows of cold weapons stood straight on both sides. Stepping into the alley, cheers could be heard from time to time in the rooms where the competition was held, as well as the sound of someone being thrown heavily on the floor.
When they arrived at the main arena, it was the largest arena in the dojo. It was about 500 square meters and was surrounded by more than 100 people. In the middle of the arena, there were two people fighting. A person was wearing a black kimono. The kimono was very loose, but the person was as thin as a stick.
After watching a few moves, he realized that he was practicing ninjutsu. His moves were barely done, and his attacks were not fast or ruthless enough. Overall, he had not even comprehended the surface of ninjutsu. He looked at the other person, who was wearing a white kimono, revealing his bare flesh. His fighting style was like jiu-jitsu.
After more than ten rounds, the man in white was defeated. The man in black pulled him up from the ground."Brat, you still have to train hard." Judging from their tone, they should be on the same side and were just sparring with each other.
"Who wants to compete again?" The man in black asked. Before he finished speaking, a burly man walked up, but he had only taken three steps when a few people behind him grabbed him and pulled him back. A tall man walked up and took off his shirt, revealing his strong muscles. "I'll come with you." the tall man said.
The tall man was using pure fighting techniques. There were no tricks. His attacks were fast, accurate, and ruthless. After six rounds, the man in black was heavily thrown to the ground. Then, four or five people went up to compete with him in turn, but they were all defeated by him.
"Who still dares to come?" No one responded. " So you're all a bunch of trash. You can't take a beating. Brothers, let's go and drink. Today, our Black Tiger Gang has grown mighty again. Hahahaha." Jin and I were stunned at the same time. Jin secretly took out his dagger, hid it under his waist, and walked up.
"How about I compete with you?" Ember stared at the tall man and walked into the midfield. " Come on!" Ember waved his arm." Come on."
The tall man looked at Ember, his eyes filled with arrogance. He didn't think that a 16 or 17-year-old kid could do anything to him. Judging from the situation just now, although the tall man was quite skilled, he was definitely not enough to threaten Ember. One had to know that Jin was once the champion of the city's freestyle boxing competition. Three or five professional coaches were no match for him.
Sure enough, before the fifth round, the tall guy was already half-kneeling on the ground. Ash smiled and said,""I'm sorry."
Suddenly, a dazzling silver light flashed past. The tall man held a short knife in his hand and stabbed it straight at Jin. "Be careful!" I shouted at him. The surrounding people were all stunned. This kind of despicable method was the most taboo for martial artists.
I had almost forgotten that Ember was a gaming expert. In the game, his reaction time and logic had already increased several times that of ordinary people. Ember easily dodged this attack, but the tall man still stabbed with his knife. Ember dodged a few times. It seemed that this person would not stop until he saw blood.
Jin's left hand reached to his waist and put on a hand spike. His speed was so fast that everyone in my group was shocked. He turned to the side and used his left hand to cut the tall man's thigh.
"Ah!" The tall man fell to the ground, clutching his wound and howling. The underlings rushed forward, and a few of them helped him up. The other eight or nine people rushed towards Ash. The men in black rushed over and kicked them out of the dojo.
"This is considered a martial artist?" A green-faced man cursed," Next time I meet someone like this, I'll definitely break his legs!”A one-armed man responded. "Alright, that's all for today. We'll compete again tomorrow.”The man in black waved his hand and dismissed everyone.
"Let's go find that tall guy.”I whispered to Jin. Before we could leave the arena, the man in black grabbed our shoulders."Little brothers, don't go yet." Ember and I turned around.
" Don't tell me you want to compete with us?" Ember sighed softly. I also feel like my head is in a mess. It wasn't easy to meet someone from the Black Tiger Gang, but now…
" These two little brothers, I saw that your skills were extraordinary just now." We still have things to do, let's do it another day." After saying that, we walked towards the door. A pair of strong hands grabbed us."I'm afraid the two of you won't refuse to give this face.”A burly man appeared in front of him.
"Hua Hu, you must keep them here today. It's been a long time since I've seen a master, especially the young ones.”The green-faced man said to the man in front of him. It turned out that the person in front of him was Hua Hu. He had heard Jing Muyan mention this person yesterday. He was the big brother of the martial arts school and the deputy leader of the Plum Blossom Gang.
Jin must be as anxious as I am. If we don't gather enough information in time, we won't be able to save Chihan.
"What should we do?" " Are we really competing?" Jin asked softly.”I could only shake my head helplessly.
"Since the two of you have something to do, I won't force you. However, can you lend me the weapon you used just now?”We were stunned for a moment. Jin took out his dagger. Hua Hu took it and his expression changed drastically. He suddenly punched Jin's abdomen. Jin didn't react and took a heavy punch. He took a few steps back.
I immediately clenched my left fist. Hua Hu walked towards Jin, and the man in white closed the door. "Be careful!" I told Ember.
"We didn't use our full strength in the competition just now.”The man in black clenched his fists. I heard the crisp sound of bones rubbing against each other. Hua Hu raised his fist again, and Ember threw an uppercut at his jaw.
"Crack!" He actually caught Jin's punch! This is the first time I've seen someone who can take Ash's punch. After a few moves, I found that Hua Hu and Jin's strength was comparable. The black clothed man, white clothed man, green masked man, and one armed man also joined forces to attack me. Looking at this posture, their attacks were twice as strong as the previous martial arts competition. However, if I wanted to, I could subdue these four people within fifteen rounds.
But that Hua Hu…
"Jin, leave quickly!" I raised my leg and kicked the green-masked man, then rushed to the door. "Hurry!" As I shouted, I channeled my Qi into my fingers and stabbed them into Hua Hu's heart.
"Ah!" Hua Hu covered his chest and took a few steps back. I kicked open the door and rushed out. My fingers were still hurting. It was obvious that Hua Hu's muscles were not ordinary. Even if I used seven layers of inner force, coupled with the strength of my muscles, I still couldn't take it.
They chased after us, but we didn't understand what was going on. It didn't look like a kung fu competition, but more like they were deliberately trying to kill us. Every move they made was so vicious. But we have no enmity with the Plum Blossom Gang, so why would we be killed by an expert like the vice leader?
Could it be that the Black Tiger Gang had bribed the Plum Blossom Gang? However, there had never been any bribery or cooperation between the five major gangs.
We rushed out of the dojo and ran to the left alley. When we turned around, we saw that they were about a hundred meters away from us, and there were three or four more people.
"What should we do?" Ember stomped on the ground. In front of us was a wall more than five meters high. I raised my short sword and waved it,"You deal with the others, leave Hua Hu to me."”Jin threw his backpack over his shoulder and held the nunchaku tightly in his right hand...
A few minutes passed." Why isn't he here yet?”Jin wiped the sweat off his forehead. I also felt that something was wrong." Let's go and take a look. Be careful."”
We slowly walked along the roadside. "Wait a minute." I saw them. We hid behind a stone pillar and carefully looked over with slanted light. I saw that Hua Hu and his group were surrounded by more than 40 people. On a closer look, it was Jing Muyan and the others. There were also many people I didn't know, but I thought they should be from the Jade Snake Gang.
Jin and I walked over together. Jing Muyan saw us."Maple, Ash, are these people chasing after you?”Ember nodded. "Hua Hu, these two are my brothers, you better not touch them.”Jing Muyan said.
"What if I touch it?" A man holding a Hua Xuan Axe said. "I'm warning you, don't cause trouble. Otherwise, I won't be polite.”Jing Muyan said to that person.
"Barefoot Bee, it's not your place to interfere in our matters.”As he spoke, Hua Hu was about to rush towards me, but Ye Qing and the others surrounded him. "What is going on?" Jing Muyan turned to ask me.
"I don't know. They wanted to kill us for no reason. We don't know each other and have no grudges.”Ember shrugged.
"What a good way to say that there's no enmity between us! Don't be too arrogant. You killed my third brother. Today, I'll fight you to the death!”That person rushed out with an axe in his hand. I was stunned. Why is this matter getting more and more suspicious?
"Wait, let's make things clear first.”I shouted at him, but he completely ignored me and crazily raised his axe to hack at me. I could only grab his wrist with my side hand and bend it forcefully. He could not hold the axe and it fell to the ground.
His eyes were bloodshot as he glared at me. I locked his joints tightly, and a few people from the Jade Snake Gang came over to hold him.
"What is going on? Could you please explain the matter clearly first?”Jin asked.
"You still have the cheek to ask? You two know better than anyone how my third brother died!”Hua Hu roared at us.
"I think you've found the wrong person. We don't know you, nor do we know your third brother, and we definitely won't kill him.”Jin was also somewhat baffled by these words.
"Stop pretending, don't be too proud. Even if I can't take your lives today, I'll bring all the brothers of the Plum Blossom Gang to settle the score with you! Ah Long, don't worry, we will avenge our third brother."”Hua Hu said to the person with the axe.
I felt that something was wrong. It was obvious that if they didn't find a reason to kill us, we must have been plotted against. However, we didn't know each other, so there was no motive to silence them. Could it be…
"I don't understand what you're talking about. We're just ordinary students. How could we have anything to do with your third brother?”Jin could not help but ask.
"If you didn't kill my third brother, why is that thorn in your hand? That's my third brother's self-defense item, no one else is allowed to touch it.”Hua Hu picked up the thorn and said.
"Then how did your third brother die? Where is he?”I asked Hua Hu.
" Last Saturday, Third Brother and a few brothers from the sect went to the city to attend a senior's birthday party, but it was very late and they didn't return. When I asked the senior, he said that he had already left. The brothers could only look everywhere. Finally, in the abandoned square, they found the remains of Third Brother and those brothers. His hand knife had always been with him. That day, when we changed his mourning clothes, we realized that it was missing. Now, it's in your hands..." Hua Hu said with a choked voice.
"Could it be that the abandoned square last Saturday night?" I had some clues. Someone must have deliberately framed us and wanted to use the Plum Blossom Gang to kill us."Hua Hu, I guarantee with my head that my friend and I definitely didn't kill your third brother." If you're willing, we can help you find the murderer. But if you insist that we killed your third brother, I have nothing to say. However, I have to tell you that if you don't act rationally, both sides will suffer.”
Ah Long was still struggling, wanting to charge up and fight me. However, the Jade Snake Gang's people held him down tightly. "Ah Long, since they've spoken, let's let them go for now.”Hua Hu said to Ah Long," If I find out that you're up to no good, you'll die miserably!”With that, the group walked towards the dojo.
"Just wait and see." Ah Long picked up the axe and glared at me before following Hua Hu back.
"What is this?" Ember put away his nunchaku. "Mu Yan, thanks." I told Jing Muyan. "Do we still need to thank each other? Come, let's drink a few cups." Jing Muyan put his arm around Jin and my shoulders and walked out of the alley. It seemed that I had to learn more from Jing Muyan. Otherwise, I wouldn't understand anything.
We walked to a tavern. The taverns in the old town were naturally different from the restaurants in the city. They still maintained the characteristics of the ancient times. The members of the Jade Snake Gang whom we didn't know were drinking on the first floor. Jing Muyan, Ye Qing, Meng Zilong, Chu Tianwen, and Luo Min went to the private room on the third floor.
Jing Muyan ordered a table full of food and wine. We sat around and chatted as we ate."Who is that third brother of Hua Hu?”I asked Jing Muyan. He took a sip of wine and said,"You mean Tianyun? He was a craftsman who specialized in forging weapons. This kid's craftsmanship was not bad. However, many people wanted to buy his weapons, but he refused to sell them. As a result, he offended many people. How did you get his weapon?”
I told him what happened in the market. Jing Muyan also felt that someone must have deliberately framed us. "Then you have to be careful. If there's anything, just call me.”Chu Tian asked.
"Isn't the Plum Blossom Gang having internal conflicts?”Ye Qing asked Jing Muyan," Yeah, they're probably going to break up." With another piece of territory, it would be strange if the three hungry ghosts, the Black Tiger Gang, the White Wolf Gang, and the Green Dragon Gang, didn't fight for it.”Meng Zilong said," That Hua Hu is very skilled. You must be careful. Don't be afraid of that Ah Long. He used to be very powerful, but he suffered internal injuries once. He can't do it now. In the past, we suffered a lot from the Dragon Tiger Brothers.”
As I drank, I noticed that Jing Muyan had a gold watch on his hand. "How did you get a gold watch in just one day?”I asked him. "Oh, I won it at the casino last night.”As he spoke, he took it off and showed it to me. It was a very good mechanical watch with excellent performance and an astonishing price.
"Brother, if you like it, take it. I don't need it anyway, and I don't know how to use it.”Jing Muyan said to me, and I quickly handed the watch back."How can that do?" "I told you to take it." Ye Qing said. "That's right. We have to give face to our brothers, right?”"Then I'll accept it. I'll give you something some other day.”I really couldn't refuse, so I reluctantly accepted this gift.
After chatting for a while, he heard Jing Muyan and the others talk about the current situation of the major sects.
At this moment, my phone rang. I ran out of the room to answer the call. It was Chi Ze. He asked me and Jin to go back to the hotel. They had found an important clue.
I walked back to the room and said to Jin," There's some progress. Chi Ze and the others want us to hurry back."”Jin immediately got up." I can't drink with everyone for the time being. We have something urgent to attend to. Excuse me. We'll meet again another day."”
Jing Muyan pulled us back." No matter how urgent it is, we should drink the wine before leaving."”"We really have something important to do. How about this, I'll punish myself with three cups first."”As he spoke, he poured three glasses of wine and downed them in one gulp. "There is indeed an urgent matter today. Brother, please forgive me.”As I said that, I walked out with Jin. We paid the bill at the counter and quickly walked back.
They walked through an alley and saw a group of people walking towards them. Why did the person at the front look so familiar?
It was Baldy!
"What should we do?" If he fought with them, he might be exposed.”I clenched my left fist.”With that, we walked straight towards them.
The bald man and the others didn't seem to see us! He walked straight past us. "Did we see wrongly?" Jin scratched his head. I also felt that something was wrong."Ignore them for now. Let's go back to the hotel. Chi Ze and the others have already gone back to wait for us…"
As we walked, we looked back from time to time to prevent them from ambushing us from behind. However, no one followed us along the way. Fifteen minutes later, we returned to the hotel and waited for us at the door." You're back. Senior Chi Ze and the others are in the room…"
Back in the room, we gathered together. Chi Ze said,""We found a very suspicious place this morning. We think Chihan might be there.”
"Where?" I asked. How did you find it?" Chi Ze looked at us and said," Today, we were still observing that old man. We were about seven or eight meters away from him when we heard him say on the phone,"" You guys watch the people in the warehouse. Don't let them find out…" I asked Yu and Fan to find out where the warehouse was. Then, the two of them went to find that place. Qian and I continued to observe the old man. From what he said, I felt that it should be there.”
"Pi and I followed the location that the others told us to look for. The warehouse seems to be next to an old factory, so we could only hide and observe from the side.”Fan said excitedly. He thought that saving Chi Han was about to happen.
"How many people are there?" I asked."Not too many. There are only eleven or twelve people outside the door. There must be someone inside, but I don't think there are more than fifteen people.”
"Then let's quickly decide on a plan to save Chihan.”" Yes," Jin said." We'll strike first before they notice.”Fan slammed his fist on the table, causing a few drops of water to spill out of the cup.
I thought about what he said just now." Chihan is very likely to be detained there, but this is only a hypothesis. Even if it's 99% certain, it's still a huge risk. If our judgment is wrong, the consequences…"
" Then you mean…" Chi Ze asked. "Let's go to the warehouse this afternoon and familiarize ourselves with the terrain. If possible, he would think of a way to go in and take a look. It wouldn't be too late to make a move then. The most important thing is to make sure that Chi Han is inside. Otherwise, if we miss, the Black Tiger Gang will be on guard and use even more despicable methods to deal with us. It will be a huge problem for us and Chi Han.”I voiced my thoughts.
"I agree. Let's pack up and set off.”said Jin.
Everyone began to prepare, and the atmosphere became busy.
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