Chapter 8: 'Big Shots'!
The sound of two explosions completely shattered the tranquility of District 16 in "Nightless City" at night.
As one of the few areas considered safe within "Nightless City," District 16 was occupied by rule-abiding gangs and loners.
But the essence of "Nightless City" residents had not changed.
The second after the explosion occurred.
Countless gazes turned to this spot.
However, after seeing clearly the group standing on the street, they quickly withdrew their gazes.
That group.
Or rather, the leader of that group.
They recognized.
One of "Jing's Six Evil Dogs": Dugao.
A man with a fierce appearance, dressed in a white suit, wearing black sunglasses, and of an exceptionally tall stature.
Along with his numerous subordinates, they were all dressed similarly.
Similarly, their physiques were extraordinarily robust.
"Hey, nicely done."
Dugao noticed the surrounding gazes but didn't care.
As one of "Jing's Six Evil Dogs," he was long accustomed to those admiring, fearful, and covetous gazes wishing to replace him.
Similarly, he knew exactly how to deal with it.
Looking at the subordinates struggling to run out from the "Old Man" Agency, Dugao's fierce face blossomed with a malicious grin.
"Continue!"
"Kill them!"
With a command, guns rained down.
Da-da-da!
Boom-boom-boom!
Assault rifles and grenades poured down.
In just a dozen seconds, all those subordinates belonging to "Old Man," who had survived the initial rocket attack, were lying in pools of blood.
However, this was not the end.
Dugao waved his hand.
Immediately, a dozen subordinates came out from behind, starting to clean up the "Old Man" Agency.
Or rather, checking for survivors.
Once survivors were found.
Simple, just finish them off with another shot.
About ten minutes later, the cleanup was over.
Not a single one of "Old Man's" subordinates, including gunmen, bodyguards, mailmen, survived.
But,
the corpse of Old Man wasn't found.
"Damn old fox!"
Dugao cursed, then waved his hand again.
Another round of searches began.
While moving, he had confirmed that "Old Man" was indeed here.
Otherwise, who answered the call from their boss?
Therefore, before the rocket descended, "Old Man" must have been present.
But now, not finding the corpse of "Old Man"?
There's only one possibility!
A secret passage!
The secret passage might be hidden on normal days, but at this moment, it's insignificant.
Because once the existence of the secret passage is known.
That's when it loses its function.
While Dugao's subordinates searched the battlefield again, they began to hoist the corpses of "Old Man's" subordinates one by one.
This was Dugao's style.
Dugao liked it very much.
It could very effectively intimidate those unsure of what they should do.
Just as Dugao's subordinates hoisted all the corpses, another group found the secret passage.
"Boss, here."
One subordinate said.
"Send a few people down to check."
Dugao instructed.
He had no intention of going down personally.
Who knew if that old fox had laid any traps?
Even though ordinarily this old fox always appeared very amiable.
But that was on regular days.
Now?
Everyone's already fighting for survival.
There's no restraint.
To restrain further would be unfit as "Nightless City" residents.
In reality, it was exactly like this.
"Boss, we found booby traps!"
The subordinate's report made Dugao grin.
"Old fox, you thought..."
Boom!
Before Dugao could finish speaking, the ground suddenly trembled, an explosion came unexpectedly.
It was not just the "Old Man" Agency location; everything within a 50-meter radius was within the explosion range.
Just so happened, Dugao and his group were exactly in that range.
The high explosives overturned the ground; the "Old Man" Agency was literally blown sky-high, smoke intertwined with thick blood mist.
Dugao and his group were shattered into pieces.
They exceeded normal people in strength and coordinated closely.
Especially Dugao, who possessed Extraordinary Power.
But when confronted with the power of one ton of TNT explosives, they were still not enough.
Moreover, "Old Man," for insurance, had added a bit of extra 'material.'
The poisonous gas spreading everywhere made the "Nightless City" residents watching curse angrily.
While cursing "Old Man's" viciousness, they ran away from here.
Of course, the direction was consistent.
Towards the street where "Jing" was located.
Their intent for going, naturally, was to relay the news.
The street where "Jing" was located actually no longer belonged to District 16.
"Paradise Lane!"
Those familiar with this street called it that.
Because it truly connected with "paradise."
"Nightless City's" uptown: Districts 1-15.
However, from the exterior, nobody would take Morsen District, ordinarily commonplace in District 16, as "Paradise Lane," but indeed, it's just this ordinary, sparsely populated, even bordering District 17 edge street, that is the rumored "Paradise Lane."
Regarding the lack of people?
There were originally people here.
But after "Jing" took a liking to this place, it became deserted.
Those who could appear nearby naturally were "Jing's" subordinates.
Thus, a group appearing here was conspicuous.
Especially when each one was covered in blood.
Both others' and their own.
The credit for relaying the news belonged only to one person.
So many people came, surely it couldn't be divided.
Thus, on their way here, this group had already fought several times.
Originally a team of dozens, by this point it was reduced to a mere three.
Among these three, one staggered.