Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
At one of the tables next to the skewers stall, there were three men, with colorful hair and cigarettes in their mouth, who were all looking at Jiang Ming and Brother Zhang with a rakish look on their faces.
The blue-haired man placed one leg on a stool and rested his elbow on it as he leaned forward. He held the cigarette in his right hand and picked up a beer bottle with his left hand. He then pointed at Brother Zhang and said, “Hey! From today onwards, this place belongs to the White Dragon Gang and you have to pay us the protection fee. You! Your protection fee this month is 1000 yuan. Pay up!”
“I just paid the protection fee to the Malignant Tiger Gang, now I have to pay it again? If you want, go look for it from the Malignant Tiger Gang.” When Brother Zhang heard that these guys were asking for the protection fee again, his face darkened as he stood up and said to the blue-haired gangster.
White Dragon Gang?
Jiang Ming put down the pair of chopsticks in his hands and stared at them with a confused look on his face.
There were a lot of gangsters in Hualong, even in the slums. However, he remembered that this place was under the Malignant Tiger Gang. Where did this White Dragon Gang come from?
One of them standing behind the blue-haired gangster snorted, stepped forward and grabbed Brother Zhang by his collar. “Let me tell you what’s happening. The Malignant Tiger Gang has been annihilated by the White Dragon Gang. There’s no such thing as the Malignant Tiger Gang now! I don’t care if you have paid them the protection fee, you need to pay the 1000 yuan protection fee to the White Dragon Gang now! Or else, get out of this place!”
After hearing what he said, Jiang Ming finally understood what was happening. The Malignant Tiger Gang had been completely annihilated by the White Dragon Gang. Although Jiang Ming didn’t know much about gangsters, Brother Zhang was his friend. He couldn’t just sit and watch without doing anything
He wiped his mouth with tissue, picked up Chikage and walked towards Brother Zhang. He glanced at the three men in front of him and said, “Guys, I don’t think that this is right. Brother Zhang owns the stall and he has a business here which means that this is his place. Why does he have to pay the protection fee?”
“Kid, stay away. This is none of your business.” The red-haired gangster took out a knife and pointed it at Jiang Ming.
When Brother Zhang saw the knife, he didn’t want to get Jiang Ming involved. He stood in front of Jiang Ming and took out a bunch of notes from his pocket. It seemed like Brother Zhang was about to give the gangsters a thousand yuan.
“Just give it! What’s the point of counting it?!” The blue-haired gangster snatched all the notes from Brother Zhang’s hand. Just by the looks of it, there should be about a few thousand which was why he grabbed it before Brother Zhang could count it.
When the money was snatched from him, Brother Zhang got agitated internally. Then, his face turned red and he got so angry that his voice started trembling as he screamed at the gang, “I thought it was a thousand yuan! Give me back my money! This is robbery!”
“So what? I’ll rob you if I want to.” The blue-haired gangster kicked Brother Zhang in the stomach.
Brother Zhang fell backwards as he held onto his stomach. Jiang Ming, who was standing behind him, caught Brother Zhang before he fell to the floor and helped him to a stool nearby. Then, he walked towards the group,
“Bang~”
Jiang Ming grabbed one of the beer bottles from the table and smashed it against the table. The beer bottle instantly broke from the middle, revealing its sharp ends.
When the blue-haired gangster heard the sound of a broken beer bottle, he looked towards Jiang Ming. As he noticed Jiang Ming walking towards him, the expression on his face changed drastically. “Are you seeking death?!”
“Give the money back to him!” Jiang Ming ordered in a cold voice.
“Damn it! Let me teach you a lesson.” Upon hearing what Jiang Ming said, the blue-haired gangster placed the money in his pocket and threw the beer bottle that was in his hand towards Jiang Ming.
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It’s true that Jiang Ming wanted to save Brother Zhang, but this was not what he initially planned to do. He would have just called the police or tried to negotiate with the gangsters, but Chikage, who was watching at the side, couldn’t bear it anymore. It told Jiang Ming that he was now extremely powerful and described him as if Jiang Ming was a superhero. When Jiang Ming saw that Chikage was so persistent about it, he decided to give it a try.
When he saw that the blue-haired gangster threw a beer bottle towards him, he was about to dodge it, but Chikage’s voice rang in his ears just then. “Boss, just let him do it. You don’t have to dodge it.”
“Uh… you son of a b*tch! Why don’t you be the one who gets smashed instead?! What if my body has not undergone any changes yet? This one blow can kill me. I’m not going to just stand here and risk it! I’m not that stupid!” Jiang Ming muttered to himself. Then, he moved his body to the side and dodged the beer bottle that was coming towards him.
“Boom!”
However, just when he thought that he had managed to keep his head in one piece, the other gangster had already picked up another beer bottle and swung it in his direction. This time, Jiang Ming couldn’t dodge it and the beer bottle directly landed on his head.
When the bottle broke, Jiang Ming was stunned. Brother Zhang looked at the entire scene in disbelief and immediately took out his phone to call the police.
But the thing that happened subsequently caused him to put down his phone and stare at Jiang Ming in utter disbelief.
When Jiang Ming was hit by the beer bottle, he didn’t react at all. Instead, there was a cold smile on his face. Then, he quickly dashed towards the gangster and kicked him in his stomach, sending him flying a few meters away. The gangster spat out a mouthful of blood when he landed and immediately became unconscious.
Both the blue-haired gangster and the red-haired gangster looked horrified. They realized that they could no longer stay there and decided to leave the scene as quickly as possible.
“Run?” Jiang Ming smirked. Then, he moved and came right next to the blue-haired gangster and grabbed his shoulder with one hand. He slowly tightened his grip and managed to dislocate it. At the same time, he kicked him in his lower back and the guy immediately passed out.
As for the last red-haired gangster, Jiang Ming stood right in front of him and gave him a good punch in the face. The red-haired gangster ended up with a broken nose and was crying out loud in pain as he rolled around the ground.
Jiang Ming went to the blue-haired gangster and took the money from his pocket. He counted the money and passed it to Brother Zhang. “Here you go.”
“Wow, I didn’t know that you’re this good at fighting, but you better be careful. Since they are from the White Dragon Gang and you’ve beaten them up so badly, they would definitely come back for revenge.” Brother Zhang kept the money and warned Jiang Ming.
Jiang Ming nodded his head. “Don’t worry about me, Brother Zhang. I’ll be fine. You should rest these few days, just in case they come back again.”
“Okay.”
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After bidding goodbye to Brother Zhang, Jiang Ming started walking back to his house while chatting with Chikage. “I didn’t think my body would change this much! The speed, resilience and power are all improved! How about yours? Did it change this much as well?”
“Meow~ I’m much better than you,” Chikage replied proudly.
“Bullsh*t!” Jiang Ming stared at Chikage.
Chikage decided that it wasn’t worth its effort trying to explain to Jiang Ming, so it jumped off his shoulder and went to a marble step nearby. It swung its front paw and soon, there were a few deep cracks on the marble step.
When Jiang Ming saw what happened to the steps, he took a deep breath. If this landed on a human’s head, it might just cut the entire human in half.
As they continued discussing the changes that occurred in their body, they arrived back at his house. As soon as he lay down on the bed, he fell asleep instantly.
Chikage pulled the blanket and placed it over Jiang Ming. Instead of going to bed, it slowly walked out of the room and disappeared into the night.