The dark red girl disappeared into the crowd, the reassuring sound lingering in her ears, and a warmth quietly spread over her heart, moistening her once dry eyes.

"Punish the murderer severely!"

"Punish the murderer severely!"

The sound of protest continued to echo from the crowd, as the young people with fiery resolve watched helplessly as the Demon walked towards the Land Air Vehicle. Seeing that he was about to walk free again, they could only shout in anger and frustration as the Mountain Crow family members blocked their way.

Suddenly, two round metal boxes were thrown into the crowd amidst the chaos. A sharp-eyed member of the Mountain Crow family spotted the 'Dark Night Walker' insignia on the boxes and immediately realized something, wanting to warn the people nearby, but it was too late. The white smoke gushed out, quickly engulfing the surging crowd, and the outlines of the companions around grew blurred.

People screamed, pushed and shoved, their footsteps mixed, children's cries echoed, and the scene became extremely chaotic in an instant.

"What is this!?" A gun-wielding member of the Mountain Crow family quickly pointed his weapon forward. The smoke reached his face, causing a strong physiological reaction, his tears streaming uncontrollably as he coughed, covering his face.

At this moment, a figure lurking in the mist emerged, the Night Owl-masked youth let out a sneer, thrusting an electric shock box shaped like an electric shaver straight at the man's neck. The latter didn't even have time to groan before collapsing in the bright white electric light.

"Someone is attacking!" shouted his companion beside him, as he unwittingly noticed a tall girl approaching, twisting her neck and adjusting her shoulders, stepping through the turbulent crowd.

"Who are you!"

The man widened his eyes, greeted by an iron fist tearing through the air right before him.

The man's entire body was sent flying, crashing into the floating Land Air Vehicle behind him, shifting it slightly. The piercing alarm sound tore through the dense fog, and just before he lost consciousness, he saw his companions being taken down one by one in the mist. Meanwhile, the girl wearing a gas mask was talking to someone:

"It's your turn, the outer members of the Mountain Crow family will soon be here, Camellia,"

Noticing that the man wasn't fully unconscious, the girl squatted down, raising the still fuming metal box to his mouth: "Try it, our special make."

The man was momentarily overwhelmed by the pungent gas rushing to his head: "You, you crazy bastards..."

At the same time, Chichu Tianyi, having lost the Mountain Crow family bodyguards in the chaos, was slithering cautiously on the ground, muttering vile curses under his breath, not wishing to be noticed by the angry crowd.

"Damn it, is the Mountain Crow family slacking off? Didn't they check the people on this street, allowing those lunatics to get this close."

He'd heard of the 'Dark Night Walker', a gang that suddenly rose to fame a month ago in Dragonfly Town, robbing the rich to help the poor, resisting injustices for those trapped in oppression and darkness. They would kidnap the wicked who escaped justice, ensuring a horrific fate as part of common underworld tactics, their bodies hung in prominent places as a warning after death.

He had initially dismissed this gang as mere trivialities during his time confined at the office, never expecting them to be bold enough to act right under the Mountain Crow family's noses, knowing full well who he was in the family.

To voice for the innocent, declaring war on the high and mighty, seeking justice through violence where justice could not prevail, these people are nothing but madmen with their naive, laughable ideologies.

Chichu Tianyi didn't want to be caught by such madmen; if he were caught, his fate would be undeniably tragic. Merely thinking about the possible outcome drove him to curse a few more times.

In the chaotic crowd, someone noticed him and yelled: "That damned guy is here!"

People rushed at him, their eyes burning with rage, as if about to tear him limb from limb. Chichu Tianyi screamed as he crawled backwards, snot and tears mixed on his face. One of the Mountain Crow family's bodyguards pounced to shield him from the angry mob, and someone behind him grabbed his collar, pulling him up off the ground as a calm female voice said:

"Mr. Chichu Tianyi, come with us, get out of here quickly."

Chichu Tianyi nodded eagerly like grabbing a lifeline, though somewhat puzzled inside, as women generally held low positions in the Mountain Crow family, mostly seen as accessories or tools apart from the Patriarch's wife, used at will as rewards.

But he had no time to dwell on it now, with lunatics eager to tear him apart right behind him. He quickly followed the girl in front of him, sprinting towards the nearby Land Air Vehicle as the frenzied crowd emerged from the white smoke, only to be tackled to the ground one after another by bodyguards like feral ghouls. He finally grasped the meaning of his father's oft-repeated phrase:

—— Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. These seemingly docile citizens under the Chichu Five Families' oppression revealed such terrifying aspects once they lost their rationality, sending shivers through him.

That damned old bastard himself is scum, hasn't he always been surrounded by wives and concubines when seen? He ought to throw that old lecher here to witness how the turbulent waters flip the small boat, having finished cursing the Dark Night Walkers, he began cursing his father's past misdeeds.

"Get moving!"

"Mr. Chichu Tianyi, hurry up!"

The bodyguards being dragged into the crowd shouted with all their might. Chichu Tianyi smirked coldly, he knew damn well to get moving, rather than staying here to die. Mountain Crow family's dogs were loyal, subservient to the family for their entire lives.

Finally, after what felt like the longest time in Chichu Tianyi's life, he sat inside the Jeep, inhaling the fragrance of leather mingled with sandalwood and cedar, tracing the texture of the leather seats. An unprecedented sense of relief made him exhale, casting a disdainful glance at the crowd pounding on the windows, taunting with a sneer.

"Look at the foolish faces of these people. Once I get back to the Chichu family, I'll make these damn peasants pay. They soiled my clothes, and I'll have someone break all their joints, let them watch as they're cemented into posts!"

After a string of curses, noticing the Jeep hadn't yet moved, Chichu Tianyi frowned, leaning back with his arms crossed, giving the front seat a hefty kick:

"Drive."

The girl in front did not respond to him, silently tuning the car radio, while Chichu Tianyi caught the chaotic communications of the Mountain Crow family's branch.

"Mr. Chichu Tianyi, where is he now!?"

"Unclear, keep looking, plant spike strips at critical road junctions, bring over the armored vehicles, ensure we intercept Mr. Chichu Tianyi before those lunatics disappear!"

What were they talking about?

Aren't I sitting right here in the car?

Chichu Tianyi's peripheral vision caught the Mountain Crow family bodyguards, hammering on the windows with fear in their eyes, looking inside the vehicle.

Metal cuffs extended from under the seat, locking Chichu Tianyi's entire body to the seat, rendering him immobile. He finally sensed something was wrong: "Damn it, who are you...?"

A baseball bat was his response, smashing his nose and teeth, leaving his face soaked in blood.

"Ahh, finally getting my hands on you, such a relief."

A familiar yet now distant girl's voice emerged, the anger burning within him vanished upon recognizing the face framed by dark red hair in front, as he muttered instinctively:

"Chichu Chun? No, Young Master, why are you here?"

A touch of hope glimmered in Chichu Tianyi's eyes, harboring no malintent towards someone ranked higher within the underworld, where insubordination met harsh retribution of having one's tongue removed, teeth crushed, and face branded.

"Let me go, it's me, Young Master, release me."

Camellia frowned: "What Young Master, call me Camellia, and I'm here to send you to Hell."

Chichu Tianyi received another solid strike from the baseball bat, the dull thud extinguishing his consciousness. The Jeep accelerated, ramming through the crowd, smashing through the encircling Land Air Vehicle ahead and breaking free from the surrounding siege.

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