Both of my legs were getting dirty with mud and I had been waiting for so long, the moon had already reach the peak of its cycle when at last, I saw movement in the distance. A car came and, stopping at the location, illuminated the field around it with light while people piled out!
Before long, both groups of people came to the rendezvous point. From where I was at, I could even see them holding submachine guns. I shuddered from the bottom of my heart, these groups of people were the type of people who’d do anything for profit.
Wang Xin gently raised his hand to signify the start of the operation, “Snipers, be ready to shoot the gunmen in 10 seconds, the rest charge in for 100 meters to lure the beast out!”
Tensing up, I awaited with narrowed eyes for the gunfire to start.
“Pew pew!”
Although the sniper rifles were equipped with a silencer, the two men who had the light machine guns and were shot down were close to the group, causing instant pandemonium amongst the group.
“Charge!”
Wang Xin cried out for the officers to charge, each one of them rushing in one after the other.
……
“Fuck! We’ve been betrayed! Liu San Er wasn’t the traitor, it was someone else. We’ve killed the wrong person!” Someone yelled out, “Che, take the money and not the stuff! Release the secret weapon and slaughter the cops!”
“Hou hou…”
While the roar came from a distance, its voice rattled some of the people. A huge being covered completely in black fur had come. Its speed was far beyond what regular humans were capable of!
“Shoot!”
The squadron of police that had been squatting in the weeds began to shoot at the target with bullets. However, the beast’s skin was far too strong, and the bullets only bounced off of it
“Come on!” Wang Xin’s face was red with anger, “Li Xiao Yao!”
“Pa…”
Stamping into the paddy fields as I rushed forward, a stream of air came bursting under my feet as I sped myself up, “Keng!” came the sound as I unsheathed Xiao Hei. Concentrating on focusing my Qi, I met head on with the beast, and I swung my blade to try and cleave it in two!
“Kacha!”
A hand of black claws blocked my sword, and the claws were accompanied by the monster’s hideous eyes glaring at me under the moonlight. To add to the fright, its mouth began to open, showing off the sharp teeth that were attempting to take a bite of my arm.
Hardening my heart, I delivered an uppercut with an iron fist!
“Peng!” A heavy punch closed his mouth as I weaved around and sent a kick at him. Grasping my sword hilt firmly, I grunted as I slashed at it with an arc, aiming for the brain of the monster!
“Ca!”
A howl was suddenly cut short as the bloody head of the monster came tumbling through the air. Its giant body came crashing down to the earth with a great tremble!
I swiped my blade clean in silence, although, as I watched the corpse over a matter of seconds, something strange was happening. The black fur receded into the body, revealing the corpse of a 28 year old man. The head was obviously cut off but there were numerous pinholes that marked the entirety of the neck, showing off the results of an experiment.
……
Wang Xin wasted no time, and waved his arm, “Charge, chase down the stragglers!”
Then he came running over to me, and frowned at the sight of the decapitated young man. “So this is what it was in the end…why would a man turn into a beast, did…did we kill the wrong person?”
My expression clearly told Wang Xin what I thought about his question, “This was no mistake, bring him back for testing, Captain. This thing is definitely a complex being, you’ll have to dig out as much information as you can about the Underworld or else Hang Zhou will no longer be a safe city.”
Wang Xin nodded, “Ah, I know, I’ll contact the lab over in Beijing.”
“Then I’ll be taking my leave.”
“You’re leaving?”
“Why not?”
“How about you write the report for me!”
“I won’t write a single detail, do it yourself! It’s not like you didn’t see what happened here.”
“What a brat you are…”
……
Within 15 minutes of the end of the clash, all of Wang Xin’s men came back. This was definitely the cream of the crop, men who were capable of actual combat! They could even compete with the higher levels of the police force but of course, having been a part of the special ops team, I could say that these people were still below them in quality.
The sounds of the sirens came blaring as the general police came and arrested the people connected to the drug trade. 17 people in total were arrested, and 12 of them were associated with the Bloods. With the skull and crossbones on their arm, it was rather obvious.
I sat in the police car as we were being driven back to the city and as I leaned against the armrest, a policewoman with a round face turned to talk to me, “You’re…the legendary Li Xiao Zi Zai?”
Opening and closing my eyes, I nodded, “I am, why do you ask?”
“Why was it that our bullets couldn’t even penetrate the beast, but he was split in two with your sword?” She asked, eyeing the hilt of my sword.
I gave a profound laugh, “Because my sword is legendary!”
“Ah?”
Taking a closer look at my sword, she began to stroke the hilt, observing the engraved writing on it, “Ah, there’s words on here…Gan Jiang?! Ah! Could this be the legendary sword Gan Jiang from ancient legends?”
TL Note: The story of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye
I gave a serious nod, “Correct, do you have any other questions?”
Wang Xin gave an amused look as the police woman gave a nervous laugh and looked away.
……
It was already 3 AM when I got back to the studio. I crept inside my room at the studio. It seemed that Strawberry Matcha had fallen asleep but failed to lock the doors, she probably forgot about it.
Dragging out the box from under the bed, I placed my sword and M9 pistol inside and pushed the box back underneath.
When I looked up, a pair of big eyes stared back at me, followed by a flurry of hits from the pillow onto my head while Strawberry Matcha shouted, “There’s an invader in my room! A predator, ah, someone come quick!”
Quickly grabbing onto her arm, I whispered sharply to her “Strawberry Matcha, it’s me, Li Xiao Yao!”
“Ah? Boss?”
Strawberry Matcha closed her mouth and looked at me. A light went off in her head as her face flushed slightly, “Boss, what are you doing here…”
……
The door slammed open at that moment as Song Han, Ran Min, and Fox came running in, “Where’s the pervert!? Ah? Boss?!”
Song Han looked at me with a great big smile on his face, “Hehe, brother Xiao Yao, how…how will you explain this?