Chapter 39

Sanyan hesitantly glanced at Jiang Sen, “What do you think we should do?” Jiang Sen thought for a moment and said to the guard, “Tell me where Pang Jian is. He’s dead today. We’re from the Donghui. If you tell us, I’ll consider letting you join—then you still have a chance. Otherwise, you’ll die right away!”
The guard looked at the two of them and whispered, “Boss… the boss is on the third floor, second door on the left when you go up!”
Jiang Sen stared into the guard’s eyes and pressed, “Are you not lying to me?” The guard nodded at Jiang Sen. People’s eyes don’t lie. Satisfied, Jiang Sen nodded and gave Sanyan a signal. Understanding, Sanyan smiled at the guard as his knife pierced into his throat. Jiang Sen and Sanyan knew well that such cowardly people would never be accepted into the Wendonghui—keeping them around was just trouble…
The two waved at the people in the corridor and said to Xie Wendong, who was running over, “Brother Dong, Pang Jian is on the third floor. What do you think we should do?”
Xie Wendong replied, “Pang Jian must die, and the others can’t be spared either!”
Everyone nodded. Xie Wendong asked Liu Bo to stay on the first floor—to support everyone later and attack the enemies in the rooms there if there was a commotion. Liu Bo agreed.
Xie Wendong followed Sanyan and Jiang Sen upstairs, feeling as if someone was always close behind him. Turning around, he saw a young, beautiful girl. Xie Wendong didn’t know her and paid her no attention. That girl was Ying, who had been ordered by Jiang Sen to guard behind Xie Wendong.
Along the way, they eliminated several guards guarding the stairs, and finally reached the third floor. At the second door on the left, Jiang Sen said softly, “This is it!” Then he took out a pistol from his pocket. Xie Wendong nodded at the others, who also pulled out their guns. Sanyan shouted, “Kill them!” He kicked open the door and led the charge inside.
Inside, they saw a man and a woman lying on the bed. The man sat up at the noise; he looked somewhat like Pang Jian according to rumors. Sanyan guessed he was probably Pang Jian and fired two shots at him. The gunshots echoed like thunder in the quiet building. The man on the bed didn’t even make a sound—his skull was shattered. The woman beside him screamed in terror, but Sanyan ignored her. Seeing that the people on the bed were dead, he quickly retreated.
By then, chaos reigned in the building. The members of the Brothers’ Alliance heard the gunshots and, not knowing what was going on, stumbled out of their rooms, still half-asleep. But as soon as they stepped out, they were attacked by those lurking at the door. Someone shouted first, “It’s bad! The enemy has launched a surprise attack!”

The members of the Brotherhood finally woke up as if from a dream, grabbed their weapons, and came out of the room to fight against Wen Dong’s men. Gunshots and screams filled the building as a massive fight involving hundreds of people broke out.

Wen Dong, worried, asked San Yan loudly, “Brother Zhang, is the person inside Pang Jian?”
While fighting, San Yan replied, “I can’t see clearly either, but it seems to be Pang Jian!”
Wen Dong muttered to himself, “Idiot!” He pushed open the door and went in, with Ying following closely behind. The outside sky was only dimly lit, so Wen Dong couldn’t make out the face of the blood-soaked man on the bed. He turned on the light, took out the photo given to him by Gao Zhen from his pocket, and compared it to the corpse on the bed, but found nothing—the man’s face was covered in blood and somewhat distorted.

The woman on the bed kept screaming nonstop since Wen Dong entered. Annoyed, Wen Dong shouted, “Shut up!”
As if she didn’t hear him, she continued to scream loudly. Wen Dong slapped her across the face, shouting, “Shut your mouth!” The woman snapped out of her daze, glared at Wen Dong, and snapped, “You murderer! You beast!”

Seeing the woman’s hateful gaze, Wen Dong’s heart turned cold. He sighed inwardly and pointed at the corpse on the bed, asking, “Is he Pang Jian?”
“Haha~~~” The woman laughed maniacally, secretly reaching under the pillow. “I won’t tell you. Even if you kill me, I still won’t tell you…” Just then, she suddenly pulled out a pistol from under the pillow and aimed it at Wen Dong, pulling the trigger.
“Bang~~~!” Unprepared and overly careless, Wen Dong didn’t expect a mentally unstable woman to shoot at him. Instinctively, he dodged to the side. At the moment she pulled the trigger, a flying knife shot in like lightning, piercing her abdomen. The intense pain made her hand waver, and the bullet missed Wen Dong’s arm. The woman gritted her teeth, ready to fire a second shot, but her body froze as a sharp knife pierced her heart—wielded by the expressionless Ying!

It turned out that while Wen Dong wasn’t paying attention as the woman reached under the pillow, Ying had noticed her move. Standing behind Wen Dong, he silently took out a flying knife just in case. Sure enough, when the woman pulled out the pistol and aimed it at Wen Dong, Ying was already prepared to strike her with the knife.

Xie Wendong was stunned for a long time. The pain in his arm made him realize what was happening. He stepped forward and touched the woman’s neck—there was no pulse. Xie Wendong sighed and turned to look at Ying. Thinking that Xie Wendong was blaming her for not leaving anyone alive, she explained, “I saw she had a gun, and I was afraid you’d be in danger, so…”
Xie Wendong smiled gratefully. “It’s okay. I’m not blaming you. Thank you for saving my life. I owe you one!” Then he looked at Ying carefully and asked, “What’s your name?” Under Xie Wendong’s unwavering gaze, her heart raced as she lowered her head and said, “My name is Ying!”
“Ying!? Hmm, a good name!” Xie Wendong nodded at her, then left the room, still worried about the true identity of the person on the bed.
Outside, the battle was still going on, reaching a critical moment. The Wen Dong Gang had more members than the Brothers Alliance, and they were well-prepared, throwing the opponents into chaos. But the Brothers Alliance wasn’t like the people the Wen Dong Gang had dealt with before—they were brave and fierce, fighting back tenaciously. The ground was covered with injured people. Xie Wendong checked his watch and shouted, “Hurry up! There are only ten minutes left! Haoran, tell your men to carry the injured out first!”
He Haoran nodded and ordered the members of the Leopard Hall to carry the injured out of the gang’s headquarters. The others intensified their attacks, as time was running out. The Brothers Alliance gradually couldn’t withstand the powerful assaults of the Wen Dong Gang and began to retreat. Some were forced back into rooms with nowhere to escape, stabbed repeatedly until they lay bleeding on the ground. Those who weren’t dead cried out hoarsely. The three-story headquarters of the Brothers Alliance was filled with fighting people, weapons everywhere, cries, screams, and continuous gunshots blending into one chaotic mess. Blood everywhere and people willing to die turned the entire building into a hellish place, reeking of blood. In the fierce fighting, both sides suffered heavy losses. When Xie Wendong thought it was enough, he waved and shouted, “Everyone, retreat!”
Hearing the shout, the members of the Wen Dong Gang gathered toward the stairs. Seeing everyone retreat with the injured, Xie Wendong nodded at Jiang Sen before leading them down the stairs. The members of the Brothers Alliance on the first floor had been almost wiped out by Liu Bo, so the group left the headquarters without any obstruction.
Seeing the enemy trying to escape, the Brothers Alliance wouldn’t let them go. The scattered remnants began to gather in the corridors and charge toward the stairs. Xie Wendong had anticipated this and deliberately left Jiang Sen behind. Seeing the growing number of people in the corridor, Jiang Sen put his finger in his mouth and blew a sharp whistle. The members of the secret group on the second and third floors heard it clearly. Each took a grenade from their pocket, pulled the fuse, and threw it into the crowd in the corridor.

Regardless of the other party’s fate, he threw the grenade and immediately ran toward the exit. “Boom~~~” Several continuous, deafening explosions made the entire building tremble slightly. Under Jiang Sen’s leadership, the members of the Earth Dark Group rushed out of the building. Looking back, they saw thick plumes of smoke rising from the windows, with faint howls coming from inside.

Li Shuang stared blankly at the building and muttered, “Damn, grenades really are powerful!”

Gao Qiang pulled at his clothes, “Stop ‘missing’ them! Soon the Brothers Alliance will arrive, and it’ll be our turn to be ‘missed’!” With that, he dragged Li Shuang away.

Everyone followed Xie Wendong back to the parking lot. He instructed them to drive separately and meet at the Northern Hotel later. They nodded in agreement and got into their cars, driving off. Xie Wendong sat in the passenger seat and let out a long sigh. Noticing a shadow sitting behind him at some point, he wondered why the girl kept following him. Still, he turned to her and smiled, “I really thank you for earlier.”

The girl replied expressionlessly, “It’s my duty! Brother Dong has already thanked me twice!” Then she turned her head to look out the window.

Xie Wendong was stunned. It was unusual—no one in the Wendong Gang, let alone in the entire J City underworld, dared to speak to him like that! And it was just a young girl from his own gang. Glancing at her, Xie Wendong shook his head and said nothing more, thinking to himself, “This girl is quite interesting!”

Along the way, there were constant police cars, and officers would stop vehicles to check identities. When they saw Xie Wendong inside, they let them go without a word. People sometimes say that cops and thieves are the same family—it might sound extreme, but there must be a reason for everything!

The Brothers Alliance was the first to receive the emergency call from headquarters and arrived there before the police. The scene inside was chaotic, with injured people everywhere. Most of the 200 elite members of the gang were either dead or injured, losing their combat capability. The leader, “Er Gaoliang” Pang Jian, was severely injured, while his elder brother, Pang Huazhong, was killed by a bullet. The Brothers Alliance suffered heavy losses in this battle and was pushed into a deep crisis.

Although both sides suffered losses, the Wendong Gang’s losses were much smaller. After all, the attacking side had the advantage. The Wendong Gang lost over a dozen people dead, 20 seriously injured, and no less than 50 lightly injured. But compared to the Brothers Alliance, these numbers were much lower. Of course, such casualties still meant a “small expense” for the Wendong Gang.

This fierce battle caused a sensation throughout the province. In particular, the citizens of City J were deeply alarmed by the recent series of large-scale gang battles and jointly filed complaints with the City J Party Committee. However, the Qing gang had strong connections within the Party Committee, and with some bribes, the matter was suppressed. Although the Party Committee stopped investigating, some persistent and unyielding citizens went to the provincial capital, City H, to expose the corruption in the City J Party Committee and the rampant gang activity to the Provincial Party Committee. Even provincial radio stations and newspapers reported on the matter. Although the Provincial Party Committee wanted to protect its own people, it realized the seriousness of the situation and had to send an investigation team to audit the leadership in City J in order to ease external pressure. Consequently, there will also be major changes in the government of City J.