The man dodged the punch, returning it with a kick to the right arm. Tang Yan staggered backward, his arm sore. Without warning, he dashed forward again and headed for the jaw with his left fist. The man's jaw made a cracking sound, and blood began to flow out of his mouth silently.
"Before coming here, you could have asked your pig-like followers who came looking for trouble. The fact that my little brother was bruised makes me want to kill you. Can't you see he's not on the same level as you guys?" Tang Yan moved forward towards the man named Long, expressionless. "If you had just come to settle things with me, why bother harming the little ones?"
"Pouch!" A punch landed on the face of Boss Kong. "Why couldn't you just wait? Now you're forcing my hand to murder you this instant. Just, why?" The look in his eye was savage. Each punch he landed on Boss Kong was hard and brutal.
The nearby neighbors, who were looking from their windows, felt immense fear – a kind of fear enough to send one to the afterlife. Both the followers who lay on the ground and those who were still standing regretted their decision to come here.
Ma Zhou kept trembling where he stood, knowing that all this wouldn't have occurred if he hadn't accepted that bastard Yan Fan's deal. Now he and his trusted brothers were the ones receiving retribution.
After a series of heavy beatings on Boss Kong, Tang Yan, who was heavily panting, looked at his trembling hands, which were covered in blood. He walked towards Ma Zhou. "Pah!" A merciless slap descended onto his face.
"I asked you to bring over your brothers to pay homage to me and to welcome their new boss, but instead, you went to invite another dog and even injured my own flesh and blood. Do you know how it feels right now? How could you even go against a kid who doesn't know how to throw a punch?" "Pah!" Another slap followed. "Right now, as compensation, I would break one arm of yours. You are free to choose which arm. From now on, I'll be the one in charge of this gang, and also, all the fees you collect from the opposing gang will be given to me to redistribute."
Before Tang Yan could continue, two police cars surrounded them with loud sirens. A female officer came out of one of the cars with a cold face and a gun in hand. "Nobody moves!" she shouted, pointing the gun at them.
Tang Yan felt strange about the object pointed at him, as it was his first time seeing something like this. But soon after, a daze, and information flushed his brain about weapons based on the previous owner's memory. After realizing the dangers of being pointed at with a gun, he cooperated with the police officers and stopped his movements.
" Were you the one responsible for causing trouble?" the female officer asked with a stern look. Tang Yan felt annoyed with this, since he didn't like answering to others, but for the sake of still being a mortal, he answered, "They were the ones who came here to cause trouble with me by touching my brother."
The other three officers looked at him with suspicion, as up to nine out of the sixteen people were injured and had broken ribs, while he and others nearly got any serious injury. "And you expect me to believe those lies of yours? You'll have to follow us back for further questioning at the station," she said, handcuffing Tang Yan.
"I would like to make a request..." Tang Yan said, holding his ground and not minding the cuffs. While on the other hand, a big police van came. The female officer felt annoyed with this but had to comply since there wasn't any clear evidence about the gang fight. "What is it you want?" she asked.
"My siblings would be the only ones left if I'm to be brought back to your station. So I would like you to help look up for a lady named Miss Su Weiyin at Clock 9 Street, Number 7, to come up here and stay with my siblings in case of a mishap."
Both the cops and the gang members looked at Tang Yan in surprise and admiration, as being able to know a person's exact location and structure was something highly trained assassins did. Even some of the cops hardly had that kind of assimilation and intelligence.
It was after Madame Su came that they took off for the station. At the station, they were placed in different cells and were invited into the interrogation room to take down their statements.
The police found it funny and unbelievable that one person could brutally injure a group of street gang members without using any martial arts skills. Even the female police officer, Cao Rouxue, who came from a martial arts family, felt it more strange, as she could sense qi from practitioners, and there wasn't a single string of qi in Tang Yan, which could prove that he used brute force.
"So, what you mean is that you told them to visit just to talk things out about a misunderstanding, but you didn't expect them to have another intention, right?" Officer Cao Rouxue asked, staring at him deep in thought.
"Yes," Tang Yan answered without a flinch or change in his composure.
He had long been annoyed because of the feeling he had when faced with a gun. "Are you sure you aren't a martial artist?" she asked, still wondering.
The instant he heard the words "martial artist," his vibes changed, giving out chills. Although he didn't answer, his action alone proved that he despised those words.
Without waiting for another word, he grabbed Officer Cao Rouxue by the neck and lifted her up off the ground with lifeless eyes.
"Next time you question me this much, I won't mind ripping your neck, even if you have a gun. Although you give off a familiar feeling, I won't let you off," Tang Yan said, releasing his grip.
Officer Cao Rouxue, known for her bravery, felt real fear, as if facing death itself. She now knew why Tang Yan was able to fight the street thugs without a scratch. Even she, who was at the second layer of Qi sensation, felt powerless.
Tang Yan cleared his throat, knowing he had lost his composure, and smiled as he apologized, "Please forgive my rudeness, Miss." He bowed slightly, cupping his fist.
Officer Cao Rouxue quickly adjusted the mood and smiled, indicating that she didn't mind. "You said I give off a familiar feeling. May I know who the other person is that gives off the same feeling as me?" she asked with a charming smile.