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Chapter 94 - 088 [Surname Ye, From Emperor City!]

Chapter 94: Chapter 088 [Surname Ye, From Emperor City!]

When darkness enshrouded the earth, the streets and alleys of Hanghu lit up with the yellow glow of lights, nightclubs with their colorful neon signs welcoming those who enjoyed the nightlife to come and spend.

As one of Hanghu’s top nightclubs, CC Bar was booming — as soon as the sky darkened, a steady stream of cars arrived at the bar’s parking lot, with well-dressed men and women, either alone or in groups, entering the bar.

At the entrance, the hostesses in cheongsams greeted customers with smiles, bending over to reveal a glimpse of white at their chests, drawing the eyes of patrons.

The men couldn’t help but have their pupils slightly dilate, while most women looked on with scorn, their lips curling as if they wanted them to reach the sky.

"Manager Feng, isn’t Sister Liu coming today?"

In the third-floor workspace, a burly man wearing a headset noticed that the bar’s occupancy rate had exceeded half and, checking the time and seeing it was already past eight, couldn’t help asking the man beside him.

"I don’t know, she didn’t call me."

The man, surnamed Feng and named Kai, shook his head. He was the manager of CC Bar, and if Liu Qin was ever absent, it was up to him to take care of the business.

"I heard that there was a murder at Lingyin Temple today, eight people dead, all elite members of the Dong hai Gang, and furthermore, the ’little princess’ of Dong hai Gang, Situ Ruoshui, was kidnapped."

The burly man hesitated, then asked tentatively, "It seems like it was Master Eight’s doing. Sister Liu must have gone to deal with this matter with Master Eight, right?"

"Brother Li, these matters are none of our concern." Feng Kai, looking at the burly man who was formerly a scout, reminded him: "We just need to do our jobs well."

"That’s true."

The burly man laughed at himself sarcastically. He had honed his skills in the military, but after offending a superior and being discharged, he couldn’t find a job due to a lack of connections and ended up as a security guard at CC Bar.

"Brother Li, take some people and patrol the club," Feng Kai said after a moment’s thought. As the manager of CC Bar, although he wasn’t one of Qiao Bazhi’s trusted confidants, he was still a name that Qiao Bazhi would recognize and was someone of significance in the Nanqinghong Hanghu Branch, being much more informed than the burly man heading security.

In such a situation, although he did not know that Qiao Bazhi and Liu Qin had already been sent off by Ye Fan to Yama Palace, his instincts and reason told him that with the kidnapping of the Dong hai Gang’s princess, the Dong hai Gang would surely not rest easy.

It has to be said that Feng Kai’s fitness for the position of manager at CC Bar wasn’t merely for show; he had a strong sense of foresight.

As Brother Li, surnamed Li and named Pei, patrolled under Feng Kai’s orders, Feng Kai suddenly saw through the surveillance monitor three vans speeding toward the bar. They didn’t stop at the parking lot as directed by the security, nearly hitting a guard, and parked directly at the bar’s entrance instead.

Hmm?

Seeing this, Feng Kai’s brows furrowed slightly, and his feeling of unrest intensified.

Shortly after, before Feng Kai could alert Li Pei about the abnormality at the entrance, the three vans simultaneously opened, and a group of burly men wearing baseball caps, armed with knives and clubs, jumped out and charged towards the bar with an aggressive demeanor.

"Li... Brother Li, there’s trouble at the door, go there with your men immediately!" After a brief moment of shock, Feng Kai snapped back to reality and hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie to shout at Li Pei.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Pei saw the four door guards being completely overwhelmed by the group of burly men, beaten to the ground with a flurry of knives and sticks.

At the same time inside the bar, Li Pei heard Feng Kai’s words but didn’t take them seriously, leading his six subordinates calmly towards the entrance.

His lack of urgency was not because he looked down on Feng Kai, but because he believed that across Hanghu and even the whole of Jiangnan, no one would dare to blatantly cause trouble at CC Bar.

Previously, even if there were disturbances, they were mostly drunk brawls over pride or showboating in front of women and were usually quickly resolved.

"Ah—"

Just as Li Pei was leading his six men to go out and see what was happening with a relaxed mindset, the four welcoming hostesses at the door witnessed the bloody scene outside, screaming as they ran into the bar, one of them slipping and falling to the ground in panic.

Whoosh!

Due to the early hour, the bar was playing soft music, and the screaming of the hostesses drew the attention of the security staff and patrons alike. Instinctively, their eyes turned towards the door, and they saw, to their horror, a swarm of burly men armed with knives and clubs charging into the bar like invaders pillaging a village.

"What do you think you’re doing?" Seeing this, Li Pei, although shocked, still shouted as he stepped forward.

"Beat the bastards of Nanqinghong to a pulp!"

The leading burly man was a valiant underling of Liu Tianjun, with a record of taking lives, more than one at that. Seeing Li Pei, a former scout, leading his men to confront them, he showed no fear and bellowed his orders.

Upon the leader’s command, his followers, each armed with knives and clubs, charged forward like enraged beasts.

"Ah—"

In an instant, the bar was thrown into chaos. Patrons either screamed and ran or cowered and ducked for cover, while the members of the Dong hai Gang and Nanqinghong clashed fiercely.

For a time, the sounds of tables and chairs colliding, glass breaking, and knives and cudgels striking each other were completely mixed together, drowning out the bar’s soft music.

Due to the numerical disadvantage and being caught off guard, Li Pei and his men were quickly knocked to the ground, with Li Pei himself bearing the brunt of several knife wounds, becoming a bloody mess.

"Split into two teams according to the plan," one team searches upstairs to see if there are any fish that slipped through the net, and the other team, smash for me!"

The leading Great Han issued the command once more, his tone extremely excited—The Dong hai Gang had been suppressed by the Hanghu Gang for two full years, and they had accumulated too much anger and resentment!

"Hiss~"

On the third floor, the bar manager, Feng Kai, saw this scene and gasped in fear, then without hesitation, he turned and left, trying to avoid the calamity.

At the same time, he didn’t forget to take out his cellphone and directly dialed a number.

Normally, according to the hierarchical responsibility system, he would report to Liu Qin with any issues, but given the urgency of the situation, he skipped over Liu Qin and reported directly to Qiao Bazhi.

"I’m sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable."

Soon, the sweet voice of the voice prompt sounded, causing Feng Kai to start, he stumbled, and nearly fell to the ground.

Unable to contact Qiao Bazhi, Feng Kai had no choice but to contact Liu Qin instead, but still couldn’t get through.

What’s going on?

Could it be... Could it be that Master Eight and the others??

Seeing that he couldn’t reach either Qiao Bazhi or Liu Qin, Feng Kai was overwhelmed by a bad premonition, his body shivered in fear, and without a second thought, he bolted towards the second floor.

At the same time, the same scenario was unfolding in several of Hanghu’s large nightclubs, a casino, and an underground racing venue, with Nanqinghong’s people being caught off guard and completely routed.

Managers of each venue frantically tried to contact Qiao Bazhi, but none could get through to his phone.

Meanwhile, the Hanghu Police’s phones were ringing off the hook, and police cars were screeching out of the stations and precincts, heading towards the scenes of the incidents, their shrill sirens piercing the skyline of Hanghu, throwing the citizens into a state of panic.

To prevent the situation from escalating further, the leading figure of the Jiangnan Police immediately instructed his secretary to call all the police bigwigs, convening an emergency meeting.

On a main thoroughfare in Hanghu, an Audi A6L with police license plates raced by.

Inside the car, a middle-aged man with a slight bald spot and a large belly repeatedly dialed Qiao Bazhi’s number, unable to get through each time.

Zhou Hong, as one of the bigwigs in the police force and one of the protective umbrellas for the Nanqinghong in Jiangnan, was also a member of the Hei Jin Empire. He was aware of Qiao Bazhi’s kidnapping of Situ Ruoshui and was even responsible for relaying information from the police to Qiao Bazhi at any moment.

Because the police had not yet clarified the truth behind the Lingyin Temple case, for safety’s sake, he had not contacted Qiao Bazhi until he received a call from the top man in the Jiangnan Police, informing him of the Dong hai Gang’s attack on Nanqinghong and the smashing of several of Nanqinghong’s venues, before he chose to call Qiao Bazhi.

"Could it be... Could it be that something has happened to Qiao Bazhi?"

Now, as Qiao Bazhi’s phone remained unanswered, a bad premonition surged in his heart.

After careful thought, Zhou Hong felt that this possibility was highly likely, otherwise there was no reason for Qiao Bazhi not to answer his calls.

Thinking this, Zhou Hong’s expression showed hesitation, uncertain whether to call Lin Tianyi, the Ruler of the Nanqinghong.

Although he was a member of the Hei Jin Empire, his status and position were not at the very top, and he did not have the privilege of contacting Lin Tianyi directly.

But... today’s situation was truly exceptional!

On one hand, he was unable to contact Qiao Bazhi, worried that Lin Tianyi’s plan to force Situ Chen through the kidnapping of Situ Ruoshui would be ruined. More importantly, he had learned through special channels that Jiangnan’s newly appointed second-in-command was very dissatisfied with the situation surrounding the Lingyin Temple and had ordered the police to solve the case in the shortest possible time!

Now, with the Lingyin Temple case still unsolved and the Dong Hai Gang in conflict with the Nanqinghong...

In such a situation, he couldn’t imagine what the bigwig would do!

But... he had a thousand reasons to believe that if Nanqinghong launched a counterattack against Dong Hai Gang at this juncture, the newly appointed bigwig would definitely get angry!

And the anger of that bigwig, not to mention Qiao Bazhi, even Lin Tianyi, as the Ruler of Nanqinghong and the Overlord of the Southern Huaxia Underground World, couldn’t afford it!

Because...

That bigwig’s surname was Ye, hailing from Emperor City!