Cosmic Trading System
Chapter 50 - 50: Truly Wrong

Lin Yun frowned slightly.

To be honest, these guys had troubled him again and again, and at the beginning, they even schemed against Xia Qingqing. If he hadn't gone to the Nightingale Bar that day, the consequences for Xia Qingqing would have been unthinkable. For a moment, he genuinely wanted to kill them all.

However, he was, after all, a citizen of the Republic who had grown up in a time of peace. Although he practiced martial arts since childhood, he felt some reluctance toward the act of killing.

Moreover, these individuals were not the puppet masters. Their actions had not caused substantial harm to him or Xia Qingqing. Their sins were not punishable by death.

At that moment, an idea suddenly came to Lin Yun's mind.

Whoosh—

Quickly stepping forward, Lin Yun confronted the blond young man and coldly inquired, "Have you guys sent someone to target my girlfriend?"

He asked this particular blond youth for two reasons.

Firstly, this blond youth was a martial artist. Although he was only at the early Mingjin stage, he was considered formidable among these ruffians. Lin Yun felt that the blond youth's status should be higher and that he should know more and be more reliable.

This was just a hunch.

Secondly, during the fight, he noticed that this blond youth showed some hesitation, he did not seem fully committed to attacking. When he saw the impressive strength of the five bodyguards, he even stopped advancing. This led Lin Yun to have a somewhat better opinion of him compared to the others.

"No, no, we haven't found your girlfriend's location..." Seeing Lin Yun suddenly approaching him, Arkin's face paled, and he quickly shook his head and explained.

"So, you're saying if you found my girlfriend's location, you would have made a move against her?" Lin Yun grew angrier upon hearing this man's explanation. He grabbed the man's collar and demanded.

The strength of these ruffians was not weak, as many as fifty to sixty people had come to cause him trouble. If not for the Cosmic Trading System, which had enabled him to amass a large sum of money quickly and hire a significant amount of security and bodyguards, he would have had trouble dealing with these ruffians, even with his improved abilities.

Even so, the possibility of being taught a lesson by them was still there.

If he had been accompanied by Xia Qingqing, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

With these thoughts in mind, the anger he had just suppressed began to surge again.

"No... no..." Seeing Lin Yun's outburst, Arkin became even more nervous, quickly responding, "I advised Brother Tiger long ago not to target you anymore. But then Zhang Tianyu approached him again, and Brother Tiger, probably not resigned to his previous failure, decided to go after you once more.

Initially, they planned to target both you and your girlfriend at the same time, but I advised them to deal with you first. If they could teach you a lesson, then they could move on to your girlfriend. If they couldn't, then at least they didn't burn all their bridges…"

Through the lie detector, Lin Yun confirmed that what this man said was true.

Although this man did go along with Brother Tiger's plan to target him and even suggested teaching him a lesson before going after Xia Qingqing, Lin Yun ended up thinking slightly higher of him.

It was undeniable that this man was quite smart.

Smart people usually didn't push things to an absolute end. Many people preferred dealing with smart opponents.

However, this was not a reason for Lin Yun to spare him.

"Arkin, how dare you speak ill of Brother Tiger and reveal the identity of our financial backer! You are breaking the rules! Wait until we get back, I will make sure Brother Tiger teaches you a lesson!" At this point, Brother Snake, who was standing by, pointed at Arkin and angrily declared.

Arkin was strong and respected among the riff-raff, whereas Brother Snake had recently pledged allegiance to Brother Tiger. He had quite a few followers and held a good status beside Brother Tiger. However, Brother Snake always had it in for Arkin. He wanted to pull Arkin down so that he could become Brother Tiger's top enforcer.

This time, he had taken the initiative to offer to deal with Lin Yun, only because he saw that Brother Tiger wanted to deal with Lin Yun again.

Arkin disagreed, leading to Brother Tiger's dissatisfaction with him.

From his perspective, he had won a round.

However, the result was far from expected. He feared that when they returned, Brother Tiger might belittle him and favor Arkin even more.

So when he heard Arkin misspeaking, he immediately assigned blame to him.

It was beyond belief that even at this point, Brother Snake was still scheming against Arkin.

"For each of those who fell, break one of their arms. Brother Snake, two for you!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Lin Yun turned around and casually threw out a sentence.

Breaking one arm per person was, in his view, very lenient for these guys.

As for Brother Snake, who had been particularly active in both incidents, Lin Yun found him especially distasteful. Breaking both of Brother Snake's arms was also a light punishment for him.

"Yes, boss," the five bodyguards who had stepped in earlier all responded.

It was just a matter of breaking some arms. To them, it was straightforward.

These thugs had initially caused trouble for them, so they had no qualms about using force against them.

"Don't—"

"I was wrong, please don't hit me!"

"Run quick!"

Upon hearing Lin Yun's command, all the thugs were terrified. Especially the few who were still standing, they all reacted in various ways.

Some people knelt on the ground begging for mercy while some turned and ran.

Regardless of their actions, none could stop the A-grade bodyguards from making their move.

When ordered to break an arm, they broke an arm. If ordered to break two arms, they broke two arms.

"Bang— Bang— Bang—"

"Crack—Crack—"

Soon, the arms of several fleeing hoodlums were also broken, tumbling to the ground with loud cries of pain.

Arkin didn't run. When he saw a bodyguard move against him, he instinctively raised his arm to block, only to have his arm broken by the bodyguard's baton. He grunted in pain, not yelling out. But the fracture of his bone caused him to break into a cold sweat.

However, he felt somewhat relieved.

In his eyes, Lin Yun's handling implied he had put the matter to rest.

After going back this time, he was determined to properly persuade Brother Tiger to stop seeking revenge, realizing they were far from capable of provoking the other side.

"Little White, weren't you going to have them arrested? These guys are yours to handle, no problem, right?" At this point, Lin Yun turned and addressed Lin White.

"No problem. Leave it to me," Lin White responded confidently.

Lin Yun's punishment of these hoodlums had him sweating bullets. This was a direct arm-crushing, which must have been utterly painful. However, he'd seen his fair share of trouble and didn't mind much. These men had done wrong, and this kind of punishment was perfectly justifiable.

What he didn't expect was that Lin Yun, having done this much, was still not ready to let them go, but was having him find someone to arrest these people.

This gave him a deeper understanding of Lin Yun. This man was not to be trifled with.

Even if Lin Yun hadn't said anything, he was planning to act this way.

This group of hoodlums dared to cause trouble here, did they even notice where they were?

Especially the one leading them earlier, he even dared to point an iron rod at his nose and insult him, unacceptable!

The man earlier, Lin Yun had purposely instructed to have both arms broken; he had only one comment on that: good.

If he didn't send these people to jail for a while, would they still think his car dealership was easy to mess with? Was he some kind of pushover?

"Woo wah... Woo wah..."

Right then, the sound of police sirens came from afar.

Lin Yun looked at Lin White surprisingly.

That should have been the call from Lin White's people, bringing the police car.

Just how long had it been? Two, maybe three minutes?

Thinking back to how Brother Snake unhesitatingly told Lin White to call anyone he liked, he must have likely informed the government of the area. But still, the police were called and arrived so speedily, which gave Lin Yun a new understanding of Lin White's power.

Recalling when he and Xia Qingqing were at the Nightingale Bar that day and how long it took for the police to arrive after Xia Qingqing's call, and furthermore, how no officer called Xia Qingqing to inquire about the incident afterward, Lin Yun just shook his head.

He didn't want to say much about this society.

After witnessing countless situations in numerous civilizations through the Cosmic Trading System, he deeply understood that hoping for absolute fairness in a society was impossible.

"Let's go!"

Lin Yun walked towards the direction of the cars they purchased, speaking indifferently.

With the hoodlums taken down by the bodyguards and the police car nearing, along with the security and staff of the car dealership close by, he wasn't worried about them escaping.

"Yes, boss!"

The guards and bodyguards shouted in a chorus.

At this moment, the hoodlums on the ground realized the target they had been tasked with had so many underlings.

Earlier, only five men had stepped forward and they had completely wiped out their group of sixty, leaving no room for resistance.

This put them in deeper despair.

They also wanted to curse their mothers.

Dammit! Who was it that asked them to target this man? Once they got back, they vowed not to leave that person unharmed. This was a serious setup for failure!

With such a powerful opponent and substantial backing, were they, a bunch of ordinary hoodlums, supposed to handle them?

Soon, Lin Yun and his group drove off in a line of luxury cars.

Seeing these cars made the hoodlums even more convinced of the young man's substantial background. They had indeed been set up.

Arkin felt bitter.

Brother Tiger, you really messed up this time.

He originally thought Lin Yun might let them go after breaking their arms.

But after seeing Lin Yun allow people to arrest them, he realized he was far too naive.

They had undoubtedly offended Lin Yun severely.

He could only hope Lin Yun wouldn't take too cruel a revenge.