The man who suddenly appeared in front of us was wearing a funeral shroud from Fengmen Village and a mask on his face.
But his voice sounded very familiar to me.
I've dealt with this person before.
When Wang Qing was poisoned, I offered to protect him. At that time, a young man disguised as a plumber tried to finish him off, but I saw through his disguise.
I was almost able to catch that young man that day when this guy suddenly appeared and almost killed me.
If the Butterfly Man hadn't appeared that day, I probably would have lost my life long ago.
Unexpectedly, we met here again.
Thinking about it carefully, it's clear that it's always been Qu Xuelin's group that's targeting Wang Qing. The fact that this guy is here means he's aligned with our target; Number Four is indeed one of Qu Xuelin's men.
Although my suspicions were confirmed, I felt no joy at all.
For no other reason than that the guy in front of me is too strong.
With him around, the difficulty of capturing Number Four will be greatly increased.
The conversation inside the room abruptly stopped due to the commotion outside. The door behind the masked man was pulled open, and a figure in a cloak looked out: "What's going on outside?"
The masked man stared at us, his gaze icy as he spoke, "These friends have come uninvited, and I'm afraid they've already overheard your conversation."
"Damn it! What are those people outside doing?"
The cloaked man said in a deep voice, "This conversation must not be leaked. Leave no one alive!"
"If you don't want us to stay, I'll take your life!"
Knowing that this fierce battle was inevitable, Xue Dong let out a low shout and charged towards the masked man first.
"court death!"
With a flick of his wrist, the masked man produced a short knife and charged straight at Xue Dong.
"when!"
Xue Dong brandished his short sword, blocking the opponent's attack, and pounced on him, engaging him in combat: "Leave this to me, you guys go in and arrest them!"
I understood Xue Dong's meaning; he wanted me to capture the leader first. While he was entangled with the masked man, I bypassed the two and rushed into the inner room, kicking the door.
"Bang!"
The door to the room opened with a click, and before I could even enter, I saw the cloaked man raise his arm, so I immediately stepped back.
"Bang!"
The next second, a gunshot rang out in the room.
Hearing the gunshot, the hairs on my body stood on end.
Only then did it dawn on me that the strict rules of Fengmen Village applied to us, and this guy was the one who made the rules. Naturally, his weapons were more advanced than ours, and he had absolute dominance in this place.
The cloaked man missed his first shot and yelled at Number Four, "What's happening here must not be told to anyone! Charge out and kill them!"
Even without the cloaked man shouting, from the moment he fired his gun, I knew I had gotten myself into trouble I shouldn't have, and that it involved secrets that could get me silenced.
Hearing footsteps coming from inside the house, I naturally couldn't fight against guns head-on. Seeing that Manjing was still trying to rush forward, I grabbed his arm and said, "Let's retreat!"
"Bang!"
As soon as we turned around, Xue Dong was kicked back several meters by the masked man.
Seeing the other party blocking my way, I took out the thunderbolt that Wang Qing had given me from my pocket and smashed it at their feet.
"Boom!"
The bomb exploded with a loud bang, sending up a large cloud of smoke.
While the masked man dodged, I threw the other two thunderbolts into the corridor.
At that point, I didn't care whether this thing could knock them out or not; I just used it as a smokescreen to obscure the vision of both sides.
Upon hearing the gunshots coming from inside the house, Xue Dong knew that our forces were not evenly matched. Without uttering a single word, he turned and ran towards the door.
In the chaos, I don't know what I stepped on, but I stumbled and landed behind the two of them.
Just as I was about to rush out of the room, the cloaked man caught up with me, grabbed my clothes by the shoulder and pulled me back, and swung his fist at my face.
Seeing the masked man's fist coming at me, I had no choice but to raise my arm to take the blow.
"Bang!"
The opponent's strength was as great as ever. The punch made my arm go numb and I was pushed against the wall behind me.
"Bang!"
As my back slammed against the wall, I threw a punch at the masked man.
Unexpectedly, the opponent clearly saw through my punching pattern, but did not dodge. Instead, he was hit squarely in the side by my punch.
Just as I was trying to figure out what he was up to, I realized that the knife in his hand was already stabbing into my heart.
This guy is trying to trade injury for a life!
At such a short distance, I could not avoid his fatal blow, but out of the instinct for survival, I still reached for his wrist.
Given the masked man's abilities, I shouldn't have been a match for him, but this time I inexplicably grabbed his hand, and I felt that his body had no strength at all.
Just as I was puzzled, Number Four and the cloaked man arrived at the door of the private room. I exerted my strength and pushed the masked man out. Only then did I vaguely see that there was a crossbow bolt with less than two centimeters left stuck in his neck.
Several meters away, Wang Qing remained in the firing position with his crossbow: "Don't stand there! Run!"
"Walk!"
I never expected that the masked man, who was so powerful, would die such a pathetic death from Wang Qing's sneak attack.
With the cloaked man already in a frenzy, I didn't have time to think about how Wang Qing had broken the rules of Fengmen Village. Like a herd of wild horses, I charged towards the stairwell at a speed of 180 miles per second.
"Bang bang bang!"
Gunshots rang out behind me, bullets whizzed past my ears, and the muffled thuds of bullets hitting the wall vibrated my eardrums and stimulated my adrenaline.
When your adrenaline is surging, you can't feel pain. I rushed to the back of the stairs, touched myself to make sure I didn't find any bullet holes or blood, and then continued to run downstairs.
As soon as we arrived at the lobby on the first floor, a group of people from Fengmen Village rushed towards the entrance.
Just then, a male voice came from behind me: "These people violated the rules of Fengmen Village and killed people without cause! They must be executed without mercy according to the law!"
Upon hearing the cloaked man's roar, the crowd outside rushed forward and charged straight at us.
Seeing the group of people rushing towards them, Wang Qing pulled out all the grenades he had on him and hurled them at the crowd, roaring through the smoke, "We have nowhere to retreat, charge out!"
"Big brother, stay close to me!"
Seeing the crowd rushing towards him, Manjing grabbed a table from inside the house and held it horizontally in front of him, like a heavy tank, and charged directly into the crowd.
As our melee began, the entire Yanran Tower descended into chaos, with shouts of battle and women's screams rising and falling.
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