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Chapter 248 A Brutal Request

The video call just ended.

The face reflected on the phone screen begins to change.

Ai Liang casually tossed her phone into the drawer.

With a flick of his wrist, the clothes in his travel bag flew into his hand.

Ai Liang changed her clothes as she walked.

The messenger's cell phone, pistol and holster, cash he might need, and other trinkets all floated around him.

After changing clothes.

These things, those that should fly into your pockets, fly into your pockets; those that should hang on your belt, hang on your belt.

When Ai Liang walked to the bathroom mirror, his figure, clothes, and even his demeanor had all changed to that of a completely different person.

Ai Liang looked at the messenger in the mirror, turned slightly to the side, and looked at her sides.

This is a habit that has remained after many years of transformation.

Ai Liang put on her leather jacket, went to the door of the room and hung up the "Do Not Disturb" sign, then stuck a toothpick diagonally into the crack of the door.

After checking the face and fingerprints again to confirm that everything was correct,

He opened the window and jumped out.

With the help of telekinesis, the fall stopped naturally when the distance to the ground was still 20 centimeters.

Ai Liang took a step forward, stepping onto the ground as if going downstairs.

He had already investigated and found that there was a small alley behind the hotel with no surveillance cameras.

Moreover, just a few dozen meters to the left after exiting the alley, there is a construction site.

There's no other reason; ordinary people wouldn't come this way.

As Ai Liang had predicted, there wasn't a single pedestrian on the street when she stepped out of the alley.

Only the tin shacks at the construction site had dim, yellow lights flickering.

Ai Liang walked to the road and jogged to avoid the surveillance cameras on the road before getting to the bus.

However, he did not take the bus, but instead randomly found a taxi nearby to go to Jiuhua City.

Under the pressure of money, Ai Liang got off the bus outside Jiuhua City an hour later.

Less than a month later, he visited the place again as a messenger.

As for why the driver wasn't allowed to drive directly in...

As mentioned before, Jiuhua City is one of the well-known tourist attractions in Qianhua City.

Tourists from all over Asia come to visit every day.

It's Friday night again, and many middle school and university students who are on holiday will come here in groups to play.

Some people come simply to stroll around, while others come to the hotel to play chess.

Others just come over for a foot bath and massage.

Anyway, there are quite a few people.

Even in the middle of the night, taxis would have to wait in line for ten minutes to get in; it's better to just get out and walk in.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and Ai Liang had long since figured out the street structure of Jiuhua City.

Taking a shortcut, we passed through one alley after another and soon arrived at the underground tunnel of Jiuhua City Development Zone.

Ai Liang walked alone in the spacious and quiet underground tunnel.

Although the tunnel was brightly lit, it still gave one a cold and lonely feeling.

During this time, many taxis sped past Ai Liang.

Ai Liang didn't intend to flag down a car, because even if he did, the other party wouldn't stop.

Few of the guys heading to the outer city of Jiuhua are easy to deal with.

They won't carpool with strangers.

Ai Liang used telekinesis to accelerate her flight, and soon she flew out of the tunnel.

The outer city of Jiuhua is still the same outer city of Jiuhua.

Colorful neon lights, thugs smoking at the bar entrance, and scantily clad streetwalkers.

It was completely the opposite of Jiuhua City on the other side of the tunnel.

Ai Liang followed the same route as before and arrived at Xuanlong Bar again.

But this time I don't want to come back like last time.

As soon as Ai Liang reached the bar entrance, the security guard at the door reached for the baton at his waist and stared at Ai Liang with a wary look.

The main problem was that Ai Liang's leather jacket wasn't zipped up, and the pistol at her waist was completely undisguised.

Anyone with eyes can see that the visitor is up to no good.

Although the outer city of Jiuhua was chaotic, not everyone could carry a gun.

Nevada has a high gun ownership rate because it's so chaotic.

In Qianhua City, apart from the group of people who fled from Neva City, many people try to avoid using guns as much as possible.

Besides the different atmospheres of different cities, it is also related to local policies and laws.

In many parts of Asia, there are their own autonomous regulations.

In some cities, certain residents can legally own guns after undergoing screening, such as Winter City in the Eastern District 3.

However, some areas have a complete ban on guns, such as Chika City.

Besides the big boss and his trusted confidants, there are also some assassins who take orders.

The vast majority of people in Qianhua City neither own nor are willing to deal with firearms.

Because it's easy to get caught by the police or reported by your arch-enemy.

Furthermore, there's the issue of sentencing.

In Qianhua City, stabbing someone with a knife will result in a maximum sentence of eight years in prison, but if you possess a gun, even if you just bought it and never used it, the minimum sentence will be eleven years.

The police don't care what your reasons are; you'll just end up in jail.

So apart from those drug dealers, few other people would use guns to solve problems.

Unless we completely break off all ties.

"I'll find Zhang Yan and make some arrangements."

Ai Liang didn't stop walking; she placed her hand on the holster at her waist and entered the bar.

The security guards behind them were caught in a dilemma: whether to stop them or not.

I had to call my boss for permission first.

The request for permission didn't take much time. Anyone who dares to wander around someone else's territory with a gun is a tough guy and is qualified to meet Zhang Yan.

So Ai Liang was invited to a private room on the second floor.

Before he could enter, two gatekeepers stopped him again.

One of them held out his hand and gestured to Ai Liang to stand still, as they were going to search her.

then……

A muffled thud.

Ai Liang punched the man to the ground with a backhand, and before the other man could react, she pulled out a gun and pointed it at his head.

With a soft "whoosh".

A bullet hit the wall behind him.

Ai Liang pointed the gun at another gatekeeper's head again: "Don't get yourself into trouble, OK?"

The doorman couldn't hold back any longer.

Brother! You came up here and took down our men, and even shot someone. Who's the one causing trouble here?

The doorman raised his hands and kept backing away, afraid that Ai Liang's hand might slip and accidentally discharge the gun, which would cost him his life.

The people inside the private room heard the commotion and came out to check what was happening.

Just then, they saw Ai Liang pointing a gun at his underlings.

The burly man quickly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Ai Liang: "Put the gun down!"

Ai Liangli couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.

This guy even forgot to take off the safety on his pistol. In the hands of someone like him, a pistol is usually just a tool for intimidation.

In reality, there are very few opportunities to fire a shot.

The burly man seemed to realize something, and his fingers prepared to quietly unlock the safety.

But before he could make a move, Ai Liang had already anticipated his intentions.

A side kick, the toe striking right in the center of his wrist.

The burly man's arm went limp, and the pistol fell to the ground.

This guy was a thug after all. Seeing that his pistol was gone, he gritted his teeth and pounced on Ai Liang.

Faced with this straightforward approach, it's like a pounce at 0.01x speed.

Ai Liang was too lazy to even move.

The moment the burly man lunged at him with a whooshing sound, he adjusted his stance according to the man's movements.

Slowly raise your knee and press it against the other person's chin.

Of course, this "slowly" is relative; the burly man didn't even see when Ai Liang lifted her leg.

To onlookers, it looked as if the burly man deliberately bumped his chin into Ai Liang's raised knee.

Ai Liang didn't even need to exert much effort; the kinetic energy and reaction force from the strong man's lunge were enough to give him a hard time.

The burly man felt as if he had eaten a large spoonful of wasabi; a burning pain spread through his mouth, across his eye sockets, and straight to his forehead.

He felt a sudden darkness and dizziness before his eyes, but he forced himself not to faint.

He lay on the ground for a while before he could see things clearly again.

"enough!"

Zhang Yan walked to the door of the private room and said with a stern face, "I have no grudge against you, do I? Isn't it a bit much to cause trouble here?"

"I'm just teaching your men what respect is."

Ai Liang stepped over the burly man and picked up the pistol from the ground.

During this time, she accidentally stepped on the burly man's palm.

This guy was pretty tough; he didn't utter a single word.

Ai Liang picked up the pistol, unloaded all the bullets, and then threw the empty pistol at Zhang Yan.

Firearms pose little threat to Ai Liang.

But if someone actually shoots at him, it would be too much trouble to erase their memories.

It's easier to just control the gun.

Zhang Yan was so angry at these words that he laughed.

You come to my territory with a gun and wound my men, and you're telling me that's respect?
"Take me to see Ma Wei."

Ai Liang went straight to the point and stated her conditions.

Ma Wei is the same Ma Laoda that the tattoo shop owner mentioned before.

Zhang Yan was just a bouncer, and part-time top enforcer.

Ma Wei is the real boss of these streets.

Ai Liang sought him out for no other reason than because he had connections with Song Jie's people.

Ai Liang wanted to use this connection to get in touch with Song Jie.

He is now a messenger, not a hermit.

No matter what you do, you must abide by the basic principles, even if you can obtain the information you want directly by reading minds.

It's just a formality, but we still have to go through it.

The same principle applies to interrogating the tattoo shop owner and drug dealer in front of Jin Ping'an, and later arresting Tao Jun.

It's all for show.

Otherwise, if they find out later that your messenger did nothing but wander around and obtained a lot of information, they will definitely become suspicious.

Especially since the Hermit was already on the Bureau of Countermeasures' list of suspects, and Gao Bin and Xia Qiyuan couldn't find the Hermit himself, they could only target his acquaintances.

This behavior is like a mosquito seeking out a spider, walking right into its own trap.

Zhang Yan said with a stern face, "Do you think you can just see Brother Ma whenever you want?"

If we go to Ma Wei every time something happens, wouldn't that make him look like a useless bouncer?
Then what right does he have to enjoy the cake from Xuanlong Bar?

Ai Liang, who had been involved in the underworld since childhood, naturally understood the rules of the game.

“I know you won’t take me to see him easily, so…”

As Ai Liang spoke, she began to press down on her feet: "That's why I had to resort to this desperate measure. Please forgive me."

Two crisp cracking sounds.

Two of the burly man's fingers were severed in an instant.

Zhang Yan was furious.

However, with the gun in Ai Liang's hand still pointed at the burly man's head, he dared not make any rash moves.

Zhang Yan had only one thought in his mind: which rival had hired this ruthless person?!

Without even meeting the person in charge, they opened fire on someone else's turf, wounding their own men.

This person is clearly here to cause trouble.

They've even used guns, but they still can't do anything to the other side.

With things having come to this point, Zhang Yan had no choice but to inform Ma Wei.

He glared fiercely at Ai Liang.

The meaning behind that look was nothing more than, "You think you can make me back down? You just caught me off guard. You'll regret this later!"
(End of this chapter)