My Healing Games

Chapter 445 Trapped Beast (Thanks to Silver Alliance member "It's Okay to Read a Book When You Have Time")
"They're too arrogant! I really want to teach them a lesson!" Li Hu gritted his teeth, a fire burning inside him.

When those thugs passed by them, they didn't take the two brothers seriously at all. One of them even spat on the ground in front of them.

"Don't cause trouble. We've already left Xicheng. Don't get involved anymore." Li Long was very clear-headed, but his face was also very pale, and his eyes were full of cold light.

Snake was furious when he found out about this. He felt the mall owner had broken the rules and started a fight to the death. In the end, all of Snake's apprentices were crippled, but the mall owner stopped targeting West City. "Brother Long recalled the past: "That incident had a huge impact on West City. West City wasn't this poor before; at least on the surface, it was quite prosperous."

"The mall owner moved to another location to build his own mall, while the thugs he had gathered stayed in the West District. Those guys have no principles; they'll do anything as long as they can make money." Li Long sighed softly, "The world is going to the dogs. I quite miss the old days. I was so young then; I never imagined that I'd be over thirty now."

"Have you seen that man in the lead before?" Han Fei interrupted Li Long's recollection, pulling him back to reality.

"He looks familiar, but when I think about it, I don't seem to remember him." Li Long waved his hand: "Let's go see Brother Snake first, we can talk as we walk."

Li Long walked forward, and Li Hu quietly approached Han Fei: "You care so much about that man, do you want to kill him?"

Li Hu was just joking; he didn't think Han Fei would do that.

"No, I just felt that there were a lot of kids in that group, they looked only seventeen or eighteen years old," Han Fei shook his head slightly, "Their future is still a blank slate."

"What do you mean?" Li Hu was taken aback.

"I need to guide those underage kids onto the right path. I can't let them continue to drift aimlessly like this." Han Fei nudged Li Hu's shoulder: "When you see Brother Snake later, put in a good word for me, and we'll work together to find a way to drive those bastards out of West City."

"It's too difficult; those guys won't leave easily."

"If you don't want to leave, then stay here forever." Han Fei's voice was very soft, only he could hear it.

The West City is the most chaotic area, making it very convenient to carry out actions there without attracting much attention.

Nine out of ten fingers went in; I wonder how many will be left when they come out.

After walking for a long time through the intricate alleys, the view suddenly opened up, and Li Long led Han Fei to a fairly bustling street.

"follow me."

The brothers Li Long and Li Hu entered a teahouse. The male waiter at the counter was very friendly when he saw Li Long and took him directly to the second floor.

"Brother Snake is listening to music. Would you like to have some tea and wait, or just go over there?"

The waiter's words were loaded with meaning. After hearing this, Li Long glanced at Han Fei and then said, "Let's just go straight there, we're in a hurry."

The door to the private room opened, and Han Fei and his two companions entered. It was also the first time that Han Fei had met Snake Brother.

Contrary to the ruthless gangster boss I had imagined, Brother Snake was a very old man. He was dressed simply, listening to music, drinking tea, and there were books like the Book of Changes on the table.

"Didn't I tell you two not to go back to the West District?" The old man didn't even look up, his words carrying an air of authority. As soon as he spoke, Li Long and Li Hu were a little afraid to speak.

“Brother Snake, the main reason we came back this time is to find someone in West City.” Li Long hesitated for a long time before organizing his thoughts: “This kid’s mother is sick, and his family raised money for her treatment, but his father stole the money.”

The old man didn't look up and continued drinking his tea.

“He’s borrowed money from us again. If we can find his father, he should be able to pay us back.” Li Long forced himself to say everything he needed to say.

"Finished?" The old man put down his teacup. "Do you really think his father can keep the money after he takes it to the West District?"

"We have to give it a try..."

“West City is different now.” Snake Brother flipped through the books on the table. “I don’t have the final say in what happens to West City now.”

Li Long and Li Hu stood there dumbfounded. Finally, the waiter they had met earlier came to their rescue: "A while ago, two lunatics came to Xicheng. One is called Seven Fingers and the other is called Eight Fingers. They gathered a large group of thugs and hooligans, ignored the rules, and committed crimes everywhere. They have already smashed up all the shops on the outskirts of the city."

"Why are they making such a big fuss? What are they trying to do?" Li Long was startled.

"Those two lunatics aren't afraid of pain, their physical condition is ridiculously good. Even with a knife piercing their arm, it didn't affect their speed at all. They didn't show any clear purpose, and their fights were mainly about torturing people. Any of our brothers who fell into their hands were either dead or badly injured." The waiter had thought Li Long and Li Hu had come back to help, but now he was a little disappointed: "You shouldn't have come back."

No matter what the two brothers said, Snake Brother was not going to help. Just as they were about to give up, a commotion suddenly came from outside the teahouse.

The waiter ran down to check, and soon he rushed back up and led Han Fei and the other two to a room next door.

Footsteps echoed down the corridor, and four or five people entered the room where Snake Brother was.

The teahouse was well soundproofed, so Han Fei couldn't hear what the people across from him were saying.

About five or six minutes later, a system notification suddenly sounded in Han Fei's mind: "Player No. 0000, please note! You have successfully triggered the shrine random quest - Trapped Beast".

"Trapped Beast (Random Shrine Quest): The person locked in the cage has turned into a wild beast."

"Mission objective: Do not be locked in the dark basement."

The sudden mission notification alerted Han Fei. He hadn't done anything, but the mission had been triggered, which could only mean that something bad was happening around him.

"You two be careful to protect yourselves later," Han Fei instructed Li Long and Li Hu. Before he could finish speaking, the door to the private room was opened.

The male waiter entered the room, glanced at Han Fei with a hint of sympathy, and then told the three of them to go to Snake Brother's room.

The aroma of tea filled the air. Snake Brother's teacup was overturned, spilling tea all over the floor, but none of the people in the room seemed to care.

"Is he the person we're looking for?" A middle-aged man in his fifties looked at Han Fei, touching the pockmarks on his face, his eyes gloomy. "I didn't expect him to be here. That's good. It saves me a second trip. Give me the things and the man together."

"What is that?" Li Long and Li Hu asked, their eyes filled with confusion.

Snake spoke up at this moment: "Does this young man owe you money?"

"Yes."

"Give the IOU to Wang Quan, and from now on that debt is no longer your concern." It seemed that Brother Snake had reached some kind of deal with Pockmarked Face. Pockmarked Face would take Han Fei and the IOU, and Brother Snake would receive some compensation in return.

Hearing Snake's words, Li Long hesitated, sensing that something was wrong: "There's no IOU, it's just a verbal agreement."

"A verbal agreement?" Not only Snake, but everyone else present frowned. When did loan sharks become so civilized?
"Fine, let's just say it. We're taking him with us." The pockmarked man's eyes were full of greed as he looked at Han Fei, as if he could get a large sum of money just by taking Han Fei back.

“This isn’t quite right.” Li Hu was the only one who stood up for Han Fei. This fat man with a tiger tattoo was quite loyal at the crucial moment: “We collected the debt, so the person should stay with us.”

"Enough with the nonsense!" The pockmarked man stood up impatiently. Without even glancing at Li Long and Li Hu, he walked straight toward Han Fei: "Come with us."

"I don't owe you any money, so why should I go with you?"

"I advise you to listen to me."

Wang Quan, with his pockmarked face, said slowly and deliberately. The male waiter next to him also whispered to Han Fei, "They're in cahoots with those two lunatics. You should go with them. The more you resist, the worse your fate will be later."

"Are those two fingers with Wang Quan?" Han Fei thought of many things in an instant. He first suspected that he had been exposed, but he quickly ruled out that option.

Ten Fingers was unaware that other people had entered the shrine; otherwise, they might have already clashed in the alley.

Han Fei recalled the mission description and connected many things in his mind.

The person who brought him to Xicheng District was a shopping mall owner. Not many people knew that Han Fei was with the Li Long and Li Hu brothers, and the shopping mall owner was one of them.

He hadn't even settled in his seat when Wang Quan showed up at his door. If you said this had nothing to do with the mall owner, Han Fei would be the first to disbelieve it.

"The mission is called 'Trapped Beast,' and the requirement is not to enter the basement. If this is also the shrine owner's regret, it means that he was once taken into the basement by the other party."

"What kind of torment must a person endure to turn into a trapped beast?"

The mall owner appeared kind and gentle on the surface, and wasn't angry at Han Fei's refusal, but he immediately turned around and ordered someone to take action. I bet the old man's heart is black inside once it's cut open.

"Relax, we're just taking you somewhere." Wang Quan was accompanied by two thugs. The three of them approached Han Fei together. Just as one of them was about to grab Han Fei's hand, Li Long stepped in front of Han Fei.

“My brother and I are his creditors, and we haven’t agreed to it yet.”

"Creditor? You'd better think this through." Wang Quan didn't bother talking to Li Long at all, and simply turned around to glance at Snake Brother.

Snake Brother, with a furrowed brow, shook his head at Li Long, signaling him not to interfere.

"Get out of the way!" The two thugs following Wang Quan pushed Li Long and Li Hu aside. Just as they were about to grab Han Fei from the left and right, Han Fei, who had been silent all along, spoke up.

“You want to take me away, but it seems you didn’t ask for my opinion.”

"Does your opinion matter?" Wang Quan looked at Han Fei with a smile, as if he were looking at a huge wad of cash. "There was a kid who ran away from home and ended up in the West District. He was spoiled rotten at home and never thought about the consequences of his words and actions. Later, he took something he shouldn't have, and all ten of his fingers were broken one by one. Now he seems to have been crippled and is begging on the street. By the way, we also take away the money he begs for. You look a lot like him. How about we go meet him later?"

Wang Quan and the two thugs beside him laughed unrestrainedly. Seeing how happy they were, Han Fei also smiled.

He took a half step back, gripped the ground firmly, tensed his leg muscles, twisted his waist, and channeled all his strength into his shoulders. Then, he aimed at the chest of a thug next to Wang Quan and blasted at him with all his might!
"Oh!"

His ribs broke almost instantly, and the thug's body fell backward.

Before anyone else could react, Han Fei had already closed the distance. His close-quarters combat skills, honed from fighting the vengeful ghost, could no longer be described as simply ruthless; every move was aimed directly at vital points.

With his stamina approaching thirty, he already surpasses most ordinary people. Coupled with his incredibly rich fighting experience, there is only one outcome when Han Fei gets close to him: he will fall down. The only difference is how quickly it will happen.

No one expected Han Fei to make a sudden move, and they were even more surprised that Han Fei could end the battle against three opponents in ten seconds.

To be precise, he only used three moves to cripple three people, and spent the remaining few seconds wiping his own employee uniform.

Too fast, too ruthless—Han Fei shattered the perceptions of the thugs present.

"Power originates from the ground, and strength comes from oneself. If you want to learn, I can teach you." Han Fei dragged the incapacitated Wang Quan and sat down opposite Snake Brother, placing Wang Quan's hand on the table.

"What do you want to do?" Snake Brother couldn't see through the young man in front of him. He had seen countless people, but he couldn't guess what Han Fei was thinking just by looking at his facial expressions.

"I heard from Li Long and Li Hu that you were incredibly powerful when you were young, and you were the one who called the shots in the entire West District." Han Fei grabbed Wang Quan's fingers and suddenly pulled hard, breaking Wang Quan's little finger. Wang Quan on the ground screamed in agony.

"Now you know what pain is? Why didn't you feel any pain when you broke that beggar's finger before?"

"You're asking for it! Ah!"

Han Fei kicked Wang Quan to the ground, then grabbed Wang Quan's hand and continued talking to Snake Brother: "You're now forced to agree to these thugs' demands because you're worried about those two lunatics who just arrived in the West District. If I have a way to help you deal with those two lunatics, can you lend me a hand?"

"Can you handle those two?" Eight Fingers and Seven Fingers are indeed Snake Brother's biggest threats.

"Of course." Han Fei broke off another of Wang Quan's fingers. "If you agree, you'll still be in charge of the West District in the future. If you don't agree, I'll cripple Wang Quan. In the future, you'll not only face their crazy revenge, but I'll also fight you to the bitter end, since you were just about to hand me over to them for money."

Snake Brother blinked slightly as he listened to Han Fei's icy reply. He then glanced at Li Long and Li Hu in the distance. What kind of ferocious monster had these two brothers brought back?
“I have no reason to refuse.” Snake Brother tapped the wooden table, and several people ran out of a room deep in the corridor: “I give you the time to find this child’s father before sunset and bring him to the teahouse.”

There will be another update in the evening

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