Barrier Formation

Elsewhere.

Viggo was on his way to the airport when his phone suddenly rang.

Viggo checked the number and saw that it was someone from the gang headquarters. He immediately answered.

"Viggo, someone has attacked the gang headquarters. Aside from me and Tana, the six of us holding the basement level, all the other brothers in the factory have been killed. We need reinforcements."

Hearing the report over the phone, Viggo's expression froze. He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn Night Demon!"

"I'll immediately send others to reinforce the headquarters. You six hold your ground. John shouldn't have brought any weapons capable of breaking through the security door."

Thunder and lightning filled the sky outside, as though a storm could descend at any moment.

Obviously, Viggo had no idea who was behind the attack on the gang headquarters. But when he recalled the call he had made to John Wick earlier, he knew that while it had allowed him to vent his anger, it had also severely provoked the other man.

Although the subordinate on the phone had not said who was attacking them, Viggo believed it was most likely John Wick.

At that moment, the convoy turned a corner. The airport was not far away, and Viggo held his phone, just about to send reinforcements.

Before the call could connect, he spotted a tail behind the convoy through the rearview mirror.

It was John Wick, catching up in a Black Dodge.

Viggo's face darkened further at the sight. "Bastard!"

John Wick drove the Black Dodge provided by The Continental Hotel at breakneck speed, practically trying to shove the accelerator through the fuel tank. He finally caught up just as Viggo and the others were about to reach the helicopter airport.

With a beautiful drift and a sharp fishtail, John Wick's Dodge kicked up a cloud of dust. Then, with another burst of acceleration, he finally caught sight of Viggo Tarasov's convoy.

John Wick let out a long breath. He had finally caught up.

Viggo Tarasov hurriedly pulled up Abram Tarasov's number and dialed it. Avi, the gang adviser in the passenger seat, turned to glance at the car behind them before saying to the driver,

"Fuck, drive faster."

"The helicopter is right ahead. Speed up, get moving."

Abram Tarasov's call connected. Viggo ordered, "Abram, take your men to the gang headquarters in Brooklyn immediately. They're under attack. Bring more people to support them."

"Big brother, is it Night Demon?"

Clearly, Abram knew that because of his nephew, his big brother had already gone to war with John Wick.

Viggo Tarasov turned and glanced at the driver of the pursuing Dodge behind them. "Not him. Night Demon is here with me."

Hearing this from his big brother Viggo, Abram secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he said, "Don't worry. I'll tear whoever came looking for trouble into pieces."

After giving his instructions, Viggo put down the phone. He looked once more at John Wick following closely behind them, then closed his eyes in the car and let out a deep breath.

Elsewhere.

Inside an abandoned factory in the outskirts of Brooklyn.

Charlotte Doyle looked at the steel security door before him and lightly knocked on it. He found that it was a full ten centimeters thick. Then he took Explosive Tags from the System Space. Worried that one would not be enough, he took out ten.

It was not that he was unwilling to use more. He simply had to consider the old factory's ability to withstand explosions. Otherwise, he might blow up the entire building instead of the security door.

The main problem was that he had not recruited Naruto Uzumaki, who possessed the Rasengan. Otherwise, one Rasengan would have smashed through this lousy security door. There would have been no need for such trouble; he could have broken it open by force.

As for the Chidori he possessed, looking at the ten-centimeter-thick steel plate, he had no desire to end up like Sasuke, with his hand stuck in it and unable to pull it free. The people behind the door were not dead, after all. If his hand got stuck, they would rake him with gunfire.

No longer dwelling on it, Charlotte Doyle began following the Barrier Formation skill's instructions, attaching the Explosive Tags to every corner of the security door in a specific sequence.

Inside the security door, the men heard no further movement. They were still wondering whether their enemy had been unable to open the security door and chosen to retreat.

The Barrier Formation was a skill Charlotte Doyle had obtained from the Chunin Umino Iruka. It could link multiple Explosive Tags through a Formation, setting them as a trap. Its power depended on the number of Explosive Tags used.

The trap would automatically detonate when an enemy stepped into it, though it could also be manually triggered.

After attaching all the Explosive Tags and setting up the Barrier Formation, Charlotte Doyle left the entrance stairwell and went outside. He pressed his back against the wall to avoid being struck by flying concrete from the blast.

Charlotte Doyle formed a Tiger hand seal with both hands and shouted, "Explode!"

The Barrier Formation activated instantly, and the Explosive Tags immediately ignited and detonated.

Bang!

The ten Explosive Tags were immensely powerful. The entire building shook as countless clouds of dust fell from above. If the factory had not been relatively sturdy, and if the blast had struck a load-bearing wall, the building might have collapsed on the spot.

Wails erupted from the basement level. The instant the Explosive Tags detonated, the security door was blasted inward. Of the six guards behind it, three had been standing directly behind the door and were instantly crushed to death when the shockwave hurled it into them.

The others were also badly injured by the flying stones.

Seeing that the route into the basement had been cleared, Charlotte Doyle did not linger. He entered with a Kunai in hand. Tana was not seriously injured, and when he saw the intruder, he raised his gun to fire. But before he could pull the trigger—

Charlotte Doyle appeared at his side and drove the Kunai into his throat with a backhanded strike, killing him instantly. His figure flashed again as he arrived before a guard wounded by falling rubble and thrust the Kunai into the man's heart.

Squelch.

The sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out. The next second, Charlotte Doyle pulled out the Kunai and moved toward the third guard.

Only two seconds had passed since the explosion. Of the original six-man guard team, only Mode remained completely unharmed. Having run off to make the call earlier, he had avoided both the security door and the flying stones.

But everything unfolding before him dealt him far too great a shock.

"Devil!"

Mode shouted as he pulled the trigger of his Assault Rifle, pouring bullets toward where Charlotte Doyle stood.

Charlotte Doyle's arm holding the Kunai moved at incredible speed, instantly creating countless afterimages.

Every incoming bullet was knocked aside.

Soon, Mode's Assault Rifle ran out of bullets with a clicking jam. Just as he reached for the pistol at his waist, a Kunai flew at him in an instant.

Whoosh!

The Kunai pierced straight through Mode's throat. His body stiffened, and then he fell backward.

With that, every member of the Russian mob in the factory had been slaughtered by Charlotte Doyle.