Feitan Awakens

"Mmm..."

Xia Ya's delicate, pretty face went pale with terror. She had never imagined that she would be kidnapped one day.

Several burly men held her fast, clamping their hands over her mouth so tightly that she couldn't make a sound.

Someone, please save me...

She had heard her father say that gangs operated in this city.

But she had never imagined they would be so close to her own life.

Tears of regret slid from the corners of her eyes. In that short time, she had already imagined what would become of her.

"Heh heh, this girl's really top-quality goods. She'll fetch a fortune!"

"Haha, those big shots love this kind. Too bad we won't get a chance to have the first taste of such a pretty girl!"

A group of big, tattooed men had bound the girl and were about to stuff her into a car parked at the mouth of the alley.

"Hey, kidnapping someone in broad daylight!"

"You've got some nerve!"

Just then, Uvogin's loud, mocking voice rang out from the mouth of the alley.

"Huh? Who's there?"

The tattooed men frowned and looked out, their faces turning fierce.

Ian and the others appeared and walked toward them without a trace of fear.

"A bunch of little brats dare to cause trouble for our Kalie Gang? Tired of living and looking to die?"

"Hmph, what a bunch of idiots. I can't even remember the last time I crushed a brat your age to death. Hurry up and take the goods away. I'll teach these fools who don't know their place a lesson!"

One of the burly men cracked his thick fingers and walked toward Ian and the others, baring a large gold tooth in a vicious grin.

"See, guys? We don't need to play by the rules with idiots like these!"

"Their brains are made of pig intestines and stuffed full of shit!"

Ian spoke to the others, icy indifference hidden in his eyes as he looked at the burly man.

Human traffickers like these deserved to die, no matter where they were!

"Leave these guys to me!" Uvogin clenched his fists and stepped forward excitedly.

Just then.

"By the time you're done blabbering, they'll all have gotten away... idiot..."

The moment his words fell, a dark figure suddenly leaped out.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the gold-toothed man's vicious grin vanished. His expression changed as he clutched his throat with both hands, blood pouring relentlessly through his fingers.

Feitan had appeared at his side at some point, his face cold and his right hand covered in blood.

He flicked his hand, tossing aside a bloody piece of windpipe, and sneered.

"Scum, go on and keep barking!"

"Thud!"

The gold-toothed man collapsed at his feet, clutching his throat and thrashing violently, but it did him no good.

"Bang!"

Feitan frowned and kicked out. With a single kick, he actually knocked the man's head clean off, spraying blood all over the alley.

"Scum, you're so damn annoying!"

At that moment.

The entire alley fell silent!

The gang members who had been preparing to load Xia Ya into the car now stood frozen in place.

They didn't even bother with Xia Ya as she struggled, instead turning their heads to stare blankly at the head still rolling along the ground.

"And you scum... weren't you all barking so loudly just now?"

Perhaps it was the sight of blood, or perhaps these human traffickers had stirred up some unpleasant memories for Feitan.

He could no longer suppress his intense malice. Grinning like a demon, he stared mockingly at the gang members.

To Ian, Chrollo, and the others.

The malice-filled Nen constantly seething around Feitan was clearly visible.

"This guy really is impulsive..."

Ian couldn't help holding his head. He glanced at the blood-spattered alley and spoke helplessly.

"Let's get in there too. We'll finish these idiots off quickly. We still have to clean up afterward. It'd be bad if we attracted attention, since we don't have official identities in the outside world yet."

When he finished speaking, the others all nodded.

Uvogin was the first to charge in, grabbing a burly man who was powerless to resist. He smashed punch after punch into the man's head, muttering as he hit him.

"Stupid Feitan, we clearly agreed I'd go first!"

The man's body soon went limp and fell to the ground.

Nobunaga's blade sliced through the air as he flashed past an enemy. Without needing to look back, he struck a pose he thought was cool.

A line of blood slowly seeped from the neck of one of the burly gangsters.

Chrollo charged into the crowd, his movements swift and precise!

He swung his hands like blades, striking vital spots such as the men's carotid arteries and temples. Every blow killed, without spilling a drop of blood.

Machi, Ian, and the others never even had a chance to act.

Before long, all the human-trafficking gang members there were dead. Of course, they had left one alive.

Their group happened to be short of money. Since they had agreed to rob criminals, they naturally had to make something back!

But Ian had figured it out.

Feitan had definitely been provoked into awakening a taste for torture and killing today.

Of course, Ian didn't intervene.

In this twisted world, he wasn't softhearted enough to think there was anything wrong with stopping killing through killing.

As long as Feitan targeted wicked people and enemies.

He wouldn't go out of his way to correct him.

Although she had been rescued.

Xia Ya was so frightened she was about to wet herself... just what did these people do?!

She didn't even dare glance at the alley again. It was like a Demon Cave filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, enough to make her physically sick!

"Y-you won't kill me... will you...?"

Though she was trembling with fear, Xia Ya still had a strong desire to live and begged softly for mercy.

"Don't worry, we're not the same kind of people as them!"

"If anything, we're the ones who saved your life, so you don't need to be so afraid of us."

Ian crouched in front of her, quietly taking in her tear-smudged makeup and clothes as he comforted her gently.

The girl before him... really was beautiful in a way that was hard to describe...

Even though her makeup had been ruined by tears, her small face was still fair and delicate. Her pitiful appearance left a deep impression.

Seeing that she was still trembling despite what he had said, Ian spoke more forcefully, at a loss.

"Hey, do you have money!?"

"Ah... what... money... I have money! I do!"

"We saved your life. How much do you think you should give us?" Ian said coolly.

Hearing that, Xia Ya hurriedly rummaged through her shoulder bag.

"I... I only have 500,000 Jenny on me right now! If you want, I can also..."

"Enough!"

Ian took the 500,000 Jenny straight from her wallet, then waved it in front of her with a smile.

"This is our payment for saving you!"

"Now, miss, leave this place. I don't think you want to be involved in what's left, do you?"

Xia Ya left the alley on trembling legs.

Once she was away, her grievance and the joy of having survived mingled together. Unable to hold back any longer, she burst into tears on the road.

After crying for a long time, she finally turned around and gave the alley, like a Demon Cave, a complicated look.

She was smart and knew they wanted her to forget the debt she owed them. Once she paid... they would be even.

There was no connection between their worlds...

Naturally, Ian wasn't going to accompany the unfortunate young lady who had been kidnapped. He had more than enough to do here.

"Hurry up and drive the car in!"

Uvogin and the others had enjoyed themselves when they fought, but cleaning up the scene was another troublesome matter.

Fortunately.

Ian used the Set-Building Machine to seal off both ends of the alley with new walls matching the surrounding ones.

The bodies and the gang's car were piled up in there.

They probably wouldn't be discovered anytime soon.

That gave them a little time for now.

Most importantly, they still had to pry the location of the traffickers' ill-gotten gains out of them!

"Please, spare me!"

"I... I'm a member of the Kalie Gang. If I go missing, the Kalie Gang won't let you get away with it..."

The surviving gangster, whose legs had only been smashed, wailed in terror.

Ian frowned and said helplessly.

"Forget it. I'll leave this kind of specialized work to you, Feitan. I really can't bring myself to do it..."

Feitan had no objection.

He walked over and smashed the man's kneecap with a brick, staring coldly into his eyes as he spoke.

"Tell us where you hid your money!"

"Aaah!! Spare me! I... I'll tell you!"

Feitan was completely unmoved by the threat.

As Ian saw it, he was simply eager to torture the man.

Sure enough, as soon as the man finished speaking, Feitan raised the brick high, his face cold, and smashed the bones of his fingers into a bloody pulp.

"Aaah!! I'll talk, I'll talk! There's a safe under the car seat!"

Before long, the alley had fallen silent.

Ian and his group climbed over the wall they had just made.

When they reappeared.

Each of them had received a share of one million Jenny.

With money in hand, they could naturally enjoy the truly charming side of Ejin City.

After all, they had been busy all morning and hadn't even eaten yet.

Ian checked the time. It was nearly noon, and he couldn't help feeling delighted. It would soon be time for the new day's draw!

Meanwhile.

What they didn't know was.

Not long after they left the alley.

A strangely dressed, burly man wearing a black-and-white cow-print hat walked up to the alley. He frowned slightly and raised his head.

"The smell of blood is so strong. And I remember there being an alley here before..."