As expected of the Administration Bureau's fifth-ranking figure.
He was probably someone with absolute authority in the Liu Family as well.
He had actually guessed what I was thinking. Unlike those outsiders, he had not acted blindly. Instead, he had patiently waited here for the rabbit to come to him. He had figured out that I was luring the tiger away from the mountain, which was why he could remain so calm and hold his position.
Of course, if I were him, I would have done the same. Those outsiders were already acting as their vanguard. Whether we were luring the tiger away from the mountain or not, the initiative was in his hands. If those outsiders really caught up with us and needed support, they could at least hold us off for a while. Liu Qian could use that time to get here.
Sure enough, experience won out.
Liu Qian truly was a calculating old schemer, an old fox.
"Mr. Jiang, given your background, my Liu Family originally had no wish to make an enemy of you. But some things... well, as the old saying goes, one cannot always act as one wishes when caught up in the world. It was not easy for the Liu Family to get where it is today. I cannot allow anything to happen to it. So today, all of you must die here."
I said nothing. There was nothing I could say at a time like this.
The few of us stood close together. Ying Gou said, "Looks like this will be a hard fight."
It truly would be a hard fight. There were over a hundred, nearly two hundred of them. Their people filled the woods, while there were only four of us altogether. Each of us would have to fight fifty