Cheng Tian had wiped out the lackeys in the tavern brawl earlier, but he had failed to kill the bartender who had escaped through the Secret Passage long before.
That bartender, who had the authority to trade with Cheng Tian, was a mid-level cadre of the Moth Gang. His escape meant that Cheng Tian's appearance had been exposed to the Moth Gang as well.
If only combatants had died in the tavern, it would have been one thing. After all, they were highly mobile bottom-feeding scum. For a little money, food, and "Moth Powder" that briefly sent them soaring into paradise, they would even sell their own lives.
But there had also been more than ten proper gunmen there, the backbone troops used in shootouts against other gangs. With over a dozen dying at once, the bartender as the tavern manager could not escape responsibility. So even if he had to exaggerate, he had to dump the blame on Cheng Tian.
...Though he had not really exaggerated much. Not long after Cheng Tian and the others left, nearby Moth Gang members had arrived under the guidance of the Little Blue Car to provide support and inspect the scene.
There was no professionalism to speak of. After confirming that all their tavern comrades were dead, they decisively added Cheng Tian to the Moth Gang's gang wanted list. Using footage from the surveillance cameras installed in the tavern, they entered Cheng Tian's physical features into the Little Blue Car and activated patrol-and-pursuit mode.
However, the tavern surveillance footage had abruptly ended after Cheng Tian changed clothes, because Batman had burned out the tavern's entire electrical system before making his official entrance.
Yet what the Moth Gang could never have imagined was that Cheng Tian had not fled at all. Instead, he had