That crisp crack! Even an old melon farmer would have had to praise it as a fine shot!
The sentry's head exploded like an overripe watermelon!
Then, amid the bloody mist, it transformed into a brilliant flower of flesh!
With that crucial firepower position taken out, a gap immediately appeared in the dense barrage pouring from the abandoned factory.
And that wasn't all!
When the gang members inside the factory instinctively turned to look toward the dead man's position, the entire abandoned factory fell into eerie silence.
A dazzling flower of flesh bloomed beside a machine gun, a symbol of violence and war. The image possessed a strange, unconventional beauty.
But to the gangsters, witnessing such a breathtaking scene was as despairing as watching the end of the world descend before their eyes!
It was Khada Jhin!
The ability to turn corpses into Flesh Lotuses after killing them belonged to Khada Jhin alone!
The gang members present couldn't understand what unforgivable sin they had committed. Not only had the Lethal Beast come for them, but even Khada Jhin, the Caster who had vanished after his last crime, had appeared!
But they all knew one thing: they were dead!
If the Lethal Beast had been their only enemy, they might still have considered resisting or making one last desperate stand. But now that Khada Jhin and the Lethal Beast were both here, they had completely lost the will to fight.
They were tired. Let it all burn. They would just wait to die!
The gang members were frozen stiff, but Stan was not!
Seeing the dense barrage stop, Stan took a deep breath of the blood scent filling the air. His eyes glowed with bloodthirsty red light as he shot into the abandoned factory like an arrow.
The outcome of letting a ferocious werewolf get close was obvious.
What awaited those despairing gang members next was an even more hopeless slaughter.
Screams rang out alongside the sound of flesh being torn apart.
Even the few gang members who came to their senses and picked up their weapons for one final desperate fight were powerless to change anything.
Their scattered resistance could not stop Stan's killing. The stimulation of blood and pain only awakened a stronger hunting instinct within him!
"People~ People to be slaughtered~ All of them are~ people to be slaughtered." Stan's voice gradually became indistinct, and the line between man and beast grew ever blurrier.
Stan's killing efficiency increased even further!
During his deadlier hunt, any injuries caused by the gangsters' sporadic attacks completely healed in less than a breath!
As for attacking Li Wei?
He had fired only one shot from beginning to end. The gangsters had no idea which direction he was in, much less where he was positioned. Attacking him was out of the question!
Watching the slaughter unfold in the weed-choked field outside the factory, Fish remained calm on the surface, but inside, she was panicking like hell.
When she had planned to drag Khada Jhin—or rather, Li Wei—into this mess, she had considered this possible outcome.
But she had never expected them to come for her so quickly!
Although Khada Jhin had fired only a single shot from beginning to end, that one shot proved everything.
Other than Khada Jhin, no one could turn a corpse into a flower!
And that Lethal Beast, feared by everyone in Gotham's underworld lately, had come with him!
A coincidence?
Give her a break. Even the dumbest person could guess by now that the Lethal Beast and Khada Jhin were working together!
Li Wei was Khada Jhin!
That discovery was enough to trigger another earthquake in Gotham's underworld.
But Fish had no mind to reveal the truth to anyone else right now. She had to figure out what she should do!
The enemy had come aggressively. Clearly, they had no intention of leaving her alive.
The Maroni Family and the Falcone Family had officially gone to war, and that old bastard Falcone had already fallen for her honey trap.
She felt that she was not far from becoming Gotham's true underground ruler!
She did not want to die yet!
As Fish thought, her gaze gradually shifted to Ian, who was making bombs, and the pile of completed explosives behind him...
Do I Look Like a Farmer?
When the weed-choked field outside the abandoned factory fell silent once more.
Only Stan remained standing in the entire field. Every other gang member had been reduced to severed limbs scattered across the ground.
Stan wore an intoxicated expression as he took a deep breath of the thick scent of blood in the air.
This feeling was incredible!
Blood steeped in sin allowed him to constantly recall the criminals wreaking havoc in the depths of this city.
After this hunt, his thirst for blood had been satisfied, and his reason returned.
"What an ugly and brutal slaughter..." Li Wei remarked as he walked over from the distance with Dr. Hugo, criticizing the severed limbs strewn everywhere.
Stan did not mind Li Wei's words. He even felt honored.
Yes, honored.
He was deeply honored to be compared with his idol.
He had always been a fanatical fan of Khada Jhin.
Compared to Khada Jhin's elegant performances, the severed limbs he left behind after a hunt were indeed bloody and far from elegant.
"Dean..." Stan began with a foolish grin, but Li Wei interrupted him.
"Warwick, call me Khada Jhin now."
Stan froze for a moment, but quickly understood. This was what the dean meant by an alias...
"Understood, Mr. Khada Jhin."
Only then did Li Wei nod in satisfaction and turn his attention toward the abandoned factory. "All right, we can talk after we get back. I think it's time we met Miss Fish."
Stan nodded as well. He could also sense two heartbeats inside the abandoned factory.
"Miss Fish, come out." Li Wei called loudly. "Didn't you want me to step in? I'm here now!"
As Li Wei's words fell, the factory doors opened from the inside.
Fish appeared at the factory entrance, pushing a cart. Ian was tied to it with a terrified expression, and beneath him sat an entire cartload of explosives!
Li Wei's gaze swept over Ian, who was constantly writhing atop the explosives, before settling on Fish. His expression did not change.
"Miss Fish, what is this supposed to mean? You don't think you can threaten me with someone I don't even know, do you?"
"Of course not." Fish spread her hands helplessly. "Dean Li Wei, I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly. This guy is the only bargaining chip I have left. I hope you can give me a chance to say a few words."
"Oh? Then go ahead."
Li Wei did not deny Fish's way of addressing him.
Just as Fish had not continued hiding inside the factory, there was no point in denying his identity.
Fish's almost supernatural telepathy made any disguise largely useless before her.
Besides, she was already on his kill list. What did it matter if she knew his true identity?
Dead people were best at keeping secrets.
"Dean Li Wei, I didn't expect the Lethal Beast to be one of your people. I admit defeat this time." Fish glanced at Stan, who stood beside Li Wei in full werewolf form. "I only hope you can spare my life."
"If you let me leave alive, I swear I will follow your lead from now on. I'll be your most loyal subordinate, and no one will ever learn the secret of your identity. If you want, I can even be your woman..."
It had to be said that Fish sounded very sincere in her desperation to survive.
Sincere enough that Li Wei almost believed her.
Unfortunately, only almost.
Loyalty in Gotham?
Perhaps only a handful of people deserved to speak of it, such as Alfred, Harvey, and Gordon...
But Fish was definitely not among them!
If she could betray Falcone, she could betray him too.
As for becoming his woman?
Li Wei might still be alone, but he was not desperate enough to be interested in a Black woman.
Besides, Fish had to die.
"Fish." Li Wei waved a hand and interrupted her. "Let me ask you a question. Do I look like a farmer?"
Fish looked utterly confused. She had no idea why Li Wei had changed the subject so abruptly, but circumstances forced her to lower her head. She honestly shook it.
"Of course not."
"Exactly! I don't have a cotton plantation that needs picking, so why should I spare you?"
Fish: ...
Stan looked at Li Wei with admiration. As expected of the man who could crack dark jokes about the Wayne family. What kind of thought process was that?
Fish froze, then immediately understood what Li Wei meant.
She had never imagined racism could be used like this!
Being willing to bow her head had already gone against Fish's nature. After hearing Li Wei's words, rage instantly surged straight to her head!
Fish pulled a kerosene lighter from her pocket and held it over the barrel of explosives. Her sinister tone was full of threat.
"Dean Li Wei, it seems you truly don't intend to leave me a way out?"
Li Wei glanced indifferently at the lighter in Fish's hand and spread his hands. "That's right. What are you going to do about it?"
"Then we'll die together!"
Madness surfaced in Fish's eyes as she prepared to throw the lighter onto the fuse!
She wanted to live, but she had been prepared to take everyone down with her from the very beginning.
The reason she had chosen a kerosene lighter was to guard against Khada Jhin's godlike marksmanship. Even if Li Wei shot her dead, the kerosene lighter would not go out just because she had died!
The chain reaction caused by detonating all the explosives Ian had made at once would be enough to blast the entire abandoned factory and the surrounding area into the sky!
In Gotham, madness was the true essence!
Unfortunately, no plan could keep up with changing circumstances.
No matter how perfect Fish's plan was, she had not accounted for Stan's arrival.
"Awwooo..."
A wolf howl rang out, and Fish suddenly felt an irresistible fear rise within her heart.
Her body also lost control under that fear.
The hand she had intended to loosen instead clenched tighter. At the same time, her feet began running wildly in place against her will.
The sight filled Fish's eyes with terror and despair.
She knew she was finished. She no longer even had the right to perish together with them.
Li Wei gestured toward Stan beside him. "Go on. Kill her. Remember to leave the body intact. Everything else is up to you."
Only then did Stan rush forward, bloodthirsty light flashing in his eyes.
With the sound of a throat being torn open, Fish's life finally came to an end in terror.
Li Wei, meanwhile, walked over to the cart with Dr. Hugo.
Just as Ian thought he had finally been saved and revealed an excited expression, Li Wei spoke to Dr. Hugo.
"Take care of him. Just don't let him die. Then we're heading back."
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