They Came Calling
A man shouldn't bow his head to a woman for no reason, unless... she happened to have a fully loaded machine gun in her hands.
Li Bai said irritably, "I can't see anything!"
The fighting hadn't officially started yet, and both the ammo belts and magazines were full, so he had nothing to do.
"I know these organizations and factions better than you do!"
Diana was stating a simple fact. She was the real industry veteran.
Li Bai, who had only accidentally opened a little tavern, had pure luck on his side. He'd barely gotten one foot into this circle. Maybe the others had allowed Li Bai's Tavern to exist and take a share of the profits on the outskirts of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, precisely because he was an amateur.
Besides, it wasn't easy to open another place nearby and compete. The Chinese peacekeeping force not far away wasn't blind, after all. So the business in that area was exclusive, and no one else could get a piece of it.
Leaning against the slush wall, Li Bai asked in confusion, "The Dragon Knight Order still hasn't left. Could it be because Aladdin turned them back?"
The chill radiating from the slush wall wasn't enough to freeze him.
"Who knows? Maybe you're right!"
Diana thought her boyfriend had a point, too.
If that wasn't the case, the Dragon Knight Order should have left the Tar Desert by now instead of circling around and coming back.
The Dragon Knight Order and Aladdin had been bitter enemies for centuries. Like two tigers that couldn't share one mountain, they fought as soon as they met, battling to the death without exception.
"Those guys are coming for us. Watch out!"
Just as Diana gave the warning, a series of sharp pops rang