Bang!
Inside an alley.
The exhausted, gaunt young man slumped to the ground.
"I don't want to tell anyone how to live their life."
After getting the information he needed, Qin Annian looked at the young man, whose face still looked rather immature.
But inside this body,
a soul with twenty-eight years of life experience, and several years as a teacher, had awakened memories from his past life.
"Go outside and find a decent job."
"The gangs in the Old District will be finished soon."
After leaving him with those words,
without caring whether he'd taken them to heart,
Qin Annian turned and walked out of the alley.
As the sky, which had been only two fingers wide, suddenly opened up before him, Qin Annian pulled his thoughts back to the present.
Should he curse this wretched world?
There was no need.
Heaven moves with vigor; the gentleman strives without cease.
After all,
two days ago,
he'd still been worrying about whether he would be fired.
So,
even if he hadn't awakened his past-life memories,
that night he would still have fought with all his strength, come to this dangerous Old District, and sought a future for himself!
"Life doesn't need other people's advice."
Qin Annian strode forward, heading deeper into the Old District.
"Don't regret it."
"Keep moving forward!"
Keep going until he reached the very top!
"There are over a hundred gangs of all sizes in the Old District."
"Among them,"
"the most powerful are the Blood Blade Gang and the Azure Dragon Society."
"No wonder they're gang organizations."
Even their names sounded intimidating.
The two gangs controlled about three-fifths of the Old District between them.
"So the Old District is about to be redeveloped."
"No wonder."
"The Security Bureau suddenly started paying attention to gang fights like this."
Going by past practice,
as long as ordinary people weren't caught up in it, the gangs could fight each other to the death for all anyone cared.
After all,
to Taiyu City,
gang members were all troublemakers.
Their deaths
would actually benefit the city's public safety.
Afterward, the Security Bureau would just haul the gang leaders back in handcuffs and give them a warning.
That was all it took to wrap things up.
After all,
the Security Bureau wasn't made up of immortals.
"I remember a former president of a Western superpower saying something like this in my past life."
"'The economy, stupid.'"
If the economic problems couldn't be solved,
today they could wipe out the Blood Blade Gang and the Azure Dragon Society,
but tomorrow,
a Blood Sword Gang and a White Tiger Society would spring up in their place.
Poverty was the soil in which gangs took root.
To develop the economy and eliminate poverty, public safety had to be improved.
"This new mayor wants to redevelop the Old District."
"All the gangs blocking the way are going to be sacrificed."
Once he understood what this case really meant,
Qin Annian decided to handle it in the most direct and simplest way.
After making his way through the complicated, maze-like streets, Qin Annian finally arrived at the heart of the Old District.
"Hey!"
"You there!"
"What are you doing here?"
A dozen or so burly men in tank tops, their bodies covered in tattoos, were drinking and smoking here.
When they saw Qin Annian approach, they immediately shouted:
"This is the Blood Blade Gang's headquarters. Outsiders aren't welcome."
Qin Annian raised his eyes to the old, three-story building behind them.
"The Blood Blade Gang's leader has a Life Development Power of only 20 points."
"His combat power is only 43 points, too."
He was already one of the strongest people openly recognized in the Old District.
A bunch of rabble.
Qin Annian stepped forward.
At once,
the lazy gang members' faces turned vicious.
"So this little punk came here looking for trouble?"
"Looking to die!"
"Break his arms and legs and throw him out!"
A dozen men wielding clubs suddenly charged at Qin Annian, shouting.
Qin Annian's pace didn't slow.
He clenched his fist slightly and swung it forward.
Crack!
A sharp sound rang out as an iron club bent and slammed into the face of the man swinging it.
Bang!
A figure flew out like a rag doll and crashed to the ground.
Dust billowed.
Qin Annian's brows furrowed slightly.
"Why hasn't the number of assists gone up?"
"How does it determine hostility?"
"Let's try again."
Two breaths later,
Qin Annian was the only one left standing.
On the ground,
gang members groaned and writhed in pain.
"Hmph!"
Thud!
Just then,
a figure jumped down from a second-floor window of the old building.
His feet hit the ground, seeming to send a tremor through it.
"Boss!"
"Boss!"
"That kid's causing trouble on our Blood Blade Gang's turf!"
The gang members rolling on the ground saw the tall, burly man and hurriedly shouted.
"A martial artist in the Entry Realm, with a Life Development Power above 10?"
"You dare make trouble at the Blood Blade Gang? You've come to the wrong place!"
The Blood Blade Gang's leader was bald. A scar ran from his left eye down to the corner of his mouth, like a centipede.
His aura was powerful and violent.
Qin Annian glanced at him.
He clipped his public safety officer's badge to the upper-right side of his clothes.
As a martial artist with a Life Development Power above 20, Xu Laosan had excellent eyesight.
When he saw the badge, his pupils immediately contracted!
"A public safety officer from the Security Bureau?"
"What do you want here?"
His attitude changed completely.
He was no longer as arrogant as before, and now showed considerable wariness.
Though
the Blood Blade Gang could throw its weight around in the Old District,
they were still rats in a gutter, unable to show their faces in the light.
To them, the Security Bureau was their natural enemy!
If they could avoid provoking it,
they would certainly do their best to.
"There's a case."
"You need to come back and assist with the investigation."
Qin Annian took a pair of electronic handcuffs from his waist and tossed them toward Xu Laosan.
"Xu Laosan."
"Come with me."
Seeing their boss "humiliated" by a young punk speaking to him like that,
the gang members' eyes instantly reddened!
"What kind of attitude is that?!"
"Even if the Security Bureau wants our boss to come with them, they should say 'please'!"
"You're just—"
A stream of foul abuse rang out.
Xu Laosan's expression turned extremely grim as well.
At first, he'd wanted to negotiate with Qin Annian.
But he hadn't expected
Qin Annian to humiliate him in front of so many people with that kind of attitude.
"Hmph!"
He snorted.
He swung his hand forward,
slapping the electronic handcuffs away and sending them skidding to the ground nearby.
"Officer,"
"I'm afraid I can't go with you!"
"Men,"
"show this officer out."
As Xu Laosan spoke, more and more people closed in from every direction.
That was what made gangs difficult to deal with.
They had strength in numbers.
Thinking the law wouldn't punish a crowd, these people often dared to do some extremely brazen things.
Unless.
If an Assault Team from the Operations Division came in, they could scare the gang members into not daring to show their faces.
Otherwise.
Even Zhao Daming, the peace officer who used to oversee this area, wouldn't casually venture in here alone.
Otherwise.
He'd take a beating.
And he'd be the one to lose face.
"Xu Laosan."
"Are you planning to resist arrest?"
Qin Annian didn't hold back. He started by accusing Xu Laosan of resisting arrest.
Looking at the gang members around him, all brimming with malice,
he rolled his neck.
Then.
Clenching his fists, he charged forward!
Hiss!
Xu Laosan whipped around.
Seeing this, he couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath!
"Where'd this hothead come from?!"
"How does he actually dare?!"
Xu Laosan was stunned.
Normally,
seeing so many people, the peace officer should have backed off.
Why had he suddenly launched an attack?
For a moment,
Xu Laosan was like a mute who'd eaten bitter herbs, unable to say a word!
"You forced me to do this!"
With no way out, Xu Laosan was forced to step in himself.
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