The car pulled over to the side of the road.
Sato Hayato sat inside, waiting, his nerves on edge.
He had already heard several faint explosions coming from the Aoki Family's estate in the distance.
Fang Cheng's plan had never mentioned using a bomb to deal with Aoki Yusuke. The only possibility was that Fang Cheng himself had been blown up.
Though he had great confidence in Fang Cheng's strength, his worry still wouldn't ease.
If Kanzaki Rin hadn't strictly ordered Sato Hayato not to act rashly, he would have driven over to check on things long ago.
At that moment, Kanzaki Rin, Asaka Akie, and Sato Mai were all waiting anxiously at the hotel.
Fang Cheng's earpiece might have been destroyed in the explosion, cutting off contact completely.
The drones Kanzaki Rin had positioned over the Aoki Family's estate couldn't track him down, either.
But all they could do now was wait patiently.
Time ticked by, second by second. It hadn't actually been long, but all four of them felt as if every second lasted an eternity.
Just as Sato Hayato was about to throw caution to the wind and go back, the car door finally opened. Fang Cheng, blackened from head to toe, climbed into the passenger seat, smoke still rising from several parts of his body.
"Captain!"
Sato Hayato was startled and delighted. "Are you all right?"
The word "Captain" put the other three, who were waiting nearby, at ease as well.
"Do I look all right to you?"
Fang Cheng snapped, "I nearly turned into roast pork. If I hadn't run fast, I'd have bought it back there."
Hiya Kyohei's Blood Explosion was incredibly powerful, no weaker than the Cluster Bombs fired by the armed drones.
Fang Cheng couldn't defend himself the way he had last