It all happened almost in an instant.
Just as Li Wei reached out and lifted the crate, a massive black shadow leaped from the rooftop behind him. At the same time, the girl pinned beneath the crate tightened her grip on her dagger and stabbed at his chest, while the woman beside him drew a pistol from her clothes and aimed at his head.
All of this happened within a single second.
And Li Wei acted in that same instant.
He released the crate, letting it crash back down onto the girl. At the same time, he flicked his right hand, and the cane he had been leaning on turned into a cold, black viper that coiled around the woman's wrist. Then a cold gleam flashed, and her gun hand flew into the air amid a spray of blood.
Only then did Li Wei turn around at his leisure and raise his left hand-the Punisher appeared in his grip.
At that very moment, the black shadow lunged right in front of him.
Then Li Wei pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
The black shadow's head exploded. Li Wei casually stepped aside like a gentleman making way for someone, allowing the now-uncontrolled figure to hurtle past him and slam into the crate.
The girl knocked down by the falling crate had not even managed to get up before the black shadow crashed into her, leaving her sprawled on the ground without a sound.
The entire exchange was over in a flash. By the time Li Wei lowered his gun, the alley had returned to its original silence.
"From the Pasman Family? Pretty professional."
Li Wei lowered his gun and smiled at the streetwalker. She clutched her bleeding right wrist, gritted her teeth, and glared at him.
"You don't mind if I ask you