Chapter 74: The Deal Was Made

The sky gradually brightened, and the dust settled.

An Inspector? He arrived that quickly?

The entire Yihong Society stared in shock at this young Inspector, and some instinctively took a step back.

As the highest inspection rank in the region, an Inspector's deterrent power was so great that merely the name alone was enough to make many criminals tremble with fear.

Facing such a superhuman powerhouse, having numbers on one's side was no longer useful.

Especially Zhang Zhiren, who was even more shocked; the spy he had bribed within the Inspection Bureau must have provided the news immediately. Even if the notification reached him slightly later than the Inspector, Lin Qing shouldn't have been this fast, unless... when he received the notice from the Inspection Bureau, Lin Qing was already nearby, just a few kilometers away?

That short, fat man, Mr. Lu, stared at Lin Qing, a hint of danger flashing in his eyes.

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.8 levels】

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.5 levels】

【Current Order Level decreased by 0.3 levels】

A series of blood-red notifications indicating a drop in the Order Level continuously floated before Lin Qing's eyes.

But Lin Qing's expression did not change at all.

Except for Mr. Lu, who posed a certain threat as the strongest among them, the other Yihong Society thugs were not even at Captain-level strength, posing very little threat to him.

"Captain Lin."

Zhang Zhiren took a deep breath, no longer caring about other matters, and stepped forward, speaking in a low voice: "There is no time. State your terms."

He knew the signal jammer was still active; as long as the Inspection Bureau had not confirmed the situation here, there was still a chance to salvage things!

"State your terms?" Lin Qing looked at him.

"As long as Captain Lin leaves now, pretend you didn't see us..."

Zhang Zhiren remained calm, speaking quickly and fluently: "Name your price, no matter how high. Even the legendary Super-Sensation Original Fluid, I can try my best to buy for you."

He stared tightly at Lin Qing, "But if Captain Lin insists on not letting us go, then prepare to meet our desperate struggle. If not for the massive impact of killing an Inspector, we would never have given you the chance to negotiate."

"Is that so?"

Lin Qing swept his gaze, speaking unhurriedly: "Do you mean the failed deal from yesterday, you still want to continue discussing it?"

He was naturally stalling for time.

Even if he could charge alone into the formation and slaughter indiscriminately, relying solely on himself, he was not confident in capturing all these people, especially Mr. Lu.

So, it was best to wait until the Inspection Team was nearly here before making a move.

Moreover, he had just notified the Chief Captain Yuan Anping; once Yuan Anping arrived, everything would be completely secure.

"Yes, please state your price, Captain Lin." Zhang Zhiren said in a deep voice.

Lin Qing smiled, "You are a businessman. I remember you said you have a rule: a single price is the limit, unwilling to spend even one more coin?"

Zhang Zhiren's face darkened, frowning as he asked: "Captain Lin is stalling for time?"

Mr. Lu glanced at Lin Qing, then immediately ordered the thugs standing stunned in place, saying: "Continue the work, load all these goods into the vehicles at the fastest speed."

Among them, the loyal thug holding the little girl quickly stepped forward, preparing to load this most important 'cargo' into the cage first.

"Bang!"

Upon hearing a gunshot, a burst of blood instantly exploded on the thug's forehead, and he fell to the ground dead on the spot.

Silence fell over the entire scene.

Only the echo of the gunshot remained.

The numb-faced little girl seemed awakened by the gunshot; looking at the fallen thug's corpse, she then blankly raised her head to look at Lin Qing, a strange color gradually appearing in her eyes.

"The deal hasn't been settled yet; did I allow you to move?"

Lin Qing raised the revolver in his hand, "Say it again: whoever moves dies."

Few people in the scene dared to move, while the little girl lifted her weak and powerless legs, instinctively taking a step towards Lin Qing.

At this moment, a large hand grabbed her from behind and lifted her up.

The little girl struggled as if awakened, but her meager strength made the struggle meaningless; her mouth was sealed by a restraint mask, unable to make any sound, only emitting a whimpering cry.

Zhang Zhiren frowned slightly, casually slapped her back, and a clever force instantly shook her whole body into powerlessness; the coin she clutched in her hand fell to the ground.

Then, this coin rolled along the ground to stop before Lin Qing not far away.

Zhang Zhiren casually grabbed this little girl representing high points, his eyes fixed on Lin Qing, and sighed: "Captain Lin, I am just a businessman; I really do not want to kill you. Give a definite answer now."

He truly did not want to kill an Inspector; once things escalated too much, the Yinghai Group he had painstakingly built up over so many years would likely collapse as well.

"Fine, I agree." Lin Qing suddenly spoke. Zhang Zhiren was slightly stunned, unable to help but show a hint of joy, smiling as he said: "Captain Lin, please state your price."

The Yihong Society thugs also breathed a sigh of relief.

They were not desperate men; if possible, who would want to bear the heavy crime of killing an Inspector?

A hint of mockery rose in Mr. Lu's eyes.

Immediately, everyone saw Lin Qing reach out and pick up that coin from the ground.

"I will take this deal."

Lin Qing spoke calmly, his fingertips rubbing the warm coin in his hand, his gaze sweeping across, "Today, not a single member of the Yihong Society will escape."

Silence fell over the entire scene.

Zhang Zhiren's pupils suddenly contracted.

At this moment, he already understood that the object of this deal was not him.

"Kill him!"

A violent shout suddenly tore through the silence.

At this moment, that short, fat Mr. Lu's entire mass of fat rippled and tightened like waves, transforming into a continuous flow of power; immediately, the ground beneath his feet violently cracked, and he himself, like a cannonball, crashed towards Lin Qing!

"Haha... kill me?"

Amidst mocking laughter, Lin Qing moved, instantly becoming a blurred afterimage; he easily dodged Mr. Lu's charge while taking the opportunity to deliver a whip-leg strike that combined both hardness and softness.

Under the fierce and rapid whip-leg strike, the air seemed to tear apart, emitting a terrifying sound of wind being broken.

"Boom!"

Mr. Lu's short, fat figure spun like a top, flying out at even greater speed, crashing headlong into a wall nearby and immediately collapsing a section of it.

Meanwhile, Lin Qing swept past like a swift wind and simultaneously pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

Amidst the huge gunshot, Zhang Zhiren reacted extremely quickly, releasing the little girl in his hands and twisting his body to dodge, but a flower of blood still burst open on his shoulder.

Even though he had mastered the Qi-Seven version of the technique, he had ultimately only grasped a single combat method.

At the same time, Lin Qing had already closed in on Zhang Zhiren; he had no patience to fire another shot, casually slapped Zhang Zhiren on the crown of his head, and then charged toward the crowd of enforcers from the Crimson Kite Society.

"Boom!"

Though the palm strike seemed casual, Zhang Zhiren felt as if his head had exploded, ringing incessantly, and the world before his eyes began to spin wildly.

Invisible force nearly turned his brain into a mush; he immediately fell backward onto the ground, left only with his breath.

As for this group of enforcers from the Crimson Kite Society, although they were generally stronger than the armed personnel in the underground boxing ring, and two of them had practiced combat methods, reaching the strength of a Patrol Group Leader, they were far too weak before Lin Qing.

In every aspect—speed, reaction, strength, and so on—Lin Qing completely crushed everyone from the Crimson Kite Society.

In the blink of an eye, three members of the Crimson Kite Society had already fallen in succession.

"This..."

Mr. Lu had just climbed out from the collapsed ruins and rubble when he saw this scene; recalling Lin Qing's kick, he could not help but shudder in his heart.

What kind of strength is this? Could it be... Patrol Leader level? What a joke, a Patrol Officer who only became regular three months ago actually possesses strength at this level?

But judging by his experience, the strength displayed by this young Patrol Officer before him, even if not quite at Patrol Leader level, was absolutely not far off!

Even with his abilities after genetic modification, which could turn flesh and blood into explosive power, his explosive state could at most be comparable to this young Patrol Officer; he could never kill the other.

Once his flesh and blood were exhausted, he would be the one to die!

"Flee!"

This thought arose in Mr. Lu's heart; immediately, while his flesh and blood rapidly withered, he rushed toward another path at an astonishing speed.

"As expected, he fled."

Lin Qing glanced over and could not help but frown slightly: "So fast?"

Just then—

"Tsk, I'll go chase him; you stay and deal with the people from the Crimson Kite Society."

A slightly playful voice suddenly rang out; a long-haired man in casual clothes nearby glanced at Lin Qing with a smile, then turned into a phantom and chased after him.

It was none other than Yuan Anping!

(End of this chapter)