Chapter 148: Territory

Charlie was very dazed and answered subconsciously:

"No problem."

When Lu Mi counted out the banknotes worth 50 Jin Bang, he suddenly woke up, looking toward the door outside with fear and vigilance.

It was currently dusk, and the fifth floor wasn't like the second floor with large balconies on both sides, so the lighting was very poor, pitch dark, as if night had already fallen.

Seeing that there were not many people coming and going in the corridor, Charlie breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lu Mi in a lowered voice:

"You deceived others and sold a fake necklace as a real one for 1,000 Jin Bang?"

"You got two places wrong." Lu Mi smiled and handed that stack of small-denomination 50 Jin Bang banknotes to Charlie, "First, it wasn't others who were deceived."

"Then who was it?" Charlie asked in confusion while instinctively taking those 1 Jin Bang and 5 Jin Bang denomination banknotes.

Lu Mi's smile instantly became brilliant:

"It was the Savard Party."

Hearing this answer, Charlie almost threw the banknotes in his hand away.

He looked at Lu Mi with fear and said:

"Are you crazy?

"They kill people; people often go missing on Luan Street!"

Lu Mi smiled and said:

"Second, it wasn't deception."

"Ah?" Charlie couldn't keep up with Lu Mi's train of thought at all.

Lu Mi explained with a smile:

"They knew that necklace was fake, but they were still willing to pay 1,000 Jin Bang."

How is that possible? Charlie's first reaction was, what kind of joke is this?

The people of the Savard Party were just a bit fierce, not fools. How could they pay 1,000 Jin Bang for a fake necklace worth only 50 Jin Bang?

Suddenly, Charlie had an idea:

"You didn't rob the leader of the Savard Party, did you?"

That would be even crazier, wouldn't it!

Lu Mi smiled:

"Relax, Baron Brignell and I reached an agreement in a friendly conversation.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems later.

"Hey, do you want that 50 Jin Bang or not?"

Friendly conversation with Baron Brignell... Charlie once again had the feeling of not recognizing this neighbor in front of him.

Considering that he really had no money left, he accepted that 50 Jin Bang and muttered to himself:

"Thank you."

Lu Mi nodded with a smile and turned toward the door.

Just at this moment, Charlie vaguely understood the whole thing and blurted out:

"You joined the Savard Party?"

Lu Mi didn't turn back and waved his hand:

"Yeah."

Charlie opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't spit out a single word, watching Lu Mi's figure walk step by step into the darkness outside, disappearing into the lightless stairwell.

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Returning to Room 207, Lu Mi, who had just removed some disguise and was preparing to go out to seek food, heard familiar cursing from the fourth floor:

"If you think this money is easy to come by, you can lie down and earn it yourself!"

"Coward, spineless person without that thing below, only daring to bully women!"

"If you have the ability, send your mother to me too!"

"..."

Lu Mi listened for a few seconds and roughly understood that Wilson of the Poison Thorn Gang was again bringing his men to collect "protection fees" from Yisansi.

The corners of his mouth curled up bit by bit, revealing a smile.

The next second, Lu Mi put on his dark blue duckbill cap, walked out of Room 207, and went all the way up to the fourth floor.

Before approaching Room 8, he heard the sound of a slap and Yisansi's more intense cursing and struggling.

The tenants on this floor kept their wooden doors tightly closed; no one dared to come out and walk around.

Lu Mi put one hand in his pocket and came to the outside of 408. The first thing that caught his eyes were the figures of two thugs.

They were wearing dark jackets and were blocking the doorway sideways.

At this time, Yisansi's cursing gradually mixed with crying and screaming:

"You group of pigs!

"I curse you!

"I want to cut off that thing below you!"

Lu Mi raised his eyebrows and approached the two thugs at the door.

"What are you doing?" One of the thugs asked sharply.

Lu Mi didn't answer, suddenly took a step, leaned in front of them, and reached out to grab them.

His movements were so swift that the two thugs were grabbed by the back of their heads before they could react.

Lu Mi used force to make their heads bump into each other.

With a thud, the two thugs had bruised foreheads, their eyes rolled back, and they fell down softly.

As they "cleared" the way, Lu Mi saw the scene inside the room:

Yisansi, with linen-colored long hair and delicate features, was lying on the bed, her dress disheveled, with obvious red and swollen marks on her face, while Wilson, with curly brown hair and a face full of fat, was putting away a stack of banknotes, his belt in an unfastened state, and another thug was responsible for holding Yisansi down.

Sensing the movement at the door, this leader of the Poison Thorn Gang looked outside while nimbly reaching for the two ends of his belt.

He then saw Lu Mi, who was wiping his hands lightly and stepping over the two subordinates.

Not giving Wilson a chance to ask, Lu Mi revealed a smile and said:

"Didn't anyone tell you that the 'Golden Chicken Hotel' is now under the protection of our Savard Party..."

Before his voice fell, taking advantage of Wilson not having fastened his belt yet, he had already stepped forward and launched a cannon punch.

Wilson dodged in a panic, seizing the time to fasten his belt.

At the same time, his eyes narrowed, locking onto Lu Mi.

Lu Mi suddenly felt a kind of fear:

That was the irrepressible timidity and fear when ordinary people encountered thugs and gang members; Wilson had materialized similar emotions!

But Lu Mi wouldn't be scared into not fighting back when he encountered thugs even when he was still an ordinary person. Coming from a background as a street urchin, he had always upheld the philosophy of avoiding and surrendering if he could, and if he couldn't, then dragging the other party to die together. And he was now a Sequence 8 Beyonder, so he was even less afraid.

Another Beyonder? Relying on the ruthlessness brought by fear, Lu Mi stuck to Wilson and used that set of close-quarters fighting techniques again.

His hands, elbows, knees, feet, and so on turned into weapons, suppressing Wilson, who had barely managed to fix his belt, like a storm.

Amidst the slapping collision sounds, the other thug reacted, picked up a chair in the room, and was about to smash it toward Lu Mi's back.

But Lu Mi twisted his upper body like a snake and circled behind Wilson.

Bang, that chair smashed into Wilson's head, smashing him until he saw stars and his body swayed.

With a clatter, the already unstable chair shattered.

Lu Mi straightened his body like a spring and flicked his right leg backward.

His heel accurately hit the lower abdomen of that thug, creating a muffled sound.

That thug's eyes bulged out, his hands covered his crotch, and he fell down, rolling back and forth, but couldn't scream, just like a rooster whose neck was pinched.

While Lu Mi flicked his right foot backward, his arm took advantage of the momentum to whip out, hitting Wilson's chest like a whip.

Wilson, who suffered a painful blow from his own man, had no way to dodge and heard the sound of ribs breaking.

Before he could break free from the pain, Lu Mi had already grabbed his arms and pulled him toward himself.

Pfft!

Greeting him was a knee strike.

Wilson's face turned pale, and his whole body bent.

Lu Mi then clasped his hands together and smashed them toward Wilson's back like a giant hammer.

Thud! Wilson fell to the ground.

Lu Mi took the opportunity to pounce, pinned his arms behind his back, and pressed his knee onto his back.

"I thought you were very strong." Lu Mi sneered, "As a result, you didn't even last ten seconds."

According to his judgment, Wilson was also Sequence 9, belonging to the type that was more inclined toward fighting and strengthening the body, but it was uncertain which pathway it was.

Wilson, who encountered "Provocation," struggled with all his might, but couldn't break free from the other party's control at all.

Lu Mi raised his head to look at Yisansi, who was clearly stunned, and said to Wilson and the thugs who hadn't recovered their fighting ability with a low laugh:

"Go back and tell the people above you that this is my territory, Xia Er. If there's anything, feel free to find our Savard Party!"

"You're dead!" Wilson said viciously.

Lu Mi smiled:

"Whether I die or not is not certain, but you will die now."

"Do you dare to kill me in front of so many people?" Wilson mocked.

Lu Mi didn't speak, used force with both hands, and made a cracking sound.

Wilson immediately let out a scream, and bean-sized cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

His arm had been directly broken!

Lu Mi then lifted him up, jumped onto Yisansi's wooden table, pushed open that window, and hung him on the outer wall.

Looking at the alley below where not many people were walking, Lu Mi smiled and said to Wilson:

"Guess, do I dare to throw you down?"

Wilson looked at the height of over ten meters, looked at the stone slabs below, and thought of the ruthlessness of the other party who broke his arm as soon as he said he would, and for a moment, he didn't dare to answer.

Just at this moment, Lu Mi let go of his hand.

I haven't answered yet! Wilson felt his body falling rapidly in astonishment.

Having no choice, he had to try his best to adjust his posture to avoid vital points.

Bang!

He fell heavily to the ground, and many places instantly became bloody and blurred.

Lu Mi observed for two seconds and laughed into the air:

"Your vitality is quite tenacious; you didn't die from this. Is your nickname 'Luan Street Cockroach'?"

He stopped paying attention to Wilson, jumped off the wooden table, and said to the three thugs who were struggling to stand up:

"Did you hear what I said just now?"

The three thugs nodded tremblingly, turned their bodies, and prepared to run away.

"Wait a moment." Lu Mi called them to a halt.

The three thugs froze in place, their bodies trembling slightly.

Lu Mi pointed to the shattered chair and said with a smile:

"Are you not going to compensate for the things you broke?"

The three thugs frantically took out the banknotes on their bodies and threw them to the ground.

After getting Lu Mi's approval, they stumbled and ran out of Room 408.

Yisansi watched quite dazed throughout the whole process, only remembering the words that this place had been taken over by the Savard Party.

Then, she discovered that the Xia Er of the Savard Party didn't greet her, didn't explain how much money she should pay in the future and how often, and didn't even look at her, walking straight toward the door.

Yisansi subconsciously opened her mouth, trying to ask something, but thinking that the Poison Thorn Gang might make a comeback, she fell silent again, watching Lu Mi's figure disappear into the darkness outside the door.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 149 =====