Chapter 3

"Our boss of Mentulong Gang…"

"Wants to see you."

Xin Yi was a little surprised: "Tulong Gang?"

Lin Yu's brow furrowed slightly.

His own life sentence back in the day had long since spread throughout the universities, and after he got out, he hadn't gone looking for anyone either—no one knew he had been released from prison.

Could it be.

That his release from prison was orchestrated by Tulong himself?

"Ah Yi."

"You head back first."

Lin Yu and the bodyguard in the black suit got into the middle car, and waved to Xin Yi.

【003】 A bodyguard for six hundred thousand a month! To protect Wang Yase?

The estate.

The villa inside the estate.

In the luxuriously decorated living room, Lin Yu sat quietly on the sofa.

Before him.

Was a face both familiar and unfamiliar.

Wang Tulong.

The boss of Tulong Gang.

"So you're Lin Yu?"

Wang Tulong looked Lin Yu up and down, his voice carrying a slight accent, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration.

He looked at the Lin Yu before him.

His gaze was very calm, sitting there in silence, not a word spoken—extremely taciturn. Those indifferent eyes, that face utterly expressionless and still, made him impossible to read; one could not tell what the young man before him was thinking.

"Mm."

Facing Wang Tulong, Lin Yu's gaze rested on him lightly; beneath those calm eyes, no one knew what he was thinking.

"Mr. Wang."

"You're the one who had me released from the Ability Prison?"

Lin Yu asked.

He had just gotten out of prison, and Tulong Gang had already come knocking—surely that was too much of a coincidence.

"Hahaha."

Faced with Lin Yu's question, Wang Tulong could only laugh awkwardly.

"I tell you, little brother Lin Yu, you really think too highly of me."

"Behind that Ability Prison stands an entire state apparatus. My Tulong Gang may be one of the top Dabang Sect in this city, but we don't have that kind of reach."

Lin Yu: "…"

His gaze lowered slightly.

True enough.

Wang Tulong was right. Back when he was studying while fighting in underground boxing matches to earn his grandmother's medical bills, he had also known of Tulong Gang's power—an absolute Dabang Sect in this city. But if one were talking about mobilizing a state apparatus, that was simply beyond them.

At this point.

Things were getting more and more bewildering.

Just who…

Was it that let him out?

Someone capable of mobilizing the Ability Prison, bypassing all procedure to release him directly—his reach had to be terrifyingly vast. Yet within Lin Yu's knowledge, he had never come into contact with such a figure.

As for the other question.

Lin Yu thought about it and felt it was impossible—Tulong Gang would not have kidnapped his grandmother for no reason. And from the car ride just now to the present scene, it was clear Wang Tulong bore him no hostility.

Otherwise.

Wang Tulong would not have dared sit across from him, with hardly any bodyguards around. Lin Yu was confident he could take out those few bodyguards and take Wang Tulong hostage within a matter of seconds.

"I just happened to receive word and learned that you, little brother Lin Yu, had already been released from prison."

"That brawl at the universities made quite a name for you, Lin Yu. When I heard about it, my blood was boiling. Too bad it blew up so big—even the national Ability Bureau had to step in. By the time I got there…"

"It was already too late."

He sighed with feeling.

"When you were fighting in the underground boxing ring, I already had my eye on you."

"Back then."

"I wanted to call you to join my Tulong Gang, but who would've thought something so big happened afterward."

"Looking for you now."

Wang Tulong leaned back against the sofa.

"I want you to join my Tulong Gang. Don't worry, the pay will absolutely be generous!"

"A month, I can give you five hundred thousand!"

Lin Yu was slightly taken aback.

Five hundred thousand.

That was an extremely high figure, an exceptionally generous pay. Before, when he fought, one match only earned him a few tens of thousands, and even that didn't add up to much in a month—yet Wang Tulong had just offered five hundred thousand outright.

And the Lin Yu now.

In other words…

He was flat broke. Before entering the kiln, he had given all his money to the hospital to cover his grandmother's medical fees, and had even borrowed a lot to make up the rest, leaving him nearly a hundred thousand in debt.

So.

He was desperately short on money.

Of course.

What moved Lin Yu most was the Tulong Gang as a resource. He had previously fought in underground boxing rings, which counted as half-mixed with the underworld, but he himself had no background or status — otherwise he wouldn't have ended up in that situation back then. Now, if he could join the Tulong Gang, he could also use the gang's resources to find his grandmother and investigate the truth of what happened.

"Not enough?"

"Then six hundred thousand!"

Seeing Lin Yu say nothing, Wang Tulong spoke again.

"Of course…"

"Setting such a high price actually comes with another condition."

Lin Yu looked at Wang Tulong, waiting for him to speak.

"The main objective is to protect my son — but it has to be done covertly. His personality is proud, and he won't allow me to arrange bodyguards around him."

"For watching the venue, it's just a few hours a day. If you don't feel like coming, just let me know! Once you and my son graduate, I'll give you a venue to manage directly. Of course, if you earn any merits while watching the venue, your standing within the gang will rise as well, and your pay will keep going up!"

Wang Tulong stated his purpose outright.

The core.

Protect Wang Yase.

Lin Yu: "…"

He said nothing.

In his mind, recalling the current situation — Wang Tulong, as a former arbiter of the Judgment by force, knowing the Judgment by force well, would certainly be secretly accumulating strength capable of dealing with the Judgment by force.

Looking for him.

Naturally for this reason as well.

Lin Yu hadn't wanted to get drawn into the vortex of the ultimate storyline, but realized it was ultimately unavoidable.

"Still not enough?"

Wang Tulong sat up straight.

"How about this."

"Your combat power index right now should be around 6,000 points."

"For every additional 1,000 points of combat power you gain from now on, I'll raise your pay by a hundred thousand. If you can break ten thousand points, I'll give you one and a half million a month directly!"

Wang Tulong was very impressed with the Lin Yu before him.