A couple of rope ladders rolled down from the helicopters, allowing everyone in them to descend to the ground .
A man stepped out from the crowd of people who had gathered beneath the helicopters and approached Gao Peng . "What are your orders, young master?"
All of them were wearing black battle armor and visored helmets . Though their heights were uneven, they looked sharp and cool, like unsheathed blades ready for battle .
Gao Peng looked them over .
"There's only twelve of you . Will that be enough?" The Southern Sky Group's security team was a few times bigger than this .
The man who had approached him took off his helmet, revealing the face of a thirty-year-old man with bushy brows, sunken eyes, and dark skin . Though he wasn't overly attractive, the man exuded an air of maturity .
"I think you'll find that we're more than enough to help you resolve whatever issue you might be having with the utmost discretion," said the man . He added, "Twenty years ago, it was Chairman Ji who saved my life . All of us here are indebted to him in some way . Now we help him handle his less . . . scrupulous affairs . "
Gao Peng nodded . "After helping my friends with something, I got into a bit of trouble with someone from a shady organization . I'm just an ordinary university student . This might be a bit out of my capability . . . "
"I understand," said the man named Huang Ya .
Gao Peng then walked towards the taxi . "I managed to subdue him . " He opened the trunk and pulled out the taxi driver .
The driver, who had been lying unconscious inside the taxi's trunk all this time, groggily woke up when his face hit the ground . He felt himself being dragged away .
Huang Ya began interrogating the driver in a corner . Ten minutes later, he walked back to Gao Peng, his face serene . "Young master, I have the information you want . He's a member of a Xiangxi-based criminal group . He was going to take you back to their meeting spot . He didn't count on you catching on to his true nature so soon . There are seven members in his group . Their strongest familiars are a mid-stage Commander-tier Night Terror Ghost and an early-stage Commander-tier Ghost Child . "
Only two Commander-tier monsters? thought Gao Peng .
He had thought that he was being targeted by a huge shadowy organization with hundreds of members under its command . He hadn't expected to be nearly kidnapped by mere thugs .
Then again, large-scale criminal organizations, which usually kept a tighter leash on all their members, wouldn't have been so bold as to commit their crimes out in the open .
Gao Peng looked at Huang Ya and the others and asked, "Do all of you have your familiars with you?"
"Of course we do . You can rest easy, young master . You're only dealing with street thugs," Huang Ya said, nodding .
After receiving Gao Peng's orders, Huang Ya and the others climbed back into their helicopters . Gao Peng said, "Capture those two Commander-tier familiars alive if possible . "
Huang Ya looked back down from the side of his helicopter and flashed Gao Peng the okay symbol .
Then he adjusted his earpiece and spoke into the microphone . "Our target is the Xingmao building in Yuzhou's old city area . "
. . .
A woman and a bald man were lying on a bed in a small room . There was a bookshelf beside the bed and an LCD television on the wall .
The occupants of the bed were a couple from Xiangxi .
The man was called Yuan Peng, and he was beginning to feel anxious . Two hours earlier, Brother Qi had been arrested by the police . It had been an hour since Brother Si had gone out, and Yuan Peng still hadn't heard anything from him .
"Let's go," said Yuan Peng, sitting up and slapping the back of the woman beside him .
The woman was called Ah Li . Stray strands of hair had fallen across her beautiful face . The left side of her face had turned red after lying on her pillow for a bit too long . "Brother Peng, what's wrong?"
Yuan Peng rubbed his bald head restlessly . "Something's wrong . Brother Si sent me a message earlier saying that he had picked up a university student . But there hasn't been a single message from him since then . I couldn't even get through to him on the phone . "
Yuan Peng put on his jacket and said to the woman, "Get dressed, we're leaving . "
"Aren't you going to call Bin Zi and the others?" asked Ah Li .
"Brother Si might have bitten off more than he could chew . Let's hit the road now before the cops find us," said Yuan Peng . He had come to Yuzhou with a couple of his friends after a job back in Xiangxi . He had amassed a small fortune since arriving at Yuzhou and had already been considering ditching his friends . This was the perfect chance to do so .
Yuan Peng opened a drawer and took out a black bag that contained stacks of cash and assorted jewelry .
After putting on his running shoes, Yuan Peng pulled out a porcelain vase . A white smoke emerged from it and settled into the shape of a two-foot-tall white creature with long, delicate limbs and a pair of red eyes . It somewhat resembled the Green Haunt .
When the creature popped out of its container, it happily clung to Yuan Peng's leg and began rubbing its oversized skull against his pants .
Yuan Peng extracted a piece of bone from his pocket and gave it to the Night Terror Ghost, which nibbled on it contentedly .
Yuan Peng was able to calm himself down considerably at the sight of his familiar, then he opened the wooden door and walked out into the corridor .
Outside, Yuan Peng could see a couple of monsters lazing about in the dark courtyard, including Bin Zi's familiar .
When they reached the first floor, Ah Li beckoned at a wolf-like monster in the courtyard . The monster got to its feet and happily ran towards Ah Li with its tongue hanging out of its mouth .
Just when the two were about to exit the courtyard, a voice called out from behind them .
"Where you going, boss?" asked Wang Bin, curiously looking at Yuan Peng and his wife .
Yuan Peng froze, then he said, "I'm going out for dinner with Ah Li . "
"Are you thinking of running away?" asked Wang Bin .
"Run? Where could I possibly run off to? Oh, Brother Bin, you and your imagination," said Yuan Peng, chuckling . "How about this? Why don't you come along with us?"
Bin Zi was the master of the other Commander-tier familiar in their group .
Wang Bin asked, "If you're just going out for dinner, why are you bringing luggage with you?"
An awkward silence fell over the courtyard at that moment .
Before Yuan Peng could speak, he suddenly began to feel his entire body going numb . Immediately after, he fell to the ground with a thump .
His wife Ah Li also collapsed to the ground beside him .
After realizing what had happened, the Night Terror Ghost let out an unearthly howl and stirred up a terrible wind in the courtyard .
Soon, dark shadows began circling in the air above the courtyard . The trees around them shook violently in the wind .
Suddenly, a horse neighed somewhere, breaking the silence of the night .
A burning red silhouette leapt over the fence into the courtyard . The sounds of knives clanging against one another filled the air, completely drowning out the wail of the ghostly wind .
The ghost-like creature behind Wang Bin hugged its master's leg as it warily eyed the burning red horse standing in the middle of the courtyard .
Chapter end
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