Special District 9

“Let’s go in together.”

“There’s no need for that,” Qin Yu replied as he took off his jacket and flipped it inside out. “It’s a mess in there at the moment. Even if we bump into them, they won’t dare to make a move on us recklessly either. I’ll just quickly scout out the situation.”

“I’ll wait for you by the side then. If anything happens, fire your gun right away and I’ll come to support you.”

“Alright,” Qin Yu replied.

After putting on his flipped jacket, he scanned the surroundings first before crossing the road.

It was at this moment that footsteps echoed near them. Just slightly away from them, a man was talking into a phone, “Something happened at my workplace, I’m heading over to take a look before returning home. Don’t worry. Yeah, I’ll be taking leave tomorrow. Haha, it’s nothing much. It’s just that my boss gave me a bonus today, so I’ll take you to…”

Those words caught Qin Yu’s attention. He immediately turned his head over to look at the man.

The man’s hair was combed slickly to the side, and he was dressed in a thick feather suit. At first sight, his appearance looked unfamiliar. But through his pants, physique, and movements, Qin Yu was still able to tell that the man was no other than the black jacket man, who had dealt with the goatskin windbreaker young man by the pickup truck earlier.

Qi Lin also swiftly recognized the man as well. While he rarely joined frontline operations, years of working as a policeman and conducting investigation had trained his eye for detail and his memory.

Qin Yu turned around, lowered his head, and told Qi Lin, “This saves us a great deal of trouble. We don’t need to go in anymore.”

“I’ll engage him,” Qi Lin said as he began making his way over.

At this moment, the man had already hung up his phone, and he was just about to cross the street and enter Platinum Castle through the main entrance.

“Hey, bro.” Qi Lin walked up to the man and patted his shoulder.

The man turned around and asked with a domineering tone, “Who are you?”

Qi Lin took out his gun from his waist and uttered coldly, “Watch your mouth when you talk to me.”

The man was stunned.

…

Around ten minutes later, the stench of blood filled a dark alley. A man dressed in a feather suit had blood trailing down his face. Lying on the ground, he held his head desperately to fend off the blows toward him as he wailed, “Don’t hit me anymore! Please, I’m begging you, don’t hit me anymore…”

Qin Yu rolled up his sleeves as he roared, “Where is he?”

“He? Bro, did you get the wrong person?”

Hearing those words, Qi Lin kicked the man’s head and bellowed, “Where’s Kang-ge?!”

“I don’t know any Kang-ge…” The man was still denying it while clutching his head defensively.

Qin Yu grabbed the man’s collars and spat in his face, “In front of the alley, right beside the pickup truck, you took money from someone else. You fucking lie to me again, and I’ll stuff needles down your throat!”

“The ringtone came from you?” the young man blurted out in astonishment.

“Looks like your memory is coming back to you,” Qin Yu smashed his fist into the man’s head as he bellowed, “Where’s the man you took? Where’s Kang-ge?!”

“Bro, I… I am just an information broker…”

Peng!

Qin Yu lost his patience. He pushed the man to the side, raised his right foot, and stomped it down on the man’s left kneecap with frightening decisiveness.

Crack!

The sound of a bone dislocating echoed loudly in the air.

“AHHH!”

A cry of agony rattled the alley. The man grabbed his kneecap and wailed desperately, “Don’t, don’t! I’ll talk, I’ll talk… The kidnapper is called Brother Xiao, and he’s a fixer from the Wasteland District. He’s working for Jiangzhou’s Li Family. I don’t know why he took Kang-ge, but they should be bringing him to Ji’an’s northern area!”

“Give me something concrete!” Qi Lin bellowed menacingly.

“Y-yes! Kang-ge was brought to Ji’an’s northern area. I am positive of that. I heard their words…” The man didn’t dare to risk having his other kneecap dislocated. He lowered his head to the ground as he spoke amidst sobs.

…

In a market within Ji’an’s Zhongxing Street.

Old Cat’s legs were clamped firmly shut together, and he only dared to sit timidly on the corner of the chair. With a smiling face, he looked at Coco and said, “Sis, you have really misunderstood us. We didn’t kidnap Kang-ge. We’re here to do business with you… To be frank with you, I am a policeman, an honest and upright member of society! Why would someone like me do what fixers do?”

“Honest and upright?” Coco took out a hairband from his wrist and tidied up her sleek, long hair. “I didn’t see any of that back in that compartment room.”“I admit that I was a little perverted then, but I thought that you were a service staff…”

But before he could finish his words, Coco had already grabbed Old Cat’s lower jaw. Gazing down on him coldly, she said, “Don’t bother trying to buy time with that slippery tongue of yours.”

“I wouldn’t dare!”

“Tell me the truth, are you here for Kang-ge?”

“We really have no intention to harm him! We came here to make friends and build relations!” Old Cat exclaimed with widened eyes. “Ah Long is my good friend’s older brother, and he lost his life at the hands of the Yuan Family! Why would we scheme against Kang-ge? We have nothing to gain from this!”

“It doesn’t matter who killed Ah Long. The only important thing is that who has the ability to offer Qi Lin a better life,” Coco sneered. “And the Yuan Family has the ability to do so.”

Old Cat fell silent.

“I’ll only wait till dawn. If your friend isn’t back by then, you and your foul mouth will become a part of this land of Jiangzhou,” Coco released Old Cat’s lower jaw as she spoke. She turned around to look at her subordinates and said, “If they were able to take Kang-ge away so easily, it must mean that they have an insider inside our Platinum Castle. Find him and get rid of him.”

“Got it, boss!” a subordinate replied before leaving.

After Coco said her piece, she left the room and made her way up a flight of stairs.

Old Cat looked at Coco’s silhouette as a chill shuddered his heart.

These days, even strong men would struggle to make a living. For a weak woman to rise through the ranks and become her own boss, it really showed a lot about her capabilities. At the very least, she was likely to be a decisive and strong-willed individual.

…

On the road.

Qin Yu pulled the black jacket man over and asked softly, “How far away are we from the northern area of Ji’an?”

“Around ten kilometers,” the black jacket man replied subserviently as he followed them with a limp.

Qi Lin asked with a frown, “What were they intending to do after kidnapping Kang-ge?”

“I’m not sure.” The black jacket man shook his head. “I don’t ask about such matters. Knowing too much is detrimental to me.”

“Kang-ge is in danger,” Qin Yu said grimly. “If that goatskin windbreaker young man dares to deal with this fellow before Kang-ge, it only goes to show that they have no intention to keep Kang-ge alive.”

Qi Lin’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing those words.

“We don’t have a car, and if we travel 10 kilometers on foot, it would be too late by the time we arrive,” Qin Yu muttered as he glanced at his watch. “We need to find a way to get there fast.”

Qi Lin glanced at both sides of the streets before he walking over to the entrance of a restaurant. He shouted into the restaurant, “Is the boss in?”

“Yes?” the boss, who was standing by the counter, replied.

“Is the motorcycle outside up for sales?”

“Do you have a loose screw in your head? I’m not selling it!” the boss replied impatiently as he walked over to a chair and sat down.

Qin Yu walked into the restaurant, took out 1000 Asian Dollars, and asked again, “Are you selling it?”

The boss was stunned for a moment. He crossed his legs and replied with a snicker, “If you add another 1000 dollars, I’ll sell it to you.”

Pah!

Qin Yu took out his gun and slammed it on the table. “I don’t have any more money. Is this worth 1000 to you?”

The boss immediately cowered back in fear.

…

Ten minutes later.