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Chapter 259 - 236: Swimming Against the Current

Chapter 259: Chapter 236: Swimming Against the Current

The only thug who managed to break free turned his head and ran, a move that probably no one had anticipated.

The surveillance cameras mounted on the streetlights on both sides of the street faithfully captured the events unfolding on Rune Street. The audience watching the live stream, even though separated by a screen, could vaguely sense the aura emanating from Wu Li, so their immediate reaction was, "This guy got scared off by Wu Li."

"Too strong!"

"Thank goodness Wu scared him off; otherwise, many people would have died."

"Wu saved everyone all by himself!"

"He really is like a superhero!"

...

The remaining four thugs were entangled in a struggle with four professional boxers. Without guns, these men stood no chance against the fighters on the ground.

Seeing this, some of the bolder bystanders also rushed forward to help, and by the time Wu Li arrived, the four thugs had already been subdued.

...

On the west side of Rune Street, about a dozen armed thugs were busy doing something. When the three closest to the crossroads heard gunshots, Wu Li had already taken down three thugs, and then they saw Wu Li incredibly dodge bullets while moving swiftly.

As they hesitated on whether to go and support, Wu Li took down three more thugs.

This discouraged the trio from rashly moving to support and instead, they reported the situation to Bill.

Upon hearing the news, Bill was both shocked and furious, not understanding how such an expert had suddenly emerged?

The reason why he hadn’t assigned Group Seven to the fight, instead having them block the roads, was that Group Seven was the weakest, consisting mostly of peripheral members of the Bill Brothers Association who hadn’t undergone Bill’s special training.

Even so, having three men armed with assault rifles on an unobstructed street be killed in close combat from a distance was something even Bill himself could not achieve.

Could it be that Hongmen had deliberately placed their elite on the periphery? But aside from Li San, who else in the New York branch of Hongmen had such skills?

Bill vaguely felt that he had grasped something, but now there was no time for him to ponder.

His plan had been to block four exits, but now with one exit breached, sealing off the remaining three had little significance.

"Send people to the intersection to set up a Human Wall Bomb on the eastern side, use two bomb vests," Bill instructed.

Since there was only one human wall, he intended to increase the difficulty of dismantling it, or rather, the difficulty of passing through.

The detonator for the bomb vests was in his hands, ready to be exploded at any moment. If anyone tried to force their way through the human wall, he would detonate the bomb vests immediately!

"Boss, we’re under attack, a team has stormed in!"

No sooner had the order been given than Bill received a transmission from Group Seven.

"Police?"

"Not the police, they’re all Chinese, they look like Hongmen!"

"fu*k!"

Bill cursed. This team was certainly the one Zheng Yingrong had left outside as a precaution.

Although Zheng hadn’t anticipated Bill, the madman, stirring up trouble, he was in the habit of always having a backup plan. Even though the arrangements inside the building were adequate to deal with the Guandong Association, he still had a team outside in case of emergencies, and now this team was proving effective.

Bill went to the edge of the building and looked down.

On the street to the right of where he stood, dozens were engaged in a gunfight.

Within just a few minutes, Group Seven hadn’t even managed to form a human wall, and the Hongmen, being no police and unhesitant, with excellent Spear Technique and combat skills, clearly elite members, had decimated Group Seven in a brief encounter, with heavy casualties.

"Group Seven, scatter the bomb vests on the street and everyone, gather at the base of the building where I am!" Bill decisively ordered.

He watched the street below with a cruel expression on his face and pulled out a remote control flashing with a red light, pressing three buttons in succession.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three consecutive explosions sounded as three bomb vests detonated.

Hongmen’s forces were hastening across the street when the sudden blasts engulfed them in high-temperature flames.

In an instant, about seven or eight people were killed on the spot, with another seven or eight seriously injured and unconscious.

With only about thirty in the elite Hongmen team coming to the rescue, they had just lost half their number.

"There’s Li San, he’s broken out alone!"

"...He’s coming this way, shoot!"

"Damn it, he’s too agile!"

"Go, go, go, let’s go together!"

"Shit! He moves like Monkey, can’t hit him!"

...

The continuous transmissions through the earpiece made Bill realize that the situation in the opposite building was also bad, as Li San had breached the blockade.

Despite the display of rocket launchers and sniper rifles making it seem a significant force, Bill depended on his elite planted inside the building to take down Li San.

With the insider having the advantage and breaking through from within the Martial Arts Hall, the resistance they faced was indeed the least. Coupled with the other groups desperately blocking Hongmen reinforcements, Bill’s original plan had been to kill Li San on the seventh floor.

But now, hearing the feedback from the fifth team, Li San was even harder to kill than he had imagined.

Wu Power had managed to dodge the hail of bullets from three assault rifles on an open street, so naturally Li San, whose skills were not beneath, would not be any worse. In the complex indoor environment, and with the cover of Hongmen gunmen, he naturally wouldn’t die easily and had even begun to fight back.

Nearly ten minutes had passed since the first rocket exploded. According to Bill’s estimate, in no more than five minutes, the police should arrive. If everything went as planned, in five minutes, the seventh team should have set up the "Human Wall Bomb," which could at least delay the police for over twenty minutes.

Twenty minutes, Bill had enough time to kill Li San and then evacuate.

However, now that both exits had become compromised, Bill could only abandon the "Human Wall Bomb" plan. With that gone, he didn’t have much time left; once the police arrived, it wouldn’t be so easy for him to leave.

"Seventh team, prevent anyone from entering the building from below," Bill commanded.

The seventh team now had twenty-one people left, and there were still over a dozen elite members from Hongmen coming to support. Bill did not count on the seventh team to eliminate the opposition, but at least they could hold them off for the moment.

Bill donned a bulletproof vest on his upper body, hung several magazines on his chest, a pistol at his waist, and a military knife on his leg, holding an assault rifle in his hand—he was fully armed.

He would personally enter the seventh floor across the way and kill Li San!

Soon, a figure slid through the rope between the two buildings and into the gaping hole on the seventh floor.

...

"Wu Power, how are you doing, are you hurt?"

At the exit on the east side of Rune Street, Wu Power received a phone call from Tina.

"I’m fine," Wu Power said.

Tina let out a sigh of relief on the other side of the phone, "That’s good. Lily has something she wants to tell you."

As soon as the voice fell, Li Li’s voice came through quickly from the other side.

"Hey, Wu Power, my brother was sparring with Xiaoze Wutian at the Martial Arts Hall today!"

Wu Power narrowed his eyes at this; he had sent a message to Li San earlier and had not yet received a reply. Sure enough, Li San was also in the seventh-floor Martial Arts Hall.

"I called my brother and couldn’t get through. I just saw a rocket fired into the Martial Arts Hall, and I don’t know how he’s doing now," Li Li said with an anxious tone, even carrying a hint of a sob.

"Mhm," Wu Power looked forward, "What do you want to say?"

There was a moment of silence on the phone before Li Li struggled to say, "I know this is a lot to ask, but if possible, could you... could you..."

Li Li ultimately couldn’t voice her request; though desperate, she felt embarrassed to ask since Wu Power and Li San had only met twice, and she had previously given Wu Power the cold shoulder.

"I’ll go check it out later."

Wu Power’s calm voice made Li Li’s eyes widen; his tone was as if he was saying he was going to eat a bowl of noodles later.

"You’re serious?"

"Yeah, you don’t need to worry too much, your brother has great skills, he won’t die so easily."

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Li Li could no longer hold back her tears.

Having seen Wu Power cut through half the street, she was well aware that with Wu Power’s high level of skill going to support in the complex environment of the building, it would be a huge help to Li San.

"Don’t mention it, your brother is my friend," Wu Power said.

"Wu Power!"

Just as Wu Power was about to hang up the phone, Tina’s voice suddenly came through.

"Hmm?"

"You... you must stay alive!"

"Don’t worry, Batman doesn’t die easily."

Wu Power cracked a joke, then hung up the phone.

On the other side, Tina and Li Li both stared at their phones, their expressions complex.

When Li Li asked Tina for Wu Power’s contact information, Tina knew what Li Li wanted to do. She also hoped that Li Li’s brother would be safe but didn’t want Wu Power to take any more risks.

But in the end, she still called Wu Power’s phone. After all, Wu Power and Li Li’s brother were not really acquaintances; perhaps Wu Power wouldn’t take the risk?

To her surprise, Wu Power agreed to help voluntarily, and in the end even said something about Batman not dying easily.

Was he really determined to be a superhero?

As for Li Li, she was equally surprised; Wu Power and her brother had only met twice, just one exchange of moves, and they were considered friends? And for such a friend, Wu Power was willing to risk his life?

No one knew exactly what was happening inside the building; even someone as skilled as Wu Power was vulnerable in the face of bullets. One mistake, and decades of hard training would be in vain.

So Li Li found she couldn’t quite understand Wu Power; she could speculate on his reasons, but couldn’t comprehend them.

The two looked at the computer screen where the camera showed pedestrians on the street running outwards, except for one person moving against the flow, heading toward the intersection.

It was Wu Power.

In the comments section, viewers from the United States were baffled and asked doubts: Having already fought his way out, why was Wu Power running back?

Only Tina and Li Li knew the answer: for a friend.