And that underground bank was located on the top floor.
Our car was parked on the side of the road, and after a while, we saw two taxis pull up. Immediately, seven or eight burly men jumped out of the cars; it was Xiluo and his gang. He had picked up people directly from the airport according to the address and come straight here.
I immediately got out of the car and walked over. When Xiluo saw me, a relieved smile appeared on his face. I hugged him and then looked at the other "paratroopers".
These were the buddies from Eighth Master's auto repair shop, the ones I hung out with every day at the gym. I looked at them; they were all some of my closest friends from back then. I went over and hugged them all, and one of them even laughed and shouted at me, "Little Five, we thought you'd died in Vietnam!"
I glared at him and muttered under my breath, "Bullshit, I'm tough as nails!"
After a pause, I quickly said, "Let's not reminisce for now. We have something to do. From now on, everyone will follow my instructions, understand?"
Everyone fell silent, immediately silencing their laughter. Although I was young, after spending so much time hanging out with them at the gym, everyone knew I was skilled and respected me. Moreover, my recent defeat of Sha Hu, the "Double Flower Red Stick" of the Hua Gang, had elevated my prestige to unprecedented heights; I had practically become the undisputed leader of the group at the gym.
These guys have been really cooped up all the time, spending their days just expending energy in the gym. It's rare for them to have a chance to get out, so they all got really excited when they heard there was something to do.
I led them to our car first. It was a minivan, big enough for everyone to squeeze in.
I first briefly explained that the purpose of the operation was to rescue people, and then described YOYO's appearance and characteristics.
In the car, I gave a brief briefing: "The plan is on the roof of this building. If nothing unexpected happens, there should be about seven or eight people. They shouldn't be any experts; they're probably just a group of loan sharks. But be careful, this is Vietnam, one of the countries with the highest number of privately owned firearms in the world. They might be armed, while we just got off the plane empty-handed. Everyone be careful..."
I quickly grabbed a pen and paper and sketched a rough floor plan. This was based on detailed information I'd gathered from the mixed-race beauty along the way, showing the approximate layout of the money exchange, mainly the interior. The mixed-race beauty had only been there once when she borrowed money, but she remembered it very clearly.
I drew a diagram of the interior layout and then marked it on the paper: "They have two doors, one in the front and one in the back. The back door is supposedly blocked off; it's an iron door that can only be opened from the inside, not the outside. So, Xiro, you take one person and block the back door from the outside..." Then I glanced at the rest of the group: "You guys, break in from both sides..." I drew two X's on the paper. "These are two windows. They're on the top floor. I have nylon ropes on the back of my car... Hehe, this job isn't too difficult, is it? Luckily, there are no iron bars on their windows. Just don't break your nose when you crash in."
The group of men burst into laughter.
I said seriously, "Don't laugh, everyone. To be honest, this isn't an organization mission. It's just that this girl is my friend's sister. Since you're all willing to help me, consider it a favor that I owe you all."
One of the young men immediately said, "Brother Xiao Wu, we've all been cooped up for ages. If we have a chance to get moving, let alone rescue someone, we wouldn't even bat an eye if you led us to rob the National Bank of Vietnam."
I glanced at him and chuckled, "Okay, thanks everyone. But be careful, this isn't our own territory." Then I took a breath: "Check your watches now. We'll enter together in five minutes."
They split into three groups, leaving Aze in the car to wait, with the engine running, ready to retreat at any time.
I led the mixed-race beauty and Wood up the stairs via the main route, and Qiaoqiao insisted on coming along. I knew that if I didn't agree, who knew what kind of trouble she would cause, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.
As for Wood, I originally didn't want him to come up with me, but Wood coldly said to me, "First, I'm a doctor. If anything goes wrong, it's best to have a doctor by my side."
He paused for a moment, then a faint smile appeared on his lips: "Secondly, when it comes to using a knife, you may not be better than me."
I was speechless, because I seemed to have heard that when Mu Tou was in medical school, he got the top grade in anatomy class, and he once spent three days and three nights with a bunch of corpses, wielding a scalpel! When it comes to using a scalpel, I'm afraid I'm really not as good as him.
The building had only four floors, with old-fashioned wooden stairs and somewhat worn-out handrails. We made our way to the fourth floor, and in the corridor, I saw a door in front of me. Just as I was about to go over, Qiaoqiao suddenly grabbed my arm and said, "Wait."
She slowly walked up to the mixed-race beauty, looked her up and down, and then suddenly reached out and unbuttoned the top two buttons of her collar, instantly revealing a section of snow-white skin. Between the two snow-white, round hemispheres, an alluring cleavage was squeezed out...
The mixed-race beauty gasped softly, but immediately covered her mouth. She instinctively tried to dodge, but Qiao Qiao was faster, bending down abruptly to grab her skirt and giving it a gentle tug...
laugh!
She ripped open a large portion of the slit in her skirt, the slit reaching all the way up to the mixed-race beauty's upper thigh... If it went any higher, the edge of her underwear would probably be visible...
The mixed-race beauty looked terrified: "Ah! You..."
Qiaoqiao smiled smugly and whispered, "Don't be afraid, it will work." She glanced at me, her eyes full of cunning, and whispered, "It will distract them."
I immediately understood and couldn't help but sigh.
The mixed-race beauty was already gorgeous, but now, with Qiaoqiao's transformation—showing off her cleavage and thighs—I think any man who saw her would be instantly awestruck. One glance wouldn't be enough to keep him looking away...
With their attention diverted, we have a better chance to strike.
As for Qiaoqiao herself...
Ah, our Miss Qiao's outfits are always very sexy.
I patted the mixed-race beauty on the shoulder to comfort her. She was initially a little confused and helpless, but out of blind trust in me, she acquiesced to Qiaoqiao's actions. Qiaoqiao reached out and fluffed her hair a little, making her look more languidly sexy, and then she smiled with satisfaction.
I checked the time, grabbed the mixed-race beauty's hand, strode to the door, and rang the doorbell.
A small window on the iron gate opened slightly, revealing half of a man's face. He glanced warily at the outside, and when he saw the "disheveled" mixed-race beauty, he paused for a second, his eyes indeed revealing a lecherous look.
The mixed-race beauty was a little nervous, but she still mustered up the courage to say a few words loudly in Vietnamese. The other person's eyes lit up, and she glanced at me. At this moment, Mu Tou and Qiao Qiao also stood behind me.
The iron gate slowly opened, and I saw three or four men standing inside. They all had malicious looks on their faces, but their eyes were mostly fixed on the mixed-race beauty and Qiaoqiao, darting back and forth.
The mixed-race beauty and I walked in front. As soon as we entered the room, the iron door behind us immediately closed.
I looked around the room; it was clearly a suite. We were in the living room, which was about ten square meters, and there were two more rooms inside. One door was locked, and the other was just open. I saw several tables inside, and several men who looked anything but friendly had already stood up.
I saw the three men I had beaten among them, but each of them had bandages wrapped around their arms, especially the one with the broken nose. When he saw me, he looked terrified, but that expression quickly turned into venomous hatred. Standing next to him was a man, about forty years old, wearing a floral shirt and a thick gold chain around his neck. He was slightly overweight, with a fleshy face and a sinister glint in his eyes.
I counted roughly, and there were nine people in total. There were two windows in the living room, exactly in the same location I had marked. There were two people with their arms crossed, looking at me from each window.
The man with the gold chain at the head of the group was clearly their leader. He swaggered over, glanced at me, and then the man with the broken nose next to him immediately pulled up a chair.
"My name is Li Wenyong." He spoke fluent Chinese, casually sitting down in a chair, and the person next to him immediately handed him a cigar. The man lit the cigar, a haughty expression on his face, took a puff, and glared at me: "My three underlings were beaten up while collecting debts. Was that you?"
Several men stood around us, subtly surrounding us. Some held what looked like bicycle chains, tapping them lightly with a clattering sound, their faces contorted with intimidation. I knew that these bicycle chain locks were often used as weapons by thugs, even more effective than knives, especially in the south where the weather was hot and clothing was light. If such a chain lock were to strike a person hard, it could easily tear off a piece of flesh!
I slowly stepped forward, carefully using my body to block the three people behind me.
There's still half a minute before I start touching them, so I need to try my best to get their attention.
"I did it." I looked at the guy with a slightly provocative gaze. "You're their boss, right? Your men broke the rules first. Didn't he tell you what your three henchmen did?"
"Hmph!" He said with a gloomy expression.
Regardless, in order to buy time, I still put on an angry demeanor and questioned, "You come to collect debts, and we pay back what we owe, it's all clearly written in black and white, everyone is doing the right thing by following the rules. But your three men come to our door without IOUs, trying to extort money, and even blatantly trying to rob and blackmail us... Is this the right thing to do?"
This guy surnamed Li was clearly someone important. He waved his hand, stopping me from continuing to question him, and said coldly with a gloomy face, "I know everything you've said!" He beckoned to the guy with the broken nose next to him, and that guy immediately bent down and lowered his head.
"Kid, you're from China, aren't you? I've been hanging around the border since I was a kid, I know all about your habits. I'll try to be polite first, then use force! I know my men broke the rules!" He yelled at the man with the broken nose, "Tell me how I'm going to punish you!"
"Brother Yong..." Broken-Nose opened his mouth and shouted, "I did something wrong, and Brother Yong punished each of us with a knife! He made us bleed so we would learn our lesson!"
"Did you hear that?" Li Wenyong looked at me, chuckled coldly, and licked his lips. "My men did something wrong, and I've already punished them. Rules are rules, and I won't break them! I've given them an explanation! But now, you took the money, I gave you an IOU... and then, no matter what, you injured my men! I, Li Wenyong, have a reputation in the underworld! Even if my men do something wrong and break the rules, I'll punish them myself! No one else can touch them! Now that you've injured my men, this debt has to be settled!"
I gave a cold laugh and said nothing.
“Kid, you’re someone of importance, right? As for the assault compensation, you’ll pay me a total of 100 million dong, interest included, and then… heh heh…” His eyes gleamed as he looked at the two women behind me, grinning, “Choose any one of the women behind you to spend the night with me! I’ll call it even!” He paused, then gave a wicked smile, “Well, if both women behind you are willing to spend the night with me, I’ll give you a discount. Just pay 50 million dong, and I’ll let you go. How about it?”
He glanced at his numerous henchmen: "I've reduced your payout by fifty million dong! Fifty million, damn it, I spent fifty million on a woman, that's quite a sum, isn't it! Hahahaha..."
After he finished speaking, he burst into wild laughter, and his men also joined in with arrogant laughter.
Li Wenyong laughed a few times, then clapped his hands, and immediately two of his men walked to the door next to him, pushed it open, and revealed the room inside.
YOYO was sitting inside, her hands and feet were tied to the chair with nylon rope, her mouth was taped, her big eyes were full of panic, and there were tear stains on her cheeks.
"Kid, I heard you're good at fighting, but it's no use today! If you dare to make a move, this little girl will be dead!" Li Wenyong revealed a ferocious smile. Two henchmen stood beside YOYO, and I saw that they had daggers in their hands, gently pressed against YOYO's neck.
Yoyo was, after all, just a child, and was completely terrified at this moment. Apart from crying, she had almost no other reaction.
The mixed-race beauty cried out excitedly, "No!" Her body went limp, and she suddenly screamed, "Don't touch her..." In her emotional turmoil, she tried to rush forward. I stopped her, pulled her behind me, glanced at Yoyo, and said slowly and in a deep voice, "Yoyo, don't be afraid, I'll get you home right away."
A flicker of surprise crossed Li Wenyong's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and sneered, "Help? I hate seeing people act arrogantly in front of me! Go and beat his mouth to a pulp!"
The two guys surrounding me quickly closed in. I slowly took a step back, slightly hunching my body, then suddenly exhaled and shouted, "Attack!"
Bang!
Bang!
The sound of shattering glass erupted simultaneously from both windows, and two figures burst in through the broken windows! The guys who had been standing by the window with their arms crossed were immediately knocked aside. Before they could even react from their panic and struggle to their feet, someone had already grabbed their necks and twisted them forcefully...crack!
The two of them slumped down without saying a word.
At the same time, the men on both sides pounced on me. I grabbed the guy on my left with one hand, pinching his arm, and kicked the guy on the right in the stomach, sending him flying. I then slipped into the arms of the guy on my left, pressed my back against him, hooked my arm around his neck with one hand, and then lifted him up forcefully.
I grabbed him by the neck and flipped him over! He passed out before he even hit the ground!
At the same time, I saw a flash of cold light, and with a whoosh, a guy next to me who was holding a chain and preparing to ambush me had a syringe stuck in his chest... He swayed a couple of times, and I immediately went up and kicked him in the groin. He went limp, but his body was already stiff.
I saw that the wooden man had several syringes between his fingers and a cold expression on his face.
Don't assume that a wooden person is a refined person.
Back in China, we frequented bars and often got into fights. When Wood got into a fight, he was incredibly ruthless.
My men burst through both windows at the same time. These fierce men were all highly skilled, and these loan shark thugs were no match for them. Soon, four of them were knocked to the ground.
These guys are ruthless; those who were knocked down either had broken arms or legs! Looks like they've been pent up in the auto repair shop for too long, their murderous aura has become far too strong…
Li Wenyong reacted the fastest, immediately rushing towards YOYO. I'd taken down the people next to me, and my first target was him! I was faster than him, grabbing his wrist in one swift motion, but then I felt him flip his wrist, actually seizing my wrist joint with a reverse grip!
This guy has actually trained!
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I didn't move, but instead offered him my wrist, while simultaneously punching him in the back with my other fist. When Li Wenyong grabbed my wrist, a flicker of joy crossed his eyes, but he immediately screamed, stumbled forward two steps, and spat out blood. But this guy was surprisingly skilled; he braced himself on the ground and didn't fall, then charged straight at my knee!
He's clever. He's too close to me, and he's attacking my groin. If I kick him, at this close range, I can't generate any power. If I'm too weak, the kick won't be very effective. But if I bend down to attack him, that's more complicated.
In an instant, he had grabbed one of my legs, then twisted his body, trying to wrestle me to the ground! I braced myself with my other leg, and he couldn't move me. I threw another punch at his face. This time, Li Wenyong quickly let go, raised his arm to block my fist, and at the same time, pulled his body back and jumped up from the ground.
Impressive skills!
I saw him swiftly pull a dagger from his waist and thrust it towards me with his chest out. His thrust was both fast and vicious! As I dodged to the side, I knew exactly what was going on.
He must have served in the military!
His movements clearly showed signs of military service! Considering he mentioned earlier that he had experience on the border, this guy probably fought in the Sino-Vietnamese border conflict back in the day…
In the cramped room, he entangled me for a few moments, and I even managed to get a cut on my arm without realizing it! After all, I'd been feeling quite weak these past few days, and neither my speed nor my strength were what they used to be. But being stabbed with a dagger ignited a surge of anger within me!
Seeing him thrust his dagger at me again, a murderous glint flashed in my eyes! I twisted and charged at him, and just as his dagger was about to pierce me, I suddenly twisted my body, the dagger grazing my shoulder, drawing blood! Instead of retreating, I advanced, raising my palm, and with the heel of my right hand, I slammed it into his chin…
Bang!
With a muffled thud, Li Wenyong didn't even have time to groan before his body fell backward, crashing onto the ground with the back of his head hitting the floor hard...
I knocked his chin out of place, making it tilt to one side and giving his face an extremely strange appearance.
At this moment, most of the opponents in the room had been taken down, but then a scream was heard...
Everyone froze at the same time. They saw Yoyo sitting in a chair, a dagger held against her neck, the blade having pierced a small patch of skin, drawing blood. The girl was so frightened she couldn't even cry anymore; her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
The scream just now came from the mixed-race beauty. She saw her sister being "stabbed" in the neck with a dagger, and she screamed in agony before fainting. Fortunately, Qiao Qiao caught her from behind.
"stop!"
I yelled and stomped on Li Wenyong's body.