Chapter 829 - A Wise Man Knows When to Retreat (2/2)

The white-haired old man let out a pale smile that contained meaning. “Do you really want to fight me, child? You wanna bully this gramps?”

“Well, it’s better to bully you than beat these few weak people, don’t you think?” Tang Xiu smiled.

Emily seemed to have been insulted by the words. She roared and instantly hurled toward Tang Xiu. Her speed was extremely fast—almost comparable to the martial arts grandmaster level. Her howling fist appeared in front of Tang Xiu in a blink of an eye and attempted to knock down Tang Xiu.

Crack…

Tang Xiu reached out and grabbed her fist. He then followed with a seemingly light punch that instantly smashed Emily’s face. The latter screamed as the blow sent her backward over six meters away, and she fell heavily on the bed of the youth who was reading a book.

The pupils of the white-haired old man contracted and the smile on his face instantly vanished. He watched Tang Xiu with a solemn look and said after taking a deep breath, “You’re very powerful indeed, Xiu. Not even I can become your opponent since I can’t beat Emily in just one strike. Alright, I’ll introduce myself to you. You can call me Old Anji.”

Old Anji?

The information about the inmates in this cell from the file that Sander gave him appeared in Tang Xiu’s mind. The report said that this Old Anji was once a mercenary, a terrifying character who had gone through hails of bullets from fierce battlefields, yet he still lived for decades. It was said that the number of people he had killed was definitely in the hundreds.

“It’s really a pity that you’re too old to fight the enemies. You can only be a guard at the nursing home now,” Tang Xiu spoke out some words that the Old Anji couldn’t figure out. He then stared at the youth who never looked up and lightly said, “You should be an Asian given your looks. Which country are you from?”

The young man raised his head for the first time while his fingers held his glasses. He let out a shy smile at Tang Xiu and answered, “China. The name is Zhang Xiaohua.”

Zhang Xiaohua?

Information regarding him appeared in Tang Xiu’s mind. This guy was the world’s top hacker who created the most terrifying virus on the internet, ‘The Spider’, which paralyzed the network in some European country for four days and indirectly caused a few billions of dollars in losses. The file also noted that he should possess special abilities since he could kill 29 people by himself, plus he destroyed 16 buildings which led to more than 140 people being injured.

“Can you let me see your special abilities, Zhang Xiaohua?” asked Tang Xiu in Mandarin.

A suspicious look appeared on Zhang Xiaohua’s face. He put down the book in his hand, then leaned on the wall and looked at Tang Xiu as he asked, “You’re also a Chinese?”

“I am.” Tang Xiu nodded.

“How do you know that I have special abilities?” asked Zhang Xiaohua curiously.

“The whole prison detains 1,260 convicts and I’ve read each inmate’s criminal records, including yours,” answered Tang Xiu.

Zhang Xiaohua looked empty and he asked quizzically, “The information on the inmates of this prison should be top secret. There are only a few outsiders who can view it apart from the highest-ranking officials of this prison, no? I hacked the prison network system to read information of the prisoners here previously; are you also well-versed in computer networks and a hacker?”

“I’m not a hacker, nor am I well-versed in networks,” Tang Xiu shook his head. “It’s just that you’re gifted and I think for you to stay here is quite a pity. Maybe I’ll tell you more if you get out of prison.”

Having said that, he could see that Zhang Xiaohua didn’t have the intention to show his special ability, so he directly ignored him. Then he turned around to look at Saptanshu and sneered, “Stay obediently there and don’t mess with me, else those four can teach you a lesson.”

“Grandma told me once that a wise man must know when to sit back when the odds are against him,” replied Saptanshu as he slumped down to sit on the side and stretched his hands against the bed leg.

Tang Xiu nodded with satisfaction and turned around to walk to the front of the cell. He then heavily kicked the cell door as two prison guards rushed over in just a few seconds. One of them used his electric baton to slam the iron window and shouted, “Stay still and be quiet!”

“I wanna see the prisoner in front,” said Tang Xiu.

“You what?”

The two prison guards outside were shocked, watching Tang Xiu as though he was a lunatic. They were not the only ones, of course, as the old inmates of the cell 18 were similarly looking at Tang Xiu like he was a madman.

‘Is this guy looking for death?’

The same thought emerged in their minds as everyone in the entire prison knew that the cell in front was cell 1, a cell that only detained one inmate. That was the fellow that could be called the devil himself… Spectre.

Up till now, no one dared to enter that cell. Those who had gone in before had all turned into corpses.