Chapter 132: Yellow River Gang (2/2)
She cannot die!
She regretted visiting the small hut to fetch that keepsake that her husband left for her.
If she just didn't go out so late in the night to fetch that thing, then she wouldn't be in this situation! To be honest, Charlotte knew the dangers of the Northern Borough and she wasn't so muddleheaded as to actually go to visit the Northern Borough in the night.
However, when she heard some news regarding the road-widening project and the demolition.
She steeled her resolve and decided to visit the small hut where she lived in the past few years in order to fetch that medallion. But little did she knew that the gangsters of the Yellow River Gang had coincidentally discovered her entry to the small hut.
With their interest piqued and having discovered from the locals that she had been renting the place before the incident happened, the members of the Yellow River Gang decided to kidnap her.
Charlotte managed to quickly hide the medallion inside one of the inner pockets of her dress as she was being carried away to the warehouse near the docks.
”Wh-What is it... I will answer... Ask me...” Charlotte became despondent. She was a woman that knew a thing or two, so it wasn't a problem for her to understand what these people wanted from her. She gnashed her teeth until it bled, and the gentleman in front of her lightly chuckled.
”So obedient... That is what I like... All right, since you're being so obedient, then I will release you once you've answered my question.” The gentleman smiled.
”Really?” Charlotte's eyes gleamed with excitement.
”Of course! I'm a man of my words. My men here can vouch for me in that regard.”
The gentleman turned to look at the others and they revealed smiles on their faces, ”Yes, madame... Contrary to what everyone thinks of us, we are people that keep our words. Our boss here is a saint when it comes to keeping promises. You can rest assured...”
”However, if you dare to lie to our boss, then the consequences aren't so pretty. Have you not noticed that you virtually have no injuries on your body even though it's been a few hours since we kidnapped you? Well, that's my boss's show of benevolence. His kindness will continue so long as you obediently answer his questions without lying...”
”I hope you know what path to choose, madame...”
The gang member who spoke up was quite eloquent. The clothes on his body were also higher in quality when compared to the clothes of the other gang members. In short, this man must be a member of the gang, but his trade was being a merchant instead of being a rogue.
”Did you hear him? Well, what do you think? Are you ready to answer now?”
The gentleman smiled at Charlotte.
Charlotte firmly nodded her head.
”Nice... So decisive... All right, let's get this show on the road...”
The gentleman took a wooden stall and then sat on it in front of Charlotte, ”One of my informants said that the landlord of your place hired my men in order to rob you of money but in the end. All of my men died, but Viktor managed to escape as well as you and your daughter...”
”I wonder, do you have any idea who killed my men?”
The gentleman's eyes narrowed with mirth, but Charlotte felt as if he was staring right into the eyes of the devil.
”No... I have no idea... I have no idea who killed them!” Of course, Charlotte knew who killed those gangsters from the Yellow River Gang.
It was Calvin!
But could she really have the heart to sell out Calvin? Charlotte's financial and social standing may be piss poor but she was educated enough to know that one couldn't betray a comrade.
”Oh, you have no idea who killed them? Are you sure you're not lying to me? Back then, my informant said that you were in the room with your family when the scuffle happened. Are you going to keep lying to me?”
”My patience is thin, I hope you can understand that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity...”
”Anger me...”
”And you're dead...” The gentleman coldly spat.
”Boss, why are we even trying to talk to that bitch? Just torture the answer out of here and everything would be a lot easier!” One of the gangsters spoke up with a frown on his face.
The gentleman turned around and took a weapon made out of steel from his chest pocket.
He pointed it at the gang member who spoke up and then pulled the trigger.
Bang!
A resounding clap rang out and the presumptuous gang member stared wide-eyed at his boss who decisively ended his life. If he knew that he could die if he spoke up, then even if he was given the guts of a tiger, he wouldn't dare to speak up!
A dull thud soon followed and the gentleman casually blew onto the smoke that came out of the barrel of his weapon.
”Wow... This thing sure is powerful... A single strike can kill a man so easily. I wonder why the military isn't taking advantage of a weapon like this.” The gentleman lightly chuckled.
The other gang members who had observed everything that had just happened shivered in fear as they stared at the chunk of metal in the gentleman's hands.
Never in their wildest imaginations did they think that a chunk of metal could end the life of a person so easily like that.
They simultaneously gulped a mouthful of saliva and none of them dared to be so presumptuous anymore as to actually question the actions of the boss.
Tears welled up in Charlotte's eyes.
She was terrified, and anxious.
If that weapon was used on her, then there was no way that she could be saved.
The gang member that received an attack from the strange weapon had his head split open like a watermelon.
Charlotte gnashed her teeth.
The gentleman noticed that Charlotte was sufficiently terrified and he smiled, ”Now, are you willing to answer my question? Who was the person who killed my men? Don't even try to say that you do not know again.”
”My patience is about to run out and my hand is trembling...”
”I might use this thing to you and not even a god can save you from death...”
Charlotte clenched her fists until her nails dug deep into her palms.
She slowly nodded her head and said, ”T-The one who killed your men... I-It's the... It's the landlord!”
Bang!
”You're lying to me again...”
The gentleman had pulled the trigger and the bullet struck the ground beside Charlotte's head.
Charlotte's pupils constricted, but she insisted, ”No... I wasn't... I wasn't lying... I am telling you the truth!”
”Heh... What a joke...”
”The landlord?”
”That man is already one of us and he has already confessed that the man who killed my men is your husband...”
”Hahaha... I was just testing you all this while, I never expected you to be such a loyal woman.”
”But it's a pity...”
”Since your husband killed my men, then I would have to sacrifice your blood to placate them in their graves!”
The gentleman raised his weapon and pointed the barrel at Charlotte.