1171 Assistance 1 (1/2)

The next day

There was a large group of people surrounding the alleyway, and amidst the buzz of discussion, several police cars stopped at the entrance, pulling up the yellow police line.

A dozen or so cops were crouching down in the alley, apparently measuring something. There was also someone dialing a number on their phone.

Yuria was walking home with some of his classmates, chatting happily as they went. The setting sun shone down on them, turning the ground into a field of pale gold.

”What's up over there?” One of his classmates saw the crowd over there, and asked curiously.

”I saw a police car, did something happen?” another student guessed.

”Let's go find out.” Yuria was also constantly curious about everything, so he squeezed through the crowd with his two classmates, poking their heads inside.

From a distance, Yuria could already see the body on the ground. The corpse was facing him, and it seemed that many chunks had been taken out of his body.

But the moment he saw that face, Yuria instantly froze. It was as though he had been hit straight in the head by a bolt of lightning.

For a moment there, he could not hear or see anything. The only thing that entered his eyes was the face of that man on the ground.

”That's… Silver Chain!”

That voice abruptly echoed in his head.

”Who killed him!?” The question kept bouncing around in his brain. The first time, he had beaten Silver Chain, but could not bring himself to kill his opponent.

The second time, he let Silver Chain go again.

But the third time, if it were not for the fact that Head Minister Kong Xiaofei just happened to be passing by, they might seriously have been in danger.

Everyone had clearly seen just how powerful Silver Chain was back then, so who could be strong enough to kill him?! And what faction could have sent out a strong killing machine like Silver Chain?

Back then, why did someone order Silver Chain to obey orders and leave immediately? He had won back there, and just a second would have been enough for him to kill the two of them. At such a crucial moment, he suddenly received orders to retreat, which meant that the other party did not seriously intend to kill them.

All these questions and suspicions took over Yuria's brain. He could not even hear his classmates yelling his name beside him.

”I need to tell my sister about this ASAP!!”

He whipped out his phone, and rang his younger sister's number.

Just then, he felt that familiar sensation again, it was as though he was being watched. He turned around abruptly, and just managed to glimpse the corner of some black clothes.

”So there really is someone following me?!” His scalp went numb, and he hurriedly dialed that number.

The call went through almost instantly.

”Hello? Brother? What's up?” The instant Yurijie's voice came in through the phone, Yuria released the breath he did not know he had been holding.

”Things might be getting troublesome here on my side…” he said softly as he distanced himself from his two classmates, lest they heard something they were not supposed to.

”Is it that gang again? Vulture?” His younger sister, Yurijie, immediately caught on. ”Bro, where are you?!” Her voice grew frantic.

”I'm on the way home. The guy we met last time, Silver Chain? He's dead.” As Yuria's voice reached the other end, Yurijie's breathing grew audibly heavier.

”Then what should we do?!” The two of them were just normal students, their encounter with Silver Chain had already been strange and frightening to them. After that, they heard about the organization called Vulture, and the shadow of trauma in their hearts grew. If it were not for the fact that they still retained some of those mysterious skills from their childhood, the siblings probably would not have been able to stay as calm as they did. Regular people would have long since gone to the police.

Of course, it was not as though the two of them had never reported it to the police. The result was completely predictable, in that the uncles at the police station did not believe anything they said at all, hearing out their testimony as though listening to a story. If they continued on about it, they would probably have been treated as schizophrenics.

”What the heck do they want!?” Yuria's expression grew anxious. ”They could be watching over our every move, even now, because I feel like someone's following me again. Damn this all!”

”I'll go get Cousin Lincoln!”

”It's no use! Cousin Lincoln doesn't know anything, we'll just drag him into this mess for nothing!” Yuria said quickly. ”Mom's still overseas, so she should be safe. The ones in trouble are the two of us!”

”So what should we do?” Yurijie was starting to panic as well.

”We need help!” Yuria quickly calmed down. ”The enemy could kill off Silver Chain, which makes them way out of our league. That's why we need to find someone who can truly help us!”

”You mean--!?” Yurijie suddenly thought of someone.

”Although I don't want to do this, we have no other choice,” said Yuria helplessly.

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Nighttime--

Kong Family Villa

”And that's why you two are here now?” Garen sat in his seat, picking up a cup of green tea and blowing on it gently.

”My sincerest apologies. Head Minister!” Yuria and Yurijie hung their heads in shame. ”We… just could not think of anyone else who could help us… We never wanted to cause you any trouble!”

Garen shook his head and did not deny it.