Chapter 865: Chapter 770: Return to Starshine_5
Mad Mouse sneered, seemingly unconcerned.
But then he waved at the burly Han across from him and bellowed with a robust voice,
“What are you dawdling for? Why aren’t you letting them down? Don’t you see that Officer Tao has stepped in?”
“Right away.”
The Han who had been cracking the whip was decisive, he flicked his whip, and the rope holding them snapped at his command.
Several men crashed heavily to the ground.
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But now they didn’t even have the strength to wail, just feebly twitched a couple of times as if to show they were still alive.
Two of them even passed out on the spot.
“Officer Tao, I’ve freed them out of respect for you, but they were acting as spies for outside gangs, which puts me in a tough spot. Without a warning, the troops are hard to manage.”
Mad Mouse sighed, then once again tried to stuff the card into Tao Tong’s hand.
“The Security Team has always stayed out of gang affairs, it’s only your kind heart, but this kind of benevolence is overwhelming; work a little longer and you’ll understand…”
Inner Strength surged within Tao Tong as he tried to pull away from Mad Mouse’s grip, but he felt the hand holding his wrist was like a vice.
Mad Mouse forcibly pried open Tao Tong’s fingers, pushed the card into his hand, then slowly helped him close it, gave it a pat, and said in a lowered voice,
“I know Officer Tao has powerful connections, but I’m also doing a favor for someone important. What I’m doing now is at his behest. You have interfered several times before, and I’m willing to give you face, but I hope we can all get along in the future…”
“Hmph,”
Tao Tong accumulated Inner Strength and then applied the physical enhancement from Demonization, managing to shake himself free from Mad Mouse’s hold and then coldly said,
“I don’t care about other areas, but I won’t allow such incidents in my jurisdiction. Attacking people in the streets, such offensive conduct, the culprit must come with me.”
After speaking, Tao Tong then looked towards the man who had been using the whip.
To directly grab Mad Mouse, he knew, was impossible, but to capture a mere thug, that was still doable!
“What, does Officer Tao really want to make things difficult for me?”
Mad Mouse’s face darkened, staring hard at Tao Tong.
“Obstructing official duties means I’ll take you in as well.”
“Good!”
“That’s the way to do it!”
“Officer Tao is mighty!”
A few of the youths in the crowd, who were potential members of the Chaoyang Society and couldn’t help themselves, began cheering.
But some Outsiders next to them, as if avoiding vipers, quickly stepped back several paces, as though afraid of being mistaken as the ones who spoke.
Some thugs from the Wild Wolf Gang nearby also began directing their gazes over, seemingly trying to remember who was cheering.
Their stares made the passionate youths suddenly feel a chill.
“Hehe, Officer Tao can’t always manage this district; who knows when you might be promoted.”
The burly man, whom Tao Tong said he would take away, also looked back defiantly at the crowd, and then turned to Tao Tong and said,
“Officer Tao, we call you Officer out of respect for your brother, but since we can survive in this game and keep the Chaoyang Society at bay, naturally we have our own background and energy. Is it worth it for a bunch of peasants?”
As he spoke, he raised his voice even more.
“My sister caught the eye of a big shot from the Gan Family and was taken as a concubine. Even you can’t touch me! Don’t cause trouble for Lord Eight-Armed Vajra!”
“What trouble?”
A voice came from afar, not loud but extraordinarily clear.
Looking in the direction of the voice, they saw Tao Yu walking towards them from afar.
Seeing his third brother fully recovered and maintaining order with plenty of vigor, a smile appeared on Tao Yu’s face.
“Bro, I’m back…”
His family’s values were overall quite simple, starting from his parents up to Tao Shi. They might not be considered great philanthropists, but they all had their own sense of right and wrong.
Seeing this scene before him, Tao Yu actually felt more relief than anything, knowing that his third brother had not begun to assimilate into those groups despite his change in status and strength.
As for ‘causing trouble’?
“Old Seven! You’re back and didn’t even tell us in advance!”
Tao Tong, who was also feeling some pressure, showed a look of surprise when he saw Tao Yu suddenly appear.
Having not seen him for so long, and despite occasional assurances of safety, he was still worried. Now seeing Tao Yu return as if nothing had happened naturally made him happy.
Compared to the current situation with the Black Rat Gang, that was not important anymore!
And everyone present, including Crazy Rat and the sturdy man who claimed his sister had married into a wealthy family, as well as all the elite members of the Black Rat Gang and the ordinary people nearby, fell silent.
Crazy Rat and the burly man both trembled.
They knew very well that this person was a genuine World Breaker!
What is a World Breaker?
Someone powerful enough to take a few family members into the Floating City!
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In the Inner City, they are revered figures, almost like founding ancestors!
The Longxi Clan was mighty, and after the death of the old ancestor, they had to pay a huge price to raise a new one.
Having a World Breaker means being at the pinnacle of the Inner City!
That was also why he kept speaking to Tao Tong with such a soft and gentle tone!
But wasn’t this person supposed to be at the State Capital? A noble had said he definitely wouldn’t be back anytime soon!
The politeness was purely out of the residual awe and face of a World Breaker.
But why is he here now?
“I hope I’m not interrupting your work? Who was it that said I would cause trouble just now? I’m actually a bit curious about this ‘trouble’.”
Tao Yu spoke in a very gentle tone, calm and unhurried.
It seemed like he was just walking, but in just a few steps, he was already at Tao Tong’s side.
There was no sound of air splitting or wind from his movement, yet his speed was astonishing.
While talking, Tao Yu also sized up his third brother, who had fully recovered and even seemed to have increased in strength significantly, without taking much notice of those who lay dying nearby.
The burly man who had previously boasted about his sister becoming a concubine to an important figure of the Gan Family was now on the ground, legs so weak he couldn’t stand, unable to utter a word.
“These gangs are really like cockroaches, just when you squish the Wild Wolf Gang, a new one pops up, they truly never end.”
Tao Yu glanced at those who had fallen to the ground, barely clinging to life.
These did not look like members of the Chaoyang Society and were probably just speaking carelessly.
With a casual wave of his hand, Tao Yu conjured a hazy mist in the air, and the wounds of the injured began to stabilize immediately.
“Since I’ve stumbled upon it, I might as well look into this so-called ‘trouble’. The Gan Family, is it? Let’s go meet them…”
When he had the extra capacity, Tao Yu didn’t mind lending a hand to others, and relatively speaking, he found the Chaoyang Society more agreeable.
Whether their ideals were realistic or not, at least they were acting on them, and for that, Tao Yu actually felt he fell short of them.
But then again, he too once had moments of youthful, unrestrained passion. It’s just that those days seem irretrievable now…
Tao Yu momentarily reminisced about the hard-to-let-go memories from his student days in his previous life, then shook his head as he looked at his present self, who most of the time weighed benefits and losses…