Chapter 63 - Hungry Wolf Group

Soon after, a chaotic sound of footsteps arose, as a group of tattooed, bare-chested youths appeared in the alley, wielding machetes and yelling as they hacked at each other.Strangely, their machetes never seemed to hit one another, but mostly landed on the body of Tu Fu, who lay on the ground.

Tu Fu’s face bore a tragic smile, blood incessantly flowing from the wounds on his body, until he soon stopped breathing.

The sharp knife, once used for slaughtering pigs, had somehow ended up in a nearby trash can, submerged by a pile of rubbish.

The death of Tu Fu caused a considerable stir in the underworld of Zhongzhou.

About how Tu Fu had died, there were various opinions, but the message from within the Hungry Wolf Group, where Tu Fu had belonged before his death, was—that Tu Fu was killed in a street fight by a bunch of thugs.

Of course, no one believed this answer.

In the underworld of Zhongzhou, Tu Fu’s abilities were said to be invincible; even if he were surrounded by a hundred thugs, he could have easily broken free.

It was impossible for him to be killed in such a way.

Tu Fu was the number one warrior of the Hungry Wolf Group, and his death was a significant blow to them.

For the rivals of the Hungry Wolf Group, however, they saw a golden opportunity to expand their territory and seize profits.

And so, the long-quiet underworld of Zhongzhou became turbulent and unsettled once again due to the death of Tu Fu.

With the underworld in chaos, the public order in Zhongzhou City was directly affected, the crime rate visibly increased, citizens were filled with anxiety, and the police force began to have headaches.

That afternoon, Fang Bai, who was attending a class at the medical college, received a call from Tang Wenrou, saying he was implicated in a homicide case and needed to come to the police station to assist with the investigation.

In Tang Wenrou’s words, the police department already had conclusive evidence that proved Fang Bai was associated with the homicide case.

Originally, the police had planned to send someone to the medical college to bring Fang Bai to the station, but considering Fang Bai’s prior good cooperation with the police, and the many peculiarities in the homicide case, they decided to inform Fang Bai through Tang Wenrou, asking him to come to the station himself.

After school in the afternoon, Fang Bai rode his bicycle to the Zhongzhou City Police Station.

Waiting for Fang Bai was Tang Wenrou, in her office.

“Sit.”

Tang Wenrou gestured to the seat across her desk, indicating for Fang Bai to sit, then stood up to pour him a glass of water and placed it before him.

If Tang Wenrou’s colleagues saw this scene, they would surely be green with envy—Section Chief Tang personally pouring water was a treatment not even the chief of the bureau enjoyed, so what deeds had Fang Bai done to deserve such favor from Beauty Tang?

“Take a look at this first.”

Tang Wenrou pushed a laptop that was on her desk towards Fang Bai.

The laptop was looping a video recorded on a smartphone.

The scene in the video was an alley, one that Fang Bai was very familiar with since he had passed it earlier at noon.

In the first half of the video, there were only two people.

One was Fang Bai, and the other was Tu Fu.

The entire process of their confrontation was captured, from Tu Fu stepping forward with a pig-slaughtering knife, to Fang Bai leaving with large strides—a brief few minutes.

To ordinary eyes, the fight between the two was too brief and lacked spectacle, not exciting at all.

But to Martial Artists, their movements were astonishingly fast, especially Fang Bai’s counterattack, which was swift, fierce, simple, and effective, achieving a kill with a single strike.

The latter half of the video showed a gang of thugs fighting chaotically around the injured and fallen Tu Fu.

After the thugs retreated, Tu Fu lay there with dozens of knife wounds, bleeding profusely, his eyes open in death.

Fang Bai carefully watched the video on the laptop, while Tang Wenrou was just as intently watching his face, her gaze hazy, her mind seemingly pondering something.

“The conflict between you and Tu Fu was captured by many netizens in nearby internet cafes with their phones.

The video you are watching is the most complete one.

Fang Bai, do you have anything to say?”

It was only after Fang Bai finished watching the video that Tang Wenrou withdrew her gaze and asked indifferently.

“I didn’t kill Tu Fu.”

Fang Bai picked up the cup in front of him and took a sip of water, a trace of fragrance lingered on his lips.

The water was brought by Tang Wenrou, and the scent came from her palm.

Fang Bai’s eyes fell on Tang Wenrou’s palm.

Her hands were fair and delicate, her fingers slender, as if carved from white jade.

It was hard to imagine that a police officer who often dealt with criminals and walked the edge of life and death would have such enchanting hands.

“You didn’t kill Tu Fu, but Tu Fu died because of you.

If it wasn’t for you wounding him first, how could he have been slashed to death by that gang of thugs?”

Tang Wenrou noticed Fang Bai’s gaze and a surge of anger rose in her heart.

Her beautiful eyes flashed sharply, commanding an aura of unspoken authority.

Fang Bai immediately averted his eyes, sitting upright and said solemnly, “Officer Tang, don’t wrong me!

You saw it too, Tu Fu wanted to hurt me with a butcher knife.

Wounding him was a last resort and constituted self-defense.”

Tang Wenrou nodded, “Based on the video, it was indeed Tu Fu who struck first.

Therefore, we consider your actions to be self-defense and will not hold you responsible.”

Fang Bai gratefully replied, “Thank you.”

Tang Wenrou frowned and asked, “But I am curious, why did you have a conflict with Tu Fu?

Did you know him before?”

Fang Bai shook his head and said, “I also find it strange.

I had no grudge against Tu Fu, so why did he act this way towards me?”

Tang Wenrou said, “You should know Tu Fu’s identity by now, right?”

Fang Bai nodded and said, “After I took down Tu Fu, I asked him some questions and learned that he belonged to the ‘Hungry Wolf Group,’ and it was their gang leader who ordered him to target me.

But…

I don’t have any dealings with the ‘Hungry Wolf Group’!”

Tang Wenrou explained, “The ‘Hungry Wolf Group’ is a power in the Zhongzhou underground world; they have done many atrocious deeds that infuriate both heaven and men.

I have always wanted to take them down, but unfortunately, we lack concrete evidence.”

After a pause, she continued, “Many underground forces do the ‘take a man’s money and eliminate calamities for him’ kind of work.

Tu Fu targeting you doesn’t necessarily have to be a matter of personal grudge.

You need to be more cautious in the future.

Since the ‘Hungry Wolf Group’ wants to target you, they might not stop until they achieve their goal.

Especially after Tu Fu’s death, if they blame you, they are certain to seek relentless vengeance.”

Fang Bai chuckled, his expression one of unconcern.

Tang Wenrou said with a stern face, “I know you are very strong, but an underground force like the ‘Hungry Wolf Group’ can become madly determined, stopping at nothing, which can catch you completely off guard.”

“If it’s impossible to guard against, then simply don’t guard at all!”

Fang Bai said with a smile, “For me, the best defense is offense.

If I can nip the danger in the bud, I wouldn’t mind doing so.”

Tang Wenrou’s expression grew more serious as she spoke softly, “As far as I know, the ‘Hungry Wolf Group’ has at least hundreds of members, and there are not a few experts like Tu Fu among them.

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Fang Bai nodded and said, “Don’t worry.

I value my life more than anything and wouldn’t joke about it lightly.”