Chapter 400 - 400: Trouble As Soon As He Landed
This Longgang City was as different and similar to every other city he had been to until now. While the architecture, population, and culture were different in this place, the feeling this place gave was familiar.
No matter how different we are as humans at the end of the day we are all similar in a sense. We all strive towards similar goals.
So while this place was foreign and different to him, it wasn\'t as much as he had thought it would be. People lived and breathed in oxygen just like every other place.
Walking down the road with Ren Jia by his side acting as best of a guide that she could be, Eric felt more like a tourist in this place, than some guy with an agenda.
After all, Eric had come here for a reason, and with a plan. He wasn\'t intending to have a small touristic exploration in this country.
No, he had come here to find his victims, people he could kill and that would provide him with a generous amount of SP points.
While he wouldn\'t go killing whoever crossed his path, he would certainly be no goodwill tourist either.
Ren Jia seemed to understand that as well because while they were walking down the streets, she was also telling him about the pyramid of this country.
What surprised Eric the most though was clearly the presence of the Ancient families, and some hidden sects, that seemed to be the true backbone of this country.
Still, Eric wasn\'t afraid of them, as during his stay in this place he was sure to bump into quite a few of them, and even create enmity by killing.
But that was for later, right now he was more concentrated on what Ren Jia knew about this place, but she didn\'t seem to know much either.
Since they were both a bit clueless, they just started walking all over the city looking for places that might actually interest them.
There were quite a few places, bars, pubs, gyms, bowling centers that were clearly the property of the underworld.
As the two of them were walking precisely on the path under such a building, suddenly Eric felt danger and stopped immediately on his step.
\'Boooommmm…, Banngg…, Bangg…\'
His sudden stop made it possible for him to dodge the upcoming risk, as a bowling ball suddenly fell in front of him, missing his head by a whisker.
After crashing on the ground, the ball started jumping on the ground, and finally stopping not far away from the duo.
Right at that moment, a face tattooed guy with spiky hair got his head out of a window, and said,
"Bring that ball here!"
Ren Jia was immediately vexed at what happened, and the tone of that spiky idiot, while Eric had a weird grin on his face.
He didn\'t seem like one who had just been humiliated, but like someone who was about to enjoy quite a good show, as he thought to himself,
\'Me not making trouble for you is already considered a great boon for you. Yet. It seems like you are already tired of living, and I can only fulfill your wish!"
Thinking like that, Eric slowly bend overtook the bowling ball and then started walking towards the entrance of the Bowling Center.
Ren Jia was about to ask for permission to go inside there and teach these guys a lesson, but looking at the expression on Eric\'s face, and the calmness around him, she completely gave up on the idea.
It wasn\'t like Eric was a forgiving soul, in fact with what she knew about him, he was in fact quite vengeful towards his opponents.
The same thing was happening even at this moment, that grin on his face just made him look more suspicious, while Ren Jia could feel the brewing of a terrible storm.
Passing through the entrance with the ball in his hands, Eric quickly changed his shoes and made his way towards his destination.
Inside the bowling center, there were only three groups of people, the first one was a group of 13 people, with that spiky idiot being one of them.
The second group was only made of 5 people, with most of them being workers of a company, while the third group was a couple.
The moment that they saw Eric pass the inner door, the faces of everyone in there started showing amusement, and gloating as if they were about to witness an extremely good show.
On the other hand, the spike guy seemed to have become bolder, and more courageous seeing the numbers in his side, as he said in an arrogant tone,
"Quickly give us the Bowling Ball and leave the beauty inside for us to amuse us a bit, and then leave to never been seen again!"
"Are you sure that this Bowling Ball is what you are asking for?"
"What the fu*ck are you deaf or something? I already told you, as long as you give me back the ball, and that beauty I will let you go. Otherwise, hehhehehe~!
Even though he didn\'t continue with his words, it wouldn\'t take a genius to understand that he was imagining rude and cruel things.
Eric didn\'t seem to get offended by his words, and insinuations though, as he just looked at the guy with a calm and natural expression and then threw the Bowling Ball towards him at high speed.
It didn\'t feel like he was throwing a bowling ball, but like he was throwing a bullet towards the spiky-haired guy.
The spikey didn\'t seem to have expected something like this to happen, as he was just waiting for the ball to reach him normally, or even better subserviently.
So, he was caught unprepared from Eric\'s action, as the bowling ball landed squarely on his chest, and then sent him flying away like a broken kite.
It was quite the situation, and view, as everyone around was just looking at Eric like he was some kind of idiot.
Where did this guy come from!?
Where did he find the guts, and courage to actually treat like this, a member of the Snake Gang, that were known for their ruthlessness, and viciousness?
\'Banggggg…, Boooommmm…\'
Still, Eric didn\'t seem to care much about the target of his attack, despite the loud noise he made while crashing against the wall and then getting crushed down under the falling wall.
The full scene didn\'t seem realistic, as in fact, it looked just like it had come out of some novel or fantasy. There was no way that such a strong guy existed, right?
What these guys didn\'t know was that not only was he that strong, and there were other people like him, but this was also just the beginning of his path.
Silence!
Pindrop silence!
No one was able to react to the show that Eric suddenly put in front of them, as everyone started looking weirdly towards the gang\'s leader in this place.
That guy seemed to be covered in tattoos just like the spike-haired kid, they even had some physical resemblance to each other, making Eric think that they had some sort of relationship together.
It took the guy a while to understand, and accept what had just happened, as he screamed to his people,
"Kill that bastard!"
That was enough for the whole place to light up, as those thugs around him started taking out their metallic bats, their metallic rods, and other weapons, before jumping towards Eric.
They all looked like hyenas that were actually heading to eat some kind of weak animal. In front of all this, Roy never lost his composure and just looked at their attack with a grin.
Everyone thought that he had lost his head! Otherwise, how could someone describe this? How could he act like this in front of those monsters?
Without caring much about what other people thought, Eric quickly dodged the first attack by a whisker and then used his right hand to teach the first guy a lesson.
\'Aaarrgghhh…, Orrrgghhh…, Uggghhhh…\'
In a short moment, screams of pain and horror started ringing all over the place, with each of them different from the previous.
This clearly showed that the one suffering wasn\'t actually Eric but his aggressors. The thought of Eric being a retard, had suddenly undergone a massive change, as he now looked like a pig trying to eat the tiger.
In a few short minutes, Eric had already taken care of any possible target at the moment, as he looked towards the ringleader, and said,
"Do you have more trash to throw at me? Or are you going to come up yourself this time? I can\'t wait for your answer."
That guy had never thought that Eric would be so strong, and so damn capable. He had taken all this as a joke, but he couldn\'t do so anymore.
Eric was a great danger upon himself, and the gang that he was part of, so he decided to kill him as soon as possible, otherwise, he would become a true thorn on their side.
With that thought in his mind, he immediately made a sign to the other guys in the surroundings, and then jumped forward himself as well.
He wanted to use himself as a distraction to Eric, and let the others deal injuries, and sneak attacks towards him in the meantime.
The plan wasn\'t bad, but it was unfortunately useless! He had underestimated Eric\'s strength by quite a bit. Furthermore, Eric wasn\'t an idiot to not understand the thoughts of his opponent…