Xiong Zhi took out his .22 semi-automatic pistol. While the gun was small, it was destructive and had a lot of power. This pistol had saved Xiong Zhi from numerous dangerous situations.

From all the experience from his previous dangerous missions, Xiong Zhi had a bad feeling about this. Like a beast, he could smell it in the air.

Ning Xi hid in a corner and she could sense something was wrong too…

Watched carefully by the girl, Xiong Zhi took a deep breath and went into the deserted pitch-black a.r.s.enal...

…

"Weird, why would the boss ask us to gather here?"

A while after Xiong Zhi had entered, a small car zoomed by and came to a halt. The pa.s.senger doro opened after the car was parked, and out came one of Lu Tingxiao's most trusted henchmen, s.h.i.+ Xiao.

Soon, two other thugs got down and followed s.h.i.+ Xiao behind.

"Leader, why do you think boss gathered us here? This place looks like an abandoned a.r.s.enal!"

"Mmm...I remember this a.r.s.enal. It should be an Italian mafia gang's site. Does boss have any relations.h.i.+p to the Italian mafia gangs?"

They looked doubtfully at each other.

"Italian mafia gangs?"

s.h.i.+ Xiao looked a little confused. These two men of his were pretty influential in Philadelphia. Otherwise, s.h.i.+ Xiao wouldn't have kept them as his henchmen. Of all people, they would be knowledgeable about the distribution of power in the area.

"Mmm, Italian mafia...but the a.r.s.enal has already been abandoned and it shouldn't be of any use now." One of the men nodded at this statement.

"Boss gathered us at an Italian mafia gang's abandoned a.r.s.enal…" s.h.i.+ Xiao mumbled, his expression tight. Worried, he then told them, "Be careful, act accordingly!"

His instincts were telling him to be on high guard.

s.h.i.+ Xiao then went into the a.r.s.enal with his two men.

At the corner, Ning Xi sneaked up behind them and went in as well…

The a.r.s.enal was dark, full of the stench of stale ale. No light from the outside could not get inside, so both Ning Xi and s.h.i.+ Xiao's group of men could not see clearly.

"Be careful!" s.h.i.+ Xiao said in a low gravelly voice to his men.

They heard the click-clack of a gun reloading, and the two men became uneasy. Could it be that it was not the boss who had gathered s.h.i.+ Xiao here?

"Take out your phone for light! See what's happening!" instructed s.h.i.+ Xiao.

"Yes, boss!" one of the men said, taking out his phone and turning on the torchlight mode.

As the light pierced through the dark spots of the a.r.s.enal, s.h.i.+ Xiao's eyes flew wide open. Xiong Zhi was lying on the floor, bruised and b.l.o.o.d.y.

"Xiong Zhi!"

Instinctively, s.h.i.+ Xiao went forward to help Xiong Zhi get up.

"Da...d.a.m.n it...there's a...a spy!" yelled Xiong Zhi, recognizing s.h.i.+ Xiao.

"Spy?!" s.h.i.+ Xiao got even more nervous, his grip on his gun increasingly firm in his sweaty palms.