"Don't..."
Before the severely injured Loken could finish his sentence, the few underlings who rushed forward were turned into several corpses on the ground by the Durandal, a one-handed sword that had suddenly appeared in Roland's hand.
Only then did Loken fully realize how powerful the man before him was. Grade 1... possibly even Color-level. The man before him was an insurmountable mountain for his underlings. No matter how many of them there were, they were just a useless number in this man's hands.
"Retreat! Everyone, run!"
Loken unwound the chains from his body and flung them haphazardly towards Roland. His body, enhanced by the tattoos, gave the chains astonishing acceleration, and they flew towards Roland with immense force.
Hearing their Underboss's command, the others didn't hesitate and immediately ran in the opposite direction. The Underboss would never make a wrong judgment. If he gave this order, it meant that the target of their revenge, Roland, was someone they couldn't handle.
However, even with the fleeing underlings giving it their all, it was not enough against a top-tier Fixer like Roland.
In front of Roland, who specialized in intelligence work, their escape routes were far too obvious. Leaving Loken, whose head had been severed by a dagger from the Ranga Workshop, Roland stepped forward to pursue the underlings.
Since these Thumb members had chosen to seek revenge on him at this time, Roland granted their wish. He would forget about that bastard Ye Lan for now and take out his anger on these thugs.
He had completely forgotten the cognition-impairing mask at home. Without it, Roland, carrying his Durandal, followed unhurriedly behind one of the underlings.
As for the other Thumb members who had come for revenge, he had caught up with them one by one in just over ten minutes, cutting off their heads, the same way their Underboss had died.
As for the one before him, he was in no hurry. Following him, it wouldn't be long before he found more of the Thumb. Just like an exterminator following an ant tagged with colored thread to its nest, Roland was following this panicked Thumb member back to their branch.
Time trickled by as he followed. Shortly after 22:00, the Thumb underling he had intentionally let go did indeed lead him to a street controlled by the Thumb in the southern part of the City.
"Quick, find the Capo! Underboss Loken... Underboss Loken is dead!"
Rushing into a club, the lightly injured underling stumbled through the crowd on the dance floor and grabbed another Underboss who was managing the place.
"What's going on?"
Unlike in movies, this Underboss didn't waste half a second. He immediately called his direct Capo. While asking the underling from Loken's group what had happened, he connected with the Capo on the phone.
"We were following Boss Loken to get revenge on a guy named Roland today, but, but that guy was unexpectedly strong. The boss sacrificed himself to let us escape. But... I don't know how many of us survived besides me."
At that moment, the faces of both the Capo on the phone and the Underboss here turned ugly. Loken was the one among their batch of Underbosses most likely to be promoted to Capo.
For even him to be easily defeated by their target, and to have to sacrifice himself to buy time for his underlings to escape, meant that this enemy was at least at the level of a Grade 2 Fixer.
"You're the only one left."
The two talking men instantly turned their heads. Roland, wearing black gloves, had appeared beside them like a ghost. And in his hand, he was even holding the head of the underling who had been guarding the door.
Yet, not a single customer in the entire club was frightened by him or the head in his hand. Not even a slight commotion occurred. This man had just appeared beside them so nonchalantly, without them even noticing before he spoke.
"Grade 1..."
That was the last complete sentence the Capo heard on the phone. For a long time after that, there was only silence. Until Roland picked up the phone and said to him:
"You're next."
Until that moment, the customers in the club were still immersed in their own revelry. No one had noticed that the Thumb members who should have been on guard had been gone for a long time.
The Capo, whose call had been unilaterally hung up by Roland, angrily crushed the phone in his hand. The enhancement tattoos covering his body instantly glowed with a violet light, then dimmed as he relaxed.
"Notify all brothers and sisters to converge on the branch headquarters. This is a war. A war against a Grade 1 Fixer."
The Capo thought for a moment, then said to another underling beside him, "Right, help me find the personal grudge record for this Roland, and add the new content."
The two underlings who received the order exchanged a look, then went to carry out the Capo's tasks.
At midnight, the two dispatched underlings returned to the branch. One had recalled all the Underbosses and other family members scattered throughout the various Backstreets in the south to the branch. The other had collected and compiled the grudge record on Roland from the deceased Thumb members.
"Mmm, Roland, and a wife named Angelica?" The Capo carefully read every line of the "personal grudge" involving Roland, counting the unforgivable sins he had committed against the Thumb.
A copy of this grudge record had already been sent to the Big Bosses at the main headquarters. If their southern branch defeated this man today as they usually did, then this grudge would be settled.
However, if even he, the Capo, fell to Roland, the Big Bosses would also end this "personal grudge" for them.
"As I said, I've come to kill you."
Less than an hour later, Roland swaggered in front of them. The Capo's face turned ugly as he looked at the man before him. Although he wasn't wearing a mask, the Capo recognized the gloves that emanated a black mist-like aura.
When he was still an Underboss, he had seen such gloves from a distance. They were the signature equipment of a Color Fixer, the gloves belonging to the Black Silence.
"Ha, to think it's a Color Fixer. It seems this 'personal grudge' can only be settled by the Big Bosses." The Capo extinguished his cigar and placed it neatly on the small table beside him.
Then, he asked Roland, "Black Silence, your wife is on this grudge list. Where is she?"
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