The Red Dragon Club was unusually quiet tonight. The deafening music was turned off, and the dance floor was cleared.
Hundreds of burly men in leather jackets stood in the hall, holding steel pipes and machetes. The air was thick with the smell of cheap smoke and murderous intent.
On the second-floor balcony, Bella sat on a throne-like chair, sipping wine. Lin Feng stood beside her, looking excitedly at the entrance.
"He's here," Bella said softly, her eyes narrowing like a snake's.
The heavy oak doors were pushed open slowly.
Only one person walked in.
Victor Cheyne.
He wore an impeccable charcoal grey suit, holding a black cane tipped with silver. He walked leisurely, as if he were entering a high-end opera house, not a den of wolves.
He was alone. No bodyguards. No backup.
"Hahaha! Victor, you idiot!" Lin Feng burst into laughter, his previous fear replaced by arrogant vindication. "You dared to come alone? Do you think your money can save you here?"
Bella also sneered. "Mr. Cheyne, you have guts. But guts don't stop bullets."
Victor stopped in the middle of the dance floor, surrounded by hundreds of gangsters. He looked up at the balcony, ignoring Lin Feng completely, his gaze locking onto Bella.
"Bella Rossi," Victor's voice was calm but echoed clearly in the silent hall. "I am here to acquire your 'business'."
"Acquire?" Bella laughed sharply. "With what?"
Victor tapped his cane on the floor twice.
"With two choices. One: Submit to me, and I will make you the Queen of the entire province's underground."
His eyes turned cold.
"Two: Refuse, and tonight, the Red Dragon Club ceases to exist."
Silence.
Then, roaring laughter erupted from the gang members.
"This rich kid is crazy!" "Boss, let me cut off his tongue!"
Bella's face darkened. She felt insulted. "Ghost Squad! Kill him!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ten elite assassins, the strongest fighters in the underground, rushed out from the shadows. They moved like lightning, aiming daggers at Victor's vital points.
Lin Feng grinned cruelly. 'Die, Victor!'
But the next second, his smile froze.
Victor moved.
He didn't retreat. He stepped forward.
[System Activation: Master Fighting Skills (Max Output)]
The silver-tipped cane in Victor's hand turned into a blur of deadly shadows.
Crack! Crack! Bam!
It happened too fast. No one saw clearly what happened.
They only heard the sickening sounds of bones breaking.
Ten seconds later.
The ten elite assassins of the "Ghost Squad" were lying on the floor, groaning in agony. Their arms or legs were twisted at unnatural angles.
Victor stood in the center, breathing evenly. His suit wasn't even wrinkled.
He flicked the blood off his cane elegantly.
The entire hall was deathly silent. The hundreds of gangsters holding machetes took a step back in fear. They looked at Victor as if he were a monster in human skin.
"Too weak," Victor adjusted his cuffs. "Is this the best the underground has to offer?"
On the balcony, Bella dropped her wine glass. It shattered on the floor.
Her face was pale. She knew how strong the Ghost Squad was. Even ten Lin Fengs couldn't beat them so easily.
But Victor... he did it without breaking a sweat.
"Who... who are you?" Bella's voice trembled.
"I am your new master."
Victor walked toward the stairs leading to the balcony. The hundreds of gangsters parted automatically, none daring to block his path.
He walked up the stairs, step by step, the sound of his leather shoes echoing like a death countdown in Bella's heart.
He reached the balcony.
Lin Feng, seeing Victor approach, screamed in terror. "No! Don't come over!" He tried to hide behind Bella.
Victor didn't even look at the clown. He walked straight to Bella.
Bella tried to stand up, to maintain her dignity as a Queen, but her legs gave way. She collapsed back onto her chair.
Victor stood before her, looking down.
He slowly lifted his cane and placed the cold silver tip under Bella's beautiful chin, forcing her to look up at him.
"Now, tell me your answer, little snake."
Victor smiled, a smile that was both charming and terrifying.
"Submit? Or die?"
Bella looked into his deep, abyss-like eyes. She saw absolute power. A power that neither money nor violence could defy.
Her pride crumbled.
Trembling, she lowered her head, kissing the silver tip of Victor's cane.
"I... I submit," she whispered huskily. "Master."
[Ding!] [Mission Accomplished: Conquered the Underground Queen.] [Reward: 10,000 Destiny Points.] [Aquired Title: 'King of the Underworld'.] [The Protagonist (Lin Feng) has lost all external support.]
At the side, Lin Feng watched this scene, his mind completely blank. His last hope, his powerful ally, was now kneeling at Victor's feet like a obedient pet.
He collapsed onto the floor, his eyes dull and lifeless.
The game was over.