Part 4

Ichibe made his way to the HQ of the gang. He didn't even knock and just forced his way in. he was here to make a statement and for that, he needed to show his strength.

He tapped the door off its hinges. It was fascinating to have such strength when he was a normal human before. He still had trouble controlling all that strength. So this was a good exercise for him.

Like flies, men surrounded him with their weapons and demanded to know who he was, what he wanted and that he was courting death. Must be a Chinese thing.

(in mandarin)

"I wish to speak with your boss. I have visited your gang's branch and cleansed it of all its filth. So I wish to speak with your boss to discuss business."

"And why should we believe that a runt like you could do something like that?", cannon fodder number 1 asked.

Ichibe appeared next to the person and picked him up with one hand.

"Is this enough proof for you?"

"Y…es…", the poor man was not getting enough air to answer properly. So Ichibe let him down.

"Now Mr Chen, if you would be so kind and bring me to your leader, that would be much appreciated."

The cannon fodder widened his eyes in surprise, but then he nodded and led Ichibe through the hideout. It was quite a big hideout. Multiple houses had to have been connected to allow this.

And he knew this to be right as he just had the feeling it was.

After multiple turns and twists, that were supposed to throw him off, they arrived in front of a door.

Chen opened the door and motioned for Ichibe to enter. Ichibe entered and had a look around. He was standing in a traditional Chinese room. He did not know why it was that but that was the name the room had.

Then he focused on the person that sat behind a big expensive table. It was an obese man. He was 49 years old and had a very funny name. Ichibe smiled.

The man did not take this kindly as he thought Ichibe was making fun of him. So he got angry and started shouting.

"What the heck is this? Who is this and what is he doing in my office?"

"Pardon my rudeness. I am here to discuss a business deal with you. You see I just came from one of your branch houses and cleaned up a bit. I am sure your men can affirm my claims as they must have gone to have a look by now."

The leader looked at his second for affirmation of the claim. The second nodded. The leader then looked at the intruder in a new light. It seemed he had some skill and might be valuable or really have a deal for him prepared.

"Who are you? And what deal are you talking about?"

"You may call me the Monk for now. Revolted to meet you, Mr Gou Sheng."

Gou Sheng had a shocked expression on his face. Not unlike the one, the man named Chen had.

"How do you know that name? No one knows that name. Answer me now!"

You see the reason why Gou Sheng was so surprised, was because he had long changed his name to appear more menacing. If he had kept the name Gou Sheng everybody would make fun of him. Nobody was supposed to know his real name and that was why he was so surprised.

"I am the Monk that calls the name, Mr Sheng. So if you would calm down we can get to my business offer."

"…what do you offer?"

"Submit to me. Everything you have, your entire gang. Submit everything and then we can continue this discussion."

…

"Kill him!", Gou Sheng said.

As soon as he said that a crook took out his knife and attacked Ichibe with it.

Before it could connect, however, Ichibe cocked his head to the side and tapped the man with two fingers on his forehead. The man fell to the ground lifelessly.

Ichibe had tapped the soul out of the man and collected it after getting all the information he had, killing him.

Nobody moved. That had never happened. This boy, no this was a monster. Everyone was afraid.

"Well, Mr Sheng it seems you are not fit to discuss Tacheles with me. I have no use for you then."

With a step, Ichibe was next to the fat man and did the same to him, as he just did to the crook. When the body of Gou Sheng had fallen to the ground, Ichibe turned towards the remaining men that were still in the room.

"Well then, those that are against my rule may stay where you are. Those that are willing to submit however stand to the left of the room. In two minutes, everyone that is not standing at that wall will die. Decide now."

At first, no one moved. A middle-aged woman was the first to move. She walked to the wall on the left side of the room with slow and shaky legs.

After her, a few others followed. But most of the men stood there and did not move. They were too angry with what just happened. It was safe to assume they did not realize the situation they were in.

"So, what are you going to do now, eh? Are you going to kill all of your personnel on the first day? No one that is sane would…"

His head fell off his shoulders before he could say anything more. Many more followed. All of those that did not want to submit to him died with a swing of Ichibe's hands.

"Well then. Now that this is taken care of we can get down to business."

Ichibe looked at the woman that was the first one to submit to him. He saw her name and knew she was the best one for the job.

"Píng'ān", Ichibe said.

The woman was scared and suddenly looked at him. She was shocked as well that he knew her name out of all people. When he first said the name of their late leader, she had assumed he did his homework. But why would he know her name?

"Yes?"

"You are going to be the new leader of the Rising Dragons. Is there anyone that is not satisfied with this?"

He looked around the room of survivors and saw them shake their heads truthfully. It seems he had chosen correctly.

Píng'ān was a peace-loving woman, just like her name suggested and so a lot of people, mainly the ones that stood by her side in her decision, protected her when it was possible.

There was no one better to lead the gang than her.

"M …me? Why me? Ah, I mean why me sir?"

"You are the perfect one for the job."

"B…but I don't know anything about leading a gang."

"So? What you don't know, you can learn. Your lack of skills is something that we will have to change, however. I am sure Yuàn bó can teach you both things."

He saw the man in question nod in affirmative.

"Good now that everything concerning new management is taken care of, let us get to the new way this gang will function."