NOVEL NEXT Chapter 426 Crisis
The intersection of Tianhua Road and Sunshine Road is a residential area known as Nan Hua Community, and nearby is a vast old city district awaiting development. The housing here is part of a decades-old plan, with a plethora of self-built houses standing tall.
The planning for the houses dates back several decades, and with many people building illegally, the result is narrow alleys so tight that in many places only two people can walk shoulder to shoulder.
Compared to the bustling streets outside, this area seems like a forgotten zone, with too few streetlights even in the narrow alleys.
But tonight, this often-overlooked old city district is destined to experience an extraordinary evening. Countless lights continuously illuminate the roads, and motorbikes whiz through the alleys non-stop. The jeering of the ruffians and the roar of engines awaken the entire district.
In just five minutes, more than a hundred motorbikes have completely sealed off the streets and alleys of the old district, with the din of yelling ruffians exceeding four or five hundred. At the ends of Tianhua Road and Sunshine Road, an uncountable number of troublemakers are still streaming towards this area.
The old district isn't small, but when suddenly flooded with hundreds of motorbikes, even the main streets and alleys are packed tight. Yet, at this time, rather than chaos, the district is eerily silent.
Even the most hot-blooded residents, when confronted with such a spectacle, can only lock their doors tightly. Nobody wants to stir up trouble for themselves, so every household keeps their doors shut tight, with absolutely no one venturing out unnecessarily.
At this moment, the whole district is covered with gang members, but they still haven't found the person they're seeking. What remains is to search door-to-door, breaking in if necessary.
However, the gang members at my feet clearly have organization and discipline; without orders, they don't dare to start breaking into homes just yet. If they did so, the impact would be too great.
A group of ruffians awaits commands from their leaders, while at this time, atop the abandoned lighthouse, Chu Mo watches the scene below intently, yet he has become completely calm.
He had just made contact with Fan Gao, and the entire detective agency had been mobilized. Three hundred and eighty professional bodyguards were all on their way here; in five minutes at most, the first batch of a hundred bodyguards would be at his feet.
The gang members below hadn't noticed his presence, and as long as he didn't reveal himself, they wouldn't be able to find him in the short term. In five minutes, the head of the detective agency, Jiang Tao, would arrive with more than a hundred professional bodyguards. By then, even if there were several hundred opponents, they wouldn't be able to lay a finger on him.
Chu Mo did not let Fang Lihu rush in immediately. Fang Lihu had only twenty professional bodyguards and about forty female bodyguards with him. If they charged in, they'd end up in a brawl with the hundreds of gang members below, and they would likely be at a disadvantage.
Chu Mo was now fairly safe and didn't want to compromise his hiding place by having Fang Lihu burst in.
At this moment, Chu Mo had completely calmed down. When he started to seriously untangle the sequence of events, he realized there were too many peculiarities. Leaving the Emperor Xuan Villas, he aimed to test the strength of the forty-nine female bodyguards, which was entirely spontaneous, without any surprises.
To test these bodyguards, Chu Mo unusually wandered the streets alone, something that would never happen under normal circumstances.
All of these actions were spontaneous, and even Chu Mo himself had no plan in mind; it shouldn't have been possible for someone to take advantage. However, after encountering the girl with a ponytail, and being in danger now, Chu Mo couldn't help but wonder if all that had happened was a coincidence or if someone had been plotting behind the scenes.
Chu Mo occasionally glanced at the ponytail girl beside him. She was the source of everything—if she hadn't decided to hop onto his motorcycle, he wouldn't have had the chance to play hero. But then she unexpectedly jumped off his bike, and if Sun Qing, the female bodyguard, had not been too thorough in her duties, Chu Mo might not have gotten involved again.
It was his own decision that placed him in his current predicament, but the rapid gathering of the gang members below made Chu Mo realize that if what happened before were coincidences, those coincidences were now being exploited, with someone's hands stirring the pot from behind.
The purpose was clear, to quietly dispose of him with the help of the motorcycle gang.
And there were reasons for someone to do so... not a few, but many had reasons.
The Lin family, leading among the four major families of the city, had the greatest motive; next were the eight major families that intended to suppress him, and even other smaller families he had offended also had such intentions behind their actions.
Chu Mo was so calm because he wanted to see who, in the end, was pulling the strings behind the curtain.
"Little girl, may I borrow your phone?"
Chu Mo's gaze rested on the ponytail girl beside him while he signaled the female bodyguard opposite them with his eyes, ready to subdue her if she made any sudden moves.
The dejected ponytail girl didn't hesitate much. She rummaged around in her pocket and pulled out a pink phone. After Chu Mo watched her put in the password and unlock it, he took the phone but didn't dial any numbers; instead, he went straight to the call log. The last call was made three hours ago, which meant she hadn't tipped anyone off, confirming Chu Mo's suspicion.