610: [Bonus chapter] Snapped

[Bonus chapter] Snapped

The second the lights went out, a shot was fired. No one aside from the person who fired the shot knew where it came from, but that first shot marked the beginning of this long night.  0

BANG!

"Ah!" Dane instinctively bent down with his hands on his ears. He couldn't see anything, and that shot could be for him. 

"I guess that's the signal!"

Before the echo of the ear-splitting shot faded into nothingness, Dane heard Tiger's enthusiastic voice. Dane instinctively turned his head, but much to his dismay, everything was just surrounded by darkness. However, that darkness was short-lived as a spark lit up several steps from him. 

BANG!

Dane held his breath as he gasped, seeing a person's face for a second as the spark of a rifle granted him the sight of his death. He also caught Tiger beside the person, holding the rifle under the masked man's chin, before blowing his head off without a second hesitation. 

"Ahh!" Dane screamed his lungs out involuntarily, horrified at that one-second glimpse he just caught. However, his scream paled in comparison to the rounds of fire that polluted the venue hall afterward. 

BANG BANG BANG!

When the lights went out, Bear didn't waste a breath as he spawned his arm around the person holding him at gunpoint. He reached for the barrel and pulled it, taking the person in surprise. Without a second hesitation, he pulled the trigger and shot the other person's eyes. 

He was the culprit everyone didn't care about. The first person who shot fired. 

Bear didn't care. Despite the lifeless body that still carried the rifle around his body, Bear dragged the person around as he shot the people who had him surrounded earlier. 

'You've been so annoying just because you were able to hold these toys.' A thought crossed his mind, showing his irritation toward these masked men. Thus, he ended them with mercy. 

They should be happy, though. At least, they didn't share the same fate the Red Scorpion faced not long ago. That time, Bear didn't use any weapon and simply relied on his huge hands, so he could make sure those gangs who had taken Sebastian would die painfully and slowly. 

After the first shot, more rounds of fire were shot.

The lights were still out, but somehow, the sparks of each muzzle were enough to lighten up the venue hall. Because of that, they also grew aware that Dominic's unarmed people were able to loot the people who fell less than a minute before this shootout. 

BANG BANG BANG!

Bear stopped as he turned his head to the side after hearing a loud thud nearly. He furrowed his brows, standing still as if he wasn't in the middle of something. As the rounds of shots lit up the place, his eyes caught Butler Fu standing on a person's back with a very small knife in his hand. 

"I'm old," Butler Fu remarked, offering Bear a short smile. "The impact of a gun will hurt my hand."

Butler Fu's hand that was holding the small knife was bleeding, pulling it out of the man's neck underneath him. He then released the masked man's hair, scanning the surroundings. They could only see the surroundings through every flash of the weapons. 

'I'm really growing old,' he mumbled, as he couldn't find Grandma Zhu anywhere. He squinted his eyes and caught Primo running away with Grandma Zhu.

"Madam!" Butler Fu yelled as he jumped from his seat carelessly. "Madam!"

BANG!

As Butler Fu tried to run after Primo and Grandma Zhu, someone grabbed his back and pushed him down. 

PHEW!

"What?" Butler Fu looked back at the person who pushed him down, only to see the monstrous Bear Cruel squatting beside him. "What are you —"

"She'll be fine," Bear breathed out. "But you nearly got shot in the head. Don't run like that, Butler Fu."

Butler Fu's face crumpled as concern filled his eyes. However, since they were in the middle of the battlefield, he had to trust these people. Dominic put everyone's lives in their hands. Therefore, at this moment, Butler Fu couldn't afford to question their capabilities. 

"Fine." After a few seconds, Butler Fu breathed out. "Thank you, Mr. Cruel. My emotions got the better of me."

"I understand that." Bear smiled before raising his other hand, firing a shot to divert the direction of the bullet coming their way. "I'm the same when the person who is the most important to me is in danger."

The two smiled subtly at each other, having this mutual understanding of their feelings about loyalty. They didn't need a long talk about it to understand that. After a second, Bear dragged the rifle in his other hand before offering his other hand to Butler Fu. 

As Butler Fu and Bear stood up, the former glanced at the rifle in Bear's hand. The strap of the rifle was still clinging across a dead man. Bear didn't even bother taking it out, as if the lifeless body wasn't an added weight. 

"You should —" Butler Fu stopped as Bear suddenly pulled the dead body up, using him as a human shield while firing back at some of their enemies. 

'Now I have regrets,'Butler Fu thought as he observed Bear. 'I should've kept my skills, so I would be more useful, like Mr. Cruel.'

BOOM!

Out of nowhere, a small explosion occurred in the corner of the venue. This brought a brief light in the venue hall, allowing everyone to see through properly even for a minute. At this second, Butler Fu caught a person aiming at Bear from the side.

'Whoever caused that small explosion…' Butler Fu slowly raised the hand where he was holding a knife. '... I thank you for this.' 

Without a second hesitation, Butler Fu threw the knife at the person aiming at Bear. The knife spun in the air and in a short period, it went through the person's eye, killing it in an instant. 

Bear snapped his eyes to Butler Fu and where the small knife went. "Well, thanks."

"I don't owe you now…" Butler Fu trailed off as Silas's thunderous voice echoed across every corner of the hall. 

"DOMINIC ZHU!" Silas held a person's body in front of him, holding a looted rifle ahead. "You're going to die tonight, I swear! HAHAHA!"

Continuous shots followed his wicked laughter, not caring if he shot his own men or not. Truly, Silas snapped. 

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