Dark Light Chaser

Chapter 709 The Slow Progress

"Whirring whirring……"

Hearing the shouts and footsteps right behind him, the older youth charged forward with his head held high, not daring to stop for even a second.

In the few months since he arrived in Nevada, he has come to realize how different this city is from others.

Here, there are countless fugitives with murder on their hands.

One day, you might just glance at someone on the street and end up getting yourself killed.

Gangs with powerful backers are even more ruthless than the last.

If you go against them and end up in their hands, your final fate will be either fodder or tree fertilizer; even leaving a whole corpse is a pipe dream.

The alley wasn't long, and just as the young man was about to reach the alley's exit, the burly man chasing closely behind slowed down and pulled out a pistol from his pocket.

Snapped!
The convenience store owner, who was running at the back, slapped his arm, which was holding a gun, and yelled, "Stop fucking shooting! Switch to a stun gun!"

"This isn't the city center..."

"If someone's been beaten to death, who am I supposed to talk to?!"

"Oh yes."

The burly man, suddenly realizing what had happened, stuffed the pistol back into his inner pocket and instead pulled out a stun gun from his waist.

"Step aside!"

I heard a roar behind me.

The henchmen immediately made way, ensuring they were not in the trajectory of the bullets.

The young man running for his life in front of him, upon hearing this clear instruction, subconsciously glanced back.

"Fuck!"

He hadn't looked away when he saw someone pointing a gun at him from behind, and the young man was terrified.

The alleyway was completely empty, with nothing to offer as cover.

The young man could only grit his teeth and desperately swing his legs.

But it seemed like fate was playing a cruel joke on him.

As he sprinted desperately to escape the alley, two motorcycles blocked the alley's exit first.

Just as the young man was in despair, the roar of an engine came from the road.

Bang!

A used Dodge suddenly darted out from the left, crashing into two motorcycles and sending people who hadn't yet gotten off flying.

Before a feeling of surprise could even well up inside him, the scene he saw through the car window made the young man curse again.

"Fuck fuck fuck!"

boom!boom!boom!boom!
Sitting in the driver's seat, Ai Liang first fired several shots to puncture the motorcycle tires, then randomly fired shots into the alley behind the young man.

As soon as the gunshot rang out, some people lay down, some crouched, and those who were running slowly grabbed the waists of the people in front of them as cover. The thugs who had been chasing them closely suddenly fell into chaos.

As Ai Liang emptied the magazine, he shouted to the young man, "Get in the car!"

The young man didn't have time to think it through. Since the other party hadn't shot him, at least the people in the car weren't with the people behind him. He quickly rushed to the side of the car.

In his haste, he didn't even open the car door, but climbed in through the window, his thighs and half of his buttocks still sticking out and trembling.

The young man gripped the seat tightly with both hands and desperately climbed into the car, shouting, "Drive!"

"You don't need to rush me."

Ai Liang stepped on the gas and swerved the steering wheel, disappearing around the street corner.

"Phew... Damn... I thought I was going to die here today." The young man, who had just survived the ordeal, stared intently at the rearview mirror, seemingly worried that the group behind him was catching up.

He then touched his pants pocket and visibly relaxed after taking out his phone.

“I punctured all their tires, they won’t be able to catch up for a while,” Ai Liang said without turning his head.

"Yeah, that's good."

The young man was completely relieved: "Thank you for what you did earlier. I still don't know how to address you? By the way, my name is Li Yongming."

"...The hermit, let's just call him a bounty hunter."

Ai Liang hesitated for a moment before giving the code name she had chosen.

The fact that the other person used their real name while he used a nickname made him feel a little ashamed, something he hadn't done in a long time.

"You're a local bounty hunter... By the way, was it alright to fire a shot right there in the street?"

"They're acting like they're going to kill you, why are you worried about this?"

"No, I meant your problem, since it involved shooting in the street."

"It's alright. The gun came from an illegitimate source; it's a stolen gun. Besides, I've never officially registered as a bounty hunter, so they can't trace it back to me," Ai Liang said seriously.

Wait, buddy?

Li Yongming had a string of words stuck in his throat, and subconsciously glanced at the pistol at Ai Liang's waist, not knowing what to say.

He could only wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and laugh awkwardly, "Haha, that's good, that's good."

As for the issues revealed in Ai Liang's words... Li Yongming chose to ignore them.

"Don't talk about me, what about you?"

Ai Liang turned the conversation to this familiar stranger, or more accurately, her current face model: "You're here to investigate that club too? This is the first time I've ever seen such a wild investigation method."

"Hey, it was purely accidental. I was just planning to walk around the area a couple of times to see if I could find a breakthrough with those customers. Who knew their security was so ruthless? They got a little suspicious and just dragged a passerby in and beat him up without even asking any questions."

At this point, Li Yongming's abdomen began to ache slightly.

"Are all the gangs in Nevada this ruthless?"

"Let's not talk about that. How did you find this place, brother? It's not easy for ordinary people to find out the exact location of a club. Judging from your posture, you must have been staking out the area for a while."

After a few words, Li Yongming steered the conversation back to Ai Liang.

But Ai Liang wasn't buying into that test and said directly, "You, being dragged into the shop by them, should have gained something. Don't tell me you only got a beating. As your savior, they can't be so stingy with this little bit of information, can they?"

Are all people in Nevada this venomous?
Li Yongming forced a smile and held up his phone, waving it: "Of course I have some. During the fight, I took advantage of the chaos to steal their boss's phone. I believe I can find a lot of information from it, or at the very least, a couple of phone numbers."

"I can share the intelligence I uncover with you, but you must tell me your true identity, at least let me know which side you're on."

Li Yongming's smile faded, and his gaze hardened slightly.

"I'll assume I'm on your side for now."

Ai Liang glanced at him: "If you don't intend to take Pan Junyuan's life."

"Pan Junyuan? Do you know where he is? Is the club involved in this? I knew that arson case wasn't as simple as it seemed!"

Li Yongming appeared extremely excited, as if he had been panting for half an hour and finally managed to let out that coy sneeze.

Unlike Li Yongming's excitement, Ai Liang frowned: "Don't you cooperate with the police? How come you don't even know this?"

"What do you not know?"

"Someone is planning to exploit the Pan Junyuan family's plight. It's unclear who it is, but it's highly likely to be a rival of the Fengqi Group. The burning of Pan Junyuan's house wasn't due to any land dispute, but because someone in his family accidentally touched something belonging to Xu Le."

"You're saying Xu Le is the mastermind behind the massacre of the entire family?!" Li Yongming exclaimed in shock.

"Whom do you suspect?" Ai Liang asked back.