America: John Wick 1924

Chapter 49 Tonight is the Night of the Hunt! [Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!]

Louis tossed his carefully maintained hair, took two quick steps, stood on a beer barrel, and surveyed the entire scene from his elevated position.

"Everyone! I'm so glad! No one was absent from tonight's gathering!"
"I have something very serious to tell you during tonight's gathering!"

"Recently, it seems that too many people have become complacent!"

At this point, his face turned solemn.

Why have we gathered here?

"Why did we form the Black Robe Patrol?"
"It's to drive away pests!"
"It is to restore peace and cleanliness to this free land!"

"That's why we're called 'Black Robes'—because the black robe is the symbol of death!"
"However, from my observation, some members of our organization seem to have forgotten their original purpose! They spend their days idly and doing nothing!"

Do you still remember the vows you made back then?
"As long as there is even one Qing insect left on this land, we will not stop fighting!"

"Qingchong are incompletely evolved savages! They are brutal, barbaric, and unhygienic! They also have an unbelievable ability to reproduce!"

"If we allow them to take root on our land, they will soon proliferate like rabbits in Australia!"
"Tell me! Can you allow this to happen?!"

Louis's speech was very inspiring.

As soon as he finished speaking, a chorus of echoes immediately erupted from the audience:

"No! Absolutely not!"

"Drive out the pests!"

"We cannot allow them to pollute white people's land!"

Some were raising their arms, others were shouting... they were all incredibly excited.

Louis took a deep breath and adopted a more spirited tone:

"That's right! We absolutely cannot let such a tragedy happen!"
"So, put all your energy into it! Use any means necessary to drive out the Qing insects! Eliminate the Qing insects!"

"Let all the crickets die like dogs—just like this woman!"

Louis pointed to the corpse next to him, which was locked in a dog cage.

He called her a "woman"... which is clearly unreasonable.

No matter how you look at it, she is just a little girl of about ten years old, not old enough to be called a "woman".

A closer look reveals that the bruises and swellings on her body are all from blunt force trauma—such as punches and sticks.

"She is the stowaway I found near the port yesterday!"
"She and her father crossed the entire Pacific Ocean to come to this free land, just to steal our jobs and our land!"
"Fortunately, her father was killed by a black man who robbed her shortly after arriving in San Francisco! She was left alone wandering the streets!"
"The mother worms among the Qing worms are the most dangerous! Because their uteruses are their most powerful weapon! Each of them can give birth to more than ten baby Qing worms!"

"Therefore, killing one female worm is equivalent to indirectly killing ten worms!"
"From now on, we will focus our actions on 'eliminating the mother worm'!"

"May all the female Qing worms suffer as much as this one in the cage! May they repent for defiling the sacred land of freedom and for arbitrarily increasing the number of Qing worms in this world!"

Upon learning that the body in the dog cage was a Chinese girl who had illegally immigrated, those who had just shown signs of discomfort all relaxed their brows and facial expressions, and instead cheered for Louis's illustrious "military achievements."

Louis gestured with his palms a few times to signal for quiet.

“Now, I have something outrageous to tell you! Brooke! Come forward!”

A young man with his face wrapped in thick bandages quickly pushed past his companions and rushed to Louis's side—it was Brook, who had been beaten up by Li Yu yesterday.

"Yesterday, a hateful insect attacked several of our comrades! Poor Brooke suffered even more inhumane torture!"

"What's even more despicable is that the worm was dressed in a priest's robe!"
"A mere pest dares to impersonate a divine messenger!"

"Everyone, tell me! Can you allow this to happen?"

Under Louis's instigation, the atmosphere at the scene had already become one of radicalism and fanaticism.

"No! Absolutely not!"

"We must retaliate!"

"An eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth!"

Louis nodded vigorously:
"That's right! No! We absolutely cannot let that Qing worm get away!"

"We'll start tomorrow night! Burn that guy's place to the ground!"

"Let that Qing worm know what happens when it provokes the Irish!"
"Let that Qing worm understand what the consequences are of provoking our Black Robe Patrol!" The moment he finished speaking, a shout that seemed to lift the ceiling echoed out.

Everyone present was shouting loudly, their morale was high, and their expressions were excited and expectant.

Immediately afterwards, they drank beer and discussed their "battle plan" for the next night.

Who's in charge of preparing the car, who's in charge of pouring the oil, and who's in charge of starting the fire...?

Immersed in their "great revenge," they were completely unaware that their target was just outside the hall, behind a certain door.

"..."

Li Yu stood up silently and slowly.

His entire body was devoid of light; the inky darkness obscured his facial expression.

Coo—! Coo—! Coo—!
As if sensing something terrifying, the owl outside the window hurriedly flapped its wings and flew hastily toward the blood-red crescent moon high in the sky.

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About an hour later—

After Louis's speech, the gathering quickly turned into a simple cocktail party.

The Irish are notorious for their love of alcohol.

Since the U.S. government enacted Prohibition in 1920, alcohol has become extremely difficult to buy. Therefore, the members of the Black Robe Patrol cherish this opportunity to drink to their hearts' content tonight, and each of them gets completely drunk.

At that moment, a young man with a hooked nose staggered toward the toilet.

He blocked the drain in the sink, turned on the tap, filled the sink with enough water, and then submerged his face in the water, slowly washing his face.

Suddenly, a large, iron-like hand grabbed the back of his head and forcefully shoved his face into the water!
Suddenly, cool water rushed into his mouth and nose! It choked him and entered his trachea! Making him cough incessantly.

But once it opens its mouth, even more cold water is poured in!

The sudden change and the rapidly growing will to survive instantly sobered the hook-nosed man, who instinctively began to save himself.

His head was held down tightly, and he couldn't move. He could only flail his arms and legs and struggle desperately.

Faced with an overwhelming disparity in strength, his attempt to save himself was ultimately futile.

In a short while, his struggles gradually weakened... and a few seconds later, he became completely still.

Li Yu released his head, letting the corpse slide limply to the ground like a noodle.

Li Yu didn't even glance at the drowned hook-nosed man, stepped over him, and walked out of the toilet.

Before leaving, he made sure to turn off the tap.

……

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"We're heading back now!"

"Okay! See you tomorrow night!"

Are you still able to walk?

"Of course! I'm perfectly sober!"

After bidding farewell to everyone in the hall, a young man leisurely walked towards the entrance, preparing to leave.

Suddenly, he caught a horrifying glimpse of his reflection in the glass ahead—behind him, a ghostly shadow had appeared...

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