Chapter 25
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One hour and a half later, they arrived at the building with black word on the white background at the front of the building, it stated "Hua Cheng apparels limited company". After briefed by Mo Qianni, Naruto understood the whole situation now. This "Hua Cheng apparels limited company" was order apparels that worth 600,000 dollars last year, but still owe a balance of 400,000. Originally the deadline was next year, but Huang Cheng was on the verge of collapsing, so Yu Lei needed to expedite the return of that 400,000, to prevent a bad debt, yet Hua Cheng refused to pay them and sent whoever came to collect it in the harsh and abusive way.
Naruto nodded as he looked at the old building, really, the interior of this building had fallen apart, cracks everywhere on its wall and the paint was getting swarthy. Clearly the reason of whoever own this place didn't care so much because they soon would abandon it.
"Are you sure about this?" Mo Qianni quavered, it looked like her worries was genuine.
Naruto, seeing his superior worried like this, feeling funny and warm inside. Despite she was being aggravated by him these past two days, she could overlook it and focused on the present situation. Naruto knew that she had forgiven him from the way she expressesed her action toward him. With a chuckle, Naruto grinned, "Chief Mo, don't worry! I will do this in the blink of an eye, just you wait!"
"But..."
Naruto shook his head while smiling, he stepped forward and offered his pinkie to her, "How about if we make a deal?"
"Ah, what deal?!" Mo Qianni startled
Naruto curled his lips, in a soft voice he said, "If I make out from this building less or exactly forty-five minutes and without any injuries, you have to treat me a dinner later."
Mo Qianni became speechless, don't even mention get out with no injuries, she even doubts he could get out succeed at all. With slight anger in her tone, she glared at him, "Don't make a joke like this, I won't care so much how long you are inside, but what if you get injured, what if-"
"Deal or not?" Naruto cut her off before she had a chance to finished. His gentle smile and expression make her heart seriously trembled, she cast her vision to the ground as she fidgeting on the spot.
Naruto didn't hustle her, he kept his little finger still on offering pose. After a while, the downcast Mo Qianni mumbled, "Can you keep your promises?"
"One thing that I never did in my life is failing my word and breaking my promises," Naruto confidently said.
Mo Qianni finally lifted up her face, staring deeply into the blonde's man face, "Be careful in there, get the debt, and come out without any injuries." She said with firm face.
Naruto chuckled, the grin he possessed getting wider, "So we have the deal?"
Mo Qianni cheeks turned red, she raised her little finger and hooked it into his, "Un, we have the deal..."
After managed to convince his superior, Naruto walked inside the building, upon entering through the front door, Naruto saw a gaudily dressed receptionist with heavy makeup, when she saw a hunk man entered, her eyes got bright as she stopped whatever she did and quickly tidied herself. She revealed an alluring smile, "Mister, what can I do for you?"
Because Naruto had seen a lot of beauties these days, From Lin Ruoxi till Mo Qianni, he didn't get attracted by this receptionist, hell, she couldn't even be compare to the trio fox sisters in his office. Naruto waved the brown envelope and nonchalantly said, "I am from Yu Lei International, here to discuss regarding our business deal."
Seeing that Naruto clearly not having interest in her made her feels disappointed, but that feeling in the instant changed into weird one upon she heard where he hailed from, "Yu Lei International?"
She proceeded to check some things on the computer at the front desk,"Excuse me, is this regarding the business deal's outstanding balance?"
"Yes, yes, can we go on already?" Naruto lazily replied, since he already knew their farce, he couldn't be more interest in wasting time with them any longer.
The receptionist felt angry at Naruto's attitude, in her heart she sneered, You may look tough now, wait till you get inside, see if you don't piss yourself.
Nevertheless, she still showed a smile, "Please gentleman, this way."
She led Naruto into the elevator, along the way, the receptionist seemed put on an extra effort on swaying her waist as if she trying to seduce Naruto. Naruto shook his head with a hint of disgust, inside his mind, such a woman far worse than a hooker, at least a hooker did what they did because they need it for a living, while this woman had a good and normal job yet she didn't hesitate to flatter any man she fancied with her body.
Naruto couldn't help but remember his short-met friend, Mei Mei, when he thought this kind of issues. Although she worked in this kind of line, but she was cheerful and kind person, that night, she supposed to bait him into sleep with her, then have to pay her handsomely for her services yet in the end, she's not get paid at all, she even honestly listened to his rambling and helped him by allowing Lin Ruoxi to stay in her place for a night.
Naruto chuckled as he somehow missed Mei Mei now, maybe he could visit her after work.
Finally, they arrived on the top floor by a shabby looking elevator, Naruto felt a little surprised when he looked at the room that filled with a pungent smell. The desks and chairs position was in a mess, many stuff had lain on the floor such as paper, newspaper, toilet paper, cigarettes, and other else. Dust was everywhere and most lamps on the ceiling had blown. Last but not least, there were tons of people inside the room moving in a bustle. They wore all kind of strange cloth, men and women, young and old, robust and skinny, all kind of person existed among these people. They gathered on different tables, playing pokers or throwing dices while smoking, both men and women.
"Mister, the management offices is over here, please follow me," the receptionist laughed but soon she became quiet because she didn't see any shocked and scared silly expression on Naruto's face, instead she saw a boring and sleepy Naruto as he yawned while looking around.
"Well, come on then, I don't have all day for this," Naruto said with droopy eyes.
The receptionist frowned, she snorted as she led the way for Naruto.
Naruto appearance quite attracted view of gazes, the robust men were looking at him with disdain and provocative gesture, the skinny one threw envy and jealousy toward such a hunk young man, few ladies here and there made a flirtatious and amorous move at Naruto.
One of the robust man approached Naruto and the receptionist, without any restraint, he hugged the woman's waist and roughly gropes her breast while asking who Naruto was. The woman didn't feel bothered even pushing her breast more into the man's hand, she giggled and said out loud, "This man is send by Yu Lei International again and want me to bring him to see the boss."
The moment they heard her, laugher and sneering could be heard from anywhere, one of them shook his head while sighing,"The last attempt, they sent a guy who said he was a black belt Taekwondo, but no more than a few seconds, he already laid on the floor with broken bones! Who they sent now? Martial art master?"
They hoped Naruto would become terrified and shivering in fear when one of them spoke like that, but on the contrary, Naruto waved his head around before he caught something with his eyes, he strolled toward an unoccupied desk and sat leisurely on top of it. With a lazy but arrogant tone, he said, "Cut the boring threat off, bring out your manager to see me, I have already given him a lot of face by coming to this disgusting floor, don't make me regret wait for him here."
The action that Naruto did make the rest of them shocked, before they laughed out loud again, the robust man who was fondling the receptionist before also laughed, then his face became hideous as he said, "Boy, don't act like a king here, this is our territory, our boss is the lord here, you don't have any qualification to meet him."
Naruto closed his eyes and crossed his arms, he plainly said, "10 seconds left."
Being Ignored by Naruto, of course, made the robust man became angry, with a prance steps, he approached Naruto and when he arrived in front of him, he reached out his hand to grab Naruto's shoulder,"Get off from your high-horse, you-"
Before he managed to finish the sentence, a strong palm hit his cheek from the left side, it was so strong that it made him fall directly to his right and smashed the concrete ground with his cheek.
It happened less than a second, the people in the room except for Naruto didn't realize the sudden change of event, those people still laughing and mocking Naruto when they felt something did not suit, only after they heard the scream of the receptionist that they started properly check the situation, which was left all of them flabbergasted.
The robust man who supposed to be holding Naruto's shoulder, threatening and pressuring the arrogant blonde man, had lain on the floor. Whether he was still sobered or fainted was unknown, they could see a naked red palm's mark over his cheek and a crack appeared on the ground beneath his other cheek. Blood spilled between the gap, clearly indicated that his cheek was wounded because the fragment of the concrete floor.
All of them became shocked as they stared at the place of crime, they didn't know how Naruto did it because he simply didn't move an inch to beat his enemy, they felt their back turned cold and some of them even shivering. They all shared the same thought that Yu Lei was probably really sending a martial arts expert this time to deal with them.
A martial art expert? How can a mere normal and untrained thugs like us beat this kind of opponent? Yu Lei international really shameless and going overboard!
Naruto didn't bother with the fainted robust man in the front of him, he waved his hands and closed his eyes, "5 seconds."
These people felt wrath to Naruto yet at the same time they feared him, several ladies even close tight their legs, tried not to leak from fear.
A short while, no one dared to make a move against Naruto, Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked at the door of the manager's room, he sighed and said in a low tone, "time's over."
Naruto stood up from the desk and strolled away from it, the moment he reached halfway toward the manager's room, finally one of the man braced himself and stayed in Naruto's way, he grimly said, "Little brother, don't think because you have a little skill that you can act rampant here! I will not allow you to take another step!" Then he threw a punch toward Naruto.
Naruto's eyes uninterestedly looked at him, "I don't need a step..."
The man felt he hit a thin air before a strong kick swiped his feet, he slipped but before he touched the ground, another kick smacked him right on the stomach and launched him forward. The desk where Naruto sat before and the door toward the manager's room was only a straight path, thus the man flying across the room and crashed directly that door. The door broke as in unable to halt the man's motion, he landed on the cupboard in that room. Completely tore it to pieces.
After witnessed such an event, everyone in the room became fully convinced that Naruto was definitely a martial art expert and they held back their thought of assaulting him.
Naruto stood still as if he waiting for something, finally a hoarse and gloomy voice coming from the manager's room, "Mister is truly strong, you manage to beat up my subordinates and destroy my properties, but if I allowed you to act as you wish here, where do you think I will put my face later?"
Soon, a mature middle-aged man who had a sharp face and wore an ash-colored suit and shiny leather shoes walked out.
"Boss/Leader!"
As if saw their savior, the gangsters loudly cheering, they had lost their confidence but regained it back the moment this man came out.
Naruto's pair of cerulean eyes scanned the man with no interest; his side-parting hairstyle, Armani suit, Louis Vuitton leather belt, and Piere Cardin leather shoes, they fit well with that calm and prideful look only successful people possessed. No matter from what angle, he looked like a big company's manager, and not the leader of these hoodlums, or the main boss of a fraud corporation.
"May I know this mister name?" the manager asked Naruto with great interest.
Naruto wrinkled his brow before simply replied, "Uzumaki."
"Ah, truly a great person, if you are not from Yu Lei, I would already invite you to a drink," the man laughed while strolling around the room. Every men and female in the room revealed an adored and reverent expression.
"Aiya, sadly you are from Yu Lei, the thing became difficult for Guo now, you know?" Boss Guo said with a bitter expression
"I don't know what plan you're preparing or what schemes you're playing, just pay what you owe to the company and I'll be on my way," Naruto said with an impatient tone.
Boss Guo who had the full name is Guo Ziheng shook his head, "I am afraid I can't do that."
He revealed a confidence countenance, "On the other hand, I do have an offer for you which perhaps caught your interest?"
Naruto didn't say anything as Guo Ziheng continued, "How about joining me in order to control Yu Lei International?"
Naruto raised one eyebrows, he slanted his lips and let out his first smile since entered the building, "I never know that you have such an ambitious plan."
Guo Ziheng laughed, "Man should have an ambitious dream, we are the creature of desires, so in order to gain everything we want, we have to seize power!"
He sat on one of the desks, two wanton women got closer to him as he grabbed their small waist and put them on his both legs, "Women, money, food, drink, glamour, and everything else. I couldn't get them all if I don't have neither power nor influence!"
His pair of wide eyes looked straight at Naruto, "Yu Lei International is my first step-stone to regain that power, and through it, I will seize more and more, conquer more and more!"
Naruto's expression delayed for a moment before he chuckled, "Wow, I don't know where you get the desires of greed that strong."
He shook his head and curled his lips, "But you are just a man, man has his limitation, you shouldn't bite more than you can chew."
Guo Ziheng surprisingly nodded, he fiendishly grinned, " I know, that's why I will bring people more to share my idea, and together we will strive for it!"
He raised his hand and offered it to Naruto, "So how is it going to be? Join us and together we will be unbeatable."
There was a long silence in the room as everyone held their breath, expecting what this blond man would answer, they couldn't help but got excited if this person joined their group, although they felt angry toward his previous action, all would be forgiven if in the end, he joined them. But of course, they could only have that in their dream as Naruto's simple answer woke them up back to reality.
"No, thanks!"
The room suddenly became cold, Naruto's plain and quick answer resembled a bucket of ice-cold water splashed at them. Guo Ziheng face become cold, he said in a cold tone, "Then we don't have anything else to discuss, if you're smart, you can be like other two previous people who can go back only with broken bones and small injuries, sadly you are a fool, I'm sorry, but you are not gonna leave this place alive."
Naruto scratched his cheek, "Wow, you must be pretty confident on killing me since you're not even hesitate to spill the bean."
Guo Zheng took off his Armani jacket, revealing a white Gucci shirt that covered all the bulging muscles and strong figure. He moved his neck and some of the parts of his bodies, a bone crackling sound could be heard from it.
"It's not just confidence, but also skills," he said before he lunged at Naruto with a big stride charging forward. Quick he arrived at Naruto's position and attacked him with a roundhouse kick. Guo Ziheng movement was extremely proficient, with ample of strength!
If anybody was attacked like this they probably would panic and scared, but as if just normal thing for Naruto, he leisurely blocked Guo Ziheng's attack by curving his right hand near his chest.
'Bam!'
The moment Guo Ziheng's leg hit Naruto's arm, a dull sound could be heard, but no other sound followed after that. Usually when they heard this sound, it mean that Guo Ziheng's leg hit hard on the target and another sound like something crashed into something supposed to be follow after.
The dust that covered both people finally cleared and revealed what actually happens. They once again shocked at the view presented for them, Guo Ziheng's leg still on Naruto's arm as he blocked his kicked, but the problem was, Naruto's hand completely fine, it's not even shaking or shivering which mean Naruto didn't feel any trouble dealing with such a fierce kick. At the same time, Guo Ziheng's leg shivered in strong wave, like he just hit something made out of steel, he felt like some of his leg's bone had broken.
*Crack!*
"Aaaaaaah!"
His guess came out true as he took back his leg and a broken sound could be heard from it. Guo Ziheng screamed in agony and pain, this was not just a crack or little broken, but completely a snapped bone!
While in agonizing pain, he stared at Naruto with terrified face, one could see an immense fear reflected on it, "You-you, what are you?! You not a human! There is no way a human bone could be that hard! You are monster! A fucking monster!"
Naruto gazed deeply into his eyes, a fiendish grin exposed by his face, "Yes, I'm a monster! So be obedient and pay the debt, or I won't show any mercy again."
Shockingly, after being intimidated like that, Guo Ziheng didn't yield, instead he broke up laughing and taunted, "Hahahaha! Go monster! Kill me! I still won't pay back anything to that wretched company!"
Naruto sighed, "Such a pity, very well then! Remember that you force my hand, besides, that threat..." Naruto paused, he raised his face then his cold eyes swept the surrounding, "were not meant for you..."
Before Guo Ziheng understood what Naruto meant, a woman's screaming entered his ears.
He startled and snapped his face at the source of the scream.
There, a woman lied on the floor, blood submerged her body, hand twisted backward while another separated from her torso, eyes stared at him, widened to their limit with shock and surprise filled the lens. Her mouth gaped open, more blood pouring from there, also from her eyes, nose, even ears.
His guts churned, almost making him threw up on the spot.
"W-what..."
Another screaming sound entered his ears again, this time was a man's voice, he looked it up.
A person hanged in the air, with body filled with claw marks and two missing pair of legs. His expression was agast, spat out his tongue as if someone choked his neck.
Guo Ziheng couldn't hold his stomach anymore, he threw up upon seeing a gruesome torn apart man. What more terribe was, His suffering yet to be concluded, he heard more sound of men and women screaming, they were cursing and pleading, begging whoever massacred them to stop, begging for him to save them, yet he can't do anything.
"Stop! Please stop! Don't kill them anymore!"
"First brother! Second brother! "
"Little meng, nooo!"
"Please... stop... please... no more..."
Suddenly the screaming sound stopped, followed by a long silence before he finally heard a man cheerful voice "So, you ready to pay the debt?"
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One hour and a half later, they arrived at the building with black word on the white background at the front of the building, it stated "Hua Cheng apparels limited company". After briefed by Mo Qianni, Naruto understood the whole situation now. This "Hua Cheng apparels limited company" was order apparels that worth 600,000 dollars last year, but still owe a balance of 400,000. Originally the deadline was next year, but Huang Cheng was on the verge of collapsing, so Yu Lei needed to expedite the return of that 400,000, to prevent a bad debt, yet Hua Cheng refused to pay them and sent whoever came to collect it in the harsh and abusive way.
Naruto nodded as he looked at the old building, really, the interior of this building had fallen apart, cracks everywhere on its wall and the paint was getting swarthy. Clearly the reason of whoever own this place didn't care so much because they soon would abandon it.
"Are you sure about this?" Mo Qianni quavered, it looked like her worries was genuine.
Naruto, seeing his superior worried like this, feeling funny and warm inside. Despite she was being aggravated by him these past two days, she could overlook it and focused on the present situation. Naruto knew that she had forgiven him from the way she expressesed her action toward him. With a chuckle, Naruto grinned, "Chief Mo, don't worry! I will do this in the blink of an eye, just you wait!"
"But..."
Naruto shook his head while smiling, he stepped forward and offered his pinkie to her, "How about if we make a deal?"
"Ah, what deal?!" Mo Qianni startled
Naruto curled his lips, in a soft voice he said, "If I make out from this building less or exactly forty-five minutes and without any injuries, you have to treat me a dinner later."
Mo Qianni became speechless, don't even mention get out with no injuries, she even doubts he could get out succeed at all. With slight anger in her tone, she glared at him, "Don't make a joke like this, I won't care so much how long you are inside, but what if you get injured, what if-"
"Deal or not?" Naruto cut her off before she had a chance to finished. His gentle smile and expression make her heart seriously trembled, she cast her vision to the ground as she fidgeting on the spot.
Naruto didn't hustle her, he kept his little finger still on offering pose. After a while, the downcast Mo Qianni mumbled, "Can you keep your promises?"
"One thing that I never did in my life is failing my word and breaking my promises," Naruto confidently said.
Mo Qianni finally lifted up her face, staring deeply into the blonde's man face, "Be careful in there, get the debt, and come out without any injuries." She said with firm face.
Naruto chuckled, the grin he possessed getting wider, "So we have the deal?"
Mo Qianni cheeks turned red, she raised her little finger and hooked it into his, "Un, we have the deal..."
After managed to convince his superior, Naruto walked inside the building, upon entering through the front door, Naruto saw a gaudily dressed receptionist with heavy makeup, when she saw a hunk man entered, her eyes got bright as she stopped whatever she did and quickly tidied herself. She revealed an alluring smile, "Mister, what can I do for you?"
Because Naruto had seen a lot of beauties these days, From Lin Ruoxi till Mo Qianni, he didn't get attracted by this receptionist, hell, she couldn't even be compare to the trio fox sisters in his office. Naruto waved the brown envelope and nonchalantly said, "I am from Yu Lei International, here to discuss regarding our business deal."
Seeing that Naruto clearly not having interest in her made her feels disappointed, but that feeling in the instant changed into weird one upon she heard where he hailed from, "Yu Lei International?"
She proceeded to check some things on the computer at the front desk,"Excuse me, is this regarding the business deal's outstanding balance?"
"Yes, yes, can we go on already?" Naruto lazily replied, since he already knew their farce, he couldn't be more interest in wasting time with them any longer.
The receptionist felt angry at Naruto's attitude, in her heart she sneered, You may look tough now, wait till you get inside, see if you don't piss yourself.
Nevertheless, she still showed a smile, "Please gentleman, this way."
She led Naruto into the elevator, along the way, the receptionist seemed put on an extra effort on swaying her waist as if she trying to seduce Naruto. Naruto shook his head with a hint of disgust, inside his mind, such a woman far worse than a hooker, at least a hooker did what they did because they need it for a living, while this woman had a good and normal job yet she didn't hesitate to flatter any man she fancied with her body.
Naruto couldn't help but remember his short-met friend, Mei Mei, when he thought this kind of issues. Although she worked in this kind of line, but she was cheerful and kind person, that night, she supposed to bait him into sleep with her, then have to pay her handsomely for her services yet in the end, she's not get paid at all, she even honestly listened to his rambling and helped him by allowing Lin Ruoxi to stay in her place for a night.
Naruto chuckled as he somehow missed Mei Mei now, maybe he could visit her after work.
Finally, they arrived on the top floor by a shabby looking elevator, Naruto felt a little surprised when he looked at the room that filled with a pungent smell. The desks and chairs position was in a mess, many stuff had lain on the floor such as paper, newspaper, toilet paper, cigarettes, and other else. Dust was everywhere and most lamps on the ceiling had blown. Last but not least, there were tons of people inside the room moving in a bustle. They wore all kind of strange cloth, men and women, young and old, robust and skinny, all kind of person existed among these people. They gathered on different tables, playing pokers or throwing dices while smoking, both men and women.
"Mister, the management offices is over here, please follow me," the receptionist laughed but soon she became quiet because she didn't see any shocked and scared silly expression on Naruto's face, instead she saw a boring and sleepy Naruto as he yawned while looking around.
"Well, come on then, I don't have all day for this," Naruto said with droopy eyes.
The receptionist frowned, she snorted as she led the way for Naruto.
Naruto appearance quite attracted view of gazes, the robust men were looking at him with disdain and provocative gesture, the skinny one threw envy and jealousy toward such a hunk young man, few ladies here and there made a flirtatious and amorous move at Naruto.
One of the robust man approached Naruto and the receptionist, without any restraint, he hugged the woman's waist and roughly gropes her breast while asking who Naruto was. The woman didn't feel bothered even pushing her breast more into the man's hand, she giggled and said out loud, "This man is send by Yu Lei International again and want me to bring him to see the boss."
The moment they heard her, laugher and sneering could be heard from anywhere, one of them shook his head while sighing,"The last attempt, they sent a guy who said he was a black belt Taekwondo, but no more than a few seconds, he already laid on the floor with broken bones! Who they sent now? Martial art master?"
They hoped Naruto would become terrified and shivering in fear when one of them spoke like that, but on the contrary, Naruto waved his head around before he caught something with his eyes, he strolled toward an unoccupied desk and sat leisurely on top of it. With a lazy but arrogant tone, he said, "Cut the boring threat off, bring out your manager to see me, I have already given him a lot of face by coming to this disgusting floor, don't make me regret wait for him here."
The action that Naruto did make the rest of them shocked, before they laughed out loud again, the robust man who was fondling the receptionist before also laughed, then his face became hideous as he said, "Boy, don't act like a king here, this is our territory, our boss is the lord here, you don't have any qualification to meet him."
Naruto closed his eyes and crossed his arms, he plainly said, "10 seconds left."
Being Ignored by Naruto, of course, made the robust man became angry, with a prance steps, he approached Naruto and when he arrived in front of him, he reached out his hand to grab Naruto's shoulder,"Get off from your high-horse, you-"
Before he managed to finish the sentence, a strong palm hit his cheek from the left side, it was so strong that it made him fall directly to his right and smashed the concrete ground with his cheek.
It happened less than a second, the people in the room except for Naruto didn't realize the sudden change of event, those people still laughing and mocking Naruto when they felt something did not suit, only after they heard the scream of the receptionist that they started properly check the situation, which was left all of them flabbergasted.
The robust man who supposed to be holding Naruto's shoulder, threatening and pressuring the arrogant blonde man, had lain on the floor. Whether he was still sobered or fainted was unknown, they could see a naked red palm's mark over his cheek and a crack appeared on the ground beneath his other cheek. Blood spilled between the gap, clearly indicated that his cheek was wounded because the fragment of the concrete floor.
All of them became shocked as they stared at the place of crime, they didn't know how Naruto did it because he simply didn't move an inch to beat his enemy, they felt their back turned cold and some of them even shivering. They all shared the same thought that Yu Lei was probably really sending a martial arts expert this time to deal with them.
A martial art expert? How can a mere normal and untrained thugs like us beat this kind of opponent? Yu Lei international really shameless and going overboard!
Naruto didn't bother with the fainted robust man in the front of him, he waved his hands and closed his eyes, "5 seconds."
These people felt wrath to Naruto yet at the same time they feared him, several ladies even close tight their legs, tried not to leak from fear.
A short while, no one dared to make a move against Naruto, Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked at the door of the manager's room, he sighed and said in a low tone, "time's over."
Naruto stood up from the desk and strolled away from it, the moment he reached halfway toward the manager's room, finally one of the man braced himself and stayed in Naruto's way, he grimly said, "Little brother, don't think because you have a little skill that you can act rampant here! I will not allow you to take another step!" Then he threw a punch toward Naruto.
Naruto's eyes uninterestedly looked at him, "I don't need a step..."
The man felt he hit a thin air before a strong kick swiped his feet, he slipped but before he touched the ground, another kick smacked him right on the stomach and launched him forward. The desk where Naruto sat before and the door toward the manager's room was only a straight path, thus the man flying across the room and crashed directly that door. The door broke as in unable to halt the man's motion, he landed on the cupboard in that room. Completely tore it to pieces.
After witnessed such an event, everyone in the room became fully convinced that Naruto was definitely a martial art expert and they held back their thought of assaulting him.
Naruto stood still as if he waiting for something, finally a hoarse and gloomy voice coming from the manager's room, "Mister is truly strong, you manage to beat up my subordinates and destroy my properties, but if I allowed you to act as you wish here, where do you think I will put my face later?"
Soon, a mature middle-aged man who had a sharp face and wore an ash-colored suit and shiny leather shoes walked out.
"Boss/Leader!"
As if saw their savior, the gangsters loudly cheering, they had lost their confidence but regained it back the moment this man came out.
Naruto's pair of cerulean eyes scanned the man with no interest; his side-parting hairstyle, Armani suit, Louis Vuitton leather belt, and Piere Cardin leather shoes, they fit well with that calm and prideful look only successful people possessed. No matter from what angle, he looked like a big company's manager, and not the leader of these hoodlums, or the main boss of a fraud corporation.
"May I know this mister name?" the manager asked Naruto with great interest.
Naruto wrinkled his brow before simply replied, "Uzumaki."
"Ah, truly a great person, if you are not from Yu Lei, I would already invite you to a drink," the man laughed while strolling around the room. Every men and female in the room revealed an adored and reverent expression.
"Aiya, sadly you are from Yu Lei, the thing became difficult for Guo now, you know?" Boss Guo said with a bitter expression
"I don't know what plan you're preparing or what schemes you're playing, just pay what you owe to the company and I'll be on my way," Naruto said with an impatient tone.
Boss Guo who had the full name is Guo Ziheng shook his head, "I am afraid I can't do that."
He revealed a confidence countenance, "On the other hand, I do have an offer for you which perhaps caught your interest?"
Naruto didn't say anything as Guo Ziheng continued, "How about joining me in order to control Yu Lei International?"
Naruto raised one eyebrows, he slanted his lips and let out his first smile since entered the building, "I never know that you have such an ambitious plan."
Guo Ziheng laughed, "Man should have an ambitious dream, we are the creature of desires, so in order to gain everything we want, we have to seize power!"
He sat on one of the desks, two wanton women got closer to him as he grabbed their small waist and put them on his both legs, "Women, money, food, drink, glamour, and everything else. I couldn't get them all if I don't have neither power nor influence!"
His pair of wide eyes looked straight at Naruto, "Yu Lei International is my first step-stone to regain that power, and through it, I will seize more and more, conquer more and more!"
Naruto's expression delayed for a moment before he chuckled, "Wow, I don't know where you get the desires of greed that strong."
He shook his head and curled his lips, "But you are just a man, man has his limitation, you shouldn't bite more than you can chew."
Guo Ziheng surprisingly nodded, he fiendishly grinned, " I know, that's why I will bring people more to share my idea, and together we will strive for it!"
He raised his hand and offered it to Naruto, "So how is it going to be? Join us and together we will be unbeatable."
There was a long silence in the room as everyone held their breath, expecting what this blond man would answer, they couldn't help but got excited if this person joined their group, although they felt angry toward his previous action, all would be forgiven if in the end, he joined them. But of course, they could only have that in their dream as Naruto's simple answer woke them up back to reality.
"No, thanks!"
The room suddenly became cold, Naruto's plain and quick answer resembled a bucket of ice-cold water splashed at them. Guo Ziheng face become cold, he said in a cold tone, "Then we don't have anything else to discuss, if you're smart, you can be like other two previous people who can go back only with broken bones and small injuries, sadly you are a fool, I'm sorry, but you are not gonna leave this place alive."
Naruto scratched his cheek, "Wow, you must be pretty confident on killing me since you're not even hesitate to spill the bean."
Guo Zheng took off his Armani jacket, revealing a white Gucci shirt that covered all the bulging muscles and strong figure. He moved his neck and some of the parts of his bodies, a bone crackling sound could be heard from it.
"It's not just confidence, but also skills," he said before he lunged at Naruto with a big stride charging forward. Quick he arrived at Naruto's position and attacked him with a roundhouse kick. Guo Ziheng movement was extremely proficient, with ample of strength!
If anybody was attacked like this they probably would panic and scared, but as if just normal thing for Naruto, he leisurely blocked Guo Ziheng's attack by curving his right hand near his chest.
'Bam!'
The moment Guo Ziheng's leg hit Naruto's arm, a dull sound could be heard, but no other sound followed after that. Usually when they heard this sound, it mean that Guo Ziheng's leg hit hard on the target and another sound like something crashed into something supposed to be follow after.
The dust that covered both people finally cleared and revealed what actually happens. They once again shocked at the view presented for them, Guo Ziheng's leg still on Naruto's arm as he blocked his kicked, but the problem was, Naruto's hand completely fine, it's not even shaking or shivering which mean Naruto didn't feel any trouble dealing with such a fierce kick. At the same time, Guo Ziheng's leg shivered in strong wave, like he just hit something made out of steel, he felt like some of his leg's bone had broken.
*Crack!*
"Aaaaaaah!"
His guess came out true as he took back his leg and a broken sound could be heard from it. Guo Ziheng screamed in agony and pain, this was not just a crack or little broken, but completely a snapped bone!
While in agonizing pain, he stared at Naruto with terrified face, one could see an immense fear reflected on it, "You-you, what are you?! You not a human! There is no way a human bone could be that hard! You are monster! A fucking monster!"
Naruto gazed deeply into his eyes, a fiendish grin exposed by his face, "Yes, I'm a monster! So be obedient and pay the debt, or I won't show any mercy again."
Shockingly, after being intimidated like that, Guo Ziheng didn't yield, instead he broke up laughing and taunted, "Hahahaha! Go monster! Kill me! I still won't pay back anything to that wretched company!"
Naruto sighed, "Such a pity, very well then! Remember that you force my hand, besides, that threat..." Naruto paused, he raised his face then his cold eyes swept the surrounding, "were not meant for you..."
Before Guo Ziheng understood what Naruto meant, a woman's screaming entered his ears.
He startled and snapped his face at the source of the scream.
There, a woman lied on the floor, blood submerged her body, hand twisted backward while another separated from her torso, eyes stared at him, widened to their limit with shock and surprise filled the lens. Her mouth gaped open, more blood pouring from there, also from her eyes, nose, even ears.
His guts churned, almost making him threw up on the spot.
"W-what..."
Another screaming sound entered his ears again, this time was a man's voice, he looked it up.
A person hanged in the air, with body filled with claw marks and two missing pair of legs. His expression was agast, spat out his tongue as if someone choked his neck.
Guo Ziheng couldn't hold his stomach anymore, he threw up upon seeing a gruesome torn apart man. What more terribe was, His suffering yet to be concluded, he heard more sound of men and women screaming, they were cursing and pleading, begging whoever massacred them to stop, begging for him to save them, yet he can't do anything.
"Stop! Please stop! Don't kill them anymore!"
"First brother! Second brother! "
"Little meng, nooo!"
"Please... stop... please... no more..."
Suddenly the screaming sound stopped, followed by a long silence before he finally heard a man cheerful voice "So, you ready to pay the debt?"
One hour and a half later, they arrived at the building with black word on the white background at the front of the building, it stated "Hua Cheng apparels limited company". After briefed by Mo Qianni, Naruto understood the whole situation now. This "Hua Cheng apparels limited company" was order apparels that worth 600,000 dollars last year, but still owe a balance of 400,000. Originally the deadline was next year, but Huang Cheng was on the verge of collapsing, so Yu Lei needed to expedite the return of that 400,000, to prevent a bad debt, yet Hua Cheng refused to pay them and sent whoever came to collect it in the harsh and abusive way.Naruto nodded as he looked at the old building, really, the interior of this building had fallen apart, cracks everywhere on its wall and the paint was getting swarthy. Clearly the reason of whoever own this place didn't care so much because they soon would abandon it."Are you sure about this?" Mo Qianni quavered, it looked like her worries was genuine.Naruto, seeing his superior worried like this, feeling funny and warm inside. Despite she was being aggravated by him these past two days, she could overlook it and focused on the present situation. Naruto knew that she had forgiven him from the way she expressesed her action toward him. With a chuckle, Naruto grinned, "Chief Mo, don't worry! I will do this in the blink of an eye, just you wait!""But..."Naruto shook his head while smiling, he stepped forward and offered his pinkie to her, "How about if we make a deal?""Ah, what deal?!" Mo Qianni startledNaruto curled his lips, in a soft voice he said, "If I make out from this building less or exactly forty-five minutes and without any injuries, you have to treat me a dinner later."Mo Qianni became speechless, don't even mention get out with no injuries, she even doubts he could get out succeed at all. With slight anger in her tone, she glared at him, "Don't make a joke like this, I won't care so much how long you are inside, but what if you get injured, what if-""Deal or not?" Naruto cut her off before she had a chance to finished. His gentle smile and expression make her heart seriously trembled, she cast her vision to the ground as she fidgeting on the spot.Naruto didn't hustle her, he kept his little finger still on offering pose. After a while, the downcast Mo Qianni mumbled, "Can you keep your promises?""One thing that I never did in my life is failing my word and breaking my promises," Naruto confidently said.Mo Qianni finally lifted up her face, staring deeply into the blonde's man face, "Be careful in there, get the debt, and come out without any injuries." She said with firm face.Naruto chuckled, the grin he possessed getting wider, "So we have the deal?"Mo Qianni cheeks turned red, she raised her little finger and hooked it into his, "Un, we have the deal..."After managed to convince his superior, Naruto walked inside the building, upon entering through the front door, Naruto saw a gaudily dressed receptionist with heavy makeup, when she saw a hunk man entered, her eyes got bright as she stopped whatever she did and quickly tidied herself. She revealed an alluring smile, "Mister, what can I do for you?"Because Naruto had seen a lot of beauties these days, From Lin Ruoxi till Mo Qianni, he didn't get attracted by this receptionist, hell, she couldn't even be compare to the trio fox sisters in his office. Naruto waved the brown envelope and nonchalantly said, "I am from Yu Lei International, here to discuss regarding our business deal."Seeing that Naruto clearly not having interest in her made her feels disappointed, but that feeling in the instant changed into weird one upon she heard where he hailed from, "Yu Lei International?"She proceeded to check some things on the computer at the front desk,"Excuse me, is this regarding the business deal's outstanding balance?""Yes, yes, can we go on already?" Naruto lazily replied, since he already knew their farce, he couldn't be more interest in wasting time with them any longer.The receptionist felt angry at Naruto's attitude, in her heart she sneered, You may look tough now, wait till you get inside, see if you don't piss yourself.Nevertheless, she still showed a smile, "Please gentleman, this way."She led Naruto into the elevator, along the way, the receptionist seemed put on an extra effort on swaying her waist as if she trying to seduce Naruto. Naruto shook his head with a hint of disgust, inside his mind, such a woman far worse than a hooker, at least a hooker did what they did because they need it for a living, while this woman had a good and normal job yet she didn't hesitate to flatter any man she fancied with her body.Naruto couldn't help but remember his short-met friend, Mei Mei, when he thought this kind of issues. Although she worked in this kind of line, but she was cheerful and kind person, that night, she supposed to bait him into sleep with her, then have to pay her handsomely for her services yet in the end, she's not get paid at all, she even honestly listened to his rambling and helped him by allowing Lin Ruoxi to stay in her place for a night.Naruto chuckled as he somehow missed Mei Mei now, maybe he could visit her after work.Finally, they arrived on the top floor by a shabby looking elevator, Naruto felt a little surprised when he looked at the room that filled with a pungent smell. The desks and chairs position was in a mess, many stuff had lain on the floor such as paper, newspaper, toilet paper, cigarettes, and other else. Dust was everywhere and most lamps on the ceiling had blown. Last but not least, there were tons of people inside the room moving in a bustle. They wore all kind of strange cloth, men and women, young and old, robust and skinny, all kind of person existed among these people. They gathered on different tables, playing pokers or throwing dices while smoking, both men and women."Mister, the management offices is over here, please follow me," the receptionist laughed but soon she became quiet because she didn't see any shocked and scared silly expression on Naruto's face, instead she saw a boring and sleepy Naruto as he yawned while looking around."Well, come on then, I don't have all day for this," Naruto said with droopy eyes.The receptionist frowned, she snorted as she led the way for Naruto.Naruto appearance quite attracted view of gazes, the robust men were looking at him with disdain and provocative gesture, the skinny one threw envy and jealousy toward such a hunk young man, few ladies here and there made a flirtatious and amorous move at Naruto.One of the robust man approached Naruto and the receptionist, without any restraint, he hugged the woman's waist and roughly gropes her breast while asking who Naruto was. The woman didn't feel bothered even pushing her breast more into the man's hand, she giggled and said out loud, "This man is send by Yu Lei International again and want me to bring him to see the boss."The moment they heard her, laugher and sneering could be heard from anywhere, one of them shook his head while sighing,"The last attempt, they sent a guy who said he was a black belt Taekwondo, but no more than a few seconds, he already laid on the floor with broken bones! Who they sent now? Martial art master?"They hoped Naruto would become terrified and shivering in fear when one of them spoke like that, but on the contrary, Naruto waved his head around before he caught something with his eyes, he strolled toward an unoccupied desk and sat leisurely on top of it. With a lazy but arrogant tone, he said, "Cut the boring threat off, bring out your manager to see me, I have already given him a lot of face by coming to this disgusting floor, don't make me regret wait for him here."The action that Naruto did make the rest of them shocked, before they laughed out loud again, the robust man who was fondling the receptionist before also laughed, then his face became hideous as he said, "Boy, don't act like a king here, this is our territory, our boss is the lord here, you don't have any qualification to meet him."Naruto closed his eyes and crossed his arms, he plainly said, "10 seconds left."Being Ignored by Naruto, of course, made the robust man became angry, with a prance steps, he approached Naruto and when he arrived in front of him, he reached out his hand to grab Naruto's shoulder,"Get off from your high-horse, you-"Before he managed to finish the sentence, a strong palm hit his cheek from the left side, it was so strong that it made him fall directly to his right and smashed the concrete ground with his cheek.It happened less than a second, the people in the room except for Naruto didn't realize the sudden change of event, those people still laughing and mocking Naruto when they felt something did not suit, only after they heard the scream of the receptionist that they started properly check the situation, which was left all of them flabbergasted.The robust man who supposed to be holding Naruto's shoulder, threatening and pressuring the arrogant blonde man, had lain on the floor. Whether he was still sobered or fainted was unknown, they could see a naked red palm's mark over his cheek and a crack appeared on the ground beneath his other cheek. Blood spilled between the gap, clearly indicated that his cheek was wounded because the fragment of the concrete floor.All of them became shocked as they stared at the place of crime, they didn't know how Naruto did it because he simply didn't move an inch to beat his enemy, they felt their back turned cold and some of them even shivering. They all shared the same thought that Yu Lei was probably really sending a martial arts expert this time to deal with them.A martial art expert? How can a mere normal and untrained thugs like us beat this kind of opponent? Yu Lei international really shameless and going overboard!Naruto didn't bother with the fainted robust man in the front of him, he waved his hands and closed his eyes, "5 seconds."These people felt wrath to Naruto yet at the same time they feared him, several ladies even close tight their legs, tried not to leak from fear.A short while, no one dared to make a move against Naruto, Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked at the door of the manager's room, he sighed and said in a low tone, "time's over."Naruto stood up from the desk and strolled away from it, the moment he reached halfway toward the manager's room, finally one of the man braced himself and stayed in Naruto's way, he grimly said, "Little brother, don't think because you have a little skill that you can act rampant here! I will not allow you to take another step!" Then he threw a punch toward Naruto.Naruto's eyes uninterestedly looked at him, "I don't need a step..."The man felt he hit a thin air before a strong kick swiped his feet, he slipped but before he touched the ground, another kick smacked him right on the stomach and launched him forward. The desk where Naruto sat before and the door toward the manager's room was only a straight path, thus the man flying across the room and crashed directly that door. The door broke as in unable to halt the man's motion, he landed on the cupboard in that room. Completely tore it to pieces.After witnessed such an event, everyone in the room became fully convinced that Naruto was definitely a martial art expert and they held back their thought of assaulting him.Naruto stood still as if he waiting for something, finally a hoarse and gloomy voice coming from the manager's room, "Mister is truly strong, you manage to beat up my subordinates and destroy my properties, but if I allowed you to act as you wish here, where do you think I will put my face later?"Soon, a mature middle-aged man who had a sharp face and wore an ash-colored suit and shiny leather shoes walked out."Boss/Leader!"As if saw their savior, the gangsters loudly cheering, they had lost their confidence but regained it back the moment this man came out.Naruto's pair of cerulean eyes scanned the man with no interest; his side-parting hairstyle, Armani suit, Louis Vuitton leather belt, and Piere Cardin leather shoes, they fit well with that calm and prideful look only successful people possessed. No matter from what angle, he looked like a big company's manager, and not the leader of these hoodlums, or the main boss of a fraud corporation."May I know this mister name?" the manager asked Naruto with great interest.Naruto wrinkled his brow before simply replied, "Uzumaki.""Ah, truly a great person, if you are not from Yu Lei, I would already invite you to a drink," the man laughed while strolling around the room. Every men and female in the room revealed an adored and reverent expression."Aiya, sadly you are from Yu Lei, the thing became difficult for Guo now, you know?" Boss Guo said with a bitter expression"I don't know what plan you're preparing or what schemes you're playing, just pay what you owe to the company and I'll be on my way," Naruto said with an impatient tone.Boss Guo who had the full name is Guo Ziheng shook his head, "I am afraid I can't do that."He revealed a confidence countenance, "On the other hand, I do have an offer for you which perhaps caught your interest?"Naruto didn't say anything as Guo Ziheng continued, "How about joining me in order to control Yu Lei International?"Naruto raised one eyebrows, he slanted his lips and let out his first smile since entered the building, "I never know that you have such an ambitious plan."Guo Ziheng laughed, "Man should have an ambitious dream, we are the creature of desires, so in order to gain everything we want, we have to seize power!"He sat on one of the desks, two wanton women got closer to him as he grabbed their small waist and put them on his both legs, "Women, money, food, drink, glamour, and everything else. I couldn't get them all if I don't have neither power nor influence!"His pair of wide eyes looked straight at Naruto, "Yu Lei International is my first step-stone to regain that power, and through it, I will seize more and more, conquer more and more!"Naruto's expression delayed for a moment before he chuckled, "Wow, I don't know where you get the desires of greed that strong."He shook his head and curled his lips, "But you are just a man, man has his limitation, you shouldn't bite more than you can chew."Guo Ziheng surprisingly nodded, he fiendishly grinned, " I know, that's why I will bring people more to share my idea, and together we will strive for it!"He raised his hand and offered it to Naruto, "So how is it going to be? Join us and together we will be unbeatable."There was a long silence in the room as everyone held their breath, expecting what this blond man would answer, they couldn't help but got excited if this person joined their group, although they felt angry toward his previous action, all would be forgiven if in the end, he joined them. But of course, they could only have that in their dream as Naruto's simple answer woke them up back to reality."No, thanks!"The room suddenly became cold, Naruto's plain and quick answer resembled a bucket of ice-cold water splashed at them. Guo Ziheng face become cold, he said in a cold tone, "Then we don't have anything else to discuss, if you're smart, you can be like other two previous people who can go back only with broken bones and small injuries, sadly you are a fool, I'm sorry, but you are not gonna leave this place alive."Naruto scratched his cheek, "Wow, you must be pretty confident on killing me since you're not even hesitate to spill the bean."Guo Zheng took off his Armani jacket, revealing a white Gucci shirt that covered all the bulging muscles and strong figure. He moved his neck and some of the parts of his bodies, a bone crackling sound could be heard from it."It's not just confidence, but also skills," he said before he lunged at Naruto with a big stride charging forward. Quick he arrived at Naruto's position and attacked him with a roundhouse kick. Guo Ziheng movement was extremely proficient, with ample of strength!If anybody was attacked like this they probably would panic and scared, but as if just normal thing for Naruto, he leisurely blocked Guo Ziheng's attack by curving his right hand near his chest.'Bam!'The moment Guo Ziheng's leg hit Naruto's arm, a dull sound could be heard, but no other sound followed after that. Usually when they heard this sound, it mean that Guo Ziheng's leg hit hard on the target and another sound like something crashed into something supposed to be follow after.The dust that covered both people finally cleared and revealed what actually happens. They once again shocked at the view presented for them, Guo Ziheng's leg still on Naruto's arm as he blocked his kicked, but the problem was, Naruto's hand completely fine, it's not even shaking or shivering which mean Naruto didn't feel any trouble dealing with such a fierce kick. At the same time, Guo Ziheng's leg shivered in strong wave, like he just hit something made out of steel, he felt like some of his leg's bone had broken.*Crack!*"Aaaaaaah!"His guess came out true as he took back his leg and a broken sound could be heard from it. Guo Ziheng screamed in agony and pain, this was not just a crack or little broken, but completely a snapped bone!While in agonizing pain, he stared at Naruto with terrified face, one could see an immense fear reflected on it, "You-you, what are you?! You not a human! There is no way a human bone could be that hard! You are monster! A fucking monster!"Naruto gazed deeply into his eyes, a fiendish grin exposed by his face, "Yes, I'm a monster! So be obedient and pay the debt, or I won't show any mercy again."Shockingly, after being intimidated like that, Guo Ziheng didn't yield, instead he broke up laughing and taunted, "Hahahaha! Go monster! Kill me! I still won't pay back anything to that wretched company!"Naruto sighed, "Such a pity, very well then! Remember that you force my hand, besides, that threat..." Naruto paused, he raised his face then his cold eyes swept the surrounding, "were not meant for you..."Before Guo Ziheng understood what Naruto meant, a woman's screaming entered his ears.He startled and snapped his face at the source of the scream.There, a woman lied on the floor, blood submerged her body, hand twisted backward while another separated from her torso, eyes stared at him, widened to their limit with shock and surprise filled the lens. Her mouth gaped open, more blood pouring from there, also from her eyes, nose, even ears.His guts churned, almost making him threw up on the spot."W-what..."Another screaming sound entered his ears again, this time was a man's voice, he looked it up.A person hanged in the air, with body filled with claw marks and two missing pair of legs. His expression was agast, spat out his tongue as if someone choked his neck.Guo Ziheng couldn't hold his stomach anymore, he threw up upon seeing a gruesome torn apart man. What more terribe was, His suffering yet to be concluded, he heard more sound of men and women screaming, they were cursing and pleading, begging whoever massacred them to stop, begging for him to save them, yet he can't do anything."Stop! Please stop! Don't kill them anymore!""First brother! Second brother! ""Little meng, nooo!""Please... stop... please... no more..."Suddenly the screaming sound stopped, followed by a long silence before he finally heard a man cheerful voice "So, you ready to pay the debt?"
