Chapter 171: Deadly Battle

"Why?" Mia looked at Ryan with a confused face.

"This necklace belongs to Megan, I've seen her wear it," Ryan answered. "And this bastard wore it,"

This time, Mia's sharp gaze fell on Hector.

Feeling the two people intensely staring at him,Hector wanted to cry blood. What's with that necklace?

"Where did you get the necklace?" Mia asked in a cold tone. "Don't try to lie or my friend will hurt you again,"

Hector answered with a bitter smile, "I got it from my boss last night,"

"Your boss?" Ryan's eyes were really cold when he said it. "How could he get it? Explain to me,"

With a trembling body, Hector answered, "Last night, my friends and I were walking around here. Then we saw a beautiful woman walking alone in the street and looked lonely. Then my friends decided to kidnap her,"

"What?" Mia couldn't believe what she heard. Kidnapping cases were rare in this city, but she did not expect that someone would commit such a crime just because there was an opportunity, and not because it was premeditated.

Ryan then asked, "What happened after that?"

He sounded so angry and it scared Hector, making him doubtful about his situation and stopped talking. Ryan then stuck out his index finger and put it on Hector's chest, resulting in the man feeling his bone about to break.

"After we tied her up, we wanted to rape her but she kept on rebelling. Moreover, she hurt one of my friends so we sent that wild woman to our boss as a present. That's why the boss rewarded me with this gold necklace,"

With a body drenched in sweat, Hector noticed Ryan's expression. He was afraid that his story would not satisfy the man with the terrible mood in front of him.

Unexpectedly, Ryan lifted his index finger then put his palm on Hector's chest. Just a bit of his internal strength and a sharp pain immediately spread throughout Hector's body.

"ARGH—Hmpph!!"

The painful moan couldn't be heard, Ryan quickly covered Hector's mouth with his left hand. 

"What happened to her and where's she now?" Mia asked.

"I don't know! I haven't known her situation since I gave her to the boss," Hector grimaced in pain, he couldn't move Ryan's hand from his chest.

"Show me the way," Ryan said as he kicked him.

Hector then stood up while enduring his pain, hatred began to fill his heart. He wanted to use this opportunity to escape. 

However, Ryan whispered to him from behind, "If I don't see your boss's face in half an hour, I'll send you to the afterlife!"

Short, concise and clear, Ryan's threat set Hector straight so that he wouldn't make any mistake.

Hector felt that Ryan wasn't just bluffing and so he brought him and Mia to his boss in the headquarters.

Mia notified her office and refused to take help. She would likely find a human trafficking base, so she shouldn't alert those people. This kind of crime was known for being perfectly covered, hidden under the shadow of society and the ring leaders usually had their eyes in the police department.

Half an hour later, Hector took Ryan and Mia to a remote building in the western part of the city. They were taken to a district within the city ​​of Avalerion known as the Sleepless Town. This place was filled with prostitution, illegal gamblings, drug lounges, etc. The crime rate there was the highest of any other place.

Law enforcement officials had closed this place but the criminal extremists— those who killed or planned terrorist attacks— would not hesitate to arrest and imprison them.

"This is the place..." Hector turned his head and invited Ryan to enter. However, Ryan raised his hand and slapped him hard. Hector's whole body spun like he was dancing ballet and fell unconscious without being able to say anything.

After that, Ryan and Mia entered together.

Walking in the abandoned building, they were immediately intercepted by two thugs with baseball bats in their hands. 

"Who are you?" The thugs saw these two strangers and their gaze immediately fell on Mia's sexy body. 

Since Mia didn't want her identity as a cop to be revealed and cause a stir in this district, she wore her simple casual clothes. However, the beauty of her body still couldn't be hidden.

Those two lecherous eyes continued to stare at Mia's chest and butt. Unfortunately, they needed to be closed for a few moments.

DUAK!

Both of them received a powerful blow from Ryan, making them fall unconscious in an instant.

Ryan waved his hand and searched the two thugs. Mia then crouched down and was about to handcuff them.

"They are just anchovies, the snapper is inside. You better save it for the bigger catch," Ryan said while searching.

Mia lifted her head and realized that Ryan was not looking at her at all. How did Ryan know what she was going to do without looking?

She still had so many questions about the man that welled up in her heart, but Mia decided to put the thoughts aside and caught up with Ryan as the man had walked some distance from her.

Several thugs were seen inside the abandoned building.

"My turn, flush the shovel!" One of them took out the 5 cards while smoking a cigarette.

"Bastard, your cards are great from there!" His opponent was angry because his card was bad.

"Just admit that you lose, you don't have to give me excuses," the thug stubbed out his cigarette and couldn't wait to get his friends' money.

Apart from the four of them playing the cards, several others were seen drinking. Alcohol and snacks filled the middle of the table.

The other group was seen just chatting while smoking.

When Ryan and Mia walked in, they didn't care about the two of them.

Ryan just stood still while watching them, the thugs did not suspect him at all.

"Full seven!"

"Look, you must be cheating! You keep getting 5 cards from earlier, you must be cheating!"

"Are you crazy? You shuffled and dealt the cards yourself, didn't you? How come you accuse me of cheating? Where's the money? Come on, give it to me!"

Mia frowned, she felt confused. Why did the scene look like her office?

But this comparison was a little disrespectful, her friends wouldn't gamble and get drunk at work.

Ryan then approached the thugs who were drinking. "I'm looking for your boss,"

"Boss is on the second floor, just go up by yourself," The thug said and then chugged his beer.

Mia was shocked to hear that, she didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the boss. 

Ryan didn't have much to say and walked straight through the crowd of criminals to the 2nd floor.

Mia followed behind him in amazement. He wasn't stopped by any of these thugs at all!

When they had climbed the stairs, the thug from earlier suddenly gripped his bottle and remembered something. "Who was that? I never saw that person and he's looking for the boss,"

"Ugh, an underdog like you won't get it. If he's looking for a boss, then he's looking for drugs so just leave him be. Have another drink here. Today, we will break our previous drinking record!"

At this time, Ryan and Mia were already on the 2nd floor. When they entered the room, they saw a fat man rolling up paper. They saw him lowering his head and sniffed what appeared to be heroin on the table.

HISS…

The man felt like he was floating above the clouds. He was completely unaware of Ryan's presence as the man took a seat opposite him.

"Damn, this stuff keeps kicking!"

Not long after that, the man finally opened his eyes and realized there was a strange figure in front of him.

His blurry vision made him think he was still hallucinating.

Once he could clearly see, however, he took out his gun and aimed at Ryan.

CLICK!

The boss pulled the trigger but no bullet shot out. At this time, Ryan raised his hand and bullets started falling from his grip.

"Did you kidnap someone yesterday?" Ryan asked with a flat face.

"Who are you?" The boss replied with a calm face. For as long as he lived as a criminal, he had nothing to fear.

But the question was, why did his subordinates let this intruder into his room? Did this guy defeat them all?

And at this time, the voice downstairs got even more rowdy and all those drunken thugs started singing together.

The atmosphere down there was really festive while their boss could only stare at Ryan, trying to mask his fear.

Mia was standing at the door, she watched out and made sure nobody would interfere.

"If you lie or give unsatisfying answers to me, I will take your life," Ryan said with a cold face.

"You want to kill me? Hahaha!" This boss suddenly laughed and the sound of his laughter echoed loudly.

"Many people have threatened to kill me and none of them have succeeded. You think I'm scared?"

Ryan shook his head. "It's useless when you pretend to be arrogant when you're scared shitless and want your men to protect you,"

The boss looked surprised, how did this foe know he called for help?

In an instant, the drunken thugs from downstairs run up to the 2nd floor carrying their weapons.

"Boss! What's wrong?"

"Boss! Are you okay?"

The thugs immediately broke in and saw Ryan's figure.

"Mia, hide," Ryan said.

Mia immediately hid in the corner of the room while Ryan stood up, staring at the boss. The man then said with an arrogant tone, "I like your guts. It's true that I kidnapped a girl yesterday and her body really suited my taste! Hahaha!"

Ryan's killing aura immediately spread when he heard those words. The boss of the thugs had a bad feeling and snapped at his subordinates, "Why are you silent? Hurry up and kill him!"

But Ryan disappeared in  the blink of an eye and left a trail of painful screams.

"Ah!"

"Arghh!"

"No...!!"

It only took him 5 seconds to silence all those screams and made the room quiet again. By the time the boss realized, Ryan was already standing behind him.

"We will have a lot of fun today," Ryan said, smiling and banging the fat man's head on the table. 

The boss screamed in pain and gritted his teeth as he vowed to kill Ryan. Mia, knowing what was coming next, immediately closed her eyes.

Ryan then grabbed the boss's hair with one hand and beat him until his nose was broken.

"Where's the woman you kidnapped yesterday?" His gaze was like a cold-blooded killer. "If you don't speak, I'll kill you right now!"