24: Successfully rescued

As the group of five led by Wang Chao reached the third floor, they were blocked by two burly men.

At the same time, they said, "Sorry, gentlemen, the third floor is an employee break area and is not open to the public."

Wang Chao didn't want to waste any breath on them, so he gave a wink to his companions. Suddenly, two of them surged forward, instantly covering the mouths of the men blocking their path, and then delivered a hand chop to each, knocking them unconscious.

After knocking them out, Wang Chao patted them down. There were no firearms, only two daggers, which Wang Chao promptly tucked into his waistband.

They dragged the two men to the side and continued walking inside.

Soon, they reached the innermost part of the third floor. The translator pointed to the sign on the door and said, "This is the general manager's office."

Wang Chao nodded and then knocked on the door.

A curse came from inside the room. Then, after a dozen seconds, the door opened. Wang Chao first scanned the room. The four tattooed men from earlier were standing inside, and opposite them was a bald man smoking a cigar, looking over.

Without any nonsense, Wang Chao kicked the person who opened the door, knocking him over. The two Death Warriors behind Wang Chao also rushed into the room with lightning speed.

Immediately, a commotion of clattering and crashing sounds erupted inside the room.

It didn't last long—less than half a minute in total—and soon the room quieted down.

When the translator and the guide walked into the room, they saw Wang Chao already sitting in the main seat, playing with a Glock pistol in his hand.

Kneeling on the floor were the men who had been in the room.

"Close the door, and translator, come here!" Wang Chao pointed at the door and then at the translator.

The translator shivered and quickly walked to Wang Chao's side.

"Ask them who is in charge," Wang Chao asked.

The translator quickly relayed Wang Chao's words.

Then, the bald guy on the floor chattered away in a foreign language, and Wang Chao looked at the translator.

"Brother, he says he's the security manager here. He's asking who you are and warning you that this is Wild Dog Gang territory. If you hurt them, we won't be able to leave here," the translator said.

"Heh, tell him there's no need to ask who I am. Here, this is a photo. Ask them who has seen the woman in the picture," Wang Chao chuckled, then handed over a photo of Zhou Fei from his pocket.

Just as the translator handed the photo to the men on the floor, Wang Chao and his group kept their eyes locked on them.

The photo was passed among them, and soon, Wang Chao noticed something unusual in the facial expression of one of the henchmen.

Wang Chao immediately walked up to him and said, "Have you seen this girl?"

"No, no I haven't," the henchman hurriedly shook his head.

But the next second, a large foot was already stomping on the henchman's hand. Wang Chao said with a cold expression, "My patience is limited. If you don't talk, this hand of yours will turn into mush right now."

The henchman hesitated for a few seconds and didn't speak.

However, soon, the henchman's shrill screams rang out.

Given Wang Chao's physical condition, he hadn't even applied much force, yet the henchman's hand under his foot was already making cracking sounds. As the saying goes, the fingers are connected to the heart; the average person really couldn't withstand that kind of pain.

"Don't, don't step on it anymore, I'll talk, I'll talk!" Sure enough, after a few seconds, the henchman couldn't take it anymore and shouted loudly.

Wang Chao eased up a little.

"Tell me everything you know!"

"I saw this girl a few days ago, but she was targeted by Bati's group. Since then, she hasn't been here again!"

"Who is Bati?"

"Bati is a small gang in our area that deals in black-market business. But since they operate on our turf, this guy pays us a sum of money every month."

Wang Chao's eyes brightened upon hearing this.

He continued to ask, "How do you know this girl was targeted by Bati's group?"

"Because this girl left a deep impression on me. The night she came to the bar, she was very flashy, hiring six or seven models and spending over a million Thai Baht on drinks alone. That night, I also ran into some of Bati's henchmen monitoring her." Feeling that since he had already started talking, the henchman sold Bati out completely. As the old saying goes, better him than me.

"Where are Bati and his people now?"

"Their base is just in the back street. I can take you there, but please don't hurt me!" the henchman said.

"Good!" Wang Chao replied readily, seeing the other party was so cooperative. However, before leaving, Wang Chao dealt with the others to ensure they couldn't say anything they shouldn't. Of course, they were left alive, but life for them would be worse than death from now on.

After finishing up, Wang Chao quickly led his people away. The two henchmen at the door received the same treatment. For Wang Chao and his group, Qin Yang's orders were enough to make them do whatever it took to complete them.

When they arrived at the back alley, Zhang Long and his group had already arrived. Beside them were the three suspected individuals crouching down. Their faces were black and blue, and it was clear they had been roughed up quite a bit.

"Captain, these people should be fine. They are also tourists. I checked their passports; they are Korean. Looking at that girl was purely out of lechery," Zhang Long said upon seeing Wang Chao.

Wang Chao nodded, but to be sure, he had the henchman look at the three of them. Only when the henchman also didn't recognize them did Wang Chao knock the three of them out and leave them in the alley.

Because it was very close, it didn't take long for Wang Chao and his group to walk to Bati's base.

After arriving at Bati's base, Wang Chao observed the surroundings. The base was a two-story building. Now, all the windows were covered with curtains, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.

Since their equipment was limited, Wang Chao thought for a moment and immediately decided to launch a direct assault.

He made a gesture to Zhang Long and the others, who understood instantly and quickly dispersed.

Then, Wang Chao walked to the entrance of the base and pounded on the door.

Soon, there was a response from inside, shouting not to knock, and then the door was opened.

For his own safety, Wang Chao didn't hold back. As soon as the door opened and before the person on the other side could react, Wang Chao delivered a front kick to the person's abdomen.

The person was instantly sent flying as if hit by a truck, disappearing from sight in a blink. A dull thud followed, though it was unclear what the person had hit to make that sound.

Wang Chao ignored this and quickly stepped inside, clutching the Glock pistol he had just seized to guard against any unforeseen events.

Once inside, Wang Chao discovered that the place was divided into many rooms, but each had an iron door installed on the outside. Wang Chao randomly tried to open one, only to find that the iron doors were all locked. Hearing the noise from outside, a panicked sound came from inside.

Wang Chao's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing the sound, as it was made by a woman.

At this time, Zhang Long and the others also followed closely inside.

Upon seeing them, Wang Chao said, "Break the door open. There's a woman in there; the client might be inside. The rest of you, keep watch with me!"

"Understood!" Everyone gave an OK gesture.

Then Zhang Long called another Death Warrior. Each of them grabbed the door handle with one hand. Zhang Long then signaled three-two-one, and they pulled together. The iron door let out a piercing screech, and the next second, the entire door was ripped off.

After the door was opened, Zhang Long quickly dashed inside.

What came into view was an iron-frame bed, and on the bed was a bound woman. The woman was wearing only underwear, and there were quite a few bloodstains on it.

Seeing Zhang Long, the woman was so scared she wanted to hide, but her bound body made it impossible for her to move. She could only widen her eyes and look at Zhang Long in terror.

Zhang Long took a look, didn't care about much else, stepped forward, and ripped the bra out of the woman's mouth.

The woman then cried out, "Please, I really can't be violated again. I'm bleeding down there. If this continues, I will die!"

Hearing the familiar language, Zhang Long paused and asked, "Are you from China?"

The woman was stunned, then as if realizing something, her face revealed a look of pleasant surprise, and she asked expectantly, "Are you sent by the country to save us?"

But the next second, Zhang Long's reply made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

"We are indeed here to rescue someone, but I'm sorry, it's not you."

"Ah! Please, I beg you, I was kidnapped. As long as you can save me, I will definitely repay you..." the woman, having realized the situation, begged frantically.

At this moment, Wang Chao walked in: "Zhang Long, what the hell is going on? Is it the target?"

"No," Zhang Long replied.

"If it's not, then go open the next room. We are very short on time," Wang Chao replied.

"Captain, although this person isn't the target, she is from China..." Although Zhang Long didn't finish his sentence, Wang Chao already understood.

Wang Chao scratched his head and said, "Let her out first. I'll contact the boss in a while and ask what to do!"

"Good!" Zhang Long agreed, then cut the ropes binding the woman.

"You follow behind us for now. We need to ask our boss's opinion before we can decide how to handle you," Zhang Long said after cutting the ropes, then turned and left.

When Zhang Long returned to the first-floor corridor, there were already several corpses in the hallway—guards who had been alarmed by the commotion. This time, the Death Warriors had gone all out and used heavy force, so the state of these guards was quite gruesome. Of course, this didn't cause a single ripple of emotion in the Death Warriors.

With Zhang Long's participation, the speed of opening doors became much faster. As door after door was opened, the situation inside was mostly the same as the woman in the first room. However, there were a few rooms with bloodstains everywhere and residual human tissue on the floor, clearly indicating that people had been murdered there.

However, the Death Warriors couldn't concern themselves with these things.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer unopened doors, the hearts of Wang Chao and his group grew anxious.

Zhang Long looked at the woman following behind him and suddenly took out the photo of Zhou Fei, saying, "Have you seen this girl?"

The woman didn't waste any words, took the photo, looked at it, and said, "I've seen her. We were kidnapped together, but this girl was somewhat unyielding and unwilling to be violated. She was beaten several times and then taken away."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Long's expression darkened. It seemed they had to prepare for the worst.

However, Zhang Long and his group didn't give up. After searching the first floor, they moved to the second floor. The second floor was completely different from the first. Perhaps because the henchmen on the first floor hadn't responded, Bati's group on the second floor was on guard. Just as Wang Chao was about to step onto the stairs to the second floor, several loud bangs forced Wang Chao back into the stairwell.

"They have guns on the other side, everyone be careful. Zhang Long, coordinate with me; I'll take them out!" Wang Chao said quickly after returning to the stairwell.

After speaking, he checked the magazine of the Glock pistol in his hand, then gave Zhang Long a look. Zhang Long took advantage of the moment to pick up a trash can from the stairwell and threw it toward the second-floor corridor.

The moment the trash can was thrown, a flurry of gunfire rang out in the second-floor corridor again. At that very moment, Wang Chao instantly dashed out, and the Glock in his hand rang out as well.

A few seconds later, Wang Chao was holding a struggling person in each hand, shouting, "Danger cleared, you can come up!"

Zhang Long and the others heard the news and walked up.

"This guy is the leader, is it Bati?" Wang Chao lifted the person in his hand and said to the translator, who was already scared silly.

The translator shuddered, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked the captured Wild Dog Gang henchman stammeringly.

The Wild Dog Gang henchman nodded repeatedly, indicating that this man was indeed Bati.

And just at this moment, a Death Warrior shouted loudly, "Captain, the person has been found!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chao's heart trembled. He quickly threw Bati onto the ground and ran over.

The person was found in a small room. When found, Zhou Fei was still in a coma. Looking at her naked body, Wang Chao and the others instantly understood what had happened. A Death Warrior silently found a blanket, wrapped her up, and then picked her up.

"As long as she's alive, this trip wasn't in vain. Zhao Hu, Ma Han, handle the cleanup. Remember to record a video. The rest of you, evacuate immediately," Wang Chao said after glancing at Zhou Fei.

"What about those released women?" Zhang Long asked.

"The boss said to have them sent to the local police station. What happens after that is not our concern," Wang Chao replied.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Long immediately shut his mouth. The boss's words were imperial edicts to them; they wouldn't have any objections at all.

Wang Chao led the others to evacuate first, while Zhao Hu and Ma Han finished off the remaining members of Bati's group in the building. Then, Ma Han took out his phone, and Zhao Hu siphoned some gasoline from the car outside and poured it over the corpses. As Ma Han turned on the camera, Zhao Hu took out a collected lighter, lit it, and threw it onto the gasoline without any hesitation.

Instantly, a flame shot into the air. After doing this, Zhao Hu and Ma Han evacuated quickly.

After rescuing the person, Wang Chao immediately reported back to Qin Yang.

Hearing that Wang Chao and his group had made quite a scene this time, to be safe, before the local authorities could react, Qin Yang contacted Zhou Kang and had him arrange a boat for Wang Chao and his group to Myanmar, leaving Mangu tonight.

Upon learning that his cousin had been rescued, Zhou Kang was naturally overjoyed and promised repeatedly that he would handle the matter.

The Zhou Family old mansion.

The spacious living room was already full of people at this moment.

The Zhou Family was a large clan with very strong influence in H City. To put it simply, the Zhou Family could be said to be successful in all walks of life, having their own people everywhere.

But at this moment, the heads of the various branches sitting on the sofa had their brows tightly furrowed. The Zhou Family's daughter had been kidnapped abroad, which was a major event, and every branch had to contribute.

"Good news! Good news! Fei Fei has been rescued! Fei Fei has been rescued!" Just as everyone was gloomily trying to figure out a plan, Zhou Kang ran into the room shouting.