Chapter 59 – “He took my father away.”
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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Shen Changze spent the whole night looking through all the possible places where Rody would hang out. But he couldn’t find Rody. However, he was not completely unrewarded. In a nightclub, he managed to block Lawrence Rody’s half-brother, the first heir of the Rody family – Fabin Rody.
In order to prevent others from paying too much attention to him because of his age, Shen Changze put on a cap and sat in a corner of the nightclub, observing Fabin Rody who was drinking with his friends. He also counted the number of bodyguards around him. He was waiting. He was waiting for the time the other party would leave. There were so many people in the club so it was inconvenient for him to start a fight. He would follow him back to his residence or hotel.
It wasn’t until 4 a.m. that Fabin Rody left the nightclub surrounded by his bodyguards. It seemed that his steps were steady and he didn’t drink too much.
Shen Changze followed them.
These people did not drive in a car. They instead walked to the hotel across the street, which was only a few metres away from the nightclub. It seemed that Rody would be staying there for the night.
Shen Changze followed them into the hotel. Rody and his bodyguards got on the elevator and Shen Changze watched the number moving up on the elevator to know which floor the elevator would stop at. They stopped at the 21st floor.
Shen Changze also took the elevator. He pressed floor number 6, 14, 20 and 21. He then got off the elevator on the 20th floor and rushed to the 21st floor along the safe passage at the fastest speed.
Sure enough, he saw several bodyguards waiting at the elevator entrance with their guns raised while Fabin Rody was standing beside them smoking a cigarette.
The elevator door opened with a ding and everyone’s attention was attached to the elevator door opening slowly. Shen Changze raised the trash can at the foot of the stairs and threw it at the nearest bodyguard. He then raised his gun and started to shoot. Several people rushed towards him.
The bodyguard was thrown to the ground by the trash can and the bodyguard next to Rody was shot and fell down. Two bodyguards quickly covered Rody by standing in front of him while the other turned to aim at Shen Changze. But Shen Changze had already rushed in front of him, kicking off the gun in his hand. The butt of the gun hit him hard on the head. He then picked up his collar and used him as a shield. He then threw the unlucky bodyguard onto Rody.
The gunshot rang out and Shen Changze rolled to the ground. He drew out his sabre and stabbed a bodyguard protecting Rody to the ground. He grabbed the gun that fell from him and shot through the wrist of the other bodyguard.
When he stood up, his gun was already placed on Rody’s forehead.
The whole incident happened within only a minute. During these mere few seconds, six of Rody’s bodyguards were lying on the ground and Shen Changze had already controlled the whole situation.
Fabin Rody squinted his eyes at Shen Changze who was half a head shorter than him. He slowly raised his hand, “Kid, don’t be impulsive.”
He had already noticed that Shen Changze was watching him from time to time in the nightclub. Although Shen Changze was not conspicuous at all, he grew up in an underworld family. Hence, the threats he encountered in his life may be more than the women he had slept with in his age. He was naturally sensitive and alert. So even if he might be mistaken, he will not let go of anything trivial.
When he left with his bodyguards, his informant in the nightclub told him that Shen Changze had also followed him into the hotel. So he was sure that this person was indeed coming for him. The nightclub was very dark and he couldn’t see Shen Changze properly. He could only tell that it was a small Asian man. But he didn’t see clearly until now that it was actually a child. He was definitely not more than 15 years old or maybe even younger.
He couldn’t imagine that the astonishing speed, calmness, attack power and courage just now came from an underage child. His bodyguards were all the best of the best. They shouldn’t be so inferior to a child!
He had heard that the Orientals are mysterious and unfathomable. It seems that this is true. Rody tried his best to maintain his superficial calm. Since this person does not kill him immediately, he must not have come here to kill him. He hoped that this child’s request would not be too much for him to handle.
Shen Changze pushed the hair that blocked his eyes behind his ears, revealing his delicate and handsome face. He looked at the other party coldly, “I’m looking for Lawrence Rody.”
Fabin let out a sigh of relief, “Little kid, you have found the wrong person. My name is Fabin Rody. Lawrence is my younger brother.”
“I know. I’m looking for him. Where is he?”
Fabin showed a disdainful expression, “I don’t know where he is. But I can look for him for you.”
“I want to meet him.”
“What do you want him for?”
“He took my father away.”
Fabin smiled faintly. He knew clearly about Lawrence’s perverted hobbies, “Your father must be a charming young man.”
Shen Changze hit Rody on the forehead with the muzzle of a gun. His eyes filled with murderous intent, “Stop bullshitting!”
Fabin waved his hand, “Sorry. I’ll help you to find Lawrence. I can make a call now. But I have a small request.”
Shen Changze said sharply, “Are you qualified to make a request from me?”
“It’s nothing big.” Fabin showed a sinister smile, “I just hope you won’t let him come back alive after you met him.”
Shen Changze narrowed his eyes at him, “I can help you with this. I will definitely make him disappear from this world.”
Under Shen Changze’s gaze, Fabin took out his mobile phone and made a call, “Find out where Lawrence is immediately.”
Fabin hung up the phone and said with a smile, “Why don’t you go in and have a drink with me first? You can rest assured that at least, I’m not your enemy.”
Shen Changze shook his head, “I don’t have time for that. I want to find out his whereabouts as soon as possible.”
Fabin also shook his head helplessly, “It makes me feel very uncomfortable to be pointed by a gun at my forehead like this.”
Shen Changze looked at the bodyguards who were slowly getting up from the ground, “Tell them to go.”
Under Fabn’s signal, the bodyguards helped the injured guys to go downstairs. When there were only two of them left on the 21st floor, Shen Changze put down his gun and said, “Let’s go.”
Fabin tidied up his clothes and walked into the suite gracefully.
After entering the room, he poured himself a glass of wine. He then put his phone on the bar, “What’s your name?”
“Shen.”
“Shen? You’re Chinese?”
“Hmm.”
“How old are you?”
“Fifteen.”
Fabin let out an admiration, “The Chinese are amazing, I can’t believe how you’re so young but you can already knock down six of my bodyguards in an instant. You make me feel very insecure. I may be caught by someone like you at any time and assassinated.”
Shen Changze gave him a cold look, “It’s a pity that your brother doesn’t know current affairs as well as you do.”
“Of course not. He’s an idiot.”
At this time, Fabin’s phone rang. Shen Changze stared at the phone.
Fabin pressed the loudspeaker button on the phone.
“Master Fabin, Master Lawrence has gone abroad.”
“Where did he go?”
“He went to ‘Genting’.”
Fabin didn’t look surprised at all, “And Nesis?”
“They’re together.”
“Okay. Got it.”
When Shen Changze heard the word ‘Genting’, his whole head felt like it was about to explode. He thought of what Shan Ming had described about the place. He was even more worried about Shan Ming’s safety.
Fabin said: “Lawrence went to Morocco, there is an…”
“…Underground fighting arena.”
“Oh. You know about this. That saves me from explaining. Your father was taken away. I think he was sent here. Is your father as powerful as you?”
Shen Changze clenched the gun in his hand. He then asked with a ferocious face, “Does he often do this kind of thing?”
“Him? No. He doesn’t have the ability. It was done by Nesis. Lawrence is a useless piece of shit who only knows how to gamble and play with men as well as women. When he felt that ordinary gambling was no longer enough for him, Nesis made him fall in love with another type of gambling. He took him to ‘Genting’ to let him experience the alternative exciting gambling of human-to-human combat. Recently, I heard that the pets in Nesis’ hands always lose. It caused him to lose a lot of money so he is looking around for powerful thugs…”
Shen Changze’s murderous aura made Fabin felt difficult to even look at him in the eye. He said coldly, “I’m going to ‘Genting’. Do you want Lawrence to die? Then you better help me.”
Fabin raised his eyebrows, “Of course I will. Although Lawrence is useless, his existence is somewhat of a threat to me. I’ll arrange a plane for you to take off now. How about it?”
Shen Changze stood up and strode out of the room. With a cold light shining in his eyes, he said, “It’s just what I wanted.”
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“Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!”
High-pitched shouting was ringing in his ears from behind him. Shan Ming could already guess the greedy and bloodthirsty gleam in their eyes without even looking at the audience’s expressions.
Shan Ming moved his body. His hands and feet were a little numb after being tied up for two days.
From the opposite side of the arena, a man came up. He was about the same height as him, about 1.85 metres. But he looked to be very strong. He appeared to be two times stronger than Shan Ming. The muscles on his body were solid, looking hard and strong. Compared to him, Shan Ming is a little thinner.
Looking at the man’s hazy eyes, Shan Ming knew that he must have used the drugs. But seeing that he was not drooling and his eyes were still focused, the drugs taken should not be overdose. He just hoped that he could deal with this man.
Nesis and Rody were sitting next to the stands. Rody took a sip of champagne with a gloating expression while Nesis laughed and shouted, “Mr. Shan, please don’t die easily. I value you very much. “
Shan Ming gave him a cold look. He pointed at Nesis and mouthed, “You will die before I do.”
Nesis’s smile froze on his face.
The referee jumped onto the ring and repeated the general rules of the boxing ring three times in French, English, and Arabic. But he didn’t say which parts of the body that couldn’t be attacked. Being knocked down or dying is considered the end. Surrender is theoretically possible but it must be agreed by the opponent’s ‘owner’. Generally speaking, the audience here wants to see the loser beaten to death. That is unless the loser’s ‘owner’ pays a lot of money to the opponent. Then, they could redeem their life from the ‘owner’. If not, in this ring, losing simply means death.
The referee began to introduce the two fighters in the arena.
“The two standing in the ring are both newbies. This one is ‘Bison’ with six wins and one loss. This one is our first-time fighter in ‘Genting’. We will call him – ‘Beauty’ !”
Shan Ming really wanted to kick this host down. It was such a disgusting nickname. It must have been given to him by Rody.
The audience burst into high cheers. They couldn’t wait to see how ‘Bison’ would kill ‘Beauty’.
The referee babbled a few more words, exaggerating the blood and excitement of the match. He then jumped off the ring.
The arena in ‘Genting’ has a beautiful and poetic name which means “Cloud Crown”. Perhaps it was named that way because it is the peak of death. In short, after the game starts, the referee will no longer stand in the arena to avoid being affected.
With the sound of the bell, the fight began!
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*Translator’s Note: As I mentioned in chapter 57, in the Chinese text, ‘Genting’ is written as 云顶 【Yúndǐng】which means “cloud top”. The first character is “cloud” while the second one is “crown (the one you put on your head)”. But since in the previous conversation they had with the driver, they were talking about the ‘Genting’ in Malaysia, I will use ‘Genting’ instead of ‘Yunding’ in my translation. -K
Next update: 2023.06.13
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