Deadly Situation

"You have to come with us."

Angie backed away. One of the Wolf Gang members grabbed Petal's hair, who was cowering in fear, and wrapped her arms around Angie.

"Aaaaaah...!" Petal screamed. She was forced to walk with her hair violently pulled. The Wolf Gang man casually kicked Petal in the back until she bounced off and hit the wall of the nightclub.

"What are you doing, asshole!"

Angie growled angrily as she saw Petal's forehead bleeding from the impact. Unfortunately, Angie's anger was no match for him. Instead, the Wolf Gang man burst out laughing as if he was very pleased to see Angie angry.

"I'll say it again, come with us."

Angie shook her head and spat in front of the man. "I'm not going with you."

"Don't be so arrogant. You're just a lowly journalist. The Wolf Gang can kill you at any time."

Angie grinned. She knew that the threat was no joke, especially coming from a member of the Wolf Gang. There had been many mysterious deaths over the years, suspected to be the crimes of Wolf Gang members, but none of the police in this country had been able to catch the boss. Angie could have died today. But for some reason, she was even more eager to confront the Wolf Gang man to get more information.

"Try me. I'm sure you're not here to kill me."

The Wolf Gang man snorted hatefully. "So confident. What if we were hired to kill you?"

"If that were the case, you wouldn't have come in so openly, made a scene in the nightclub, and then suddenly invited me along. Do you think I'm stupid? I've dealt with people like you before. Don't underestimate me. Tell me, what did your boss tell you to come here and take me away?"

The Wolf Gang man's expression changed instantly, and just by looking at him, Angie was convinced that her guess was right. There must be another reason why they wanted Angie. The problem was, what did they want with Angie? Like they said, she was just a journalist.

"What do you want from a journalist like me? Information?" asked Angie.

"You just have to come with us."

Angie ran as the man tried to pull her up. The nightclub was in chaos and her plans with Arok were ruined. If Angie managed to escape now, what would happen to Arok, Petal, and the other people in the nightclub? Angie is not a person with such a high sense of humanity that she wants to save everyone, but if she can, she wants everyone caught up in the chaos at that nightclub to survive. Angie also did not want to bear the mental burden if they all died while Angie managed to escape alone. That would be too terrible.

"Just tell me what you want me to do. Maybe I can consider whether or not to go."

The Wolf Gang man laughed. "You think you can bargain with us, huh?"

"Why not?"

"We're not asking, we're ordering."

Angie shrugged casually. "Well, then I'm sorry, but I have to refuse."

The Wolf Gang man suddenly ran over and shoved Angie's neck until her back hit the wall of the nightclub. Angie winced in pain. Her neck was being squeezed so hard it felt like it would break.

"Come with us now, or..."

Angie gritted her teeth and tried to take a deep breath even though her neck was being held tight. Angie's vision began to blur, and slowly her chest tightened. If it lasted too long, Angie would really die.

"You're still going to refuse, huh?"

Angie still shook her head. She still firmly believed that these Wolf Gang people must need her for something, and obviously alive. Besides, Angie would be of no use if she died.

The chokehold on Angie's neck tightened. Her body grew weaker and weaker. The image of Maxime's face suddenly appeared. That night, Maxime had warned her not to come to the club tonight, but she still did not know what the reason was and why Maxime's warning was right. How much information did Maxime have about the Wolf Gang?

"Fuck! Turns out you don't want to give up."

The chokehold on Angie's neck was finally released. Angie immediately collapsed and coughed. She immediately took a deep breath, filling her lungs with as much oxygen as possible.

"You're pretty tough yourself."

Angie looked up with a slight grin. "I told you not to underestimate me."

The Wolf Gang man laughed. "Fine. I'll use another way."

Angie was startled. "What do you mean?"

The unconscious body of the nightclub manager was violently pulled up. The Wolf Gang man grabbed his hair, then turned his face toward Angie. A gun was drawn.

"Don't tell me you're going to..."

The Wolf Gang man smiled meaningfully. "I'm sure you understand. Well, you're right. We can't kill you because we need you alive, but that doesn't mean we can't kill the others, right?"

Angie widened her eyes. "What the fuck? What do you mean, huh?"

The gun was pressed against the nightclub manager's temple. The safety was released. Angie cringed as she saw the Wolf Gang man's fingers ready to pull the trigger. One small movement and the bullet in the gun would instantly blow a hole through the nightclub manager's head.

"Don't do that."

Angie stared in horror at the mischievous grin on the man's face. They were not playing around. The trigger on that gun could be pulled at any moment.

"These are the consequences of daring to challenge the Wolf Gang."

Bang!

Angie froze. Her whole body seemed unable to move at all. The gun actually fired. Blood spurted from the nightclub manager's temple, then his body collapsed.

"One person. I can take them all out one by one."

Angie went berserk. Desperately, she jumped up and kicked the man with the hard soles of her shoes. Her kick managed to hit the man in the chest, but then her ankle was grabbed and pulled violently. Angie's body was thrown into the tables and chairs.

Angie crawled on the floor. Her leg was probably sprained from being thrown by the Wolf Gang man. The man then approached and crouched right in front of Angie's face while playing with his gun.

"Say, who else should I shoot? Your favorite hostess, or...?"

Angie growled. "Stop it."

The man laughed. "Things would be easier if you'd just take my word for it. Ah, I thought they were useless to you. I mean, you just need their sensational life stories for your news, right?"

"Stop it."

"So now your humanity is coming out, huh?"

"Stop it!" Angie yelled. She tried to pull the gun away, even though it was right in Angie's face.

"Wasted effort, Angie."

"I don't care. At least I-"

Bang!

Angie startled. The Wolf Gang man in front of her stopped moving. Blood splashed onto Angie's face, coming from the man's bullet-riddled chest. Someone had shot him from the back.

"Who shot him?"

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