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Chapter 835: 835

Chapter 835: The Fight Begins

Dadatis stared at Zhang Heng for a while and let the latter touch his face .

“Why?”

“You know that many in the organization disagree with me choosing you as my successor, right? However, I still insist on doing so . ”

“Hmm . ”

“But I am a bit confused now, whether or not this is the right or wrong thing to do . I realize that I don’t seem to know you quite well . Every time I meet you, you show me something I didn’t know about . Like right now, I have never seen this side of you before . I never knew that you had such an excellent political skillset . To be honest, I am a little afraid of you now . ”

“What are you afraid of? Anyway, you are going to retire soon . Whatever happens after that has nothing to do with you anymore,” Zhang Heng replied casually .

“You are right,” Dadatis seemed to be relieved . After a while, his expression became solemn again, “However, if you wrong Balance Blade in the future, you better watch out for your life . No matter where I am and how old I will be, I will come back and find you . You’d better stay alert every time you eat and sleep because I will pierce your throat with my dagger when your guard is down . ”

“Don’t be so angry, old man . ” Zhang Heng was calm . “You know me . The reason I joined Balance Blade was that I wanted to read the books stored in the secret library . ”

“…”

Dadatis was left speechless, “Your talent blinded me at the beginning . I knew that I should have gone for someone else as my successor . Forget it, how long will it take to deal with things on your side?”

“If you are asking about Iron Handcuff, we can solve this problem by tonight . If you are asking about the security situation here, it will take at least two months before Commodus notices the changes . ”

Dadatis was shocked . “You can integrate all the big and small forces here in two months?”

“Not so fast . The situation here is very complicated . Even I have to spend some time to sort out the problems here . But after two months, we should be fit enough to handle the assessment,” Zhang Heng said .

The problems were rooted deeply in the heart of this place . It was not easy to get to sixty points from zero . However, it was definitely easier to get from zero to thirty points than sixty to ninety points .

They would still fail the assessment, but they could not deny that it was a great improvement . Zhang Heng hadn’t forgotten his purpose here, coming to prove that he could lighten the young emperor’s burden by joining his side . Of course, he would not break the promise he made to Aris and other patrol members . He would complete the integration of the big and small forces here, and other than preparing himself to receive a promotion, he also wanted to look for someone that he could rely on during critical moments .

He needed someone that was neither Balance Blade nor under the control of Commodus . And this was the perfect place for him to look for someone like that . Therefore, when Zhang Heng found out that Clint had purposely assigned him to his place, he was thrilled . The ten years spent in the Black Sail dungeon had provided him the experience needed to handle the chaotic situation here with ease . Besides, Zhang Heng had also accidentally discovered a cheating device when Sartonilos and others ambushed him .

It could help him skip the most troublesome part of this quest and speed up the whole process .

“I don’t care what you do next, but you’d better spare two weeks for me, and I only need to meet up with you during the evening . An old friend has asked me to help him with something . I guess I’ll be away for quite some time . Before I leave, I want to teach you everything that I know . ”

Zhang Heng knew that the priestess had fulfilled the agreement she made with him . Hence, he nodded, “Okay, we can start with the meetup tomorrow evening . ”

… . .

At the same time, Iron Handcuff and his men realized that their ambush had failed after discovering the person sleeping on the bed wasn’t Zhang Heng . The person that they pressed on the ground was a trembling stranger . According to him, he was the only tenant in this building, and he did not know why he ended up here and got attacked by them . Iron Handcuffs and his men felt that something terrible was about to happen . It seemed that their plan was going to fail miserably . So Iron Handcuffs made a decisive decision and prepared to evacuate the location .

But at this moment, the men assigned to guard the entrances and exits sent them a signal . They saw that the heavily armed patrol was approaching the building, and they were led by Aris . The two men that Iron Handcuff sent to keep an eye on the patrol team had disappeared .

Iron Handcuff was not afraid of the patrol team . After all, he knew what they were capable of . Besides, they had an advantage in number as well . What really worried him was Zhang Heng . He had no idea where Zhang Heng was right now . When glanced at the patrol team, he saw that Zhang Heng was not among them . Immediately, he was hit by fear that surged from the bottom of his heart .

His worst nightmare was about to come true . When he walked out of the room with his men, he saw Zhang Heng at the end of the corridor . He held two Persian swords, waiting for Iron Handcuff and his men to walk past this corridor . Iron Handcuff had never seen Zhang Heng fighting before . Currently, he believed that eight of them was more than enough to deal with Zhang Heng . And if they could not win, he could simply run away . On the other hand, Black Mamba was trembling in fear .

Before he could warn Iron Handcuff about Zhang Heng, they saw the latter charging them with his swords . At a critical moment like this, Iron Handcuff had to show his courage to his men . He knew that Zhang Heng defeated Black Mamba and his seven men, and as gang boss, if he failed to lead by example, everyone would surrender without putting up a fight . Fortunately, his right-hand man, Broken Finger, would be fighting by his side .

Black Mamba’s status in the gang was slightly higher than that of Broken Finger . He was better at getting along with his subordinates and others . In terms of strength, Broken Finger claimed the first spot in their gang . Iron Handcuff had spent a lot of effort making Broken Finger succumb to him during the early days . Still, fortunately, Broken Finger had repeatedly proven that his efforts were not in vain on almost every critical moment .

Thus, Iron Handcuff firmly believed that this time, Broken Finger would prevail as well . The two attacked Zhang Heng simultaneously, one on the left and the other on the right . A second later, the two knelt in sync .

Zhang Heng had no intention to spare their lives because Iron Handcuff and Broken Finger had grievances with him . Even if he managed to make them succumb to him, Zhang Heng doubted that they would be of any use . It would be better to choose another person to take over the gang . No matter who Zhang Heng chose, he still had to eliminate Iron Handcuff and Broken Finger . Otherwise, the new boss might risk killing by them . Therefore, Zhang Heng showed them no mercy and slit their throats without hesitation .

Black Mamba and others were low in morale in the beginning . Their last ounce of courage to fight with Zhang Heng disappeared when they saw what happened to their boss . Immediately, they turned around and wanted to run away . They would rather jump off the building, risking broken legs, than face Zhang Heng . And Zhang Heng was not in a hurry to go after them . He first went downstairs to check the situation .

In terms of numbers, the patrol team was still at a disadvantage . And their combat skills might be weaker than their opponents as well . However, since Iron Handcuff’s plan failed miserably, his men had lost the will to fight . They did not even get to carry out their backup plan . The sudden appearance of the patrol team had caused panic within them . Iron Handcuff had brought all the elites to go upstairs to deal with Zhang Heng, while the dwarf was left downstairs to lead the battle . Unfortunately, fighting wasn’t his best suit .

When they saw Black Mamba and the rest of the gang members jumping down from the buildings, their last hope was crushed . They were almost frightened to death, and they shouted that Iron Handcuffs and Broken Figner were dead . This bad news had caused the rest of the gang members to put down their weapons and surrender .

And this marked the first victory of the patrol team .