Chapter 113: Advancing as Retreating
At this moment, facing the other party's questions, Chu Jiang calmly replied, "Wang Lei is dead, and from now on, this city belongs to me. Do you have any objections?"
"No, no, how could we dare?"
While the round-faced middle-aged man was using words to deal with Chu Jiang, the man in the tall hat took the opportunity to send a message to inquire with the headquarters.
Soon, the headquarters replied and confirmed that the person in charge of Luohe City has indeed changed. Currently, it is a person named Chu Jiang, codenamed "Blood Hand", with specific information unknown.
Being able to find all this information in a short time also shows that Sincerity Company is indeed powerful. At least they have someone in charge helping them so they can find out about the internal job changes at the research institute.
At this moment, the gray-white center of Chu Jiang's pupils slightly focused. He used his special ability called "Phantom Eyes" for a moment.
This allowed him to see the screen on the businessman's phone from an incredible angle.
This feeling was the same as back at Linjiang Hotel. He could perceive every detail of the surroundings without any blind spots. It was more like sensing than actually seeing.
"But why do I feel like you all have a problem with me? From earlier until now, it's been nothing but sarcasm and mockery."
"It's a misunderstanding, really. I apologize to you. I have a big mouth." As he spoke, the round-faced middle-aged man pretended to slap himself on the mouth.
"And what about you two? Are you both mute? Or do you think you're too noble to act like nothing happened after being sarcastic?"
In response to Chu Jiang's taunting, the man in the top hat gave a strained smile and said, "It's just a misunderstanding. I apologize to the person in charge, Mr. Chu."
"And these two old cars, I smashed them directly." As he said this, he walked over to the Rolls-Royce and Maybach, giving each a light pat with his hand.
Then the two luxury cars, worth millions combined, shattered into two piles of scrap metal, as if they had been sliced by countless sharp blades in an instant.
This sight was very shocking, and it startled Xu Wanglong. He quickly grabbed his niece and hid behind Chu Jiang.
The round-faced middle-aged man felt a pang of pain. After all, both of these luxury cars were under his name...
The man with the tall hat seemed completely oblivious. He flattered Chu Jiang, saying, "As long as the owner is powerful and influential, even if they drive a makeshift car, it still signifies someone important, not someone like us with just a few pennies."
His approach showed both submission and the display of his own power, proving that he couldn't be easily controlled. It was done with great tact.
The gloomy man took the initiative and said, "I was wrong, I looked down on you. Please forgive me, Mr. Chu."
To be honest, the one who seemed the most stubborn actually admitted defeat quite readily, which surprised Chu Jiang.
Chu Jiang shook his head and took steps towards the man with the tall hat. "Do you think that by displaying your supernatural abilities, I would fear you?"
"You were wrong, and the one thing you shouldn't have done is apologize insincerely, indicating both openly and subtly that you have the ability to threaten me."
While speaking, blood slowly seeped from Chu Jiang's right hand.
The man in the tall hat was completely stunned when he saw Chu Jiang preparing to take action.
Is this person crazy? They clearly backed down, so why would they still resort to violence?
Do they really think supernatural powers can be recklessly used? The more they rely on this ability, the faster they will meet their demise. Can't we find a way to de-escalate instead?
Besides, even with their argument, the person in charge shouldn't just go around killing people, right?
"Wait, wait, Mr. Chu, if you feel that I'm insincere, name your price. I can compensate you." The man in the tall hat took a step back. He genuinely didn't want to fight with someone in charge. It would be completely pointless and troublesome whether he won or lost.
Unexpectedly, Chu Jiang remained unmoved. From the blood seeping out of his right hand, a rapid formation of an airtight circular cage surrounded the two.
"You want compensation? Fine, give me the hat on your head, and we'll call it even."
Although the other person tried to hide it, Chu Jiang could still see the power of disintegration from the black hat and the sealed object, not from the ghost itself.
The man with the high hat's face changed, "This can't be done, it's company property, I don't have the authority to give it away."
"Then don't blame me for being rude. I just took office and someone is provoking me. If this gets out, how can I continue in this field?" Chu Jiang even imitated the tone of the other person.
"Wait!" The sinister man's voice came from outside the jail, "Mr. Chu, you'd better state the amount, we promise to leave immediately, and today's events won't be revealed."
As he spoke, the ground around them started to wriggle, as if something underground was about to crawl up...
On the other side, the round-faced middle-aged man hurriedly approached Xu Wanglong, asking him for help.
Xu Wanglong never expected things to escalate to this point, and he didn't want dead bodies in front of the villa. So he quickly shouted, "Mr. Chu! Please calm down. Consider it giving face to me, the owner. Just let them compensate us and let it go."
Xu Xiaoxiao wasn't afraid, but she widened her eyes and looked in astonishment at Chu Jiang, whose blood was separated by a layer.
Chu Jiang turned around and paused for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Consider this as giving face to the Xu family. Thirty million, transfer it to the local branch's corporate account."
The middle-aged man with a round face turned pale for a moment, but he didn't dare to haggle. He hesitantly agreed, "Chu, please stop. I will call right away."
Chu Jiang didn't immediately put away the blood, about a minute later, the company's finance manager, Chen Keai, called. He picked up his phone and answered briefly.
"Hello, hello?" Chen Keai's voice trembled a bit. "Boss, someone suddenly transferred 30 million to our company's account just now!"
"Understood. Handle it as you see fit."
After hanging up the phone, Chu Jiang finally retrieved all the blood back into his right hand. "Let it go this time, but if there's a next time..."
The man with the tall hat's face turned sour. "There won't be a next time, absolutely not."
After finishing his words, he immediately left with his two companions. Since they didn't have a car, they ran, afraid that the crazy Chu Jiang would come after them again.
Would Chu Jiang really go all out and fight? Of course not.
From the very beginning, he never intended to actually fight, but as Lu Xun said:
[For example, if you say that this room is too dark and suggest opening a skylight here, everyone will definitely not agree. But if you propose taking down the roof, they will come to a compromise and be willing to open a skylight.]
Chu Jiang does the same thing. His aggressive behavior is to always maintain a dominant position, so that these people will not dare to provoke him easily in the future.
As for making enemies because of this? That's a joke. As long as Chu Jiang becomes more powerful and his position in the research institute gets higher, the people from Sincerity Company should be the ones worried.
