"Boss is here." one of the guards outside, stepped in and announced, gaining everyone's attention. A few seconds later the person called 'Boss' entered. Every captives there put their guard up, except for those engaged in their own world.
Satisfied with their reaction upon his arrivel, boss wore a smirk, but it went down immediately when he located a group few feets away from him, in middle of the room, fighting in themselves, not even betting an eye on his existence. He shouted to get their attention "What is going on here?" but to no vail as it went to deaf ears. "What is going on here." he shouted in his high pitch voice, this time succeeding in his intention.
He walked to the group, standing in front of Gu Ren "I won't go around the bushes, I want you to use my fake coins in your business and all the real ones you get, submit to me that's all you have to do. Don't worry I'll give you your share of profit too. So just agree with it and you'll be freed, work with us starting now." he offered his end og bargain, turned, back facing Gu Ren, confident in his deal.
"I won't do this kind of shit." Gu Ren declared.
The boss turned around to face him, hand folded behind, he spoke "Don't get cocky of yourself, I can easily destroy your whole gang. Stop sprouting nonsense and start with it from tomorrow onwards." All the while he was speaking, he was looking down upon the whole gang in his prison.
"No matter how many times you ask, I won't do it, it's illegal to have fake currency and I don't ingage in doing thing which goes against law." Gu Ren declared like an honourable citizen.
'Then who was the person, picking would be slaves from the market street." Mika and his gang thoughts.
"You fool, how dare you to talk to master Liu Xiang like that. Just because you own a little profitable business doesn't mean you can show your arrogant self in front of the leader of greatest criminal gang the 'Shadow Dragon' " the guard on the right side of Liu Xiang shouted at Gu Ren.
"Just leave the idea, I won't do your dirty work. And that's how I operat." Gu Ren straight forwardly rejected their proposal yet again.
"You." Gu Ren's rejection angered them even more. For cycling their fake currency they have to get his alliance be it with hook or crook. One of the guard who was present in the room, watching the ruckus from the very beginning, came forward to Liu Xiang and whispered audible only to him." Boss, that woman beside Gu Ren, she is his weakness. I heard him saying that she is his would be wife. She can be usefull for us to presuade him." Liu Xiang turned after learning a new found information, watched Gu Ren closely and how he was standing right beside a fragile woman, it does show her Importance for him. Confirming her position, he stepped forward, standing quite close to him, again asked "You sure." to which Gu Ren gave his usual responce.
" Then think again." He said as he quickly grabbed the woman's hand and pulled her forcefully towards himself and moved back. He showed a smirk with Mika captured in between his rock solid chest and sharpened sword.
"Idiot." "Idiot." "Idiot." "Cherry." Han Zhi, Xichan, Long Xin and Gu Ren shouted at the same time. At the same time on other side "Empress." Long Xu had his breath stucked in his throat that his voice couldn't travel far.
"Let her go, you bastard." Gu Ren growled with murderous aure surrounding him."
" Sever rat, Leave my mother at once." Long Xin also had dark aura emerging from within him "You don't know what you are getting yourself into."
"Leave her." Han Zhi shouted. "Idiot are you alright." Xichan with concerning voice asked Mika, who was pulled away with lot of force.
Long Xu on the other hand also wanted to shout for her, fight for her but couldn't as he was concerned about her safety which could fall in danger zone if he act recklessly, so he tried to stay put.
"Liu Xiang, let her go." Gu Ren was also angry as hell.
Liu Xiang, ignoring others looked at Gu Ren and smirked "I'll let her go but only on one condition and I do think that you know it, don't you?"
"I'll do as you say but please let her go first." Gu Ren tried to walk close to them with intention to take advantage of even a slightest opening.
"Don't try to out smart me. First agree with my deal. Only then can you take your lover with you. Otherwise... you wouldn't want your would be bride to die even before she can became one." Liu Xiang smugly threatand Gu Ren getting a grasp over his intention.
Gu Ren had his jaw clenched, though he doesn't do this kind of shitty work, he can fight them and reject their deal but he can never forgive himself if even a single scratch fall upon her petite frame in his stubbornness. Finally after fighting his inner battel he spoke, filled with determination to save her "I'll do..."
"Woah." A feminine yelp cut his word, not just his words but also his emotional phase, as he held onto Liu Xiang's sword. Snatching it from his hands, suddenly getting some power out of nowhere, as he want on "Such a marvelous sword it is. There is no doubt it is the Longquan Sword, it was the first iron sword, forged about 2,600 years ago by the master smith Ou Yezi. Prior to that, swords had been made of bronze, while master Ou was the only person that figured out the methode of smelting pig iron and forging it into a sword. The place of origin was hence named Longquan country, now in Zhejiang Province. Longquan later become a geografical indication, swords produced here are all called Longquan swords. Longquan swords are known for their hard texture and sharp blade, which are attribute to the forging technique."
"The texture could be seen on the surface of the blade, which in face indicates the times of forging. Normally, to make a one-kilograme blade of thoushands of times of hammering pig iron weighing three to five kilogrames. Longquan sword, as the first iron sword in Chinese history, has long represented the pinnacle of matel smelting technique. In the Qin and Han dynesties, Longquan country was the sword supplier for imperial families. The smith trade here hence boomed and ushered in its heyday in the 10th century when sword smithies and shop street were seen everywhere with a street named Longquan Sword Shop Street. In June 2006, the forging technique of Longquan Swords was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage."
Looking at the sword in his hand he continude "Though it isn't the first one made by Master Ou and they were not rare but to see one in reality is such a amazing thing. And look at this one length 105cm, 77cm blade length, 3.7 cm wide blade, 0.8cm blade thickness, hilt lenth 25 cm, made with patterned steel. Sword haedness 60 HRC. Scabbred material: solid wood covered with pearl fish skin. Handle material: solid wood covered with sharkskin. Such a marvelous piece." He examined the sword inch by inch, narrating it's history and it's structure. He was mesmerized by its beauty. In his excitment he even went on the lenght to snatch the scabbered of the sword from the owner.
It looked loke it has become a trend to be left speechless cause it had repeated numerous time already. Everyone was speechlessly gazing over the fragile woman who had a sword over her throat, threatening to slice her nack, just a momet ago was blabbering something nonstop in one breath while freakingly staring at the sword.
They could not proceed the turn of events for a while. They couldn't grasp the situation until they sensed something dangerous coming their way, they immediately got down relying on their instincts. They heard a 'swish' sound of a sword cutting through the air, which swinged over their heads by a mere one inch.
They slightly stood to locate the sorce of the attack just now only to witness a skinny woman holding a sword as big as hers, swinging it all over the place and laughing like a manic. To add to their horror she again swinge it to their direction after her 360dgree turn.
"Woah, It does move freely. It feels like it is the one moving and dragging me along not the other way around. Ah this feels so GOOD." Mika was over the cloud nine with this new treasure he coincidently had found . He again swinged it all over the place, left, right, side ways and doing all the moves that he had seen in those action movies he watched with his brother were practised.
"Ah." someone shouted, maybe falling victim to those attacks. "You dumb head, what are you doing? leave it now." Han Zhi shouted wiith fear visible not only in his voice but also in his whole body language, again getting down as it was his again side's turn for that idiot's deadly swings.