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Inside the bank.
The people waiting in the lounge area were all trembling with fear.
Seeing the gunman approaching them with a gun, they trembled with terror; some couldn't take the shock and collapsed to the ground.
The gunman walked up to them and pointed the gun at everyone.
"You all better behave yourselves. Hand over your phones and wallets. Anyone who makes a move, I'll shoot them."
Hearing his words, everyone shook their heads frantically, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
Ryu didn't make a move.
He secretly placed Karupin on the ground and gave him a look.
"There are four people over there; only two of them have weapons. Hide first, and wait and see what happens."
"Understood."
Karupin nodded in understanding and then found a secluded spot to hide.
"Hand over your wallets and phones."
The gunman barked menacingly at Ryu and the others.
Ryu stood still, but some of the more timid ones had already started handing their wallets to the robbers.
Seeing this,
Ryu's lips twitched.
'Should I give them my wallet and phone first?'
His brain raced.
He visually assessed the distance between himself and the robbers.
He was confident he could subdue the robber in front of him.
But subduing the other three would be much more difficult.
Firstly, he wasn't sure if the other two thugs possessed dangerous weapons.
Secondly, the other armed thug was quite far away, making a sneak attack difficult.
'If only I had a basketball right now, I could throw it and knock the gun out of that thug's hand. As for the other two thugs, they shouldn't be armed; otherwise, they would have taken them out when they entered. But just in case, I need someone to help.'
Thinking this, Ryu glanced in Karupin's direction and then transmitted his voice.
'Karupin, sneak up behind those two thugs and ambush them. When I give the order, you rush up and scratch their eyes.'
Hearing his words, Karupin immediately glared, then said arrogantly:
'An order? Hmph, daring to order this cat master around? Dream on.'
Ryu's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly.
'That bastard.'
Although he thought this in his heart, he still said it aloud:
"Ahem... a slip of the tongue, that was a slip of the tongue. Not an order—I meant to ask you for a favor. Is that alright?"
Hmph...
Karupin haughtily raised his cat head, giving Ryu a meaningful look, then stealthily crept over.
Behind the two thugs, there was a pillar.
Karupin hid behind that pillar.
Seeing this, Ryu prepared to act.
The thugs were currently holding pistols, forcing everyone to hand over their wallets and phones.
Ryu stood still, waiting silently.
Soon... soon... it'll be his turn soon.
Ryu clenched his fists, tensing the muscles in his arms and legs, gathering his strength.
Bang... bang... bang...
Suddenly, a series of familiar sounds reached his ears.
Ryu's heart tightened, and he turned to look in the direction of the sound.
At the main entrance,
A woman was leading a young boy inside.
The boy was dribbling a basketball.
Seeing this, Ryu was rather speechless.
Didn't these two see there was a robbery going on inside?
The woman was still looking down at her phone.
Ryu thought to himself,
"Damn, this mother is so careless. Any random child trafficker could snatch the child away."
The woman was walking while looking at her phone.
Suddenly, she bumped into a thug in front of her.
She immediately looked up angrily, ready to yell at him.
However, when she saw the person wearing a black hood, the woman froze, then seemed to realize something.
She felt the bank was unusually quiet.
She instinctively looked around.
What she saw almost made her faint.
Before she could scream, the assailant in front of her subdued her.
"Don't move if you don't want to die. Take your child and stay over there."
The woman immediately shut her mouth, then hugged her child tightly, afraid he would be snatched away.
The little boy was too young to understand the situation, so he maintained a happy smile, dribbling the basketball idly in his hands.
Everyone in the bank looked at the woman with pity.
Only Ryu maintained a look of surprise.
'This is truly a stroke of luck.'
Seeing the basketball in the little boy's hands, he had some new plans in mind.
"Karupin..."
Ryu transmitted his voice to Karupin.
"What?"
Karupin responded.
"I'm planning to use the basketball to take down the gunman. Can you handle the other two?"
Hearing Ryu's doubt, Karupin said irritably:
"Are you questioning my abilities?"
Uh…
Ryu was speechless.
'I'm not questioning, I'm doubting.'
He continued telepathically:
"Of course not. In that case, those two thugs are yours. I'll count to three and we'll move together."
"Kid, hand over your phone and wallet."
Just then,
The gunman approached Ryu and barked.
Looking at the gunman, Ryu didn't move for the moment.
He did as he was told and handed over his wallet and phone.
Feeling the discomfort of the gun pointed at him, Ryu used [Wind].
With a flurry of afterimages as his arm swung, almost in the blink of an eye, Ryu snatched the gun from the assailant's hand.
Before the assailant could react, a fist hurtled towards his face.
Thud…
A muffled sound rang out.
The assailant was knocked unconscious by Ryu's punch.
The surrounding people were also completely dumbfounded by Ryu's sudden attack.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What just happened?
Damn, how dare that young man?
Ryu had no time to pay attention to these people.
After taking down the assailant, he grabbed the basketball from the little boy's hand and hurled a Zero-Type Three-Pointer.
Another armed robber was still menacingly yelling at the bank staff to hurry up and load the money.
Suddenly, the robber seemed to sense something.
He quickly glanced to the side and saw an orange-yellow spherical object flying towards him.
'What is that?'
Before the robber could even see the object clearly, he felt a sharp pain in his right hand, which was holding the gun, and the pistol slipped from his grasp.
The pistol fell to the ground with a metallic scraping sound.
Now,
Ryu appeared in front of the robber with lightning speed.
'Karupin, it's starting.'
The words had barely left his lips when he punched the robber in the face.
On the other side,
Karupin also acted the instant Ryu said 'start.'
He attacked from behind, leaping onto one of the thugs' shoulders and beginning a brutal scratching massage.
Karupin specifically targeted the eyes, causing the thug to scream in agony.
After a few scratches, Karupin jumped onto the other thug's face and began scratching.
The two thugs suffered terribly from Karupin's scratches, screaming in pain.
After knocking out another thug,
Ryu stood up and helped Karupin deal with the two scratched thugs.
The surrounding crowd was stunned by Ryu's actions.
After recovering,
they all began to applaud Ryu and Karupin.
However, at that moment,
the previously unconscious thug suddenly stood up, pulled a pistol from his waistband, and pressed it against Ryu's head.
"Damn it, you brat, you're asking for it."
'Damn it, he still has a gun.'
Ryu's pupils contracted, and a bead of cold sweat instantly trickled down his forehead.
The threat of death relentlessly assaulted his nerves.
What's going on?
The other guy was clearly unconscious just now, so how did he regain consciousness?
At this critical moment,
A cold glint flashed in Ryu's eyes, his silver pupils turning as icy as ice.
The gunman froze upon seeing the change in Ryu's eyes.
He discovered with horror that his body was suddenly paralyzed; even moving a finger was difficult.
The bewildered gunman immediately sensed something was terribly wrong.
Ryu reached out and snatched the gun from the man, then delivered a solid punch, knocking him unconscious.
Huff…
He let out a long breath.
'That was close! I was careless earlier. Luckily, I had the [Eye of Ice Emperor], otherwise I probably would have been done for today.'
Clap clap clap…
Applause resounded throughout every corner of the bank.
Everyone applauded Ryu for his heroic act.
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