Chapter 688: Black Phoenix!
Liu Yutong acted as though she had merely stepped on a couple of pebbles, completely unfazed. She calmly withdrew her foot.
“Chief Bob, you see? I told you the suspect wasn’t mentally stable. First he slanders you for taking bribes, now he’s self-harming. Don’t you think someone like that would be better off in a psychiatric hospital?”
Chief Bob: “…”
The police chief instinctively squeezed his legs together and immediately shouted to the other officers, “What are you standing around for? Get the suspect on the ambulance! He may have had a sudden psychotic episode. Once he’s stabilized, contact the psychiatric ward for intake!”
Several officers rushed forward and hauled the unconscious Rossi away.
Throughout the entire process, not a single officer questioned Liu Yutong’s kick.
In fact, several officers默契地 turned sideways, pretending they had seen nothing at all, and that included the fact that their body cameras hadn’t recorded that segment.
The gang members naturally witnessed this scene. Combined with everything that had transpired before, a chill ran down their spines.
The police chief leading the scene was someone Rossi knew, and they could even tell Rossi had deep connections with him. Yet the chief didn’t give Rossi the slightest bit of face, showing particular deference to the Eastern girl instead. When that Eastern girl delivered her stomp, they all deliberately turned a blind eye.
How much power and influence did that require to make the police cooperate to this extent?
Could the sky over San Francisco really be turning dark?
“D-did I see that right? Did she just…”
“Shut it!”
Someone quickly covered his mouth and warned in a low voice, “Didn’t you see the cops didn’t say a word? That woman is someone we can’t afford to mess with!”
“No wonder Jess calls her Great-grandmother. She’s practically a Mafia godmother!”
“The Corallo Family belongs to Jess now. With that woman backing him, who would dare disobey?”
“Miles from Hell’s Angels is dead, and Rossi’s been crippled… San Francisco is about to change!”
“…”
Amid the hushed whispers, Liu Yutong addressed Chief Bob again. “Chief Bob, I’ll leave the rest to you. My team will continue to assist in the investigation of President Bai’s assault case.”
“Oh, and my people noticed several armed gunmen fleeing through the side entrance during the chaos. They’re likely Rossi’s accomplices. I hope Chief Bob can deploy officers quickly to capture them and bring them to justice.”
“No problem, Miss Liu! Rest assured!”
Chief Bob immediately guaranteed, “Fighting crime and upholding the law is our sacred duty! We’ll pursue them with everything we’ve got. Not a single fish will slip through our net!”
“Our department also wishes to express our heartfelt gratitude to you and your team for your assistance in solving this case. Should you need any police cooperation or support in the future, please contact us directly.”
He didn’t dare be anything less than courteous.
The Bai Jingchen assault case had pressure coming down from above—they had to take it seriously!
Additionally, their precinct had received astonishingly generous donations, plus over ten million dollars in winnings. With the proper paperwork filed, the money was legitimate, and he was getting his share.
Though he hadn’t received it yet, that was fine. Rossi was still alive, which meant all his assets would be legally seized and compensated to the chief. As for Hell’s Angels, death doesn’t erase debts—what should be paid must still be paid!
Liu Yutong nodded slightly, then turned to Jess. “Can you handle what remains?”
Jess was now completely awed by Liu Yutong’s methods and quickly nodded. “Great-grandmother, rest assured. I’ll handle the family matters properly. Nothing like this will ever happen again!”
“Good.”
Liu Yutong turned and left the arena with Yun Cheng, Chu Yang, Ji Yu, and the other core members of Wanlong Society, departing under countless gazes of reverence.
Outside, a motorcade of black Lincolns had been waiting for some time.
Before getting in, Liu Yutong seemed to remember something and turned to Su Mansu. “Contact the hospital and ask about Uncle Bai’s condition.”
“Understood, Boss.”
…
After everything had settled.
What happened in the arena quickly fermented and spread through San Francisco’s underworld in various exaggerated versions.
“Hey, did you hear? The Corallo Family had internal strife last night. Rossi, that mafioso from the Corallo Family, was crippled by a mysterious woman from China!”
“It’s true. My brother was there. He said Rossi took a kick from that woman right in the… well, you know. Popped! Absolutely brutal!”
“I heard the cops were standing right there and didn’t dare make a peep!”
“And one of the Hell’s Angels leaders got taken out by her too.”
“Wasn’t that Rossi’s doing?”
“Come on, you believe that garbage? Definitely that China woman’s work! Rossi didn’t have the balls. She must’ve set it up and pinned the blame on him!”
“Terrifying! What’s that China woman’s background? Anyone know?”
“Apparently she’s from a super gang in China called Wanlong Society. Don’t know the details, but they all wear black suits.”
“Right! And everyone in that Chinese gang is vicious—like Black and White Fiends, Hell’s Titan, Shadow Assassin… every one of them is a ruthless killer who doesn’t bat an eye!”
“Shit… just hearing those nicknames is scary!”
“Hey, does that Chinese godmother have a nickname? What’s she called?”
“Doesn’t seem like she has one.”
“No nickname? Really? A powerful gang leader like that has no nickname?”
“Black… leader… woman… Eastern… I heard in Eastern mythology there’s a very noble, very powerful divine bird called the phoenix.”
“Phoenix? I know that! The fire-breathing chick from X-Men, but her hair’s red.”
“You’re thinking of Jean Grey. What’s she got to do with this? This China woman doesn’t breathe fire…”
“They like black. The Chinese gang leader is a woman. How about Black Phoenix?”
“Hey! That nickname rocks! Sounds powerful and mysterious… and dark as hell!”
“Way cooler than godmother or queen. Godmother sounds like some Italian grandma. Queens are everywhere. But Black Phoenix—you immediately know she’s from the East, mysterious, beautiful, dark, she’ll burn you to ash and have the cops call you an ambulance!”
“…”
Once she had a nickname, the rumors grew even more outlandish.
“Hey man, hear the latest? Last night at the Corallo Family arena, the Black Phoenix descended from the East! She swept through the entire Mafia family with her Hell’s Titan and Black and White Fiends! That fool Rossi tried to resist, so she crippled him with one kick! Even Chief Bob the pig had to lick her boots!”
“San Francisco’s underworld is about to belong to the Black Phoenix!”
“…”