Rising Through Ranks

CH-0002

Before Emily could give a response, he already stepped forward with a glamour to his face.

Seeing the commotion involving Emily, was another way to shine forth his proposal.

"Hello Mr. Farm boy. Seems you're new in town." He observed.

"I should give you a survival tip. When you come into a new place. You do a thorough study on the people you should and shouldn't mess with." He smirked.

"And such persons include myself and Lady Emily."

"If that's all you have got to say, please excuse me, I have an appointment to catch."

The crowd was awestruck. Nobody would dare to speak to Kelly in such a manner.

If someone else were to be in the shoes of Quinin, they would be shaking in their booths already.

"Because you're new.. I am going to let that slide." He slapped on Quinin's shoulders multiple times.

"And we a no will all pretend like today is a normal day and let you off the hook, only if you apologize to Lady Famous for your insolence." His words flashed with murderous intents as he spoke.

"I don't see any wrong that I have committed here. So Get off." Quinin's glim gaze deepened.

Kelly's face flashed red. It was unfathomable that a farm kid would dare to speak to him in such a manner.

"You!" He raised his hands to slap Quinn across the face, but his hands were stopped mid-way in the air.

Quinn pushed back his hands, restraining himself. He just came to start a new life and there was no need to start causing trouble.

Kelly bloated with rage. He was stunned that such a fragile-looking person had so much strength embedded inside him.

While everyone could have thought it was a mistake, Kelly could tell the strength of that push.

He turned quickly to the guards that came along with him to impress Emily.

"Make him pay for that. I want to hear his bones cracking." He ordered with raging hate.

The dozen guards rushed forward towards Quinin, ready to break his bones when a scream was heard from the far end.

Emily stood frozen with a pale face. A gun was pointed straight to his head, and a group of men, clothed in black stood just behind him.

The crowd panicked, shaken in their booths. The twin Shades assassins were feared so much in the city.

"Lady Emily. You're going to come with us right now.

Any exert or sense of force and you will get your head blown off."

Nobody dared to move, not wanting to test if the threat was false or not.

The eyes of the rest of the gang were glued firmly on every other person, not giving them breathing space to pull any silly tricks.

Kelly graveled. He could not let the gang take Emily away without intervening. But the Dark Shade assassins were a powerful force, that even himself would not dare to get in their way.

Seeing the way they pulled Emily slowly away, he could no longer stand the heat and stuck his cowardice into his throat.

"You can not do that." The attention in the room turned over to him.

"And who are you?" The one pointing the gun inquired with a voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I'm the son of Mr. Fred, one of the fastest-rising companies in the city.

We have a lot of connections in the underworld like Mr. Jack, King of Battles. People you would not dare to mess with. So if you let Miss. Emily go, we are all going to pretend nothing ever happened here." He replied.

The assassin stared back at Kelly in a funny manner.

A lot of excitement shined through the years of the crowd.

"I knew that he was going to come through for Lady Emily."

"Such a fine specimen of a man!"

They sang the little praises into his ears and his ego erected from within.

"Oh. You do know Mr. Jack? I'm shaking." He returned.

"And why should I believe someone like you would know Mr. Jack?" His voice suddenly grew dim and cold.

A cold chill ran through the spine of the crowd. They shut their mouths not daring to speak another word. The trick, it didn't work.

"Now just because you dared to threaten me, why don't you also come with me? You would make a fine Ransome."

"Maybe Mr. Jack might be grateful enough to come rescue you;"

Cold shivers erupted through the spine of Kelly from the painful stories of those who had gone through the torture of the Dark Shade assassin.

Suddenly an alarm rang. It was Quinin's. Everyone's faces were bottled with disdain.

"Such a sensitive being. And he isn't trying to help but making matters worse."

"I'm sure that he is happy about this. If he isn't even part of it." Another murmured silently.

"Sorry. To interrupt whatever is happening here. But if you would inform your men, I have an appointment to meet." Quinin noted calmly.

He was running out of time and the crowd had been sealed off by other members of the gang.

"Someone else to humor me!" The leader of the gang turned to Quinin when he suddenly darkened with fear.

A week ago, a picture had been sent through the minors of the underworld to stay clear of the path of this person.

Why did it have to be him? He quickly turned around towards the other members of the gang.

"We are leaving right now." They noticed the looks on his face and didn't allow them to dare question.

Expect from one of them. The assistant leader of the gang that protested in his head.

Pulling off from this operation was going to cost a lot of money. But it didn't seem the leader was ready for negotiation.

The assistant of the Shadow's gaze interlocked into that of Quinin.

"I would definitely be back for you!" Quinin quickly interpreted before they walked away.

Soon, the tense air was cleared up. Quinn was already walking away to board a cab.

Most people in the crowd were still shaken up by the event.

"What just happened?" They questioned.

For a moment, he was hell-bent on taking Emily. And the next, his eyes were filled with fear.

"I think he recognized Kelly and fled" Victoria noticed.

"Yeah!" Tina added, still trying to recover from the shocks.

"What about the farm guy?" Someone from the crowd asked.

After looking around, they noticed that Quinin was already far away. Their faces squeezed with hatred.

"Instead of saving someone, he rather chickens away. What a coward."

"He is absolutely nothing compared to Kelly. Such persons should be culled off from the surface of the earth already." Victoria hissed.

Emily could only shake her head in utter disappointment. Irresponsible, cowardice, poor and also rude. She had never seen anyone with such an endless list of bad traits.

"We should forget about him and focus on the one who saved us all." Victoria finally came through, irritated at hearing the name, 'Quinn.'"

Emily nodded subconsciously. Among everyone in the crowd, he was the one who would be able to pull off such a feat.

"Thanks, Mr. Kelly. Our family would be forever grateful to you!" She bowed ever so slightly, and Kelly smiled.

"It was nothing." Kelly brushed slightly. "Anything for a princess like you."

He didn't care what had made the leader of the shadows chicken out. But he was grateful that it had brought him a step closer to Emily.

"You're so modest Kelly. But you should accept repayment this time. How about Miss. Emily taking you for dinner?"

Emily squinted her eyes.

"I mean. The dinner to welcome Mr. Han's guest would be today, right? And with the connection of Kelly, I'm sure that you will be able to get a project with Mr. Han, or even get along with him nicely."