A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 40 Forming the Shadow Team

Upon hearing this, the pheasant nodded and bowed obsequiously, inwardly sweating with relief: "Yes, yes, thank you for sparing my life, brother."

Chao Bufan chuckled, then said seriously, "Chicken, you look like you're involved in the underworld. Let me ask you, how much influence do you have in the underworld?"

Upon hearing this, Chicken momentarily forgot his pain and said smugly, "Brother, I, Chicken, am not just bragging. In the underworld, I, Chicken, have some connections. I have people and face."

Chao Bufan nodded and said, "Alright, from now on, you'll follow me!"

"what?"

The pheasant exclaimed in surprise, then asked suspiciously, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Chao Bufan smiled, then flipped his right hand, and suddenly a transparent sphere the size of an egg floated in his palm, emitting a faint white halo.

"kindness?"

When Pheasant and his men saw this, they were all immediately shocked. Pheasant was secretly astonished: "He really does know magic."

Chao Bufan flicked his finger at the glowing sphere, which immediately split into two, then four, then eight, before quickly entering the bodies of Shanji and the others.

Before Shanji and the others could react, they felt a jolt throughout their bodies. The next second, their injuries were almost completely healed, and the bleeding from their wounds stopped.

"This……"

Everyone stared in astonishment at their healed wounds, their faces filled with disbelief. Not only had the wounds stopped bleeding, but they were almost completely healed.

"hiss……"

Chicken and the others gasped in shock. Good heavens!

The pheasant asked, his face full of shock, "Big brother, what was that just now...?"

"You don't need to know that," Chao Bufan said casually, then pointed to a tree in front of him and said, "Pheasant, do you see that tree?"

Pheasant quickly turned around and looked in the direction Chao Bufan was pointing. Seeing that he was referring to the big tree a hundred meters away, he nodded and replied, "I see it."

Chao Bufan estimated for a moment and then said, "It should be about 300 meters from here to that big tree and back! I want you to run to that big tree as fast as you can, without stopping, and then run back. You can see for yourself how long it takes to go there and back, or you can just silently count the numbers in your mind."

Upon hearing this, Chicken asked, puzzled, "Brother, what do you mean? I don't understand!"

Chao Bufan smiled and said, "Don't ask what it means yet, just do as I say. Don't worry, you won't run yourself ragged."

Pheasant looked suspicious and hesitated for a moment, but still took off running towards the big tree. When he returned to the starting point, his men were all dumbfounded. Pheasant exclaimed, "Huh? I only counted to nine, how come..."

Before he could finish speaking, the pheasant exclaimed with delight, "Big brother, I understand! My running speed..."

Chao Bufan nodded, then said seriously, "That's enough. So, are you willing to follow me?"

Upon hearing this, Shanji answered almost without hesitation, "Yes, yes. From now on, you'll be my big brother. If you want me to go east, I'll never go west. What are you guys standing there for? Hurry up and call me big brother."

"Big Brother!" Everyone bowed in unison and called out respectfully.

Chao Bufan nodded in satisfaction, then said, "Alright, none of you are allowed to tell anyone about what happened tonight, or else don't blame me for being impolite."

Chicken and the others replied in unison, "Yes, Big Brother."

"And... Pheasant, you should try to find as many brothers as possible."

“Brother, recruiting is easy. I, Chicken, can gather a hundred or so brothers with just one phone call,” he said truthfully.

Chao Bufan nodded and said, "We don't need too many people, about thirty will be enough. You will form a 'shadow team.' This shadow team must and can only obey the command of me, Chao Bufan. Do you understand?"

Chicken asked, puzzled, "Did you hear me clearly? But, Big Brother, why are we forming a Shadow Team?"

Chao Bufan pondered for a moment, then asked, "Has anyone heard of the Dragon Team's Falcon?"

Upon hearing the name Falcon, Chicken and the others immediately nodded with fear, saying, "We've...we've heard of him."

Nonsense, who is Falcon? He's the most dangerous person in the underworld, and also its nemesis.

Chao Bufan smiled and said, "If I told you that I am Falcon, would you believe me?"

Huh? You're Falcon?

"Pfft!" Pheasant chuckled and said, "Big brother, you're really joking. Falcon is HX's number one gold medal assassin, how could he possibly be here..." But when he saw Chao Bufan's serious expression, his voice suddenly stopped, and he quickly took a step back, trembling as he said, "You...you're really Falcon?"

Chao Bufan nodded, and Falcon was so frightened that he backed away again. No wonder... so he was Falcon. He quickly knelt down with a thud, kowtowing and slapping his own face, and said in a panic, "Brother, I was blind and offended you. I hope you will forgive me and not hold it against us little guys."

The others followed suit, kneeling down and imitating the pheasant, kowtowing and admitting their mistakes.

Seeing this, Chao Bufan shook his head and smiled, saying, "Alright, get up! I told you, if I wanted your lives, each of you would have died countless times already."

Upon hearing this, Shanji and the others stood up, but they still could not hide the fear welling up inside them, and stood there trembling.

“Chicken, I don’t care how many heinous things you’ve done in the past,” Chao Bufan said solemnly, “but from now on, you will live under a different identity, because from now on, the Shadow Team will be your home.”

"Yes, yes, brother, from now on we will listen to you, and we swear we will never do bad things again."

What a joke! Who is Falcon? He's the number one assassin that strikes fear into the hearts of HX and even the international underworld. Compared to him, my abilities are no match for his.

“Very well, none of you are allowed to tell anyone about anything that happened tonight. If anyone dares to utter a single word…” As he spoke, Chao Bufan flicked his finger at a tree about the thickness of a wrist not far from the alley entrance. With a crack, the tree immediately snapped in half and fell to the ground. Then, Chao Bufan coldly said, “That’s what happens to you.”

"hiss!"

Everyone gasped in shock, bowing and scraping as if they'd seen a ghost, and stammered, "Yes, yes, brother, please rest assured, we would never tell anyone, even if you killed us."