Chapter 36: Summer in a Qipao

The rest of the crowd watched the black-clad youth kick a man to death. Shock hit first, then fury. "Get him! Kill him!" Francis, the bald leader, bared his teeth and barked the order. At his shout, the Verdant Gang's men surged in with machetes, charging Pierce Looske with murderous bravado. Pierce's eyes stayed cold. Faced with the onrushing thugs, he showed no fear. His fists pistoned out. Bodies flew backward. Some died. Others were maimed. They had weapons and bluster, but none of them...