As he was being dragged away by Michael, the man tried to struggle and break away.
But, the strength that was demonstrated by Michael, together with the pain that the man was experiencing at the moment, did not allow him to break free.
Michael, while dragging away the man, he kept an eye on him. This was just in case this guy tried to attack him while he focused his gaze somewhere else.
Several seconds later, Michael had gotten into the kitchen. There, he pulled off the cloth that the man was using to cover his face, revealing the face hidden below.
When he saw the face of the person, Michael was momentarily stunned. It was not because he was familiar with this person, but because he had seen this person before.
During the time that he was coming to this apartment, Michael had encountered this guy during the time that he was in the elevator.
At that time, this guy had entered the elevator, but was kind of focused on the phone. But even then, Michael had seen him, but since the other party did not want to speak, Michael did not speak to him either.
But now, seeing him here, it made Michael puzzled. He was wondering, what could be the reason as to why this guy targeted him.
There was a possibility that he thought that he was an easy target, and decided to come and try his luck today.
And there was also a possibility that he was actually a gangster, and remembering Michael, he came looking for him.
It was just that, until now, Michael had not heard any sound of footsteps coming from outside his apartment.
There was a possibility that the guy had come alone, believing that he would be able to take care of him.
But there was also the possibility that the other gangsters outside had not anticipated the current situation. Additionally, they might be waiting for some kind of signal before they came in.
Regardless, Michael gazed at the man coldly before he asked, "Are you going to speak or not? I don't think the two of us are familiar with each other, and have not established any grudge against each other. So, why did you break into my house?"
Just like before, Michael's question was met with silence from the man who was still lying on the floor.
He was still clutching his stomach, obviously still in pain from Michael's previous attack.
"Okay then. Since you don't want to speak, then don't blame me." Michael spoke before he went towards the utensils and picked up a rolling pin.
One of the reasons why he brought this guy into the kitchen was because the kitchen had some items that he could use as weapons.
On the other hand, the location of the kitchen was a little far away from the other apartments. This way, even if this guy screamed, at least, the screams would be somehow suppressed.
The soundproofing of the walls of this apartment were quite good, but were not able to completely block the sound from one apartment to the other.
This was why Michael had the intention of using several walls to block the sound from getting out.
When the man saw Michael taking a rolling pin, he could not help but wonder, what did Michael want to do?
At the same time, his heart began pounding. He was screaming in his heart, just who the heck was this kid?
It was completely unexpected for him that before coming in, he had already been detected. And when he stepped into the house, he was even ambushed, beaten without any chance of resisting at all.
And judging from how heavy those attacks were, it was pretty clear that this could not be something that an ordinary youth could do.
This kid might have trained for quite a while, and he was quite good at fighting. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to be able to take him down with just two attacks.
Bam!
The rolling pin abruptly landed on the inner thigh of the man, suddenly bringing him back to his senses.
And the moment that the pin landed, the man experienced tremendous pain from the strike, making him grunt louder, almost screaming.
But still, he managed to hold himself back, afraid that if he awakened the people around, things might get even more complex.
By now, the man had already reacted, pressing his thighs together, while one of his hands was pressing the area that he had been attacked by Michael.
"Still not going to speak? Okay, let's continue." Michael said with squinted eyes.
As he saw Michael approaching him once again, the man felt a shiver running down his spine. At the same time, he exerted more strength, pressing his thighs together with extra force.
He was trying to make sure that Michael would not get a chance of hitting him in the same place again.
He was not sure if that was actually the place that Michael was initially targeting or not. There was a possibility that he was targeting the crotch area, but missed.
If he was hit there, apart from the pain, if Michael put in excessive strength, he might end up being crippled. Just the thought of being a cripple made his body tremble slightly.
But contrary to his expectations, Michael walked to his back. Then, using one end of the rolling pin, he suddenly stabbed downwards, at the armpit area.
At the moment, the armpit area was exposed due to the guy stretching his arm, using his right hand to cover the area where he had been struck by Michael.
For that reason, not having anticipated such an attack from Michael, he was not able to react at all before the attack landed.
"Aargh!"
Once again, the man nearly screamed from the pain that he was subjected to by the attack.
The rolling pin had hit one of the ribs, but since Michael did not put much strength into the attack, the rib was not broken.
But even then, it was inevitable that there would be some slight fractures on that bone, which caused the man tremendous pain.
Experiencing pain from 4 different fronts, the cheek, the abdomen, the inner thigh of the left leg, and now, the right rib, the man almost could not hold on.
At this moment, his entire face was covered in beads of sweat, his eyes already red. He was glaring at Michael, as if trying to intimidate him.
But Michael was not intimidated at all. Instead, he gazed at the man coldly, as if waiting for him to say something.
But when several seconds went by, and the man did not try to say anything, Michael simply shrugged his shoulders.
"You know, it is better to say what brought you here. Otherwise, I have other areas that I can use to cause you tremendous pain.
Several years back, I had no other choice but to study this. I studied areas that I can hit someone to cause them tremendous pain, without showing any obvious signs.
Initially, this was supposed to be used on some other guys, but it seems that I can try it on you and see just how effective it can be." Michael stated as he prepared to attack once again.
Two years back, when he was forced to work for the gangsters, Michael decided that he would take his revenge later on.
So, he decided to look for methods of torture, and he ended up learning about areas that he could strike, cause someone tremendous pain, without showing any obvious injuries.
It was just that, after over 2 years, he had almost given up on this idea. At that time, he only thought of getting away, forgetting about the revenge that he wanted to take.
But now, things were completely different. With the system, he had the ability of doing that.
When the man realized that Michael wanted to attack again, his entire body trembled. He was currently curled up, but was not sure about where Michael would strike next.
Thinking about the pain that he was currently experiencing, just the thought of adding more made him fearful.
"Okay, I'll speak." The man said in a deep voice, his eyes that were previously looking at Michael with the intention of intimidating him, now looked at him with plea.
It was such a shift in character that it surprised Michael.
It was clear, the man had been intimidated by Michael's words, and the pain that he was currently experiencing.
"Okay, speak up. You better tell me what brought you here. And, if you try lying to me, I will know. And if I find you lying, I swear, the pain that you will experience will be worse than this." Michael said as he gazed at the man coldly.
The man nodded in response. And after taking several deep breaths, he finally began speaking.
"I came over because I wanted to take you back. I wanted to use you as a scapegoat." The man said through gritted teeth.
It was just that, his words completely puzzled Michael. He was wondering, why would this guy want to use him as a scapegoat?
"Why?" Michael asked, a frown on his face.
"You are part of the Shadow Assembly gang. But you being here implies that you must have run away. I thought, I could use you as a scapegoat, so that I can get back into the gang." The man responded.