A Fight in the Alley

Rolan raised his arms up, preparing for a fight. 

He scanned the two beggars who attacked him out of the blue. Based on their engagements just now, he can tell that they are not your run-of-the-mill fighters. They are pros who are trained to fight, like Karim, the first Black Hand agent he had encountered five years ago in Finland.

"Black Hand demands it, you say?" Rolan repeated the words of the Black Hand operatives. "Then that means you two are working for that infamous international syndicate…"