The alley was so narrow that just two people standing side by side felt crammed, with filthy water streaming across the ground and a rank fishy smell wafting through the air, a world apart from the clean and tidy streets of Causeway Bay just outside.
Out of professional habit, He Baowen shielded Suming behind him, raising his gun and aiming it at the two robbers opposite them.
Within ten meters, the killing power of a revolver was astonishing; the two adults nearly blocked the alleyway completely, leaving no room to run. Should he fire, there was no chance of missing.
Just as He Baowen felt victory was certain, Suming suddenly had an intense feeling of alertness.
"Watch out!" He reached out to pull He Baowen back, his hand just touching He Baowen's shoulder, when the shoulders of the two men opposite them twitched slightly, followed by a 'buzz buzz' sound tearing through the air as if something was flying towards them at extreme velocity.