They were about to reach the exit, yet no one dared to make the first move.
This made Arther worried, as if he exited from here, he would not be able to re-enter. So he decided to ask Robert to bring Jack to meet him outside the market, as he knew that the warehouse used by Jack to keep all the materials must also be outside the black market.
He messaged Robert to meet him on the opposite side of the building to avoid being tracked. After that, he switched off the tab and continued following those people. After some time, they reached the end of the black market near the Steel door.
At the same time, outside the passage on the third underground, there were a few people standing alert, waiting for someone to leave the passage.
They were sent by the young man to capture Jaya and the middle-aged man. Of course, the young man was not a fool to pay such a huge price just for catching some unknown people for a small stone.
After leaving the auction, his father asked him to use any reason and way to catch these people, as they have huge value.
Hence, he paid a sum of money to buy this person; he also bought some time from the police and black market security.
As soon as Jaya and her bodyguard left the passage, followed by the sneaky tails, they were met with this scene. Trapping Jaya and her companion in between.
Arther didn't leave the passage as he knew it was not yet the time to act. He wanted to exhaust both parties and reap the rewards once both sides were distracted.
And just as he thought, the middle-aged person made his move.Looks like we have attracted many eyes for a small stone; how about we return the stone to one of you. But to whom?"
"Hahaha, you don't have to waste time using these small tricks. As we are not here for that stone, we have a better proposal for you. Both of you surrender, and we will keep you alive, or else you know very well what will happen to you. So please don't make it difficult for us." A man with a bald head, black skin, and bulging muscles. Grinned at him while talking.
All others surrounding them also started laughing as if the situation was already in their hands.
Two of the guys from behind moved forward to catch Jaya and her bodyguard. Just as they were about to reach out for her, Jaya made her move; four small throwing knives flew out of her robes and injured those two people, along with two standing behind them. This reduced the number of people standing behind them. Before anyone could react, the middle-aged man made his move too; with a swift move, he defeated the two standing in the front, making a small opening in the encirclement. They moved out of the encirclement and ran towards the exit. The remaining attackers hurriedly followed behind them.
They ran till they reached an alley, away from the building; the alley was closed on one side. After entering the alley, Jaya stopped running and faced the attackers. The atmosphere between them was in a stalemate. But the middle-aged man was a bit worried now, as he had found that the number of those followers and attackers had increased; this showed that there were more people waiting for them and the city was not safe for them.
What he was most worried about was Jaya. If anyone knew about her identity, then many strong people would move their attention here, and according to the situation their clan is now in, he can't let anyone know about their motive for coming here and has to take Jaya away from here as soon as possible.
Slowly, the alley entrance got filled with people holding rods and machetes. These people were surely not well trained and were common gangsters, but this type of people had a lot of experience in such street fights.
At the same time, when Jaya was in a dire situation, Arther was standing on the terrace of one of the buildings at the end of the alley. Seeing them enter the alley and the crowd at the entrance, he knew that the alley had one end closed and he couldn't enter through the same entrance, so he came here where he could keep an eye on everything and everyone and could also save those two guys, but they would have to pay the price of this rescue with the stone.
He will try to negotiate with them; if not possible, he will wait for them to get a good beating from those lackeys before stealing the stone. He has heard the attackers talk before and knew they were definitely not interested in the stone.
"Now where are you going to run? Hahaha, I had already warned you not to make it difficult for us, but you are wasting our time; we will surely enjoy a bit before taking you with us.", the same bald guy spoke again. He seemed to be the leader of all these people.
"Keep the robed one safe, and you can break some bones from that old man.", he ordered his people before running towards the middle-aged man.
Jaya was worried, hearing and seeing the situation; they never knew they would fall into this situation, but now there was no other way to escape.
Just as she was going to fight along with her bodyguard, something fell on her from above. She looked up to find a young boy's shadow reflected by the moon behind him, standing on the terrace of the building, holding a rope.
"If you want to, you can accept my help, but it comes with a price.", an immature voice reverberated into the alley. Though immature, it contained an authoritative atmosphere that could make anyone surrender. With a mature tone.
"What do you want?" This was the first time Jaya had spoken since Arther had seen her. The sweet female voice surprised him, but he soon stabilized his emotions.
"That stone."
Hearing this reply, Jaya didn't have a surprised expression but a satisfied smile, as if she had found something she was searching for for a long time.
"Of course you can have it", she grinned as she called the middle-aged man to come back and climbed the rope.
The gangsters didn't have time to react; one second they were fighting the middle-aged man, and the next second a boy came to rescue those whom they wanted to kidnap. This made them angry, since during the lockdown they had been very happy, as doing many crimes has become very easy for them now.
For now, these people will not be much of a threat to the government; hence, they are not caught since all strong people are busy somewhere else, but after the apocalypse, this type of people will become the most dreaded type of survivors.