Chapter 42

As the bodyguards charged at Kyle, he merely raised his hand slightly, and all of them collapsed on the floor. It was as if their bones had turned to jelly. Not a single one of them could stand. Joe froze in place, staring at Kyle in utter shock. "What did you do? Why are they—" Kyle chuckled softly, shaking his head. "I didn't do much. I just temporarily took away their ability to fight. Don't worry, they won't suffer any harm. As for how I did it, there's no point in explaining. You wouldn't believe me anyway." In that fleeting second, Kyle had used golden acupuncture needles to swiftly disable the bodyguards by disrupting their energy flow. Their attention had been entirely focused on him, so they hadn't even noticed the needles at work. By the time they realized something was wrong, the needles were already back in Kyle's acupuncture kit. Joe's face darkened, his voice laced with anger as he said, "Are you trying to say that I, Joe Russo, am ignorant? Stop trying to scare me.