Alexander stayed at the bank for more than thirty minutes to process his withdrawal by filling out forms and changing thebination code of the vault for security purposes.


    Once the process areplete, Alexander and Rn left the Central Bank with a copious amount of money.


    With this capital, Alexander can now make his inventions into a reality to stimte the economy of the Ruthenia Empire by making products that a consumer would die for.


    His n involves acquiring private-owned properties such as automobilepanies, electricpanies, electronicspanies, shipbuildingpanies, munitionspanies, pharmaceuticalpanies, and the like from the wealthy elites.


    From there, Alexander will reconstruct the assembly lines, reform the system, and implement his future CNC machine that he’ll finish in the next month.


    As the two walked along the snow-filled sidewalk, heading to their car, Alexander noticed some noiseing from an alley.


    Rn, who’s been perceptive of his surroundings, quickly took position by going up in front of Alexander.


    “Sir, stay behind me,” Rn ordered.


    Alexander obeyed his chief of security who has a serious expression on his face. From this moment, Alexander will follow Rn’smand for security purposes.


    Rn checked the alley and saw six men surrounding a woman, blocking her escape. Alexander also came by to check and encountered an unpleasant scene.


    “Wooh! Aren’t we lucky…a fine woman wandering alone in the street…”


    “Hey~girl…want toe with us and have some fun?”


    “Hey prettydy…don’t be scared…we won’t hurt you…”


    “We just want to y a little…”


    “I already said no, I’ve refused you so many times already! Please, let me go!”


    “Don’t say that darlin’~ you’re breaking my heart here…”_-.


    A girl about the same age as Alexander was getting caught up in a group of men that really stood out. The ce they were in right now is in the vicinity of the Central Bank, and there were a lot of people walking by. To think that they would try to seduce a girl out in the open like this is truly concerning.


    “Sir…what’s your order?” Rn took a quick nce at Alexander who was deeply in thought.


    “To think that this is happening in my country, right in front of my very eyes…” Alexander sighed as he opened his eyes and shot Alexander a serious look. “Rn…how confident are you in your hand-to-handbat skills?”


    “I can take them down all by myself,” Rn confidently replied.


    “I see. Then, let’s defuse the situation first, if things didn’t turn peacefully, we’ll have to take drastic measures.”


    “Understood sir.”


    The six men continued to harass the woman. The girl didn’t like it and tried to get away from the men, but they persistently surrounded her. When Alexander and Rn looked around, they were people in the area, but everyone pretended not to see them. Finally, one of the men grabbed her arm.


    “Come on, let’s go.”


    “I don’t wanna! Let go of me, please! Help!”


    When the girl let out a distress call, Rn stepped in. Alexander watched from a safe distance.


    “Excuse me.”


    “…Huh?”


    The men all turned to look at Rn. Their collective gaze was sharp, and it was clear they were looking down on him.


    “This is one tall tough-looking MF. What do you want?” One of the men growled.


    Alexander stood firm, his eyes unwavering. “Can’t you tell? Thedy didn’t like it. Leave her alone at once or else…”


    “Or else what?” One of the men challenged. “You may be tall and tough but it’s six versus one…the odds are against you. If you don’t want to get hurt you should get away before we change our mind.”


    “Not until you leave her alone…”


    “Okay…don’t say we didn’t warn you.”


    One of the thugs approached Rn and walk around in a circle. Meanwhile, Alexander stood by and watch from the distance and grabbed one of the passersby by the arm.


    “Can you do me a favor? Call the police for me will you?”


    The passerby nodded and dashed off.


    Back in the alley, Rn felt a hard tube pressing against his neck. The thug is armed.


    Rn turned, clenching his fist as he raised his knee and mmed it into the thug’s gut. Rn grabbed for the pistol, wrenching it from the thug’s grip, firing three rounds in the process. Rn grabbed the gun, unclipped the ammo magazine, and mmed it into the thug’s leg. The goon cried out in anguish, but Rn silenced him with a punch to the groin. He dropped the thug into the dumpster.


    The five thugs looked in disbelief after theirrade got knocked out as easily as that.


    One of the thugs flicks over a knife, brandishing it, then rushed at Rn. As he closed in, Rn deflected the de and countered with a punch to the thug’s head. Taking advantage of his opponent off-bnce, Rn delivered a kick to the goon’s chest, sending him to the ground.


    “Who’s next?” Rn challenged.


    The goons were frozen stiff in their spot for a moment. They were used to intimidate the weak and helpless. But this time, they are facing a big man that is proficient inbat.


    “Watch out!”


    Alexander’s voice came from the alley entrance. Rn instinctively turned as the thug charged him with a knife in hand. Rnd reeled backward, avoiding the wild shes. He blocked, grabbed the man’s, twisted it, and rammed the de at the thug’s other hand.


    The goon let out an agonizing cry as Rn showed the goon who reeled back to his otherrade while he groaned in pain.


    Now knowing that the man they are fighting with is a legit fighter, they abandoned their current strategy and the four of them charged toward him at once.


    Rn braced for the worst as he saw four of them sprinting towards him with killing intent.


    “Gah!”


    He blocked a wild roundhouse kick from one of them. The goon tried to follow up with a kick to his head, but Rn caught it. He then stomped on the goon’s foot, forcing him to back off. The goon staggered for a moment, but he quickly recovered and lunged at Rn again. However, Rn deflected the iing arm, and delivered a powerful palm strike at the goon’s jaw, knocking him out.


    Rn caught the other thug’s wrist and swept his legs out from underneath him. The goon crashed to the ground, his head snapped back as Rn’s powerful strike sent the thug’s head backward, effectively knocking him out.


    While he managed to fight off two of the goons and put them down, the other two continued attacking relentlessly.


    Rn found himself engaged in a fist fight with one of the thugs. The thug attempted a flurry of punches, but Rn expertly blocked each strike and returned with a punch of his own. But Rn noticed that the goon is slowing down and is starting to get tired. Rn seized the opportunity and delivered a palm strike, followed by an uppercut, knocking out the goon.


    Luckily, thest thug is still in front of him, and Rn is in a good position to take him out. Rn deflected thest thug’s iing punch, and delivered a powerful kick to the goon in the stomach, followed by a jab under the chin, putting him out ofmission.


    With all of the thugs taken out, Rn took a moment to catch his breath and nced over his shoulder where Alexander was watching.


    Alexander raised a thumbs up, impressed by hisbat ability.


    “Thank you.” Rn turned as he saw the girl approaching him. She seems to be either in her early twenties orte teens. She’s wearing a zer that is worn over a dark dress and a skirt that reaches over her knee. Her navy blue hair was tied into a bun, giving her an impression of a young rich daughter of nobility.


    “It’s no problem,” Rn replied. “Were you hurt?”


    “I should be the one asking that…Are you hurt, mister?”


    “No, this is nothing. These goons didn’t evennd a hit on me,” Rn haughtily said, looking down at the downed thugs.


    “How can I repay you, mister?”


    “It’s no big deal…you should be careful in the future…”


    As the girl was giving her thanks to Rn, one of the goons that got knocked down, get to his feet, and rushed at him with a knife raised high.


    With Rn’s guard down, he waste to react. But suddenly, the goon’s knife was sent flying as a deafening roar echoed in the alley.


    “Eh?” The goon’s eyes bulged, dumbfounded.


    Rn pped the thug in the face, sending him down to the ground. His eyes flickered to the entrance of the alleyway and saw Alexander with his revolver trained in his direction. A tendril of smoke still danced on top of the barrel of the gun.


    Alexander holstered it and approached the two.


    “The police should being any minute now,” Alexander notified.


    “That’s great…we shall wait for them toe and get out of here, sir.”


    Alexander nodded and nced at the woman they had just saved.


    “Are you okay miss?”


    Thedy struck her head upward to thank him. But before she can utter her words, she gasped as her eyes met his.


    She took a step back, making Alexander wonder.


    “Uhm…miss?”


    “It can’t be…”


    “It can’t be?” Alexander repeated, cocking his head to the side.


    Looking at her face more closely, memory shes before his eyes. This girl…looks familiar…like he had met her before.


    But before Alexander can fully remember her identity, a group of police emerged from the alleyway.


    “Raise your hand!”


    “Oh, officers. I’m d that you arrived. These thugs here…”


    “I said raised your hand!” The police officer repeated, their pistols trained on them.


    “What a mess…” The officer muttered as he surveyed the scene.


    “It’s okay…” Rn speak out as he pulled something out of his pocket. It was an identification card. “My name is Rn Makarov, The Chief of Staff of the Ruthenia Imperial Guards.


    Rn introduced himself while showing off his ID card. One of the police officers took his ID to verify its authenticity.


    “Sir…it’s real!”


    Finding that out, the senior police officer ordered his men to stand down.


    “Are you alright sir?” The senior police officer asked.


    “Yes, we’re fine. Look, I’m happy to report the incident to you but I have to leave with my…” Rn paused, he can’t just tell he will leave with the Imperial Prince of Ruthenia Empire.


    Noticing that, Alexander stepped in. “I’m also part of the Ruthenia Imperial Guards and are expected to arrive at the Winter Pce in thirty minutes,” Alexander told a lie.


    “Ahh…in that case sir…you are free to leave.”


    “Don’t worry sir, once our shift is done, we’ll head to the police station. For now, please take care of her. She’s was harassed by these mobs.”


    The senior police officer nced at thedy, and the nodded.


    “Okay sir, be careful on your way to the Winter Pce, the road is slippery.”


    Alexander and Rn nodded and began leaving the scene.


    As they got to the entrance of the alleyway, Alexander stopped in his track and nced over his shoulder, looking at the navy-blue-haired girl…and muttered under his breath. “You looked familiar.”