The ruckus was followed by an earsplitting bang, which was then followed by the alarmed shout of junior Officer Wu. Without pausing to think, He Luyi flipped around and tackled the assailant to the floor with a simple double-leg takedown.
Her opponent -a man by the sound he made- cried out in pain, as she aimed a well-coordinated kick to his calf. A sound of breaking rang out and she pulled back and sat on her hunches, trying to catch her breath to deliver her next blow to disarm the guy. But the man with his face covered by an unremarkable brown mask was more tenacious than she thought.
A while later, He Luyi had dropped down to the floor on her knees next to her junior officer while trying to stop the flow of the blood. The other had fainted, mostly due to fear than due to the actual blood loss. The curtain of the open floor-length window fluttered in the gentle breeze, while she muttered to herself in a disgruntled manner.
