Zhang Heng smiled and did not dwell on the question.
Five minutes later, everyone assigned to patrol that night had gathered downstairs. The entire Patrol Team had twelve people and was generally divided into two groups. One handled daytime security, while the other patrolled at night, allowing both groups to get some rest.
However, a twelve-person Patrol Team was already woefully inadequate for such a large area, let alone when split in two. Counting it up, they did not even outnumber Black Tail Snake's gang.
Moreover, some of them were old while others were young. Aside from Aris, the Captain with the injured leg who had been to war, the rest barely had any real combat experience.
In truth, being assigned to this area meant one had already been abandoned. Either they had made a mistake, offended some powerful figure, or were simply unlucky nobodies with no connections who had been sent here in a muddle to fill vacancies.
And once they arrived here, it was hard to leave again.
Aris and the others had not failed to try. After all, no one wanted to remain forever in a place filled with criminals and chaos. Even if they did not think for themselves, they had families to consider. But for reasons everyone knew, all their efforts had proven futile.
Aris was considered one of the more responsible Captains. When he first arrived, he had wanted to change the environment here. He had written countless letters to the higher-ups reporting the problems, hoping for more manpower and funding, but every one of those letters had vanished without a trace.
He had also tried starting from his own side, doing what he could to gradually influence the people around him and bring order back to the neighborhood.
But this place was like