Chapter Summaries

Ah Mi learned that Jiang Hao had been detained on suspicion of hiding cocaine and joined his followers outside the Mong Kok Police Department. After Jiang Hao told them to disperse, Ah Mi decided to retaliate against Lei Yaoyang, whom Jiang Hao suspected of framing him, and led a large force toward Sham Shui Po.

• Ah Mi called Ah Kun after Jiang Hao failed to answer, and learned the police had detained Jiang Hao for questioning over suspected drugs.
• Ah Mi arrived at the Mong Kok Police Department, where more than a thousand gang members demanded Jiang Hao's release.
• Jiang Hao told Ah Mi, Ah Kun, Ah Jun, and Fu Yang that the police were trying to curb his momentum and that he suspected Lei Yaoyang had planted cocaine at the nightclub.
• Ah Mi told the gathered gang members to stop making trouble at the station, then declared she would retaliate against Lei Yaoyang despite having no proof.
• Ah Mi joined forces with Jiang Hao's other leaders, assembled thirteen hundred people, and led them toward Sham Shui Po.

Ah Mi led Zhou Kun and more than a thousand men in a raid that wrecked Lei Yaoyang’s businesses on Ap Liu Street after she blamed him for framing Ah Hao. Ah Po confessed that Xi Gou had planted the drugs, and Ah Mi sent Blacky to capture him alive while Lei Yaoyang escaped wounded.

• Lei Yaoyang learned that Ah Mi and Zhou Kun had brought a huge armed crowd to Ap Liu Street and ordered Ah Po to gather his men.
• Ah Mi ordered the destruction of Lei Yaoyang’s establishments, and her men smashed businesses across the street.
• Lei Yaoyang confronted Ah Mi, who accused him of framing Ah Hao; Ah Jun’s men charged, and Lei Yaoyang was wounded before escaping.
• Ah Jun captured Ah Po, and Ah Mi demanded that he explain how Lei Yaoyang had framed Ah Hao.
• Ah Po confessed that Lei Yaoyang had used Xi Gou, a Mong Kok drug dealer, to plant the drugs.
• Ah Mi ordered Blacky to bring Xi Gou back alive, sent Ah Po for medical treatment, and declared that her fight with Lei Yaoyang was not over.

Lei Yaoyang escaped after being wounded by Jiang Hao and Ah Mi’s attack, then planned to bring in reinforcements and expand his drug operation. While Ah Mi’s street battle triggered a police investigation, Jiang Hao remained in custody, where he calmly accepted her breakfast and told Sergeant Chang that he would handle the consequences.

• Lei Yaoyang escaped to a clinic, where he blamed Jiang Hao and Ah Mi for his wounds and planned to bring in men from the Netherlands to seize more territory.
• Lei Yaoyang asked the doctor about progress on a new drug that he hoped would free his operation from South American supply lines.
• Police investigated the massive brawl, and Officer Huang traced the conflict to Ah Mi’s attack while Jiang Hao was being held at the Mong Kok Police Department.
• Chief Superintendent Guo reprimanded his officers and considered whether police should intervene or use the gang conflict to their advantage.
• Ah Mi sent Jiang Hao breakfast in custody and said she would pick him up that night, while Sergeant Chang told Jiang Hao that she had led the attack on Lei Yaoyang’s territory.
• Jiang Hao said he would deal with the aftermath and told Sergeant Chang that the world had always worked this way.

After deciding to profit from Japan’s rising stock market and coming crash, Jiang Hao gathered investment money from his allies and arranged to open a financial investment company. At a banquet celebrating his appointment as hall master of Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, he invited Dongxing’s leaders to invest, but only Situ Haonan and Uncle Gui agreed.

• Jiang Hao read that Japan’s Nikkei Stock Index had passed 30,000 points and decided to invest before the market crashed, using his memory of its future movements.
• Jiang Hao asked Ah Mi, Ah Kun, and his younger brothers to pool their money, and he arranged to sell seized goods to raise their investment capital.
• Ah Jun returned with two checks from Han Chen, who had valued the goods at five million and added another five million; Han Chen then made the extra money his own investment.
• Jiang Hao told Fu Yang to establish an investment company and hire traders to handle stocks and stock index futures.
• Camel announced at Lee Kee Grand Restaurant that Jiang Hao had become hall master of Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, and the assembled guests celebrated him.
• Jiang Hao invited the leaders at his table to invest at least one million each; Situ Haonan and Uncle Gui agreed, while Camel and the other elders declined.

Jiang Hao used his stock-market gains to win the loyalty of Hong Kong gang leaders and associates, while Lei Yaoyang’s crew developed a new drug and hired foreign killers to target Tyrannosaurus. The chapter ended with Ah Su preparing the foreigners for a plan against Tyrannosaurus.

• Jiang Hao pooled 137 million Hong Kong dollars from his associates and invested it in rising Nikkei futures, earning nearly 50 percent in a month.
• Jiang Hao reported the profits to his investors, declined to charge them commission, and accepted additional investments from them and Eastern Star’s old-timers.
• Jiang Hao told Ah Mi that he was building connections by helping the others make money.
• Ah Su’s chemists successfully produced ice, and Lei Yaoyang ordered Ah Su to test the market while promising to return to Hong Kong after dealing with Tyrannosaurus.
• Ah Su met Vander and three other Dutch-speaking foreigners at Kai Tak Airport and supplied them with weapons and equipment for a planned operation against Tyrannosaurus.

Jiang Hao caught Ah Bao trying to kill him at a restaurant and learned that masked men had kidnapped Ah Bao’s family to force him to act. Jiang Hao set out with his men to rescue them, while postponing judgment on Ah Bao and recognizing Ah Kun’s reason for defending him.

• Squirrel and Maltose, Blacky and Ah Bao, and the other men reported their accounts to Jiang Hao.
• At Da Fu Hao, Ah Bao returned from a phone call, approached Jiang Hao with a toast, and reached for a hidden pistol.
• Jiang Hao disarmed Ah Bao, and Ah Bao confessed that armed men had taken his family and threatened to kill them unless he killed Jiang Hao.
• Jiang Hao ordered Maltose and Ah Jun to prepare guns and men, then gave Ah Bao his pistol and said they would rescue his family before dealing with his betrayal.
• Jiang Hao stopped Ah Kun and learned that Ah Bao had once saved his life; he told Ah Kun they would save Ah Bao’s family first.

Jiang Hao led his men to rescue Ah Bao’s family from mercenaries at an abandoned factory, where a firefight broke out. He killed two attackers but had not yet reached the hostages or faced the rest of the mercenaries.

• Vander said the mercenaries would kill Ah Bao’s family after their plan was done, while Ah Su worried that Ah Bao might warn Jiang Hao or the police.
• Jiang Hao arrived with Ah Kun, Ah Bao, and his men, sensed danger, and ordered them to take cover and draw the attackers’ fire.
• Jiang Hao entered the factory through a second-floor window and shot Will dead as Will fired at his men.
• Vander fired at Jiang Hao, who dodged and returned shots that forced Vander back into cover.
• Jiang Hao evaded Rayner’s ambush, shot him in the shoulder and knee, then killed him with a headshot.

Jiang Hao and Ah Kun’s men killed the remaining mercenaries at the factory, but Ah Bao died from his wounds. Jiang Hao then shot Ah Su when Ah Bao’s mother rushed to her son, and he ordered the group to carry Ah Bao away.

• Vander and Carl pinned Jiang Hao down with gunfire, but Ah Kun led his men into the factory and forced the mercenaries into a firefight.
• Jiang Hao toppled a line of metal racks, shot Carl, and helped Ah Kun’s men kill Vander, while Ah Bao was fatally wounded.
• As Ah Bao lay dying, he asked Jiang Hao to save his parents, wife, and child, and Jiang Hao’s men found them held hostage by Ah Su.
• Jiang Hao agreed to let Ah Su leave with the hostages, but Ah Bao’s mother rushed to her son, giving Jiang Hao the chance to shoot Ah Su.
• Ah Bao’s family gathered around him in grief, and Jiang Hao ordered his men to carry Ah Bao away.

After Ah Bao’s funeral, Jiang Hao suspected Lei Yaoyang was responsible while Lei learned that his attack had failed and Ah Su was dead. Officer Huang later warned Jiang Hao not to forget that he was a police officer and tasked him with investigating a new methamphetamine supply, leaving Jiang Hao reflecting on his fractured identity.

• Jiang Hao and the Mong Kok brothers attended Ah Bao’s funeral and gave money to his family, while Jiang Hao suspected Lei Yaoyang had arranged the attack.
• In Amsterdam, Lei Yaoyang learned Jiang Hao had survived, Vander’s squad had been wiped out, and Ah Su was dead, then ordered a subordinate to take over the drug business in Hong Kong.
• Jiang Hao met Officer Huang at Qingsong Temple, where Huang challenged his conduct and reminded him of his police identity.
• Officer Huang showed Jiang Hao a packet of methamphetamine and asked him to help find its source in Hong Kong.
• After Officer Huang left, Jiang Hao dismissed the suggestion that he see a psychologist and reflected on how he was always performing different lives.

Jiang Hao calmed himself at Qingsong Temple before reviewing his investment team’s earnings and arranging a dividend meeting for Dongxing’s investors. At Huadu Nightclub, he revealed the month’s 162 million profit and announced investors’ returns, leaving them astonished at how quickly their money had grown.

• Jiang Hao recited the Taoist Heart Calming Incantation at Qingsong Temple to settle his mind.
• Fu Yang and Wu Jianqi reported that the investment company had earned 162 million that month, and Jiang Hao awarded the traders bonuses and two days of rest.
• Jiang Hao arranged a dividend meeting at Huadu Nightclub and invited the investors, including Han Chen.
• Dongxing bosses gathered at the nightclub as the Mong Kok Police Department set up a perimeter and wondered what the meeting was about.
• Jiang Hao announced the company’s total profit and revealed that Camel had earned 17.2 million and Ah Mi had earned 16.88 million.
• Jiang Hao told Situ Haonan that his total assets had reached 10.86 million, and Situ Haonan excitedly regretted investing so little.

Jiang Hao announced the investment returns, persuaded Eastern Star members to invest more, and welcomed Lei Yaoyang back from the Netherlands. When Camel secretly tried to arrange a reconciliation between Lei Yaoyang and Jiang Hao, Jiang Hao sensed killing intent coming from another room in Camel’s villa.

• Jiang Hao announced the investors’ assets and invited them to continue or increase their investments, and everyone chose to invest more.
• Jiang Hao encouraged Eastern Star underlings to invest through Fu Yang, accepting their money as a way to build loyalty.
• Lei Yaoyang returned from the Netherlands and asked Camel to help reconcile him with Jiang Hao, while hiding his return from Jiang Hao.
• Camel summoned Jiang Hao to his villa to discuss Lei Yaoyang and arranged for Lei Yaoyang to wait in another room.
• Jiang Hao sensed killing intent from the room where Lei Yaoyang was hiding as Camel asked him to forgive Lei Yaoyang.

Lei Yaoyang betrayed Camel and shot him during a staged reconciliation, while Jiang Hao fought back and killed Lei Yaoyang’s gunmen. With Ah Qing arriving to find Jiang Hao armed beside Camel’s body, the chapter ends as Tung Sing’s bosses gather to hear what happened.

• Jiang Hao agreed to Camel mediating with Lei Yaoyang, but Lei Yaoyang drew a gun and threatened to kill Jiang Hao and Camel.
• Lei Yaoyang shot Camel and tried to turn his gun on Jiang Hao, but Jiang Hao slashed Lei Yaoyang’s wrist and disarmed him.
• Lei Yaoyang’s gunmen shot Camel’s man and wounded Ah Jun, while Jiang Hao shot both gunmen dead.
• Ah Qing and armed men burst in, and Lei Yaoyang accused Jiang Hao of killing Camel; Jiang Hao dropped his gun and demanded that the Tung Sing bosses be summoned.
• Ah Jun was taken to the hospital, and the Tung Sing bosses arrived to find Camel’s body; Uncle Gui asked Ah Qing what had happened.

Jiang Hao exposed Lei Yaoyang as Camel’s killer with a recording, and Eastern Star sentenced Lei Yaoyang to death by a thousand cuts. The chapter ended with Jiang Hao delivering the final stab and Eastern Star preparing Camel’s funeral while concealing the truth from the public.

• Ah Qing explained that he had found Tyrannosaurus and Lei Yaoyang arguing after Camel was shot, then summoned Eastern Star’s leaders.
• Lei Yaoyang accused Tyrannosaurus of killing Camel, but Jiang Hao played a recording in which Lei Yaoyang confessed to plotting to kill Camel and Tyrannosaurus.
• Lei Yaoyang tried to seize a gun, and Ah Qing knocked him down and beat him before the leaders ordered him restrained for punishment.
• At Camel’s villa, Lei Yaoyang refused to kneel or accept the sentence, so Ah Qing severed his hamstring and the gathered leaders stabbed him in turn.
• Jiang Hao stabbed Lei Yaoyang in the heart, killing him, and Eastern Star announced Camel’s death as a sudden cerebral hemorrhage while secretly disposing of Lei Yaoyang’s body.

After Camel’s death, Jiang Hao visited the wounded Ah Jun, while police leaders debated the risks of Tung Sing’s succession and Jiang Hao’s loyalties. At Camel’s enormous funeral, Tyrannosaurus arrived with a large following, prompting Officer Huang to consider his chances of becoming the next boss.

• Jiang Hao visited Ah Jun in the hospital and reflected on his feelings for the brothers who had protected him.
• Jiang Hao told Officer Huang that Lei Yaoyang had killed Camel and then died at the hands of Camel’s bodyguards.
• Chief Superintendent Guo and Officer Huang discussed the coming Tung Sing succession and whether Jiang Hao could take control, while questioning his loyalty.
• Camel’s family and gang leaders from across Hong Kong attended his heavily guarded funeral.
• Officer Yu pointed out Tyrannosaurus and his large following at the funeral, and Officer Huang considered his rise within Tung Sing.

After Brother Camel’s funeral, Dongxing’s elders began arranging the Dragon Head election, while Jiang Hao and the other contenders maneuvered for votes and influence. The meeting ended with Ah Qing appointed to Sham Shui Po, and Jiang Hao left weighing his limited support and lack of seniority against his chances.

• Jiang Hao and his men paid their respects at Brother Camel’s funeral, while rival gang bosses discussed Jiang Hao’s rapid rise and Dongxing’s internal rivalries.
• At Dongxing’s election meeting, the elders and Sister Jin Feng withdrew from the race but kept their votes, while Jiang Hao stopped Ah Mi from withdrawing her candidacy.
• Smiling Tiger and several others asked Jiang Hao to return their investment money, while Situ Haonan left his money with him.
• The elders set a two-month observation period before the Dragon Head vote, then nominated Ah Qing to lead Sham Shui Po; the meeting approved him.
• In the car afterward, Jiang Hao told Ah Mi that he had stopped her from surrendering her vote and discussed his potential supporters, rivals, and lack of seniority.

Jiang Hao faced pressure from the police to become Tung Sing’s Dragon Head while questioning whether he could still return to the force, and he remained undecided as the election approached. At Ah Kun’s film company, he recognized Ye Yuqing and chose Ah Le for a leading role, despite Ah Le’s protests.

• Chief Superintendent Guo and Officer Huang discussed Tung Sing’s Dragon Head election and agreed that Jiang Hao’s rise could make returning to the police force impossible.
• Jiang Hao told Officer Huang that only Golden Phoenix, Silver Phoenix, and he were undecided voters, then challenged the police for pushing him to become Dragon Head; Officer Huang gave him files on Tung Sing’s bosses and urged him to investigate the new drug.
• Jiang Hao told Ah Mi not to commit to supporting any candidate, then brushed off calls from Uncle Wong, Master Xiang, and Uncle Bing as they tried to win his support.
• Jiang Hao considered whether becoming Dragon Head would end his undercover role, then accepted Ah Kun’s invitation to visit his film company.
• Jiang Hao recognized Ye Yuqing as the female lead of Ah Kun’s movie, Crazy for You, and identified Ah Le as a possible male lead despite Ah Le saying he did not want to act.

Jiang Hao tested his suspicion that Ah Le was an undercover agent, then studied Dongxing’s bosses and pursued support for an upcoming vote. He left Sister Jin Feng’s home with a promise of her vote if he could help her emigrate to New Zealand.

• Jiang Hao pressured Ah Le to either carry out an order or leave Mong Kok, and Ah Le agreed to act.
• Jiang Hao questioned Ah Hui about Ah Le, then read Officer Huang’s files on Dongxing’s bosses and memorized them.
• Jiang Hao visited the recovering Ah Jun and made him drink talisman water to help heal his wound.
• Jiang Hao sent his animal companions to watch Officer Huang at Hong Kong Police Headquarters.
• Jiang Hao met Sister Jin Feng and offered to help her obtain a certificate of no criminal record so she could emigrate to New Zealand; she promised him her vote if he succeeded.

Jiang Hao planned to use information about the new drug ice to persuade the police to help Jinfeng obtain a clean-record certificate. He ordered his men to track down ice sellers, and by the end of the night they had brought several suspects to him.

• Jiang Hao decided that helping the police investigate ice could give him enough leverage to secure the certificate for Jinfeng.
• Jiang Hao sent small creatures to observe Officer Huang and locate his office.
• Jiang Hao ordered Ah Sum and So Wai to mobilize their men and find anyone selling ice.
• Ah Zhi forced Rotten Life Wen to reveal that Stray Cat had introduced him to ice.
• Ah Ming threatened Boneless Chicken, who admitted that Ah Jian from Kowloon Walled City had asked him to sell ice.
• So Wai and Ah Sum returned with five suspects, and Boneless Chicken trembled when Jiang Hao entered to question him.

Jiang Hao tracked down Ah Jian and Ah Shu, two men distributing ice in Yau Ma Tei, and had them abducted from Kowloon Walled City. After capturing Ah Jian, Jiang Hao threatened to buy his wife and children unless he revealed the location of the ice factory.

• Jiang Hao questioned local dealers and learned that Ah Jian and Ah Shu from Kowloon Walled City were distributing ice in Yau Ma Tei.
• Jiang Hao recruited Du Feng, a former resident of Kowloon Walled City, to find the two men.
• Du Feng arranged for Ah Jian and Ah Shu to be captured and brought outside the Walled City for 300,000.
• Little B returned with the prisoners, and Jiang Hao ordered them locked up separately for interrogation.
• Jiang Hao questioned Ah Jian about the ice factory, then threatened to buy his wife and children to force him to talk.

Jiang Hao learned the location of the drug factory and discovered that Officer Huang kept files on him and Nicky Cheung. He used the factory lead to seek Officer Huang’s help securing Golden Phoenix’s vote, while secretly stealing Huang’s keys.

• Jiang Hao threatened Ah Jian’s family until Ah Jian revealed that the factory was in Sham Shui Po, then ordered Ah Sum to keep the captured men alive.
• Jiang Hao sent his animal agents to scout the factory and found it on the fourth floor of a building in Sham Shui Po.
• Jiang Hao’s agents watched Officer Huang open files on Nicky Cheung and Jiang Hao, and Jiang Hao learned that Huang was unsure whether he could turn back.
• Jiang Hao arranged to meet Officer Huang at Qingsong Temple and asked him to help Golden Phoenix obtain a certificate of no criminal record in return for her support in Dongxing’s election.
• Jiang Hao showed Officer Huang the drug factory’s location on a map and secretly took a ring of keys from him.