Wong Chi-shing's side hadn't wasted any time either. After receiving Wang Xuan's intelligence, he had begun making arrangements and launched a surprise raid on several transaction points last night, seizing more than 600 grams of various drugs. For a while, Yu Du's people were thrown into a panic, jumping at every shadow.
Yu Du, who had been having one piece of bad luck after another, was fuming at home when the sudden ring of the phone startled him. He answered irritably, only to hear an urgent voice on the other end. "Boss, I don't know what's gotten into the cops, but they've raided a lot of our places. What do we do?"
"Fuck!" Yu Du shot up from his chair, cursing nonstop. For the moment, he had no solution, so he could only order the places that hadn't been raided to close temporarily, preventing even greater losses.
The moment he hung up, before he could find something to vent his anger on, the door was suddenly shoved open. Several police officers walked straight in. "Yu Du, we suspect you're connected to a drug-trafficking case. Come with us to assist in the investigation."
Yu Du's head buzzed. He instinctively assumed that someone had informed on him. His hand immediately reached beneath the table, where he had hidden a pistol for emergencies.
The moment he gripped the pistol, he felt slightly reassured. But after thinking it over, he realized something was wrong. They had said "assist in the investigation," and they didn't have an arrest warrant. In other words, the police had no solid evidence at all.
Whoosh!
He secretly let out a breath of relief. Luckily, he hadn't impulsively drawn the gun. Otherwise, he would have been walking straight into a trap!
His instinctive movement had aroused the suspicion of several officers. One of them quietly placed a hand on his holster, ready to draw at any moment.
Yu Du slowly raised both hands to show that he had no weapon. He didn't dare argue now, lest he arouse even greater suspicion. He could only follow the officers to the station and deal with things from there.
As for the places that had been raided, he could only wait.
The moment he was taken away in the police car, the underlings Wang Xuan had secretly stationed nearby notified him. At his order, more than thirty vans were quickly filled with men. They hit the gas and charged straight toward the junction between Kowloon and Mong Kok.
Ah Wai stayed behind to guard the place. Ah Ying, Ah Wai, Ah Sen, and Wang Xuan each led a team, splitting into four routes and heading straight for their predetermined targets.
All of these targets were places the police had just raided, and they were still in complete chaos. Suddenly, a group of men poured out of the vans and stormed inside, hacking at anyone they saw. Yu Du's underlings hurriedly fought back in disarray, but how could they stand against people who had come fully prepared?
On top of that, there was no one in charge at the scene. The underlings were nothing more than a loose mob, and within moments they had been hacked into fleeing in all directions. One place after another was cleared out.
This time, Wang Xuan hadn't bitten off more than he could chew. His target was the three streets near Portland Street. Taking them over was easy; the real trouble was whether he could hold them once Yu Du got out.
After all, he had risen too quickly, and he didn't have many capable fighters under him.
The reason he had personally led a team was to deal with several important targets—Yu Du's key subordinates. Taking them out would be equivalent to cutting off one of Yu Du's arms.
Wang Xuan had two targets. One was Sha Kun, a Thai national who had trained in Muay Thai. He was vicious and had several lives on his hands. The other was Li Sheng, nicknamed Steel Bar. He was equally ruthless and served as a red pole of the Hong Yi Society.
As for Ah Ying and the other two, their targets were several minor leaders. Wang Xuan's order was to leave no survivors and dump them into the sea from the shore.
That way, even after Yu Du got out, he would have lost these key men. Organizing people to come back and reclaim the territory would be a troublesome task.
This time, they had prepared thoroughly, so Wang Xuan finally didn't need to get involved personally. Looking at Sha Kun before him, he calmly lit a cigarette and took a light drag. With a casual wave of his right hand, more than a dozen underlings carrying long clubs charged forward.
Wang Xuan hadn't let them use machetes. Not only did they have low killing power, but they also made it easy for the other side to counterattack. Instead, he had them use one-and-a-half-meter-long clubs. More than a dozen of them came crashing down on Sha Kun's head. Even though Sha Kun was highly skilled in Muay Thai, he still had no way to defend against more than a dozen long clubs at once. After being struck more than twenty times in a row, the short knife in his hand had long since flown away. His arm was broken, and he passed out cold.
Wang Xuan didn't kill him outright. He merely ordered his men to tie him up and stuff him into a car.
After taking down both targets with ease, Wang Xuan ignored Ah Ying and the other two and directly ordered them to drive toward a deserted stretch of shoreline.
After sending his men out to confirm that no one was nearby, Wang Xuan still didn't get out of the car. His underlings naturally stuffed the two unconscious men into sacks, added rocks, and threw them into the sea with two splashes. After waiting several minutes to confirm that they were certainly dead, they returned to the car to report back to Wang Xuan.
Being the boss really was great. He didn't have to do anything personally, which saved him so much trouble. Looking at the underlings around him, Wang Xuan wore a faint smile as countless thoughts filled his heart. No wonder everyone yearned to be the leader—the feeling of controlling other people's lives and settling grudges as he pleased was truly exhilarating.
They returned to the nightclub. Not long after, Ah Ying and the other two finished their own tasks as well. When they saw Wang Xuan, all three were beaming, still savoring how easy the operation had been.
"Boss, this was such a good opportunity, and we still had plenty of men to spare. Why didn't we take over more of Yu Du's places?" Ah Ying asked, utterly puzzled. The others didn't understand either, and they all looked at Wang Xuan, waiting for an answer.
"Would you like me to give you all of Kowloon? Do you have the ability to hold it?" Wang Xuan retorted, cutting off Ah Ying, who was getting a little carried away. He continued, "Keep a low profile as a person and make a high-profile effort in your work. You've all been getting a little too full of yourselves lately. You think you're pretty capable now, don't you?"
"No, no. Everything is up to you, Boss. If you tell me to go east, I won't go west. If you tell me to catch a dog, I won't dare chase a chicken!"
Ah Ying grinned and tried to smooth things over for himself, but Wang Xuan remained unmoved. Looking at the three of them, along with Ah Wai, who was standing to the side in silence, he revealed an unreadable smile. "So obedient? Really?"
"Of course it's true!" Ah Ying immediately began swearing oaths.
"And what about you three?" Wang Xuan asked with a smile, sweeping his eyes over the others.
Ah Wai clearly sensed that something was wrong, but the situation was stronger than the people in it. He couldn't say anything else at that moment, so he could only follow suit and swear an oath.
"Heh, good!" Wang Xuan lightly tapped the tabletop with his finger. "I've always felt that simply fighting and killing isn't a long-term solution. You either die young or end up in prison. So in the future, I'll try to go legitimate, and all our businesses will be properly formalized. As my trusted underlings, you won't hold me back, will you?"
"Of course not. We wouldn't dare hold you back, Boss!"
"So, with your best interests in mind, and to help you integrate further into society, I've decided to find teachers to give you lessons!"
"What?" The four of them looked at one another in dismay. Find teachers to give them lessons? If they had been capable of studying properly, they wouldn't have become punks in the first place. Every one of the four present got a headache the moment they saw a book.
Now that their boss suddenly wanted to find teachers for them, the four of them felt as though thunder had struck on a clear day. They were stunned senseless, looking as if the end of the world had arrived.
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