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What was going on? Had the heavens finally opened their eyes and helped her take down all those loan sharks?

Southern Heizhou

In the middle of a dense tropical rainforest, a clearing had suddenly appeared, carved out by human hands. At its center stood a sprawling complex of concrete buildings. Along the outer edge of the complex, numerous watchtowers rose into the sky. On top of them, several Black men with rifles slung over their shoulders scanned the open ground around the buildings through binoculars.

Machine guns concealed beneath camouflage netting were mounted on the watchtowers, and camouflage-covered anti-aircraft missiles could also be seen in some of the open areas.

In a three-story villa at the center of the complex, several white men wearing sunglasses were killing time by playing cards, looking bored.

"Boss, our kidnapping plan failed. The police also raided our base in Jiaodong City, Xia Kingdom!" At that moment, a young man with a scar across his face rushed into the villa's living room.

"What? The police raided our base?"

"What about the target? Did you take care of her?" Several white men put down their cards and crowded around the scarred man.

"No. We didn't just fail to get the target; the police even rescued some of the transporters we'd already taken care of." The scarred man shook his head, speaking bitterly.

"Damn it! Find out what happened! I want to know the whole story." The gang boss, who had been watching television nearby, slammed his hand on the coffee table and sprang to his feet. The flesh on his face trembled with rage.

When they learned that the daughter of a major shipping company's chairman had taken out a loan from one of their lending companies, they had seen an opportunity.

What mattered most to them in the drug trade? Just three things: the drug supply, transportation channels, and sales channels!

If they could get the shipping company chairman's daughter under their control, they would face far fewer problems with transportation.

But who could have guessed that their prize, already almost within reach, would slip away?

"Forget it. Don't send anyone else to that city. The police in Xia Kingdom have been cracking down hard lately. We need to make sure our bases in the other cities stay safe!" The gang boss quickly calmed down. Since the plan was no longer viable, it was best to abandon it decisively. If they kept pursuing it, they might expose their other bases.

The scarred man was stunned. He had assumed the boss would send people to get even, but instead, he had dismissed the whole thing with barely a word!

In Jiaodong City, Xia Kingdom, Tang Shizhe sat in his study, looking through the documents.

The Three-Tail Gang definitely wouldn't let that drug dealer off the hook. Whether the information was accurate or not, he needed to make preparations in advance!

If the Three-Tail Gang's boss knew what Tang Shizhe was thinking, he would have wanted to cry. He had clearly backed off, yet somehow the barrel of the gun had still swung back around to point at him.

"The Three-Tail Gang was founded in South America in 1958. After losing a covert struggle against Mexican drug dealers, it left South America for the Black Continent in 1994, where it later grew powerful."

"After developing for more than twenty years, it now has its base in the Victosnazi Republic. It has secretly gained control of the republic's military and become the largest power in the region."

"Not only that, it has urged the republic's citizens to grow drugs, which are then processed locally before being secretly shipped around the world through the ports of the Victosnazi Republic."

"The Three-Tail Gang deals not only in drugs but also in arms and human trafficking across Heizhou. It kidnaps people from some developing countries and sells them to developed countries or wherever there is demand."

"Each year, this group makes hundreds of billions of dollars in illicit profits from drugs, arms, and human trafficking alone!"

"Besides bribing soldiers and officials in the Victosnazi Republic, it uses the money to strengthen its own military forces."

"The Three-Tail Gang now has not only large numbers of retired soldiers from all over the world but also quite a few retired Eagle Country special forces soldiers serving as instructors. You could say it's a colossal power on the Black Continent, entrenched across the southern reaches of Heizhou." Tang Shizhe smacked his lips and closed the file.

No matter how powerful this organization was, he wasn't afraid of it!

His current strength wasn't enough to take on the Three-Tail Gang head-on, but it was more than enough to protect himself in Jiaodong City.

And he had only just begun to build his power. Tang Shizhe was confident that in a few years, he could crush the Three-Tail Gang completely.

After splitting continuously over the past while, Tang Shizhe now had twenty Splitters under his command, from Tang Yi to Tang Ershi. They were all well-rounded.

Besides them, he also had four Death Soldiers, enough to ensure Tang Shizhe's safety within the city.

Time flew by, and a week had passed since school started. Tang Shizhe had naturally skipped the entire first week of classes.

Feeling that if he didn't show up soon, people might start turning him into some kind of villain, Tang Shizhe hopped on his old secondhand electric scooter and leisurely headed for school.

He was still riding his electric scooter to class because he needed to keep a low profile. Showing off now wouldn't impress anyone enough!

Once his businesses took off, that would be the time to make a grand entrance!

A little over ten minutes later, Tang Shizhe arrived at the teaching building. After parking his scooter in the bike shed, he thought it over and finally took off the watch Tang Yi had brought back from abroad.

He stuffed the watch into his pocket, then popped the sports car key off his key ring and put that in his pocket too. Only then did Tang Shizhe clap his hands in satisfaction.

When he entered the classroom, he could hardly believe his eyes.

Yin Qi, who always dressed in punk or nonconformist styles and usually sat in the back row, had changed into a light coffee-colored outfit with a ladylike look. Her long black hair fell casually over her shoulders, and her smoky eye makeup was gone. With only a touch of lipstick, her natural beauty was on full display.

"What is it?" Yin Qi asked, feigning innocence as she noticed Tang Shizhe staring.

"Nothing." Tang Shizhe rubbed his forehead. He still wasn't used to seeing Yin Qi dressed so beautifully.

"Tang Shizhe, can I ask you a favor?" After Tang Shizhe sat down, Yin Qi seemed not to notice the astonished looks around them. She quietly shifted a meter to the left, sat beside him, and clung to his arm with her right hand, swaying it playfully.

"What is it? Just so you know, I won't do anything that requires me to sell my body." Tang Shizhe put on a solemn, righteous air, glancing at Yin Qi's exposed cleavage.

"That's exactly it, that's exactly it!"

"Lend me your Porsche for a week tomorrow. I'm going to slap the faces of everyone who looked down on me by showing off my grades, looks, and money! Just thinking about it gets me so excited!" Yin Qi pumped her fist, her eyes curving into crescents.

"Sure, sure. Give me an address, and I'll drive the car over tomorrow." Tang Shizhe nodded. He had no use for a luxury car while he wasn't planning to show off, so he might as well lend it to Yin Qi for now.

The two of them started chatting quietly under the teacher's watchful gaze. But the teacher felt a little helpless about it. After all, one was last semester's top student, and the other had come second.

Since they were at university, teachers usually didn't announce everyone's grades to the class. Unless you asked, it was hard to find out where you ranked.

Still, the teachers cared a lot about the students they would be teaching that semester. The two "good students" who had shot up to the top two spots were especially high on their list.

Knowing that both of them were good at studying on their own—and since they were sitting in the back row and weren't disturbing anyone else—the teacher simply turned a blind eye and left them alone.