Chapter 54 Breaking the Calm

Inside the car.

Gu Tongshan clutched his chest, agitated and frowning. "How did Nick slip up?!" he muttered.

"I don't know, it was too sudden," the Longkou district leader replied, shaking his head. "Could it be they weren't careful enough and the other side caught their tail?"

Gu Tongshan was silent for a long time, staring out the window, slowly shaking his head. "Even though Lao Mo is straightforward, he's not stupid. There are only six of them here. They wouldn't get caught."

Hearing this, the Longkou district leader anxiously asked, "Did something happen at the place where they're holding the people? If Zhou Tonghui and Yu Mingfei were taken back, then...!"

Gu Tongshan turned to look at him. "I have a feeling that the security bureau incident was deliberate, just to stir things up."

The district leader paused. "Call Xu Hu again and have him ask about the place where they're holding the people."

"Bang!!!"

Before the words could fade, a gunshot broke the tranquility of the street.

The hood of the lead car in front was instantly shattered. Gu Tongshan sat up in shock, looking up into the distance, where a man was walking towards them alone, holding a shotgun.

"Reverse!" Gu Tongshan roared.

"Bang!"

Almost simultaneously, a gunshot rang out from behind. The tire of the car in the rear, which was reversing, was blown out by a sniper rifle.

"Clang!"

The car Gu Tongshan was in reversed rapidly, its rear crashing into the already unbalanced car behind.

The Longkou district leader immediately pulled out a gun hidden in the car, looking at Gu Tongshan with trembling hands. "We're done for. They're coming for us."

Gu Tongshan turned to look out the window and saw four masked men on either side, walking towards them with automatic rifles.

"...I...I understand now...," Gu Tongshan said, his voice trembling. "I know how Nick slipped up!"

"Bang bang...!"

A sniper, hidden somewhere, shot and killed all the drivers in the three cars.

On the deserted street, the three cars were parked by the side of the road, isolated and helpless.

In the distance, the masked man with the shotgun walked forward, firing into the cars with the "big pot."

"Da da da...!"

Gunfire also erupted from the left and right sides. The Longkou thugs in the car were scared out of their wits, threw open the doors, jumped out of the cars, and raised their hands in surrender.

The man with the burn scar on his face walked over with his gun, expertly loading shells into it.

Gu Tongshan was covered in sweat, his silver hair disheveled. He reached out, pushed open the car door, and shouted with all his might, "Brothers, brothers, I understand what's going on. Let me go, and I'll leave Dragon City!"

"You understand?!" The masked man stepped forward and stood beside the car.

Inside the car, the Longkou district leader clutched his pistol in his left hand, watching the masked man with sweat on his forehead, ready to make a move.

Gu Tongshan raised his hands, looking at the man and shouting, "Tell him I won't interfere with anything anymore. I mean it!"

The masked man cocked the shotgun, looking up at Gu Tongshan and cursing, "You were so good at acting tough, weren't you? You were the loudest of all the dozen or so gangs in Dragon City! What's wrong? Has time smoothed out your edges now?!"

"I know where the problem lies. This can be negotiated," Gu Tongshan pleaded, still holding his hands up.

"Fuck you!"

The Longkou district leader suddenly revealed his gun and was about to shoot at the man.

"Bang!"

The sniper shot through the rear window, killing the Longkou district leader instantly. His neck was pierced, and he sat in the chair, convulsing, blood gushing from his mouth and nose.

Gu Tongshan was terrified, his face pale. He raised his hands and shouted, "Brother, spare me...!"

"Too late."

The scarred man interrupted him, raising the shotgun with both hands.

"Klang!"

"Crash!"

"Klang!"

"...!"

Muffled gunshots echoed through the street. Gu Tongshan sat helplessly in the car, his chest blasted apart.

The masked man took one step and fired one shot. When he finally reached the car, he pointed the gun at Gu Tongshan's head.

"Xu...Xu Hu is really ruthless...He's the one who sold out Nick!" Gu Tongshan fell back in his seat, spitting blood, his eyes filled with resentment.

The masked man shot Gu Tongshan's head to pieces, then turned and waved his hand. "Let's go, brothers!"

The sniper in the distance jumped off the second-floor platform, landing steadily, and then ran away alone with his gun.

The others all rushed into the alley, dispersing in different directions, their movements swift and their thinking clear.

On the side of the road, three cars riddled with bullet holes were parked, Gu Tongshan inside one of them torn to shreds. The unlucky Longkou district leader had also been sent on his way for no reason...

In fact, he wasn't even a target. He was killed purely by bad luck.

...

District One, inside the Zhou family manor.

Zhou Yaoxiang received a call from Su Tianyu. "Hello, Little Brother."

"The young master is back. Everything's fine," Su Tianyu said, urgently trying to take credit. "I'm sending Gang Shu out of Dragon City right now."

"Little Brother, you'll be rewarded handsomely afterward!" Zhou Yaoxiang repeated.

"It's what I should do," Su Tianyu replied.

Zhou Yaoxiang hung up the phone, put his left hand behind his back, and pointed with his right finger at the middle-aged man sitting at the desk. "Notify the North Hall to give these bastards a good lesson."

The middle-aged man stood up and took out his phone.

After his son's incident, Zhou Yaoxiang, who had been very calm, now had no trace of kindness in his eyes. He roared with a fierce look, "From today onwards, completely block Zhan Chui from selling goods in Huadu! All the small buyers on the streets can only choose one. Either work with us, or get beaten by us. Beat them endlessly!"

...

Huadu, on the outskirts of Lao Mo's territory, at the Huadu Zhongxiao Hall, the North Hall's top fighter, Hong Gun, shouted into the walkie-talkie, "All-out war! Hit them!"

At the godfather's order, more than fifty Chinese Daquan gangsters rushed out of a dozen cars parked in Lao Mo's territory. These people, wearing masks and armed with automatic rifles, moved in groups of ten and charged into Lao Mo's neighborhood.

Several distribution points selling Zhan Chui's goods were suddenly surrounded by the Daquan. Before the people inside could react, gunshots rang out.

More than fifty people, more than fifty automatic rifles, blocked the entrances and sprayed bullets into the houses.

Gunfire echoed through the junction of Pulei New District, and screams filled the slums.

Zhou Yaoxiang was forced to go legit only because he had no way to compete with the regional government. To survive, he had to bow his head first, join the system, drink red wine, and become a councilor.

But in the street-level business, the Zhou family had been running gangs for three generations, living in District One for over a hundred years, and had been through countless upheavals. Did they give up easily?!

They kidnapped his son, cut his flesh with a knife, and threatened him personally. Could this matter be settled so easily?

Godfather Zhou drew his sword and blocked Zhan Chui in District One.

This was a signal, a signal of The Dragon City Rises!

The Chinese Zhongxiao Hall, which had been dormant for several years, officially took control of the largest overseas Chinese city.