Suburbs. Tiger Hall!
Just as Li Yi ordered his men to launch a counterattack, the Tiger Hall headquarters was also closely monitoring the situation.
The Tiger Hall headquarters was located in a standalone five-story building on the eastern outskirts of Hong Kong Island; the bottom two floors were entirely casinos, while the upper floors served as the triad’s operational headquarters.
The choice of this location was primarily tied to the Tiger Hall’s own standing.
Like Huang Lixing’s former Qinglong Society, the Tiger Hall was a second-tier triad organization—its strength was mediocre, neither outstanding nor weak.
Since it couldn’t compete with top-tier syndicates like Dongxing or Hongxing, it could only occupy the outskirts and guard its own small territory.
At that moment, hundreds of underlings were gathered in the main hall of the Tiger Hall headquarters, while on the fifth floor, in a meeting room, Tiger Hall’s leader, Meng Lin, was drinking and chatting with several of his trusted lieutenants.
“Boss, it’s been over a week now. How much longer do you think those mainlanders can hold out?”
The speaker was the Tiger Hall’s top enforcer, Long Zai. Having trained in martial arts for many years, he specialized in hacking people with a cleaver and enjoyed Meng Lin’s deep trust within the gang.
Hearing this, Meng Lin tilted his head back and downed two large gulps of liquor before saying, “Lin Sri called this morning. He said that mainland guy is already back on Hong Kong Island. Knowing his temperament, he certainly won’t put up with this. He might even start a fight with us today!”
A middle-aged man to Meng Lin’s right picked up the thread, saying in a grave tone, “Boss, those mainlanders are no pushovers, and they legally own weapons. If a fight breaks out, won’t we…”
Before he could finish, Longzi shouted, “Uncle Wen, the longer you’ve been in the business, the more timid you’ve become. We’ve got Sri Lin backing us—what the hell do we have to fear?”
“Longzi, don’t be rude to Uncle Wen!”
Meng Lin then changed the subject and continued, “But Longzi isn’t wrong. Dealing with those mainlanders is Lin Sri’s order. As long as they dare to make a move, the police will step in to investigate, and we’ll be able to retire in triumph.”
“Walk away with our tails between our legs? I don’t think so!”
Uncle Wen then said in a grave tone, “The strength of those mainlanders is unfathomable. Earlier, they wiped out the South Monkey Gang with ease—the gang leader and twelve chapter heads were all taken out overnight. Our Tiger Hall isn’t as strong as the South Monkey Gang was back then. I’m worried that even with Lin Sri’s help, we might not make it to the point where we can walk away unscathed…”
Meng Lin burst out laughing. “If it were just us from the Tiger Hall, we certainly wouldn’t dare to go head-to-head with those mainlanders. But now? With the South Monkey Gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi, the Brothers Party, and the Green Alliance all joining forces with us, how are those mainlanders supposed to handle that?”
Although Uncle Wen remained quite concerned, he didn’t say anything more.
Just then, a series of urgent knocks sounded at the door, and immediately afterward, a young man hurried in.
Upon seeing the young man, Meng Lin tossed him a pack of cigarettes and asked, “Ah Bao, how’s it going over in the New Territories?”
“Boss, those mainlanders backed down again. Shanji and his crew finished the job and have already pulled out!”
Meng Lin glanced at Uncle Wen beside him and said, “Those mainlanders aren’t much to speak of. They don’t even dare to fight back when things get this heated. What a bunch of cowards!”
Ah Bao immediately asked, “Boss, what do we do if they don’t make a move? Should we…”
“No need. I’ll call Lin Sri myself to explain the situation and get the other gangs to pitch in. With something like this, we just need to make our stance clear—no need to keep charging headlong into it!”
After all these years on the streets, Meng Lin knew exactly when to advance and when to retreat!
“Yes…”
However, before he could finish speaking, another henchman came rushing in from outside.
Before Meng Lin and the others could ask, the henchman blurted out anxiously, “Boss, Shanji and the others have been surrounded over at the Grand Bridge. They need backup right away!”
Meng Lin paused mid-sip, then slammed his glass to the ground and shouted, “Longzi, A Bao, take the brothers to the Grand Bridge immediately!”
“Yes, sir!”
“No matter who they are, beat the hell out of them. Don’t let a single one get away. I’ll call Inspector Lin later and have the police get involved!” Meng Lin instructed again.
“Don’t worry, Boss. We won’t let a single one get away!”
With that, Longzi, Ah Bao, and the others rushed downstairs.
Soon, a commotion erupted downstairs, followed by the sound of car engines starting…
Watching his men leave through the upstairs blinds, Meng Lin finally picked up the phone on the desk with satisfaction and dialed the number of the big boss behind him!
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East Suburbs. The Grand Overpass!
When the dozen or so vans from the Tiger Clan arrived, they found the traffic completely gridlocked. A crowd of onlookers had gathered on the overpass, clearly there to watch the spectacle.
Seeing this, Longzi and Abao immediately ordered their men to get out of the vans. Wielding machetes, they charged into the crowd, sending the onlookers scattering in all directions.
However, once they reached the overpass, they were stunned.
The overpass was filled with cries of agony; dozens of blood-soaked people lay sprawled across the deck, surrounded by several wrecked cars. The scene was so gruesome it was almost unbearable to look at.
Seeing this, Longzi and the others felt a sense of foreboding rise in their hearts.
After all, those wrecked cars all belonged to their gang—so surely the people down there…
Immediately, the Tiger Hall henchmen rushed forward to check on the injured.
Sure enough, just as they had feared, it was indeed their people.
“Shanji… Where’s Shanji…”
As Longzai shouted his brother’s name, a henchman with minor injuries said in a trembling voice, “Boss… they’ve thrown the boss under the overpass!”
Hearing this, Longzai and the others rushed to the edge of the overpass and saw a man hanging from a rope beneath it.
“Pull him up!”
When the man was pulled up, Longzi and Ah Bao couldn’t help but gasp in horror.
The third-ranked enforcer in the gang, Red Stick Shanji, was now barely recognizable. His entire body was covered in wounds—some from knives, others from blunt force trauma. Most critically, one of his arms was twisted beyond recognition; it appeared to be completely crippled.
Worse still, Shanji was barely breathing—his life truly hung by a thread.
“Who did this… who was it!” Longzai roared furiously.
“It was the truck driver…”
“Who… a truck driver?”
Longzai, Ah Bao, and the others were stunned. Weren’t those the guys from the mainland?
“They were all wearing the standard truck driver uniforms, and they had wrenches and crowbars in their hands. They stopped us and beat us up, then ran off after they were done…”
After hearing Shanji’s account, Longzi flew into a rage and shouted, “Bullshit about drivers—it was those mainlanders who pulled this stunt. I’m going to hack them to death!”
Ah Bao immediately said, “Don’t be impulsive. We should report this to the boss first…”
“No way, I can’t wait!”
With that, Longzi was about to rally the other brothers to head to the New Territories warehouse construction site nearby to seek revenge.
However, just then, the sound of police sirens suddenly echoed from the distance.
Soon, more than a dozen police cars arrived at the scene, and over a hundred officers rushed out of the vehicles.
As soon as they got out, the officers rushed into the scene, forming a cordon and ordering everyone to freeze.
Just as the onlookers thought they were about to witness a dramatic showdown between the police and the triad thugs, an unexpected turn of events unfolded.
After exchanging a few words with the gang members, the officers actually withdrew immediately…
It was as if the earlier show of force had never happened—they didn’t arrest anyone, didn’t treat the injured, and didn’t clear the traffic. They just left!
It was… just ridiculous!
However, what the officers and gang members didn’t notice was that several people in the crowd had been holding cameras the whole time.
And inside a car at the scene, a video camera was rolling, capturing every moment of what had just happened…
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