Chapter 110 (2/2)

Within half a year, we became the biggest criminal syndicate, albeit nominally, in the whole of Meizhou City .

We ran a losing business in order to become reputable .

We were infamous, however, for being busted and seized .

Last year, after receiving our posts, the biggest boss within the syndicate wanted to move on to drugs because p.o.r.nography and gambling brought too little revenue . He knew a drug trafficker from X nation so he figured that this would be easy .

I was the first to accept this case .

Expectedly, all our goods were intercepted and the manufacturing factory in the X nation was shut down .

As agents, we entered the police station often, but we were released quickly .

We were undercover agents in name but we were more like actors .

But of course, we did not get retakes .

Acting before subordinates was manageable, but the challenge really lay in playing the part in the annual VIP meeting .

I would only bring one along with us at most .

We had worked hard for three years to get to where we were, and the meeting was where we could catch everything with one net .

Our leader and I arrived early at the VIP hall in the hotel and were arranged to sit in the fourth row .

Big shots started entering the place and the backmost one had a subordinate, and that subordinate was none other than Burly .

When our eyes met, Burly jumped in shock .

I was at a loss as well .

That meeting focused on drug distribution among retail stores .

I was the first to stand up when the boss asked for volunteers to take the bulk of it .

My offer wasn't accepted and we were given some scattered goods instead .

I wasn't surprised about this since I made them lose a whole bunch of goods the previous year .

Burly's boss raised his hand and was given the opportunity since no one else volunteered .

Time for revenge .

I returned to my own territory and the five of us sat down to discuss the mitigation methods .

It was best to get rid of the source, of course, but it wasn't that simple since it wasn't a deal between us and the new manufacturing factory in nation X .

”I know where we can start from, actually,” I started .

”Share it,” our team leader added .

”Remember the subordinate beside the boss who volunteered?”

”He looked fierce . ”

I told him everything about Burly and the team leader was willing to use him as a point of attack .

Before we could discuss the plan in detail, a subordinate knocked on the door, ”Someone's looking for you, Boss . ”

It was Burly .

The hotel was our temporal resting place and we opened a room in the VIP lounge, where Burly and I sat opposite each other .

”How unexpected . You failed as a soldier so you just resorted to committing evil?” he mocked .

”You as well, no? You've finished your national service but you still became a thief . ”

”Allocate your subordinate elsewhere and let me replace him,” he stated .

The team leader gave me a look and I smiled . ”That's possible, but I'm not sensing any sincerity from you . ”

”What do you want?”

”The address of your boss' hidden storage . ”

”For?”

”Don't you want to follow me? Shouldn't your goods tag along, too?” I laughed .

Burly nodded . ”That's not a problem . I'm in charge of them anyway . I'll bring them over as long as you cover for me . ”

”What's the point of you bringing them? Nation X is doing business with your boss and not us . We'll have nothing left to earn from when the goods in the storage are emptied out,” I added .

”I'm also a contact person for nation X's dealer . ”

”Why do you want to switch to my side then?”

He smiled . ”Because I have the supply . You get to be the boss when we're out, but we both know that I'm the real boss . ”

”Since there's money, we can talk nicely . ” I nodded, smiling .

Burly, too, started smiling .

Half the battle was won .

Three days later, the police raided Burly's den .

For the crime of hiding drugs, he was sentenced to death .

I became an undercover agent . Slightly different from what you see in the movies, of course . I was chosen for very simple reasons . First, during my recovery period, I practically memorized all military rules and regulations . It was something that my leader kept in mind . Since I had nothing else I could do in my hospital bed, I started memorizing information to compensate for my lack of training . Second, I was an orphan and basically had no one that cares what happens to me . Sad, but true . When I arrived at that special department, there were already four other students . We trained in a house that our leader rented . It had three rooms and a hall . Five of us shared two rooms while the other one belonged to our leader . Unlike in training camp, there weren 39 t any rules or limitations . We weren 39 t required to sleep and wake up early and our monthly salary was decent as well . We weren 39 t required to greet our officers and stand at attention . We could behave comfortably, basically, as long as we knew our place as soldiers . Initially, I was convinced that my injury was a blessing in disguise until I realized that there really was a lot to learn over there . I had to cram tons of knowledge within a year . My results were unsurprisingly the worst among the five of us, mainly because I had a weak foundation . Yet, no matter the disparity, our leader never got impatient . His catchphrase Slowly, take your time . We learned English and even some Meizhou dialects . Mastering morse code was also part of our program, but we only used it for writing letters . If we held real conversations by tapping on things, even a fool would be able to sense something fishy going on . Our team leader even had a drama teacher teach us how to perform . I was decent when it came to acting, and my makeup skills weren 39 t bad either . To get us familiar with gunpowder and weapons, our team leader gave us practical lessons . Shooting was one thing and disa.s.sembling the guns was another . The guns we practiced with weren 39 t according to standards air guns, shotguns and some other modified ones that weren 39 t taken in by the police department . Our team leader often explained, These are the guns we will be seeing in the future so I 39 ll need you guys to completely understand their structures and not just learn how to shoot . Aside from some gunpowder artilleries, we also got involved in other strange items . Use whatever you can find around you . I 39 ll give you a bathroom . Make me a bomb . I shook my head in helplessness but the four other men behind me leaped into action . Take out the phone battery, the metal chip from the sim card, and attach them together . 30 seconds to explode, half a meter radius . The detergent in the bathroom, 10 seconds, one meter radius . Clothes and the squat toilet, no delay, four meter radius . Heat packs, desiccants from food packets, water from the toilet . 30 seconds, two meter radius . They might as well be speaking an alien language for all I understood . Tho . . . those really work I asked in shock . Our leader laughed . Well, at least blowing you up shouldn 39 t be a problem . . . . I don 39 t know if I should thank or hate Burly for landing me in this state . After completing our training, our leader gave each of us a new position and ident.i.ty . It was then that I discovered that secret agents weren 39 t people who infiltrate into target groups and attack from within . They were people who acted independently but had the greatest support from the police . We started work on graduation day . Our leader led five of us newbies and named our gang Fortune . I was made the gang leader while our real leader became my sidekick . I asked why did they appoint me as the gang leader . The answer It 39 s because I was the lousiest member of the team . Our target was a small town situated close to Meizhou, where gambling and dissemination of p.o.r.n were severe . Multi level marketing was rampant as well and I was utterly shocked by the concept of it . I had initially mistakenly thought that it was very challenging to be an undercover agent, but in reality, the ease of it was beyond my imagination . No guns or fights were involved . We only had to use the government 39 s money to get people from the criminal gangs to run illegal dens so we could call the cops on them . That was pretty much just what we do before returning to our daily life of chatting and tracking for clues . Within half a year, we became the biggest criminal syndicate, albeit nominally, in the whole of Meizhou City . We ran a losing business in order to become reputable . We were infamous, however, for being busted and seized . Last year, after receiving our posts, the biggest boss within the syndicate wanted to move on to drugs because p.o.r.nography and gambling brought too little revenue . He knew a drug trafficker from X nation so he figured that this would be easy . I was the first to accept this case . Expectedly, all our goods were intercepted and the manufacturing factory in the X nation was shut down . As agents, we entered the police station often, but we were released quickly . We were undercover agents in name but we were more like actors . But of course, we did not get retakes . Acting before subordinates was manageable, but the challenge really lay in playing the part in the annual VIP meeting . I would only bring one along with us at most . We had worked hard for three years to get to where we were, and the meeting was where we could catch everything with one net . Our leader and I arrived early at the VIP hall in the hotel and were arranged to sit in the fourth row . Big shots started entering the place and the backmost one had a subordinate, and that subordinate was none other than Burly . When our eyes met, Burly jumped in shock . I was at a loss as well . That meeting focused on drug distribution among retail stores . I was the first to stand up when the boss asked for volunteers to take the bulk of it . My offer wasn 39 t accepted and we were given some scattered goods instead . I wasn 39 t surprised about this since I made them lose a whole bunch of goods the previous year . Burly 39 s boss raised his hand and was given the opportunity since no one else volunteered . Time for revenge . . . . I returned to my own territory and the five of us sat down to discuss the mitigation methods . It was best to get rid of the source, of course, but it wasn 39 t that simple since it wasn 39 t a deal between us and the new manufacturing factory in nation X . I know where we can start from, actually, I started . Share it, our team leader added . Remember the subordinate beside the boss who volunteered He looked fierce . I told him everything about Burly and the team leader was willing to use him as a point of attack . Before we could discuss the plan in detail, a subordinate knocked on the door, Someone 39 s looking for you, Boss . It was Burly . The hotel was our temporal resting place and we opened a room in the VIP lounge, where Burly and I sat opposite each other . How unexpected . You failed as a soldier so you just resorted to committing evil he mocked . You as well, no You 39 ve finished your national service but you still became a thief . Allocate your subordinate elsewhere and let me replace him, he stated . The team leader gave me a look and I smiled . That 39 s possible, but I 39 m not sensing any sincerity from you . What do you want The address of your boss 39 hidden storage . For Don 39 t you want to follow me Shouldn 39 t your goods tag along, too I laughed . Burly nodded . That 39 s not a problem . I 39 m in charge of them anyway . I 39 ll bring them over as long as you cover for me . What 39 s the point of you bringing them Nation X is doing business with your boss and not us . We 39 ll have nothing left to earn from when the goods in the storage are emptied out, I added . I 39 m also a contact person for nation X 39 s dealer . Why do you want to switch to my side then He smiled . Because I have the supply . You get to be the boss when we 39 re out, but we both know that I 39 m the real boss . Since there 39 s money, we can talk nicely . I nodded, smiling . Burly, too, started smiling . Half the battle was won . . . . Three days later, the police raided Burly 39 s den . For the crime of hiding drugs, he was sentenced to death .

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