Chapter 384: Becoming a Thing of the Past

Gunshots had just rung out at the entrance, and the Tang Lau within the Walled City had already received the news.

"Master Ji, the Hung Hing people have broken in, and they're moving fast!" a subordinate reported to Zhang Kaiji in a panic.

Although he had long been prepared, Zhang Kaiji was still shocked by the speed of Chen Jiajun.

After taking a deep breath, Zhang Kaiji shouted sternly: "Beat the dragon drum, resist the enemy!"

A dull, rhythmic drumming then began to sound, and the Walled City in the night seemed to come alive.

Countless people emerged from their rooms with weapons in hand; at this moment, no matter what they were doing, they would stop until the enemy was repelled.

The only difference from before was that they used to be dealing with the England Gweilo.

But this time, they were facing Hung Hing!

Old Yu, who had been speeding all the way and driving forward, finally understood why the Walled City was known as a place beyond the reach of the law.

Before the Hummer could even get close to the Tang Lau, they suddenly saw a shoddily constructed wooden shack leaning and collapsing toward them.

If the car had just driven through, it would surely have been buried underground by this pile of debris.

So, Old Yu had the driver hit the brakes, and then all the Young Demon brothers from the three Hummers got out to proceed on foot.

Figures then emerged from all directions.

These figures absolutely refused to go head-to-head with Old Yu and his men, instead relying on the complex surrounding terrain to fire potshots.

After firing a shot, they would turn and run immediately, making it impossible to pursue.

Old Yu casually slashed a bullet aimed at his head with his blade, then sneered and shouted: "Don't get tangled up with them, just charge in and slaughter Zhang Kaiji!"

With Old Yu leading the way, the Young Demon brothers buried their heads and followed him in a frantic charge.

As for the bullets flying through the air, their bulletproof vests and the tough physiques of the Young Demon brothers could block most of them.

Facing the frantically charging Old Yu and his group, it was now the people of the Walled City who were in trouble.

The tactics that these people used against outsiders with great success were rendered completely ineffective in front of Old Yu.

This made Zhang Kaiji start to panic: "Gather the men, block them for me!"

Although Zhang Kaiji commanded well, the disparity in quality between the two sides was too great.

It was not without reason that the people inside the Walled City were called rats.

Most of these people were illegal immigrants, drug addicts, and poor souls who couldn't make a living; how could they be a match for warriors like Old Yu who had been through hundreds of battles?

The result of the direct confrontation was that they collapsed at the first touch, failing to provide any effective resistance.

Seeing that Old Yu and his men were about to kill their way to him, Zhang Kaiji's subordinates finally began to take action.

After all, they were the elite under Zhang Kaiji; these people were different from the ordinary Walled City residents.

Daring to fight and struggle, they managed to slow down Old Yu's pace.

Watching Old Yu fight bravely, his blade even stained red, Zhang Kaiji suddenly felt a chill.

Even his elite subordinates couldn't hold them off for long; Zhang Kaiji was afraid, so he called two of his trusted aides and turned to run.

Such an act, falling into the eyes of Old Yu, immediately drew a sneer.

He slashed back a guy who tried to ambush him, then shouted loudly: "Zhang Kaiji has run away, charge!"

Those who had been fighting to the death to resist Old Yu, seeing their boss actually turn and run, were instantly ashen-faced.

Their frantic offensive diminished significantly, and some even disengaged from the battle entirely.

Old Yu knew this would be the result.

Gangsters and Walled City dwellers were all the same; they were originally just a mob, only barely passable because of a bit of bloody courage.

Now that the boss had fled, the morale on the opposite side collapsed instantly.

Old Yu didn't say another word and led his men in pursuit, determined to cut off the "head" of this Walled City, Zhang Kaiji.

The sky was slightly bright, and by this time, many construction workers had already appeared on the outskirts of the Walled City.

These were the people from the construction companies of Chen Jiajun, Lin Mingze, Huo Yingnan, and others.

These workers held various demolition tools and waited on the perimeter, while police officers were on hand to evacuate the residents fleeing from the Walled City.

Chen Jiajun stood at the very front of these people, waiting for Old Yu to come out from inside.

A moment later, a commotion broke out among the workers.

Then, Old Yu, covered in blood, walked out of the Walled City with the equally blood-stained Young Demon brothers.

In front of everyone, he threw Zhang Kaiji's corpse before Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun smiled slightly and then shouted loudly: "Use the head to sacrifice to the flag, let the work begin!"

With Zhang Kaiji dead, the entire Walled City was leaderless and naturally collapsed.

Old Yu and the Young Demon brothers had effectively scared the guts out of the people in the Walled City.

The Walled City was now in a state of chaos.

At Chen Jiajun's order to start work, all the construction workers and construction machinery began to operate.

The outskirts of the Walled City, like a scab, were directly scraped away.

After the workers stopped, the police would then enter.

What the police had to do was to identify whether those coming out of the Walled City had any criminal records.

If they did, they were arrested on the spot; if not, they would be screened for a period of time and then assigned to public housing estates in remote areas.

The person in charge of this was Inspector Li Wenbin of the West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit.

After Li Shutang retired, the Chinese members of the Police Force were leaderless, and Chen Jiajun intended to push this young man with a strong sense of justice, Li Wenbin, to the top.

With Chen Jiajun's help, plus the connections his father Li Shutang had in the Police Force, he believed he would soon be promoted step by step.

This "show" today was also something Chen Jiajun had specifically left for Li Wenbin.

The twenty-something Li Wenbin, having been influenced by his father for many years, did not refuse Chen Jiajun's good intentions.

He took the initiative to apply to handle this matter, because after getting this done, he would be able to be promoted another level.

A Senior Inspector in his twenties is a rare existence, even among the Gweilo.

Inside Chen Jiajun's vehicle, Li Shutang was smoking a cigar and said to Chen Jiajun with a sigh, "The Walled City's decades of history have finally been ended by you."

Chen Jiajun looked at Li Shutang with a strange expression and said, "Why are you sighing like that? Could it be that you have an old lover inside the Walled City?"

"Damn it!" Li Shutang cursed irritably, then said to Chen Jiajun, "What exactly are you doing all this trouble to bring down the Walled City for? Don't tell me you've taken a fancy to this plot of land; if you had, you would have made a move long ago."

Chen Jiajun lit a cigarette and said indifferently, "I've said it, it's just that no one believes me; I am avenging my brother!"

"Your brother, that arms dealer?" Li Shutang looked at Chen Jiajun with a complex expression, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Wen Bin is doing very well at the Police Station; do you have no plans to pave the way for him?" Chen Jiajun asked.

Li Shutang shook his head and said, "The kid told me that the most important connections should be used when they are needed most; it's quite good that he can climb up step by step from the bottom now!"

Chen Jiajun nodded: "Indeed, doing it this way makes the foundation more solid! Even after the Gweilo roll away in a few years, his position will remain unshakable!"

"I hope so!" Li Shutang sighed and said, "I don't care about so much anymore; fishing, playing cards, and going out for a trip when I can't sit still is quite good. The kid already has his own ideas, and I won't interfere too much! However... A Jun, if this kid encounters something he can't get past, I hope you can help him out! After all, after Hong Kong returns, no one knows what will happen."

Chen Jiajun patted Li Shutang on the shoulder and said, "Does that even need to be said by you?"

Just as Chen Jiajun was chatting with Li Shutang, someone from the Information Department walked over.

Li Shutang consciously avoided them and went to find Wen Bin.

After Li Shutang left, the person from the Information Department spoke up: "Boss, the people have been found!"

A cold light flashed in Chen Jiajun's eyes: "Where are they? Take me there!"

Chen Jiajun sent two groups of people to the Walled City; the team led by Lao Yu went with the intention of killing Zhang Kaiji.

And the other team secretly infiltrated the Walled City to find those few killers who shot A Jie in the back.

Fortunately, because Lao Yu went on a killing spree in the Walled City, it actually caused the few killers who got wind of it to take the opportunity to try to escape the Walled City, and they just happened to run into the Information Department who had come in to find people.

The subordinate brought Chen Jiajun to a nearby residential house.

This was a secret room of the Information Department, temporarily borrowed.

Inside the room, several killers plus their small leader Quanzai had already been tied up tightly.

Chen Jiajun looked at these people coldly and said to his subordinate, "Remove their gags, I have things to ask!"

The subordinate nodded and tore off the tape on their mouths.

Chen Jiajun looked at the small leader Quanzai and said, "You recognize who I am, right?"

Quanzai was already terrified by this point; he never expected that the job he took out of greed would actually lead to the Walled City being overturned by Chen Jiajun, and he felt a wave of regret in his heart.

Now hearing Chen Jiajun's question, Quanzai hurriedly begged for mercy: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, please spare my life, spare me!"

Chen Jiajun said coldly, "I don't want to talk nonsense; you had better answer my questions, otherwise I will let you know what it feels like to have your bones crushed inch by inch!"

As he spoke, Dumu cooperated from the side, directly twisting a solid steel pipe into a twist.

Listening to the teeth-grinding sound, Quanzai nodded his head like a garlic masher: "I'll talk, I'll tell you everything!"

Chen Jiajun lit a cigarette and urged: "My patience is very limited!"

Quanzai swallowed a mouthful of saliva and then said, "I received an assassination order; the other party offered a high price, so I sent people to do the job!"

"Who was the one who placed the order?" Chen Jiajun asked.

Quanzai frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "It seems they weren't a local; their accent was very strange, like someone who had been corrected and returned, and I think their native language definitely wasn't Cantonese."

"And when they gave the deposit, they didn't give Hong Kong Dollars, but US Dollars!"

Hearing Quanzai's description, Chen Jiajun immediately thought of something.

It seemed to be related to something he had heard recently.

It's just that because it hadn't been connected yet, Chen Jiajun couldn't think of it right now.

So Chen Jiajun continued to ask: "Anything else? Don't tell me that's all! Then you have no use anymore!"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Quanzai racked his brains to recall.

After a long while, Quanzai suddenly said, "Right, I remember that guy said he would create an opportunity for us to shoot! He should have known the target; when my people went over, both sides seemed to be talking about a deal, and it seemed like the talk broke down and they started a gunfight directly."

"And it was precisely because of this that my people had the chance to succeed! Mr. Chen, I've said everything I should, please spare my life!"

Looking at Quanzai's appearance, he should have poured out everything he knew.

Chen Jiajun raised his hand and had his subordinate gag Quanzai again; this guy was too noisy and was disturbing Chen Jiajun's train of thought.

However, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out the reason; this matter probably still had to wait until A Jie woke up.

Quite irritably, he stepped on the cigarette butt to extinguish it, and Chen Jiajun stood up and said, "Kill them all! Chop the bodies up and throw them to the Dog Farm to feed the dogs!"

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In just three days, the original Kowloon Walled City had turned into a ruin.

Except for the construction waste on the ground that hadn't been cleared away yet, one could no longer find the shadow of that terrifying devil's den that used to make people change color at the mention of it.

The speed of Chen Jiajun and several Big Bosses was astonishing; even the Governor's side hadn't reacted before Chen Jiajun had already finished the matter.

Subsequently, Chen Jiajun brought the documents, requesting to purchase the land that was originally the Kowloon Walled City.

Youde pondered repeatedly, but still didn't dare to break his promise.

After all, Chen Jiajun's actions were too fast; he had his men kill Zhang Kaiji that very year.

If he dared to go back on his word, Youde reckoned that Chen Jiajun wouldn't mind breaking into his Government House again.

After obtaining the approval, this matter was considered settled.

The following matters didn't need Chen Jiajun to worry about; the other Big Bosses and Chen Jiajun's subordinates would get this done well.

The land of the Kowloon Walled City wasn't big, covering 6 acres, which is about 2.7 hectares.

At most, it could be used to build a shopping center.

However, because the location was too good, everyone hadn't discussed exactly what to turn it into.

Even with the approval, it would still take a very long time to wait.

Therefore, it was better to just put it off for later; what mattered now was getting this piece of land into his own hands legally.

However, Chen Jiajun didn't plan on running around for this matter himself, so he dumped it all on his subordinates, because that guy A Jie, who had narrowly escaped death, had finally woken up after being in a coma for a week.

When Chen Jiajun arrived at St. Mary's Hospital, that bastard was smoking and drinking in the ward with his subordinates, acting exactly like a man with nothing wrong with him.

When the young nurse brought Chen Jiajun to the ward, she was stunned by the scene before her.

Then Chen Jiajun saw the young nurse, who usually had a sweet appearance, lose her temper.

She unleashed a torrent of abuse, scolding A Jie and his subordinates right to their faces, which gave everyone a fright.

That bastard A Jie didn't get angry; instead, he stopped his subordinates who were about to snap and apologized to the young nurse with a fawning smile.

After finally managing to coax the young nurse away, he saw Chen Jiajun's mocking face.

A Jie shifted the topic rather awkwardly: "Coming to visit a patient and you didn't even bring a fruit basket! Damn it!"

Chen Jiajun sneered: "If I hadn't discovered it early, forget a fruit basket, I think you'd be down below eating spirit money! You idiot! A man who sells arms himself actually got shot by a sniper; I don't even know what to say about you!"

"I just slipped up for a moment... just a slip-up!" A Jie argued, stiffening his neck.

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said: "Alright, stop explaining, take a look at this! Your brother has avenged you."

A Jie took the newspaper Chen Jiajun threw over, and his eyes instantly welled up.

Because the newspaper had a striking headline that read, "Kowloon Walled City has become a thing of the past."

For some time recently, almost all the media had been reporting on this matter.

So as soon as A Jie saw this news, he knew that Chen Jiajun was taking revenge for him.

"Damn it, if I were a woman, I wouldn't have to think about how to thank you; I'd just offer myself to you," A Jie said flippantly. (End of chapter)