Chapter 613: The Bizarre

Not long after, an off-road vehicle drove to the Pier by the sea.

A man with a dark expression stepped down from the vehicle.

This fellow was also one of the members of the Brotherhood, a local Legislator named Luo Decai.

After getting out of the car, he said to Ji Shaoqun, "What exactly happened? Why did you have to do this?"

Ji Shaoqun kept his hand on his gun; the previous double-cross had made him extremely vigilant.

He said coldly to Luo Decai, "That's none of your business. Where is the money?"

Luo Decai was helpless and could only have a subordinate bring over two cases; after opening them, they were filled with bundles of US dollars.

Ji Shaoqun casually took out a stack to look at it, and only after confirming its authenticity did he nod.

Luo Decai didn't actually care much about Ji Shaoqun; what he cared about was that shipment of goods. Because with that shipment, they could convert it into money and continue the Brotherhood's plans.

So, seeing that Ji Shaoqun had finished counting the banknotes, Luo Decai immediately asked, "Where are the goods?"

Ji Shaoqun waved a few times at a fishing boat by the sea, and then the winch on the fishing boat hoisted the two large cases up from the seabed.

Ji Shaoqun looked coldly at Luo Decai and said, "We are square!"

After speaking, he directly picked up the two cases containing the money and walked onto the fishing boat.

Luo Decai had gone to great lengths to get the police evidence cases up, and after entering the password, he opened the cases to check.

Sure enough, inside were bags of Laundry Powder waiting to be destroyed.

Luo Decai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to have his subordinates take the two cases and leave.

But just at this moment, a large number of police sirens suddenly rang out, and in less than a moment, a group of Police surrounded the Pier tightly.

There were even two news vans rushing over from the other side.

Several Reporters and cameramen carrying video cameras were filming the scene from the perimeter.

Luo Decai was completely stunned, looking at the scene before him in disbelief.

Then he thought of Ji Shaoqun's attitude earlier, which looked suspicious no matter how he viewed it.

And the timing was so coincidental; it was most likely that this bastard Ji Shaoqun had called the police.

Luo Decai was instantly so angry that he cursed loudly, "Ji Shaoqun, you bastard, may you die a horrible death!"

With the stolen goods and the culprit caught, even with a Legislator's status, Luo Decai couldn't clear his name.

Although he tried his best to quibble, the Police didn't believe his nonsense at all.

One must know that for this robbery, the Police were under immense pressure, and even the Security Bureau had been held accountable.

Now, no one's words were of any use!

Moreover, that very day, the news that Luo Decai, a Legislator, had sent people to rob the police transport of Laundry Powder destined for destruction hit the headlines of all major newspapers and the noon news of every television station.

The entire Hong Kong was in an uproar, and even the Chief Executive was alarmed.

Following this came a large-scale investigation.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption started working around the clock, busy beyond measure.

When Chen Jiajun saw the news, the situation had already been fermenting for a while.

"Not bad, caught a big fish from the Brotherhood!" Chen Jiajun watched the television with a smile, then said to the Information Department, "Release the remaining information as well!"

Chen Jiajun had gone through so many twists and turns, laying out a plan step by step to lead the Brotherhood into a ditch.

What he wanted wasn't just to take down one of the Brotherhood's Legislators, but to expose all these rats in the Brotherhood's gutter; whether it was Luo Decai or anyone else, as long as they were Brotherhood people, it would suffice.

Consequently, all major newspapers received an anonymous tip-off letter; the content inside the letter could be described as shocking and inexhaustible!

No one expected that the incidents involving Guo Shirong and Ceng Guoshan were actually implicated in this as well; Ceng Guoshan was also a member of the Brotherhood! One must know that just a short while ago, Ceng Guoshan and his son had only just entered prison, and now it was revealed there was a mastermind behind it.

Only then did the entire citizenry of Hong Kong realize that there was an organization like the Brotherhood within the upper echelons of Hong Kong, silently manipulating everything.

Then, as Chen Jiajun expected, the public opinion sphere exploded.

Countless complaint letters and complaint calls flooded into various departments, and all sorts of complaint hotlines were jammed.

Inside a private club of the Brotherhood, everyone was smoking in silence.

Each and every one of them had an extremely irritable expression on their face.

Especially Li Yonglian; he was not feeling well at all, pacing back and forth in the private room anxiously.

"Does this Ji Shaoqun have some kind of problem? Is he crazy!"

Li Yonglian roared violently, "He is courting death! Does he really think that just because he fled abroad, we can't kill him? And that Luo Decai, damn it, he's a complete blockhead; how could he get caught red-handed by the police!"

The woman among them said helplessly, "What's the use of you scolding people now? The most important thing now is to solve the problem! Have you checked who is moving against us?"

"Who else could it be? The one you provoked earlier!" Li Yonglian said unhappily, "I kept telling you not to touch Chen Jiajun. Chen Jiajun generally doesn't interfere in government affairs."

"He has plenty of opportunities to enter politics; for example, when he drove away Soros last time, if he wanted to, he would have entered long ago! It's you lot who wouldn't listen, liking to find excitement for yourselves! Well, now you've got too much excitement!"

Chen Jiajun's actions were never intended to be hidden from these people in the Brotherhood.

He had always believed in reciprocity; since the Brotherhood had taken the initiative to provoke him earlier, it was definitely not an option for him not to get back at them.

And it couldn't be done too secretly; what he wanted was a direct confrontation.

Upon hearing Chen Jiajun's name, everyone felt even more of a headache.

Li Yonglian continued, his residual anger still burning, "I even suspect that the brand of Li Zhenbiao was brought down by Chen Jiajun! Everyone knows he is the emperor of Hong Kong's underground world; you dare to provoke him while doing this kind of business! You even dragged Cai Yuanqi, the Commissioner of Police, down with you!"

"Lydia, this was your idea. Now that things have turned out like this, I ask you, what should we do?"

The woman called Lydia had a very ugly expression; the series of measures to provoke Chen Jiajun had indeed been proposed by her.

But no one expected that Chen Jiajun's retaliation would be so swift and so ruthless.

In the current situation, everyone had a massive headache.

"Enough, this matter was agreed upon by everyone; what's the use of you targeting Lydia!" A man spoke up to mediate at this time: "We are one entity; when we encounter problems, we must solve them!"

"It's not that I'm targeting Lydia, but how do we solve this situation?" Li Yonglian said irritably, "Even the Chief Executive knows about this; who can say whether they will launch an investigation into our Brotherhood!"

"There's no other way, let's go underground!" another man said after a moment of silence.

Li Yonglian widened his eyes: "Then what about my election?"

"What else can we do? We can only wait for the next term!" The man frowned and said: "The funds we have on hand are simply not enough to support your campaign!"

"Damn it!" Li Yonglian smashed the wine glass in his hand onto the ground fiercely, then slammed the door and left.

In the end, this matter concluded with the Brotherhood lying low and Li Yonglian giving up his bid for the position of Secretary for Justice.

It could be said that this move by Chen Jiajun had hurt the Brotherhood deeply.

Chen Jiajun had no intention of pursuing it further, so he stopped while he was ahead.

……

"Great-uncle, the Brotherhood has gone completely silent; they even sent me a message telling me to keep a low profile recently!" Li Jiajun said to Chen Jiajun with a smile.

Chen Jiajun nodded: "Then you behave yourself and stop causing trouble lately!"

Li Jiajun said with a look of grievance: "Where have I been causing trouble?"

Chen Jiajun laughed and scolded: "Do you think I don't know you, kid? Since you've become an Undercover, you must do it well. The life of an Undercover is not that simple; revealing even a tiny flaw can be fatal!"

"Understood, Great-uncle!" Li Jiajun nodded; his father and grandfather had both told him this.

Although his personality was rather flighty, Li Jiajun was never someone who didn't know what was good for him.

"Alright, you eat slowly, I'm heading back first!" Chen Jiajun patted Li Jiajun on the shoulder and said: "Go back and practice anti-surveillance more with your old man; you didn't even know you were being followed!"

"Ah?" Li Jiajun said with a look of surprise: "I was being followed?"

"Nonsense, do you think I was just talking for nothing? I had people draw away the person following you!" Chen Jiajun said irritably: "Remember, keep a low profile when doing things in the future!"

Cold sweat broke out on Li Jiajun, and he nodded hurriedly.

After lecturing Li Jiajun, that kid, Chen Jiajun had the driver take him home.

While passing through Kowloon, Chen Jiajun had the driver stop: "Wait a moment, I'm going to Zhang Ji to buy a roast chicken; your sister-in-law likes to eat this stuff!"

The subordinate nodded, turned off the car engine, and waited on the side.

Chen Jiajun walked into a cramped alley and then entered a roast meat shop named Zhang Ji.

This shop had been open in Kowloon for a long time, and two steps past it was the entrance to the Kowloon Walled City that Chen Jiajun had demolished back then.

However, the Kowloon Walled City had been destroyed now, and just a bit further on was a large shopping mall under Chen Jiajun's name.

The name Kowloon Walled City had already become a thing of the past.

Guan Jiahui liked to eat the roast chicken from this roast meat shop, and every time Chen Jiajun returned to Hong Kong, he had to bring her one.

He was already very familiar with this shop.

But this time, as soon as Chen Jiajun stepped into the shop, he immediately felt something was wrong; an indescribable, chilly aura was emanating from inside.

This feeling was something Chen Jiajun had only encountered in a few places.

The next moment, Chen Jiajun only felt his vision go dark.

When he opened his eyes again, he discovered he was no longer in that roast meat shop.

Instead, he was in a restaurant with old-fashioned decor. "What is going on?" This was the first time Chen Jiajun had encountered such a situation, and his brows immediately furrowed.

Although the lights in the Restaurant were on, there seemed to be no one inside.

Chen Jiajun walked toward the interior of the Restaurant and found that the television in the back kitchen was still on.

Only, there was no picture on the television, just noise and static.

Chen Jiajun scanned the surroundings; the walls of the back kitchen were covered in a thick layer of grease, clearly having not been cleaned by anyone.

In the pot on the stove, one could clearly see oil stains and some food scraps.

On a small table nearby, three bowls of white rice and two side dishes were set out.

They looked steaming hot, as if the meal had just been prepared and a family was about to enjoy lunch.

"Is anyone here?"

Chen Jiajun asked tentatively, but the surrounding environment was terrifyingly quiet.

Apart from the noisy static emitted by the television, no other sound came.

"Damn, have I seen a ghost? What kind of ghost dares to mess with me?" Chen Jiajun had a strange expression.

Having held a high position for so many years, Chen Jiajun was not the type to be shocked by everything like when he first transmigrated, so he found a flashlight in the restaurant and walked out.

The world outside was pitch black, and one couldn't even see two streetlights, which made Chen Jiajun even more curious.

One had to know that with Hong Kong's development over so many years, while it couldn't compare to his hometown in terms of rapid growth,

at least the basic infrastructure was there, and much of it was even donated by the Hongxing Charity under Chen Jiajun's name.

Especially the land that was originally the Kowloon Walled City; it was all donated by companies under his banner.

Now...

Chen Jiajun shook his head and continued walking with the flashlight.

Soon he saw an area of low-lying "houses."

To call them houses was giving these things too much credit; they were actually just small compartments partitioned off with some sheet metal and wooden boards.

Electrical wires and water pipes were exposed on the outer walls, looking messy and unbearable.

The surrounding ground also seemed not to have been repaired for a long time, full of potholes and standing water, appearing muddy and wretched.

Looking further into the distance, although it was pitch black and one couldn't see one's own fingers, the sparse lights allowed Chen Jiajun to clearly see the outlines of the buildings.

The buildings were packed tightly together, uneven in height, and the wires on the utility poles flew everywhere, like a giant net connecting all the surrounding buildings together.

"Damn, why the more I look, the more wrong it feels!"

Chen Jiajun said to himself, because these things before his eyes reminded him of something.

That was the Kowloon Walled City that hadn't been completely eradicated yet!

"I'll be damned, did I transmigrate again?" Chen Jiajun pondered as he walked.

The feeling when he entered the roast meat shop earlier was truly too strange.

Sure enough, Chen Jiajun soon saw some mottled exterior walls of buildings, clearly things that did not belong to this century.

Walking and looking, Chen Jiajun soon saw a low-rise building.

There were also several open-air fighting rings.

By the side of the road, a small shop with a dog meat stall sign had several large iron cages placed outside, with dried bloodstains still remaining on the cages.

In the roadside gutters, large patches of needles and folded tin foil made Chen Jiajun certain that he had indeed returned to the Kowloon Walled City at a certain point in time.

And it was a Kowloon Walled City devoid of people!

Because he had walked for several hundred meters, but still had not seen a single person.

One must know that the population density of the Kowloon Walled City was simply terrifyingly high; such a quiet environment should not exist.

"Tsk, this is damn interesting!"

Chen Jiajun clicked his tongue in wonder; this kind of thing was something he truly had not expected.

To tell the truth, although Chen Jiajun was involved in a triad society, he had truly never entered the Walled City.

Apart from the descriptions of the Walled City's appearance given to him by his subordinates, he knew as much as anyone else.

Moreover, the Walled City folks had always been a faction unto themselves and did not often deal with people from the outside.

He only knew that Ding Ye, the boss of this Walled City, controlled everything inside, and then there were the most profitable underground boxing matches.

However, Chen Jiajun had never seen these with his own eyes, but now he finally had the chance.

As he walked, Chen Jiajun saw a place in the distance with lights on.

Walking closer to look, he discovered it was a casino.

The entrance of the casino was covered by a thick blanket, and the blanket emitted a foul stench.

With a look of disgust, Chen Jiajun found a bamboo pole, lifted the blanket, and walked into the interior of the casino.

He discovered that the interior of the casino was brightly lit, with chips and banknotes left casually on the gambling tables.

In the ashtray, there was even a cigarette that had burned out.

Chen Jiajun touched the ash; it was even slightly warm, clearly the people here had not disappeared for long.

Just as Chen Jiajun was cautiously investigating, a faint coughing sound suddenly came from outside.

Chen Jiajun rushed out at top speed.

Just as he stepped out the door, Chen Jiajun saw a black shadow flash by not far away.

"Wait!" Chen Jiajun didn't say another word and immediately chased after it.

Although this Kowloon Walled City was very strange, Chen Jiajun relied on his high level of skill and bold heart, so he wasn't afraid at all.

What he wanted to do now was go back, so he had to find someone to figure out what exactly had happened.

He rushed out but still failed to catch that black shadow.

The other party seemed to be able to teleport; after his line of sight was lost for just a moment, it disappeared before Chen Jiajun's eyes.

"Damn, does this thing not follow any logic at all!" Chen Jiajun said with some annoyance.

Just as Chen Jiajun was feeling angry, he suddenly heard the same coughing sound from before coming from upstairs.

Chen Jiajun sneered and said, "It seems you want to lure me up! Fine, as you wish!"

Saying this, Chen Jiajun turned on his flashlight and walked straight toward the upper floor.

In this kind of tenement building in the Kowloon Walled City, one floor housed many households, and the corridor also appeared very narrow, and the most important thing here was... no elevator! Chen Jiajun couldn't help but complain, "I have never climbed such a high building in my life!"

Complaining aside, Chen Jiajun confirmed the location of the coughing sound and ran toward that floor.

After climbing several flights of stairs, Chen Jiajun finally arrived at the floor where the black shadow that made the coughing sound was located.

The corridor here appeared even dimmer; even with the flashlight on, he could only see clearly for a distance of less than one meter in front of him.

Any further, and the light of the flashlight seemed to be swallowed by the darkness.

Feeling his way through the dark, Chen Jiajun finally arrived at the door of a room, tentatively knocked on the door, and then prepared to kick the door open with force.

But just as Chen Jiajun raised his foot, the room door suddenly opened.

Then, an old woman with a withered face appeared before Chen Jiajun.

"May I ask..." Chen Jiajun saw that the other party was an old person and was just about to start asking questions.

But seeing the old woman reveal a look of surprise, she immediately opened the door wide and said to Chen Jiajun, "Young man, don't stand at the door to talk, come in first!"

Seeing that the other party could converse, Chen Jiajun naturally followed her lead.

After entering the room, Chen Jiajun looked around at the room's decorations; it was indeed a style that only existed around the 1980s of the last century.

Only for some unknown reason, the room appeared very dim, and there was a heavy smell of traditional Chinese medicine.

After entering, the old woman kept staring at Chen Jiajun.

A moment later, she spoke, "Young man, you are radiant and carry an aura of natural authority; you must be either wealthy or noble, right?"

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "Does the old lady understand physiognomy?"

"A little!" The old woman frowned and said, "But why are you here? This shouldn't be!"

"Hmm?" Chen Jiajun immediately asked with some curiosity, "What did the old lady see?"

"You are not from this world, are you?" The old woman examined Chen Jiajun carefully and then said with a tone of certainty.

"Eh, you can actually tell?" Chen Jiajun was truly surprised this time.

The old woman nodded, "I cannot calculate your fate; this shouldn't be! And this is not a place where the living should come!"

"What do you mean?" Chen Jiajun frowned and asked, "A place where the living shouldn't come?"

The old woman didn't say much more, just shook her head and said, "I will send you out in a moment; do not get involved in the affairs here!"

Although Chen Jiajun was very bold at heart, as the saying goes, "Listen to advice and you'll be well-fed," so he nodded and said, "Then I will trouble you, but... do you know how I should go back?" (End of chapter)