Chapter 225: Cleaning Up the Powder Kids

On Gangdao, with so many bars and nightclubs, drug use is generally turned a blind eye to, as long as they don't get caught by the police.

But Chen Mo firmly refuses to let anyone use drugs on his turf.

Because of that rule, everyone who goes out knows that Chen Mo's venues are the safest.

There is absolutely no worry about someone slipping something into the drinks.

Precisely because of the safety, many ordinary girls who go out choose venues on Chen Mo's territory.

In places like these, the more girls there are, the more men follow.

Therefore, business at Chen Mo's venues has always been good.

When a customer uses drugs in Chen Mo's venue, it looks like no big deal on the surface.

In reality, it's digging at Chen Mo's foundation.

If drug use becomes routine in the venue, Chen Mo's rule is effectively breached.

When drug users increase, loose‑selling also appears.

For such matters, Chen Mo will of course investigate to the end.

After receiving Chen Mo's order, Shen Guodong immediately called A Hu.

Upon Shen Guodong's instruction, A Hu promptly deployed his men to monitor the few customers caught using drugs in the venue nonstop for 24 hours.

To make the investigation thorough, A Hu also sought Ahua's help, using Huang Ziyang's police connections to probe the social ties of several of those customers.

Finally, it led him to a clue.

Moreover, under continuous surveillance, A Hu eventually uncovered the source of the drugs these people bought.

After finding the lead, A Hu immediately went to Chen Mo's office to report.

"Mo Ge, this matter should be Wang Baoqian's."

"Although those people aren't members of the Triad Society, their relatives and friends are more or less connected to Wang Bao's underlings."

"Moreover, after following them for a few days, we discovered that their pills and white powder also come from Wang Bao. Recently, many of Wang Bao's underlings have been hiding in some alleys on our turf to sell loose goods."

"Because those alleys are relatively hidden and they only appear at night, the underlings in the venue didn't notice."

Hearing that Wang Bao was behind it, a flash of murderous intent crossed Chen Mo's eyes.

Immediately, a hint of doubt also flickered in Chen Mo's mind.

The conflict between him and Wang Bao was only that one turf‑snatching incident when the Ni Family fell.

That incident happened a few months ago, and everyone fought openly for turf, so strictly speaking it wasn't a feud.

Wang Bao shouldn't, after a few months, suddenly start scheming against him.

Nevertheless, the facts are in front of us, and we won't rush to probe the underlying reasons.

Since Wang Bao made a move, it would be improper for him not to respond.

Although Wang Bao's strength isn't weak, he may not be stronger than him.

Chen Mo's eyes flashed with ruthlessness: "Tonight take men and sweep every alley on our turf; anyone selling loose goods on our ground will be seized and dumped into the sea."

A Hu, angry, said: "Mo Ge, since Wang Bao is causing trouble on our turf, should we strike back?"

"We happen to have a street adjacent to ours; I'll just take men and seize it."

"Why are you in such a hurry!" Chen Mo said softly. "We'll handle things step by step; first deal with those who are using powder."

Wang Bao is considered a relatively strong figure in the Number Gang; besides a sizable turf in You Ma Di, he also holds many enclaves in other parts of Gangdao.

Even in Wang Jiao there are two streets that belong to Wang Bao!

If we engage in open warfare, even after snatching one or two streets, the stalemate would drag on for many days.

By then, the losses could outweigh the gains.

Thus, dealing with Wang Bao requires a gradual strategy.

Ten p. m., Jianshazui.

The bars and nightclubs are at their busiest then, and also the fastest time for those drug users to sell loose goods.

In every bar, nightclub, and KTV on Chen Mo's turf, a subordinate steps out every few minutes, blends into the street crowd, and quietly approaches a nearby alley.

In an alley, a small‑time thug with brightly colored hair is counting the cash in his hand.

After counting, the thug pulls a small bag containing about a dozen pills from his pocket and tosses it to the person standing opposite.

The recipient catches the bag, gives it a casual glance, and rushes off.

Only, when he turned around—

At that moment, the drug‑selling hoodlum also noticed the few people approaching.

Realizing the danger, he tried to flee from the other end of the alley, but when he turned, he found people guarding that end as well.

A Hu stepped up to the buyer, took the packet of pills from his hand, examined it in the dim moonlight, and slipped it into his pocket.

"Get out!"

Hearing A Hu's command, the buyer darted through the men and fled the alley.

A Hu turned his gaze back to the drug‑selling hoodlum, and coldly spat out a few words.

"Knock him out, take him away!"

As A Hu finished speaking, several of his men stepped forward and surrounded him.

"My big brother is Wang Bao; if you dare lay a hand on me, he won't forgive…"

"Bang bang"—two blows, and the pleas for mercy abruptly stopped.

A hemp sack was secured, and several men hoisted it onto a van at the alley entrance, then drove toward the sea.

At the same time, the same scene unfolded in a dozen other alleys.

With a dozen fewer loose‑goods, the number of people using drugs in Chen Mo's venue tonight was noticeably lower.

At midnight, A Hu arrived at Chen Mo's office, his face brimming with excitement.

Mo Ge, we caught seventeen tonight, all taken to fill the sea.

Have they been interrogated?

Interrogated. They are indeed Wang Bao's people; scattering goods on our turf was also arranged by Wang Bao.

They said Wang Bao recently got a large batch of goods and is rushing to ship them out; they even lowered the price by ten percent lately!

By the way, they also revealed a powder warehouse; should I take people to raid it?

Whenever action is mentioned, A Hu gets excited again.

Chen Mo feels A Hu has recently shown a tendency to develop like Fei Ji, becoming increasingly belligerent.

First, have someone monitor them for two days; don't act rashly.

A powder warehouse isn't that easy to raid.

Which powder lord's warehouse isn't heavily guarded!

Alright, go rest; have your people stay alert lately to guard against Wang Bao's retaliation.

After A Hu left, Chen Mo began to ponder.

As for the reason Wang Bao is causing trouble, he already has a clue.

For a powder lord like Wang Bao, there's only one way to get him to lower prices and move powder.

That is, he has secured a sufficient, stable, and low-cost supply, allowing him to seize market share by lowering prices.

Moreover, given Wang Bao's targeting of Chen Mo, Chen Mo feels the most likely scenario is that the foreigners who previously wanted Chen Mo to move powder have now teamed up with Wang Bao.

Wang Bao helps them deal with Chen Mo, and they supply Wang Bao with goods.

Otherwise, Chen Mo couldn't think of a reason for Wang Bao to target him.

Having figured this out, Chen Mo suddenly felt it was somewhat difficult.

Wang Bao is easy to deal with.

The fact that Wang Bao's concubine is pregnant is known to many in the jianghu.

According to the movie timeline, Wang Bao will die not long after his child's full month.

That is, even if Chen Mo does not deal with him, Wang Bao won't live much longer.

The hard part is dealing with those foreigners.

Those foreigners have special identities; we can't just kill them outright.