In the morning, in a spacious room, on a soft large bed.
Sing wakes up groggy, with a headache that feels like it's about to burst, and a strong smell of tobacco in his mouth. He feels around and sees that there's a woman lying next to him with a smooth and alluring back facing him. She seems to still be asleep.
All drowsiness is gone in a moment, he sits up and leans against the headboard, trying to remember the events of last night, but all he can recall are vague and incomplete fragments. He must have had too much to drink.
After a moment, Sing turns to look at the beautiful woman on the bed, his mind is full of mixed emotions, he doesn't know how to deal with this situation.
He soon gets dressed and sneaks out of the room, but runs into the eyeglass man.
"How was it, Sing, how did you feel yesterday?"
Suddenly asked this, Sing's face turns red, he avoids the question.
"Oh no, what time is it now, I hope I haven't missed something important for the leader."
The eyeglass man waves his hand and says.
"Don't worry, leader gave you a one-month deadline, it's still early. But if you finish early it will save the leader some trouble. Should I bring you to choose some people?"
"Sure, let's go."
Sing turns to look at the door behind him, a hint of different emotions in his eyes, he turns back with a smile and walks out with the eyeglass man, chatting and complimenting each other.
Several minutes later, in the courtyard of the Axe Gang's headquarters, the eyeglass man and Sing are pointing and talking.
"Yes, you, the tall one come over here, stand over here. And you..."
"You're good too, come over here..."
In no time, they gather around a hundred and ten people, all tall and strong, with fierce expressions.
"Sing, I'll tell you, you take these people to the Pigsty Alley, you don't need to do anything, just show up and those people will be so scared they'll run away like crazy." The eyeglass man praises.
Sing nods, as he looks at the hundred and ten people standing in front of him, his mentality hasn't quite caught up, he's a bit confused.
But then he thinks, these hundred and ten people have to listen to his orders now, he can make them stand or lie down, he straightens up unconsciously, his demeanor changes completely.
At that moment, Liang Hsiao leads a dozen people over and sees that Sing doesn't look happy either, Liang Hsiao intends to ignore him and walk past, but halfway through, he suddenly sees a few familiar faces in the crowd, and he stops abruptly.
"You guys come out!"
Liang Hsiao shouted those few people out, and then turned to Sing, publicly humiliated him in front of everyone.
"Sing, what you did is not right, don't you know these people always follow me!"
Sing's smile froze on his face, but he can't let his emotions take over, he just joined the gang yesterday, how can he already be at odds with the second-in-command.
He forces himself to keep his anger in check.
"Brother Liang, you know I just joined the gang yesterday, I didn't know, I apologize. Brother Liang, I'll treat you to a banquet tonight to make it up to you."
Liang Hsiao snorts coldly, waves his hand and mockingly said.
"No need, you have that money, buy yourself some new clothes, don't make us, the Axe Gang, lose face by walking around looking like that."
Sing subconsciously looks at his own clothes. Yesterday, the gang gave him some money but his mentality hasn't changed yet, he only bought himself a set of ordinary clothes, naturally, it can't compare to Liang Hsiao's black satin clothes. Thinking about this, his face flashes with embarrassment.
Liang Hsiao finished his words and left with his people, but Sing is no longer as happy as before. But he understands, yesterday he threw the firecracker that caused the explosion at Liang Hsiao, he made him look so embarrassed, how could he have a good attitude towards him.
The eyeglass man saw that after Liang Hsiao left, he continued to persuade Sing, saying that Liang Hsiao is the second-in-command of the gang and has a great prestige, Sing just joined the gang and should not have conflicts with him, he should be more tolerant, if he made him angry, the outcome could be fatal.
These words were good, and the fact was like this as well, Sing also had this thought in his mind, but for some reason, when the eyeglass man said it, Sing's mind felt worse.
However, after a moment, Sing didn't think about it anymore. He led more than a hundred Axe Gang members, and went in the direction of Pigsty Alley with great vigor.
Sing didn't know that after he left, the eyeglass man who always seemed to want to be friends with him, went in the direction of Liang Hsiao.
After a dozen or so days, Sing had grown accustomed to the hundred or so people who followed him around and obeyed his commands. His demeanor had changed completely, and he now radiated confidence as he walked with a proud gait, as if he was carrying the wind with him. His power had changed him.
As he grew more accustomed to the taste of meat, he couldn't stop after the first time. Sing had sought out the woman from that night multiple times, and later even had her fully supported by the money the eyeglass man lent him. These past few days had been the happiest of Sing's life.
But there was still often a hint of worry etched on his forehead. Despite his efforts to intimidate and attack the residents of Pigsty Alley, Sing had been unable to drive all of them away. Even though some had left, it was to no avail, as long as anyone remained, the land would not fall into the hands of the Axe Gang.
As time passed, Sing grew increasingly restless. However, the woman he was supporting introduced him to something that could make him forget his troubles and put him in a state of boundless pleasure: opium.
Sing had only heard vague stories about how harmful opium was before, but at the time, he must have been too restless and worried, or perhaps too tempted by the woman's seductive voice, so he "unwittingly" tried it out.
He had initially intended to stop as soon as he noticed something was off, but later, Sing found that the drug not only made him feel invigorated and happy, but it also didn't seem to have any negative effects on his body. He no longer felt any reservations and even gradually replaced smoking with it.
One day, Li Xiu called Sing, as usual, to inquire about the progress of things. Sing nonchalantly said that everything was progressing quickly, but as soon as he left the door, he was hit by a wave of restlessness. He wanted to go back to his home to smoke a pipe, but he was stopped by someone halfway there.
"Brother Sing, it's not good. Your brother Bone is dead."
Sing was taken aback, then he grabbed the front of the collar of one of his underlings and shouted:
"What did you say? I saw him just two days ago, he was fine, how could he have suddenly passed away!"
"It's true. Brother Sing, you said that teahouse was run by your brother, and told us to keep an eye on it. Today, when we went there with some brothers, we saw the police, he was killed with a knife in the alley behind the teahouse!"
"Take me there now!"
Sing didn't care about anything else, he followed his underling and ran all the way. When they arrived at the scene and saw Bone's mutilated body, Sing's feelings of grief and sadness were stronger than any other.
But for some reason, a feeling of uncontrollable rage came from deep within his body and bones, it surged through him, and his blood boiled. Under this mood swing, he only wanted to destroy and vent.
"Who did this? Who did this? I'm going to kill him! Kill him!"
Sing lost his composure, he was extremely furious, and he loudly shouted in the street.
The police watched him shouting about killing people, but they were also afraid to intervene. But he became even more reckless, he grabbed the collar of the lead police officer and shouted at him in a wild manner.
"Who killed him? I'm asking you, who killed him!"
The police captain was wiping sweat off his forehead, he held his police cap and stammered, unable to give a reason.
Sing became even angrier, he pushed the police officer to the ground and cursed at the other officers.
"Waste! All of you are waste! "
His face was fierce, his actions were arrogant and domineering, his behavior was cruel and intimidating, this was a look that the old Sing couldn't even pretend to have, but he was unaware of it.
Sing looked at Bone's corpse, he was burning with anger and the desire to kill, his whole body emitted an aura of ferocity that made people feel afraid.
At night, the Eyeglass Man came to Sing's home, he pushed the door open, saw the broken pieces of objects scattered on the floor, and the furniture that had been broken and smashed, a hint of suspicion appeared in his eyes, he comforted him.
"Sing, I heard about that matter, you must be calm and accept the change."
Sing also didn't pay attention, but at this time he heard someone mentioning Bone again, and his face immediately turned red. He let out a rough pant, squeezing his fists tightly.
The eyeglass man approached, with a look of fear on his face, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't. Finally, after a few seconds, he lowered his voice and said,
"Sing, I may know who killed Bone."
Sing raised his head fiercely, looking at the eyeglass man with a pair of fierce eyes filled with bloodshot. Suddenly, his voice was cold and hoarse, like a growl from a vicious wolf.
"Who is it!"
"Well... Sing, I have some connections in the police station, and I've had someone ask about it. Your fat brother was killed with an axe."
"What? Axe!"
Sing stood up abruptly, his thoughts spinning, and almost instantly he locked on to one person - the only one in the gang with whom he had a grudge! Without thinking much, Sing picked up the axe that was still standing on the furniture and was about to walk out.
The eyeglass man quickly stopped him: "Sing, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to find someone, I'm going to kill him, to avenge my brother!"
"Sing, this matter is not so easy, we need to plan for the long term, and not end up with both sides suffering."
...
Three days later, in the main hall of the Axe Gang, Li Xiu listened to the eyeglass man's report.
"Gang leader, have you not seen it? That Sing is like a mad dog. He buried his head and hacked for several minutes, leaving Liang Hsiao's body in shreds, barely recognizable as a human, with flesh and blood splattered all over him."
"At that moment, when he stood up and looked at me casually at night, I was so scared that I felt cold all over. I really couldn't see that the kid also had such a hidden viciousness."
"However, Gang leader, now that the kid has become like this, I wonder if he would..."
Li Xiu sneered coldly, waved his hand to interrupt the eyeglass man's words : "You can go down now, it's not something you need to concern yourself with in the future."
The eyeglass man lowered his head, bid farewell, and walked out of the hall. Li Xiu watched his back and gradually turned cold, rubbing his fingers.
He could raise a vicious dog, and he also had the means to control it. After all, Sing is still a loyal dog to him, showing no signs of biting his master, there is nothing to be worried about.
It's just that this "follow-up" needs to be dealt with again, to make it cleaner and avoid any future problems.
The next day, Li Xiu called Sing as usual, asking about the progress of the matter.
"Sing, I'm sure you know that Liang Hsiao was ambushed and killed by the remnants of the Crocodile Gang two days ago. Now that the other members of the Crocodile Gang have heard about this, they will definitely be inspired and may take some action. You should be more careful when you go out and it's better to bring more people with you for safety."
"Also, now there are many things happening within the gang, the situation is tense, you need to quickly complete the matter of Pigsty Alley, so that you can have more hands to help me deal with other things."
Downstairs, Sing heard the first sentence, his eyes flitted a hint of secret ferocity, but then heard Li Xiu's concern and value, he raised his head and excitedly said.
"Gang leader you can rest assured, in a few days, I will definitely handle this matter for you!"
As he said this, a hint of ferocity appeared on Sing's face, clearly he had already thought of some cruel methods to deal with the people of Pigsty Alley in his mind.
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