49 people, 14 of whom are still students at the school.

At the school gate, it's like a collective "invitation," the highlight of today's events, Ma Wei must lead in person.

The remaining 35 are dropouts who gave up on exams. Most have found work, a few are still loafing at home, and the most unique one has joined the Advanced Team, entered the Hidden Sect once, and surprisingly came out alive.

These people are scattered across various corners of Zone 9, long monitored by people arranged by Bin, basically leaving them no room to escape. Ma Wei only needs to remotely command them via phone.

After snarling at everyone with a ferocious face, each henchman gets off the van, pulling out short knives hidden in their coats with fierce expressions.

Last night, Bin was severely reprimanded by Boss Zheng for failing to do his job well. If any of them messes up today, Boss Zheng would definitely tear them apart.

Nobody in the gang doubts Boss Zheng's brutality, especially since he has become increasingly frenzied after his son's death.

Seeing the panic in everyone's eyes, Ma Wei doesn't say much. He takes a deep breath, glances at his watch: "Sync your watches, the time is now 8:30."

All the ruffians rolled up their sleeves in unison, looking at the watches distributed by the gang overnight.

It's said that Ma Wei requested Bin to prepare these watches overnight yesterday. Today, all participants in the operation are wearing watches to ensure synchronized timing and action.

Not only those on-site but also others being remotely controlled are all wearing watches, and each group even carries long-distance walkie-talkies.

No wonder someone who could gain the attention of both Bin and Boss Zheng in a short time was entrusted with this major operation.

Ma Wei, or rather, Wei, is indeed a professional~

After checking the watches, Ma Wei explained solemnly: "The Patrol Office starts at 9. 47 Academy is a half-hour drive away, at the fastest, meaning we must complete and leave in 50 minutes."

"Beyond that time, we might likely face a direct confrontation with the Patrol Office."

Ma Wei only wants a clean sweep, preferably avoiding an encounter with the Patrol Office, but he gritted his teeth and said grimly:

"But if, by any unlikely chance, we do clash with the Patrol Office, Boss Zheng wants me to tell all the brothers today: you must take everyone back without exception, and deal with whoever tries to stop you."

"Even if Upper City collapses, Boss Zheng's got our backs."

The ruffians' blood boiled instantly, thinking of a certain deputy captain from the Patrol Office who has been threatening and extorting at Blood Rose Bar; the brothers were all filled with pent-up anger.

Hearing Ma Wei's words now, they were eager to roll up their sleeves, wishing they could stab two Chief Constables right now.

Ma Wei turned, leading the men full of murderous intent to block the school gate, starting to check faces and grab people.

Not only at the gate but at several nearby streets and alleys, he had already arranged for henchmen to hide.

These 14 people, unless they skip school today, would find it impossible to escape once they showed up.

The security captain in 47 Academy watched expressionlessly, turning a blind eye to the students being taken away outside. His eyes only fixed on the shoes of those ruffians.

He'd already received a hint from the school leadership this morning.

The exact words were—Xiao Zhang, do you know why the door is used to separate inside from outside? It's meant to divide the world into two with a door.

These words were a bit profound, and the security captain had a shallow understanding: as long as the ruffians outside didn't step inside the door, he didn't have to stop them.

Similarly, as long as the students didn't step through the school gate, he didn't have to interfere.

He watched as most clueless students walked into the school gate alarmed, still squeezing out a smile and nodding at them like usual.

But a few students were crying as they were dragged into the van; he remained unmoved, and even the noisy cries outside seemed muted, as if the loud door also blocked the sound outside.

"The door, it's a great invention~" he thought.

.....

Ring ring ring~

Ring ring ring ring——

The Western Suburbs capture operation is about to close this week, so most Chief Constables have been dispatched elsewhere, leaving only Deputy Captain Li Shang and six or seven Chief Constables to guard the house.

They had been drinking heavily after leaving Blood Rose yesterday afternoon, and now, none of them had shown up for work.

Currently, there's only an elderly switchboard operator on night duty inside the Patrol Office.

He was draped in a coat, sleeping on the desk. A bottle of blended wine sat on the table, with a bit left at the bottom.

The jarring phone ringing woke him. The old constable opened his eyes, lifting his head, and squinted his cloudy eyes at the wall clock: 08:51.

He glanced around again, the outer door was still locked, and no one had arrived yet.

The old constable yawned and unplugged the phone line, and the world instantly quieted down. Satisfied, he got up to use the bathroom.

Getting old, his prostate was not cooperating; the sound of the water was intermittent and difficult.

He splashed cold water on his face and rinsed the alcohol out of his mouth. Unhurried, the old constable walked back to the desk, checked the time again, and saw that it was just 09:00.

He reconnected the phone line.

As soon as he did, the phone resumed its ringing.

"In such a rush early in the morning, acting as if they're rushing to reincarnate, can't stop ringing?"

The old constable, grumbling, put the nearly empty wine bottle in his coat pocket but still didn't answer the phone, instead going to unlock the outer door.

He reckoned it was probably a murder case. Usually, only murder case calls were as persistent as this.

But it was past 9 o'clock, his shift was over, and it wouldn't be appropriate for him to take the call. It should be left for the morning shift constable.

"Ah, late again. Leaving Zone 9's security to these young constables, it's a disaster in waiting." The old constable sighed, lamenting that this batch of young constables was undoubtedly a lost generation.

09:17.

Chang Erbing was the first to come to work this morning. After smoking for a while with the guard at the entrance, he walked into the Patrol Office building.

The door was open, and the old constable had evidently already left.

"That old guy never waits for the person swapping shifts, really lacks any sense of responsibility,"

Chang Erbing cursed inwardly, not bothering with the ringing phone, and headed straight to the clock-in machine.

Late arrival is a $100 deduction. Pfft, following Captain Li, who cares about that small change? Deduct away.

After clocking in, Chang Erbing got a cup of water before leisurely picking up the phone: "Hello, this is the Patrol Office."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by crying on the other end. He patiently listened and then said blandly: "Okay, we'll send someone over right away."

Click, he hung up the phone.

Ring ring ring ring——

"Why is there still a call?" Chang Erbing frowned and answered the phone again.

The voice on the phone wasn't singular, but the report's content was largely the same.

The first call was about a son being kidnapped and forced into a van just after leaving the apartment building.

The second call was about a group of bandits with knives barging into a house and taking the daughter without a word.

Then,

Ring ring ring ring ring——

A bad feeling surged up inside Chang Erbing as he slowly picked up the phone, beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead.

Hanging up, the terrifying phone rang again in less than a second, and Chang Erbing froze in place, feeling that the phone ringing was aligning with his urgent heartbeat.

"Something big happened~

"Has the Cyan Wolf Gang gone mad?!!"

Chang Erbing's Adam's apple bobbed. He suddenly pulled out his phone and dialed Deputy Captain Li Shang's number in a panic.

Buzz buzz buzz——

Buzz buzz buzz——

"Answer the phone, Captain Li, answer the phone. It's chaos outside; the Cyan Wolf Gang has completely lost control." Chang Erbing screamed in his heart desperately.

The dead dialing tone lay motionless like the skin of a boiled pig, eternally unmoved. At that moment, Chang Erbing suddenly understood the heart-wrenching anxiety of those who couldn't get through to the emergency line when something happened.

Buzz buzz buzz——

In a narrow alley behind the bathhouse, half-buried in the sludge in a sewer cover, the latest model phone was still buzzing.

On the screen, Chang Erbing's call request kept flashing repeatedly...

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