Hong Kong General: Rebirth of Rage, Rising from Prison

Chapter 257 Zhang Chongbang cannot be allowed to live!

"Waaaaah, waaaah."

On the street outside Guangchang Building, the urgent sound of police sirens could be heard from time to time, making everyone's hearts pound.

"Robbed the Pan-Asian Central Bank, stole 100 million US dollars, cut off the chairman Huo Zhaotang's hand, and threw his body into the sea to feed the sharks."

"Damn, I said we were just robbing a jewelry store, why did they send out so many police officers to kill us?"

"Good heavens, it turns out someone robbed a bank!"

Ye Guohuan sat with his legs apart, his face full of banditry, his expression gloomy and extremely displeased: "I've robbed so many gold shops, and I've never seen a hundred million US dollars worth of gold in total!"

"Damn it, who the hell is the King of Thieves?!"

Zhang Shih-hao, however, sat in front of the television, legs crossed, watching the news broadcast with a strange smile on his lips, his expression full of admiration.

"Clap clap clap!"

He even smiled, clapped, and cheered.

Ye Guohuan, Ji Zhengxiong, and the others all stared at Zhang Shihao as if he were a lunatic.

"Brother Hao, look at this pot, it's so big and black. Isn't it heavy to carry? And you still have the mood to clap?"

Ji Zhengxiong looked anxious; staying up late had made his face oily and he looked somewhat haggard.

"Don't you think the person who solved this case is a genius?"

Zhang Shih-hao spread his arms wide, exclaiming arrogantly, "He's practically our King of Thieves' idol! This is a true ruthless bandit, a true King of Thieves of the Century!"

"An idol? I consider him my enemy!"

Ye Guohuan spat out the toothpick he was holding in his mouth, his expression ferocious: "They take the money, we'll take the blame."

"Now, we've become rats crossing the street, the infamous gang of thieves that everyone wants to kill!"

"The whole of Hong Kong is in a state of panic right now. We can only stay in this godforsaken place. There's nowhere to escape to!"

"Taking the blame for someone else's mistake and still laughing about it!"

"If I find out who committed the Pan Asia Bank robbery and made us get chased by the police like dogs, I'll shoot that son of a bitch with an AK!"

"Da da!"

Zhang Shih-hao snapped his fingers, interrupting Ye Guo-huan's anger, and said slowly, "Brother Huan, don't be so aggressive."

"The person who handled this case provided us with an excellent approach."

"So it turns out that it's not just about robbing gold shops, horse farms, hijacking armored trucks, and kidnapping the wealthy; you can also rob bank vaults!"

"It was done so flawlessly, a perfect act of invisibility, brilliant, absolutely brilliant!"

Ye Guohuan and Ji Zhengxiong couldn't understand why Zhang Shihao would think this way about the robbers who had tricked them, and even admire them.

"What's the point of talking about this now!"

Ye Guohuan snorted coldly in dissatisfaction: "Whether it's robbing the vault or extorting the gambling king, we just need to get out of here safely."

"Right now, we're wanted throughout Hong Kong. Nobody dares to send us out to sea. Let's just hope we can survive!"

Ji Zhengxiong also sighed: "I contacted all sorts of powerful figures, by water, by air, and by land, but nothing worked."

"This is a huge deal. Photos of Huan Ge standing on the street shooting an AK are everywhere, even more popular than the hottest celebrities."

"Hao Ge and I also benefited from it."

"Now everyone knows us, everyone knows us. Go out there and everyone will know that we are the King of Thieves!"

"There's nowhere to run."

Ye Guohuan's eyes were gloomy, and he said with a frustrated expression, "These media outlets have no sense of public morality at all. Did we rob Pan Asia Bank? They just write nonsense!"

"This is completely false reporting!"

"Call the media and tell them to stop writing nonsense, or I'll beat their whole family to a pulp!"

Zhang Shih-hao chuckled lightly: "Brother Huan, how can you be so naive?"

"What the media wants is sensationalism. Restoring the truth is just a slogan; they don't care what the truth is."

"Malicious editing, distorting facts, and exaggerating are their specialties."

"You're calling them to make the news even more sensational?"

Ye Guohuan's expression hardened, and he said resentfully, "At worst, I'll call the police!"

"We admit we did it, but if I didn't, I'm not taking the blame!"

"Tell them to open their eyes wider and not to make baseless accusations!"

"Heh, call the police?" Zhang Shih-hao laughed. "Now that things have blown up so much, even the police have to kneel down, do you think the police really want to get to the bottom of this? It just makes them look like they're stupid as pigs?"

"The police just want a result now."

"Besides, we're all kingpins, do you think the police will believe us?"

"The moment we show our faces, we're doomed, no matter what!"

"The citizens demand an explanation, the police demand a result; this blame cannot be removed!"

Ji Zhengxiong said unwillingly, "Then what should we do? Just wait to die?"

"Or do you have a better idea?"

Zhang Shih-hao shrugged, looking indifferent: "Now we can only wait, wait quietly. Citizens are forgetful. We'll go out to sea again once the storm has passed."

"Once we've extorted the gambling king and regrouped, we'll return to Hong Kong Island and publicly declare that we're going to surrender and confess that we didn't do the jewelry store robbery and the Pan Asia Bank robbery."

"Do you think the real mastermind behind our invisibility will be eager to silence us when the time comes?"

Ji Zhengxiong's eyes lit up: "Great! We'll set a trap and lure this cunning fox out!"

"Then do it!"

Ye Guohuan's eyes turned gloomy, ruthless, and fierce again, and he said in a deep voice.

……

Central and Western District Major Crimes Unit.

When Pan Asia Bank ran into trouble and Huo Zhaotang's body was pulled from the sea, Zhang Chongbang suddenly went mad.

He retrieved a huge stack of files from the archives, locked himself in his office, and didn't eat or drink for a whole day and night.

"Master, have you discovered something, or found some clues?"

Great White Shark and his confidants, including Lü Sihui, couldn't wait any longer and came in, placing a sandwich and milk on the table and asking with concern.

Zhang Chongbang slowly lifted his face, which was buried in the case files, revealing disheveled hair and a face covered in stubble.

With a weary look, he glanced at Great White Shark, Lü Sihui, and the others: "Don't you guys think this is too much of a coincidence?"

"What's so coincidental?"

The great white shark looked completely bewildered and asked in confusion.

“From Wang Kun, to Situ Jie, to us, and then to Huo Zhaotang…”

"My Lord! You mean..."

Zhang Chongbang reminded them, and Great White Shark, Lü Sihui, and the others all widened their eyes, thinking of the same thing at the same time.

That is, all the people involved in the incident were connected to the case of Huo Zhaotang's kidnapping a few years ago.

"That's right!"

Seeing that everyone understood, Zhang Chongbang took out the case file he was holding.

"The disappearance of Wang Dali, the owner of the building materials market, and Qiu Gang'ao's fiancée, A Qing."

"The case of He Shichang of Quanxing Group and Han Jiang, the Ghost King, engaging in double-crossing."

"Landfill site, Wang Kun's 'rock candy' transaction case."

"The case of the Cointreau Hotel and the ruthless doctor, I don't need to explain it, do I?"

"The Edinburgh Big Gun Case".

……

Zhang Chongbang threw case files onto the pile, which grew thicker and thicker, his voice becoming increasingly agitated: "From the robbery of Pan Asia Bank to the murder of Huo Zhaotang!"

"Has anyone noticed anything?"

The more Great White Shark, Lü Sihui, and the others listened, the more astonished they became, the more terrified they looked, and their hearts sank to the bottom.

Those involved are often blinded by their own perspective; previously, everyone had the feeling of not being able to see the true face of Mount Lu because they were in the mountain themselves.

Now, after being pointed at by Zhang Chongbang, they were all startled and felt a chill run down their spines.

“These cases all have one thing in common: the people involved, or rather, those who were punished, are all related to Chen Shixian and Qiu Gang'ao!”

After brainstorming, the great white shark immediately responded.

Lu Sihui's eyes flickered, and she quickly added, "Moreover, in the end, the ones who profited from these cases were all Chen Shixian and his associates!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Chongbang nodded affirmatively: "Besides that, has anyone noticed the case of He Shichang, the arms dealer of Quanxing Group, and the Ghost King's double-crossing?"

"And then there's the Cointreau Hotel case, and the case of the notorious doctor thief." "Including now, the Century King Thief Gang, the robbery case involving the three kingpin thieves."

Are all these cases bizarre?

The great white shark's eyes widened, and suddenly a chill ran down its spine: "It's like there's an invisible hand manipulating everything from behind."

"Framing, using someone else to do the dirty work, evading punishment, perfect concealment—they all have something in common!"

Zhang Chongbang's face lit up with joy: "Right, you all think so too."

"Chen Shixian and his associates were involved in all of these cases, even though there was no direct evidence."

"However, whoever profits from it is a suspect, a prime suspect!"

"After eliminating everything else, the only remaining impossibility can be the truth!"

Great White Shark, Lü Sihui, and their companions were all excited and their blood was boiling.

It really is so.

So, these cases are very likely related to Chen Shixian and his group.

In a short period of time, he went from a recently released convict to a tycoon, all thanks to honest work, which they simply did not believe.

There's definitely something fishy going on here.

Looking back now, these cases are all intricately connected, and many things had been foreshadowed long ago.

"If it's a fox, it will show its tail!"

"This time, we finally caught Chen Shixian and his gang."

"That time at the Grand Hotel, Officer Yao..."

Zhang Chongbang clenched his fists, recalling the horrific deaths of Yao Ruocheng's entire group.

For so long, I've been haunted by nightmares every night, and the incident at the Cointreau Hotel has been a taboo and a painful memory for the entire team.

Finding commonalities in the case files seemed to provide him with an outlet for releasing his pent-up remorse for his mistakes.

As long as Chen Shixian and his gang are arrested, this guilt and shame can be washed away.

That way, all the blame can be placed on the instigator.

Zhang Chongbang gritted his teeth and said with a determined look, "This time, we must bring all those scoundrels, including Chen Shixian, to justice to comfort Yao Sir's spirit in heaven!"

"We must seek justice for those who died unjustly, such as A-Qing, Wang Kun, and Huo Zhaotang!"

Great White Shark, Lü Sihui, and the others all nodded in unison, displaying an unwavering determination to face any challenge.

"My Lord, there is no new evidence in these cases. It is very far-fetched to combine them for investigation based solely on our reasoning."

"Chen Shixian and his group are very cunning, and they have lawyer Au Wing-yan aiding and abetting them."

We must find a breakthrough.

After the excitement subsided, the great white shark, with a serious expression, presented its thoughts.

"Joint investigations require evidence, which we cannot provide, but we can conduct investigations privately and covertly."

Zhang Chongbang looked thoughtful, then slowly said, "At the same time, I will apply to my superiors to join the 'Century King of Thieves Heist' case, using this case as a breakthrough!"

"Everything done leaves a trace!"

"I've already investigated Chen Shixian's securities account in secret; he's made hundreds of millions."

“He likely profited from the recent collapse of Pan Asia Bank and the stock market crash.”

"He is absolutely involved in this case!"

"If we can capture the three great bandit kings alive, it will definitely be a major breakthrough!"

"This time, he went too far!"

"With so many clues, if we all investigate together, we're sure to find something!"

Zhang Chongbang was full of fighting spirit, his gaze sweeping over Great White Shark, Lü Sihui, and the others.

Everyone was full of fighting spirit and confidence.

……

On the other side, in the secret basement of the walled village, in the basement.

News about the kingpin of the century is still everywhere on television.

As the on-site commander, Zhang Wenyao's unwell face frequently appeared on television.

Chen Shixian's gaze swept across Zhang Wenyao's face, lost in thought, before the image flashed.

As he admired the scene, his solemn expression suddenly relaxed. The scene showed Ye Guohuan standing and firing an AK, surrounded by other gangsters and their accomplices, wearing jackets, black hoods, and carrying submachine guns and assault rifles, engaging in a fierce street shootout.

With a cigarette dangling from his lips, he suddenly turned to Qiu Gang'ao and Baozhu and asked, "Does this feel familiar?"

"This style, this manner, is exactly the same as when we first started conquering the country!"

"Great job!"

"However, they are still a bit inferior to us."

Bursting Beads opened its mouth with a grin, its face full of pride.

"Yes, so many memories! This Ye Guohuan is practically Brother Xian's apprentice!"

"Steady stance, AK in hand, stand and fight to the end, cool!"

“Aside from not being as handsome as Brother Xian, he still has some of the charm.”

Ahua joined in the banter, flattering Chen Shixian.

"Heh, the media only knows about the three kingpins, but they don't know that the ancestor of kingpins is Brother Xian."

"The top spot in the Century Thief King Gang belongs to 'Brother Hao' without a doubt."

The popping beads grinned, showing off their bright white teeth, their smile as radiant as the stars.

Everyone was in a good mood. They had robbed 100 million US dollars and everyone received a generous reward.

This is truly a windfall.

It's even more profitable than selling wheat flour.

Even Ah Quan became more talkative, and everyone chatted happily.

Only Qiu Gang'ao seemed preoccupied. His face was stern, and he exhaled a breath as he wiped the blade of his butterfly knife, slowly saying:
"Don't get too excited and let your guard down."

"This time, Brother Xian guessed right. Those bastards like Zhang Chongbang really were investigating us in secret."

"The fact that Huo Zhaotang is dead might just be a wake-up call for Zhang Chongbang and the others!"

The initially excited crowd paused for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.

Bursting Beads waved his hand dismissively: "So what if there's an investigation? Those bastards like Zhang Chongbang, they're always like ghosts, never leaving your side. When have they ever succeeded?"

"Let him investigate, let him investigate, investigate all he wants. Do you think I'm afraid of his investigation?"

Chen Shixian glanced at the popping bead and said, "That's too much."

When Chen Shixian glared at him, the popping bead immediately shut up sheepishly.

“Zhang Chongbang and his group aren’t too stupid; they were able to detect the suspicious points I released to them.”

Chen Shixian smiled slightly, placed one hand on the back of the sofa, and looked very relaxed and at ease.

"Brother Xian, did you do this on purpose?"

Bursting Beads and Ah Quan were filled with surprise and doubt.

"Otherwise, Huo Zhaotang's body could have been used to fill the sea, so why would it be used to feed the fish?"

Chen Shixian asked indifferently.

Qiu Gang'ao immediately caught the message and realized, "So, Brother Xian, you started planning from Huo Zhaotang, revealing the financial accounts, to set a trap for Zhang Chongbang and the others?"

"You're planning to take action against them!???"

Upon hearing this, Baozhu, Aquan, and Ahua all looked at Chen Shixian with tense expressions, waiting for an answer.

"That's right, this time, Zhang Chongbang and his men cannot be allowed to live!"

"Everything from the past should come to an end."

"I want everyone to have a bright future and a better tomorrow, instead of clinging to the past and hatred!"

Chen Shixian narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice.

"Great!"

Qiu Gang'ao, Baozhu, Ahua, and Aquan visibly became excited.

"This time, we must make Zhang Chongbang experience the pain and despair we have gone through!"

"Let him taste what it means to be utterly disgraced and abandoned by everyone!"

"I want to see if his so-called right and wrong, black and white, are still right and wrong, black and white."

A cold glint flashed in Qiu Gang'ao's eyes. He twirled the butterfly knife in his hand, then sheathed it and spoke coldly.

(End of this chapter)