Uncle Shazhu, a simple-minded man in a courtyard house, persuades people with reason.

If this scene were acting, He Ping'an would definitely applaud Long Fang, the veteran villain actor who plays Rattlesnake, for truly capturing the essence of scum. Unfortunately, this is reality…

He Ping'an silently took two steps back, watching the enraged Lei Luo draw his gun, and watching the bastard Rattlesnake stick his head into the muzzle of the gun, and Lei Luo's trembling hand!

Wanting to get rich isn't something you can just do by rushing in and spouting a few righteous platitudes or putting on a show. Lei Luo... it's true he doesn't take bribes, and it's true he has some sense of justice, but his desire to opportunistically curry favor with powerful figures is even more obvious!

"Come on...come on, shoot here!" Rattlesnake stared intently into Lei Luo's eyes, pressing the muzzle of his gun against his forehead. He laughed maniacally.

"Hahaha...you spineless coward, you coward who doesn't even dare to fire a gun, I gave you a chance but you still couldn't do it! Useless trash, no wonder you can't find a wife. I'm telling you right now, I'm going to sleep with your woman...and I have plenty of money."

"Once I'm tired of sleeping with your woman, I'll sell her into prostitution! You might not have 5 yuan, but you must have 50. Then, you're welcome to come, Officer Lei! Hahaha..."

To put it bluntly, gangsters are just thugs who bully the weak and fear the strong. The more timid Lei Luo is, the more arrogant Rattlesnake becomes!

Lei Luo glanced at A-Xia outside the crowd, then stole a look at He Ping'an, who had been watching the show from the beginning, his eyes swirling with emotion.

"Brother Snake, you've got guts! Daring to throw your head in the line of fire. I wonder if you'd be willing to give your brother a chance too? To be honest, I've never seen anyone as arrogant as you in my entire life. Today, I want to see for myself!"

As a semi-protagonist of an era, Lei Luo is still useful. He Ping'an would not sit idly by and watch him perish at the hands of Rattlesnake, much less allow him to awaken his powers at Rattlesnake's hands.

A dog that has bitten someone and a dog that hasn't bitten someone are two completely different things!

"Fuck your mother! I haven't even settled accounts with you yet, and you bastard, you've already jumped out here! Little Dog, go break his legs..." Rattlesnake grabbed three hands and pointed at He Ping'an, shouting madly.

Three men, brandishing wooden sticks, swaggered forward: "Kid, weren't you so arrogant just now? Come on, let me see which leg kicked me just now... uh!"

He Ping'an's gun was plunged directly into the throat of the three-handed man. "Sigh..." He Ping'an put away his pistol, glancing disgustedly at the saliva-covered muzzle. "Sorry, I didn't expect you to be in such a hurry to be reborn!"

"Hey! Another one with a gun. I wonder if you dare to fire..."

"Bang!"

"Ah..." Before Rattlesnake could finish his boastful words, he was in so much pain that he was rolling on the ground clutching his right leg.

Amidst the horrified expressions of the crowd, He Ping'an calmly pointed the gun at Rattlesnake: "What did you just say? I didn't hear you!"

"Ugh... I feel terrible!"

Anyway, it was the last time He Ping'an would use this gun, so he throated it again. The key was that the rattlesnake's roar was too awful.

"You...you, you're just a gun. I...we have 15 people here. Can you kill them all?" The three-handed man stammered in fear, but still didn't forget to threaten him.

"Slap!" He Ping'an slapped Rattlesnake hard across the face: "Rattlesnake, you've trained your men well; they dare to threaten me at a time like this!"

"Browning 1910, 7 bullets. Ken couldn't kill you all, so..."

"Bang bang bang..."

After five gunshots, He Ping'an pointed the gun, which was emitting a wisp of smoke, at the remaining 10 bastards who were already terrified, including the three-handed man who had threatened him.

"Fugitives...die! I only have one bullet left. Kill that three-handed man and you'll live, or I'll shoot one of you right now!"

He Ping'an's cold and ruthless words jolted the terrified scum out of their daze. This wasn't a fat sheep; this was a veritable demon reincarnated. The nine scumbags exchanged glances and charged at the three-handed thief without hesitation.

A one-in-nine chance—who knows if it will even be their turn? Everyone looks out for themselves! The three hands quickly fell silent.

The nine scoundrels timidly glanced at He Ping'an, begging this wicked star to keep his promise and spare their lives.

He Ping'an ignored them, turned his gaze to the terrified Lei Luo, and chuckled:

"Climbing the social ladder, no problem. It's human nature! If you want to be used, you have to show value to be used! You're far from that yet!"

Lei Luo blushed, lowered his head, and stammered, not daring to speak.

His gaze swept over the remaining nine scumbags, and He Ping'an waved his hand dismissively, "Take the bodies and get lost!"

It's really not that He Ping'an is soft-hearted or acting out of kindness...

Since 1945, approximately 160 million people from mainland China have come to Hong Kong to make a living, nearly three times the number of people from Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Not everyone has a job. Especially in the last two years, there have been incidents involving mainland gangs and Kuomintang (KMT) defectors.

There are far too many scumbags like the Nine Men in Hong Kong and Kowloon; you can't possibly kill them all!

In a matter of moments, the nine men and six corpses vanished without a trace. He Ping'an once again thrust the Rattlesnake deep into the muzzle of his gun, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Brother Snake, do you think I dare to fire now?"

"Waaaah..." Trash is trash. Rattlesnake shook its head desperately, tears streaming down its face, and even cast a pleading look at Lei Luo.

He Ping'an's gaze also turned to Lei Luo, seeking his opinion. "Officer Lei, you're a police officer, what do you think? Should I have fired that shot?"

"I...I..."

In the movie, Lui Lok's true awakening comes after the fire in Tung Tau Village, Kowloon, when his house is destroyed and he mistakenly believes his lover perished in the flames. Now… it's a little lacking. But, it's just right!

He Ping'an ignored Lei Luo and instead squatted down next to Rattlesnake, looking down at the gang leader who had just been so arrogant.

"Listen to me... Time is money. You've wasted about an hour of my time. Is it too much for me to ask for HK$10?"

Ignoring Rattlesnake's shocked, wide-eyed expression, He Ping'an continued, "And those shots we just fired, killing people has aftereffects... I'll give you 30,000 for one head, 150,000 for five heads, totaling 250,000 Hong Kong dollars. How about that?"

He Pingan gently pulled the trigger, "One...two...three!"

"Sigh...it seems you don't agree!" He Ping'an ignored the rattlesnake blinking wildly and pulled the trigger with a "bang!"

The last bullet pierced the back of Rattlesnake's head, staining the ground crimson with blood. He Ping'an wiped the muzzle of his gun on Rattlesnake's white coat and looked at Lei Luo:

"Because of your hesitation, the rattlesnake is dead. It was quite decisive when it charged just now. Why the cowardice now? Or... did you use someone else to do the dirty work?"

"No...no!" Lei Luo shook his head mechanically. "Saving people is saving people, killing people is killing people, these are two different things!"

"Heh..." He Ping'an truly hadn't expected that the Detective of Five Hundred Million could be so naive. "Sometimes killing is saving lives, and sometimes saving lives is killing. Even Buddha has wrathful deities!"