But the White Dragon Society didn’t collapse. They succeeded in killing the boss, but unlike other organizations, it was led by brothers.
The deputy boss, the younger brother, remained, and I was waiting for the right moment to take him down. Unfortunately, the organization was targeted by the Chinese government and wiped out.
In the meantime, the White Dragon Society completely revived and began a ruthless retaliation against those who coveted their organization.
‘Is that why he couldn’t enter China?’
He was worried he might attract their attention.
Of course, they might not have evidence that he had disposed of the boss, but gangsters don’t typically operate based on evidence anyway, do they?
“I’ve already heard rumors that you took down the White Dragon Society boss and his family?”
“Tch.”
‘Did it get exposed after all?’
Where did the information leak from? It’s hard to know. He’s in Korea, but someone in China might have been caught. He can’t rule out the possibility that they blabbered to save their own lives.
Of course, blabbering like that wouldn’t necessarily save them.
“We’re a bit short on funds in our area.”
“Are you selling out a fellow Korean for a mere 300 million [Korean currency, roughly $225,000 USD]?”
“That’s a joke. Aren’t there too many fellow Koreans who have tried to harm each other to call them compatriots?”
Protecting someone just because they’re from the same country? There’s no such nonsense. If there’s money to be made, they’ll kill each other without hesitation, won’t they?
“And 80 million [Korean currency, roughly $60,000 USD] is too little for such a dangerous job.”
The leader took out a knife from his pocket, as if he had made up his mind.
“I was told not to kill you, so I’ll just cut off your hands and feet. It’ll sting.”
Wang Woo-hwan’s face hardened at those words. The fact that they put a bounty on him to capture him alive meant they wouldn’t kill him quickly or painlessly.
They would probably torture him for days, no matter how they kept him alive. And if he couldn’t withstand the torture and died, they would cut off his head and hold a memorial service for his brother’s family.
‘I can’t let that happen.’
He can’t let that happen. No, it won’t end with just his death. Chinese organizations don’t leave those who mess with them alone. His family is also in danger.
“Or would you rather go comfortably? It’s better than being in pain, right?”
The boss of the Hellfire Clan grinned.
“How foolish. Who follows the law anyway?”
“What?”
The boss of the Hellfire Clan thought he had the upper hand. Of course, he did. He was practically holding him captive. But what he didn’t know was that Wang Woo-hwan was the type to be very careful about his safety.
Knowing that the police and other organizations were tracking him, there was no way he would just wander around empty-handed.
“You don’t seem to understand the situation… Keuaaaak!”
Sensing something was wrong, the boss of the Hellfire Clan reached out to subdue him, but Wang Woo-hwan took out a gas gun from his pocket and sprayed it directly into his face.
“Uwaaaak!”
“Boss!”
“Hyung-nim [term for older brother or respected male figure]!”
The men guarding the entrance rushed in, but that was a mistake.
“Die!”
Wang Woo-hwan turned around and fired the gas gun at them.
In the past, gas guns would spray all the chemicals at once, but now that wasn’t the case, so he could use it multiple times. Wang Woo-hwan always carried two gas guns for safety, so taking down those two guys wasn’t difficult.
“Keueuaaaak!”
Wang Woo-hwan, watching the three men screaming, glanced slyly towards the entrance. He could hear a commotion outside.
“Get out of the way! Won’t you move?”
“Shut up. Do you know where this is? Do you want to die?”
It was a familiar voice. It seemed that he and the few subordinates who came with him were confronting the Hellfire Clan guys. But the Hellfire Clan guys seemed to think that the screams were his.
Well, they must have already agreed to capture him and hand him over, so in a way, that was a natural thought.
So they would try to subdue his subordinates, and his subordinates, outnumbered, wouldn’t be able to rush in rashly.
“You bastard… I’m going to kill you! Hey, someone come in! Come in!”
The boss of the Hellfire Clan screamed and shouted, but fortunately, no one came in. They seemed to believe that it was Wang Woo-hwan screaming. Fortunately, the chemicals that went into his mouth instantly cracked his voice.
“You son of a bitch.”
Wang Woo-hwan’s eyes rolled back. Then he picked up the knife that the boss had dropped.
“Son of a bitch… I’m going to kill you. I’m going to kill you!”
The boss, unaware of the situation, screamed, but Wang Woo-hwan approached him with the knife. Slowly, he stabbed the knife into his lung.
“…Keureureureuk.”
You can’t even scream if you stab the lung.
Blood foam began to flow from his mouth in an instant. He slowly suffocated to death.
“You should be grateful that I’m giving you a clean death.”
He wanted to torture him, but there was no time. Wang Woo-hwan stabbed the lungs of the two guys who were still unaware of the situation one by one and killed them, then quietly opened the door and went out.
“I told you to get out of the way!”
“These bastards don’t have much time left to live, but they’re still acting tough?”
The men grinned. Wang Woo-hwan’s subordinates were naturally wary, thinking that something was wrong. But unfortunately, they came empty-handed, and the Hellfire Clan was already armed.
“Let’s just kill them. Isn’t it enough if only that bastard Wang Woo-hwan is alive?”
“That’s right.”
“You son of a…”
The sound disappeared from behind, but the Hellfire Clan guys were so busy paying attention to the enemies in front of them that they couldn’t react. So it wasn’t difficult for Wang Woo-hwan to ambush them.
“Keueok!”
“Ugh!”
Wang Woo-hwan, crouching down and approaching silently, stabbed the back of the guy in the back repeatedly with a knife. In an instant, two men were subdued, and only then did the ambushed men turn around, but Wang Woo-hwan had already put down the knife and was holding a gas gun.
Pik pik!
Wang Woo-hwan instantly shot the gas gun into their faces, and they grabbed their faces.
“Hyung-nim!”
“What are you doing? Take these bastards down!”
Wang Woo-hwan neutralized five men in an instant, and the numbers were reversed. Only then did Wang Woo-hwan’s subordinates rush at the remaining guys.
“Wait a minute!”
“Save me… Keok!”
The guys who had only two left couldn’t resist and sat down, and their stolen iron pipes fell on top of them.
“Hyung-nim, what’s going on?”
“These bastards betrayed us.”
“Betrayed?”
“The White Dragon Society put a bounty on our heads, 300 million.”
Wang Woo-hwan subtly changed his words. If he said that there was a bounty on his head, there might be a traitor among them.
Fortunately, they were all in the same organization, so they didn’t suspect him even if he said that.
“The White Dragon Society?”
Everyone’s faces hardened at the mention of the White Dragon Society.
“Yeah.”
“The Hellfire Clan accepted it?”
“It won’t be just the Hellfire Clan.”
Of course, the rumors would have spread to all Chinese organizations, and Wang Woo-hwan’s words that they would be tracking down their gang members by now made the other members freeze.
“Okay, let’s get out of here.”
“What about these guys?”
“These guys…”
Wang Woo-hwan turned his head and looked at the guys who were still alive. Then he picked up the iron pipe that had fallen on the floor.
“We have to get rid of them. It’ll be a problem if our traces are revealed.”
He swung it as it was.
# The fleeing and the pursuers
“There’s nothing left.”
Park Do-joon blankly stared at the blackened building and muttered to Lee Ji-soo. Lee Ji-soo also nodded at those words.
“The building is almost completely burned down. There won’t be anything left.”
The small four-story building was completely burned down. To be exact, everything from the second floor up was burned down. The first floor was relatively intact, but with the building burned down like this, there was no way that the safety inspection would allow it to be used.
“Why did it burn down like this?”
Park Do-joon casually asked the firefighter, and the obvious answer came out.
“Because of illegally parked vehicles. Some crazy bastard blocked the entrance with a car.”
“I see. Thank you.”
The firefighter nodded at those words and went back to organizing the fire hose. Park Do-joon looked at the building once again.
“Hmm, what do you think?”
“It doesn’t seem like an accident. I checked the address here, and it’s the Hellfire Clan’s building.”
“I know.”
The Chinese violent organization, the Hellfire Clan.
They were all found dead in a real hell.
“Can we go in?”
“Should we go in for now?”
“I guess so.”
No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a random fire. If it was a random fire, the Hellfire Clan guys wouldn’t have all died.
“Let’s go in.”
Park Do-joon and Lee Ji-soo covered their mouths with masks and slowly went up the blackened stairs. Inside, the police and forensic investigators were already moving around frantically.
“It’s been a while, Seo Joo-won.”
“Ah, Do-joon, you’re here?”
Seo Joo-won said, covering a corpse with a white cloth.
“What happened?”
“It’s a murder case. Three were killed inside, and the other seven were killed here.”
“Then they set a fire to destroy the evidence.”
“That’s right.”
“What’s left?”
Seo Joo-won shook his head at those words.
“Nothing. They set a clean fire.”
“There wouldn’t be any CCTV footage, would there?”
“Yes, I’ve already checked. And this is a gangster’s office in the first place, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Would they put up CCTV?”
“I guess not.”
They have to do illegal things, so why would they leave weaknesses? Of course, they wouldn’t leave them.
“The police said they would check the surrounding area, but there are no CCTVs in this area, so don’t expect much.”
“None?”
“Yes, because they’ve been smashed so many times.”
“Ah…”
It’s a common occurrence. For a violent organization that controls the area, CCTV, especially CCTV managed by the police, is a very annoying and dangerous thing.
So what do they do? They break it. In fact, CCTV isn’t very durable, and all you need is a good slingshot and steel balls to smash it.
If you break it while covering your face and body in the dark of night, it’s actually difficult for the police to catch you.
If you break it three or four times like that, the police will actually give up on installing CCTV altogether.
Even if they fix it, it will be smashed again, and it’s just simple property damage, so the investigation is pushed back in the order of priority.
“It would be difficult to track down other businesses in the area, right?”
“We’ll have to look, but it won’t be easy. Would the guys who are so meticulous that they smash police CCTV leave the CCTV in the stores outside the building alone?”
If they control and control this area, there is not a high possibility that there will be externally controlled CCTV. Even if there is, it will not be easy to track down the culprit with it.
“What’s the cause of death?”
“The three inside were stabbed in the lungs with a knife. It must have been painful.”
“Suffocation.”
The reason for dying from being stabbed in the lung with a knife is not excessive bleeding or shock, but suffocation. Slowly, they would have struggled to death from lack of air.