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"I don't want to become a negative example for your Tung Sing gang!"
Xu Lang sneered.
"You already were!"
"From the day you made a move against Liu Yongxing, you were one!"
"From the day you started thinking about killing me and making me take the blame, you had no choice!"
Do you know when I started planning this?
"From the first day you arrived on Hong Kong Island, I've had people watching you!"
Chapter 448 Did I tell you to bark like a dog? Be quiet!
"You think you're so smart, but every step you take is because I made you do it!"
"The only thing you can decide is when you're going to die!"
"Now, I'll allow you to choose a method!"
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
Then Matsui whispered something:
"I don't want to commit suicide!"
"Come and kill me!"
"I'll pay back what I owe you!"
"But... let me die like a human being!"
Xu Lang neither agreed nor refused.
"460"
He simply hung up the phone slowly.
Then he instructed Aji:
"No rush with Matsui!"
"Give him three days!"
"Let him walk in the street!"
"If we let him eat, no one would serve him!"
"No one answers the door when I check into the hotel!"
"I've been blocked by all my friends!"
I want him to know—
"He's a good-for-nothing who has no one to help him even in death!"
Three days passed.
Matsui, like a stray dog thrown into a stinking ditch, wandered the streets and alleys of Hong Kong Island with his emaciated body.
He was no longer the triumphant, spirited head of the Yamaguchi-gumi intelligence unit who had set off from Tokyo in style, but a down-on-his-luck middle-aged man who wouldn't even let the nightclub security guards in.
No one opened the door for him anymore.
No one answered his calls anymore.
The group of club representatives who used to serve him tea and water and call him "Mr. Matsui" now treat him like a plague god.
Three days is enough to destroy a person's last shred of dignity.
Xu Lang didn't say another word, and didn't even have the interest to kill him.
This is the cruelest humiliation.
On the morning of the fourth day, Matsui finally mustered his last bit of strength and made a phone call—to Tojo Yamaji.
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone before it was answered.
Matsui leaned against the phone booth, his hands trembling as he gripped the receiver, his voice barely audible.
"Shanzhi-kun...it's me!"
"I'm in trouble!"
Tojo Yamashita's tone was as cold as iron.
"You still dare to call me?"
"How dare you call me Shanzhi-jun?"
Matsui gave a wry smile.
I know you hate me now!
"I know... I've put you in a very passive position!"
"But you have to hear me out!"
"I didn't betray you, and I didn't lie to you!"
"This time, I miscalculated!"
"I admit defeat!"
"I underestimated Xu Lang and overestimated myself!"
There was no response on the other end of the phone.
Matsui continued speaking, his voice carrying an almost humble weariness.
"Nobody believes me anymore!"
"The Yamaguchi-gumi won't be able to help me anymore!"
"I know I don't have much time left!"
"But I don't want to die like this!"
"More importantly—"
Xu Lang is still alive!
"If he doesn't die, none of us will have a good life!"
I can die!
"But before I die, I want to help you bring him down!"
"Give me one last chance!"
"I don't want money, I don't want power!"
"I'd even be your dog!"
"I only want to do one thing—"
"I'll help you take down Xu Lang!"
There was a half-minute silence on the other end of the phone...
Then came Tojo Yamashita's deep voice:
What are your trump cards?
Matsui licked his chapped lips.
"There's another supply chain that hasn't been exposed!"
"It's a back door I set up when I was doing business in Mianbei!"
"They have a special shipment over there that can create chaos in Hong Kong Island in the short term!"
"If I make the right arrangements, I can at least cripple one of the East Star Gang's logistics lines!"
"More importantly, I can also get my hands on a list of Xu Lang's investors in the southern region!"
"If you dare to take it on, I can make sure his cash flow dries up!"
"At that time, even if he doesn't fall, he'll have to kneel for a while!"
Tojoyama remained silent for an even longer time.
He now understands more clearly than ever that Matsui is indeed trash, but he's also trash who can use his brain.
Chapter 449 Our rules are the rules!
As Tung Sing grew stronger, Xu Lang not only stabilized his position in the underground world but also began to infiltrate the business community.
Many of the originally neutral, old-school capitalists on Hong Kong Island have been quietly shifting their investments to Tung Sing's film, logistics, and real estate businesses.
This is the most dangerous signal.
Xu Lang was not content with being a gang leader; he wanted to be the master of the entire city.
Once he truly gains influence, the Yakuza won't be able to get in with guns or money alone.
Although Matsui is disgraced, the information he possesses can indeed cause unrest.
After a brief silence, the 15th branch of the Tojoyama clan finally spoke.
I can give you a chance!
But you must remember—
"You are no longer under my command!"
"You're my dog!"
"If something happens to you, no one will save you!"
"Even if you die, no one will collect your body!"
Matsui laughed, laughed like a madman.
"I see!"
"I'm just a dog!"