“So…” When Luoshan Zi was on the ground, reading the dossier one by one, Gloria couldn’t help but ask: “Do you - do you know any of them?”

“I’ve heard of ‘Hands of Hellfire’, he was one of the most feared legends in the underground scene. ” Luoshan Zi shook her head: “Rumors said that he had even a part in the conflict between the city and our district, and he was the one who helped capture Big Sister Zhu. And - uh - as for this ‘Jade Falcon’ Wang Duan - I’ve met him many years ago. He was from the generation above me in my clan.”

“‘YOUR’ clan?” Gloria’s eyes opened wide: “You’re in the Green Ridge Clan? ”

“Yeah - well. Not for a while.” Luoshan Zi shrugged: “There’s no organized clans in the city anymore. I’m sure if you look you can find some small underground ones, but the era of clans has all but gone. ”

“Yes - but you HAVE met him? What kind of person is he?” Gloria asked.

“He’s - a very dangerous man.” Luoshan Zi narrowed her eyes as she recalled: “He and my mentor seemed to have a very bad relationship. They were very cold towards each other even though they were from the same generation. And even when their master told them to spar, they weren’t willing to do it. I didn’t quite know what it was back then. But later I kinda learned that this - this dark sensation, grim aura surrounding him, was the product of practicing dark rituals and getting one’s hands tainted.”

“What kind of dark rituals? ” Ouyang Turner asked.

“I don’t really know. There are so many. And I wasn’t familiar with the arts enough to make it out. It’s just - the kind of darkness that will make a civilian dizzy, stressed and even panicked.” Luoshan Zi sighed and shook her head: “But that’s all I know. I - if these are the dossiers of the possible guards recruited by these people, I wouldn’t want to face them head to head.”

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“You’ll need weapons. I think some actual firepower?” Ouyang Turner asked.

“Well - ” Luoshan Zi shrugged and sighed: “Easier said than done. I’m sure my friends will try - but - ”

“We can fashion the pepper sprays into some kind of shock or smoke bombs.” Turner Ouyang raised his hand: “I mean - I kinda know how, we just need a little bit of gunpowder, springs or something that could give it a kick. And we may need a hard needle, or a thin blade.”

“That we can do. We’ll do it before we act.” Luoshan Zi snapped her fingers at the young man.

“Luoshan, please be safe.” Gloria went over and held her boss’ hand.

“No worries. I sure will.” Luoshan Zi held Gloria back: “And you as well. You’ll need the luck more than I do.”

“Wait - this is curious.” Ouyang Turner hopped to the area where they put the big map, then ran back to the second smaller map where the guard posts were: “This is curious - looks like the guard post map showed a few corners not on the blueprint.”

“What? Let me see.” Luoshan Zi immediately went over.

There were indeed a few corners that were not shown on the bigger blueprint. The entire tunnel was made up of a subway station and a short section of rail tunnel, so judging by the proportions, they were the rough sizes of single toilet bathrooms. And one in particular, located at the east side of the intersection between the station and the railway tunnel, was long and slender, but it could have enough room to fit around five people.

“The blueprint’s older, and this one is newer.” Sue narrowed her eyes: “Something’s in these new corners. ”

“Fuck. Seems like things are even more complicated now.” Turner Ouyang cursed: “Alright, Ms. Zi, what’s our plan?”

“First, we head out, preferably together.” Luoshan Zi took a deep breath and looked out the window: “I’ll try and check out a few other places of contact and see if anyone would be able to come over. Then we’ll head out. Depending on what the outer perimeter looks like, we’ll devise an attack plan. Right as we speak some friend of mine is trying all he can to figure out what the environment looks like from the outside and possible guard positions. And this - don’t get me wrong, the Chef and his crew delivered. But still not enough - I was expecting something regarding what’s on the outside. Turner, we have some more pepper sprays stashed, and we have a lot of thin blades and needles, so you can tell us how to make those smoke bombs when our team gather up.”

“No problem.” Turner Ouyang nodded.

“And all of you, rest up. I’ll try to grab some food and drink.” Luoshan Zi nodded: “Be careful, don’t go out there if you don’t absolutely have to. Don’t forget, everyone here has a target on the back. Don’t give them the chance to shoot it.”

“I’ll go with you.” Gloria stepped forward.

“Great. We can carry more this way.” Luoshan Zi smiled.