Chapter 227

Nie Yao had trained with firearms before, but only at target practice. This was his first time facing an armed man, and worse, a human being. He had never imagined that a single gunshot would send blood splattering everywhere, nor that a bullet striking a person’s face would rip away their skin and flesh. Brother Hu had an artificial anus fitted into his buttocks—he required manual assistance to defecate—yet he had tenaciously survived until now, a cockroach that refused to die. Even now, his chin was shredded to ribbons, but his brain was intact, and he was still alive. He had originally assumed that after Nie Yao failed his power struggle, he had turned to a life of crime. Coincidentally, he was an old acquaintance of Mei Lu. They had intended to use Nie Yao as an entry point to infiltrate the upper echelons of Hong Kong, and he assumed Nie Yao would be thrilled by the prospect.