Chapter 78

So-so said, "Brother Lung, Adong is right. The Chung Ching Sing has always been overbearing—more so than even us. The fact that they can swallow their pride and take the initiative to propose an alliance to deal with Handsome Chen suggests they’ve just lost a battle and are at their wits' end. That’s why they want us to make a move. They call it cooperation, but that’s just a nice way of putting it. In reality, they just want us to do the dirty work while they sit back and reap the rewards. Who knows? They might even be hoping that we and Handsome Chen tear each other to pieces so they can pick up the scraps!" "Hmph!" Lian Ho-lung sneered. "They want to reap the rewards? They’ve got the right idea, but they’re thinking way too much!" So-so asked, "We could play them at their own game. We’ll say this: cooperation is fine, but we must combine our forces. Once their headquarters is left without its elite guards, we can seize the opportunity to attack them! We could take Kowloon Tong and Central in one fell swoop!"