Completely losing his composure upon hearing He Wenjie's plan, the drug lord was overjoyed and decided to do exactly as He Wenjie suggested. Using a romantic rendezvous with his lover as an excuse to leave his lair, he crossed mountains and ridges to slip back into the country. Officer Miao, who had been lying in wait after receiving the tip-off, spotted him the moment he crossed the border and immediately had him placed under secret arrest.
The domestic umbrella figures were also placed under secret control. Manipulating the drug lord and those protectors, the police used their names to cut off domestic distribution channels. Meanwhile, the second-in-command—who had been waiting for the boss's return to seize power—panicked upon learning that the boss had received advance warning, successfully fled back into the country, and was now cutting off his own distribution channels to blackmail everyone into dealing with the authorities together.
The Syndicate soon caught wind of this development. After much deliberation, the Syndicate decided to dispatch Scorpion's team on a risky infiltration mission into the country to assassinate the drug lord. They figured that once the ringleader was dead, the domestic protectors—who had operated for years—would surely not stick their necks out for a dead man, allowing the drug-trafficking network to become operational once again.
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