Chapter 199: No Retreat, Time Running Out

Inside Tianhong Port.

The dirty hunchback walked very quickly through the damp alley, making his waist look even more bent, his whole posture very strange.

The hunchback held a phone in his right hand and said softly: "It's done."

"Watch Xu Hu - if he's fine you don't need to show yourself, if there's trouble, help him a bit," the man on the phone replied with clear thinking. "I'll text you the location."

"Good!"

With that, they ended their call.

......

In the Zha'nan Dock Workers Association courtyard, Wei Xiangzuo's thirty men were already in chaotic combat with Xu Hu's brothers. During this time, Xu Hu had fired several shots but still couldn't suppress the people charging in.

"Big Brother, go inside first, go inside first!" A brother pushed Xu Hu, telling him to go hide in the building.

Xu Hu carried his gun and returned inside somewhat disheveled, wiping the blood on one arm with his wrist before dialing Baocheng's number again.

On the road to Zhengyang Street, Baocheng answered the phone with a panicked expression.

"Baocheng, give me a fucking straight answer - are you coming or not?!" Xu Hu demanded in a rage.

Baocheng swallowed, wiping sweat from his cheeks with his left hand, and said with trembling voice: "Let me tell you something... you won't believe it."

"Fuck your mother, am I playing riddles with you?!" Hearing the other's reply, Xu Hu's voice no longer sounded human.

"I... I was just about to go to you when Zhang Zhengfang suddenly called me, saying he had urgent business... I didn't know what he wanted, so I went over. But... but when I got there, he had been killed in the alley, along with four others, all dead with him," Baocheng said with trembling voice. "What... what's going on here?"

Xu Hu was also stunned hearing this.

"Damn, someone's not trying to frame me, are they?! This... this I fucking can't explain," Baocheng said very timidly. "Only our people went over then, no one can testify."

Hearing Baocheng's words, Xu Hu was very shocked inside, but he had no time now to ponder and inquire further, only shouting at the top of his lungs: "Don't worry about this now! Wei Xiangzuo has gone red-eyed - he's only a hundred meters from me now. Let me tell you Baocheng, never mind whether Zhang Zhengfang's death will implicate you, let's talk about our situation. If I can't hold on tonight, you'll definitely be finished too. You and I are both Dock Workers Association - we're thoroughly tied together. With things getting so big tonight, whoever loses will have to pay for the chaos, understand?!"

Baocheng's scalp tingled at the shouting.

"As long as we kill Wei Xiangzuo, does it matter who killed him? The General Association supports me, understand?!" Xu Hu added shouting.

"Good, good, I'm coming to you right away!" Baocheng immediately replied.

Looking at the situation in the courtyard, Xu Hu replied cautiously: "No, no, you bring people charging into the port now, I'll fight my way out to meet you - we'll lock down Wei Xiangzuo on the street."

"Good, I'm bringing people over now."

"Hurry! No matter who calls you, don't waste any more time," Xu Hu specifically instructed.

"Understood."

After they ended their call, Baocheng immediately led his team to formally enter Tianhong Port.

In the building, Xu Hu waved to the brothers beside him shouting: "Go, let's go first!"

About half a minute later, after cutting down two people, Wei Xiangzuo was about to charge into the main building lobby when a brother ran up from behind.

"Hall Master, Big Brother!" The young man was very experienced and didn't immediately approach Wei Xiangzuo who had his back turned, fearing the other's tense mental state might make him turn with a knife strike, so he called out first.

Wei Xiangzuo turned at the call: "What is it?"

"Xu Hu ran out the back - brothers watching Zhengyang Street called saying Long... Longkou District brought four trucks of people, already charging this way," the young man replied very quickly.

Wei Xiangzuo looked at him, very confused inside.

Had Zhang Zhengfang not stopped Baocheng? That couldn't be - with his personality, since he had agreed he would definitely accomplish it. Moreover, this was something they had discussed for a long time - he should have been very confident!

Wei Xiangzuo gritted his teeth and immediately turned back calling: "Yuan Tao, Yuan Tao! Xu Hu ran out the back door - bring people and follow me."

"Let's go, Big Brother!"

After calling twice, Wei Xiangzuo gathered people and charged directly toward the back door.

While running, Wei Xiangzuo called Zhang Zhengfang twice consecutively, but the other didn't answer.

This situation made Wei Xiangzuo feel somewhat uneasy, raising a bad premonition.

Just as Wei Xiangzuo was about to put his phone back in his pocket to chase hard after Xu Hu, he suddenly received a call from the Marine Police squadron leader who had met with him privately in Xinaluo earlier.

"Hello, Old Tong!"

"...Zhang Zhengfang is dead, in the alley behind Zhiyong Pancake Shop - reported by people from the dormitory next door. Patrol police just arrived at the scene and confirmed," the other said getting straight to the point.

Wei Xiangzuo was stunned.

"Do you know what happened?" Old Tong asked.

"...Don't know."

"I just got a call - the sea side is preparing to move," Old Tong reminded. "Oh right, the person reporting also said there were fighting sounds in the alley first, then a car went to the alley, stopped briefly and ran."

"Understood," Wei Xiangzuo replied. "I need to handle things first."

"Good!"

They ended their call and Wei Xiangzuo dialed Su Tianyu's phone while running.

At the port outskirts.

"Hello?!"

"Listen carefully - my last card was lost before it could take effect," Wei Xiangzuo said through gritted teeth. "Longkou District's people have already come in - tell Yu Jinrong those above absolutely can't move now, otherwise if Xu Hu escapes, then tonight will be completely wasted - the General Association will definitely support him."

Listening to his words, Su Tianyu's brain rapidly processed various urgent information: "If those above don't move, can you guarantee taking down Xu Hu? If you can't take him down and Longkou District's people trap you, then you're finished."

Wei Xiangzuo immediately replied: "I have no choice - if I can't hold on, all these brothers following me won't end well. There are only two outcomes - either I lie down or he dies!"

With that, Wei Xiangzuo hung up, his eyes fixed deadly on the direction Xu Hu had run, charging straight after him.

Wei Xiangzuo only had one chance to turn things around in Zha'nan - just this one. If he couldn't take control tonight and Xu Hu escaped, then he and his brothers would definitely be doomed. Not only would Dragon City's judicial departments deal with him, but the Dock Workers Association would also kick him out.

The Yu family wouldn't invest a second time in someone without value, and his friends in the dock gang couldn't help him again regardless of consequences!

Wei Xiangzuo understood all these things in his heart, so he had no choice now but to risk his life against Xu Hu, and had to do it before Baocheng arrived.