King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

After twisting and turning for more than ten minutes, Joe Ga unexpectedly discovered that amidst the plethora of buildings, a small patch of land had been deliberately left empty...

In the center of the clearing stood a tattered large table, flanked by several long benches.

A dozen or so young gang members from two groups were gathered there, their tense postures suggesting negotiations...

Noticing Joe and his entourage, both groups simultaneously directed their gaze towards them...

Ronnie and the medic positioned themselves at Joe's front left, gripping the tactical backpack's lanyard, ready to transform it into a tactical vest at any moment.

Looking at the aggressive stances of those men, Joe was about to raise his hand to indicate they'd stumbled into the wrong place when he heard 'Kitten' cheer beside him...

"Anderson..."

With Kitten's cheer, a middle-aged man sitting at the head of the long table stood up, squinting...

Joe watched as the tattooed man pulled out a pair of glasses and put them on, then laughed heartily and approached. Somewhat incredulous, Joe asked Kitten, "Who is this?"

Kitten laughed, saying, "That's my neighbor..."

Then Kitten went over to hug Anderson and pulled him in front of Joe, saying, "Anderson, this is my boyfriend, Hu Lang..."

Anderson sized up Joe, then laughed and squeezed his hand firmly. Feeling Joe's strength, he nodded to Kitten, saying, "Quite a strong fellow..."

Kitten beamed with pride, saying, "Of course, he's the best man I've ever met!"

Kitten glanced around and asked, "Is Milani still here?"

Anderson's expression dimmed momentarily before forcing a smile and saying, "She's at home, I'll take you to see her..."

Anderson then approached a burly gang member, saying gravely, "We'll talk about the damage to Edo's pipes tomorrow morning, here again."

The burly gang member grumbled, "I can't get up in the morning..."

Watching them handle negotiations involving deadly weapons as if they were child's play made Joe laugh.

This is no gang!

But when Joe followed Anderson and Kitten through twists and turns into a small building, his laughter began to fade...

Several disheveled young women were chained in a room.

Frowning, Joe was about to ask what was happening when Anderson opened the sturdy iron door, side-stepping to look at Joe and asking, "Scared?"

Joe watched as Kitten rushed in, holding a dazed blonde girl, slapping her cheeks in an attempt to rouse her...

Only then did Joe start to sense something was wrong. He frowned at Andre and asked, "You're helping them quit drugs?"

Anderson laughed and shook his head, picking up a methadone box from the windowsill, and said, "Not helping, I'm charging them!"

Listening to this, Joe gave a thumbs-up, saying, "Charging is good too!

But why only women?"

Andre spread his hands, saying, "Because men can make money by selling drugs. If these women can't quit, they can only become cheap prostitutes for other gangs.

They don't want to be prostitutes, especially cheap ones..."

While they talked, Milani in front of Kitten suddenly started to vomit...

Joe noticed Kitten's helpless expression and nudged the medic, saying, "Go and have a look..."

The medic went over to check Milani, then turned to Joe and said, "Boss, her addiction is severe, and she has serious herpes. She needs to go to a hospital. Staying here won't last."

Seeing Kitten's face turn sad after she was previously so happy, Joe shook his head slightly and said, "I'll contact the hospital; we'll leave now..."

Hearing this, Anderson asked in surprise, "You're going to help her?"

Joe frowned, saying, "She's Kitten's friend; shouldn't I help?"

Anderson looked into Joe's eyes, silent for a few seconds, then said, "I'll call a car..."

Just as Anderson exited to make the call, a commotion erupted downstairs, followed by a gunshot not far away...

"Shit!"

Anderson cursed, turning to tell Joe to hide when he noticed, to his surprise, that they had opened their backpacks, transforming them into tactical vests. They expertly pulled out UMP45 submachine guns...

Pushing open the folding stock and disengaging the safety, Joe looked at the astonished Anderson and said, "Bringing a gun to the City of God is quite normal..."

Anderson pulled a foot-long magazine from his back waist Glock, comparing it to Joe's gear, and nodded gloomily, saying, "Don't go downstairs, I'll check it out...

If there's trouble, escape through the balcony. Kitten should know the way."

Kitten, red-eyed, approached Joe, glaring at Anderson, and asked, "Who did this to Milani?

She swore to become a model when I left. How did she become like this..."

Anderson shook his head, saying, "A model from the slum can't escape the gang's control.

Stop asking. If you want to help her, take her to the hospital."

Kitten clenched his teeth, saying, "It was Capital First Command's people, wasn't it?"

Anderson glanced downstairs, saying, "Stop asking. Stay here, I'll go and check..."

After Anderson ran off, Ronnie peered over the hallway edge, then turned to Joe and said, "Boss, it seems Anderson is in trouble..."