Location: A classified underground facility—one that no one knew existed.
Inside, a single prisoner sat in darkness.
Wei Long—the Red Dragon of Hong Kong. Once feared, now forgotten.
For months, no one knew if he was dead or alive.
His empire had been divided, his men scattered.
The world thought MRD had erased him.
And then… the door opened.
A single light illuminated the room. Wei Long squinted, his vision adjusting.
A shadow stood before him. No army. No weapons. Just one man.
MRD.
Wei Long's voice was hoarse. "So… this is how it ends?"
MRD didn't answer. He tossed something to Wei Long's feet.
A phone.
Wei Long hesitated before picking it up. The screen was unlocked.
A message appeared:
"You're free."
Wei Long looked up, confused. "Why?"
MRD's eyes flickered. "Because the real war isn't with me. It's with them."
Before Wei Long could ask anything, MRD turned and walked away.
The prison doors opened. And just like that… Wei Long was back in the world.
But he wasn't the same man anymore.
The news spread faster than fire.
Wei Long was alive.
MRD had let him go.
The criminal world didn't know how to react.
One crime boss whispered, "Why would MRD let him live?"
Another growled, "No one survives MRD. If he is free, it means MRD wants something."
A paranoid cartel leader shouted, "What if Wei Long is working for him now?!"
Fear turned to paranoia.
Paranoia turned to destruction.
Some syndicates started making moves to eliminate Wei Long—just in case he was MRD's spy.
Others tried to ally with him, hoping to avoid MRD's wrath.
But no one knew the truth.
Not even Wei Long himself.
Wei Long tried to rebuild his empire.
But everywhere he turned, he was met with suspicion.
His former allies refused to meet with him.
His soldiers hesitated to follow him.
Even his closest partners kept their distance.
Because the moment MRD let him live… he became untouchable.
No one wanted to be close to someone who might be working for MRD.
And that's when Wei Long realized the truth.
MRD didn't release him out of mercy.
He released him to destroy him.
Wei Long wasn't free.
He was trapped in MRD's shadow forever.
As Wei Long tried to regain his power, the other crime bosses started fighting each other.
One syndicate launched an attack on another, believing they were working with MRD.
Cartel leaders sent assassins to eliminate potential traitors.
The once-united underworld… turned into a war zone.
And MRD?
He didn't do anything.
He just watched.
The criminals were now destroying themselves… without MRD lifting a single finger.
Wei Long knew he had no choice. He had to prove he wasn't with MRD.
So he did the only thing that made sense.
He gathered his forces. He prepared for war.
Not against MRD… but against the remaining crime lords.
He needed to erase his enemies before they erased him.
And that was MRD's plan all along.
One by one, the crime lords turned on each other.
Armies clashed. Cities burned. Fortunes were lost.
The entire empire of crime… collapsed.
And MRD? He simply watched.