Special District 9 Chapter 45: The Two Wily Foxes of Black Street Sector

Dirt Street.

Old Cat stood up and waved his hand boisterously, “Hey Brother Ma, give me a cigarette.”

“Who are you calling your brother? I am older than your father!” Old Ma was speechless by how chummy Old Cat was behaving.

“We’re all the children of the pugilistic world. It feels more right to call you brother,” Old Cat replied with a grin. “Don’t be stingy and give me one.”

Old Ma rolled his eyes as he took out a box of traditional cigarettes from his pocket as he asked, “So, when will you be able to get Damin and Ma Lao-er out?”

Old Cat snatched the whole box over before replying cheerily, “We’re all standing on the same line now. You can trust us to get it done soon.”

“Give my cigarettes back to me.”

“Don’t be so stingy. It’s easy for you to procure such cigarettes because you meet with people from all walks of life in your line of work… Policemen like us would be counting our blessings if we could even lay our hands on one!” Old Cat replied as he shamelessly placed the box of cigarettes into his pocket. “Thanks, Brother Ma.”

“Scram!” Old Ma couldn’t be bothered to argue with Old Cat anymore. He turned his head to the more mature and reliable Qin Yu and asked, “When can they be released?”

Qin Yu blinked his eyes before replying, “It’s not realistic to release the two of them.”

Old Ma frowned upon hearing those words, “Child, aren’t you reneging on our previous agreement? You told me that you would get Damin and Ma Lao-er out if I helped you, so what do you mean by this?”

“Uncle Ma, you are a smart man, so I won’t waste your time by beating around the bush,” Qin Yu spoke with an earnest look on his face. “You bailed Qi Lin out in hopes that he might have some leads to his older brother’s supply route. I’m not wrong about that, right? If Qi Lin wasn’t related to Ah Long at all, even if I kneeled down and kowtowed to you, you still wouldn’t have gone directly against Yuan Ke back then.”

Old Ma didn’t respond right away.

“To be honest, you benefited quite a bit through this too. In the past, you weren’t able to re

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