108: 108. Two Choices

Xiao Dao ignored him, holding the dagger and backing away step by step, a strange smile on his face.

Shen Wei was completely stunned, cold sweat seeping from his forehead.

He wanted to run, but the bomb on him made him dare not move; if he didn't run, the gleaming dagger made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar!

"You... don't mess around! This isn't fun! Friend! Let's talk!" Shen Wei's voice took on a pleading tone.

"Shh..."

Xiao Dao put his index finger to his lips, his smile eerie, "Don't move. If my hand slips and I stab somewhere... I can't guarantee anything."

Hearing this, Shen Wei trembled violently, his psychological defenses on the verge of collapse.

Especially when he saw Xiao Dao actually raise the dagger, making a throwing posture, the apple on his head rolled forward due to his trembling with fear!

Now!

Xiao Dao grinned, and the dagger in his hand shot out like a venomous snake striking!

The blade cut through the air, bringing with it a deadly cold glint!

"No!!!" Shen Wei let out a desperate scream, instinctively closing his eyes tightly and shrinking his body sharply!

"Pfft!"

The sound of a sharp object piercing something rang out.

The expected sharp pain did not come. Shen Wei tremblingly opened his eyes and looked down.

He saw that the red apple had fallen right into his crotch, and the two-finger-wide dagger was now precisely impaled in the center of the apple, almost all of the blade embedded, with only the hilt still slightly trembling.

The extreme fear made his body go limp, and he could no longer control himself; his crotch instantly became warm and wet, and a pungent smell permeated the air.

Xiao Dao shook his head in disgust, walked over to pull out the dagger, and looked at the liquid on it: "Tsk, this dagger... can't be used anymore."

He casually threw the dagger into the pile of scrap materials in the distance.

Shen Wei collapsed in the chair, gasping for breath, his face ashen, as if he had just walked through the gates of hell; all his toughness and pretense had been completely crushed.

At this moment, Tian Peng slowly walked forward, took out a document, and read in an emotionless voice:

"Shen Wei, alias 'Sang Zhong Wei', born in '71. In his early years, he started by organizing criminal gangs, violent demolitions, and collecting protection fees. Later, he participated in smuggling, operating underground casinos, and loan sharking to accumulate initial capital."

"In the past decade, he began to whitewash his image, establishing Weisheng Security Company, but still secretly controlled multiple underground casinos and illegal lending companies, suspected of multiple cases of violent debt collection and intentional injury..."

With each sentence read, Shen Wei's face grew a shade paler. The other party knew him inside and out!

"You... what exactly do you want to do? Let's... let's talk..." Shen Wei's voice was hoarse and weak, no longer able to maintain any semblance of a big boss, only a humble desire to survive.

Tian Peng closed the document, looked down at him, and said coldly, "Now, you have two paths."

"One, I will make you physically disappear right now, ensuring it's clean and no one can find you. Those illicit businesses under your name will be 'taken over' by us in our own way."

Shen Wei's body trembled.

Tian Peng continued, "Two, take the people you have left who are still useful, and the shell of your seemingly clean company, and integrate them into my 'Ting Feng Security'."

"All personnel must pass our strict background checks and physical and skill tests. Those who pass can enter the peripheral inspection department under the security company and become our peripheral personnel. As for you—"

Tian Peng stared into his eyes, "Work for me, atone for your crimes. All those dirty businesses from before, cut them off completely. If you perform well, you'll have a livelihood; if you have any other intentions..."

Tian Peng did not finish, but the coldness in his eyes explained everything.

Shen Wei's face changed constantly, struggling fiercely internally.

Having dominated the underground world of Jiangcheng for many years, when had he ever suffered such humiliation and threats?

But the cold reality and the chill of that dagger just now reminded him that the other party would absolutely do what they said. Freedom and dignity seemed incredibly pale in the face of life and death.

"I... I..."

His lips trembled, and he hesitated and struggled for several minutes, still unable to make up his mind to speak.

Suddenly!

He suddenly noticed that the timer on his chest began to frantically count down, emitting an urgent "beep-beep" sound!

He looked up in terror, only to see Engineer Lei holding a controller, looking at him with a cold gaze, as if looking at a dead man.

"No! Don't! Don't!!!"

Shen Wei was terrified, all his hesitation instantly crushed. He used all his strength to scream hoarsely: "I choose two! I choose two! I surrender! I'll obey! Don't kill me!!!"

However, the countdown showed no sign of stopping, instead decreasing at an even faster rate.

"19... 16... 10... 8..."

Shen Wei's heartbeat was almost synchronized with the countdown, on the verge of bursting. Extreme fear made tears uncontrollably well up in his eyes, and his body trembled like a sieve.

"2... 1..."

He desperately closed his eyes, awaiting the final destruction.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound came, and white powder exploded, dyeing him white.

He had been tricked!

In the most thorough way, his last shred of dignity and psychological defense had been completely shattered!

Engineer Lei walked forward, helped him unbutton his vest, and casually threw it on the ground, a playful smile on his face: "Next time... it won't be as simple as flour."

Shen Wei was completely dumbfounded, slumped in the chair, as if all his soul had been drained, no longer looking like the Jiangcheng overlord he once was.

But then he thought of something, as if grasping at a last straw, and hurriedly added, his voice choked with tears: "But... but my nominal wife, Zhu Fang, she... she has a background in the legitimate world, she will never let this go! If she knows I was... she will definitely..."

Tian Peng interrupted him, calmly saying, "You don't need to worry about that. Your task is to manage yourself and the people you have left, and be prepared to accept reorganization and investigation."

Shen Wei's last glimmer of hope was completely extinguished.

He understood that the sky in Jiangcheng was truly about to change.