The courtyard remained silent for a long while after An Li finished speaking.
The stories they had just shared carried too much pain for anyone to treat lightly. Every man standing beneath the shade of the old tree bore scars left behind by Tiger Alley in one way or another.
Yet despite the suffering they had endured, they were still here, standing together in the same courtyard, refusing to give up and still holding onto the hope that one day they might finally fight back.
I slowly swept my gaze across the faces surrounding me before speaking.
"Then let's stop talking about why Tiger Alley needs to fall and start discussing how we're going to make it happen."
As soon as the words left my mouth, the atmosphere shifted.
Taking a slow breath, I gathered my thoughts before continuing.
"The first thing we need to understand is that we cannot afford to fight Tiger Alley directly."
