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TO-PAN, TRILATERAL SLOPES

MONUNG CHECKPOINT

Grandpa. Once the goods arrive tomorrow, we will return them to you.

Please give us the nails first.

After we get the nails, you can go on and enjoy your food.

-Are there any nails over there? -No.

Womon. Do you know what this is?

This is a landmine.

Hide!

Hurry up.

Three upheavals?

That's right.

After the upheavals, there were all kinds of skirmishes

between local militias.

Drug traffickers fighting over territory. Every time it was a disaster.

After each upheaval, territories needed to be redrawn.

Yeah, by planting landmines at the borderland.

They only planted landmines but didn't clear them.

Over time, a lot of land became wasteland.

That old man who lives next to me has been de-mining since that time, right?

That is wasteland anyway. You can claim the land if you de-mine it.

So many people go to de-mine the lands.

Father says he's even better than those de-miners in the army.

He removed all the landmines along this river.

-Or Mr. Cai wouldn't keep him around. -Well.

So are there still landmines in the wilderness around here?

Yes.

From the back of the mountain all the way to Moyok.

Especially in the western area of Moyok.

We can still hear the explosions now.

Very few people go there.

This is the Trilateral Slopes.

There's no hope here.

Not really.

We've given this place hope.

I'm sorry. Sorry to keep you waiting.

Something came up so I went outside.

-It's okay. -Slow down.

-Help him get in the car. -Open the door.

-Come on, be careful. -Watch his head.

It's really free?

I contacted the rehab in Mandalay. It's all free over there.

Thank you.

Officer.

What you told me about last time,

I've thought it through.

Mr. Cai really isn't just supplying water.

At least not now.

He's helping Naw Kham smuggle drugs.

I can tell you how they operate,

locations, routes, and the people involved.

Dan Tuo doesn't know what's inside.

So, he is innocent.

Dan Tuo might be acquitted.

Mr. Cai might be given lenient sentences. All of this depends on the evidence.

I was just talking about Dan Tuo, not Mr. Cai.

He is not innocent.

Perhaps he really had no choice, but he still did it.

We are all his pawns.

Xing.

You did make the right choice.

But

I want to tell you,

this is just like what happened to the Blue-King Gamble House.

If the federal police want to enforce the law in Bokang,

then you need concrete evidence to apply for a search warrant.

You can tell me everything you know. I'll figure out a way.

No.

I can't wait. I can help you.

What's wrong?

I'll go undercover for you.

Isn't this what you've always wanted me to do?

Last time you got yourself in too deep.

You're a civilian. You mustn't get in danger.

Exactly.

Because I'm a civilian, Officer, you should protect me even more.

We must

make a perfect team.

-Do you have any plans? -I will take her back to China.

Then I will leave Trilateral Slopes for good.

You're not afraid?

I'm not afraid of anything now.

If there's a chance, you should leave here too.

Banlan. You're here, come on in.

NOT ONLY

-Hurry up. -Okay, right away.

Hurry up.

Tuo.

Tuo.

Why do they keep changing the time all of a sudden lately?

It makes me nervous.

Someone else will supply water for me. Drug traffickers are also onto us.

Fill your belly first. Sticky rice cake.

I'll pass.

Mr. Cai. Did you stay up all night or just wake up early?

What's going on?

-I'm here. Where are you? -Already?

I thought we had a deal. Maybe I should go in and check?

You'd better stay put before we get there.

That's not the point.

I just saw a truck coming out. I'm afraid they've moved the drugs.

How about this? I'll go in and take a look

to check if the drugs are still there.

Aren't you worried you can't search without a warrant?

If there are drugs in there, I'll call you right away.

Then we can arrest them with solid evidence.

Anyway, if they spot me, I know where to hide.

I built this place. I know every detail of it.

-Okay? -Don't do anything until I get there.

What the heck?

They are all like that.

Fine, ignore me. Ignore me.

Scrag, what happened?

Why are you crying?

I don't understand.

They are all gone.

Mao Ba. Suo Wen. Even Aiso died right on our doorstep.

I am really scared. What if we all end up dead?

Why don't we fight back?

I really don't understand, Mr. Cai.

I don't understand either.

I don't understand why

Naw Kham wants us to smuggle drugs for him

and take Luan Basong's water route.

This is obviously a suicide mission.

I also don't understand

why Aiso didn't agree when I wanted to take the Secret Passage.

It was me

who asked Naw Kham to kill Aiso.

True gold is not afraid of fire.

The temperature for refining gold is 1,000 degrees.

Did that fire have such a high temperature?

Aiso gave us a fake gold Buddha statue.

So that's why you sold him out?

Yes.

Because I don't understand why he'd even adulterate

a gold Buddha statue.

Then you can tell he was not a sincere man at all.

Right?

But Mr. Cai,

this is smuggling drugs. What about your promise to my sis?

You don't care anymore?

I do care.

It's exactly because I care,

that I have no choice but to come to this far.

What's wrong? Where are you?

I just got an urgent call. I can't make it. Call it off.

Can't, I've already gotten in here.

I told you to stay put. Leave now! You hear me?

I saw the drugs. Come quickly. We can catch them red-handed today.

I'm telling you, this is no joke. Get out of there!

No, I really can't. Just come quick, okay?

Don't move!

Stop!

Man, we have a thief here!

Drive!

Which card do you want me to play?

I wish you good luck.

Unload the goods!

What's wrong?

Don't cry. It's okay. Daddy will punish him.

Is there anyone alive in To-pan?

I don't think so.

To-pan rat, I see you!

Mr. Cai.

Sorry.

Hello?

What's wrong with you? Why aren't you answering the phone?

Is this Shen Xing?

Who are you?

I'm Jue Xintun's colleague. He needs to confirm your safety.

Where is he? Why isn't he answering his own calls?

He is not available right now.

Why is he always unavailable? What is he doing?

The mission was called off. You stay out of this.

What do you mean? I don't understand. What happened to him?

Jue Xintun asked me to apologize to you.

The situation in the Trilateral Slopes has always been very complicated.

We will deal with it ourselves.

Hey, where is he?

I've told you everything. Go back to China.

Why don't you just tell me where he is?

Mr. Cai.

What happened?

What happened, are you hurt?

I took a fall.

Something happened at the slaughterhouse. Do you know that?

What happened?

They said there was a thief there.

What? Stealing beef?

Yes.

It's been handled.

Do you really need to take care of a beef thief?

You are a smart kid.

Some things can't be kept secret.

There should be no secrets between us.

-Right. -No wonder your uncle said that.

You've been off recently.

I said that you've been busy.

I also said

I would visit him.

How did you get in touch with my uncle?

You want to go back to China again, right?

No.

I still owe you money.

I still need to supply water dozens of times.

How can I go back?

No.

However,

what if I really want to go back?

-Would you let me go? -Would I let you go?

Haven't I let you go before?

It was you who chose to stay, remember?

Have I ever forced you?

Shen Xing.

Why do you want to go back?

Is it because of this bed?

-Does it make you uncomfortable? -No.

Then move to the village. Come, let's go.

No need, Mr. Cai.

I want to know why you chose to stay in the first place.

I was naive.

I know your true nature.

But what if I tell you

that everything will get better soon?

We will go back to the good old days.

As long as you stay.

Are you willing to stay?

I want to entrust To-pan to you.

I want you to be my successor.

Are you willing to help me?

Are you?

-Can you help me? -Mr. Cai!

Tuo came back on his own!

Why did you come back?

If we can't kill Naw Kham, he will destroy To-pan.

My life is yours. I cannot implicate you guys.

How could you be so stupid?

How can you do this?

What's wrong?

Naw Kham found the tracker. He just called.

Tuo was the only one who walked mountains.

Xing.

Jue Xintun asked you to find the lair of the drug traffickers.

I did it for you.

It's just Naw Kham eyes and ears are everywhere.

That's why you walked mountains?

Why?

Why didn't you tell me first?

Why?

When I was young, my dad

ruined the whole family because he was a drug addict.

All I could do was kneel and take the beating. That's all.

But this time,

I finally fought back.

Even if it was a sliver of hope,

I went for it.

I believe I can change my fate.

You thought you were smart.

Dan Tuo.

Do you think that crappy thing can take down Naw Kham?

They've been dealing drugs for decades.

If it were that simple, they would have died long ago.

After living in the Trilateral Slopes for so many years,

do you really believe that cop?

Dan Tuo.

I've told you before.

Naw Kham has been driven into a corner.

I helped him deal drugs and sold Aiso out

because in such a short period of time,

such large quantities of drugs appearing on the Secret Passage

will attract the attention of surrounding countries.

Those countries are working together to combat drugs.

They will definitely take action to stop all drugs

from entering their countries.

I have everything planned, Dan Tuo.

Mr. Cai.

Then why didn't you tell us your plan?

Why should I tell you?

Because you didn't tell us,

Mao Ba died. Now Dan Tuo might also die.

It wouldn't be a secret if I told you.

Once I told you, people would surely find out.

Who do you think you are?

How are you so reckless and willful?

You thought Maopi wouldn't recognize you with a mask on?

You can raid one slaughterhouse. What if he has another one?

You were really lucky

that those fools stepped on a landmine and died.

Otherwise, you would have been the one who died.

I wanted to take down Naw Kham in one go!

Once and for all!

My plan was perfect.

Xing.

I came back just to make things clear.

I should have known that Mr. Cai had a plan.

He hasn't changed or given in.

Now I have even less regret.

I feel more delightful.

At Zhuifu River, our old path

is still available.

Go, Tuo. Go, Tuo!

Mr. Cai. Let's go!

Go!

If he wanted to leave, he wouldn't have come back.

The drug trafficker knew my position in To-pan.

Only if Mr. Cai hands me over to them in person,

can he be in the clear.

Then his plan

can proceed,

and all sacrifices won't be in vain.

He really came.

Last time,

you didn't accept this.

This time,

just accept it.

Remember what you promised me.

You three take care of Mr. Cai.

Tuo.

Okay.

Dan Tuo.

Let me do it.

Is it okay?

I will take you home.

Thank you, Mr. Cai.

I didn't teach him well.

Just leave his body to me, please.

I wish you good luck.

I wish you good luck.

On the fifth of this month,

the multinational narcotics task force announced

that they'd solved a major transnational drug trafficking case

with 550.9 kilograms of drugs seized

and seven suspects captured.

The task force further discovered

large quantities of drugs were stored at the border of Bokang.

In order to seize all the drugs,

multiple countries initiated a joint law enforcement mechanism

and carried out operations with multiple countries and departments,

conducting in-depth investigations and joint strikes.

On the 28th of this month, they seized 3.69 tons of drugs

and captured 23 prime suspects in total.

It is worth noting that in this joint operation,

the leader of the drug traffickers, Naw Kham, was also brought to justice.

As the prime culprit of this major case, Naw Kham and his gang

has been involved in drug trafficking in the Trilateral Slopes for a long time.

His collapse also marks a major milestone

in the anti-drug efforts of the region.

Remember what I told you.

Hurry up and leave.

Xing.

I think

I still owe you an explanation.

Taking down Naw Kham was to kill the source of all evil.

In this operation, Dan Tuo and I were the same.

We could only choose to believe.

I know.

You were badly injured.

How can I blame you?

How much money do you still owe Mr. Cai?

What?

I just think that the sooner you go back home, the better.

Do you think Mr. Cai will let me go?

My passport and ID card are in his hands right now.

He also has my uncle's phone number and knows where my uncle is.

But the good thing is

Naw Kham just collapsed.

I can catch my breath for a couple of days.

You're not changing your mind again, are you?

Why would I?

I don't want to stay in this place for another second.

Have you ever thought

about why Naw Kham's drugs were seized the moment

they went out of Bokang?

Don't you think that was also

part of Mr. Cai's plan?

-He used us, the federal government. -You are right.

Mr. Cai also told me.

He didn't want to smuggle drugs. He was forced to.

I understand.

And then?

And then what?

Naw Kham is gone.

No more supplying water.

How will Mr. Cai live on?

Xing.

Although neither of us can decide what will happen,

I still think

that I owe you.

So what I'm about to say is against the rules.

But I still have to say it.

Mr. Cai

had long been using President Chen's connections

to establish contact with Kinchamba.

When it gets cold,

one should actually drink something cold.

The assassination.

The fire in the Buddha hall. It'd long been written off.

He even proposed himself

to help Luan Basong eliminate Naw Kham.

The condition is Kinchamba must support him

to reorganize the north of the Trilateral Slopes.

In this whole plan,

his biggest obstacle

was Aiso from Mongnawng.

So Aiso was eliminated at the very beginning.

At this very moment,

Mr. Cai is at the Elephant and Dragon International Resort

meeting with Luan Basong in person.

If what you are saying is true,

then how exactly will he reorganize the Trilateral Slopes?

I can only guess at that.

Kinchamba is a gambling zone.

What Luan Basong wants

is certainly the entire market of Trilateral Slopes.

So Mr. Cai will surely let him take over the gambling market.

What about the others?

The logging and mining markets are already saturated.

He has no endorsement in cattle trading.

He certainly won't do brokerage businesses with Ming, right?

I am just afraid

he will simply deal drugs

since Naw Kham is gone.

Hurry up and leave.

Mr. Cai.

I am fine.

I am okay.

Why didn't you come today?

Naw Kham is gone for good. We all drank to celebrate.

Why didn't you come? Come drink with me.

Perhaps next time.

Cleaver. You can leave.

Xing will take care of me.

He has always been the one taking care of me. Right?

Didn't you? Last time it was also you who brought me back.

-Yes. -And you wished me a happy birthday.

Is there any water? I want water.

Water?

Where is the water?

Over there.

-Which one? -That one.

The pot. The pot?

It's empty.

It's hot.

Remember I used this pot to burn you before?

It's not hot now.

What do you want to see me for?

-I would like to talk with you. -About what? Sit.

Let's talk tomorrow. It's too late now.

Sit. I want to talk to you.

We haven't talked in a while.

It's been a long time.

We have both been unhappy lately.

You got the wrong idea about me.

And I was a bit harsh to you.

But now things have cleared up. You know I have my reasons, right?

Yes.

Most importantly,

there are only

a few left in To-pan.

And you

are the one I trust the most.

Really.

So I still want to ask you,

can you stay and help me?

Okay?

-Okay. -Then it's a deal. Keep your promise.

Deal.

Great. I am relieved.

Actually, I have many plans.

-I want to tell you about them. -Okay.

There are so many things that I want to talk to you about.

Xing.

You want to go back to China. Right?

-It's alright. -No.

You can leave, settle everything down and then come back.

You can juggle your work here with your family there.

Because I think

I have a lot of plans

that I want to tell you. Didn't you say

I kept everything to myself

and didn't open up to you?

I won't do that anymore.

I will tell you everything.

I want to change the Trilateral Slopes.

The Trilateral Slopes weren't like this before.

I like the Trilateral Slopes.

Do you like it?

Everyone likes the Trilateral Slopes.

But

I'm getting old.

And there's not enough time.

I need someone younger

and capable

and also trustworthy.

And that person is you, right?

You know?

I am

more than 30 years older than you.

If there's anything I can't finish, you can carry on.

Right?

Exactly.

Mr. Cai,

have a good sleep.

I am leaving.

Mr. Cai never gets drunk.

But that night, he collapsed before finishing his words.

Indeed. To-pan no longer has any enemies.

He can have a good sleep.

But there's hardly anyone left in To-pan either.

He has no reason to sleep tight.

So I still don't know whether he really fell asleep or not.

This is the last question I have after 513 days in the Trilateral Slopes.

BOMO FEDERATION LOOKS FORWARD TO YOUR RETURN!

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