The Tin Man Has a Master

Ironhide Alley isn't long, but it has plenty of rules.

Transfer student Deng Lingyuan wants no part of the trouble, but when his underling Sun Zihan is cornered in the alley and forced to pay "protection money," he still steps in.

Ding Nanqi, the school's top thug, plans to unite Yuanshan before the school anniversary, with Xiao Yuanci from the vocational school backing him. Shi Yu clears the way, Zhao Xu'an plays dirty, Duan Jiang sets the traps, and Zhou Yan provides the blade. Deng Lingyuan has only two newly recruited enforcers, three underlings used to being bullied, and a seemingly ordinary strategist.

Deng Lingyuan wipes away the blood. "You don't get to decide who rules Ironhide Alley."

Yuanshan can have only one voice, and Ironhide can have only one boss.