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Title: Content: Mashudu Radamba had never gone this deep before. For three relentless days, he prowled the city�s underbelly, hunting the four boys who had crossed the line�who had dared to steal from him. By Monday night, their names were no longer a mystery. He had shaken the ground so hard that every old hand still loyal to him was combing the inner city. The hard part was done. Finding them? That was only a matter of time. That night, he slept with the calm of a man who knows the kill is coming. Tomorrow, he told himself, he would finish what he started. Their punishment was already scripted in his mind, carved in stone. It wasn�t going to be quick. But Tuesday morning twisted the game. He was gearing up for the hunt when his phone buzzed�a call from one of his eyes on Lillian Ngoyi Street, right where the robbery had gone down. �They got them,� the voice said. �Cops picked up the boys�with the gadgets.� Mashudu froze, the words sinking like ice. The hunt was over�but not the way he wanted. He moved fast, dialing a number burned into muscle memory: Lieutenant Mazibuko�a man who had buried more than one inconvenient mess at Johannesburg Central. �Take the gadgets,� Mashudu said. �Release the boys. I�ll handle the rest.� It wasn�t supposed to be complicated. He and Mazibuko had done worse in that station�things that could�ve blown the roof off if anyone ever talked. This..? This was child�s play. From the moment the gadgets vanished, Mashudu had told himself it didn�t matter. He�d get them back�with or without the files. He knew the rule: stolen laptops don�t last a day on these streets without a wipe. Fail that, and you�ve got a problem the second the cops catch you fumbling with someone else�s password. So no, he didn�t panic. His focus was never on the data�it was on making an example, Punishment, Sending a message that would echo through every alley and taxi rank. But then everything tilted sideways. Something no one�not even Mashudu�saw coming. He had run plays like this for years and walked out clean every time. So why was this one different? Page Number: Update Page