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DEFUSING AN EXPLOSIVE SITUATION

The Back Gun is a bit of a history buff. Ever since a Taoist alchemist mixed sulphur, charcoal and saltpetre and inadvertently blew off his douli and one eyebrow, this accidental bi-product in his search for everlasting life has been a major cause of everlasting death.

Once that genie had been released from its bottle, variously known as Huo Yao fire medicine, blackpowder or

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