Shizue joins the Equalists as one of the less extreme members. The Equalist message makes her feel hopeful about ending triad violence in her neighborhood as she has little faith in the actual law enforcement. Zheng, as a member of a fire bender-exclusive triad, collects a “protection” tax from Shizue’s firebending, restaurant owning father. One day, her father (unnamed for now) is alarmed at receiving another visit from Zheng after he had given the triad member the weekly tax only a couple days prior. Fed up with the demand for a second, tax collection for the week, Shizue’s father attempts to attack Zheng and scare him off. Zheng, being a rather talented hand-to-hand fighter ends up putting him down quickly; however, as he's distracted, he doesn’t notice Shizue moving in for a sneak attack - and that’s where you get this image.