Chapter 359 The So-called Retirement
The footage of the criminals taking hostages was treated as real-time news reports.
The people in the holy city were talking about it.
"This is crazy! If we ask the City Lord to exchange the safety of a hostage for his own, then who will be responsible for the safety of our Holy City?"
"I also don't agree with using the City Lord in exchange! Our City Lord's personal safety is the most important."
Suddenly someone shouted, "Oh my God! The hostage seems to be the city lord's fiancée!"
"Will the City Lord come to replace her? This is too tragic. The marriage was just announced, how could something like this happen?"
"Even if it's my fiancée, the City Lord's life is the most important. We can't trade it!"
"But if the one you love dies, what's the point of living in this world? I think the city lord will definitely go to rescue his fiancée."
Various discussions spread throughout the Holy City...
Everyone's eyes are focused as never before. Will the city lord save his fiancée?
Judging from his previous style of doing things, the probability is probably very small. After all, the city lord is notoriously cold and ruthless.
Even if you lose your fiancée, you can still find another one in the future. But if you lose your life, you lose everything. Including these people, they all rely on the governance of each city lord to have the good life they have today.
In the classroom where Ye Li was trapped, the three gangsters each occupied a safe corner, waiting for the Holy City Lord Xiao Xun to appear.
Ye Li sat on a chair with her hands tied behind her back. She looked at the three people in the room and then at the classroom door. The possibility of her escaping by herself was almost zero.
"A few days ago, an explosion occurred in the agricultural laboratory in District 3. Was the person who planned the explosion with you?" Ye Li asked.
"Haha... Of course," the criminal said, "They completed their mission and retired with honor. The tasks we have are much more arduous than those two."
"Your mission is to assassinate the city lord?"
"That's right," the criminal continued. "We originally wanted to stay hidden for a while, but the longer we lay low, the easier it would be to expose our identities. We just happened to learn that the city lord's son was going to be a freshman at this school, so we came to arrest him. Unexpectedly, your fiancée would step forward."
The gangster said, glanced at the gangster who led them, snorted and said, "It's all because he's soft-hearted and unwilling to hurt innocent people's lives. Otherwise, our chances of success would be much higher."
"You said you'd retire after accomplishing your mission?" Ye Li asked, confused. "Do you think you'll commit suicide after killing Xiao Xun?"
"What do you mean by suicide?" The gangster came over and kicked Ye Li's chair. He said, "If we succeed in our mission, we'll go to the top and live a life of luxury. Who would want to die?"
"But your companion committed suicide with his own gun in Area 3." Ye Li said, "It seems that because their mission was successful, but no one came to pick them up, they chose to commit suicide!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" The hot-tempered gangster came over and slapped Ye Li in the face. Suspicion was hidden in his eyes as he said, "We are all family. We clearly agreed that we would come to pick us up after the mission was successful."
Ye Li asked, "Have you come here to carry out missions before? Have they returned?"
The three people in the room were shocked. They recalled the past. Every time someone was sent out, they never came back. The higher-ups just said they were going to the top floor to live a good life, but they never saw those people go out again. It's impossible that those who lived up there couldn't come down again, right?
"Haha..." Ye Li saw through them. She smiled and said, "I think you should think carefully about whether you should carry out this mission. It's better to negotiate with those people and escape with your life before things get out of hand. It's better than losing your life in the end. You killed the Lord of the Holy City, how could these people let you live!"
(End of this chapter)
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