Chapter 35: Robbery
The eighteenth and nineteenth floors of the Yunshang Hotel were held hostage by one hundred and twenty-two people.
There were a total of twenty-five people held hostage.
The Seventh District Guard Headquarters has been extremely busy lately, and with this incident happening again, Chief Shu is extremely furious.
After finding out that the two floors were occupied by ordinary people and there were no big shots who could make District 7 tremble with a stomp of their feet, Chief Shu relaxed a lot and sent a group of rookies who had just joined the game and had no experience, equipped them with some elite-looking equipment, and pushed them out.
The newly formed Mobius is different from the previous ones. They are more like traditional old nobles and are very active in communicating with various federal departments.
The Shu governor also made a fortune in the process. Of the 220,000 guards, 150,000 were transferred to serve New Mobius.
There are not many police forces left. If other important figures need help, he, as Lord Shu, will naturally go to help.
Therefore, there is no need to pay too much attention to such troublesome and difficult matters.
Naturally, someone helped him suppress public opinion.
The chief lit a cigar, squinted his eyes, and thought happily about which wife he should go to rest with today.
At the same time, supporting police cars were speeding on the streets.
In a society that rejects and belittles mechanized transformation, if one wants to enter the system, the mechanization level of everyone must be below 10%.
Those who are seriously injured and need new internal organs or prostheses must sign a lot of documents in order to avoid being kicked out of the team after the installation.
Adlai, who was carrying out a mission for the first time, was not as excited as he had imagined.
He is twenty-two years old this year. Six months ago, through the school's talent introduction policy, he was promoted directly from an ordinary student in District 10 to District 7, becoming one of the unpopular guard team members.
His father was shot to death, and his mother worked hard to raise him. On the day his college entrance examination results came out, his mother was also killed by criminals.
Adlai, who originally planned to become a lawyer, filled out all his applications to the police academy.
He vowed to expose all crimes and ensure that all those who harmed innocent people would receive the punishment they deserved.
Fang Cheng, who was a few years older than Adlai and had darker skin, sighed and patted Adlai on the shoulder.
"Why, are you nervous?"
Adlai smiled, clenched the gun in his hand, shook his head, but his expression remained serious.
A young man with brown hair and freckles on his face, who looked quite sunny and lively, came over and put his arm around Adlai's shoulders. "What good job can the old man Shu assign to us? Just come back as soon as you finish taking the statements. You don't need to work so hard for this job."
Adlai calmly shook off Connie's arm and joined in the conversation with ease, "There's a new bar on Pretty Street, let's go for a drink after get off work?"
"Hahaha, of course! This time I will make you crawl home!"
"We're here." A soft, mechanical female voice came from their headsets:
"According to eyewitness reports, the criminals took the hostages from the 18th floor to the rooftop and are currently waiting for a response."
"The basic information of the criminals cannot be uploaded because the hotel surveillance was destroyed. Please be careful."
A total of five vehicles were dispatched, with eight people in each vehicle, and a total of 40 police officers were dispatched. Ten were left to evacuate those who came to watch the excitement, the remaining 30 went upstairs, 27 stayed in the rooftop corridor, and only three were left to confront the criminals.
Among them was the young Adlai.
Adlai and others put their guns on the ground and raised their hands to show that they posed no threat.
The tall man who looked like the leader rolled his mechanical eyes and sneered, "If you don't want to die, get out now."
Fang Cheng: "Of course I don't want to die. No one wants to die. Sir, can we talk?"
"roll!"
The leader fired a burst of bullets, leaving several holes at Fang Cheng's feet. The hostages squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands all trembled. The leader sneered, "If you dare to cross the line of this bullet, or say one more word, not only you, but these hostages will also die!"
Fang Cheng was silent for a few seconds, then turned to look at Adlai and whispered, "Adlai, what should we do?"
The only one sent here is Adlai, who has a higher education. Fang Cheng was made captain because of his age and experience. In fact, he is not as good as Adlai, who has just joined the guard team not long ago.
Adlai took a deep breath and was about to speak when he saw a fair-skinned young man with a black wolf tail next to the leader, leaning close to the leader's ear and saying something quickly.
The leader's gaze kept switching between him and Adlai, and finally he grabbed the young man's neck with a sinister look and pressed down hard.
The young man lowered his head meekly, and the leader was satisfied. He stared at Adlai with a knife-like gaze.
"Hey! Come here!"
Adlai took a cautious step forward, and the leader picked out a hostage with a higher degree of mechanization from among the hostages and threw him over to them.
"One for one, that's fair, right?"
Adlai: "I..."
The leader yelled, "Shut up! Put your hands on your head!"
Under the worried gaze of his teammates, Adlai slowly walked over and became one of the hostages.
There were too many of them, and the escort team was stingy with their police force, so they only called in forty people.
These people are not professional, and their equipment is not as complete and advanced as theirs, but they are numerous and have hostages in their hands. The headquarters cannot find their backgrounds, so it becomes very difficult to persuade them to rescue them.
The best situation is to rescue everyone, the worst situation is that no one is rescued, and the compromise that can give an explanation to the superiors is to give up persuasion and just shoot directly, saving whoever can be saved.
Others thought so too.
Seeing the helicopter approaching, Fang Cheng couldn't help himself. Just as he was about to gesture for the others in the corridor to come up, the young man with the wolf tail suddenly spoke:
"There are five detonated bombs placed on the 40th to 45th floors of the hotel. The bombs are tied to the vital signs of our personnel. If someone dies, the bomb will explode, and the impact force will be enough to blow off the roof of the building."
Hearing this man's voice, Adlai was stunned for a moment. He felt that a vicious criminal should not have such a good voice that could speak slowly and eloquently.
He quietly looked up, and in the scorching sunlight, he saw the man's eyes curved, and he said with a smile: "Sir, you can try to kill and open the blind box."
"With luck, maybe none of them will be blown up."
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Ruan Zhixian basically doesn't do good things.
After counting, only the annihilation of the descent will count as one.
It is somewhat of a black humor that a cult that swept across twelve districts in just three years, caused countless people to commit suicide in pursuit of divine presence, and even disrupted social order and interfered with elections eventually perished at the hands of another equally evil criminal gang with a wanted list totaling tens of billions.
This was also the only time that Ruan Zhixian took action not for the purpose of observing human nature.
When believers appeared in Ruan Zhixian's team and even tried to brainwash the main members, the cult's fate had come to an end.
Ana Shen pulled down his mask, put the gun aside, and breathed a sigh of relief.
The interior decoration of the airship was simple and bright. The hostages were treated generously as soon as they got on board. First they were untied, then they were apologized to, and finally they were locked in a small dark room to listen to teachings.
Now is still the embryonic stage of the cult, and the way to gain believers is simple and crude. The leader of this group likes to use the suspension bridge effect of first using force and then using courtesy. The supporters behind him are from District 1, so funding is not a problem.
Following Ruan Zhixian, he placed him in an environment arranged by him for observation. If he performed well, he would be allowed to live a little longer; if he did not, he would be killed.
It's tiring and dangerous.
The vests that Shen Yanzhi had worn before were almost all gone, and he didn't have many cards up his sleeve. It was difficult for him to take any special actions under Ruan Zhixian's nose.
It takes some disguise to pretend to be crazy. When Shen Yan was worrying about what to do next, the descent of gods appeared.
Ana Shen decided to give herself a vacation.
The séance will involve an entire district, and Ruan Zhixian feels that he has other plans, so the little observer who likes to watch the show won't act rashly.
The rest area of the airship had everything. Shen Yan, Skinny Man and Yellow Hair were fighting a simulated racing game, making them cry and scream.
The skinny guy had a headache after playing too much, so he took off his helmet and rubbed his temples. The yellow-haired guy also looked pale.
Ana Shen didn’t feel anything. After taking off his helmet, he peeled two mints for them and ate one himself.
A strong breeze rushed straight to my throat.
Shen Yan, who was a little sleepy, immediately woke up. Seeing that Huang Mao and Shou Zi were also grinning from the spiciness, he couldn't help laughing: "Another one?"
The thin man waved his hands: "No, no, no, my brain is almost shaken out."
Huang Mao was curious, "Dude, which university did you graduate from? You are so good, you must have practiced a lot."
Ana Shen: "I never went to school. I grew up picking up rags. Woo woo."
The two were amused, and Huang Mao asked again: "Give me a tip, you can't really be a rag picker."
“Really.” Ana Shen was helpless: “I lost my job as soon as the environmental protection bill was released, and I didn’t book the hotel myself. If it weren’t for the lack of money, who would believe in religion?”
"Who is so kind as to book such an expensive hotel for you?"
Ana Shen said nonsense: “A boss said that District 7 was short of people to work. I could barely afford the nutrient solution at the time, so I pawned my kidney to a black doctor to sign up. But after I sneaked here, I found out that the boss was not a good person. He sold me because I looked okay.”
"The hotel was booked by the guy who bought it from me. If you don't come, I will, I will...ah..."
Ana Shen sighed deeply, rubbed his eyes, and lowered his voice, “This world is too difficult to live in.”
The yellow-haired man and the thin man were of average looks and had never been threatened like this before. They could not empathize with anything else but the last sentence pierced their hearts and their eyes could not help but turn red.
Huang Mao patted Ana Shen’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, the Goddess will be a good place. Follow the boss, and the true God will protect us.”
"I think so."
A young voice sounded from above. Adlai, who had been listening for a long time, came over, squatted beside Shen Yan, and took the initiative to extend his hand, "Hello, Adlai."
Ana Shen also stretched out his hand and shook it with him: “Li Yunze.”
The yellow-haired man and the thin man looked at Adlai warily, "How did you get out so quickly?"
Adlai was puzzled, "Why do you ask that?" He paused, then smiled and said with sudden enlightenment: "I have been a good student since I was young, and it is easy for me to understand knowledge. The teachings of the pioneers are simple and easy to understand. After I passed the assessment, I was allowed to come out."
He clasped his hands together, with the thumb of his left hand on top and the index and middle fingers of his right hand sandwiched between the index and middle fingers of his left hand, and said with great piety: "May the true God bless you and may you enjoy eternal bliss."
The yellow-haired man opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed his words in the end and stood up with the thin man, "Xiao Li, do you want to go eat something with us? We may not be able to eat when the place is busy."
Ana Shen was held back by Adlai, so she shook her head and asked the two of them to go first.
Adlai replaced the yellow-haired man's previous seat and sat cross-legged opposite Shen Yan. "It was you who was talking to that big guy before."
Shen Yan: “Yeah.”
Adlai stared straight at Ana Shen: “I feel like you are different from them.”
Shen Yan said nothing.
Adlai's smile became more genuine, and he suddenly changed the subject, "How old are you?"
Shen Yan: “Thirty-two.”
"It doesn't look like it." Adlai propped up his chin, "Brother, you didn't lie to me, did you?"
When Shen Yan heard the word "brother", he thought of Ruan Zhixian who was always calling him brother, and replied with a bit of ptsd: "Call me Brother Li."
"Brother Li." Adlai's eyes were very aggressive. "What did you say to the big guy? Did the hotel really plant a bomb?"
Ana Shen smiled: “No, I don’t want anyone to die, I just said it casually.”
Adlai was silent for a few seconds, "Brother Li, how did you know about the séance?"
Before today, these three words had never appeared in the archives of District 7, and they could not be found in the archives of other districts. After searching on the Internet, no trace of them could be found.
It seemed to appear out of nowhere overnight.
These people were indeed insignificant, and even their leader only looked fierce. He felt that he was not as dangerous as this young man who was full of nonsense.
Li Yunze.
It’s also a pseudonym.
What is he doing here, pretending to be a believer?
Maybe he will be his ally.
Adlai, who had already regarded the séance as his own political achievement, saw that Ana Shen had no intention of answering, so he took the initiative to lead the topic to another side and picked up the helmet.
"Brother Li, do you want to play a few rounds?"
Shen Yan nodded and entered the game.
Playing games with the future mayor of District 7.
I don’t know who will lose.
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