Ning Bing'an did not lower his gun as ordered. His phoenix eyes blazed with anger, and he suddenly sneered, "Ha, Changsheng!"
Qin Changsheng understood immediately and opened the black briefcase he had been carrying with a "click"!
There were no banknotes in the box, only rows of neatly stacked, gleaming metallic blocks connected to complex detonators!
C and A-K's pupils constricted sharply, and they gasped in shock!
Ning Bing'an held the detonator, his cold voice echoing through the empty building skeleton—
“Zhou Sir, you probably don’t recognize this. This is the latest plastic explosive developed by the US military. Its power is more than ten times that of ordinary C4.”
"If it were detonated at such close range, do you think this unfinished building right beneath our feet might instantly turn into a giant... urn?"
He stared at Zhou Yan and said, word by word, "Let us go, or we all die here together. The choice is yours!"
Once he leaves here, he will have plenty of alibis!
The air froze instantly, leaving only the faint sound of gunfire in the distance and heavy breathing nearby.
Cold sweat beaded on Bao C's forehead as he instinctively looked at Zhou Yan: "Zhou Sir, this guy's lying on his hands... what do we do?"
Ah K and another agent gripped their guns tightly, their muscles tense, their eyes filled with vigilance and fear.
However, Zhou Yan showed no panic on his face; he even chuckled, "Bouncing? Let me see just how much it bounces!"
That smile sent a chill down Ning Bing'an's spine.
The next second—
"Bang--!"
A crisp gunshot rang out, shattering the deathly silence!
Zhou Yan suddenly fired a shot that hit the metal handle of the explosive box that Qin Changsheng had just picked up again!
A tremendous impact was accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of metal deforming!
"Ah!" Qin Changsheng felt a violent tremor in his tiger's mouth, a great force struck him, and his fingers went numb and painful, and he could no longer hold on!
"Clang!"
The box filled with high explosives slipped from his hand and crashed heavily onto the cold, hard concrete floor!
"Get down!" C and K shouted almost simultaneously, rolling on the ground without thinking to find cover.
Even Ning Bing'an and Qin Changsheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and their bodies instinctively tensed up, covering their heads, preparing to face the devastating explosion!
However, the expected deafening roar did not come.
Only the crisp sound of bullets hitting metal and the dull thud of boxes hitting the ground echoed in the empty building.
Zhou Yan, however, remained standing firmly, motionless, as if he hadn't been the one who fired the shot.
The muzzle of his submachine gun remained firmly locked onto Ning Bing'an's forehead like a nail the entire time: "Press the detonator, why aren't you pressing it? Weren't you going to die together?"
Ning Bing'an stared at him with angry, gloomy eyes: "Are you crazy?!"
This guy's insane! Who's really crazy here, firing at explosives?!
Zhou Yan's eyes held a knowing, mocking glint—
“The Hong Kong government has not carried out any executions since 1966. Now that you have been arrested, you have a barrister who can defend you and help you get a reduced sentence!”
"Young Master An, you need to have a trump card to play threats. You have a bright future and unyielding ambitions. How could you bear to die?"
His voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear, carrying a coldness that seemed to see right through people, striking Ning Bing'an's heart hard.
Ning Bing'an's face turned pale and then red, and his fingers gripping the gun trembled slightly from the force.
Zhou Yan was right. He had planned everything perfectly, except for the fact that Zhou Yan didn't play by the rules at all.
What no one expected was that this man was not only incredibly skilled, but also had a keen eye for the most vulnerable parts of people's hearts!
He truly couldn't bear to die!
Qin Changsheng was both shocked and furious. He scrambled to his feet, pointed at Zhou Yan, and cursed, "You're a fucking lunatic! Aren't you afraid that if that shot had missed and hit the explosives, we'd all be finished?!"
Zhou Yan didn't even bother to glance at him, merely tilting his head slightly and letting out a contemptuous sneer—
"When I was a crack shot, you were probably still playing in the mud somewhere, Master Qin."
Qin Chang was trembling with anger! That bastard! He gambled everyone's lives just because he was a good shot!
Zhou Yan looked at Ning Bing'an, his tone indifferent: "This is your last chance! Put down your guns, kneel down, and put your hands behind your heads! Otherwise, I'll blow your hands off first!"
A chilling killing intent spread out, tightening around Ning Bing'an and Qin Changsheng's necks like an invisible noose.
Under Zhou Yan's control, any struggle seemed futile.
After his heart finally calmed down, Ah K pointed his gun at Ning Bing'an and Qin Changsheng and shouted, "Did you hear me! Don't try anything funny! The three of you aren't as fast as our boss's gun!"
Ning Bing'an stared intently at Zhou Yan's cold and stern face, his chest heaving violently, his eyes churning with humiliation and boundless rage.
But he eventually closed his eyes slowly, and when he opened them again, only cold rationality remained.
He slowly loosened his grip on the gun, and with a humiliating, restrained expression, gestured for Qin Changsheng beside him to put down his weapon as well.
Zhou Yan coldly said, "Kneel down!"
Just as the tense standoff eased slightly, the moment Ning Bing'an humiliatingly bent his knees—
A sudden change has occurred!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three abrupt and muffled gunshots rang out in the empty villa skeleton!
It wasn't from Ning Bing'an, nor from Zhou Yan!
With a flash of light, the O-Division agent who was holding a bodyguard named Ning Bing'an at gunpoint didn't even have time to shout before a cloud of blood burst from his chest and he fell to the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Ah!" Ah K screamed in agony as his arm trembled violently, and blood instantly stained his police uniform.
The submachine gun slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a thud.
A glint flashed in Qin Changsheng's eyes, and he and another of Ning Bing'an's bodyguards quickly picked up their guns and pointed them at the still-standing Bao C and Zhou Yan: "Don't move!"
A-K, clutching his bloodied, broken arm, staggered and fell to the cold concrete floor, his face filled with disbelief, pain, and shock as he looked in the direction of the explosion.
The rough and honest expression on Bao C's face, which had been standing behind them just moments before, had vanished, replaced by a complex and indescribable ferocity.
He gripped his sidearm tightly, wisps of smoke rising from the muzzle, and pointed it coldly and motionlessly at the back of Zhou Yan's head!
Damn it, his first shot was aimed at Zhou Yan's head, why did it miss?!
A-K's eyes were filled with tearing pain and disbelief as he looked at Boom C.
"Why?! Tell me why?! We're brothers! We've been through thick and thin together! You betrayed us?! Why?! How could someone like you be a mole?!"
Explosive C is a detective, and also his mentor!
But he...
C's rugged face was contorted with muscles, and his eyes held a mixture of pain, struggle, and ruthlessness.
His hand holding the gun trembled slightly, yet it remained firmly pointed at Zhou Yan, his voice tinged with self-mockery—
"I want to be a good person forever! I want to be a hero forever! I don't want to be a mole either! But... but I'm different from you guys!"
His bloodshot eyes swept over Zhou Yan's tall, straight back, then looked at the pained Ah K, his voice filled with intense resentment—
“You, Ah K, are college students, and Zhou Sir has connections! Even if you don’t become police officers, you have plenty of other options!”
"Me?! I'm a fucking scumbag! No education, no connections! How much effort did I put in to get to where I am today?! How much suffering did I endure?!"
"But the higher-ups said that if I don't do as they say, they'll kick me out of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau! They might even put me in jail!"
At this point, which Hong Kong police officer doesn't take bribes from gangs and commit crimes? Everyone turns a blind eye!
But the higher-ups are determined to use this as evidence to put him in jail!
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