Song Shutian and his group were furious. They mobilized everyone they could. Didn't they want to use these patients to make them take the blame? Then they would let the other side taste the price of scheming against them.
"Boss, we've found the tunnel exit—"
Cao Mingyuan ran in excitedly, still out of breath.
Song Shutian slammed his fist on the table. "Great, Lao Cao, where exactly is the exit?"
Cao Mingyuan gave a bitter smile. "We searched every possible place in the courtyard but found nothing. It was Old Wang, Wang Benshan, who was quite capable. He inquired around the neighborhood and found out that the house was where the hospital stored equipment, and the old night watchman and his wife lived there."
We've got the old lady under control, and Old Wang is interrogating her. Boss, what's the next step?
Knowing the exit of the secret passage undoubtedly gave Song Shutian and his team a lot of confidence.
"Take some men in, but be careful. They might have tampered with the tunnel. Be extra cautious. All of you, come here, let's discuss this..."
Song Shutian shared his thoughts, and the others added their own. Cao Mingyuan only then learned that something had happened to Jiang Qiao, and he was so angry that he almost lost his temper.
Fortunately, Liu Zhanyu stopped him, saying, "We have to trust Jiang Qiao. Unless she encounters something shady, she will usually find a way to escape."
Cao Mingyuan was angry, but he also knew that he couldn't help them now. Only by resolving the current predicament could they have time to deal with Jiang Qiao's affairs.
Song Shutian was truly enraged this time. Upon hearing his plan, Liu Zhanyu knew that the people in the mental hospital were not going to escape.
Song Shutian took out the medicine Jiang Qiao had given him and explained it to Liu Zhanyu and the others: "Our own people should take the antidote first. You take these out and give them to our people. Remember, as soon as we make our move, you should act on the other side. Do you all understand?"
"Yes, I understand."
Song Shutian waved his hand and shouted, "Action—"
At the mental hospital, when someone outside wants to conduct an inspection, the people inside are notified.
"I didn't expect them to arrive so quickly. Let's get our men moving! Since they've come all this way to our doorstep, it would be a disservice if we didn't do something. Guys, get to work!"
At the signal from inside, a flurry of people appeared from all directions, some in hospital gowns, others in white coats, and one by one they grabbed weapons and rushed toward the window.
Those observing from outside could see shadowy figures inside the house, but because the people were hiding, they couldn't determine exactly how many there were.
While Song Shutian and his group lingered at the door, people upstairs saw some people talking to the night watchman to find out what was going on, and others coming into the courtyard. Moreover, these people didn't come together; there were only a few of them scattered around. There were also people in other parts of the courtyard who seemed to be searching.
"What should we do? Should we take action?"
The person in the white coat pointed to the spot by the door and said, "See that? That's the big one. You aim. The rest of you, take out the people below. Don't let any of them get away."
However, as soon as the other party finished speaking, the person who entered the courtyard suddenly started running. They were so fast that it was impossible to aim at them, and as soon as the other party moved, the target disappeared from their sight.
Even the large lights in the yard and at the entrance were of no help to them.
"Oh no, they've disappeared."
The man, holding a megaphone, shouted down, "First floor, open fire now, fire—"
The man had a bad feeling. Tonight's events were too strange. According to their estimate, it would take the other party several days to find them here. How could they have found them so quickly? Was it just a simple inspection, or was it targeting them?
This differed from the orders from above, but given the current situation, he had no choice but to fight first. They had hostages, and he didn't believe these people would open fire on them.
With so many patients, if this gets out, even if these people don't die at their hands, they won't get away with it. They'll definitely be held accountable for dereliction of duty and disregard for human life.
As soon as the people inside started firing, Song Shutian pulled the old man and hid in the night watchman's hut.
As for who this old man was, Song Shutian didn't have time to interrogate him for the time being. He could only handcuff the old man and interrogate him one by one after the matter was over.
When the people inside saw that Song Shutian had hidden in the house, the people on the second floor immediately opened fire on the watchman's room, and they could also hear the sounds of gunfire from the first floor.
Song Shutian, hiding in the guardhouse, finally experienced what it meant to have concentrated firepower. The bricks had even been driven through, showing how malicious these people were—they wanted nothing more than to kill them all immediately.
His attention was focused on the courtyard, but what he didn't see was that the old man behind him, who was handcuffed, not only unlocked his handcuffs at that moment, but also reached his hand under the table. No one expected that the other party would pull out a hand grenade.
"careful--"
The man guarding outside shouted this, and at the same time, he opened fire on the old man. Before the old man could even release the safety bolt, he was killed instantly by the man outside.
Song Shutian turned his head and glanced at the scene. He broke out in a cold sweat. If it weren't for the help of his comrades outside, he would probably have lost his life here today.
He patted his chest and shouted outside, "Hey bro, thanks a lot!"
Zhang Dalei poked his head out from behind the broken glass. "You're too kind, aren't you? Boss, shouldn't the people in the tunnel come out?"
Song Shutian shook his head. "We haven't seen any chaos inside yet. Let's wait and see. Let's suppress the enemy with our firepower and buy time for our comrades."
The strong counterattack from Song Shutian's side angered the people inside the house. The key issue was that they didn't know how many people were left in the courtyard or how many had died.
Just as Song Shutian was about to launch a counterattack, the people inside started shouting.
"Listen up, everyone outside! Everyone in the courtyard, gather in the center of the courtyard, or we'll kill ten people first."
"Whether you cooperate or not is up to you. There are many patients here. If you don't believe me, we can kill two every ten minutes. I'll give you one minute to think it over. If you don't listen, just wait for the corpses to be thrown down."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people on the first floor saw a lot of things flying in like locusts through the broken window. After the things landed, the whole room was filled with smoke.
The people inside were so choked by the fumes that they had no time to think about anything else.
"Boss, they've thrown smoke bombs in there. What should we do? Retreat or not?"
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