Chapter 248: Chapter 248 Trying To Be A Hero

“If the police want to stop us from making a fortune, this birthday party may become your funeral, so dear ladies and gentlemen, you think the police dare to make a move recklessly?” Unlike the other excited gunmen, the costume masked man was still extremely calm. He drawled coldly, “So. . . I need someone to bring my words to the people outside. How many people are here and who they are, I believe the police know better than me. They should have a list of guests for the banquet, right? Contact the relatives of these people and ask them to bring over the money personally. It is one million per person, and we only want cash. We will wait for two hours. If we don’t see money at that time. . . You all will end up like him!”

After that, he stomped heavily on Long Xiaotian’s head. It was so hard that his face actually collapsed inwardly. The Long family was both afraid and angry, but they couldn’t do anything to the masked man. Unable to bear seeing long Xiaotian being humiliated after his death, all of them turned their heads and wept.

Two hours? Because the development project of Crouching Dragon Mountain Resort has not yet been officially completed, some sections of the road have not been opened to the public, and the location of this manor where we were located was extremely remote, so it would at least take an hour drive from the city to here. Even if the police asked the military for support, it would be difficult to think of an effective way to deploy in just an hour after arriving at the manor.

Moreover, the family members of the hostages that were trapped inside the manor would also swarm into the manor. They probably would not even have enough men to deal with those family members. The masked man’s demand for ransom was not to release the hostages but to hold more hostages and increase the chance for their escape.

No wonder this group of lunatics did not panic. Once they ran away from the manor, those family members of the hostages would help them to trap the police here.

This man with an Ultraman mask was indeed very smart.

“It would be impolite to ask real guests to pass a message.” the masked man put the remote control of the bombs back into his pocket, then pointed at the wounded police officer next to him and laughed, “This gentleman should have colleagues in this hall, right? If you don’t want him to die like this, please stand up.”

This guy was really cunning! Not only did he want to find out the undercover policemen and separate them from the hostages, but more importantly, this would create a stronger sense of fear for the hostages and make it harder for people to resist!

The gunman guarding the door took two steps forward with a grin. The masked man’s calmness had obviously increased his abnormal excitement to a certain extent. He laughed evilly and shouted, “All the cops, please stand up! I will count to three, and if no one stands up, I just randomly guess a person and then kill him. Haha, my gambling luck has always been pretty good, maybe my first guess will be correct. One… Two…”

This gunman at the entrance who dressed up as a waiter seemed to be the most impatient and crazy amongst all the gunmen. After he shot Tang Lian just now, he even kicked his wound until Tang Lian passed out. No one suspected that this lunatic was joking. Just when I was wondering if it would be dangerous for Dong Xiaoye to stand up, I noticed that her eyes suddenly changed. My heart instantly dropped, and it was too late for me to stop this tiger-like woman who had been ready to attack for a long time.

When the gunman was laughing triumphantly, it was inevitable that he would be careless. While he was counting down, he actually walked past us. Seeing that there was an opportunity, how Would Dong Xiaoye let it go? All of a sudden, she swept out her leg and kicked the gunman’s ankle. However, she had forgotten a very important thing. She was wearing a tight evening dress, which almost tied her two legs together. She couldn’t fully perform her movements, so her kick lacked strength. The gunman stumbled forward, but the possibility of falling was very small. Seeing this, her face changed instantly. Knowing that there was not enough time for her to take her pistol out from her handbag, she wanted to stand up from the ground and subdue the fierce gunman with force.

Did this tigress have a death wish? ! God knew what was wrong with me. After I realized that Dong Xiaoye would be in danger, I subconsciously dragged Dong Xiaoye back and threw her into Mo Fei’s arms. With the counterforce of pulling her back, I got up from the ground suddenly.

Not having enough time to think, I immediately punched the gunman who had turned around to look at me in shock with all the strength I got. It was so hard that it caused the gunman to raise his head and staggered backward.

Feeling the pain, the gunman instinctively lifted his hand that was holding the gun. I was so scared that I quickly grabbed his hand and twisted his arm very hard while I immediately got behind his back. After locking his arm that was holding the gun behind his back, I kicked the back of his knee making him kneel on the ground. Then I removed his gun and pointed at his chin and shouted, “Don’t move! I’m the fucking police! Put down the gun, or I will kill him!”

Bah! What the hell was I saying? ! When five pistols were pointed at me, I was so frightened that I even began to talk nonsense. Not to mention the gunmen, even the hostages were stunned hearing what I said. Although I tried to pretend to be the police, from the words I said, I sounded like I was one of those gunmen.

When Dong Xiaoye saw that I restrained the gunman, not only was she not relieved, but she was even more frightened, “Chu Nan, you. . .”

“Shut up!” I scolded Dong Xiaoye, causing her to be dazed for a moment. Then I secretly stepped on her handbag that had fallen on the ground and gave her an eye signal. In the end, it was still Mo Fei who reacted first. Although she was terrified, she hurriedly hugged Dong Xiaoye. She understood that I wanted to stop Dong Xiaoye from disclosing her identity.

“Hey, you, didn’t you say that you don’t want to get the innocent people involved? Then give me the remote control, or your innocent brother will. . .” My shirt was wet from the cold sweat, and I could feel the coldness of my back. This was probably the reason why Dong Xiaoye wanted to subdue the gunman, right? How stupid was she?

So what if she could subdue a gunman? I believed that, in fact, Dong Xiaoye understood this as much as I do. However, she had no other choices. She had to do it even if she knew that it was a bad decision. Because she was the police, she needed to give the hostages hope.

“You are a cop?” I couldn’t see the face of the masked man, but I could feel his surprised tone. Of course, there was also a hint of suspicion. I saw him waving his hands to the other four gunmen, signaling them not to make any move. Then he smiled and asked me, “Even if you are really a cop. In this situation, do you think you are in any position to negotiate with me? Innocent? We are bad guys who kill people without blinking our eyes. We will get a death sentence if we are caught by you. The word innocence has no relationship with us. Since we dare to do this kind of thing, we no longer care about our lives. You seriously think that we will surrender ourselves just because you caught one of our men?”

Of course not. . . If I could, I would’ve probably already kneeled down and begged for mercy. ‘Dann you, Dong Xiaoye! It is all your fault! Knowing you is really the greatest misfortune in my life. Why do I have to do this for you? I will probably die from this. . .’

I didn’t speak because I had nothing to say. The masked man casually put his gun on the head of a young woman who had just been caught by him from upstairs. His tone became stern, and he said slowly, “Put the gun down. Otherwise, innocent people would lose their lives because of you. You don’t want this pretty young lady to lose her life, do you?”

The face of the beautiful woman in the white evening dress instantly turned pale when she heard the words. The man in this mask was extremely cruel. This was something that everyone could see with their own eyes. The children hugged by the woman were the little boy and the little girl who had helped Long Xiaotian to walk out of the second floor earlier. They were probably the grandchildren of Long Xiaotian. They were frightened by the masked man’s words and cried even louder. Their cries resounded through the lobby, ringing in everyone’s ears. It was like a desperate tragic song, which especially highlighted my state of mind at this moment. The woman’s beautiful eyes were shining with fear, staring at me, as if begging me.

From the beginning, I knew that this would be the result. I laughed bitterly, pushed the gunman in my arms out, and then obediently dropped the pistol on the ground. Frankly speaking, I didn’t care about the woman’s life, but I knew that if I refused to let go of the gunman, I would definitely die. I was not a ruthless criminal, nor a well-trained police officer. I didn’t dare to kill anyone at all. . . Although if I gave up resistance, I would still be killed as well. . .

I didn’t know if what filled my body was a paralyzing fear, or a hopeless sense of powerlessness, in short, I felt like a deflated balloon. In front of life, I had no other choices.

The waiter gunman got up from the ground, wiped the noseblood in disbelief. Seeing me smile, he couldn’t help but become angry and said, “What are you smiling at?”

“If I don’t smile, then what kind of expression should I have? Cry?” It turned out that one would not feel fear anymore when the fear reached the limit. For example, I couldn’t even feel the sensation on my legs, but I could maintain a standing posture. However, the expression on my face was calmer than ever, “Will you let me go if I cry?”

“Fucking cop, you think it is very funny to make fun of me?. . .” The waiter gunman stretched his wrist a few times and suddenly punched me in the face. While my body was falling backward, his feet had kicked my lower abdomen, sending me flying backward, causing me to land heavily on the ground.

“Chu Nan!” Mo Fei screamed. She ignored the threat of the gun and rushed to my side.

“Don’t hurt him, he is not the police!” Dong Xiaoye stood in front of me with arms spread open and stopped the waiter gunman who wanted to continue to kick me, “I. . .”

“Dong Xiaoye!” I hurriedly shouted to interrupt Dong Xiaoye before I was even able to get used to the pain. But after I shouted, I actually cough out a mouthful of blood. God damn it. Lunatics and hooligans were really two different kinds of people. The punch was so painful. I leaned on Mo Fei’s shoulder to get up, and laughed, “I’m fine. Yes, I’m indeed not a policeman. I just want to be a hero on a whim. Hey you! It was me who hit you, why do you want to hit a woman? Are you still a man?” It seemed that the waiter gunman really didn’t realize that it was Dong Xiaoye who kicked him first. It was actually quite understandable. After all, Dong Xiaoye was squatting in the crowd at the time, and her movement was completely covered up by me.

I once again habitually wanted to shoulder the responsibility for Sister Tiger.

God damn it, why would I do this?

The waiter gunman put down his fist that was about to punch Dong Xiaoye, turned around, and picked up the pistol on the ground. He then raised his arm and aimed the gun at my head and said viciously, “Punk, did you not see what happened to the first person that tried to be a hero? Fine, I’ll give you a chance too, if you got the balls, repeat what you just said!”

“Oh?” I said provokingly, “If I say it again, will you let all the innocent people here go?”