123 Block 96, Gong Village (1/2)
Guo Jianghu led out the seventy or so surviving members of the Dragon Gang with their hands raised to surrender to the police. A pitch-black muzzle peeked out sneakily from an inconspicuous window. It rapidly fired three shots at the police outside.
”Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Piercing gunshots broke the night's silence. The fired bullets soared through the air and tore apart space, hitting three police officers wearing body armor. They let out deep groans and dropped on the spot.
This unexpected development occurred too suddenly and without any warning. It not only stunned the police but also left Guo Jianghu and his men entirely at a loss. However, Guo Jianghu was smart as a whip and immediately understood that Xiao Luo was intentionally provoking the police. This way, Xiao Luo did not have to do anything directly, and the heavily-armed SWAT team outside would take all of his enemies out.
He broke out in a cold sweat as he figured all this out. Then, a sense of speechless fear welled up from the bottom of his heart.
Never had Guo Jianghu thought that Xiao Luo would be bold enough to do something like this. This made him wonder who was the f*cking gangster here. Xiao Luo could even murder with a borrowed knife! And the most unbelievable thing of all was that Xiao Luo was borrowing a knife from the police?
He immediately swung his arms and shouted with all his might: ”Officer! We did not shoot, we did not shoot...”
This was his vain attempt to calm the police, as the provoked officers could easily open fire and clear the area in one clean sweep.
Gu Qianlin also felt that something was odd. As she was about to order the police to hold fire, another bullet soared by. It penetrated the windshield of the police vehicle beside her with a loud 'bang.' The windshield shattered into countless pieces of broken glass scattered on the ground. She automatically dove to the ground.
”Fire!!!” the SWAT team's nervous captain finally gave the order to fire with a roaring voice.
”Pow, pow, pow...”
The rain of bullets formed an enormous net of light in the air, shrouding Guo Jianghu and his people. The bullets' trails resembled flaming snakes with long tails. ”Pow, pow, pow!” Guo Jianghu and a dozen of the Dragon Gang members momentarily collapsed, with numerous bloody gunshot wounds appearing on their bodies.
He lay in the pool of blood with his body twitching violently. It was the last struggle before death. His eyes were wide open, and blood oozed from his mouth and nose.
He stared into the warehouse with panic in an offensive manner, as if Xiao Luo's cold and cruel face had appeared to mock him from the dark warehouse.
If he could have stared over again, he would not have belittled Xiao Luo. There would have been none of this snide nonsense. Even if he'd wanted to take revenge, he should have kept it in his mind. However, it was pointless to say anything now. He certainly had run out of chances and felt extreme hatred.
As Gu Qianlin recovered on the ground, she was confident that Guo Jianghu and his people had not fired. The person who had fired secretly had not aimed at the officers' vital organs but at their body armor. Besides sustaining some external wounds and a bit of shock, their injuries were not life-threatening. Hence, she concluded that the attack had been planned to force the police to fire at Guo Jianghu and his men and decimate them on the shooter's behalf.
”Stop shooting! Stop shooting immediately!” She commanded loudly with her hands up.
The sounds of gunshots ceased gradually, but it was too late. Everyone, including Guo Jianghu, collapsed on the ground. None of them survived. Their corpses were littered all over—they were all dead and gone.
At the same time, Xiao Luo immediately rushed up to the second floor and jumped into the sea through the open window. His constitution of King of Mercenaries already included the ability to swim. Still, to ensure a fast and efficient escape, he spent another five hundred points to redeem another swimming ability. As Feng Wuhen had done earlier, he dove in with such force that created the impression that he was drowning.
When Gu Qianlin finally led a squad of police into the warehouse, there was no one left inside. The invisible gunman had vanished into thin air.
”Gu Squad, the window on the second floor is open. The gunman must have jumped into the sea to escape,” reported Officer Wang Hanxuan.
”First squad, second squad, and third squad—you guys search along the coastline at once. Do not let any suspicious persons go,” Gu Qianlin ordered.
”Roger that.”
The squads had received their orders and started searching both ends of the coastline.