Chapter 407 - Beyond Reach (1/2)

As Qiu Yuanjie was in the hall “reverse-brainwashing” the two to three hundred MLM victims present, Bai Ying, responsible for arresting Yao Baishan, urgently ran up to him and told him that something serious had happened. Never did they expect that Yao Baishan would have a gun, and when they barged into the room, there was a woman with him, a sex worker. Yao Baishan took the woman hostage, and the situation was now desperate as he was acting like a cornered wild beast in the hotel room.

“Damn it, guns too? This MLM organization is getting more and more audacious.”

Qiu Yuanjie was furious when he heard this. “Hurry up and contact the local police. Tell them to dispatch their special task force to assist us. We must ensure the safety of the hostage!” he barked.

“Yes, captain.”

Bai Ying nodded in response and promptly left to execute Qiu Yuanjie’s orders.

“Captain, nothing can go wrong this time, right? We can’t let this big fish, Yao Baishan, slip away,” Luo Shuang said.

“Unless he can fly through the air or crawl into the ground, he can never escape!”

Qiu Yuanjie snorted in response as his hatred for MLM organizations was deep. He suddenly looked around the vicinity and asked, “Where is Xiao Luo?”

Luo Shuang immediately scanned the premises thoroughly, but when she could not spot Xiao Luo either, she said, “Who cares if he’s from the NSA. That bastard is not reliable at all; maybe he went to slack off somewhere. He obviously just wants the credit.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. All of you weren’t able to answer the chief’s question, but Xiao Luo could. That is enough to explain everything.”

“That’s because Chief didn’t play his card in the normal way,” Luo Shuang retorted.

“A lot of things don’t happen in a normal way. If you bump into such a thing, would you blame your failure on your superiors too?” Qiu Yuanjie reprimanded her.

“I…”

Luo Shuang was suddenly lost for words.

“Don’t overthink, just do your job,” Qiu Yuanjie said as he patted her shoulder.

He then hurriedly headed off to the floor where Yao Baishan was located.

It was on the eighth floor. One of Qiu Yuanjie’s subordinates was armed with a gun and stood guard in the corridor keeping eyes on Room 808. There was a bullet hole in the wooden door, and evidently, Yao Baishan had already fired a shot to deny the policeman entry.

“Captain, Yao Baishan’s emotions are high, and he’s a little out of control. We must act quickly. If this drags on for too long, I fear that he will harm the hostage,” Long Ye said.

In fact, Qiu Yuanjie was already aware of what was happening even without Long Ye’s report as he could hear Yao Baishan yelling inside from where he stood in the corridor. Yao Baishan was threatening to shoot the woman he held if the police refused to withdraw. He even said that he would jump off the balcony to commit suicide if they attempted to break in. He did not intend to divulge any information to the police.

“How long until the taskforce arrives?” Qiu Yuanjie asked, turning to look at Bai Ying, who had just hurried back from liaising with her associate unit.

“10 minutes at the earliest,” Bai Ying answered.

“Long Ye, try your best to calm his emotions and comply with his demands within the allowable limits. Without my order, you are not allowed to act, nor should you forcibly barge in to arrest him,” Qiu Yuanjie said.

“Roger that.”

Long Ye nodded respectfully in acknowledgment.

After giving the order, Qiu Yuanjie hurried to the first floor with Luo Shuang and a few others. Standing at the hotel’s rear entrance and looking up, they could clearly see the balconies protruding by more than one meter from each room.

“There lies the breach,” Qiu Yuanjie said, pointing at the balcony of Room 808.

“The balcony?” Luo Shuang said.

Qiu Yuanjie nodded and replied, “Yes, Yao Baishan’s full attention will be on the room’s door. When the special taskforce arrives, get a team to quietly rappel down with a rope to 808’s balcony and sneak in. In this way, we can take him by surprise and bring him under control.”