Chapter 887 - It’s been a long time (1/2)
It was the first serious terrorist attack in the nation since 9/11.
The FBA and the CIB were in a complete meltdown. No one knew how those fully armored fighters appeared, how they crossed the borders, nor how they cleared custom. Not to mention, how they transported the heavy firepowers to Los Santos.
Fifteen minutes passed since those terrorists entered the embassy and SWAT reinforcement finally arrived to surround the embassy with armored vehicles. The Los Santos Police Department never faced such an embarrassing defeat. The founder of the modern SWAT team, the LSPD SWAT team, was terrorized by the firepower of the terrorists.
After the terrorists secured the embassy, they mounted light machine guns at the windows and used the hostages at hand to threaten the special forces from approaching. These people neither submitted their requests nor expressed their intention to negotiate.
For a while the situation was in a stalemate.
Under the influence of the Internet, the impact of the attack spread across the country and around the globe through social media platforms.
The countless cameras and phones made Lawrence sweat profusely.
Two hundred meters away, his partner Brad was lying next to the car in front of the embassy. Although his brain was shattered by a sniper bullet, he could still recognize that the body belonged to his partner Brad.
He still could not imagine that after just stepping away for a few moments, a horrific incident unfolded.
[Terrorists sat in a truck and drove onto Venice Street openly. Did the CIB all become blind that they didn’t see that modified vehicle hidden inside the underground parking lot?]
At this time, Sheriff Michael William of the Los Santos Police Department got out of the car and came over to him.
“We can’t wait any longer, we should rush in immediately to save the hostages! The reporters are watching. The longer we delay this, the worse the situation will be for us. If the Army is not going to be here, get the SWAT team to do it—”
“Twenty embassy staff members, as well as Jiang Chen and his CEO. Even the Capitol doesn’t dare to take the risk with the hostages on their hands, do you understand what I mean Sheriff William?” Lawrence said with a stern look
“So we are just going to wait?” Michael looked to the embassy with disdain on his face.
“That’s all we can do.” Lawrence looked towards the embassy. Even from his position, he could only see a rough outline.
Just then, the phone rang.
Lawrence glanced at Sheriff William, and finally, William took the call.
Unsurprisingly, it was from the Capitol, and it was a call from the president. As soon as the phone was connected, she asked immediately.
“How is the situation over there?”
“It’s awful, we must plan for the worst—”
“Mr. William.” Hill interrupted him.
…
“Yes…?”
“I don’t care what method you use, I only care about one thing. Jiang Chen must be alive. Do you understand?”
Sheriff William held his breath. His throat moved, but no words could come out. It took him a while before he could articulate to the president.
“I understand.”
After hanging up, Hill rubbed her sore eyes and immediately phoned the Xin Presidential Palace at the far away Coro Island. With an incident of this scale, it was impossible to hide it. Being proactive would show more sincerity than waiting for the other party to call.
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Even now, the UA side was still unaware that their most feared bargaining chip was now in the building.
Cham Rothschild also did not expect this. He searched through all possible hiding spots inside the embassy and still did not found Jiang Chen’s whereabouts. So the only possibility was that Jiang Chen deceived the FBA and did not stay in the embassy, instead, he sneaked elsewhere.