Cai Xiaobing had people surround the old pier, these were police officers he had transferred from the provinces, and everyone was caught, even the driver who was pressing Zhao Zichen’s goods, except for the middleman who escaped and was not caught.
I took my gun and searched the old pier with everyone else.
The clock was ticking and it was almost twelve o’clock, my heart was in my throat.
“Captain, leave this place to us, you go quickly and save your sister-in-law.” Big Eyes said.
Zhao Zichen asked, “Chu Xiaoxiao, what happened to her?”
“That b*****d Chen Yu Zhou has her in custody. I have to find the remaining one too, and this one is the key.”
My heart was actually more anxious than anyone else’s. Zhao Zichen grabbed my collar and wouldn’t let me go forward, “What are you still doing here? Hurry up and save Chu Xiaoxiao. We’re here.”
“I’ve asked the police to get me to Chu Xiaoxia. I’m a soldier, everything must come first.”
As I said this, my heart was actually dripping with blood.
Zhao Zichen was indignant and pushed me away, “Zhang Chao, you have long since ceased to be a soldier.”
“Always will be, the soul is in the blood, it can’t be changed.” I stopped paying attention to him and continued to search for people with my comrades.
“Captain Captain, in the second southern sector, we have found the man, but the situation is complicated. The enemy is carrying explosives.”
“What? Wait for me, I’ll be right there.”
This arms case was far more complicated than I could have imagined.
Our group ran to South 2, which was another warehouse area of the old docks.
“Captain.” Big Eye came towards me, “Look, the explosives are strapped to his body. He’s in an emotional state and heading towards setting off the explosives.”
The man didn’t look like a local, more like from the southwest side of the country, very dark, so dark it was kind of glowing.
I asked, “What’s the name?”
“Kano.”
“Not a Han Chinese?”
“Can’t say, probably just not from the country. But speaks Chinese very well.”
Kano stood on top of a linoleum-covered container, remote control in hand, his coat undone to reveal a row of detonators inside.
“Let’s get our men to retreat first, it’s too dangerous here.”
Big Eyes said, “What if he gets away?”
I took off my tunic and flak jacket, both of which made it difficult for me to move, and I said, “I’ll stay.”
“Zhang Chao, can you stop being a f*cking hero? If this explosive blows up, you’ll die too!” Zhao Zichen said.
I said with red eyes, “I know, but I can’t f*cking wait. My girlfriend is being held hostage, and this grandson is still stalling for me. I can’t wait for the bomb disposal experts to get here.”
“Is this a f*cking problem with defusing bombs? This guy’s got the remote, he’ll kill us all when he presses the button, how are you going to disarm it? Can you disarm it?”
“Then I can’t wait any longer! I have to go and save Xiaoxiao now!” I shouted at Zhao Zichen and rushed ahead, ignoring him.
“You, don’t you come any closer!” Kano threatened me with the remote control.
I scowled at the Snow Leopard men, “All of you exit.”
They wouldn’t move, so I yelled, “Don’t you listen to me anymore? Get out!”
Old Yu was more stable and said, “Listen to the captain, we’ll withdraw first!”
As the Snow Leopards retreated out of the building with Zhao Zichen, I was relieved that at least my comrades’ lives would not be in danger.
Kano was panicking and asked, “What the hell do you want? Zhang Chao, I know you, you are the most scheming person, I knew you and Zhao Zichen were a black, and Gongsun’s accountant said the same, but Boss Shi just won’t get it.”
I threw up my hands and said, “I don’t want to pull this. Buddy, to each his own, you for Shi Sheng, me for me being a soldier. Since we’ve let you find out our plan now, I’m willing to bet on it. Don’t scare people with that controller, name your conditions and I’ll meet them.”
Kano was first unconvinced.
I said, “To tell you the truth, I could have shot you down. But I’ve thrown away all my guns. My girlfriend is in danger and I’m in a hurry to get her out of here. I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve just expended all my teammates, do you think I care about their lives? Oh, it’s really just that I couldn’t let them hear what I said next.”
“You, what are you going to say?”
I said, “This mission is already a failure. In that case, I don’t want to waste time, I’ll let you go. But you need to cooperate with me. I can be your hostage, there’s a gun on the floor, you pick it up and hold me hostage to get out. These idiots outside have great respect for me, and for my life, they will definitely let you go.”
Kano said suspiciously, “Really?”
“It’s the only way you’ll live.”
“I don’t believe it! We all know you are the most cunning, even Mr Gongsun said you were wise and bad, how could you suddenly be so kind? Even Jiang Ming, who is the head of the family, has been pitted by you. You, you don’t have to punk me.”
“Then you’ll press the bomb.” I raised my voice violently, “Kano, I’m the nice one to talk to, not so nice to me when the police arrive with bomb disposal experts later! What you’ve committed is an absolute death sentence!”
Shaken by my scare, Kano motioned for me to step back, and with my clothes stripped down to a body shirt and without any of my weapons, I held my hands up to him. Kano picked up the gun on the ground, light 50 is “light” but not light enough for a normal person, and it was difficult to lift it with one hand. He had to put the control switch for the bomb aside and point the gun at me with both hands.
He held the gun to the back of my head and yelled down, “Move out! You better not pull any tricks or I’ll shoot you in the head.”
“I don’t have any tricks.” I said.
We walked outside of South 2 and all six of the Snow Leopards surrounded me and Kano yelled down, “Behave yourselves and get out of my way, I’ve got your captain!”
Zhao Zichen was half pissed off, “Zhang Chao, is this what you call a bomb disposal?!”
I ignored everything they said, I only had one thing on my mind, I had to get to Chu Xiaoxiao quickly.
My eyes were shaken by a faint reflection, I understood it by heart and bent down violently, behind me Kano reacted to shoot, but it was too late, half of his shoulder was blown off and he collapsed in a pool of blood twitching.
The Snow Leopards swarmed over him, dismantled the bomb from his body, then pressed his wound with seven hands and carried him to the ambulance, it was a serious wound but still salvageable, he was a very important clue, absolutely nothing must happen to him.
The radio channel in my headset came with Fox’s laughing voice: “Captain, no thanks. I’ve saved your life twice, you’ll have to treat me to two lamb kebabs.”
I laughed, “Good job, brat. Wait for me when I get back.”
I took my radio off, picked up the Light 50 on the ground and said as I brushed past Zhao Zichen, “I told you I was there to defuse the bomb, and look, the bomb is defused.”
