Lamouchi seemed to pause for a moment, then his face darkened, and he shouted, "Mr. Willis? Separate them!!"
Two thugs near the door immediately strode over, while Bruce Willis, still clutching my collar, deliberately shouted, "Kid, you fucking stay away from me!!"
After saying that, he punched me directly in the face...
He really hit me hard, the blow landed squarely on my cheekbone. My head jolted, and I fell backward, crashing my back into the male thug behind me.
“Mr. Willis, you better behave yourself!” Ramuch’s face was full of anger, but it seemed I had made the right bet. He hesitated for a moment, but did not raise his pistol. He just shouted, “What are you standing there for? Separate them.”
It's getting closer...
As I backed away, I kept glancing at Lei Xiaohu out of the corner of my eye. I felt I was less than two meters away from the thug behind me, and he seemed completely unprepared, not even particularly wary, just wearing a fierce expression. He seemed ready to pounce and beat me up…
I leaned back and fell to the ground, simultaneously pushing off with my hands and flipping myself backward. Then, I kicked the male thug in the chest with both legs...
Snap!
Even through the bulletproof vest, I could still hear the male robber's chest make that sound. He seemed to groan, then immediately coughed up blood, cried out, and fell backward...
I've practiced martial arts since I was a child, so my lower body strength is naturally very solid. I've also practiced Tan Tui (a style of martial arts). At this moment, I kicked out with almost all my might, and the power was naturally astonishing!
As soon as I landed, I rolled on the spot and quickly grabbed the submachine gun that the bandit had dropped!
Almost at the same time as me, Lei Xiaohu moved too! His movements were even faster and more agile than mine! He had been crouching on the ground, but his body suddenly lunged forward like a leopard! He pounced on the female bandit closest to him!
Because of my charade with Bruce Willis, the female bandit's attention was drawn. So, in her haste, she only had time to raise her gun before Lei Xiaohu was already in front of her! The guy was quick; he grabbed the female bandit's wrist and pulled her...
The female bandit stumbled as he pulled her. They quickly pressed themselves together, and the gun in the female bandit's hand immediately went off...
Bang!
The bullets hit the ceiling, eliciting gasps and screams.
At the same time, Lei Xiaohu simultaneously struck the female bandit four times in quick succession with his right hand! The female bandit was incredibly resilient. Even though she couldn't straighten up after being beaten, she clung tightly to her gun...
At this moment, Lamouchi's men finally realized what was happening!
"Kill them!" Ramuch shouted, and several guns fired at us simultaneously...
Bang bang bang bang...
Suddenly, bullets flew around the room, scaring many guests so much that they lay on the ground screaming and shouting.
I rolled to the ground, grabbed my submachine gun at the same time, and yelled, "Run!!!"
After saying that, I didn't even have time to aim before I grabbed my submachine gun and fired a burst of fire at the angle above and behind me!
I'm not afraid of killing innocent people, because the hostages are all terrified by the gunfire and are lying on the ground. The only ones standing upright are the terrorists!
Thump thump thump thump...
The submachine gun in his hand fired bullets wildly. I saw Lei Xiaohu had already dealt with the female bandit, but he hadn't managed to grab the gun. Then I saw Lamuch aiming at him in the distance…
In my panic, I shouted, "Little Tiger, turn around!"
When I yelled at Lei Xiaohu, he instinctively turned around, accidentally turning the female bandit he was entangled with behind him...
Bang! Bang!
Lamuch fired two shots, but they hit the female bandit. Despite wearing a bulletproof vest, the two bullets still caused her to faint from the pain.
Lei Xiaohu immediately scrambled to the ground, picked up the female bandit's pistol, and without turning his head, fired wildly behind him...
Bang bang...
Bang bang...
Bruce Willis, along with everyone who had just joined me, had already scrambled towards me as soon as I fired the shot.
It has to be said that people can really unleash their potential when they are in dire straits! These people crawled forward, and they actually climbed incredibly fast!
My burst of bullets forced all the thugs to duck and take cover. Bruce had already scrambled to my side and reached for the exit door behind me. He first forcefully pulled his female companion out, then used his body to hold the door open, and then pulled Yang Wei back, while Yang Wei pulled Jessica back...
My magazine ran out quickly. After two empty shots, I immediately threw away the submachine gun, then swiftly pulled out the dagger that the fallen bandit next to me had tucked into his pants. I aimed at the bandit closest to me, raised my hand, and fired...
"ah!"
The dagger struck his throat, and the man immediately dropped his gun, clutching his throat and collapsing to his knees.
I immediately rolled on the ground repeatedly, bullets grazing my body and hitting the ground, sparking sparks!
Looking at Lei Xiaohu, he was already suppressed by the enemy's firepower. He had run out of bullets and was now hiding behind a display case.
Fortunately, the glass cabinet was explosion-proof and bulletproof.
There were twelve of us in total. Apart from me and Xiaohu, the other ten of us rushed out the door. In the chaos just now, many other guests also tried to run towards the door when they saw an opportunity. However, Lamuch, seeing that the situation was getting out of control, shouted fiercely, "Fire! Kill anyone who tries to escape!!"
Screams were heard from inside the room, and three male guests who tried to get up and run away were immediately beaten to death.
From another perspective, it was precisely because of the commotion caused by these people that the bandits' firepower was diverted, allowing our group to escape smoothly outside.
Seeing that my companions had all run away, I realized that if we didn't leave soon, Lei Xiaohu and I would probably be trapped here and die.
In my panic, I suddenly noticed a grenade hanging under the male bandit's clothes... My eyes lit up, I ripped it off, and yelled, "The grenade is here!"
After saying that, I threw it out!
Seeing the grenade trace an arc in the air, Ramuchi immediately shouted, "Cover!!"
The other bandits all stopped, some immediately scrambling down, others immediately turning sideways and hiding behind whatever they could find.
I seized the opportunity to jump up, grabbed Lei Xiaohu, and the two of us tumbled and scrambled out the door...
Bang……
The grenade landed on the ground, rolled around for a while, then stopped, but didn't detonate for a long time...
Lamouchi glanced at it from afar before yelling, "Fuck!!!"
At that moment, I had already pulled Lei Xiaohu out. As soon as we rushed out, the door behind us closed, and we heard gunshots coming from inside. Bullets hit the door behind us.
I grabbed Lei Xiaohu's hand, checked the direction, and ran towards the makeshift kitchen.
There was blood on the ground, so someone among those who had escaped might have been shot and wounded! My heart sank, and I silently prayed that it wasn't Yang Wei who was injured!
"Uncle-Master, why didn't that grenade explode?"
"Stupid... I didn't pull the tab! There are hostages inside, do you want me to blow up all the Hollywood stars?"
I grabbed Lei Xiaohu in a huff and started running, but we could already hear footsteps behind us. I knew the people inside were chasing after us. We quickly caught up with the people in front, only to see a waiter with blood all over his pants being dragged along by two other people. The person in front had already rushed past the makeshift kitchen and into the third room from the front that I had mentioned, opened the door, and ran inside.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! If you don't want to die, hurry up!" I shouted, then suddenly stopped at the doorway of the makeshift kitchen and glanced at Lei Xiaohu: "Wait!"
I rushed into the kitchen and saw two more bodies on the floor. They were the security guards that Jack and his three white thugs had killed in the kitchen.
I flipped the body of a security guard lying on the ground over and quickly touched his waist.
I found a stun gun and a long-handled flashlight. I immediately plugged the flashlight into the padlock on the kitchen door behind me, then glanced at the wall. There were several sharp kitchen knives hanging on the wall of the makeshift kitchen. I took off my coat and grabbed them all, stuffing them inside. Just then, I heard a loud bang of shattering glass. Lei Xiaohu had punched the fire alarm and emergency equipment on the wall, pulling out a red fire axe and a fire extinguisher canister in his other hand.
At this moment, the kitchen door behind them was being slammed shut, and after two gunshots, the people outside had already fired their guns and broken the lock.
But the flashlight hanging on the doorknob blocked the door horizontally, and the person outside rammed it twice more.
I glanced at Lei Xiaohu, pointed to the ceiling, and shouted in Chinese, "Up there!"
Lei Xiaohu jumped onto the table, chopped off the exhaust pipe cover with an axe, then leaped up, grabbed the ventilation pipe with both hands, and used the momentum to jump up.
I saw that this makeshift kitchen even had a temporary stove, a fire, and... a gas canister! In my haste, I couldn't tell what each valve did, so I just frantically turned all the valves open to the maximum... Sure enough, I heard the gas vent on the stove start to hiss.
I jumped onto the table, first throwing the knife from my pocket to Lei Xiaohu, then he grabbed me and pulled me up.
The ventilation duct was very narrow, barely wide enough for one person to crawl through. I shouted to Lei Xiaohu, "Crawl forward! Crawl fast! Crawl as fast as you can!"
Then I ripped off my shirt and wrapped my hands in the cloth. Lei Xiaohu didn't know why I did that, but he just did as I said.
Then this guy, clutching a fire axe in one hand and a fire extinguisher in his arms, frantically wiggled his butt as he crawled inside. I kept urging him on from behind: "Kid, hurry up! Your butt's wiggling like an elephant! Damn it, I'm telling your dad to make you lose weight!"
Lei Xiaohu was very frustrated. As he climbed, he shouted loudly, "Uncle-Master, damn it, you try it! This place is dark and small..."
Then, finally, with a bang, the kitchen door was kicked open, and I was still lying near the ventilation vent. By then, I could already smell the gas filling the kitchen…
I immediately took out my lighter, lit it with a snap, and threw it at the stove below. At the same time, I scrambled towards Lei Xiaohu as fast as I could...
boom!
I was inside the ventilation duct, so I couldn't see what was happening in the kitchen below. But after I heard that roar, a fireball shot out from the entrance of the ventilation duct behind me!
A wave of heat rushed over from behind, instantly engulfing Lei Xiaohu and me, but fortunately it came and went quickly.
I only caught a glimpse of a bright flash of light coming from the kitchen below through the rear ventilation vent...
The ventilation ducts, engulfed by flames and heat, were scorching hot, even though I had wrapped my hands in cloth. Getting up, they were still burning hot; the air was unbearably hot, and the blast from the explosion had stirred up the black dust that had accumulated in the ducts over the past few days. I could only hold my breath.
Finally, enduring the heat, I secretly calculated that I had crawled past three ventilation duct openings, then forcefully slapped Lei Xiaohu's butt in front of me, and we stopped. Then I slammed my elbow against a nearby mesh cover. With a crash, the cover fell down, and a gasp came from below. I flipped over, crawled out of the ventilation duct, and fell directly off the roof.
I landed on my back, and as soon as I hit the ground, I felt a strong gust of wind in front of me. I quickly rolled over on the spot, and with a clatter, something hit the ground where I had just landed.
"Don't hit them! It's them!" I heard a familiar voice; it was Yang Wei. I stood up. I saw Old Bruce holding a floor lamp post; clearly, he was the one who attacked me.
"Hey Bruce, why did you hit me?"
Bruce put away his "weapon" and gave a wry smile: "How was I supposed to know it was you? Look at yourself now."
Just then, with a thud, Lei Xiaohu rolled down from above my head.
When I saw his expression, I immediately burst out laughing.
Lei Xiaohu's entire body had turned black! That damned ventilation duct must have accumulated an enormous amount of black dust! Combined with the smoke and fumes from the explosion, his hair was now somewhat singed, his clothes were covered in black ash, and his face was so black that it was impossible to recognize him.
As soon as he landed, he started coughing violently, his mouth agape, spewing out black ash...
Lei Xiaohu looked extremely disheveled, coughing up black ash as he muttered intermittently, "Damn it! Which cleaning company is responsible for cleaning this building? I'm going to complain about them! Cough cough cough..."
I only chuckled for a moment before it dawned on me... I probably look a lot like Lei Xiaohu now. No wonder Bruce didn't recognize me earlier.
After we stopped, I immediately checked our situation.
This is a room about the size of a typical high school classroom, with a simple sofa and a cabinet. Several sets of keys are also hanging on the wall.
I saw all ten of us who escaped here, but there have been some casualties. One of the waiters was shot in the leg and is now bandaged up.
This is clearly a security guard's break room... Looks like we've come to the right place.
I glanced at the front door, which was now blocked. A filing cabinet had been pushed over and was lying across the doorway.
Yang Wei walked over to me and brushed the dust off my shoulder. "I checked. The door to the security guard's break room is the sturdiest one here. It's a security door with embedded steel plates, probably because the keys to all the entrances are stored here. We've barricaded the door with sticks. Plus this filing cabinet, unless the other side uses heavy weapons, they won't be able to break in head-on. Even if they use tools, it will take them at least two hours to break in. Besides, there aren't any hammers or similar tools here."
"So, does that mean we're safe for now?" I smiled.