"Hmph, just a low-level blue-blooded being who hasn't awakened yet." The woman was somewhat dissatisfied: "For such a low-level mission, we should have sent someone of the Three Group's caliber. Why did you send us?"
The voice in the earpiece sighed: "You, don't you usually keep up with the news from above? I've heard about it. This whole thing happened because someone in Team Three took on a job from two years ago without permission from the organization. The higher-ups found out and were furious! You know what? Now the entire Team Three has been implicated by that member who took the job without authorization, and they've all been sent back to headquarters to be punished."
"Huh? You actually know so much? What else do you know? Why would the higher-ups be interested in such an ordinary boy?" The woman in black stood lazily on the rooftop, and then... she jumped!
Just as she jumped, her body suddenly turned transparent again! Thank goodness, otherwise, seeing a woman in black jumping off a roof in broad daylight would have been terrifying!
As if completely unaffected by Earth's gravity, her body landed on the ground as lightly as a feather. After checking that no one was around, she slowly revealed herself, pressed her earpiece, and said, "Hey, what else do you know? Tell me!"
"Don't ask me anymore, I really don't know. Don't forget, although we're both in Group Seven, you're in the black group and I'm in the red group, so you're a higher-ranking person than me. Don't ask me things you don't know." After a pause, the voice in the earpiece chuckled, "I see the target coming out. Enough said, work is more important, I'm going to follow him."
Chen Xiao had just ridden his bicycle out of the gate of this residential community and was riding along the roadside when, without noticing, a black Buick sedan parked at the entrance of the community slowly started up and followed him.
The window of the black Buick was open, and in the driver's seat sat a young woman in a red coat. This woman's appearance bore a resemblance to the woman in the black leather jacket on the rooftop, but she lacked the cold, menacing aura of the previous woman, appearing much gentler. She held the steering wheel with one hand and lazily rested the other on the window, driving slowly and keeping a safe distance from Chen Xiao.
"Sigh, what a boring task."
But soon, she wasn't bored anymore...
Chen Xiao cycled three kilometers to a nearby commercial district, where she bought two women's T-shirts and a pair of women's jeans. She then casually bought a dozen pairs of underwear at a supermarket. After thinking for a moment, realizing she had almost spent all her cash, she simply walked a little further, saw a bank by the roadside, locked her bicycle, and strode inside.
As soon as I pushed the door open and walked in, I suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little strange!
The bank lobby was eerily silent! Looking around, there wasn't a single person standing! There were dozens of people in the lobby, but most were huddled on the floor with their hands behind their heads, while the remaining few were obediently crouching in the corners, their expressions icy and fearful, some even staring behind them with terrified eyes…
Chen Xiao immediately realized what was happening, but then, something cold was pressed against the back of his neck.
"Don't move! If you want to live, put your hands behind your head and lie face down! Behave yourselves, we want money, not our lives!"
Chen Xiao couldn't help but sigh inwardly—could he really be this unlucky?! To actually encounter a bank robbery?!
Chapter Seven of the Main Text [Raging Storm]
"Hey kid, lie down and don't move!"
Chen Xiao could see that there were four robbers in the bank lobby, all wearing gray jackets and black hoods covering their heads, only revealing their mouths and eyes. The one pointing a pistol at Chen Xiao was a short, fat robber. Although he couldn't see his face, the fat on his face was bulging out under the hood.
"Hey kid! What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a fat person rob a bank before?" The fat man glared at Chen Xiao.
Helpless, Chen Xiao could only obediently squat down to the side. The fat man seemed to particularly dislike Chen Xiao and even kicked him again: "Damn it, I hate pretty boys like you the most."
Of the four robbers, three were frantically stuffing money into their travel bags, while the fat man, holding a pistol, looked around and shouted, "Everyone, just behave yourselves and everything will be fine. We only want money, not lives. We are professional robbers with professional skills, as long as you cooperate."
"Stop talking nonsense! Come and help me pack the money!" The tallest of the bandits snapped, glaring at the fat man.
"No way, boss. On TV, they always have to leave someone to keep watch, otherwise it looks unprofessional! What if we don't have a lookout and the cops take us all out?" The fat man actually spoke with righteous indignation.
The bandit leader nearly died of anger: "Take them all down...take your mother's head! You jinx!"
The fat man, however, was unusually serious and said unhappily, "Boss, you're not right to say that! My sister is your wife, so my mother is your mother too..."
Seeing the strange looks he was being given by the hostages around him, the bandit leader nearly vomited blood in anger: "Shut up!!!"
He glanced at his two companions: "Is it all set up yet?"
"Four bags in total, all packed!" the two bandits replied coldly.
"Alright! One bag each! Let's get out of here!" The gang leader was the first to rush out of the bank.
The fat man, who was walking at the back, grabbed Chen Xiao, who was squatting beside him, and pointed a gun at his head: "Let's go! What if the cops catch up and take you hostage! I'm a professional robber. Now that I'm robbing people, how can I show my face in public without taking a few hostages!"
The Buick stopped on the street about 100 meters from the bank for two minutes. Suddenly, the woman in red inside the car heard urgent police sirens coming from the street in the distance! In the distance, several police cars with flashing lights sped towards them on the street!
At that moment, a clear "bang" sound came from inside the bank!
Gunshots?
The woman in red raised an eyebrow, and her lazy expression immediately became much more alert.
Then, the bank's alarm blared, and four robbers armed with long and short guns rushed out of the bank. Three of them were carrying large travel bags, which clearly contained their "loot."
Rika opened the door of a minivan parked in front of the bank, and the three thugs in front quickly jumped in. The fourth thug, who was at the back, didn't take the bag. Instead, he used his arm to strangle a boy's neck, pointed a pistol at the boy's head, and shoved him into the car.
Just as the last bandit was forcing Chen Xiao into the car, the bandit leader in front shouted angrily, "Idiot! Who gave you permission to bring a hostage!"
The thug holding Chen Xiao was quite fat. He paused for a moment, then muttered, "That's how it's always portrayed on TV. Not bringing a hostage makes us seem unprofessional."
"Professional my foot! What about the bag of money? Didn't I tell you to carry it?! You were only concerned with escorting this kid out! Where's the money bag?!"
"Uh... I'll go back and get it!" The fat bandit was stunned.
"Damn it! If it weren't for the fact that you're my brother-in-law, I would have..." The gang leader gritted his teeth, seething with hatred, "Too late! The cops are coming! Get in the car and get out of here!"
In the distance, the woman in red sat in the car, laughing so hard she could hardly breathe. Then she sighed, feeling that the person she was monitoring was really unlucky—not only was she robbed of a bank, but she was also chosen as a hostage by the robbers.
At that moment, the police cars had just arrived at the bank entrance and hadn't even had time to form a perimeter when the minivan sped out and slammed into the front of a police car that was blocking its way. With a loud crash, the police car was thrown sideways, its front end dented. Amidst the angry shouts and curses of the police officers inside, the criminals' minivan sped away.
The police were hurriedly turning around to give chase, but the woman in red in the Buick smiled and said, "Finally, things are getting a little interesting!"
A flicker of excitement flashed in her normally gentle eyes. She quickly tied up her long hair with one hand, adjusted the uniquely designed earpiece on her ear, and a string of text messages flashed rapidly in the lens of her left eye:
"Accelerator warm-up complete!"
Please activate the surveillance jammer... Activation complete!
Then, with a gleam of excitement in her eyes, the woman in red suddenly shifted gears and slammed her foot on the gas pedal...
boom!!!