Chapter 244: Boss, Something Big is Coming
by xennovelChapter 244: Boss, Something Big is Coming
How can a living person simply vanish into thin air?
Xiao Yu’s mind raced with analysis.
Without being certain there was another robber, he couldn’t make a move.
Make a move?
Exactly—otherwise, what was the point of his arrival?
At the same time, Xiao Yu needed to confirm one thing.
Were these people truly terrorists?
But something just didn’t add up.
The robber casually eating gave off the impression of an ordinary person.
His unpracticed grip on the pistol suggested he wasn’t accustomed to handling a weapon.
How could he tell?
Xiao Yu’s system ability: Gun Expert!
His gaze fell once again on the masked woman, aiming her gun at a hostage.
In her eyes, fear and panic were unmistakable.
It confirmed it—a woman like her couldn’t be one of the robbers.
His eyes then shifted to the makeshift pistol in the other hand.
Falcon’s Eye… Xiao Yu observed every detail.
The gun was real, but it was homemade.
Yet, the way her finger rested on the trigger… Huh?
Was it tinged with a bluish-white hue?
As everyone knows,
a human finger only turns bluish-white when under immense strain.
With that kind of force, she should have fully pulled the trigger, right?
Heh… 860… Xiao Yu sneered in his mind.
The gun was faulty!
Final confirmation.
The hooded woman wasn’t a robber at all—it was a hostage.
Only a hostage, terrified of death, would be that scared!
Was she pretending to be a robber in order to slip away herself?
Xiao Yu’s gaze swept over the eight hostages.
Seven of them appeared normal.
Their fleeting expressions revealed genuine fear, not feigned panic.
Only one face stood out… Xiao Yu’s eyes locked on the bank clerk crouching behind a female hostage.
It had to be her—the clerk whose head was always downcast.
It had to be you!
Her hand was hidden behind the female hostage.
Chances were, she was hiding a gun, right?
If he intended to kill her… Xiao Yu mused, shaking his head.
No, at least one robber had to be kept alive.
The one snacking seemed insignificant.
The focus was on the woman playing the escape artist.
Taking out one robber, subduing this female robber while keeping the hostages safe… Xiao Yu’s mind raced, calculating a viable plan.
A coin materialized silently in his hand.
(acfj) Suddenly.
His thumb flicked it with force.
Smack!
The coin struck the hostage’s nose.
“Ah!”
The female hostage cried out in pain and reached to cover her nose.
Her sudden swing made her lose balance.
Why did that happen?
She’d been sitting too long—the numbness in her legs giving her away.
And every detail was part of Xiao Yu’s calculation.
Thud!
The female hostage collapsed, revealing the bank clerk behind her.
The bank clerk looked up in shock.
At last, Xiao Yu saw her face.
Her expression mixed astonishment with a flash of icy anger and cold indifference.
That indifference screamed a callous disregard for life.
And it wasn’t over.
Xiao Yu’s eyes finally caught the bank clerk’s hands.
One hand clutched a gun!
Bang… Xiao Yu propelled himself off the ground.
In a split second, before the bank clerk or even the snacking robber could react,
his knee slammed into the bank clerk’s face.
Thud!
The cracking sound of breaking bones was deafening as his hand swept toward her wrist.
Crack!
Her wrist shattered; the pistol landed in Xiao Yu’s hand as his arm moved.
Crash!
Gunfire erupted.
The now-alert robber was blown to the ground.
Smack… Xiao Yu’s foot connected with the bank clerk’s chin.
The bank clerk instantly blacked out.
Tensing his body and unleashing all his system skills, Xiao Yu scanned the surroundings in a flash.
On high alert for any more dangers, he leveled his pistol at the masked, trembling woman and barked,
“Drop the gun and remove the hood!”
Even though he had confirmed she wasn’t a robber,
she still pointed her gun at him.
Xiao Yu wouldn’t hesitate to shoot.
Why?
Because no one—even an innocent—has the right to threaten someone with a gun.
If she didn’t drop it, she was as good as dead!
At last, she reacted—she dropped the gun and removed the hood,
revealing a face etched with raw terror.
“Phew!” Xiao Yu exhaled heavily.
And just then,
the bank clerk, who had been knocked out by the kick, twitched.
She blinked awake, dazed.
In the next moment, her hand suddenly pounded against her chest.
Huh?
Xiao Yu’s eyes widened, sweat prickling as his thigh kicked out.
Bang, crack!
The bank clerk’s arm was violently severed.
He quickly dropped into a squat.
Bang.
His fist landed squarely on the bank clerk’s chin.
Once down, she slipped back into unconsciousness.
His hands gripped the bank clerk’s torn shirt.
Rip!
Her white shirt was shredded by Xiao Yu.
What was he after?
Under these circumstances, most people would misunderstand.
But Xiao Yu didn’t care about misunderstandings.
His eyes fixed on her chest and abdomen as he drew in a cold breath.
A small, palm-sized object was strapped to her torso.
What was it?
He caught a whiff of something… nitroglycerin!
What was that?
A highly volatile explosive!
And it wasn’t just any bomb.
What truly alarmed Xiao Yu was
that the bomb was studded with countless steel balls.
Each steel ball was about the size of a fingernail.
The entire device was encircled by over a hundred of them!
Imagine if it exploded:
hundreds of steel balls would fly out—a scene of utter carnage.
In the hall, every living thing would be reduced to a corpse!
Judging by the bank clerk’s earlier actions—no, rather her hesitation to detonate the bomb—
what kind of person would set off a bomb without a second thought, even at the cost of their own life?
Xiao Yu’s scalp went numb.
It was clear… this was a terrorist!
Boom!
The bank hall’s glass windows were shattered as SWAT Teams stormed in.
It wasn’t until a hand landed on his shoulder that Xiao Yu snapped back to reality.
“You alright?” Zeng Lei asked with concern.
“I’m fine. But…”
Xiao Yu shook his head, his expression returning to calm as he eyed Zeng Lei.
“Boss, something huge is about to go down!”