Chapter 263 Even if everyone on the plane is dead!
Kuroda Takashi seemed very excited when he was at the boarding gate, but as time went by, his high spirits gradually cooled down, and he became more nervous. After the boarding announcement came out, the passengers waiting around the boarding gate started to stir, and spontaneously formed a long queue to board the plane.
Kuroda Takashi stood up, and suddenly something clicked in his mind. He moved the bag he had been planning to carry on his back to the front, hugged it tightly, and sat back on his seat. When most of the passengers had boarded, Kuroda Takashi walked to the end of the line and followed the line forward with an expressionless face.
After passing the boarding gate, Kuroda Takashi tightened his clothes and looked at the ticket in his hand. His seat was in the front row of the economy class, which was a seat he had specially chosen.
It was just that after planning for so long, when he actually stepped onto the plane cabin floor, he felt an irrepressible sense of anxiety. This sense of anxiety not only lingered in his heart, but also from the outside, Kuroda Takashi was unusually conspicuous.
After passing the first-class area, Kuroda Takashi found his seat. He was in the first row of the economy class, on the right side of the aisle. He could see the cockpit door unobstructed through the first-class area by tilting his head to the left.
"It's right there." Kuroda Takashi's cold heart gradually became hot again. The wish that had been buried in his heart for years was finally going to come true. How could he not be excited, especially when it was presented in such a shocking scene.
It was unknown whether it was because he was too excited or because he couldn't control his emotions. The passengers next to Kuroda Takashi saw him being depressed at one moment and excited at another, and even asked him with concern: "Sir, are you feeling unwell?"
Kuroda Takashi was immersed in his fantasy at the moment and was suddenly interrupted. He subconsciously turned his head and glared fiercely at the passenger sitting next to him.
However, after the driver, who had been so fierce just a moment ago, realized what was happening, his expression changed immediately. He became apologetic and even stood up, repeatedly bowing and apologizing to the passenger next to him who had spoken: "Sorry, sorry, I scared you."
Seeing Kuroda Takashi's sincere apology, the passenger who was still concerned about him just now didn't care about Kuroda Takashi's look just now: "It's okay, it's okay, I disturbed you."
Although he said that it was okay, the passenger obviously moved to the other side, obviously trying to distance himself from Kuroda Takashi.
There was no way out. Kuroda Takashi's emotional changes in such a short period of time were too exaggerated, like a psychopath. The passenger simply gave up the idea of helping others and was unwilling to care about Kuroda Takashi. It was because of Kuroda Takashi's overly intense apology that the chief flight attendant in the front cabin was alarmed.
"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?" When the chief flight attendant came over, Kuroda Takashi had already returned to his seat.
Kuroda Takashi hurriedly shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay."
The flight attendant looked at the passenger next to Kuroda Takashi, and that person said helplessly, "It's okay."
"Oh, OK, excuse me." Seeing that nothing happened, the flight attendant wanted to go back, but was stopped by Kuroda Takashi: "Hello, is it an hour and twenty minutes to fly to Haneda?"
Before each flight, the captain would tell the chief flight attendant the approximate flight time, which was almost the same as what Kuroda Takashi said. However, the chief flight attendant was not very surprised, but just thought that Kuroda Takashi must have taken a lot of flights and had experience.
"Yes, one hour and twenty-five minutes." The purser said, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
"No need." said Kuroda Takashi.
After the chief steward left, Kuroda Takashi secretly felt lucky that the flight time was not much different from what he expected, which was good news. After recalling the plan he had designed before, Kuroda Takashi slowly calmed down, like a dormant beast.
After the plane entered cruising mode, Kuroda Takashi calculated the time and felt that the time was about right. He then slightly released the backpack that he had been covering, and then the zipper was unzipped. The movement attracted the attention of the passengers around him.
Originally, opening a backpack was not a rare thing. But for some reason, Kuroda Takashi looked like he had opened Pandora's box, and his expression was extremely creepy.
Just when the passenger was still curious about what Kuroda Takashi was taking, first the handle of the knife and then a light-colored scabbard appeared. The passenger was stunned, and before he could react, Kuroda Takashi had already stood up, pulled open the scabbard and threw it aside casually.
The light from ten thousand meters above shone in from the window, reflecting on the shiny blade, flashing a cold silver light.
call!
Some people in the front of the cabin had already noticed Kuroda Takashi standing up. There was nothing they could do. It was almost time to land, all the toilets on the plane were closed, and walking in the aisle was not allowed. Everyone was sitting quietly, and now Kuroda Takashi suddenly stood up and it was impossible not to notice him.
Many people just glanced at Kuroda Takashi and then looked away, after all, there are always some people who don't follow the rules. However, the 20-centimeter-long blade in Kuroda Takashi's right hand was too obvious, and it immediately attracted the attention of many people.
After a very brief shock, a part of the front economy class cabin started to commotion because they realized what Kuroda Takashi was trying to do.
Maybe... a hijacking!
The moment this terrifying thought came into being, it filled everyone's mind, so much so that they didn't know how to react to the current situation.
Fortunately, Kuroda Takashi didn't wait too long in the economy class. Soon, he held the sharp knife tightly and stepped into the first class area. Because there was a partition between the first class and the economy class, when Kuroda Takashi entered the first class, most people had lost sight of him.
"Just now...was that a knife?" A middle-aged woman has not yet recovered from the shock of what she just saw. A knife is not a rare thing, but it is not normal to see this thing on a plane, especially since it may represent a very bad signal.
"How did he get through security?" Another young man lowered his voice and said, "No, what did he want to do? He went to the front, to the cockpit."
Although an unsettling panic had begun to spread in the front part of the economy class, the people in the middle and rear sections didn't notice Kuroda Takashi at all, let alone understand what the group of people in the front were talking about.
Therefore, so far, the cabin seems to be able to maintain a fragile stability spontaneously.
Because it was very close to the front of the economy class, the passengers in the first class cabin also noticed the noise coming from the back. However, there were not many passengers in the first class cabin, including Xia Shuyue. Xu Cang had just gone to the cockpit. She felt bored and was opening the small bag of earplugs sent by the flight attendant, intending to put them on and take a nap.
However, before she took out her earplugs, she heard a strange noise from behind. Xia Shuyue was stunned for a moment. Since she was next to the aisle, she subconsciously looked back along the aisle and saw Kuroda Takashi coming towards her with a ferocious look.
At first, Xia Shuyue didn't notice the knife in Kuroda Takashi's hand, and wondered why he was running forward when he was almost on the ground. Could it be that the bathroom in the back was being used, so he had to go to the front?
However, didn’t the flight attendant above announce that the bathroom was closed?
Apparently, the flight attendant in the front cabin had the same idea as Xia Shuyue. She unbuckled her seat belt, leaned sideways, and said to Kuroda Takashi, "Sir, we're about to land. The bathroom is closed. You..."
The flight attendant's expression suddenly froze when she was halfway through her speech, because she saw that Kuroda Takashi was holding a knife in his drooping right hand.
"What?" Xia Shuyue only glanced at Kuroda Takashi and then looked away, without thinking too much, and continued to open the small bag of earplugs. However, her peripheral vision fell on the face of the flight attendant in front of her, and she suddenly found that the expression on the flight attendant's face seemed to be frozen.
Then, her vision was blocked by the back of Kuroda Takashi passing by her, and she could not see the reaction of the flight attendant at all. However, Xia Shuyue did not need to pay attention to the reaction of the flight attendant. In her field of vision, she saw Kuroda Takashi approaching the flight attendant, grabbing the flight attendant's collar with his left hand, and raising his right hand. The blade emitting cold light was finally raised, revealing its complete shape.
Now Xia Shuyue had no choice but to ignore it.
"knife!"
The action of Kuroda Takashi in holding the flight attendant hostage was so brutal, and along with the noise caused by the flight attendant's instinctive resistance, the few people in the first class cabin all noticed everything that happened in the front cabin workshop. In particular, the scene where Kuroda Takashi's knife tip almost pierced the skin of the flight attendant's neck had been deeply imprinted in everyone's mind, and the terrifying and shocking effect it produced had already made the so-called social elites in the first class cabin terrified.
"Go and open the cockpit door." Kuroda Takashi grinned, and kept pulling the chief flight attendant with his left hand, trying to pull her up from her seat and force her to open the cockpit door.
Takashi Kuroda had some knowledge of civil aviation. At least he knew that the cockpit door of a 737 could not be opened by brute force alone. The most effective way was to let the people inside open it themselves.
The flight attendant recovered a little from her initial shock, and she immediately understood the situation she was facing. As an experienced flight attendant, she showed indescribable courage and professionalism at this time. She did not panic completely, but remained somewhat sober, and her mind was working quickly.
In the gap of vision blocked by Kuroda Takashi's body, she quickly glanced at the first class cabin and the part of the economy cabin in the aisle. Now she was being held hostage, but apart from the panicked passengers in the first class cabin, there seemed to be no abnormal behavior, at least no accomplices of the hijacker. And judging by the figure leaning out of the aisle of the economy cabin, the economy cabin did not seem to have fallen either, after all, the people in the economy cabin still had time to watch the excitement.
That is to say, there is a high probability that the hijacking was just an individual act.
Anyway, in this already extremely bad situation, this news can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
However, the momentary hesitation of the flight attendant made the nervous Kuroda Takashi even more anxious. He pulled the flight attendant hard, but the flight attendant still had a seat belt that was not unfastened, and he could not pull it up no matter what.
"Don't move, I'll unbuckle your seat belt." The flight attendant showed unparalleled courage and calmness at this time. She raised her left hand, signaling Kuroda Takashi to calm down, and with her right hand she unbuckled the rest of her seat belt.
At this time, the seat belt could not protect her, so there was no need to anger Kuroda Takashi because of this matter.
The first-class flight attendant next to the chief flight attendant was already scared silly. The chief flight attendant was so close to the first-class flight attendant that she could even feel the first-class flight attendant's slight trembling body. She was like a frightened quail, and she didn't even dare to look Kuroda Takashi in the eye.
After the chief flight attendant took the seat belt, he used his free right hand to gently pat the first-class flight attendant's thigh, hoping to calm her down. At this juncture, if the flight attendants were confused, how could the passengers in the cabin not be confused?
The flight attendant slowly stood up as Kuroda Takashi pulled him, and said calmly, "Sir, if you need any help, please tell me. Maybe we don't have to use such violent means."
"I told you to open the door." Kuroda Takashi shouted, and the knife in his hand moved a little closer. At this time, if someone's mental quality was a little weaker, he would be paralyzed by fear.
However, this flight attendant was really extraordinary. Her face was as pale as a sheet of paper, and she was obviously extremely scared. But she tried to maintain a normal tone: "Sir, if you are like this, even if I ask them to open the cockpit door, they will not open it. Let me ask you, why do you want the cockpit door to be opened? Do you want to go in?"
"Of course I have to go in." Kuroda Takashi was very excited. He pulled the flight attendant's left hand and lifted up the half-standing flight attendant. His strength was really not small.
Even in this situation, the flight attendant just opened his mouth slightly and continued, "What are you going in for? To see the scenery, to see the cockpit instruments, or... to experience flying? Sir, things are not out of control yet. Tell us what you want, and we will try our best to meet you. If you continue like this, the cockpit door will not open. Why don't we communicate well, maybe we can solve the problem in a relatively peaceful way."
Perhaps affected by the mood of the flight attendant, Kuroda Takashi was not as excited as he was at the beginning. At first, he was angry and excited but also scared. Now, after a series of persuasions from the flight attendant, he calmed down a little and actually followed the flight attendant's words and asked: "You said you can let me experience flying?"
The flight attendant was obviously stunned. When facing a hijack, unconditional obedience and unconditional resistance are both unacceptable. The principle is to stabilize the prisoner's emotions. No matter what method is used, deception, persuasion, intimidation, whatever, as long as the prisoner's high emotions can be suppressed.
When a person goes crazy, there is no telling what horrific things he may do, even if he was a weak person who could not even lift a finger before.
Therefore, the flight attendant just made up a random statement to follow Kuroda Takashi's desire to enter the cockpit. He never thought that there was an option that really touched Kuroda Takashi's heart.
"Experience flying?" Even if the flight attendant thought about it for ten years, she would never have thought that someone would hijack a plane just to experience flying. Such a reason was simply unbelievable. However, compared with some absolutely impossible political demands, this request seemed to be much easier to achieve.
Seeing the strange expression on the flight attendant's face, Kuroda Takashi became agitated again: "Is it not possible?"
"Sure, sure." It must be said that the flight attendant's brain is really quick: "I think you are also a flying enthusiast. You should know that our company has held open cockpit observation activities before. So you should also know that our company has a very positive attitude towards this. Although there is no precedent for experiencing flying in an actual flight, sir, if your request is so... intense, I think you can still discuss it with the captain."
The cockpit open viewing activity mentioned by the flight attendant is not nonsense, but a real event. About a year ago, ANA held an activity to randomly select a passenger on the flight to visit the cockpit.
Of course, this activity only takes place on the ground.
The flight attendant said this to increase the credibility of what he said.
In fact, she did not agree or refuse, but just said that she would discuss it with the captain. If Kuroda Takashi believed her, he would undoubtedly be able to buy more time. As long as there is time, there is a chance to deal with it.
As it happened, Kuroda Takashi really knew about the event, and he had actually been selected once before. The experience of visiting the cockpit further strengthened his belief in flying, which eventually evolved into a perverted obsession.
It was precisely because Kuroda Takashi had participated in this event that he subconsciously believed the flight attendant's words: "Is it okay?"
Hearing that Kuroda Takashi was interested, the flight attendant was overjoyed: "Sure, our captains are very considerate and will understand your difficulties and needs. You just wait in the first row of the first class cabin, I will talk to the captain. By the way, do you want to drink something? We have high-quality red wine here..."
At this point, Xia Shuyue, who had listened to the entire conversation in the first class cabin, could not help but marvel at the psychological quality of this ANA flight attendant. At this time, she was still thinking about setting a trap for Kuroda Takashi.
That’s right, the flight attendant’s words at the end, which seemed to have no special meaning, inviting Kuroda Takashi to drink, actually had some deep meaning.
Xia Shuyue was also a flight attendant, and she knew some tricks to deal with hijacking, including making the hijacker drink a beverage in a relatively unintentional way, so as to make the criminal have a physiological reaction as much as possible. In this way, when the criminal went to the bathroom, there was a chance to lock the criminal in the bathroom.
All I can say is that only an airline with a long history like ANA can cultivate such a calm and composed chief flight attendant.
Perhaps he really believed the chief steward's words, so Kuroda Takashi said, "Give me a glass of water."
The chief flight attendant suddenly had an idea, so he patted the first-class flight attendant and told her, "Pour me a glass of water."
After that, he added in a low voice: "Go back and close the curtain of the economy class."
Although the passengers in the economy class were scared, many of them were there to watch the fun. With so many people watching, the flight attendant was worried that it would irritate Kuroda Takashi.
At this moment, the first-class cabin attendants were shaking unconsciously all over, and they felt dizzy when they saw the blade that Kuroda Takashi had always pressed against the neck of the chief stewardess.
She tried to stand up, but her legs felt weak in an instant and she couldn't help sitting down again.
The flight attendant was very anxious when she saw the first-class cabin attendant's reaction. She had to keep an eye on Kuroda Takashi. If she went to pour water, there would definitely be some blind spots in her vision. At this juncture, she didn't want such blind spots to appear.
At this moment, the flight attendant suddenly discovered that Xia Shuyue was unbuckling her seat belt. She knew Xia Shuyue's identity, and when she saw Xia Shuyue's action, she quickly pressed her right hand in the air, signaling Xia Shuyue not to move.
Xia Shuyue bit her lip and finally followed the flight attendant's instructions.
"Sir, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. Let me pour you some water." Things had come to this point, and even if the flight attendant was unwilling, there was nothing she could do. She had to go to the workbench on the other side, take out a paper cup, and take half a cup of hot water and half a cup of cold water. After mixing them, the water temperature was just right.
When fetching water, the chief purser could only turn his back to Kuroda Takashi. Even this short period of less than ten seconds felt to him longer than a century.
Fortunately, however, Kuroda Takashi did not take any further action.
Kuroda Takashi took the paper cup and drank from it in big gulps.
Seeing Kuroda Takashi's "cooperation", the flight attendant unconsciously revealed a faint smile. Xia Shuyue, who saw everything in the first-class cabin, was also relieved. This hijacker seemed to be simple and easy to fool. In this way, the danger was relatively small.
However, at the moment when the corner of the flight attendant's mouth curved, Kuroda Takashi, who was drinking water, suddenly attacked, threw the paper cup aside, grabbed the flight attendant's hair with his left hand, and smashed her head against the cockpit door.
"How dare you lie to me?" Kuroda Takashi said angrily, "Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? Knock on the door and ask the people in the cockpit to open it!"
The flight attendant's forehead hit the cockpit door, making a dull sound. She felt a splitting headache and seemed to be about to faint. However, as long as she moved a little, she could feel the sharp coldness on her neck.
Madman! This man is totally a madman!
Under such circumstances, the flight attendant had no choice but to cooperate and knocked on the door twice.
But before the cockpit could react, the plane suddenly shook violently without warning. Even Kuroda Takashi was caught off guard. His right hand was not steady, and the tip of the knife was very close to the neck of the flight attendant. After a shake, the tip of the knife actually sank into the neck a little.
Kuroda Takashi pulled out the blade in an instant, and saw a small wound of three centimeters on the neck of the flight attendant. As the flight attendant's breathing became more and more rapid, blood continued to flow out. However, the only thing to be thankful for was that this blow did not seem to touch the aorta, otherwise it would not be bleeding, but spurting blood.
However, blood has already appeared at this moment. Even if the aorta is not injured, the flight attendant may not be able to hold on if this continues.
In the cockpit, the co-pilot saw all this through the cat's eye. He took a step back and mumbled uncontrollably: "Captain, hijack... hijack!"
"What!?"
Not to mention the captain, even Xu Cang felt extremely shocked.
Hijacking, this term that seemed so close and yet so far away, actually happened to them.
"Takashi Kuroda, Takashi Kuroda..." Xu Cang suddenly remembered, isn't this the name of the main culprit in the hijacking of flight NH61?
Because hijacking is not a technical matter, Xu Cang did not know much about it. He only knew that a hijacking occurred on All Nippon Airways flight NH61 in 1999, in which the captain died. He did not know the rest of the details and had no interest in caring about it.
At this moment, despite all the precautions, he still bumped into himself. This could not be described as bad luck, it was as if a big net woven by fate had bound him tightly, and there was no possibility of escape at all.
"Captain, the flight attendant is injured, and it seems to be serious."
The co-pilot's anxious voice brought Xu Cang back to his senses. At this moment, when the chief flight attendant was injured, the nature of the matter had changed.
Whether there is bloodshed is a very important indicator. Some hijackers may look ferocious, but they are only strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Such people are not difficult to deal with, and they are likely to be able to control the harm of hijacking within a reasonable range.
However, according to the co-pilot's feedback, the flight attendant was injured, which undoubtedly meant that he had seen blood. This shows that the criminal had no scruples about hurting others, which is obviously not good news.
"Open the door!"
Even through the thick cockpit door, the three people in the cockpit could still hear Kuroda Takashi's hysterical roar.
The co-pilot was a little confused at the moment. The life or death of the flight attendant outside was uncertain. If the door was not opened, the hijacker would have no idea what terrible things he could do. Moreover, there were not only the flight attendant, but also hundreds of unarmed passengers in the cabin.
When the co-pilot thought of this fastest possible scenario, he felt his heart pounding as if it was about to jump out of his chest.
How could the captain not think of what the co-pilot could think of? The captain thought for a moment and suddenly shouted, "Take off your tie!"
The co-pilot was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what the captain meant and began to follow the captain in untying his tie.
This is not the captain going crazy, but a necessary preparation measure to deal with criminals entering the cockpit.
If a criminal enters, he may use the tie to subdue the pilot in a critical moment. Therefore, in order to prevent this from happening, the pilot must first take off his tie. At the same time, after untying his tie, the captain took the paper chart out of the flight box and put it away in advance.
This is because if a criminal comes in later and takes the chart again, this behavior will appear very abrupt, which may easily alert the criminal or stimulate him and cause some unexpected consequences.
All we can say is that the captain's preparations were very thorough, but this behavior undoubtedly also revealed the captain's attitude.
That is... open the door!
That’s right, the captain wants to open the door!
The co-pilot untied his tie almost half a beat slower than the captain, and immediately said, "Captain, shall I open the door?"
The captain hesitated, but finally nodded: "Go!"
However, just as the co-pilot's hand was on the handle, Xu Cang suddenly shouted, "Don't drive!"
At this sound, the co-pilot's hand bounced away from the door handle as if he had been electrocuted, and then he looked at Xu Cang blankly: "What did you say?"
"I said you can't open it!" Xu Cang said coldly.
"But the captain said to open the door." The co-pilot looked at the captain again.
Xu Cang's face was gloomy, and he repeated, "I am Xu Cang, a first-level flight specialist of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the number 41357. I am now in charge of this plane. Listen to my command, and do not open the door!"
This was a very formal announcement, Xu Cang even reported his flight attendant number. But the captain obviously couldn't accept this statement: "Mr. Xu, if we don't open the door now, the flight attendant's life will be in danger. Not only her, but other passengers will also be at risk. Are we just going to watch the people in the cabin behind us die?"
Xu Cang took a deep breath and said in a voice that contained almost no human emotion: "Even if everyone on the plane is dead, you are not allowed to open the door!"
To the captain's ears, these words sounded like the whispers of a life-indifferent demon from hell. They completely shattered the captain's three views. He couldn't believe that such words could come from the mouth of a young man in his twenties like Xu Cang.
Even if everyone on the plane is dead, the door cannot be opened!
"Why do this?" the captain murmured.
Xu Cang's eyes narrowed slightly: "Captain..."
However, before Xu Cang finished speaking, he heard a clear mechanical sound, and Xu Cang felt the hairs on his back stand up. He knew what that sound was, it was the sound of the cockpit door locking system unlocking.
