Chapter 84 Hospital (VII)
At this time, there was a muffled sound, the building shook slightly, and then there was a gunshot. Isa didn't have time to talk to Liang Xi, Liang Xi said: "It should have been blown through the floor, and now it is exchanging fire with the last bodyguard. If the bodyguard is Mike Banning, there should be hope. But under normal circumstances, the bodyguard will die in the line of duty, and then the criminals will capture Prince Had. I suggest the bodyguard surrender." Everything shows that the criminals came prepared.
After a while, Isa said, "Liang Xi, the higher-ups cannot accept Prince Had being beheaded live. We have to cut off all signals."
Liang Xi said: "Once the signal is cut off, the first floor will collapse."
Isa said: "We can only bet that there are only three criminals. Shoot the three criminals, cut off the signal, and storm the hospital. You'd better find a safe place to stay."
Liang Xi said, "We have found a safe place." They hid in the nursing service room, where there were many sheets, hospital gowns, and bedspreads. They closed the door, propped it up, and tied the door lock with a rope to the stainless steel on the window.
Isa was at a loss. She was ready to attack, but Liang Xi's fourth guess forced Isa to stop the attack. Isa was very conflicted. She had some confidence in Liang Xi, but she couldn't trust him completely. Besides, Liang Xi also said that he was just guessing. The higher-ups only gave her 10 minutes, so she had no choice but to follow the plan and ignore the fourth gangster's existence to attack.
In the surveillance footage, all the hostages wore masks. The criminals wore masks, so it was difficult to quickly obtain information about the other party through facial features. Not only does skull comparison take time, but they also have no comparison materials.
Isa said, "There are still nine minutes left. Please be careful."
Liang Xi said: "Or you can send the surveillance images to us. We are just sitting around doing nothing." Don't blame Liang Xi for being smooth-talking. Under the current circumstances, he can't give anyone any hope.
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The surveillance camera on the first floor of Maria has good clarity and many angles, and it captured all 21 hostages . The hostages were dressed differently, including nurses, security guards, patients, doctors, and people in plain clothes whose identities could not be determined. Everyone had their hands behind their backs and their feet tied while sitting on the ground. The bomb was placed on a small cabinet in the middle of the hostages, and the hostages all leaned against the cabinet.
One of the 21 hostages had died. Robert told Liang Xi that two minutes ago, the hostage tried to stand up and was shot dead on the spot. Unfortunately, the death of the hostage did not reveal the connection between the bomb and the explosion.
Liang Xi analyzed : "I think there can only be a fourth criminal, not a fourth, fifth, or sixth criminal. The surveillance camera shows no visible wires, which means the wires are connected to the cabinet and then to the remote control device in the criminal's hand. The No. 1 hostage group is a stainless steel cabinet, and it is not difficult to drill a hole. The question is, will they bring an electric drill just to drill a hole? Can't they choose other cabinets? No. 1 hostage group is unlikely to be a suspect."
Liang Xi said: "The hostage group No. 2 is using a stainless steel trash can with a hole on it that connects to the trash can. You can break open the base of the trash can and connect the wires from the bottom."
Liang Xi said: "The hostage group No. 3 is using a copier. The copier itself has wires, and if there is an exposed wire connected, it will not attract much attention. If it is a copier, then the hostage group is the people who are close to the power cord and data cable of the copier."
Liang Xi asked: "Kalin, do you know anyone?"
Karin sat next to Liang Xi and pointed, "The one with the Mediterranean hairstyle is a doctor. I'm not sure about the others."
Robert said: "The live broadcast screen appears, we don't have much time."
Bobby took his phone and logged into the website according to what Robert said, and a live video appeared. A woman who called herself Bama said to the camera: "My name is Bama, and the first sentence is to the police. If the signal is interrupted, we will kill all the hostages. If you cooperate, only one person will die. We will come back later." The live video was closed.
Liang Xi didn't understand: "Why don't they just broadcast it live?"
Karin couldn't help but explain, "They will first force Prince Had to read the lines to the camera, and even threaten to shoot the medical staff to force Prince Had to compromise. Then they will transmit the video to the live screen. If the prince would rather die than surrender, they will read the lines they prepared to the camera. Explain their identity, their goals, why they do this, what they want to achieve, what they call on everyone to do, express their attitude, threaten others, and finally use documents to prove that their actions are guided by God. After that... you know."
Liang Xi was surprised: "Kalin, you know so much."
Karin replied: "From the movies."
Liang Xi asked: "I like watching movies too, what kind of movies do you like to watch?"
Bobby slapped Liang Xi on the head and said, "Get down to business. If you do it well, I guarantee that you can have a new bride every day within five years." There are a lot of women with such conditions. Can't you be more focused?
Changing brides every day? That's how rich people commit murder! This is a serious matter. Liang Xi watched the surveillance footage and thought attentively. While thinking, Liang Xi was worried about one thing. Even if he pointed out the identity of the fourth gangster, would the police really dare to shoot him? What if the police shot him and he was wrong? This is no joke. Dozens of lives and the reputation of the detective will be ruined in an instant.
But Liang Xi thought again, if he kept silent for the so-called honor and future, would he blame himself for decades to come? He was just a fool, so he had to fight. Who was afraid of whom? At worst, he could sell the detective agency and find a corner in the countryside to blame himself for the rest of his life. Hard, hold on, buy me some more time.
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In the eyes of Karin, who was standing by, Liang Xi's face became increasingly ugly as he concentrated on thinking. His original confidence and courage had disappeared from his face, replaced by deep and obsessive thinking. He buried his head in the clean sheets and kept hitting it rhythmically, then suddenly stopped, with resentment and unwillingness written on his face. He forced himself into a new round of rhythmic hitting.
Liang Xi's consistent style shows that he is not a traditional detective. In the case of the drug-hunting team robbery, he could not find evidence, so he set a trap to catch people. In the case of Wen Xi's suicide note, he could not find evidence, so he helped the tiger eat the pig. In the distribution warehouse, he could not find the target warehouse, so he encouraged Bobby's money tactics. Liang Xi could infer a river after getting a drop of water, and he could also find the river. But this time, after the drop of water merged into the river, he could not find it. He could not think of a way to find the water.
Hanging a fake portrait of the master and angering the criminals can indeed make the fourth person appear, but it will also cause them to detonate the bomb. Analyzing from the shoes and clothes can only give an approximate number. This kind of thing cannot be an approximate number. One's own identification is related to the lives of a group of people. If you can't think of a good way, the greater the pressure of the death countdown, the greater the pressure, the less you can expand your thinking.
At the same time, Isa was under great pressure. The Blade had not yet been formally established, and the commander of the Counter-Terrorism Office of the Special Operations Department of the National Police Agency was in charge of this terrorist attack. The commander listened to Isa's opinions very seriously, and at the same time he told Isa the reality she was facing. Even if Liang Xi was right, he had to act. Prince Had was cooperating with the criminals to read the lines in front of the camera while the criminals shot a doctor and threatened the nurse's life. When the criminals recorded the video and started uploading it live, they would not let any hostage go.
The only way to solve the problem now is that Liang Xi is wrong, there are only three gangsters on the first floor. Because the police can't deal with the situation of four gangsters.
At the last minute, Robert kept urging Liang Xi, who was on the verge of collapse under the enormous pressure. He blamed himself and kept muttering to himself: "I'm sorry, I can't find it, I can't find it. I'm sorry, I can't find it."
