Chapter 95 A glimmer of hope
"If you testify against me, everyone in the car will die; if you help me, we still have a chance of survival." The girl did not deny it and said in a low voice while panting.
Those people were checking passengers one by one. They looked very carefully, checking everyone, young or old, and rubbing their faces. One particularly fat person was even asked to take off his clothes for inspection. There were two people checking, but they did not work together. After the first person checked, the second person checked again, and the others were guarding all passengers with guns to prevent accidents. The driver was still driving the bus tremblingly, not daring to stop, and turned right when he saw a red light, gradually deviating further and further from the original route.
"Who are you? What are their identities?" Rong Yuan asked. He would not think that the girl next to him was the one who needed protection just because she looked young and weak. Weakness and beauty were the most advantageous weapons of women. Maybe she was the bad guy. Those people - although they didn't look like them - were some special forces of the Sugar Country?
"I'm not a bad person, but I have no way to prove it." The girl's breathing became heavy. "The choice is yours - believe me or believe them, choose one of the two. But you have to remember that the result of your choice is not only my life, but also your own life and the lives of everyone in this car."
Rong Yuan remained silent, tapping his knees quickly with his fingers.
The inspectors had already reached the middle of the carriage, only two rows of seats away from them. Several injured people were groaning, and there were also children crying in low voices, making the atmosphere in the car even more tense.
"How can I help you?" Rong Yuan asked in a low voice.
"It's simple." The girl whispered, "When he's checking you, I'll attract his attention. Even these specially trained killing machines will definitely ignore your existence the moment they find their target. You have to seize the opportunity and stick this thing on him. Then don't hesitate, jump out of the car immediately. The window next to me has been tampered with, it will shatter if touched."
She stuffed something slightly larger than a beer bottle cap into Rong Yuan's hand. Rong Yuan flipped it over with his fingers. This black button-like thing had a layer of sticker on one side and felt very smooth on the other side, like both metal and plastic.
"What is this?" he asked.
"bomb."
Rong Yuan's hands couldn't help but tremble, and he asked, "Why don't you do it yourself?"
"Because they are very alert and will attack as soon as they see me. I don't stand a chance," the girl said.
Rong Yuan did not ask her if she would blow him up with her. It was meaningless to ask this question now. Even if the girl would explode the moment she got close to him, she would definitely not tell him the truth now. In any case, he still trusted the girl more than the other two, because he saw a more dangerous look in the eyes of those men, the kind of look like a venomous snake or a vulture that made people shudder. He had no doubt that if necessary, these people would kill everyone in the car without mercy. It's just...
"What about the other people in the car?" Rong Yuan asked, "What will happen to them?"
The girl's body shook for a moment, and then she said dryly: "...I can't do anything. I can't save everyone."
"So you're just going to save yourself?" Rong Yuan said softly.
A cold gun muzzle was pressed against his chin, forcing him to stand up and raise his head. The man in black looked him up and down with a sinister look, then reached out and pulled his face twice. Rong Yuan endured it with a grimace, and felt that his face must have turned red.
"past!"
After ruling out Rong Yuan's suspicion, the man waved his gun and motioned him to move forward. The second inspector behind him was staring at him. Those who had been inspected were squatting in the front half of the aisle, like a group of chicks being stared at by an eagle, with their heads down and not daring to breathe.
The aisle was not wide, and Rong Yuan had to lean sideways to squeeze past the man to get to the front. When the two crossed, their breathing was close. When the movement of his hand was completely covered by his body, he quickly wiped his left hand in his right hand and tore off the thin sticker.
The girl raised her head at this moment, exposing her face completely to the previous examiner. His eyes suddenly widened, and he opened his mouth to say something, but at the same time he moved his shoulders and changed the direction of the weapon in his hand.
——Right now!
Rong Yuan put the bomb on the man's abdomen with a flick of his hand, and at the same time he pushed the ground hard and jumped back. He felt the girl behind him also jumped up at the same time, grabbed his shoulders and pulled hard, and the two of them flew out through the window in an embrace!
He flew out of the car which was going at least 50 kilometers per hour!
"Bang!"
There was a gunshot, and the person standing next to the driver reacted quickly and fired. Rong Yuan only felt a pain in his arm, but this pain was nothing compared to the shock he felt when he saw the bomb explode.
A blood-red peony blossomed on the man's chest, blood splattered everywhere, and his body flew backwards involuntarily, not only knocking down the accomplice behind him, but also blocking the shooting range of the man in front.
The weightless flight lasted only a moment, and Rong Yuan and the girl fell to the ground with a thud, rolling several times involuntarily. He closed his eyes and felt the world spinning, but strangely he did not feel too much pain, because his body did not hit the ground directly, and the girl acted as a human shield.
When the dizziness and the roaring of his heart finally subsided a little, he found himself hiding behind the green bushes at the corner. The girl was kneeling on one knee with a gun in both hands. Her body was still bleeding, but her hands did not tremble at all. She fired calmly.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Through the gaps in the bushes, he saw several men jumping out of the car and chasing after him. They were desperate. They ran very fast and dodged very nimbly. They were still shooting while running, but the probability of hitting was very small in this situation. The purpose of intimidation was greater than killing the enemy. However, the girl probably did not choose the time to jump out of the car at random. She was now in a favorable position, waiting for the opportunity to attack, and her shooting skills were better. Several men were shot dead before they ran to the front.
--sharp!
Rong Yuan couldn't help but admire in his heart.
"Let's go!" The girl put away her gun and said as she stood up with difficulty.
"Where are you going?" Rong Yuan asked, taking a look at her bloody abdomen and saying, "You are seriously injured."
"You won't die." The girl said in a very manly way. She took out a roll of gauze from a bag on her waist and quickly wrapped it around her several times. The force she used when wrapping the gauze tightly made Rong Yuan feel the pain for her.
The girl said, "Those guys aren't all there. Their accomplices will be here soon. We have to leave quickly." She glanced at Rong Yuan and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"
Rong Yuan recalled the pain he had just felt, and he lifted his arm to take a look. It was just a shallow scratch, which hurt a lot. But compared to the injury on the girl, it was nothing.
Rong Yuan shook his head and said, "It's okay. But you, are you okay after falling from the car like that?" When he jumped out of the car, he was prepared to be half-dead or half-crippled, but now he can be said to be almost unscathed, and the girl who acted as a meat shield does not seem to be seriously injured.
"I'm wearing protective clothing." The girl explained simply, and she kept walking over the guardrail on the side of the road and into the woods. She frowned, obviously the action just now involved the wound, but she did not make a sound, nor did she ask Rong Yuan for help.
Rong Yuan stood by the road without moving. He felt that it was inexplicable that he was involved in such a thing. If he continued to be with this girl, he would definitely encounter similar dangers. He was just an ordinary person without any training and weapons. If he rashly got involved, he would probably lose his life. He just wanted to stop a car on the side of the road, return to the city, and return to his normal life.
The girl walked two steps and heard no movement. She turned around and saw what he was thinking. She sighed and said, "I'm sorry, it's not my intention to involve you. It's just that those people have seen your face. Unless they are all dead, they will find you even if you hide at the ends of the earth. Don't even think about asking the police for help. You will die faster that way. The high-level officials in City A have their own insiders. Staying with us for the time being will be safer."
Rong Yuan hesitated. No matter how smart and calm he was, he was just a student living in a peaceful era. When he suddenly encountered such a thing, he had no better choice. What the girl said made sense. More importantly, she was seriously injured. He was not in a completely passive state. If it were those machine-like men, they would definitely not be so easy to talk to.
He climbed over the guardrail and followed them, but did not reach out for help. He kept two steps away from each other and asked, "[Us]? Do you have other companions?"
"Well, they are hunting somewhere else and will come here when they are done."
From her words, Rong Yuan got several pieces of information: First, the people being "hunted" were probably the accomplices of those people just now; second, there were more than one person participating in the hunt, which meant that the enemies encountered here were just the tip of the iceberg, and the forces over there were much stronger; third, they probably wouldn't have any support before the so-called hunt was over; fourth, the girl in front of him was being hunted alone, maybe because she acted as bait? Fifth, the word "hunt" was used, which at least showed that the girl and her companions had a greater psychological advantage.
Rong Yuan figured it out himself, cautiously not getting involved any further. He kept a distance from the girl, only reaching out to help her when she missed a step and almost fell, and then immediately distanced himself.
The girl was originally more wary of Rong Yuan than trusting him, but now that she was injured, it was much better to have a companion than to be alone. Now seeing that Rong Yuan was even more wary than her, and wanted to erect a wall between them, she couldn't help but smile a little, and her tense shoulders relaxed slightly.
"boom--"
There was a loud noise in the distance. The two looked up and saw a fiery red air wave rising from that direction. A hot wind blew in their faces. Even at such a long distance, they could feel the rapidly rising temperature and the strong smell of burning gasoline.
The two stared at each other in amazement. The girl gritted her teeth, her face showing pain. She wiped her tears and said, "Go!"
Rong Yuan was a little dazed. He had a guess in his mind, but he still found it hard to believe - in this era, are there still people who are so cruel?
The girl pulled him, and the two of them quickened their pace and walked in. On the branches and leaves covering the ground, there were spots of blood.
