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Chapter 1935: Chapter 1050: Human Nature (3)
Meanwhile, on the other side, Tao Yu had already spoken out about their plan to plant explosives.
"We have no interest in rescuing hostages or protecting the jewelry; we are only seeking self-preservation. We could have stayed out of each other’s way, but your bombs are meant to take everyone down. We can’t let that happen."
Through the walkie-talkie, the sound was loud enough for some hostages beside Rabbit to hear what was being said.
After hearing that these crazed robbers also planted bombs to destroy the entire hotel, a feeling of considerable dread swept through.
"You’re going to blow us up after the robbery?"
The hostages stayed calm mainly due to the fact that their guns were intimidating. Besides, the jewelry being stolen seemed none of their concern.
But now, with the entire building potentially being blown up – facing death either way – unrest started to brew.
Just as Rabbit and Sang Bang were about to shoot to establish control and kill a few as a warning.
Chen Jiaju and Li Jie acted almost simultaneously.
Li Jie swept aside a robber’s gun with a sideways strike and immediately lunged forward to grab the gun. On the other side, Chen Jiaju picked up a pen from the ground and pressed it against the computer expert’s carotid artery.
"Nobody move, or the computer expert dies and you get nothing!"
Chen Jiaju’s furious shout sent a chill through the armed assailants, who then aimed their guns over.
Yet, fearing collateral damage, they dared not shoot.
Li Jie held his stolen gun and took cover behind an obstacle for protection.
"We can stay as hostages and will eventually help you decrypt, but you must let the other hostages go."
Despite being brimming with personal heroism, Chen Jiaju was indeed someone who could sacrifice himself for others in a critical moment.
Relying solely on a computer expert to force these terrorists into compliance would be impossible, but negotiating for the release of hostages could likely make an impact.
"Letting just the two of you remain won’t work; the Flying Tiger Team may come in soon, but we can let all adult males go."
At this moment, Rabbit felt utterly helpless.
He never expected such a blunder even under control; were these two guys really afraid of dying...
And because of this lesson, letting the adult males go to avoid further mistakes didn’t seem entirely unacceptable.
"Don’t be quick to refuse. If you disagree, we’ll shoot you and then blow these glass panels to pieces to gain some benefit. For safety, we’ll kill all adult males here first..."
This turn of events opposed Chen Jiaju and Li Jie.
Many started speaking out.
"Agree with them, whoever can escape should."
"Yes, if we don’t agree with them, we’ll die!"
Initially prepared to save people, Chen Jiaju suddenly found himself at odds, beginning to bear pressure from the hostages.
Facing life and death, there are always those who crumble, and under their lead, enormous pressure ensued.
"You guys can go try persuading him; I won’t shoot. If you succeed, I’ll let you leave."
Rabbit said, aiming straight for the heart.
This brought the biggest-voiced adult male hostages forward to ’persuade’ Chen Jiaju.
Chen Jiaju just pointed with the pen, taking cover behind the target.
At times like this, if some ordinary people can restrict him a bit, he’d have confidence to execute a headshot!
And after a moment of hesitation among those few hostages, they stood up and slowly approached Chen Jiaju armed with a pen.
Confronting the armed assailants was out of the question; the other side would genuinely shoot!
There had already been an example of the harsh warning before.
But if going to ’persuade’ this hero-showing guy, there seemed to be little risk.
The one with the gun in secret, surely wouldn’t attack us defenseless civilians...