star hunter

"They are very aware of my every move, and they must be hiding in a place with a good view."

Zhong Yuncong quickly sent this message, while waiting for the mysterious voice again.

"Are you going to break your promise?" Although it was a questioning tone, Zhong Yuncong caught a subtle turn from the ups and downs of the other party's tone - it sounded like they were also shaken, and it seemed that there was room for negotiation.

But he also knows that "Shadow" is not so easy to compromise. In such a situation, everyone wants to maximize their interests. To put it bluntly, the current stage is bargaining.

Zhong Yuncong glanced at the communicator in his hand, but the headquarters did not reply, maybe they have already started to search secretly.

"We've always been very sincere, otherwise we wouldn't have made this trip today." It was the first time he had encountered such a big scene. To be honest, the sweat in his palms was still dry. Fortunately, he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running. His family was in business, so he was more or less fascinated by it, and it seemed to be the case when negotiating, "Really, the dozen or so people in our car didn't have this "big kindness" exchange with you, and they were locked up for a while. We are going to release them too. Don’t you just want to earn a reputation by doing this? Exchange the kidnapped hostages for legally detained lawbreakers. Please accept it as soon as you see it, don't be too greedy, okay?"

The other party chuckled: "Oh? Is it sincere to fool people with a car of fake ones?"

Zhong Yun didn't change his face: "There's nothing we can do about it, who made us so passive, we have to test the water first... Besides, we haven't been discovered yet."

"You're really good at making excuses." His sophistry didn't seem to have much effect, but he reminded the other party, "Speaking of which, who are the people in this car? They can't be from your Administration Bureau, right?"

Zhong Yuncong quickly denied it: "Absolutely not. Apart from me, there is no other person in charge of the Bureau in this car."

"Could it be someone you found on the street?" Get out of the car and let them go. I warn you, don't make any more tricks at the end, or you will do so at your own peril."

Don't play tricks?Even if you think about it with your toes, you know it's impossible, right?While Zhong Yuncong complained, it did not prevent him from jumping out of the car in a hurry, and then waved his hand to signal to drive.

Soon, the previous minibus was driven away. Zhong Yuncong turned around and got into another car, and met the driver. He was taken aback for a moment, then found a place to sit down, and said again: "As you said, can we continue to discuss the previous issues now?"

"It's been decided long ago, there's nothing to discuss."

The other party's casual tone made Zhong Yuncong very angry, and he smiled back angrily: "If you are like this, then there is no need to talk. Do you believe it or not if I turn around and leave now?"

The man replied coldly: "Unless you don't want those fifteen lives."

"Yes, of course, I'm here, I don't want to make a trip in vain, do I? Well, how about we take a step back?" Zhong Yuncong copied what his mother used to say when she was traveling. At the same time, looking at the six roads, I was surprised to find that, at some point, there were fewer and fewer people on the street.

He took a closer look, and people began to gradually gather in one direction... It seemed that there was something in the next street that attracted them.

It's definitely not something they did spontaneously, it's 100% that the Administration used some means to disperse the crowd.

Zhong Yuncong became nervous all of a sudden: After sending everyone away, could it be that they are going to do something?

"What do you mean by taking a step back?"

The other party was still asking the question knowingly, but it hit Zhong Yuncong's arms: "We can add one more hostage to you at most. Which one do you want? Think twice before acting. Once you decide, you can't change it."

His tone sounded very relaxed, but he was sweating profusely. The time has dragged on like this. Should the people in the headquarters find the hiding place of "Shadow"?

If he couldn't find it anymore, he didn't know how to delay it.

There was no news from there again, presumably he was discussing his proposal, Zhong Yuncong hoped that their discussion would last as long as possible, but unfortunately the weather didn't go his way, and soon a familiar voice came from his ear again.

"Okay, we want Yang Shaowu."

The frankness they promised was somewhat beyond Zhong Yuncong's expectations, but the result itself was not surprising—after all, they had faintly revealed room for maneuver before. As for them giving up Yingying and leaving Yang Shaowu, there is nothing to say that's it.

Zhong Yuncong sent the news to the headquarters non-stop, and this time the message came back almost instantly: "Tell them that we will send Yang Shaowu here, but in return, we need them to release some of the hostages first."

Zhong Yuncong's heart was beating fast, and his mental activity was constant: If the other party agreed, it meant that they would probably reveal their location while releasing the hostages.

Could it be that Zongju and the others haven't found their lair so far?And will this purpose be too obvious, the other party is so shrewd, surely he will see through it?

But even so, he still told the truth. He thought that the other side would refuse, or at least he would have to struggle a bit, and he didn't want to give an answer in the blink of an eye.

"Okay, then let's release half of the people first, to show our sincerity."

Although Zhong Yuncong was extremely surprised, he quickly reacted: "...OK! Then you release the hostages first, and we will fulfill our promise after confirming that the hostages are safe."

The other party chuckled: "Wait, I haven't finished talking yet."

Zhong Yuncong's heart suddenly tightened.

"It's not fair for only one party to fulfill the conditions...I ask you to release the same number of hostages at the same time." The voice said with a smile, "We will release seven people, and you will also release seven people. After one minute, they will be released at the same time. "

Zhong Yun took a deep breath like a toothache, and at the same time reported the news to the headquarters.

Zong Zhengzheng's message has only one word: let go.

Zhong Yun let out a long breath and said to the other side: "Okay."

Then he turned his head to look at the hostages on the car seat. After those slumped-headed people caught his sight, they all became vigilant in unison, and seemed a little more energetic.

Those who were arrested were the worst rioters at that time, basically young and middle-aged, old men, and they didn't pay attention to the old, weak, sick and disabled women first. Zhong Yuncong simply waved his hand and gave a simple and rough classification standard: "The seven in the front row, unshackle them."

The pickets in charge of guarding the car took a quick snapshot, and the seven people sitting in the front immediately panicked after hearing Zhong Yuncong's words: "Where are you taking us?!"

"Don't worry, we will guarantee your safety." Zhong Yun never said too much to them, and talking too much would be a bad thing, and now that the situation is uncertain, it is hard to say what will happen next.

He was sitting on a chair, his fingers unconsciously tapping irregularly on the back of the chair in front of him.

This may be the longest minute he has ever experienced.

He stared at the electronic clock above the windshield, and sneaked across the driver's seat from the corner of his eye.

The driver lowered his head slightly, and the thick shadow cast by the pressed brim of his hat covered his brows and eyes, Zhong Yun never could see his expression clearly.

There should be...no problem.He slowed his breathing and his heartbeat slowly returned to calm.

The seconds on the electronic clock jumped back from "60" to "00". Zhong Yuncong took a deep breath. At the same time, he heard a prompt from "Shadow": "It's time."

He suddenly got up and blurted out: "Take them out of the car."

He was the first to get out of the car, and then watched the pickets bring down the seven hostages one by one.

At this time, there were almost no passers-by in this area, and Changle Street, which usually seemed crowded and lively, was deserted at this time.

The hostages stood on the empty street, feeling more and more insecure, and simply stayed where they were. Zhong Yuncong had no choice but to lower his voice: "We want to set you free, not execute you, there is no need to Scared like this."

As soon as these words came out, the dubious eyes of the seven stubborn donkeys all fell on him.

Zhong Yun never had the heart to explain more, so he said with a straight face: "Believe it or not. If you don't believe it, I will find someone else."

He put on airs: "Get them back, go and bring down those behind..."

Seeing this posture, the seven people didn't dare to continue to be stubborn, one by one scrambling to follow behind his buttocks.

Zhong Yuncong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then communicated with the other party: "We have already got off the bus."

The voice rang again: "Our people have also set off."

Zhong Yuncong led a group of people slowly across the street.

His eyes wandered and searched everywhere, but his nerves were like a bowstring stretched to the extreme.

Haven't... found it yet?

He seemed to be walking on a tightrope, and with every step he took, he was getting closer to the cliff.

Do you really want to make this extremely humiliating deal with them?

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a small group of people walking out of the white building diagonally ahead.

He immediately realized that it should be the other party's seven hostages.

He quickly compared those slumped faces with the missing persons in his mind one by one, and it turned out that they all matched.

Is it a real hostage?

Zhong Yuncong couldn't believe it. So, could it be that "Shadow" sincerely wanted to exchange and didn't do anything wrong?

He quickly sent the geographical coordinates, and at the same time slowed down, his tone was indistinguishable: "Very good, I saw someone, you are very trustworthy."

The other party said with a smile: "Thanks for the compliment."

Zhong Yuncong also laughed, his nerves relaxed suddenly, because he saw the indicator light on the communicator suddenly light up.

"The tunnel has been dug through, and the attack will start immediately. You continue to stabilize the opponent."

There was only a short sentence on it, but Zhong Yuncong heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out that he had already found the place, and he just planned to invade from below by surprise. No wonder it took so long.

Stabilize them... Just as he was thinking hard about what nonsense to say and continue to delay the time, the other party's voice suddenly rang in his ears again.

"Zhong Yuncong, look up at the window on the third floor."

He was startled, raised his head subconsciously, looked over, and then his pupils shrank suddenly.

That is……

"See his face clearly? If you don't want him to die, tell your people to stop their unwise actions immediately." The voice continued to linger in his ears, "Apart from wanting to exchange hostages today, I don't have other plans, so please don't worry too much... After all, there are still many opportunities to fight in the future."

Zhong Yuncong froze in place, his limbs and bones seemed to be frozen, and it was difficult for him to even breathe.

Old Zhong...that's really Dad...he was absolutely right.

How could father be in their hands?

Zhong Yun has no time to think about this question now, and a bigger worry is troubling him-should the upcoming action of the Administrative Bureau fall short?

Both sides are responsible, which side will he take?

His trembling hands had unconsciously edited a line of information on the communicator, as long as it was sent out.

But his thumb couldn't be pressed down.

How to do?

How to do?

How to do?

Just when he was in a dilemma and struggling to the extreme, an out-of-control car broke the situation.

But this is only relative to him, because after he heard the exclamation of the crowd behind him, he suddenly realized that the car that was speeding straight towards them was planning to kill them.

Speaking of it, if a person dies, it's really a one-hundred-and-a-half, and all family responsibilities are gone.

But the problem is, Zhong Yun went from being entangled to being entangled, but not to the point of wanting to die.

Besides, even if he was going to die, he couldn't bring the group of people behind him to be buried with him!

"Get out of the way!" He only had time to yell, but in fact it doesn't matter whether he yelled or not, because the others were not fools, they had already dodged.

It would be fine if it was an ordinary car, but the terrible thing is that this is not an ordinary car.

The indicator light of the communicator was on again, and Zhong Yuncong glanced at it, his legs almost went limp.

"Car bomb, run away!"

...Is it too late to remind now?

And, the "Shadow" group of back-and-forth bastards!No matter what you say, don't do small tricks, but as soon as you come, you will go to grandma's house!If I can survive, I will definitely skin you alive!

Cursing did not delay him loudly warning others, including another group of hostages, everyone was desperately fleeing in the opposite direction.

How can a person's two legs compare to four wheels?What's more, once an explosion occurs, the area affected must be quite large. Even if they are not hit by a car, it will be difficult for them to escape the power of the explosion.

Hurricane's car was only a few meters away from them.