Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 630 - 286: Preparing to Retreat

"Here it comes!" Liu Weijun quickly handed over the vest.

"Help me find a roll of tape and a power strip." Gu Ji drew his military knife, first tearing open the vest fabric, pulling out the bomb and detonating cord one by one, gauging the door frame, then removing two sticks of explosives. Once the other items arrived, he called out to Gao Bo.

The two immediately began to cooperate in their tasks.

Gao Bo was responsible for using tape to fix the long string of plastic explosives in sequence along the edges of the door panel, distributing them at the 1 o’clock, 3 o’clock, and 5 o’clock positions according to the clock face.

These positions were also the usual locations for door locks and deadbolts.

Meanwhile, Gu Ji stripped the power cord from the power strip, extending the detonator wires. The entire process took less than two minutes, and after everything was ready, Gao Bo moved a heavy desk to use as cover, placing it tight against the wall, and then they both hid behind it with Gu Ji.

"Three, two, one!"

"Boom——!"

As Gu Ji pressed the detonator, the door frame erupted in flames, the entire wall shaking, a massive cloud of dust falling. The security door was completely deformed by the blast, caving inwards, the deadbolts and locks twisted into a mass of scrap metal.

As the security door broke open, screams echoed from inside the room.

"Ah! Ah!"

"Don’t shoot! I surrender! I surrender!"

"Move in! Fast!"

Zhang Wenjun urged the team, and Liu Weijun kicked open the door, immediately noticing a figure behind the computer desk inside, raising their arms, "Hands on your head! Now!!"

A stern shout frightened the shadow who shuddered suddenly, just about to aim when Liu Weijun shot them in the chest, knocking them to the floor.

Simultaneously, another shadow was sneaking along the floor.

"Stop! Hands on your head! Or I’ll shoot!"

Perhaps the phrase "I’ll shoot" frightened him. This guy froze on the spot, not daring to move, as if petrified.

Gu Ji and Gao Bo followed closely behind.

He focused on the figure lying on the ground.

A dark suit, slicked back hair, gold-rimmed glasses, and slightly bucked teeth, looking quite respectable, it was Jinyuan Group’s head of electronic fraud and money laundering: Yang Chen!

"Officer, officer, I am a good person, please don’t shoot!"

"Cut the crap, where’s Zhang Shanshan!"

At the checkpoint in the underground building, Gu Ji already knew this guy was slippery, not bothering with verbose conversation.

"Zhang Shanshan? Zhang Shanshan is, is..." Yang Chen was momentarily stunned by the question, suddenly realizing and pointing to the corner’s flower bed where crouched a young woman with a hot body and disheveled clothes, shaking her head in panic.

"Shanshan! Shanshan, are you alright?"

"Stop! You can’t go in now! The danger inside hasn’t been cleared yet!"

Outside the door, He Shun wanted to rush in and take a look, but Wu Kang stopped him with a hand.

"Gao Bo, handcuff him."

"Huh? This is Myanmar, what law did I break, why are you arresting me! I’m a good person..."

Gu Ji dismissed him with a remark, then turned towards the woman hiding in the flower bed corner.

Though the young woman’s face looked bruised and nervous, her facial features were recognizable enough that she was Zhang Shanshan, "Zhang Shanshan?"

"I, don’t, don’t take off my clothes..."

"Don’t be afraid, we are Xia Kingdom police, you are safe now!"

"I’m safe, ha, really? I’m safe..." Zhang Shanshan seemed more distressed than He Shun, her expression vacant, laughing and crying, behaving like she was in a daze.

Gu Ji turned and delivered a swift kick to Yang Chen.

"What the hell did you do to her, give her drugs?"

"I, I swear, I did nothing, I just wanted to talk to her, then the building lost power, then I heard gunshots, and I locked us in the finance room..."

Yang Chen was kicked into the table edge, enduring the sharp pain as he clutched his abdomen and spoke.

Confirming she hadn’t been injected with the "heaven" drug, Gu Ji finally let out a sigh of relief, seeing the state of Zhang Shanshan much like Pan Xinli before.

"This is Team Three, the identities of five hostages have been confirmed, all safe, no casualties on our side, preparing to leave the site in one minute!"

"This is Team One! We are evacuating two hostages from the basement, regroup at the lobby doors! Repeat, regroup at the lobby doors..."

Zhang Wenjun and Bi Xin communicated swiftly over the radio.

However, Gu Ji turned his attention to the computer on the finance office desk, "Are all the Jinyuan Group’s electronic fraud money laundering data on this computer?"

"Huh?" Yang Chen feigned ignorance with a start.

"I’m asking you a damn question!" with that, Gu Ji lifted his foot to kick again.

"Please don’t hit me! Yes! Yes!" Yang Chen, being one to bully the weak, found this method very effective.

"Forget about everything else, evacuate quickly!" Zhang Wenjun scolded Gu Ji.

Yet he rushed to the desk, grabbing the laptop from the surface.

Gao Bo looked puzzled at this redundant action, "Gu Ji, our goal is to rescue hostages, what use is taking this thing?"

"Securing criminal evidence." Gu Ji then followed Zhang Wenjun and others out of the finance office, finding a backpack in the office area, stuffing the computer inside and slinging it over his shoulder, "Also, in a crisis moment, it’s a bargaining chip."

"A bargaining chip?" Gao Bo asked back.

Zhao Hua thought for a moment, immediately grasping Gu Ji’s intention.

Electronic fraud is one of Jinyuan Group’s core departments, involving massive amounts of money, and this computer contained all the laundering records, from methods to ledgers, anonymous accounts, and asset distribution locations.

For the police, it’s criminal evidence;

But for the three families and warlords, it’s a readily available fortune!

"This Gu Ji, is not simple!"