Chapter 175 He Came

“Tactics?” Jiang Jingwei’s eyes lit up. She supported her chin with a finger, striking a pose.

“Li Dongze is right, we do need to formulate tactics. After all, we’re an official organization, not mindless evil professionals. I have an idea.”

*The evil professionals probably have more brains than you,* the thought occurred to everyone simultaneously, though it was inappropriate.

Li Dongze asked, “You have an idea? Let’s hear it.”

Jiang Jingwei said, “We rush in. Teng Yuan and Yuanshi lead the charge, Guan Ya provides covering fire, I’ll look for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and we defeat them one by one.”

*Those are great tactics, so great it's like there aren't any tactics at all.* Zhang Yuanqing was worried about his little aunt, and urged, “Team Leader, don’t waste time.” Li Dongze also felt he had been too naive to actively solicit the pyromaniac’s tactics.

He looked around at everyone and said methodically,

“The enemy has hostages. We can’t force our way in. We need a Night Wanderer who is good at stealth to go in. But if Yuanshi goes in alone, it’ll probably be too dangerous. Guan Ya, contact Yuan Ting and have him come as quickly as possible.”

“Okay!” Guan Ya took out her phone and walked to the side.

Li Dongze continued,

“Night Wanderers have limited stealth time. Even if they sneak into the hospital, they’ll be seen by the surveillance cameras. So, Wang Tai, you prepare to hack into the hospital’s surveillance system.”

Wang Tai immediately opened his computer, sat down in his seat, and started typing away.

Li Dongze then looked at Jiang Jingwei and Teng Yuan, and said,

“We don’t have stealth abilities, so we’ll stay here and attract the attention of Li Xianzong and the other gangsters. I’ll be responsible for negotiating with Li Xianzong, trying to buy time and distract him.” At this moment, Guan Ya hung up the phone and said in a low voice, “Captain Yuan said it’ll take fifteen minutes.”

Fifteen minutes… Li Dongze frowned, glanced at Zhang Yuanqing, and said,

“We’ll try to stall until he gets here. Don’t be impulsive. You can’t possibly fight those gangsters alone.”

Teng Yuan, Wang Tai, Jingwei, and the others held the same attitude.

This group of gangsters came for Yuanshi, their posture so arrogant, both a provocation and a goad. Given Yuanshi’s level, going in would be suicide. Although a bit disheartening, it was also a fact.

Guan Ya suddenly remembered that Yuanshi’s little aunt was an intern at Pingtai Hospital. He had mentioned it last time when investigating the spirit servant incident. *No wonder he’s so anxious,* Guan Ya thought.

Zhang Yuanqing sat in the car, eyes closed, resting his mind. He didn’t refute Li Dongze, but his colleagues’ worries were justified. He couldn’t enter rashly, but that didn’t mean there weren’t other methods.

At this moment, no one noticed that a round and adorable infant spirit was nimbly paddling its limbs, crawling towards the hospital, crawling towards the administrative building occupied by the gangsters.

*I'll have Little Doubi scout ahead and check on my little aunt’s situation…* Zhang Yuanqing had his own ideas and plans. The spirit servant's usefulness was becoming apparent at this moment.

Surveillance cameras couldn’t capture it, and ordinary Spirit Adventurers couldn’t sense it, unless there happened to be Night Wanderers and Illusionists among the kidnappers.

But these two professions were too rare for such a coincidence. Even if such a coincidence happened, he wasn’t worried about Little Doubi being discovered, because this was a hospital.

A hospital with numerous spirits.

…

Time passed, minute by minute. At the eighth minute, Li Dongze picked up the walkie-talkie, pressed the button, and said, “Yuanshi will be there soon. It’s rush hour, the traffic is a bit congested. You wait another three minutes.”

He repeated it three times.

Li Xianzong finally responded, his arrogant voice mocking, “Don’t try to stall for time with me. I’ll kill one person every minute. I keep my word. You can also force your way into the hospital and see if I’ll blow everyone up.”

Slkslk.

Li Dongze’s expression was solemn. He put down the walkie-talkie and looked at Teng Yuan, saying in a low voice, “Prepare yourself to impersonate Yuanshi and enter the hospital to stabilize the kidnappers.” His words just now weren’t for negotiation or stalling for time, but to test the other side’s attitude.

“Understood,” Team Leader Teng Yuan “Yuanshi, let’s swap outfits.”

His style of dress leaned toward middle-aged. Although Yuanshi Tianzun’s identity information was strictly confidential, he had contact with official Spirit Adventurers from time to time. Rumors about “Yuanshi Tianzun” being a young man might have already spread.

Without knowing how much information the other side possessed, it was certainly better to align as close as possible with the real person.

Zhang Yuanqing could only temporarily divert some of his attention and quickly swap coats with Teng Yuan. He also gave the other man his baseball cap and mask.

Li Dongze picked up the walkie-talkie again and said in a deep voice,

“Li Xianzong, you’re causing trouble in Songhai, are you targeting Yuanshi Tianzun?”

Li Xianzong’s cheerful voice came through, “The large-scale killing instance is about to open, and I’m a bit poor. I’m borrowing his head to exchange for a few props to play with.”

Whether it was intentional or just how he was, this guy’s voice was arrogant and nonchalant, as if Yuanshi Tianzun was a lamb to be slaughtered, his provocativeness was off the charts.

Not to mention Zhang Yuanqing, even Guan Ya was annoyed listening to him. The short-tempered Jiang Jingwei was grinding her teeth, baring her pearly whites.

*As expected, he’s here for Yuanshi…* Li Dongze stopped wasting words and put down the walkie-talkie.

On the other side, Little Doubi crawled quickly, going through walls as if they weren't there. Soon, it entered the first-floor lobby.

Several corpses were lying in the lobby, thick blood staining the floor tiles. More than a hundred ordinary people were gathered around the escalators, the information desk, and other places, some crouching, some huddled, some sobbing softly, some trembling, some daring not to speak…

Two armed gangsters were walking back and forth through the crowd, vigilantly watching their surroundings, occasionally lewdly groping a young woman with strange laughter.

*There are only two people on the first floor. If I can sneak attack, as long as they aren't Earth Elementals, I can instantly kill them.*

*These guys really think they have me cornered? Pulling off such a big show, if you want to die, I’ll grant your wish!* Zhang Yuanqing suppressed his anger, controlling Little Doubi to crawl towards the second floor.

Although it was still a little baby with sparse fetal hair, its speed was not slow at all. After arriving on the second floor, the waiting hall was full of squatting hostages. Little Doubi didn’t stop, it went straight up the stairs. The third floor was empty. It was unknown whether everyone had been driven to the second floor, or if they had hidden themselves while taking advantage of the chaos.

Finally, the infant spirit arrived on the fourth floor.

In the fourth-floor waiting hall, a thin, middle-aged man with a gun in his left hand and a short blade in his right hand was scanning the crowd with a cold gaze, shouting, “Hold your heads and squat down. If you don’t cooperate, don’t blame me for blowing your heads off.”

The hostages obediently held their heads, trembling with fear, their faces full of terror.

*My little aunt isn’t here. She’s not in the hall…* Zhang Yuanqing carefully scanned the medical staff, but didn’t find his little aunt. Suddenly, a series of screams came from inside the obstetrics and gynecology department.

*There are also two kidnappers on the fourth floor, and one is dragging people inside.* Zhang Yuanqing’s heart sank, and he controlled Little Doubi to quickly crawl inside.

In the office, listening to the screams of her colleagues outside, Doctor Zhao’s face was pale, and her plump body couldn’t stop trembling. “Th-they’re coming up…” Doctor Zhao’s face was filled with horror.

She turned her head and saw that Xiao Jiang’s face was also pale, but she was pulling her down to squat down, saying,

“Let’s hide under the table.”

Doctor Zhao shrank under the table, feeling a little safer. She pricked up her ears to listen to the movements outside, anxiously saying, “Why aren’t the security guards here yet? Will we be killed? Why aren’t the security guards here yet…”

Jiang Yu’er said in a low voice, “It’s okay, someone will come to save us.” Her calm tone and confident expression, even though Doctor Zhao didn’t know where Xiao Jiang’s confidence and assurance came from, she did feel a little more at ease.

Just then, the office door was violently kicked open, the door slamming loudly, causing Doctor Zhao to tremble and try to shrink her body as much as possible, covering her mouth.

The man at the door stopped for a few seconds, his voice coarse, “Get out here, don’t force me to shoot.”

Doctor Zhao’s face was bloodless with fear. Suddenly, she felt Xiao Jiang press down on her shoulder, and then she crawled out from under the table.

The man at the door was burly, with a crew cut, beady eyes, and a fierce expression.

Seeing the woman crawling out from under the table, his rough face was obviously stunned. Then, his beady eyes lit up, and he shouted,

“Lao Xu, look what I found, haha, look what I found.” “Found your mom giving birth inside?” The gangster outside replied with a curse. “I found a top-quality babe.” The burly man vigorously rubbed his crew cut, his eyes lustful, and he said excitedly, “Damn, this broken hospital actually has such a top-quality babe. You guard outside, I’ll play with her first.”

This woman was wearing a white coat, her face round, her features delicate. At first glance, she was stunning, and the more you looked at her, the more cute and beautiful she seemed. Especially the beauty mark at the corner of her right eye, which added a unique charm to her beauty. “How top-quality is she?” The lean man outside was curious. “She’s just damn top-quality.” The burly man was obviously uncultured.

Doctor Zhao was filled with despair. No one would come to save them now. Even if the security guards rushed in, that would be a long time ago.

She couldn’t help but raise her head and look at Xiao Jiang, this usually delicate girl squinted her eyes, her face not showing any fear or panic.

But in the next moment, she suddenly changed her attitude, fearfully retreating, tears in her eyes, clutching her chest, pitifully and crying,

“Y-you, don’t come over…”

*Damn it!*

Outside the hospital, in the van, Zhang Yuanqing saw the scene in the office through Little Doubi’s eyes.

He straightened up, speaking at a rapid pace, “Team Leader, my little aunt is in danger, let's move now! I’ll hold out until Yuan Ting arrives.” After saying that, without waiting for Li Dongze and the others to react, he disappeared from everyone’s sight.

In an instant, it was as if the fuse of a firecracker had been lit. The atmosphere immediately became tense and serious. Li Dongze waved his hand sharply, signaling Teng Yuan to enter the hospital, then signaled Wang Tai with his eyes to prepare to hack the surveillance system.

After issuing the orders, Li Dongze pressed the button on the walkie-talkie and said in a deep voice, “He’s here, he’s entered the hospital, you must not harm the hostages.”

Li Xianzong’s lazy voice came from the walkie-talkie, “Very good! Let him go to the first-floor lobby, don’t avoid the blind spots of the surveillance cameras, otherwise I won’t guarantee the absolute safety of the hostages.”

Ending the call, Li Xianzong in the monitoring room picked up another walkie-talkie and said, “The fish has taken the bait, everyone be on alert.”

*The fish has taken the bait, everyone be on alert.* Hearing the voice coming from the walkie-talkie on his chest, he frowned, thought for a few seconds, sneered, and didn’t take it seriously.

He wasn’t Li Xianzong’s subordinate. He chose to play along with him purely to take revenge on society, not to hunt down some Yuanshi Tianzun.

Anyway, he didn’t have long to live, so he would indulge himself before he died.

The burly man tucked his pistol into his waist, licked his lips, and walked towards Jiang Yu’er, “I like your expression just now, your frightened look is very alluring.”

At this moment, he suddenly felt a chill on his shoulder, as if a piece of ice was pressing down on it.

The burly man subconsciously touched his shoulder, but didn’t feel anything. Two seconds later, he lost his vision.

Without any hesitation, the burly man wildly dodged while covering his body with scorching flames, and manipulated the flames to expand, turning into a wave of fire sweeping the office.

He used this to guard against possible enemy sneak attacks.

Suddenly, the burly man felt a pain in his chest, clearly feeling his flesh being torn apart by something.

He was familiar with this pain, it was caused by a bullet piercing through his body, but he clearly didn’t hear a gunshot.

But he clearly didn’t hear a gunshot.

The pain came again, bullets one after another shot into his chest, tearing his heart into pieces.

At this time, the burly man’s “blindness” had disappeared, he stared in At this time, the burly man’s “blindness” had disappeared, he stared in shock at the direction of the desk, where a young man stood, his face, the direction of the desk, where a young man stood, his face, the back of his hands, and his chest showing black and red burns.

He stood in front of that female doctor, blocking the flames for her.

He said coldly,

“I like your current expression. Your dying look is also very alluring.”

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