Chapter 155: Chapter 148: I’m afraid I’ll die 100 times
More than ten people stood at the site where three cars collided. The collision wasn’t very severe, just the front barrier was bent, and another car was crosswise between the two collided cars, as if it was arranged to block the entire road.
Looking at this accident scene, Xiao Lin immediately determined that this was the Zhang Family’s doing. It wasn’t just Xiao Lin; even Wu Shuang felt that this accident was premeditated, completely blocking their way.
Xiao Lin walked forward without wasting words with the drivers and coldly said, "Move the cars within three minutes, and I won’t hold you responsible. Otherwise, I will arrest you for obstructing official business!" This little trick was nothing in Xiao Lin’s eyes. Of course, only Xiao Lin had such authority. If it were Wu Shuang or even Lin Zhifang, they wouldn’t dare to give such a strong order. To outsiders, it would seem just like an accident.
"Hey, on what grounds? The traffic police haven’t arrived to assign responsibility, the insurance agents haven’t come to investigate, and our company’s leaders aren’t here. On what basis should we move the cars? Are you responsible for the compensation here?" A driver, who looked about thirty-five, seemed quite sharp and had tattoos on his arm, looking very defiant!
"Xiao Li, come and start the timer!" Xiao Lin was not interested in hearing the drivers’ nonsense and directly called the criminal police officer behind him to start the timer. If those drivers didn’t move, Xiao Lin wouldn’t show any mercy.
Xiao Lin ignored the drivers’ actions and then turned to Wu Shuang, saying, "Captain Wu, please bring some SWAT officers to secure the scene. If they don’t move the cars after three minutes, arrest them for obstructing official duties!"
Wu Shuang was quite startled. Although it was obvious that the other side was deliberately blocking their way, the accident involved several departments, especially the public transportation system.
"Isn’t this bad?" Wu Shuang hesitated and said.
"There’s nothing wrong. I’ll take responsibility for any issue!" Xiao Lin didn’t care about so much. Even if it disturbed others, it was just disturbing the troublemakers. For him, just arresting them was already very restrained.
Hearing Xiao Lin say this, Wu Shuang could only silently comply. The young and overly assertive man before him was very domineering in his actions, but he was reasonable and wouldn’t be entangled by some phenomena in the Huaxia bureaucracy. Because even if Lin Zhifang from the Yanjing Bureau were here, he wouldn’t give such an order, as the accident involved traffic police, insurance companies, and especially organized public buses, which made it more troublesome.
Initially, Wu Shuang thought he was already high-handed in his actions, but seeing Xiao Lin at work, he felt like child’s play by comparison. He was quite impressed and turned around to the cars in front, calling six SWAT officers to surround the drivers and passengers, each armed to the teeth, looking very intimidating.
The drivers were dumbfounded. They didn’t expect the other side to ignore their excuses and directly bring heavily armed SWAT officers. Looking at the situation, once the three minutes were up, they would be arrested.
"Uh... we better move the cars!" A more timid and older driver couldn’t withstand such a scene. These SWAT officers were expressionless, making their hearts tremble.
Now seeing that the SWAT officers were targeting the three drivers, the passengers dared not linger any longer, quietly slipping away to the sides.
Originally, these drivers were instructed from above to cause an accident here. The traffic police wouldn’t subtract points from their licenses, and the company would reward each of them with a three-thousand-dollar bonus. When they got this news, they were puzzled. Could there be such a good thing? But now, seeing this scene, they understood what was happening. Go against these SWAT officers?
With the SWAT officers exuding a murderous aura, the drivers, seeing this setup, couldn’t insist any longer. Especially as a leader began to back down, the eight or nine passengers were now gone, and these drivers had elderly parents and young children to care for. It wasn’t worth getting themselves into trouble over a few thousand bucks. Another driver promptly said with a smile, "We’ll move the cars now, we’ll move now, no need to trouble you!"
Xiao Lin gave a light snort, turned away, and ignored the drivers. Xiao Lin didn’t want to stoop to their level. It was evident that they weren’t temporary actors hired by the Zhang Family, but legitimate bus drivers making a living. It was likely the bus company’s higher-ups had instructed them to do such things.
The Zhang Family’s influence in Jiangling was more entrenched than Xiao Lin had imagined, which further cemented his determination to uproot the Zhang Family.
The three bus drivers, seeing the situation, dared not persist. The moment Xiao Lin turned around, they moved quicker than rabbits, rushing back to their seats, slowly turning their vehicles around, lining them up, and waiting for Xiao Lin’s convoy to pass.
The place where Zhang Teng lived wasn’t far from Jiangling County. Leaving the county district took about fifteen minutes. However, due to a few minutes’ delay in the county area, by the time they reached the mountain road surrounded on three sides, it was almost 8:30. A twenty-minute journey took nearly half an hour, and the accident scene had held them up for nearly ten minutes.
Looking at the terrain outside the window, Xiao Lin cautiously asked the criminal police officer in the passenger seat, Xiao Li, "How far is it from here to the Zhang Family?"
"After turning a corner, you can see the Zhang Family’s house, with towering mountain ranges on both sides. The terrain is quite treacherous!" Xiao Li responded.
"Stop the car, kill the engine, and everyone get out and gather!" Xiao Lin decisively looked at Wu Shuang and said.
"Huh, what’s wrong?" Wu Shuang was a bit puzzled as to why they were stopping now. Wouldn’t it be better to charge straight in? With sixty or seventy fully armed SWAT officers, they were practically invincible.
"If you don’t want anyone to die, you’d better give the order quickly!" Xiao Lin’s expression was exceptionally serious.
At this moment, Xiao Lin had a vague feeling that if the convoy went into that turn, they might be attacked by the Zhang Family. This feeling grew stronger as the convoy neared the turn. It was a sense he had developed over the years in the battlefield of bullets, a pure instinctive reaction that always arose when danger was about to descend.
Wu Shuang was startled. Though he couldn’t see any danger ahead, Xiao Lin’s solemn tone left him with no hesitation. He immediately picked up the communicator and ordered, "Attention all units, attention all units, get out of the vehicles and gather immediately."
As soon as the order was given, the lead police car stopped in confusion. At this point, the first police car had almost made the turn. The officers in both the main and vice driving positions saw the Zhang Family Castle halfway up the mountain; its lights were dazzling and its presence imposing, reminiscent of a ruler surveying the world. They hadn’t expected that Jiangling had such a strategically advantageous location.
However, since Wu Shuang had given the order, no one dared to disobey. They immediately stopped the car and got out in succession.
Meanwhile, on both sides of the mountain path, two rocket launchers were in the hands of T-Rex and Scorpion, each already loaded with rockets. Originally, they planned to fire once most of the convoy had entered. They didn’t expect the first vehicle to stop just as it appeared. Did it break down?
"Sir, what do we do now? The opposing convoy seems to have stopped at the bend!" T-Rex said into the communicator.
This scene was already visible to Zhang Teng in the villa’s control room. He could see not only the convoy at the bend but also the entire scene of fifteen police cars, varying in size, in another monitoring screen. He estimated there were at least seventy SWAT officers inside these vehicles. Zhang Teng also saw the stopped cars with officers getting out one after another.
"Since they’re planning to walk in, let’s give them a surprise first. T-Rex, you fire the first shot and tell the others to keep a sharp eye. Anyone who dares to step into the entrance is to be killed without mercy!" Zhang Teng said calmly. That car wasn’t temporarily broken down; there was either a master strategist or someone who knew of their strength. However, Zhang Teng was confident a master was leading them. Only T-Rex and Scorpion knew the extent of the weapons in the Zhang Family Castle, not even his wife or children abroad knew of these weapons.
T-Rex was exhilarated by Zhang Teng’s instructions. When they first got the rocket launcher, they had taken it to a remote five-person place with Zhang Teng and Scorpion to test fire twice, and T-Rex was thrilled by the fiery projectile and explosive power of the rocket launcher.
T-Rex aimed at the police car, revealing half its body at the entrance, and gently pressed the button. A fiery tongue shot out, heading towards the police car at the entrance.
"Boom!" A massive explosion ensued, illuminating the entire entrance.
At that moment, the SWAT officers from the first police car were not five meters away, and the scorching heatwave tossed them five or six meters away. Their clothes were burnt by the high temperature, though they were fortunate to be out of the blast center. They only suffered minor external injuries from the heatwave, which weren’t fatal.
After this loud explosion, Xiao Lin’s heart steadied. It seemed his judgment was correct. He immediately shouted, "Move to the sides of the road and find a place to gather!"
The SWAT officers, after the initial shock, quickly took action, each hiding by the mountainside on either side of the road and slowly retreating.
Wu Shuang was momentarily stunned, looking at Xiao Lin. If Xiao Lin hadn’t ordered the convoy to stop, at least four or five cars worth of SWAT officers might have been killed by now.
"How did you know there was danger?" Wu Shuang asked Xiao Lin softly.
Xiao Lin turned back and said calmly, "Instinct! Without these instincts, I might have died a hundred times over!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (). Your support is my greatest motivation.)