"Someone?!" Voices, a jumble of sounds, erupted from the adjacent room.
The small observation window was smashed open.
A line of eyes appeared there.
"It's just two people, what are you scared of, Old Second?!" The burly men inside jeered at him.
A flicker of impatience crossed Old Second's face. These fools were why the higher-ups wanted them to be sacrifices for him. He struggled backward, trying to move Qin Ningyi and the others to an optimal attack position, while shouting, "Quick!"
The burly men inside then menacingly aimed their guns at the window, "Shoot them!"
Qin Ningyi pulled the rope in his hand, seeking cover while firing his weapon.
One of them had his head blown off.
Seeing their companion fall, the surrounding comrades were incited. Old Second seized the moment and yelled, "Don't worry about us, kill them! These two are their high-ranking officials. If you kill them, my death and Giles' here will be worth it!"
His words were spoken with extreme righteousness, instantly stirring everyone's emotions. Giles, slumped limply in his chair, was at a loss for words.
"Brother Old Second, you've got guts!" the people at the observation port praised loudly, shrinking their heads back as they did so, leaving only their gun muzzles to fire indiscriminately.
A fanatic gleam flashed in Old Second's eyes. He looked at Si Nian and Qin Ningyi, who were hiding from the hail of bullets, a smug expression on his face.
"Even though I'm only taking two down with me, it's worth it," Old Second chuckled, his voice suddenly dropping to a low murmur. "Guess what? Will the explosives detonate if hit by a bullet?"
The moment he uttered those words, Si Nian moved and appeared in front of Giles, dragging his chair aside. A bullet grazed his shoulder.
Giles gasped, terrified, "Save me, save me—"
Si Nian, his face grim, looked at the wound on his body, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
Giles, seeing his dark pupils, feared he would be abandoned.
He didn't want to die. During the interrogation, he had told them almost everything, all to buy himself time. He held—
Knowing the situation was dire, he had lost consciousness.
"I'll tell you everything. Just save me, I want to live!"
At this moment, Giles was also...
Qin Ningyi had no time to concern himself with all this. His mind was solely on the girl with the cunning smile he had seen on the screen earlier.
He couldn't let anything happen to her.
"Bang—"
Amidst the indiscriminate gunfire, a bullet struck the remote control.