Chapter 700: Chapter 656 The Grand Finale_8
The last word wasn’t finished when from upstairs, three bangs from gunshots were heard, followed by sounds of struggle. Xu Dayuan quickly ran towards Zhou Ning and the others, as the southern side was the closest entrance to the main building.
The other officers also rushed upstairs like mad. Just as Xu Dayuan reached the stairs’ edge, the sound of shattering glass filled the air. A sniper rifle fell to the ground along with the glass, and after a loud noise, parts scattered everywhere.
Then two people appeared at the window. Zhou Ning squinted his eyes, Liu Yufei was choking a man by the neck. The man was covered in blood, one of his wrists handcuffed, and Liu Yufei seemed to want to lock the other cuff on her own wrist, clearly identifying this man as the hunter.
Seeing his face, Zhou Ning clenched his teeth. Yes, this face completely matched his memory. Although the Zhu Xingmin they’d found before also looked much like Huangmao, the ferocity on his face didn’t match; it wasn’t something that could be faked.
But the struggle between them was fierce, Liu Yufei was pinned at the window with her back starting to bleed, half of her body dangling outside.
Mr. Zhao covered his mouth in shock. During the struggle, Fang Mu used his gun to strike hard at the hunter’s head. With a roar from Fang Dongsheng, the hunter was thrown out of the window by his legs, Fang Mu pulled Liu Yufei away and grabbed the hunter’s wrist.
"Grab my hand, I’ll pull you up."
The hunter laughed, shook his head at Fang Mu, and then looked down, revealing a bleak smile.
"I’m tired, can’t help you anymore, son, don’t forget what you promised me."
With that, the man raised a knife the size of a finger and slashed at Fang Mu’s arm. With such an action, Fang Mu subconsciously let go to defend himself, and the hunter fell backwards towards the ground.
Bang, a loud noise.
He fell straight to the ground, blood instantly spurted out, turning the surrounding area into a pool of blood.
Zhou Ning couldn’t believe it; this wasn’t the outcome he had wanted. This man was one of the true culprits who killed his parents. Wang Guanli’s resolute jump from the building had already filled Zhou Ning with regret; the hunter’s body could not repeat that scene.
He instinctively wanted to rush to where the hunter fell, but Zou Jialong grabbed Zhou Ning’s shoulders from behind, restraining him. Mr. Zhao hurriedly raised his hand to signal.
"Zhou Xiaozhou, don’t panic, I’m going right now to check, and I’ll call an ambulance immediately, okay? I understand what you mean, but don’t get agitated!"
As he spoke, Mr. Zhao ran towards the hunter. The moment Mr. Zhao squatted down, the hunter on the ground twitched. After checking for a pulse on the neck, Mr. Zhao shouted loudly:
"Quick, call 120, he’s still breathing!"
After speaking, he picked up the hand still in cuffs and locked it to the other wrist. Mr. Zhao checked him over before getting up. Tao Zhenshan had already brought people over, and the remnants of the sniper rifle had been collected. Several people surrounded the hunter, ready for anything, given how desperate he was even to jump.
Zhou Ning breathed a sigh of relief. Right then, a scream came from behind. Zhou Ning whirled around to see Zhu Xingxing with her hair grabbed and a gun to her head, standing at the main building’s entrance.
However, from this angle, it was impossible to see who was holding Zhu Xingxing hostage. Not far away, Xia Momo had fallen to the ground, and Sun Gaotie reacted quickly, pulling on the arm below, dragging her towards Zhou Ning and the others.
Mr. Zhao ran back and saw this scene just as he was about to act, Bang! A gunshot rang out, and a bullet hit the ground in front of Zhou Ning. The person holding Zhu Xingxing’s hair also revealed his head from the side. Seeing this person’s face, Zhou Ning wasn’t surprised.
"Stay where you are, nobody move!"
"Mr. Liang?"
Mr. Zhao exclaimed in surprise. Zhou Ning stared at the man, pulling on Mr. Zhao’s wrist. Xu Dayuan had already run over.
"You sure hid deep, Mr. Liang, I never expected you to be the hyena. It seems collaborating with their investigation on Yagelangha was merely to divert our attention towards Sapporo. Cruel and insidious indeed, but using the hunter’s life to trade for Bai Qishan only to end up unsuccessful, don’t you think you’re at a loss?"
Mr. Liang laughed, glancing at the location of the blood pool.
"Someone had to die today. Without Bai Qishan’s death, we couldn’t have lived either. It also denied the choices I made for over twenty years of my life. I’ve captured your friend’s wife, how come Director Zhou didn’t think to volunteer for an exchange? I’d love to see you become my hostage."
Zhou Ning stepped forward, but Mr. Zhao held Zhou Ning firmly, tears streaming down his face as he shook his head ardently.
"I’ll go, that’s my wife."
Zhou Ning, with a burst of strength, pushed Mr. Zhao away.
"Okay, I’ll come for the exchange!"
Mr. Liang seemed to pull another set of handcuffs out of nowhere and threw them on the ground towards Zhou Ning.
"Put them on yourself, walk backwards towards me, or else I’ll shoot this girl in the stomach first. She won’t die but won’t be well either, then it would be perfect."
Zhou Ning squatted down, picked up the handcuffs, and as he stood up, he glanced at Mr. Qu with a meaningful look. Mr. Qu understood instantly and quickly crouched down to begin working.
With the handcuffs on, Zhou Ning turned his back and began moving backward toward Mr. Liang.
He looked at Mr. Zhao and Xu Dayuan, staring into their eyes, glancing towards the metal door that Xu Dayuan had almost fallen through earlier, then towards the gas cans that had been rescued along with Liu Yufei. They didn’t show much expression, but Mr. Zhao clenched his fists.
Zhou Ning didn’t keep his mouth idle, tilting his head slightly to check the distance between him and Mr. Liang.
"Have you been undercover so long that you’ve lacked confidence in your skills? Hence, capturing a girl. I’m already here, let Zhu Xingxing go. Whatever you want to talk about, we can discuss it now."
