Chapter 684: Not Allowed
"No way, almost all of our hostages have been rescued. We only have Zhang Xu left as leverage. If Zhang Xu gets rescued too, what will they do? They definitely won’t be able to get out. Even if they manage to escape, it will require a lot of effort. Look, the second-in-command has already been captured."
Is the best plan now to trade Mr. Zhang’s life for our chance to escape? Blame the second-in-command; he was too arrogant, which is why this woman caught him. If he hadn’t made that unreasonable demand in the first place, he wouldn’t have been caught by her. It’s all his own bad luck.
"We should think about how we can escape. Even without the second-in-command, we can still make it out. Are you all willing to believe me and take Zhang Xu as a hostage to escape? What do you think?"
"I think what the fourth brother is saying is wrong because we don’t have any other chance and can’t afford to gamble. If we continue to hand over this hostage, we’ll have to keep outsmarting the police. It’d be better to just take the hostage and escape. As for me, I think we should just do it, and if you want to follow, then follow."
"If you want to stay and save the second-in-command, then stay. After all, that woman killed the second-in-command, and they have no way to prove her innocence. Later, we just need to use some tricks to get this woman into prison, and then find some connections inside to get her killed. That would be avenging the second-in-command."
"The second-in-command has been pretty decent to us, always hardworking and never complaining. We can’t be so heartless as to let this woman kill him and not care at all. What we’re doing is all that decency requires. What do you think?"
After saying this, they all nodded, seeming to agree with the decision. The second-in-command was there, not deaf to their conversation. Watching these people he usually protected now unanimously turning against him, deciding to abandon him without caring for his life or death, he was so angry his face turned green; he hadn’t expected this incident to reveal their true colors.
"So you’re really leaving me here," the second-in-command scoffed. "They are far too naive. Without me, what will they do after they escape? Can they evade the police hunt? They’ll be found in no time, not to mention the issue with the Zhang family. The Zhang family already feels humiliated and definitely won’t let them go."
"When they get caught between both sides, where do they think they can escape to? It’s always been me covering for them in the background that allowed them to escape so smoothly and cleanly. Now without me, let’s see how they manage on their own."
The second-in-command didn’t plan to say anything more. After all, leading this bunch of incompetents always exhausted him, and he dearly wished for a smarter teammate."