Chapter 244: Boss, Something Big Is About to Go Down

Can a full-grown person really just vanish into thin air?

Xiao Yu’s mind raced as he analyzed the situation. He couldn’t make a move until he identified the other robber.

Should he make a move?

Of course! Why else would he be here?

At the same time, Xiao Yu also wanted to confirm something else. Were these people really terrorists?

But something felt off.

The robber munching on food? He seemed like the most ordinary person ever. And the way he held the gun? It was definitely not someone used to handling firearms.

How could Xiao Yu tell? His system ability—Firearms Expert.

His eyes shifted back to the masked figure pointing the gun at the hostages. It was a woman. Through her eyes, Xiao Yu could clearly see fear, panic, and uncertainty. He was now almost sure. This woman wasn’t one of the robbers.

His gaze moved to the crude, homemade pistol in her hand. With his Eagle’s Eye, Xiao Yu zoomed in to observe more closely. 

The gun was real, alright—a basic homemade weapon. But then he noticed something odd about the woman’s finger on the trigger.

Wait, what?

Her finger had a pale blue tint.

Everyone knows that when a person exerts too much force, their fingers can turn bluish-white.

With that much force, shouldn’t she have pulled the trigger by now?

Heh… Xiao Yu let out a cold sneer in his mind.

The gun was faulty. He confirmed it.

The woman wearing the hood wasn’t a robber. She was a hostage. Only a hostage would be this terrified, so afraid of dying.

Were the robbers using her as a fake robber while they made their escape?

Xiao Yu’s gaze shifted to the group of eight hostages. Seven of their faces seemed fine. He could tell from their micro-expressions that their fear and panic weren’t fake.

But one face… 

Xiao Yu’s eyes locked onto the figure huddling behind the female hostage. The bank employee, the one who kept her head down the entire time.

Her hands were hidden, concealed behind the female hostage.

Most likely, she had a gun, right?

If he had to take someone out… 

Xiao Yu shook his head internally.

No, one of the two robbers had to stay alive.

The one munching on food? Probably not important. But the one pulling the gold cicada shedding its shell trick? She was the key.

Taking out the other robber while capturing this fake female robber, all while keeping the hostages safe. Xiao Yu’s mind raced as he calculated and adjusted his strategy, trying to find the perfect plan.

A coin quietly appeared in Xiao Yu’s hand.

Suddenly, with a sharp flick of his thumb—

Pop!

The coin struck the female hostage right on the bridge of her nose.

“Ah!”

She let out a cry of pain, instinctively reaching up to cover her nose. Because of her sudden movement, she lost her balance.

Why did this happen?

She’d been squatting for too long—her legs had gone numb.

All of this was exactly as Xiao Yu had planned. The female hostage collapsed to the ground, fully exposing the figure of the female bank employee hiding behind her.

The bank employee looked up in shock, and Xiao Yu finally saw her face. There was a flicker of coldness, anger, and indifference in her eyes—a kind of indifference that showed no regard for life. But that wasn’t all.

Xiao Yu’s sharp eyes also caught sight of her hands. She was holding a gun.

Xiao Yu sprang up from the ground.

Fast. So fast it was beyond words. So fast that neither the female bank employee nor the robber munching on food nearby had any time to react.

Xiao Yu’s knee slammed directly into the bank employee’s face.

The sound of her nose breaking was harsh. Xiao Yu’s hand swiftly caught her wrist. He shattered her wrist, and the gun slipped into Xiao Yu’s hand as his arm swung.

Bang!

The gun fired.

The robber, who had just started to react, collapsed to the ground. Xiao Yu’s foot struck the female bank employee’s chin. She was instantly knocked out.

Xiao Yu’s body was tense. All his system abilities activated to the max as his eyes darted around, scanning for any potential danger. His gun was now aimed at the masked, trembling woman holding another gun.

In a cold, commanding voice, he barked, “Drop the gun. Take off the mask!”

Even though Xiao Yu was sure the woman wasn’t a robber, she was still pointing a gun at him. If she didn’t drop it, he wouldn’t hesitate to shoot.

Why?

Because being innocent wasn’t an excuse for aiming a gun at someone else, if she didn’t put it down, she’d be dead for sure. Finally, the woman snapped out of it. She dropped the gun and pulled off her hood, revealing a face filled with terror.

“Phew!” Xiao Yu let out a long breath of relief.

But just then…

The female bank employee, who had been knocked out, suddenly twitched. She groggily opened her eyes. The next moment, her hand shot toward her chest.

What?

Xiao Yu’s eyes widened in shock, every hair on his body standing on end. He kicked out with full force.

Bam! Crack!

He broke her arm with a brutal kick.

Without missing a beat, he crouched down.

Xiao Yu’s fist landed squarely on her jaw, knocking her out cold again. He quickly reached for her clothes. He tore open her white shirt.

What was he doing?

Anyone else watching might have completely misunderstood the situation. But Xiao Yu didn’t care what anyone thought. His eyes were locked onto her chest and stomach area, and he gasped.

There, strapped to her torso, was a palm-sized device.

What was it?

Xiao Yu caught a whiff of something… trinitroglycerin?

What was that?

An incredibly powerful explosive material. But the bomb itself wasn’t the scariest part. What sent a chill down Xiao Yu’s spine was what was attached to it. The entire bomb was covered in tightly packed steel balls, each the size of a fingernail. Hundreds of them stuck all over the explosive.

Just imagine—when that bomb goes off, hundreds of steel balls would shoot out in all directions with the force of the blast. What kind of nightmare would that create?

Anything living in the hall would turn into a corpse.

Judging by what the female bank employee—no, the female robber—had just done, reaching to detonate the bomb without a second thought.

What kind of person would so willingly blow themselves up, not even caring about their own life?

Xiao Yu felt his scalp go numb.

These people were really terrorists.

Boom!

The bank’s floor-to-ceiling windows shattered as SWAT officers stormed in from all sides. It wasn’t until a hand landed on his shoulder that Xiao Yu snapped out of his daze.

“You okay?” Zeng Lei asked, concerned.

“I’m fine. But…”

Xiao Yu shook his head, his expression calming as he looked at Zeng Lei.

“Boss, something big is about to go down.”