Chapter 212: Heist

Chen Mo fully understands why Huang Bingyao is so irritable.

Although not many people came to the jewelry exhibition tonight, some of the attendees have extremely special backgrounds.

Especially those several consuls.

If anything happens to them here, Huang Bingyao can basically retire immediately.

And those few pieces of jewelry, truly priceless, must also not encounter any mishap.

If he had known the doctor's information earlier, Huang Bingyao would definitely have asked the police to impose martial law.

That's why Chen Mo is only notifying him now.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo returned to the exhibition hall.

Chen Mo's gaze swept the crowd, and he quickly spotted Li Jie, who was with Long Wei and his son, as well as Le Hui Zhen, a short distance away holding a camcorder and filming surreptitiously.

However, judging from the camera angle, Chen Mo thought Le Hui Zhen was more likely filming Li Jie.

He didn't know whether she discovered that Li Jie had previously been Long Wei's body double, or some other reason.

Of course, Chen Mo also saw Joyce and the doctor who kept nudging her.

Chen Mo had no plan to move the doctor in advance, and calmly walked over to Li Jie's side.

"Mo Ge!" Seeing Chen Mo approach, Li Jie's eyes flashed with urgency.

He now desperately wants to know the doctor's whereabouts.

Chen Mo whispered, "No need to rush; the jewelry exhibition will start soon. The doctor is expected to act shortly."

As soon as Chen Mo finished speaking, the hotel manager's voice rang out in the hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Tsar Nicholas II Jewelry Exhibition begins officially tonight!"

As the voice faded, three glass domes slowly rose on the three central display platforms.

Inside were a complete set of jewelry: a crown, a female headpiece, and a necklace.

The workmanship was exquisite, the design elegant, and the embedded gems each dazzled brilliantly.

The appearance of the jewelry instantly captured everyone's attention in the hall.

While the crowd gathered around the jewelry to admire it, no one realized that danger was quietly approaching.

At that moment, the lobby of Jun Du Hotel was being seized by robbers.

Disguised as a waiter, Fei Fei gave the doctor a subtle signal, then quietly slipped past the crowd and left the hall.

Long Wei saw Fei Fei leave, told his old man that he was going to the restroom, and then followed her out.

Chen Mo saw Long Wei's actions and shook his head inwardly.

When lust takes over, death is deserved.

A few minutes later, the exhibition hall's doors were kicked open.

Over a dozen fierce robbers burst in, guns drawn.

Inside the hall were people from TNS Security Company.

Seeing armed intruders, they immediately drew guns to retaliate.

Unfortunately, they only had pistols, and the sudden incident caused them to lose the initiative.

The robbers, however, wielded submachine guns and AKs, whose firepower dwarfed theirs by an unknown multiple.

In the blink of an eye, TNS's guards were left dead or severely wounded.

The hall descended into chaos, with screams rising and falling.

Li Jie was about to rush out to fight back, but Chen Mo held him tightly, and they crouched on the ground with the crowd.

"You're crazy! How can we fight barehanded!" Chen Mo growled low beside Li Jie, "First we wait for a chance to seize a gun, then we act."

Pa pa

The second leader of the robbers, Tuzi, clapped his hands, silencing the crowd.

"Everyone, we're after money, not lives. As long as you cooperate, you won't die.

Now, sit obediently on the ground and don't try any tricks. Even if the police arrive, we'll kill them, and you can't be saved.

Do you all understand?"

Now everyone was thoroughly frightened, all crouching obediently on the ground; some even crawled under the tables, and no one responded at all.

Tuzi, seeing no one speak, continued, "Has Mr. Chen Limin, the head of the security company, arrived yet?"

Chen Limin, crouched among the crowd, raised his hand tremblingly.

After Tuzi's inquiry about the display case code to Chen Limin yielded nothing, he shot Chen Limin dead with a single bullet.

The people in the hall were once again terrified into a chorus of screams.

Chen Mo watched the scene, a faint smile curling his lips.

Target one, accomplished.

With Chen Limin dead, they would wait for the doctor's code expert to open the display case and take the jewelry.

After tonight, TNS Security Company's reputation will be ruined.

Chen Mo will then be able to acquire it at a low price.

After killing Chen Limin, Tuzi looked at the code expert behind him.

"Move faster; within forty‑five minutes, the code must be cracked."

"Sis, I've got a question; this is my job, otherwise why the hell am I here!"

The code expert shrugged, walked to the display case, and began cracking the code.

Forty‑five minutes is the time the doctor had planned.

Within this period, even if gunshots echo out, the police won't have enough time to mobilize sufficient forces to stop them.

They can still forcefully escape from here.

Unfortunately, their plan went awry, and Chen Mo had warned Huang Bingyao in advance.

But within a dozen minutes, the shrill siren of police cars could be heard outside.

A large number of police officers and the Flying Tigers arrived at the same time.

However, although they arrived, they could do nothing.

Thanks to Chen Mo's earlier warning to Huang Bingyao, the Flying Tigers discovered the bomb in the hotel lobby before storming the hotel.

But the bomb‑disposal expert that Huang Bingyao urgently summoned was at a loss when faced with the hotel's bomb.

These bombs, though fairly powerful, were small in size, placed inside the hotel, and installed in relatively hidden spots.

To defuse the bombs, one must get close enough to observe them.

However, armed robbers were guarding the lobby, so the bomb‑disposal expert had no chance to approach the bombs.

To defuse the bombs, the robbers guarding the lobby must first be dealt with.

To deal with the robbers, one must first enter the hotel.

To enter the hotel, the bombs must first be defused.

And it loops back again.

A deadlock, with no solution.

Huang Bingyao, his face full of anxiety, looked at the bomb‑disposal expert beside him and asked, "Sir He, is there really no way to defuse these bombs?"

The bomb‑disposal expert He Tian replied dejectedly, "No, I can't get near the bombs at all; I can't even see them clearly, how could I defuse them!

To deal with these bombs, we can only trigger them ourselves!"

Even if that's what they say, actively detonating the bombs is also very difficult.

Who knows where the robbers have hidden how many bombs? Who can guarantee that all the bombs can be detonated?

A captain of the Flying Tigers ran up to Huang Bingyao and gave a salute.

"Sir, I request a helicopter to air‑drop onto the hotel roof and assault from above."

Huang Bingyao furrowed his brows, looked up toward the roof, and said gravely, "Hold on for now."

"First, surround the hotel and block all possible entrances and exits. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave Jun Du Hotel."

What Huang Bingyao cares about most now is not how to storm in and kill the robbers, but how to ensure the hostages' safety.

After the initial anxiety, Huang Bingyao began to calm down gradually.

Although they currently cannot contact the robbers inside, and the robbers have not reached out either, the two sides cannot negotiate.

However, as each second passes, more and more police units arrive to support the scene.

The robbers have nowhere left to run.

Huang Bingyao is confident that the robbers will eventually initiate negotiations with them.