"Bang!" Another gunshot rang out, and Lan Xue fired, hitting the girl in the thigh. The girl fell to the ground, staring coldly at Lan Xue, her eyes filled with bitter resentnt. Unmoved, as a steadfast soldier, if she couldn't withstand even this, she would be unworthy of her title. Her pistol remained aid at the target, she commanded, "Press the shutter, either shoot you in the head or give you three seconds to choose."
"What happened?" Many guards rushed over. Seeing Luo Zheng aiming his gun, they all stopped. The tourists around them ran away in panic. The team leader of the guards stepped forward and shouted, "Brother, don't be impulsive. What happened? Put down the gun, let's sit down and talk, there must be a solution."
"One more second." Lan Xue watched coldly as the two people lay on the ground, her icy killing intent skyrocketing, her eyes fiercely combative. Having been continuously targeted for assassination, Lan Xue was also harboring anger. Though she didn't show it outwardly, she had grown impatient inside, and at this mont, that anger was ignited.
The man and woman on the ground exchanged a look, both seeing the shock and desire for life in each other's eyes. Faced with an enraged Lan Xue, both felt imnse pressure, without a doubt fearing their heads would be blown off next. The boy quickly picked up the cara, pressed the shutter, and then threw the cara with all his strength.
"Boom!" The cara exploded into a red cloud mid-air, leaving Luo Zheng stunned, his face paling. He had not anticipated the cara to contain a bomb, and the triggering chanism was the shutter. Had he pressed it himself, wouldn't he have been blown up? Knowing that to fra a shot, Luo Zheng had held the cara up to his eye, and at such close range, there was no way to escape—all would lead to one outco, death.
Luo Zheng imdiately beca furious, pointed his gun at the guards, and yelled, "Go, bring Song Yan here." As the situation had beco public, Luo Zheng didn't mind escalating it further, letting all the passengers know the truth, creating chaos, and putting pressure on Song Yan, which would make it easier for him to take advantage during the turmoil.
Lan Xue was also at the pinnacle of anger, her heart pounding with alarm. She had only suspected earlier, hence she chose to shoot the other party's thigh instead of fatally shooting their head directly. She hadn't expected they really were assassins. They had disguised themselves too skillfully, deceiving both thoroughly, nearly falling for their trap.
Thinking that Luo Zheng's head could have been blown apart, Lan Xue couldn't control her towering rage. She fired two shots at the man and woman, blowing their heads off, then quickly dashed forward, extracted two pistols from their bodies, and threw one to Luo Zheng, keeping the other for herself.
The surrounding tourists, realizing what was happening, quickly started to leave; the ones who reacted slowly still naively stood watching. A well-aning auntie scolded Lan Xue, saying, "Girl, you're so pretty, yet you act so brutally. Two good lives just gone like that?"
Lan Xue glanced at her but didn't respond. As a soldier, she had to learn to endure and accept doubts from those who didn't know the truth, as long as they didn't have ulterior motives. Luo Zheng didn't move, he just coldly confronted the approaching guards, unafraid with a gun in his hand.
The head of the guards watched Luo Zheng warily, raising his hands slightly to signal no harm, and cautiously advanced a few steps, asking, "What exactly happened? Who are you guys?"
"Who we are doesn't matter. Bring your boss Song Yan here. He knows there are assassins on board. You can't protect us, so we had to take action ourselves," Luo Zheng answered coldly, his voice deliberately loud so everyone around could clearly hear. People whispered among themselves. The majority of those who could board this cruise ship were accomplished and prominent individuals, not fools, with insights far from ordinary. They mostly guessed the real situation, but no one ca forward.
"We've already sent soone to notify him. Please put down your guns, and let us handle this," the head of the guards shouted, his expression grave as he watched Luo Zheng, and then turned his attention to Lan Xue. The scene of Lan Xue unhesitatingly shooting the two people dead had profoundly shaken the lead guard, fearful that Lan Xue wouldn't hesitate to shoot him as well.
"You're not qualified to negotiate with . If you don't want the situation to escalate, have your n step back imdiately," Luo Zheng's gaze swept past the security leader to his team, finding no suspicious individuals. His gaze then shifted to the other tourists on the periphery, his heart tightened as he remained vigilant.
Lan Xue also feared that there were still assassins hiding among the crowd. According to the intelligence from Ghost Hand, there were originally eleven assassins—three killed, one captured, leaving seven. Now with two more killed, there should still be five. These assassins might not be very capable in close combat, but their assassination thods were diverse and formidable. Her cold gaze darted around the crowd, and upon spotting Ghost Hand and two others arriving and blending in, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"We are the security personnel on this cruise ship, responsible for the safety of the passengers. If sothing happens on board, we have the right to intervene temporarily and turn it over to the courts of the country where the cruise ship is registered. I've heard your side of the story, but I cannot take your word alone. The identities of those two need further investigation. Please cooperate and try not to escalate the situation, okay?" the head of security said firmly.
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Song Yan, who had been resting in the presidential suite, had already been inford of the situation by the security guards and imdiately reviewed the surveillance footage from the deck. Seeing Luo Zheng and Lan Xue with a murderous aura and the two bodies lying on the ground, he expressed surprise and demanded coldly, "Who are those two who are dead?"
"We don't know yet; we're checking," soone hurriedly responded.
"Indeed, there seems to be a group targeting that bastard, and it seems the others were killed by them as well," said the flamboyant young master who arrived upon hearing the news, his eyes fixed on Lan Xue, filled with greed.
"Hmm, you make a sensible point there. If they didn't publicize the matter and handled it quietly like before, I wouldn't mind letting those people continue to trouble that bastard. Now that the situation has beco public, and the tourists are aware that we can't assure their safety with assassins lurking around, they will surely panic. Tell , if you were in charge, how would you handle this?" Song Yan asked the young master, his eyes reflecting his scrutiny.
"If it were up to , I'd advance our predetermined plan. Since there's going to be chaos, we might as well create even more disorder—it's more disadvantageous to wait, although it's a bit rushed, it's not impossible," the young master said, his eyes flickering with ruthlessness.
"Hmm, not bad. If you could get rid of your obsession, I wouldn't mind entrusting you with more responsibilities. In that case, let's initiate the plan ahead of schedule," Song Yan said coldly.
"Yes," several people in the room responded solemnly and exited the room.
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