Chapter 122: Bluffing Their Way Through
This is the drawback of drawings; they can only depict an approximation of a person’s appearance. No matter how lifelike you make it, there is still a gap compared to the real person, not to mention that their aura cannot be captured in a drawing!
This is why Lin Tian took the gamble. If the other side had produced a photograph, this plan wouldn’t have worked, but it was clearly a drawing, giving this gamble a fifty percent chance of success.
The bald robber didn’t want to waste more time and walked toward the bank’s main entrance. "Considering how much you love your girlfriend, I’ll let you be together. Black Snake, keep an eye on this kid and bring both of them here!"
Bringing Lin Tian was the only option for the bald robber.
The target was to capture Bai Shishi, originally thinking the woman they captured was Bai Shishi, only to find out she was called Mei Ruyan.
There wasn’t time to investigate whether it was Bai Shishi or Mei Ruyan.
They could only take Lin Tian along and harshly interrogate later.
When the bald robber tried to take Lin Tian away, he knew he had won the gamble.
The performance was highly successful, and now the bald robber was doubting his judgment, unable to determine whether Bai Shishi was indeed the target.
"Got it!"
The other robber, who had been standing next to the bald one, the same young man who had previously gone out with a knife to negotiate with the police, acknowledged this and swiftly approached Lin Tian, pressing the knife against his waist and ordered coldly, "Hands up, move forward!"
It seemed this person was Black Snake!
Lin Tian took note of this person; if any action were to be taken, Black Snake must be dealt with first.
"You too, get up, move forward!" Black Snake ordered Bai Shishi to walk toward the bank entrance with Lin Tian.
Seeing this, Lin Tian not only wasn’t afraid but flashed a fleeting smile at the corner of his mouth.
Thank heavens, they finally got away with it.
When Lin Tian and Bai Shishi were brought to the bank’s main entrance by Black Snake, the bald robber pushed open the glass door and shouted to the police outside, "All police outside, listen up! Everyone moves back one hundred meters. If not, five minutes from now, I will kill one hostage every minute!"
After shouting his demands, the bald robber ordered Black Snake, "Bring those two over!"
Lin Tian and Bai Shishi reached the bank’s main entrance, and after seeing the mass of police officers outside, the bald robber aimed his gun at Lin Tian’s head and shouted the threat again, "Timing starts now!"
"Gulp!" Lin Tian swallowed hard, with the gun directly pointed at his head, there was no room to dodge.
He could only hope that the multitude of policemen would comply with the bald robber’s instructions, or else... his head would burst open like a watermelon when it hits the ground with a "bang".
The police outside the bank were dumbfounded, not knowing what to do in the face of the situation, directing their gaze toward the captain, who was still observing with binoculars.
"Captain, what do we do?" a male police officer asked.
After calmly analyzing the situation in front of him, the police captain ordered, "Inform everyone to fall back one hundred meters, and also relay to the snipers to be ready to act at any moment!"
Lin Tian, who had been praying, saw the mass of police officers starting to retreat, feeling relieved internally. It seemed the commander of these police officers prioritized the people’s lives, choosing to compromise without ordering a forced attack.
Watching the police retreat, the bald robber laughed arrogantly, waving at his five companions still inside the bank.
Just as Lin Tian was contemplating what these robbers intended to do next.
A screech of brakes suddenly sounded, and a large speeding van made an abrupt stop, accurately coming to a halt at the bank entrance.
In the next second, before Lin Tian could react, he felt the knife at his waist press more forcefully, with even a slight sensation of it piercing his skin.
"Get in the car!"
With the bald robber’s command, six men with two hostages rapidly scrambled into the van, and before the door could fully close, the van roared to life.
Meanwhile, a large number of police officers were still busy retreating one hundred meters, creating a somewhat chaotic scene, and the sudden appearance of the van caught them off guard.
The police captain, who had been observing through binoculars, didn’t hesitate for a second, getting into a car to pursue. But faced with numerous police and police vehicles around, they were entirely blocked, eliminating any pursuit hopes.
"Chase, disperse and chase them!"
Rolling down the car window, the police captain quickly took the radio from his left shoulder, watching the van disappearing, anxiously issuing commands, "All units be advised, all units be advised, the robbers have fled in a van with license plate number XXXXXX, it has left the bank, if you spot it, follow immediately!"
"Be aware! There are two hostages in the car! Two hostages!"
"XXXXXX?"
In urgency, the command was issued, but after sending it, the police captain repeated the plate number twice and his already not-so-good expression turned grim.
These robbers were utterly audacious, showing no respect for the police.
Robbing a bank was one thing, but using such a license plate number? This was blatant provocation!
Soon, feedback from colleagues came through the radio: "Captain, are you sure it was a van? A check just now revealed that the vehicle with plate number XXXXXX is not a van!"
"What?" The police captain, wide-eyed and puzzled, was quite sure he hadn’t seen wrong, leaving only one possibility.
A fake plate car, indicating that the plate and the van were deliberately prepared by the robbers in advance, rendering any police pursuit futile, illustrating that this gang of bank robbers was highly professional with strong anti-surveillance awareness.
The captain issued a new order to address the situation: "Attention all units, the van with plate XXXXXX is using a fake plate. If spotted, stay tightly focused to prevent the robbers from switching vehicles en route!"
"Copy that!"
"Copy that!"
Responses came through the radio, and the originally chaotic police force immediately became organized, with many officers already chasing in the direction where the van had disappeared.
Inside the van, the atmosphere became noticeably more relaxed, with several robbers even breaking into slight smiles, apparently relieved and hopeful for good fortune ahead.
As for Lin Tian and Bai Shishi, they sat expressionless in the rear seats of the van, while Lin Tian’s eyes were actively observing each person in the van, trying to find an opportunity to escape.
The bald robber sitting in the middle seat of the van turned to look at Bai Shishi and Lin Tian, instructing the two accomplices sitting next to them, "Tie these two up!"
The two robbers sitting beside Lin Tian and Bai Shishi, seemingly well-prepared, immediately pulled out ropes from under the seats and tied the two of them up thoroughly, with Lin Tian receiving extra firm restraints, clearly given special attention.