On the rooftop of the bank building.
Ye Cangtian smoked, not making a move immediately.
While downstairs, he had carefully studied the bank building's layout, but from the footage he'd seen on the surveillance cameras earlier, these robbers controlled almost every access point into the bank.
The only place where the robbers might be lax was the stairwell.
This was why he planned to enter from the top floor.
Ordinarily, dealing with these robbers wouldn't be this troublesome. However, there were still over thirty hostages in the lobby, including his fiancée!
If there was even the slightest mistake, and the robbers, desperate, shot the hostages or even harmed Tang Xinwan, he would regret it forever.
Therefore, he had to be extremely cautious!
After finishing his last puff of the cigarette, Ye Cangtian stood up and began to descend.
His speed was not fast, and his movements were quiet, but he descended one floor approximately every two seconds.
In less than twenty seconds, Ye Cangtian had reached the corner of the second floor of the bank building, and here, he slowed down even further.
Soon, he spotted a robber standing at the entrance of the stairs on the first floor. The man wore a black balaclava and paced back and forth, holding a high-quality replica AK.
He had to deal with the robber at the stairwell first before proceeding to the next step.
However, this was not difficult. Ye Cangtian took a coin from his pocket and casually tossed it onto the ground.
"Ding!"
A crisp sound echoed. The robber guarding the stairwell stiffened, couldn't help but turn his head, frowned, and muttered, "What was that? Did I not check thoroughly earlier? Is there someone upstairs?"
He walked up the stairs with his gun. When he reached the corner of the second floor, Ye Cangtian suddenly appeared, grabbed the trigger of the rifle, preventing the robber from firing in surprise.
At the same time, his other hand grabbed the robber's neck and applied force. With a "crack" sound, the robber didn't even have a chance to cry out before his limbs went limp, and he collapsed softly.
Effortlessly dispatching one robber, Ye Cangtian took the man's gun and checked the magazine, which contained twenty-eight bullets.
Although this imitation AK47 was roughly made, the bullet caliber was still 7.62mm. Except for a slightly inferior range, its power was not small at all.
Moreover, these imitation AKs were once very popular abroad, being cheap and good!
Soon, he slowly descended with the gun. At the first-floor stairwell, he used the cover to observe everything in the lobby.
In the lobby, two robbers were packing cash. The stacks of banknotes robbed from the bank were all stuffed into four large sacks, estimated to be at least twenty to thirty million.
Two robbers stood at the bank's main entrance, seemingly to prevent police from sneaking in.
Additionally, two more robbers stood guard over the hostages, guns in hand!
The over thirty hostages, with their heads bowed, crouched against the wall, trembling. These hostages were already pale with fear, and some women were even crying hysterically.
Tang Xinwan was among them. In the corner, her beautiful face was filled with terror and worry. She was naturally quite frightened.
Ye Cangtian glanced around, calculating in his mind that it wouldn't be difficult to quickly deal with all the robbers, but this was only if they didn't have a chance to open fire.
Wait a minute!
Suddenly, Ye Cangtian remembered something important!
Previously, he knew that there were a total of eight robbers!
But now, besides the one he had just dealt with, there were only six robbers in the entire lobby. Where was the remaining one?
Just then, his eyelids twitched, and his entire body froze.
Then, he saw a robber pass by the stairwell holding a gun, but fortunately, he wasn't discovered.
"Are they packed?" a robber in the lobby asked.
The robber who had just emerged snapped his fingers with a smile. "Done! Placed them in the restroom. We'll detonate them when we leave, causing chaos, and then see if they dare to keep chasing us!"
At the stairwell, Ye Cangtian's expression became grave. From the conversation between the two robbers, he immediately guessed what the robber who had just come out had been doing!
Planting explosives!
These guys were truly ruthless. To escape safely, they planned to blow up the bank building as they left. He knew there were dozens of hostages inside!
A bunch of beasts!
Killing intent flickered in Ye Cangtian's eyes. These guys had to die!
Calculating the time and the distance between the robbers, Ye Cangtian couldn't help but frown.
The reaction time for an ordinary person from sensing danger to firing a shot was one second. Therefore, he had to kill seven robbers in one second, which was difficult even for him.
Moreover, the robbers were in different positions. Even for a sharpshooter, they could at most fire four shots in one second. Ye Cangtian was confident he could manage six shots in one second.
What's more, one of them held the remote control for detonating the bombs!
Ye Cangtian took a deep breath. It seemed he had to take a gamble!
However, at this moment, the situation took a turn.
Because Xu Weiwei arrived!
She walked into the bank building alone and, under the muzzles of three robbers' guns, voluntarily handed over her pistol and raised her hands, saying, "I've come to negotiate with you!"
"Why hasn't the helicopter we asked for arrived yet?" a robber asked fiercely.
"The ten minutes you requested were too short. You need to give us at least another ten minutes for the helicopter to reach here!" Xu Weiwei was covered in sweat from nervousness, especially with a gun pointed at her head, feeling as if she were half a step from death.
"Cut the crap. We only have ten minutes. If the helicopter doesn't come in another two minutes, we'll kill some hostages!" the robber said sternly.
"Don't hurt the hostages. The rest can be negotiated!"
Xu Weiwei sensed the robbers' emotions and knew she couldn't provoke them further. Otherwise, if these robbers got desperate, not only would she die, but the hostages would also be harmed.
She scanned her surroundings because she knew very well that Ye Cangtian had already entered the bank building, but she had no idea exactly where he was.
However, she felt a bit desperate at the moment. Even if Ye Cangtian was hidden, what could he do? Several robbers had guns, how could that guy deal with several armed robbers?
Xu Weiwei gave a wry smile. She had really acted on impulse, how could she have blindly trusted him?
Just as she was at a loss for what to do, she suddenly saw a head peek out from the stairs, giving her a brilliant smile.
He had indeed managed to sneak in!
Xu Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, but then sighed again. Even if this guy had snuck in, what could be done in such a desperate situation?