Chapter 243: Tiger Brother Designates Negotiation Representatives

Inside the Supervision Assembly's reception building, Zhao Weihu kept his word, shooting over sixty white staff members in six batches within an hour. The fresh blood and corpses mixed together in front of the main building entrance like hell on earth.

At Dragon City's government building, the mayor had already led the establishment of a temporary anti-terror command center, commanding on-scene garrison troops, police system, and anti-terror squad departments to respond to this emergency.

As early as when the church was taken hostage, many media outlets in Dragon City had already heard rumors, but before they could go to the scene to gather information for reporting, the city propaganda department ordered collective silence. So currently only citizens in Longkou District had roughly heard that something happened at the Supervision Assembly, but no one knew how serious the incident was.

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In the command center, Dragon City's mayor and the Supervision General Assembly chairman had both narrowly escaped disaster, because they had been at the venue earlier - if they hadn't left early, they would now also be among the hostages.

In the government building, large numbers of staff had temporarily requisitioned the grand conference room, directly transmitting real-time images of the reception hostage scene to the big screen through connection to the Police Bureau monitoring system.

Dragon City Mayor Li Mingsheng stood at the side of the big screen, hands on hips demanding with an extremely ugly expression: "Have Lin You talk to me!"

Outside the Supervision Assembly compound, Lin You called on his walkie-talkie: "Reporting Mayor, this is Lin You!"

"What's the current situation on scene?!" Li Mingsheng demanded.

"Bandit numbers roughly between 250-300 people, currently controlling the main buildings around the reception building. Their weapons and equipment are excellent, team members are all battlefield-experienced soldiers with strong psychological quality..." Lin You explained urgently.

Hearing halfway, Li Mingsheng interrupted frowning: "What kind of quality they have is not within my consideration, because you are the first commander. I just ask you, what's the possibility of armed rescue now?"

"Mayor, too many people arrived at the reception scene today - over 150 Supervision Assembly staff members, and... and they're all white people, plus around 150 social elites and Dragon City civil servants, plus over sixty reception staff members... the hostage base is too large," Lin You replied with trembling voice. "If carrying out armed rescue, the safety of so many hostages cannot be guaranteed."

"If can't fight, can we negotiate?" Li Mingsheng asked.

"Currently the bandits haven't made any demands..." Lin You replied very awkwardly.

"Have the anti-terror squad and garrison special forces' first commanders come to the government building immediately, quickly!" Li Mingsheng shouted pointing at the big screen. "I tell you Lin You, if you can't even control the scene, it won't be as simple as stripping your uniform. You'll be prosecuted by the Supreme Procuratorate - this is dereliction of duty!"

Lin You was almost stifled to death - the policy orders were issued from above, it wasn't his people extorting, and the plan to strike the Chi Army on Xinaluo's coast had absolutely nothing to do with him! He had been happily dancing and drinking at the reception, but this fucking disaster landed directly on his head.

"Yes, yes, I'll definitely control the scene well," Lin You replied with sweating forehead.

Li Mingsheng threw down the walkie-talkie microphone, turned to walk to the conference table, pointing at a group of advisers and high officials saying: "The hostages' identities are too sensitive and numbers too many - we must walk on multiple legs. Immediately contact the Mofi official army - I want to talk with them."

"Yes!"

"Provide the reception building's basic information and structural plans to the garrison special forces and anti-terror squad - have them quickly produce assault plans," Li Mingsheng was after all Dragon City's top leader - facing emergencies he was still relatively calm and steady.

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On the reception building's third floor.

Zhao Weihu sat on a leather sofa with legs on the coffee table, smoking while leaning back, playing with military satellite communication equipment in his hand.

Footsteps sounded as the guard battalion commander wearing the Zhu Bajie mask walked in, bending to whisper in Zhao Weihu's ear: "Those people who came to our camp before..."

Zhao Weihu paused hearing this, then smiled: "Just worrying about having no one to carry messages - then it'll be them."

"How to do it?" the guard battalion commander asked softly.

"Before things settle, I can't show my face - if they know I'm commanding, they might force an attack," Zhao Weihu replied squinting. "I need to hide a knife. You do this - go find those people, have them..."

The guard battalion commander immediately nodded after hearing Zhao Weihu's plan: "Understood!"

"Go!" Zhao Weihu waved.

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Three minutes later, in the reception's first floor hall, You Yifan said to Yu Mingyuan with a deathly pale face: "These bastards are too ruthless, killing people like killing chicks. Damn it, after they finish killing the Supervision Assembly people, they won't deal with us, right?!"

"Should... shouldn't," Yu Mingyuan shook his head. "If they kill everyone, they'll have no bargaining chips."

"Right, you know the Chi Army and have garrison connections - they probably won't move against you," You Yifan realized.

Hearing this, Yu Mingyuan almost soiled himself: "Brother, please don't talk nonsense - I really don't know the Chi Army...!"

As the two were talking, Zhu Bajie brought over ten soldiers, pointing at Su Tianyu and Yu Mingyuan saying: "Take them away."

You Yifan was stunned hearing this, immediately calling to Yu Mingyuan: "If they let you go, plead with Big Brother, and have me released too...!"

"Bang!"

The Chi Army soldier went up with a kick: "Don't talk!"

"Yes, yes!" You Yifan nodded obediently.

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Five minutes later, in an empty rest room on the second floor, the guard battalion commander took off his Zhu Bajie mask, smiling at Yu Mingyuan and Su Tianyu saying: "Meeting again, Director Yu, Director Su!"

Having met the guard battalion commander at the Chi Army base before, they instantly recognized him.

"He... hehe...!" Yu Mingyuan looked at him with sweating forehead, advising softly: "Brother, you'd better put the mask back on."

"I am this operation's highest commander - now there's something I want to ask you to do," Zhu Bajie said looking at Yu Mingyuan and Su Tianyu. "We need someone familiar to communicate with Dragon City government, negotiate terms - since you're here, trouble you with this task."

Hearing this, Yu Mingyuan's heart pounded chaotically: "Big... Big Brother, we can't communicate, haven't experienced this!"

"Aren't we friends? Still need to do business together in future - can't help with this small matter?" the guard battalion commander smiled looking at them: "...If friends, you help me; if not friends, then you're no different from the people outside! What do you say?"

Yu Mingyuan looked at him with deathly pale face, immediately pointing at Su Tianyu: "Then let him go - he has good speaking skills."

Su Tianyu paused before turning to look at Yu Mingyuan: "Fuck your mother, what did you say?!"