Chapter 244: The Message Bearer

In the third floor corridor of the reception building, four masked Chi Army soldiers were strapping timed explosives capable of destroying half the building to Su Tianyu's body.

Su Tianyu looked at Zhu Bajie, saying with a deathly pale face: "Brother, no need, really no need! We knew each other before - letting me go out to deliver a message is absolutely no problem, just a matter of one sentence..."

Zhu Bajie ignored him, only urging the soldiers to hurry up.

Two minutes later, after the time bomb was installed, Zhu Bajie looked at Su Tianyu asking: "Have you served in the military?"

Su Tianyu nodded woodenly: "Ah!"

"This explosive's control core is electronic password-protected - even using the best password system to unlock would take about an hour and a half of computation. If cutting wires, there are over a hundred possibilities - one mistake and it explodes on the spot," Zhu Bajie said pointing at Su Tianyu. "Don't play tricks - that would be irresponsible to your life safety."

"Brother, I just fucking don't understand, why choose me?! Wouldn't choosing someone who speaks English be better? They carry more weight!" Su Tianyu felt very unlucky.

Zhu Bajie smiled looking at him: "We know you, trust you more in our hearts."

"Stop the nonsense, okay? Is there fucking trust like this?!"

"I won't let you run this errand for nothing - after you go out, you can contact some people who should be contacted - I give you this freedom," Zhu Bajie continued softly. "Moreover, tell the garrison side that us being stuck here isn't good for them."

Su Tianyu paused, finally understanding why they chose him to go out and talk.

"You must return within one hour, otherwise the bomb goes off," Zhu Bajie continued softly. "Listen carefully, our conditions are..."

Five minutes later, Su Tianyu walked downstairs with bombs strapped to his body.

"You know why I let you go, right?" Yu Mingyuan followed behind, instructing softly.

"I know your mother, fuck, character shows at critical moments!"

"Are you stupid? You didn't really think they would agree to let me go?" Yu Mingyuan responded softly. "They want private dialogue with the garrison troops."

"No talking," a Chi Army soldier reprimanded.

Yu Mingyuan looked at Su Tianyu's back, reminding again: "Brother, I'll wait for you inside - you understand things...!"

Su Tianyu nodded at him grinding his teeth, then left the main building under Chi Army soldiers' escort.

......

Ten minutes later.

At the compound entrance, Su Tianyu raised both hands shouting: "Don't shoot, one of us! I'm a hostage - the bandits had me bring out a message."

The shouts drew Lin You's attention from behind - he stood by a vehicle scanning before instructing softly: "Have that person come over."

"Tap tap tap!"

Six anti-terror team members bent low approaching the compound, protected Su Tianyu, then quickly returned the same way.

Su Tianyu scanned his surroundings, seeing the Supervision Assembly compound already surrounded in three layers inside and out by anti-terror teams, special forces, and police.

The anti-terror team members quickly brought Su Tianyu before Lin You - the two looked at each other and instantly recognized each other.

They had met before at the Yu family compound, even drank tea together under a sun umbrella.

"You're Little Su from the Yu family, right?" Lin You asked.

"Yes, yes, I've met you, Director!" Su Tianyu immediately nodded.

"Having someone familiar makes things easier - come, get in the command vehicle," Lin You said overjoyed, pulling Su Tianyu onto the riot command vehicle.

Inside the vehicle.

As soon as Su Tianyu was pulled in, four riot team members wearing heavy bomb suits began checking the explosives on his body.

Lin You stood at the door, not even minding the bombs on Dog Six's body, directly asking him: "What message did the bandits have you bring?"

"They have three conditions: First, they demand media involvement immediately - in future they'll communicate with our city government leadership through real-time broadcasts via media. Second, they demand you immediately release the Chi Army personnel captured on the Xinaluo coast. Third, during hostage exchange they demand Dragon City Mayor Li Mingsheng enter the main building as a hostage to escort Chi Army people leaving," Su Tianyu truthfully explained the Chi Army's conditions.

"Fucking nonsense!" Lin You cursed jumping in rage. "These conditions are too harsh!"

Su Tianyu replied with sweating forehead: "If this side doesn't agree, they'll shoot more hostages."

Lin You ground his teeth, turning to get off the vehicle to report the situation to Li Mingsheng.

"Director Lin, I request to make a phone call," Su Tianyu immediately said. "Garrison people are also inside - I need to notify them."

Lin You replied frowning: "Not allowed - in this kind of situation, you can't make outside calls."

Inside the vehicle, a bomb disposal team member immediately stood up reporting: "Report Director, his timer setup is quite complex - needs computer decoding system to compute electronic passwords, at least needs over an hour. But timer only has one hour - forceful removal risks explosion."

Hearing this, Su Tianyu directly stood up pushing aside the bomb disposal team member, following Lin You off the vehicle to say softly alone: "I must make a call to the garrison - I need to inform them about my boss and other garrison personnel's situation."

"I said no!"

"Won't you need to use me again later?!" Left with no choice, Su Tianyu could only use words to force the other's hand: "I beg you - I promise not to say one extra word, just inform them of the situation."

Lin You indeed needed to use Su Tianyu later, because the Chi Army only let him out to deliver messages - if not coaxed a bit, if Su Tianyu didn't cooperate, that would also be very troublesome.

After careful consideration, Lin You pointed at his assistant beside him saying: "Give him a phone, but monitor the whole call."

"Yes!"

With that, the assistant handed a phone to Su Tianyu, while Lin You immediately reported the latest scene situation to Li Mingsheng.

At the Supervision Assembly compound entrance.

Su Tianyu made two consecutive calls before contacting Brigade Commander Wen Zhanbo of the garrison, saying softly: "Brigade Commander Wen, I'm Su Tianyu, deputy general manager of Mingyuan Trading Company. Currently I'm held hostage by bandits and under their coercion temporarily came out to deliver a message. The garrison officers also held hostage inside asked me to tell you they are currently relatively safe..."

Listening to Su Tianyu's official speech, Wen Zhanbo already understood his meaning.

Why would the Chi Army let Su Tianyu come out to report and deliver negotiation messages? The intention was very obvious!

The garrison and Chi Army's under-the-table relationship had always been quite intimate, with many secret connected businesses, so the Chi Army having Yu family people close to the garrison come deliver messages was subtly reminding them - if the Chi Army goes down completely and past matters are dug up, the garrison won't fare well either.

This call was full of threatening implications - Wen Zhanbo also instantly understood Su Tianyu's meaning, then replied flatly: "I understand - we will also participate in the rescue."

"Brigade Commander Wen, my boss is also inside!" Su Tianyu reminded, implying if they privately contacted the Chi Army to negotiate, they must also negotiate Yu Mingyuan's return.

......

In the government building.

After hearing the Chi Army's conditions, Li Mingsheng pointed at the big screen cursing: "A bunch of fucking bandits! Their conditions are too harsh - we cannot agree. Notify the special forces and anti-terror units to prepare for forced rescue."