Chapter 4: Where is the Second Person?
Houston and Paige watched Liu Haoyu shamelessly act, finding it impossible to express their grievances.
However, with a gun barrel pointed at their heads, they dared not retort even if they wanted to.
Merely two minutes after the police were called, they arrived at Cangjiang Bridge.
They sealed off the scene and fell into a moment of silence upon seeing Liu Haoyu holding a rifle to both their heads, as well as the unconscious girl in the suitcase.
If they hadn’t known beforehand that the robbers were foreigners, they would have likely shoved the muzzle into Liu Haoyu’s mouth.
Liu Haoyu, as the police arrived, shrewdly removed his mask.
He was now a pure and good five-star citizen, showing no panic upon the police’s arrival.
“Comrades police officers, hello. These two should be the bank robbers,”
“Take a look at the briefcase and suitcase, are there any issues?”
“Because these two are extremely vicious, they even scared the innocent girl inside the suitcase into unconsciousness. I had no choice but to hold them at gunpoint to prevent any further incidents.”
“I am truly innocent, please believe me.”
Liu Haoyu’s speech momentarily relaxed the vigilance of the police present. One officer was speaking into a radio, seemingly to someone.
Although a bit far, Liu Haoyu could vaguely hear strange words like “the sniper can withdraw” and “why is it this person again.”
The leading police officer looked at Liu Haoyu and then said.
“Little brother, you can put down the gun now, raise your hands, and retreat behind us, facing us.”
“Alright.”
Liu Haoyu didn’t want to get involved in this sort of thing. He was just a ghost exorcist, not a police officer.
So, he calmly dropped the gun to the side, raised his hands, and slowly retreated.
The police behind him checked him for any residual firearms, and were shocked by the mess of things in his backpack.
Fortunately, the focus was on the two robbers at the moment, so after a brief questioning, they did not pursue Liu Haoyu’s matters further.
However, the necessary statements and interrogations were unavoidable, so the police would not let Liu Haoyu go.
This case had alarmed almost the entire Jiangquan City police force, with as many as twenty police cars surrounding the area.
This included special police and armed police, indicating the severity of the incident.
“Xiao Liu, didn’t you say you were a funeral home administrator? Why are you in a place like this in the middle of the night?”
A familiar voice sounded from behind Liu Haoyu.
He turned his head and saw that the person standing behind him was Zhao Long, the police officer from Gui Ping District he had met before.
Zhao Long’s mood was also a bit complex and worried. He had recently solved an extremely vicious dismemberment case.
And not long after that, this major news had broken out.
Especially when he heard that someone had robbed a bank at gunpoint, he was eating and almost spat out his food.
Seeing an old acquaintance, Liu Haoyu helplessly explained.
“I just live nearby, so I took a bus home, and then I ran into this. Fortunately, I always carry a fire axe for self-defense, otherwise…”
Liu Haoyu’s sighing tone made Zhao Long’s mouth twitch uncontrollably.
“Your habit isn’t great, but catching criminals is a significant contribution.”
“You have no idea, the entire Public Security Bureau of Jiangquan City was shaken when we heard someone robbed a bank with a gun.”
“But for some reason, we couldn’t find them after following the direction of the license-plate-less car for a whole hour.”
“The car seemed to have vanished into thin air… It was driving us crazy.”
Zhao Long couldn’t help but wipe the sweat from his forehead at the end.
“Luckily, we received a call from another kidnapped person. The car had broken down and stopped by the roadside. Following the location she provided, we were surprised to find…”
“Although we had already searched that road, the car suddenly appeared by the roadside. This is truly bizarre.”
“Then we searched Provincial Highway 845 three times, and even Cangjiang Bridge four or five times, but we still couldn’t find any trace of these two people.”
“So I’m a little curious… how exactly did you find them?”
Hearing Zhao Long’s question, Liu Haoyu said without hesitation.
“I ran into them while strolling by the roadside.”
“But I don’t know if these two had taken drugs, they kept muttering about buses or something.”
“Then I sneaked up and subdued them.”
Given the current situation, the actions of these two were already very serious, and it wouldn’t hurt to pin a few more false charges on them.
Besides, the Black Book had said that these two dared to rob the bank because they were high.
So, if they had the ability, they could go and explain themselves to the police, and see if the police believed their story.
“I don’t know if you’re truly amazing or just bragging…” Zhao Long was still lingering in fear, he sighed, “Even though the people have been caught, someone will have to be held responsible, especially the maritime police and the police in this area, sigh~”
At the end, Zhao Long sighed again.
“In any case, thank you. If you hadn’t found these two, the entire government and police of Jiangquan City wouldn’t have been able to sleep tonight.”
“You’re welcome,” Liu Haoyu waved his hand and said, “Who told you I’m the recognized five-star good citizen of Beiming City?”
“You rascal.”
Zhao Long laughed and cursed.
As a small police officer, he didn’t have the primary law enforcement authority in such cases. Now, the armed police and special police were handling these two, so it wasn’t his turn to act.
Thus, he had time to chat with Liu Haoyu.
“By the way,”
At this moment, Zhao Long suddenly thought of something and asked Liu Haoyu.
“Xiao Liu, when I arrived, I saw one hostage. Where is the other one?”
“Ah…?”
Liu Haoyu was also taken aback at this moment.
“Wasn’t she waiting for you in that license-plate-less car by the roadside?”
“No, we checked that car and didn’t see anyone.”
Zhao Long seemed to understand something as he said this, and Liu Haoyu immediately called Bai Anting back.
“Beep… Beep…”
“The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable, please try again later.”
“Damn it!” X2
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Going back in time a bit, Bai Anting, who was hiding under the car, saw passengers getting out of the car.
Therefore, she could clearly feel extremely cold and strange gazes appearing around her.
She knew very well what such gazes meant.
But she dared not wander around.
Based on horror movie experience, wandering around would definitely lead to trouble.
But… if she stayed put, would it be safe here?
Bai Anting tried to call Liu Haoyu’s phone again.
But it didn’t connect at all, her expression filled with panic.
Fortunately, with her experience of live-streaming a few times in the middle of the night, she managed to calm her nervous and uneasy heart.
“Now I need to find a way to leave here…”
“The car has been found!”
At this moment, Bai Anting suddenly heard the piercing sound of police sirens outside the car, as well as the flashing red and blue police lights.
Overjoyed, she quickly crawled out from under the car and said to the two police officers searching the car.
“I’m here! I’m here!”
Just as she thought she was about to be rescued, she was horrified to discover that no matter how much she called or shouted, the other party showed no reaction.
“There’s no one in the car… What?! You said the criminals have been found?! Okay, okay, we’re coming right away!”
Saying that, these police officers got up again, ready to return to the police car. Seeing this, Bai Anting quickly reached out, trying to grab their shoulders.
But she stumbled, and the hand she should have been able to grab suddenly… passed through.
Yes, her entire palm passed through.
If Bai Anting hadn’t reacted in time, she would have fallen to the ground.
“What’s going on?”
Bai Anting watched the police car drive away, her hope gradually turning into despair.
A feeling of powerlessness arose in her heart.
Could it be that she was already dead?
Otherwise, why couldn’t they hear her speak?
Bai Anting looked at her palm and then tried to touch the car door.
She could indeed feel the car door, but why couldn’t these police officers see her?
Even if she were dead, they should have seen her corpse, right?
Thinking of this, Bai Anting opened the trunk again and checked the suitcase where she had originally been.
It was empty, with nothing inside.
This meant that she was still alive.
Bai Anting breathed a sigh of relief.
Then what was this situation… had she been pulled into some parallel dimension?
