Huo Shaoheng and his men were only doing this out of formality, just like how they shouted at suspects in the Hua Xia Empire. They didn't expect the masked gunmen to respond.
The answer the gunmen gave them was, of course, to raise their guns and shoot at their hiding place!
Huo Shaoheng didn't try to persuade them to surrender anymore. He nodded to Yin Shixiong, and the two of them raised their rifles and started shooting.
The masked gunmen in the living room suddenly realized their nightmares had come back.
They had felt exhilarated when they shot the kneeling servants of the Gu family as targets.
Now that they had become targets, the feeling was unbearable.
But they had to accept it even if they couldn't. They had to die if they were weaker.
Not long after, after a series of gunshots in the living room, the seven or eight masked gunmen were all taken down.
Only two masked gunmen hid behind Gu Yanran and used her as a shield. They shouted at the door, "If you come any closer, I'll shoot her!"
Gu Yanran was already on the verge of death. She couldn't even lift her head.
She cried at the door, "Let them kill me! As long as I'm dead, my father will be safe! "
"Shut up!" The gunman behind her hit the back of her head with the butt of his rifle. "Take us to your father now! Or else we'll make your life more painful than death! "
"Jack! We've already searched the entire mansion several times, but we still can't find her father! What do we do?! We've already killed everyone in the mansion, but this girl still won't give up! "
The last two masked gunmen hid behind Gu Yanran and conversed in Latin. They thought the people from the Hua Xia Empire wouldn't understand, but they underestimated Huo Shaoheng. He had learned English, French, German, and Latin from his grandmother when he first learned to speak. His talent in languages was no less than his mother's.
Huo Shaoheng understood now. It seemed like the masked gunmen had already searched the entire mansion but couldn't find Gu Yanran's father. That was why they gathered everyone in the living room and executed them one by one for Gu Yanran to see. It was to force her to hand over her father.
If Gu Xiangwen wasn't here, then where was he?
Huo Shaoheng thought about it and nodded to Yin Shixiong expressionlessly. He followed the corridor outside the mansion and snuck behind Gu Yanran and the two masked gunmen.
Huo Shaoheng's AMR could penetrate walls, just like how he had blown up the kidnappers holding Gu Nianzhi's classmate at the Hua Xia Empire's resort villa. Huo Shaoheng raised his gun, opened the scope, and aimed at the man's back. He pulled the trigger decisively.
Bang! A gunshot rang out in the living room of the Gu family's mansion again.
One of the masked gunmen was killed on the spot by Huo Shaoheng through the wall, but the other masked gunman was quite brave.
He was not frightened by the remains of his accomplice. Instead, he grabbed Gu Yanran's back and threw himself at the window. He crashed through the window and rolled down the windowsill.
Huo Shaoheng craned his neck to look at the terrain on the east side of the French window. His heart sank. He had missed a spot after all.
The Gu family's mansion was built near the sea, surrounded by small rocky hills, streams, waterfalls, and forests.
The Empire's Empire's Mansion faced a small waterfall. When the weather was good, one could feel the refreshing water vapor coming from the nearby waterfall when they opened the window. It was so cool that it was more comfortable than central air conditioning.
There was a pool under the waterfall. The last masked gunman grabbed Gu Yanran and rolled into the pool. He swam to the other side. Huo Shaoheng had ordered the Barbados police and soldiers to surround the Gu mansion, but they had missed this pool.
Of course, it wasn't Huo Shaoheng's fault. The Gu manor was very secretive and heavily guarded. The members of the Special Operations Forces weren't like these masked gunmen, so the map that Huo Shaoheng and the others had of the Gu manor was taken from a satellite.
They didn't expect the Gu mansion to be built in such a dense forest. Trees were green all year round in tropical areas, so their satellite map was obstructed. They couldn't clearly mark every part of the terrain.
The situation was extremely urgent. Gu Nianzhi's identity depended on this.
If the masked gunman was right and only Gu Yanran knew Gu Xiangwen's whereabouts, then if Gu Yanran was killed, the clues they had been searching for six to seven years would be gone.
If they made a decision this time, the chances of them finding Gu Xiangwen again would be almost zero.
In that instant, many thoughts flashed through Huo Shaoheng's mind. Gu Nianzhi's bright, clear eyes flashed through his mind.
He couldn't care less. He had no choice but to chase after her.
Huo Shaoheng turned to look at Yin Shixiong and said in a low voice, "Contact Little Ze and track my location. I'll make a move first." With that, he rolled to the Empire's window and jumped into the pool in the direction they had fallen.
The masked gunman was pulling the dripping Gu Yanran up the stone bank on the other side of the pool. Seeing Huo Shaoheng chase after them, the man raised his gun and fired several shots in Huo Shaoheng's direction. The sound of water splashing mixed with the sound of the waterfall above them. Sunlight seeped through the gaps between the trees, and the splashing water reflected rainbow light. A rainbow rose from the small pool.
Although Gu Yanran knew it was a purely optical phenomenon, when she saw it with her own eyes — a man as handsome as a god jumped into the pool to save her life — it felt like her heart was hit by a sledgehammer. Her chest tightened, and all the blood in her body was sucked into her heart. Even her heart stopped beating.
"What are you looking at! He's already dead! "The masked gunman cursed and slapped Gu Yanran." Come with me! "
Grabbing Gu Yanran's hair, he almost dragged her to the ground and hurriedly left on a small path.
Gu Yanran looked in the direction of the pool and the rising rainbow. She couldn't help feeling a lump in her throat, and the corners of her eyes gradually reddened. However, she forced herself not to cry, but the expression in her eyes seemed to become more and more distressed.
Just when she thought Huo Shaoheng had died, another splash appeared not far away. The godlike man stood up from the shore of the pool and held a black gun. He aimed at them.
Gu Yanran let out a short cry from her throat, but she quickly swallowed it down.
However, the masked gunman also noticed it. He looked back and quickly fired in Huo Shaoheng's direction. Then he dragged Gu Yanran to a rowboat by the sea that was powered by a diesel engine.
"Go up! Be quiet! If you want to cause trouble again, I'll shoot you! "The masked gunman pressed the gun against Gu Yanran's forehead and tied her up.
By the time Huo Shaoheng arrived, he saw a rowboat that looked like an assault boat about to start up.
He didn't know if there was a problem with the engine or if the masked gunman didn't know how to operate the boat, but it took him five precious minutes to ignite the engine.
The diesel engine roared loudly. Gu Yanran's mouth was gagged, and she was thrown to one end of the rowboat with her hands and feet tied. Then, a thick rope was used to tie her to the boat.
Huo Shaoheng chased them to the beach. The rowboat had just left the shore not long ago, and because the waves were too strong, the rowboat didn't move very fast, so it was swept to the shore from time to time.
The masked gunman held the gun in his right hand and raised it in the air. He smiled arrogantly at Huo Shaoheng and slowly lowered his arm. The black muzzle was aimed in Huo Shaoheng's direction.
Huo Shaoheng hurriedly jumped into the sea and dove down.
The jade-green waves rolled up snow-white spray, which looked like transparent crystals under the sunlight, sparkling and translucent.
Gu Yanran poked her head out of the rowboat and looked in the direction Huo Shaoheng had come from. Tears streamed down her face.
The masked gunman glared at her, and she quickly turned her head away to block her view with her messy long hair.
The rowboat moved forward in the water, and Huo Shaoheng chased closely behind.
The masked gunman at the helm was flustered, but he couldn't smoothly steer the rowboat in the direction he wanted.
He cursed angrily and raised his leg to kick Gu Yanran a few times.
The ten of them originally had their own tasks, but they were almost wiped out by the guy from the Hua Xia Empire.
Now he was still chasing after him. Was he trying to kill him?!
The masked gunman stared in the direction Huo Shaoheng was diving. He gritted his teeth and suddenly tightened the rudder. The rowboat paused in the waves and almost flipped over.
In the blink of an eye, Huo Shaoheng had already caught up.
The masked gunman didn't care about the rowboat anymore. He opened the bolt of his gun, loaded it, and picked it up to lie on the edge of the boat. He adjusted the direction through the scope.
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It was the second update, and it was the first update for the 11 pieces of Heshibi that the leader of the Guanghan Palace A had rewarded yesterday. (There was still one more update that I owed.)
Today's monthly votes weren't as many as yesterday's. Sob sob sob (> _ <), did my friends' monthly votes already run out?
What about the recommendation votes?
Seven o 'clock in the evening of the third update.
I'll try my best to hold on for another day. I'll see how it goes tomorrow …
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