As soon as Ethan Hunt walked into the hostage room, he looked around at the gangsters and hostages in the room. He was smart, but the others were not. Before he could take a look, a gangster, who seemed to be the leader, pointed a gun at him.
"I want a helicopter with a full tank of gas and one hundred million dollars in cash. As long as the helicopter and money are here, I will release the rest of the hostages. How about that?"
Before they came in, the experts outside were prepared for the criminals to go back on their word, so Ethan Hunt was not too surprised to hear this.
And no matter how good his disguise was, the problem was that Benjamin Arthur had talked too much to the criminals just now in order to calm them down.
So now Ethan Hunt didn't need to be reminded to not talk as much as possible, and to use expressions as much as possible.
With a gun pointed at him, Benjamin Arthur would of course be scared, but since he dared to come in to exchange hostages, he could not show any cowardice.
So now Ethan Hunt was completely frightened, and his facial expressions were on point.
Even the criminal who pointed the gun at him couldn't help but admire him. In order to achieve his goal, the criminal put down the gun and said in a relaxed tone.
"If you agree, I will release half of the hostages. When the helicopter arrives, the rest will be released immediately. How about that?"
If he could save half of the hostages, then it would be more beneficial for the next operation, so of course Ethan was willing.
But even though he was willing, he still had to hesitate. Otherwise, if he agreed too quickly, it would arouse suspicion. He pinched his throat and replied with Benjamin's voice, "I need to think about it."
After waiting for half a minute, he nodded his head.
"Very good." The criminal smiled and pointed at more than ten people. "Congratulations, gentlemen, you can go now."
The people who were pointed at walked out of the hostages in surprise, and hurriedly walked out of the room opened by the criminal.
As soon as the hostages came out, they were immediately escorted out of the White Palace by Delta outside the door. They were handed over to the FB1 agents for questioning and investigation, in case the criminals pretended to be hostages and took the opportunity to escape.
Soon, the information of the hostages was found. There was nothing special about them, but there was only one person that caught the attention of the FB1 agents.
Alexander Dunning, a defense contractor, arms dealer, and billionaire.
Therefore, when an FB1 supervisor heard from his subordinate that Alexander Dunning was in the second batch of people to be released, he instinctively suspected that there was something wrong with Dunning.
He picked up the information and wanted to ask Deng Ning, but when the manager saw Deng Ning's clothes, he immediately suspected Deng Ning because the old man's clothes did not match his identity as a billionaire.
Although it was close-fitting and there was nothing strange about it, a billionaire's clothes were not branded goods. Instead, they looked more like discounted goods sold in the supermarket.
It was impossible not to be suspicious, so the experienced supervisor didn't immediately interrogate Deng Ning. Instead, he secretly arranged for people to keep an eye on Deng Ning.
Deng Ning, who didn't know that he had been listed as a suspect, was glad that he was smart enough to come prepared.
The reason why he was released was because he was wearing clothes from a street stall. The bandits also had a choice when it came to hostages. Those famous, rich, and powerful people were definitely the first choice.
In the end, as Deng Ning had calculated, this old man who looked old and poor was really released by the bandits as a useless piece of trash.
Deng Ning, who had escaped death, silently swore to himself that in the future, he would cultivate his own influence in the political world so that he wouldn't be forced by the military-industrial complex to be a secret commander in White Palace like this time.
Then, Deng Ning regretted coming up with such a plan.
That's right, the crisis this time was all because of this inconspicuous short old man's imagination on a whim.
If it was really just a thought, it wouldn't have mattered. However, he had told his biggest weapons supplier about his immature plan.
He had just taken over Hammer Corporation and had suffered heavy losses due to the stock market crash. He had been worried about the stock price of Hammer Corporation all day.
When he first heard about this plan, although Hammer was a little tempted, his company was not on the brink of death at the time, so he only treated it as a joke. Not only did he not take it to heart, he also didn't think that one day he would actually carry it out.
However, after Benjamin Arthur went through the London crisis and returned to the United States to understand the cause and effect of the entire London crisis.
It didn't take much investigation to understand why Amir Barkavi was so crazy about taking revenge on the entire capitalist world.
The problem lay with the military-industrial complex.
In order to snatch back the orders and benefits that Amir Barkavi had stolen, the United States' military-industrial complex had done a lot of things. Assassination, bribery, and the like were all used, but they couldn't hurt Barkavi at all.
In the end, they had no choice but to take advantage of Amir Barkavi's daughter's wedding to send Barkavi's entire family to meet their Lord.
Unfortunately, although the attack was successful, other than Barkavi's daughter, son-in-law, and some relatives who were killed, Amir Barkavi himself and his three sons were still alive and well, as if they were protected by a hidden existence.
Even an ordinary person would think of ways to take revenge after their own daughter and a large group of relatives and friends were killed without reason.
Not to mention Amir Barkavi, who pursued the goal of eliminating the source of trouble. After hiding for three years, his revenge plan came.
Although the previous chief had stepped down, Benjamin Arthur, who had been in office for less than a year, became the main target of Barkavi's family.
Being the scapegoat for someone else and almost going to meet God, Benjamin Arthur was furious. It was easy to imagine how angry he was.
Moreover, the Arthur family was not a small character in the United States. His father had been a chief before.
With the intention of revenge, the Arthur family only needed to make a few connections, and a group of groups that originally wanted to control guns got involved.
However, Benjamin Arthur's target was too big. Not only did he want to control guns, but he also wanted to take advantage of the stock market crash to reduce the United States' military expenditure.
This made things worse for the Hammer Group, which had been surviving on ordinary guns and government orders, even worse. It directly reached the point where it couldn't survive.
People could do anything when they were forced into a corner, let alone a group with money, power, and connections like the Hammer Group.
Anyway, if they really went bankrupt, not to mention keeping their family business, they might not even be able to survive. Helplessly, Mr. Hammer had to seriously consider Alexander Dunning's joking plan at this time.
Hammer was not an idiot. He knew that there was strength in numbers. He began to get in touch with those who were also dissatisfied with Benjamin Arthur.
He didn't expect to find many like-minded people. It didn't even take a few days for him to get in touch with the Speaker, Mr. Eli.
Well, now even if Hammer was afraid and wanted to retreat, he couldn't.
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