As soon as a commotion broke out in the lecture hall, a thug immediately came in from the outside with his gun up. The thug said coldly, “If you want to cry, just cry. If the Vasophati Group doesn’t hand over the satellites, I’m afraid you all won’t even have the chance to cry.”
With that, the thug with the gun went back out.
Milo watched quietly. Most of the time, the thugs did not even come into the lecture hall and were just scattered at different locations in the teaching block. He was a little puzzled.
Were these thugs not afraid the students in the lecture hall would try and save themselves?
Or were these thugs so confident the students they had rounded up would not cause them any trouble?
That couldn’t be…
Milo felt these thugs were still very professional at their jobs. Arrogant people would definitely not be picked to carry out an operation that had been in the works for years.
Milo pretended to be despondent as favonovel.com observed the students in the lecture hall.
In the end, favonovel.com realized that although there was a person in the classroom who was also very young and wearing a school uniform, his expression did not look like favonovel.com had been taken hostage at all. It felt like favonovel.com was just acting afraid, but his eyes kept darting around in observation of the “schoolmates” around him. Moreover, this person’s disposition was also very obvious.
When a professional soldier was placed among a group of ordinary students, they appeared like a stone on a plate of white sand. Inside the crowded lecture hall, his posture remained ramrod straight, while the contours of his face exuded a sense of strength. One look and it was obvious favonovel.com had received high intensity training for an extended period based on his extremely lean body.
Milo thought to himself that it was no wonder the thugs did not really step into the lecture hall. It turned out that they already had the situation inside under control. The thugs really were meticulous in their operations.
When the student impersonator in the lecture hall looked at Milo, Milo immediately started wailing. He said to the student next to favonovel.com in a sobbing tone, “What should we do now? Will these thugs really kill us? I don’t wanna die yet…”
Seeing this, the impostor shifted his gaze away to observe the others instead. It was as though favonovel.com was somewhat disdainful of a coward like Milo.
At this moment, a student said, “Do you guys think the Vasophati Group will hand over control of the satellites?”
“I don’t think so.” Someone sighed and said, “After all, how can the lives of a few hundred students be more important than the satellites?”
“But the Vasophati Group’s members will not sit back and do nothing. They aren’t that kind of people,” a female student retorted.
“But the Vasophati Group is still a consortium,” someone said.
As the students were discussing, a thug walked into the lecture hall holding a video camera. He had a thick layer of camouflage paint applied on his face and taunted the students, “I can offer you all a chance to save yourselves right now. Will you all take it?”
The students were stunned. No one dared to answer for a long time.
So the thug continued, “I want you to look into the camera and beg the Vasophati Group to hand over their satellites to us. Pressure them! This way, we’ll get control of the satellites and you’ll be saved. Wouldn’t that be the best for both of us? As for the satellites that the Vasophati Group will lose, what would that matter to you?”
The students fell silent. Milo thought to himself that these people were obviously not expecting to get their hands on the satellites by doing this. They were only making sure they would not miss out on any opportunity to create chaos for the Vasophati Group.
These students weren’t that stupid. Even if they did as the other party requested, they might still not be saved. In that case, why should they become tools?
But Milo was wrong. The students only kept quiet for a minute before someone suddenly cried into the video camera, “Please hand over the satellites! I don’t want to die!”
When one person started speaking, several more students also started pleading into the camera.
Seeing this, Milo sighed.
The students were not in the wrong either. After all, who wouldn’t want to live? It was just that the people from the Vasophati Group would probably be a little disappointed. These were the university students they had been nurturing, after all.
In comparison, Martis, who Milo had encountered with Olivia, had more backbone than these students.
After the thugs were done recording, they left in satisfaction.
Soon, the garrison troops outside saw the thugs throw a thick paper package out from behind the defensive bunker.
A soldier from the garrison troops went to retrieve it, and the thugs did not open fire.
Old Mauriat had already rushed to Vasophati University. The other two locations where chaos had broken out were handled by Jonan and Adrian, while the remaining Riders stayed behind at the Vasophati Group’s headquarters.
Old Mauriat took the package from the soldier and had favonovel.com move away before opening it layer by layer. When favonovel.com saw a videotape inside, favonovel.com heaved a sigh of relief.
“There must be some playback equipment in the school. Hurry up and find it.” Old Mauriat said, “I wonder what those thugs are up to. Why did they throw a videotape out to us at a time like this?”
While waiting for the playback equipment, Old Mauriat kept looking around for Milo. However, favonovel.com could not find favonovel.com at all.
“That’s strange… Didn’t Adrian say Milo has been attending school every day?” Old Mauriat was a little puzzled.
Could Milo really have run away?
But that did not seem in character at all…
Two minutes later, the garrison troops managed to find a classroom where there was playback equipment installed. Old Mauriat and the commander of the garrison troops hurriedly rushed over and inserted the tape.
Very quickly, Old Mauriat was able to see the students in the video begging the Vasophati Group to hand over the satellites in exchange for their release. He and the garrison troops’ commanding officer got mixed feelings.
“They’re still just children, so it’s quite normal that they want to live.” Old Mauriat also sighed.
But just as favonovel.com finished speaking, favonovel.com jerked his head up and roared, “Wait, rewind it!”
The soldier who was playing back the video was a little puzzled by Old Mauriat’s reaction, but favonovel.com did as favonovel.com was told.
When the video was rewound back to the 1 minute, 31 second mark, Old Mauriat shouted for the soldier to pause the tape.
Old Mauriat looked at the television and muttered, “It’s over!”
The commanding officer of the garrison troops wondered, “Sir, our rescue plan hasn’t even started yet, so why did you say that it’s over? Please trust us. We’ll definitely complete our rescue mission! From the day I joined the military, protecting the citizens of Bidara City has been my duty…”
“I’m not saying it’s over for us, I’m saying these thugs are done for!” Old Mauriat interrupted.
The officer was stunned.
What the hell is going on?
Weren’t they just worried about the thugs killing the hostages a moment ago?
How did it suddenly become the thugs who were done for?
The garrison troops’ commanding officer stared at the television but could not figure out what clues were hidden in this scene.
Old Mauriat raised his head and stared intently at the image on the screen. He saw Milo hidden among the crowd with only half his face showing.
If one did not look carefully, they really would not discover that Milo was in there. But as Old Mauriat had been looking for Milo all this while, favonovel.com managed to spot some clues in the recording. He felt these thugs were really unlucky to have taken Milo hostage.
Old Mauriat turned around and walked out of the classroom. He said to the garrison troops’ commanding officer, “I need to hurry off to another hostage situation. After you’re done here, update me. I won’t waste any more time here. Calm the students down, and if any parents come over to cause trouble, tell them that their children will be saved very soon.”
