Chapter 47 Crouching Dragon and Phoenix
Li Chengqi had only seen bank robbery in movies, and heard that it happened occasionally in America.
Since entering the 21st century, such vicious cases in China have almost disappeared. Besides, where did their guns come from?
No, now is not the time to think about this!
Li Chengqi picked up his bag, quietly pushed open the glass door, and planned to slip out through the small door on the side of the bank.
But you should know that once the unlock button is pressed on the door of the ATM, a voice prompt will automatically sound "unlocked".
This wouldn't matter in normal times, but now it's a signal flare.
"You! The one inside the cash machine, come out!"
One of them immediately noticed Li Chengqi and pointed the black gun at him.
It is not easy to get a gun in China.
Is it a model gun to scare people?
Whether it's true or not, who dares to bet.
Isn't this just like betting to me that there are no bullets in your gun?
If others lose, they lose. If Li Chengqi loses, he will be finished.
So Li Chengqi very obediently raised his hands and bag, pushed open the glass door with his butt and entered the hall.
"Everyone squat over there, facing the wall! Hurry up!"
The hall was full of nearby residents, who usually lived in peace and harmony, but I had never seen such a battle. Everyone was busy squatting down.
Two other people pointed guns at the cashier at the counter and said:
"I know this is special bulletproof, but do you want to give me a bet on whether it can prevent my bullets? Put your hands up, and don't even think about touching the alarm button below!"
Big banks have bulletproof steel plates that can be lowered automatically at the counter, but this small bank doesn't have such high-end things.
The staff in the bank were also frightened. They raised their hands when they heard the robbers' words, but they didn't know whether they pressed the alarm button.
Li Chengqi was watching this when someone pushed him from the side: "You go and squat over there, if you dare to move, I will shoot you!"
Okay, okay, you have the gun and you have the final say.
Li Chengqi walked into the crowd with his hands raised and found a nearby open space to squat down.
Then the bag in his hand was pulled away, and then a voice sounded from behind him:
"Bring out your money and jewelry!"
Good guy, when you rob a bank, don't you even spare the common people this bit of mosquito meat?
If you think about it carefully, small branches near residential areas like this usually don’t have much cash, so they probably grab it to get more money.
At this time, Li Chengqi felt someone poking his thigh on his left side. When he turned around, he saw that it was Leilei.
"Brother from the convenience store, what should I do? I'm a little scared."
She squatted next to Li Chengqi in a defensive position with her head in her arms, her lips trembling as she spoke.
To be fair, even if you don't go to school during the summer vacation, you don't need to go to a cram school. A high school student doesn't need to come to the bank, right? Are you here for the air conditioning?
At this time, Li Chengqi is still thinking wildly.
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When Lei Lei came to the bank, she really didn't follow Li Chengqi. It was just a coincidence.
Lei Lei's family remitted her this month's living expenses, but the master couldn't transfer money via mobile phone, so he had to use bank transfer.
Compared with transfers that arrive immediately, remittances take 24 hours. Lei Lei saw that the time was almost up and there was no text message reminder on her phone, so she ran to the bank to ask how long it would take to arrive.
It was almost as if Lei Lei entered the bank with the front foot, and Li Chengqi entered the bank with the back foot. After asking about the situation, Lei Lei left in no hurry. Since she met Li Chengqi by chance, she wanted to take a closer look.
Then, we squatted here together.
Of course, the fear must be feigned.
Even if the robber has a gun, Lei Lei is confident that he can easily take it down. But before going down the mountain, the master said that you are not allowed to use magic unless necessary, especially in public, it is easy to get into big trouble.
So Lei Lei squatted down obediently.
And then she thought, this might be an opportunity.
It takes a long time to get in touch with Li Chengqi as a regular customer by frequenting the convenience store to buy things. Moreover, regular customers and friends are obviously different. I don't know how long it will take to figure out why the aura around Li Chengqi is so strong.
But being hostages in a bank together creates a friendship of sharing weal and woe, and it is reasonable for them to be more intimate or have closer contact in the future.
So Lei Lei took advantage of the robber not paying attention, quietly changed her position and ran to Li Chengqi's side, poked his thigh again and said:
"Brother from the convenience store, what should I do? I'm a little scared."
"They only want money, give it to him and that's it."
Having said that, Li Chengqi also panicked.
How could he, a player from China, encounter America's matching mechanism?
Besides, in the small city where Li Chengqi lived, even petty theft was considered a serious case. The police probably didn't even think that someone would dare to rob a bank with a gun.
"No talking! Quiet!"
The person behind him drank, and Li Chengqi didn't dare to continue talking nonsense with Lei Lei.
At this time, a robber opened a pocket and motioned to the people in the bank to throw jewelry, wallets and other items into it.
Who still carries a wallet these days? Most people carry mobile phones, and they are required to throw away any rings or necklaces they are wearing.
The shining ring on Li Chengqi's finger looked a bit like platinum and was set with a yellow gemstone the size of a grain of rice, so he was also asked to take it off.
But the Devil's Ring robber didn't take a fancy to it.
The main reason is that the large piece of cat's eye stone inlaid on it is not valuable at all. It is more like a toy that is worn and played with. Although the main body of the ring is gold, since the inlay looks like a toy, the robbers think that the ring itself is also a bargain. Didn't even look at it.
Therefore, it is said that reading changes destiny, but if you don’t read, you can’t understand it.
"What are you listening to! Take the headphones off your ears!"
Just as he was lamenting the low level of education of the robbers, the robber on the other side shouted angrily.
A young man in his twenties or thirties in the crowd took off his earphones blankly and said at an unusually high volume: "I have injured my ears, and this is my hearing aid."
The robber took it over, looked at it, threw it to the ground, and didn't forget to touch it.
"It's so unlucky for him to be deaf at such a young age!"
The robber cursed and continued to collect the hostage's money, but he did not notice that after the robber turned around, the man immediately squatted down, pinched the throat mask hidden in his collar, and said in a very low voice:
"Groundhog reported that I, the primary target, and the secondary target were trapped in the bank by robbers and were temporarily unable to escape. I requested the police to intervene quickly."
In a small corner branch, there are actually Li Chengqi, who is working as a demon king, Lei Lei, a cultivator who is practicing in the world, and a supervisor whose identity is temporarily unknown but seems to have an official background.
The robbers probably never dreamed that they could gather such a large number of talents...
(End of Chapter)