"I told you we needed help!" Officer Lan grabbed the part of the plastic sheet that held Gong Yu's legs and looked back at him angrily.

"Grab the jewelry." The doctor said to his wife and rushed out of the room.

"Don't forget the gold, you bastard!" Bronze shouted. He bent down, grabbed the part of the plastic sheet that held Gong Yu's shoulder, moved backwards, and entered the bedroom. He slammed into the back wall, then turned to look out the open window. The rain blew the curtains flying in. The night-shrouded safety ladder leads down to the back of the building, possibly a back garden. He heard panicked residents of the building clumsily running down the metal safety ladder.

"As you can imagine," said Bronze, "that's where Renata and Ryan thought we'd go." ”

"What are you talking about?" Officer Blue asked.

"It's a trap. Wren knows this place. He had more time to look at the structure of the building. He and Renata are waiting for us down there. ”

"But we can't stay here! We'll be surrounded by fire! ”

"There's another way."

"Up." Gong Yu said.

Bronze nodded. "Absolutely."

Officer Blue looked confused.

"Go to the roof." "We walked past a few buildings to the end of the block and down another safety ladder. Ryan won't know where we've gone. ”

"But what if the fire spreads to other buildings and cut off our way?" Officer Blue asked.

"There's no other way." Gu Tong said, "If we carry Gong Yu down this safety ladder, it is easy to be used as a target." He lifted Gong Yu out of the window, so that her back was against the windowsill. Then he slowly moved out of her side and out the window. He felt the cold rain pour down on him again. Soon, Gong Yu was lying on the wet and slippery metal platform, and the rain hit her face.

Bronze touched her forehead. "How are you?"

"It couldn't be better."

"Okay."

"I don't deserve this."

"You're wrong." Bronzer kissed her on the cheek.

Officer Blue climbed out to join them. "Whatever was in that bomb, it must have been intense. The fire spread very quickly. The front half of the apartment was already on fire. ”

The bronze looked through the rain curtain to the roof of the building, which was not too far from them. "We'd better get there before the fire spreads to the roof." When they lifted Gong Yu up, they heard the siren getting closer and closer.

"There will be not only police cars, but also fire trucks." Officer Blue followed Bronze up the safety ladder. "There's a police presence and they're not going to do anything to us."

"Or they'll take advantage of the chaos." Bronze carried Gong Yu up and up. "The police didn't have time to figure out what was going on."

Tongues of fire rolled out of one of the windows downstairs, illuminating them on the metal staircase.

"Oh my God, now they must have seen us." Bronze tensed up. He was ready to shoot a bullet into his chest.

"Probably not." Officer Blue climbed up quickly. "Or even if they did, it wouldn't be easy to see that we weren't going down but up."

They got to a platform. Bronze groaned as she was forced to turn Gong Yu's body with difficulty to make it up the last flight of stairs. His shoe slid on the wet, slippery metal surface. He shook and almost got out of his hand.

"We're almost there."

The fire was blazing.

"A little further."

On the other side of the building, sirens are getting louder. Bronze stepped back, feeling his hips hit the waist-length parapet of the roof. With all his might, he stretched out one leg over the parapet and stepped over the other. He lifted Gong Yu and carried him over, waited for Officer Lan to follow, and then put Gong Yu down. He breathed rapidly and fell to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Officer Blue crouched down next to him.

"Just need a break."

"I can't guess why." Officer Blue squinted through the rain. "But at least this parapet will protect us from being targeted."

The bronzed limbs were numb from fatigue. "We're not going down, Ryan and Renata will be suspicious. We have to get out of here before they can guess what we're doing. ”

"You can catch your breath for a minute longer." Gong Yu said softly.

"There's no time."

Gong Yu tried to stand up. "Maybe I can go."

"Nope. Then the crack will crack and you will bleed to death. Bronze counted to the left, only a few buildings from the end of the block. The safety ladder there was too close to where Ryan and Renata were waiting below. To the right, there are too many buildings, and they may not be able to get out.

Bronze crouched down and lifted Beth. When Officer Blue also came up, they backed away from the parapet by the lights from the other buildings and the firelight from the windows of the brownstone building.

"Behind you," Officer Blue said, "there's a ventilation duct. ”

The bronze rounded the waist-high obstacle and turned his head to avoid the smoke from sucking into the tube.

"Water Tower." Blue Officer Sa warned.

The bronze went around again. He could already see the flames through the cracks in the building, and he couldn't help but be taken aback.

"The fire is spreading faster."

There were more sirens screeching in front of the building.

Bronze looked behind him and saw that the adjacent building was one floor higher. "How can we-"

"To my right," Officer Blue said, "there is a metal ladder fixed to the wall. ”

The bronze retreated under the ladder. "The only way I can think of to get up is—" He gasped. "Gong Yu, I don't have the strength to carry you up. Do you think you'll be able to stand up with your uninjured leg? ”

"No problem."

"I'll climb up, and Officer Blue will hold you up. When I lean down, you stretch out your hand. I'll take you by the hand and pull you up. Bronze corrected her words in her head—it was pulling her left arm, the one that wasn't injured in Santa Fe.

He and Officer Blue helped her stand up and let her lean against the wall. Bronze grabbed the ladder and climbed hard up to the adjacent roof. When he got up, he leaned down from the edge, and the rain poured on his back. "Are you ready?"

Bronze pulled her up hard. He found that his strength was almost exhausted, and he could only pull her up a few feet high, and he couldn't help but panic.

To his surprise, it was easier to pull her up.

"I put the uninjured leg on the ladder," Gong said, "and it was enough to pull me up a little bit each time." ”

Bronze writhed his face in pain, tugging harder. Slowly, step by step, Gong Yu came up, first grabbing her hand, then her forearm, then her shoulder, and pulling her up a little more. Then he vaguely saw the outline of her drenched head. He put his arm under her arm and carried her up to the roof. He put her down and lay down beside her.

Officer Blue's shoes made a soft sound on the metal ladder. He quickly came up with a plastic sheet under his arm. Behind him, flames came out of the ventilation pipes. The safety ladder has been swallowed up in smoke.

"Even if we wanted to, we wouldn't be able to go back from there." Bronze said.

They spread out the plastic sheeting, put Gong Yu on it, lifted her, and struggled through another labyrinth of pipes and houses. Bronze tripped over a tube. Then it hit a pillar again.

Flames reflected the edge of the building, as well as the adjacent buildings that were a cut below it.

"It won't be long." Bronze said.

A loud thunderclap and a shockwave rushed towards him, knocking him to the ground. He let go of Gong Yu and fell beside her, hearing her screams. That's when he realized—

That's not thunder.

It was another bomb.

Explosions echoed in the night sky. Bronzer shuddered, lay on the ground, drew his pistol, and stared at the spot on the roof in front of him where something that looked like a small shed with a spire had been blown away.

A voice shouted, "You're in my sight again!" ”

Bronze thought, oh my gosh, Ryan is on the roof!

"You've fallen into the trap again, haven't you?" Ryan shouted, "I've warned you fairly, you're going to do as I want!" Damn, you're not as smart as you think you are! ”

"That's it!" Bronze yells, "Our deal is over!" ”

"It's not over if you're not dead!"

The voice was coming from somewhere on the left, and it sounded like Ryan was hiding behind the elevator room. Bronze clutched his pistol and crouched up, ready to rush over. "The police heard the explosion, Ryan! Now they know it's not just a misfire! They'll cordon off the area and check on everyone who is leaving! You can't run away! ”

"They'll think it's the flammable material in the building that exploded!"

Flammable? Bronze frowned. It wasn't the kind of word Ryan would normally use, he must have learned it from a demolition expert. There was no doubt about it – it was Renata who was teaching him.

And she's nearby.

"Paint buckets! Turpentine! Cleanser! Ryan shouted, "When there was a fire, the police were worried about those things!" Now they will be afraid that something else will blow up as well! They'll keep their distance! ”

Behind the bronze, flames burst up from the slightly lower roof. We can't retreat, he thought, but if we stay here, the fire will soon burn up. "Officer Blue?" He exclaimed softly.

"Just as ready as you are. Which side do you want? ”

"Left."

"I'll outflank you."

"Up." Bronze stepped on a pool of water and rushed at full speed towards one large ventilation pipe, then another. But just as he was about to rush to the stairwell, it was gone. A dazzling explosion blew it to pieces. The bronze was flipped to the ground, and shards flew over him and landed around him.

"You guessed wrong, Captain Gu! I'm not there! I'm not on your right either! Not where your friend wants to sneak up on me! ”

Moments later, in that direction, an explosion swept off a large chunk of the roof. Bronze thought he heard a scream, but he couldn't tell if it was Officer Lan or the people who lived in the building.

He was stunned and didn't know where to go. Ryan, he thought, must have planted explosives all over the roof of this building and the various adjacent rooftops. But if Ryan started out on the phone, how could he have the time?

The obvious answer immediately occurred to him. He was on the phone, while he was loading explosives. It was definitely Renata who dropped the bomb in front of the building. She's in the yard below. In this way, no matter which direction we choose, up or down, we will fall into the trap.

Bronze thought, we have fallen into a trap, with fire behind and Ryan in front.

What about the safety ladder from this building? Bronze thought desperately, and the whistling of the flames grew louder and louder. If we could get up the safety ladder...... The goal is too obvious. I should have guessed that Ryan had explosives there, too. Even if he didn't, we would still be caught between Renata in the courtyard and Ryan on the roof.

Bronze couldn't think of anything else. He frantically stood up, trying to rush in the direction of Ryan's voice again. But as soon as he stood up, an explosion lifted the roof of the building in front of him, blew up a large chunk of the building, and knocked him backwards to the ground.

"Naughty, naughty, stupid! You didn't ask, 'Can I do that?' ’”

Bronze thought in a panic, where is he? If Ryan had been on top of this building, he wouldn't have detonated the bomb he had hidden here. He can't guarantee that he won't up when he blows me up. So where is he?

He immediately thought of the answer. He was on top of the adjoining building. The firelight reflected the slightly lower adjacent roof, and Ryan must have been on a staircase, or stepping on a chest or some sort of maintenance facility. He hid there and could be viewed from the top of the wall, and he could shrink down when he detonated the bomb.

I saw that there seemed to be a head poking out in the darkness on the other side of the building. Bronze raised his gun to aim, but stopped when he was about to pull the trigger, realizing that all he saw was a swaying shadow reflected in the firelight.

Behind him, the flames drew closer, and the storm barely stopped the fire from spreading.

"What's next?" Ryan exclaimed, "Waiting to be roasted?" Or do you have the guts to kill me? ”

Bronze thought viciously, yes, I'm just going to kill you. The solution was in front of him, a kind gift from Ryan—the hole that the last bomb had blown out in the roof.

Behind him, a choking wave of heat rushed over the rooftop. He crawled over a pool of stagnant water, crawled to the black hole, grabbed the edge of the hole, stretched his legs down, hung his body up, and jumped.

He expected to land on the jagged roof slabs and be poked by them, but in fact he collapsed the table as he jumped, rolled to the side, and crashed into an armchair. The chair tilted, and he was thrown to the floor littered with debris. Or rather, he thought he had bumped into them—the curtains in the room were drawn, and it was almost dark inside.

Above, through the hole in the roof, he heard McRyan shouting, "Don't think you can get away from me, Captain Degu!" ”

Bronze struggled to his feet, groping his way through the dark room, trying to find an exit. He felt for a light switch, but he didn't dare to turn it on - if the light suddenly shone through a hole in the roof, it would reveal where he was going. His heart was pounding. He felt for a doorknob, spun around, and pulled the door open. But as he fumbled his way behind the door, he slammed headlong into his pungent smell of clothing, only to realize that he had opened a closet.

"Captain Gu?" Ryan yelled from above, "If you're behind that vent duct—"

The explosion shook the apartment and the walls fell straight down. Bronze found another door in his desperation. He opened the door and felt a thrill at the faint light coming in through the window. He was at the end of an aisle. He looked down from the rain-washed window and saw fire trucks and police cars in front of the building. Lights flicker, motors roar, sirens screech. Residents in pajamas in other buildings were running out, and the exits of those buildings were not yet engulfed in flames.

There was smoke around him. He couldn't stop to rest. He turned and rushed down the aisle towards the back of the apartment. He ran out of an open door with stairs outside. He knew that the people who lived here had run out.

This route that could run out was of no use to him. It doesn't matter if he can save himself or not, he must rescue Gong Yu and Officer Lan. He bumped into a paint bucket, a roll of thick rope, and a ladder before he became alert to the smell of fresh paint. He stumbled on, to the back of the building, and found that the window leading to the safety ladder was not in the guest room, but at the end of the hallway.

He pushed up the window and climbed out to a sleek metal platform. The flames from the window of the building to his right illuminated the safety ladder clearly. He prayed that Renata wouldn't see him below, and squinted at the safety ladder of the brownstone building to his left that hadn't been blown up. He had hoped that the two safety ladders were close enough to allow him to jump from one to the other, but now, he had to accept in despair that his plan was impossible. That safety ladder is at least 10 meters away. Even in the best conditions, in broad daylight, when he was at his best, he could not have jumped over.

He said to himself that Gong Yu was going to die on it.

He crawled back into his apartment, screaming in his heart that there had to be a way. The smoke grew thicker, and he bent down, coughing. He walked into a bedroom by the hallway, opened the window, and leaned out. He was now much closer to the building's safety ladder, which looked less than 10 meters, but he still didn't dare to imagine that he could jump from this window to that platform.

There has to be a way!

He shuddered, knowing what that solution was. He ran back down the aisle. The flames began to burn through the walls. He dodged the paint bucket, picked up the ladder that nearly tripped him, and moved it into the bedroom. Bodhisattva, I beg you, make it long enough. With all his strength, he pushed it out of the open window and toward the building's safety ladder.

It has to be long enough!

The sound of wood scraping against metal made him wince. One end of the ladder rattled as it brushed against the railing of the safety ladder platform. Did Ryan hear me?

Something slammed. Exploded again? Are Gong Yu and Officer Lan dead?

No time! Bronze climbed out of the window and lay flat on the steps. The rain drenched the ladder slippery. Due to his weight, the ladder bent down and began to shake. He seemed to see the ladder falling, falling on the concrete floor of the yard, and the sight of blood and flesh splattering. He put aside this nightmarish thought and focused his attention on the safety ladder that was getting closer. His hands trembled, the rain made him blink, and the wind writhed the ladder. No. He stretched out his left arm as best he could, tensing his muscles to grasp the railing, when a stronger wind blew and the ladder writhed all over.

The end of the ladder slid off the railing. Just as Bronze felt the vertiginous centricular attraction and began to fall down with the ladder, he leapt up in the darkness and grabbed the railing with his left hand. But the metal railing was so wet and slippery that he almost got out of his hand. He flung his other arm up, and the fingers of his right hand quickly grasped the railing, and he hung in the air breathlessly.

Underneath him, the ladder smashed to the ground. Someone shouted from below. Did Ryan hear me? Does he know what those voices mean? Will he come over and see if he understands?

The bronze hung there, tensing the muscles in his arm, slowly pushing up. The rain whipped in his face. He arched himself and held himself up a little higher. The railing grazed his chest. He bent over and climbed onto the platform.

The sound of the metal vibrating he made made him winkle. He stood up tremblingly and pulled his gun out of his trouser pocket. His gun was always there. He stared up at the top of the building, ready to shoot as he ascended the final flight of the stairs. He had never felt so tired, but his determination would not allow him to give up.

He went up and glanced at the roof. Ryan is on the left. Three-quarters of the way along the wall, at the top of the wall was the roof of the building where Gong Yu and Officer Lan were trapped. Ryan was standing in the middle of a fixed staircase, looking over the top of the wall. He can detonate a bomb with a detonator without worrying about hurting himself.

Bronze tiptoed towards him in the rain.

"Where the hell are you?" Ryan yelled at the top of the building over there, "Answer me, or I'll blow up your bitch to the other side of Hangzhou!" She was lying next to a pack of explosives! All I have to do is press this button! ”

Bronze wanted to shoot very much, wanted to pull the trigger in a row, but he didn't dare, he was afraid that Ryan would still have the strength to press the detonator and blow her up in seconds before he could save Gong Yu.

There was the sound of heavy footsteps clattering from the safety ladder, and he hurriedly lay down and hid behind a ventilation pipe. Vague figures appeared at the top of the metal staircase, unconcerned about the noise they made. It's easy to see now that those were three firefighters. in the light of the fire; Their outfits are all in British style. Water was dripping from the hats, and the thick rubber suits and boots were sleek from the rain.

Ryan hurriedly turned, hooked his left arm to a ladder, and drew his pistol from his belt with his right hand; Hit all three. Two of them fell on the spot, and the other staggered back a few steps and tumbled off the edge of the roof. The roar of the fire drowned out the sound of the gunfire and the screams of the firefighter as he fell.

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