It's rare to see such a buzz in the vicinity of Federation Square, and almost the next moment the gunshots rang out, the blaring of sirens rang out from all directions.

Several plainclothes police cars, flashing their hidden lights, roared into Federation Square, quickly blocking the surrounding intersection, followed by an NYPD blue-and-white Raptor F150 pickup truck dragging a round vehicle-mounted explosion-proof canister.

Danny got out of the car and happened to meet Jack and Hannah, who were ugly, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" And the suspect escaped? ”

Jack lit up the bomb detonator in his hand, which was similar to the car's electronic key, "There is only one button on it for detonation, and there is no disarm button." ”

Danny gritted his back molars, his cheeks bulging slightly, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Federation Square, where the F.B.I. is located, is close to Police Square, where the NYPD headquarters is located, and soon a large number of police cars, fire trucks and ambulances arrived, surrounding the area.

Jack motioned for Hannah to stay outside, and ran back to the Federation Building, where Clay had turned off the signal jammer and Alice was making a phone call.

"Hi baby, me. I just missed you, I wanted to hear your voice, no. It's okay, you keep watching TV, Mom just wants to tell you that I love you more than anything in this world.

Uh-huh, kiss, mom is going to hang up the phone, bye-bye! ”

After the call, Alice took a deep breath, smiled at Aubrey a little embarrassedly, wiped the tears from her cheeks again, and laughed at herself.

"I didn't cry as much as I did today when I was abandoned by my ex-husband."

Aubrey's eyes were also a little red, and he clenched her hands again, "I know it's hard, but everyone here is doing their best, trust us, it's going to be fine." ”

Jack slapped him on the shoulder, "It's up to us, let's wait outside, where you can figure out how to get the prettiest girl from our operations center out for dinner in the evening." ”

"Me. I didn't. I'm just." Aubrey scratched the back of his head a little shyly, and became a little incoherent, when he was with Jack in private before, this guy had boasted a lot about his past dating with supermodels and the like.

Jack pointed out the door and told him to get out of here, then bowed slightly, and stretched out his right arm very gentlemanly, "Ma'am, can I invite you to sit by the window?" ”

Although she knew that he was deliberately relaxing the atmosphere, Alice could understand his true intentions, "I can try to go up to the square, it's more empty, and I don't want the other people in the building to get hurt." ”

"Have I ever complimented you on your cleverness? We may not have that much time, though. Jack slowly helped her to the large floor-to-ceiling glass near the exterior wall of the hall, pulled a chair over and sat her down, and then the smile on his face retracted and became serious.

"Now you have 30 seconds to think about it, with NYPD and our SWAT best blasting experts waiting outside, they might have a better solution.

There are still 12 minutes left in the countdown, and my suggestion is for Clay and me to move on with the rest of the work, but of course, it's up to you to decide. ”

"Of course you continued, but is your previous proposal still valid? I feel like it's time to make some changes in my life if I can survive after today. Alice didn't hesitate for a second.

Jack quickly put on the blast suit again, and teased, "This is quite a deadly trust, my proposal is always valid, after we defuse these bombs, you can submit an application for field training, and I can also secretly tell you a secret, our group does not prohibit office romances." ”

"Isn't that because of your relationship with Hannah?" Clay, who helped him put on an explosion-proof suit, complained coldly.

Tsk, this team is not easy to carry, Jack smacked his lips and tied Alice's hands behind her back with a plastic cable tie, although she was in a fairly stable mood now, but the work still had to be done just in case, and the latter was quite cooperative.

The familiar sound of high heels sounded again, and unlike before, this time there was more chaotic footsteps.

Dana Moge walked briskly towards her, her face still a little angry, behind her was Jubal's handcuffed and ankklet-chained drug lord Vargas, and behind them were a group of analysts and technicians belonging to the Operations Center with anxious and concerned faces.

"You like to blackmail people, don't you? Do you think that even if you fall behind for a while, you can still control everything? Let the facts prove how wrong you are. ”

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand and asked Jubal to cuff Vargas to the railing not far from Alice.

The corners of Jack's eyes twitched, this trick was a bit ruthless, obviously while they were working hard, Dana Moge upstairs did not give up, and negotiated with Vargas until the last moment, of course, the result was obviously that the negotiation collapsed.

"You can't do that, you don't have the right to act recklessly!" Vargas was a little panicked, and his short and fat stature made him half-crouch on the ground in a ridiculous position, struggling desperately.

"Do you think anyone here cares?" A flash of madness flashed in Dana Moge's eyes.

"If something happens to them, I swear that I will spend all the remaining time of my life hunting down your comrades and men, and will not spare any of the accomplices in this matter, and I will definitely destroy your Duranger Group completely, including your relatives and children!"

Leaving this cruel remark, she nodded at Alice, didn't say anything more, and left the federal building with everyone.

The hall fell silent for a moment, and Vargas struggled a few times before giving up, like an old wolf with his backbone removed, staring viciously at Jack and Clay, who were busy.

Before he could speak, Jack said quietly, without raising his head, "If I were you, just keep your mouth shut now, and silently pray that we can succeed." ”

Vargas opened his mouth, as if he felt that he had a point, and sat down on the ground in a dejected manner.

As the clock ticked by, the evacuation of the huge Federal Building had been completed, and everyone was standing outside the safe distance set by the demolition experts, staring at the three people behind the glass curtain wall without blinking.

Although the glass curtain wall is made of dark glass, even with a telescope, it is difficult to see the specific movements of the people inside from the outside in, but everyone in the audience is so engrossed that they even subconsciously hold their breath.

Clay's new wife, Stella, looked nervous and on the verge of fainting, in fact, if it weren't for Hannah's support, she would have been unable to stand.

"Five minutes to go." Jubal glanced worriedly at the countdown on his phone.

"Trust them, they'll be fine." Dana Moge frowned, not knowing if she was comforting herself or her subordinates.

At the same time, Clay fastened two balls of plasticine to the ends of a long wire and exhaled a long breath, "You'll take care of the rest." ”

Jack took off his gloves and took a breath of hot air between his palms, which were red from the liquid nitrogen, rubbed them vigorously, and picked up the lock-picking tool that had been prepared on the side, "You can withdraw first." ”

"Are you sure?" Clay placed a spare pair of powerful tongs at his feet, slightly hesitant.

"Let's go!" Jack didn't talk nonsense to him, took out the lockpicking tool that he had prepared a long time ago, and inserted it into the mechanical keyhole.

Clay walked out of the door in three steps and two steps, raised his hand and made a gesture, and two demolition specialists, also wearing blast suits, immediately pushed the blast canisters forward and opened the lids.

"Woo woo" Alice was so nervous that her whole body trembled, and she couldn't help but let out a low whimper, until she felt a soft click from the back of her head, and she only felt that her neck was loosened, and the whole person was about to go limp immediately.

"Don't move!" Jack, who had been prepared, was quick to see and put his arm around her shoulders to make her sit down again, and at the same time he was scared out of a cold sweat.

"It's not over yet, now I'm going to take it down until I tell you you can run, you can't run, understand?"

Alice didn't dare to nod, not even make any slight movements, she could only blink desperately.

Breaking the collar little by little, and slowly removing it from Alice's head from the bottom up, Jack cut her restraint belt with a knife and exclaimed, "Run, Alice, run to the square!" ”

Alice let out a low whimper, and when she got up, she overturned the chair, and the sound she made not only startled herself, but even Vargas, who was sitting on the ground not far away, was startled.

In the expectant eyes of the onlookers, Alice ran out of the federal building and fell into the arms of Aubrey, who hurriedly escorted her to the outside of the blockade.

The attention of everyone present instantly focused on Jack, who slowly walked out of the building with a collar bomb, and some reporters and photographers who were not afraid of death even probed half of their bodies through the blockade, just to find a better shooting angle.

Jack was still walking unhurriedly, the whole square could be heard falling pins, the surrounding police lights flashed, the sirens had already been asked to turn off, everyone held their breath, and the focus of their eyes fell on the collar bomb in his hand.

"Two minutes to go." Clay, who had been waiting by the blast tank, still had a calm voice, although he was already soaked in the blast suit.

“.” Jack wasn't much better, he could even hear the rustling of water between his sweat-soaked shoes and socks as he walked.

Seeing the collar bomb slowly being placed into the blast canister, the two demolition experts slammed the lid shut, and one dragged Jack and Clay into the distance.

"Have we forgotten something?" Jack sat down at the cordon and pulled open the helmet of his blast suit as he gasped and asked Clay.

“？”

Clay was a little confused, and then the two of them looked at Vargas, the big drug lord who was only more than ten meters away from the explosion-proof tank and was desperately struggling and screaming on the railing.

Unfortunately, through the thick glass curtain wall and the glass doors of the building that closed automatically, no one could hear his voice, or even notice him.

The next second, "Bang! ”

(End of chapter)