The man sitting near the fire escape carefully wiped the barrel of the gun he cradled in his arms, treating it as if it were a rare treasure. A three-eyed invisible lizard perched on his shoulder, and a voice came through the walkie-talkie:
"Has anyone come up yet?"
"You've asked that seven times in ten minutes, no! When I say no, I mean it, okay?"
The man replied impatiently.
"According to the search results, just ten minutes ago, aside from us and Meng Zheng's people, the local department's staff should have arrived..."
"I've told you no! Damn it, couldn't they have been delayed by something, or perhaps they chose to take the elevator!"
"Who'd choose to take the elevator? An idiot?"
"Maybe they realized we had heavily armed guards near the corridor and couldn't break through..."
"How optimistic."
"Huh?"
"How stupid."
"Who are you calling stupid?"
He should have been angry, he intended to jump up from where he was and curse into the walkie-talkie.
