Tang Su was in the queue, while Ye Tian sat resting on a chair, beside him was a little girl in a pink dress, snuggled close to an old lady with a head full of white hair, who was holding hands with a white-bearded old man. Oddly enough, both of them had their heads bowed, likely resting with closed eyes.
"Little sister, come here, brother wants to ask you something." Ye Tian gestured for her to come over, and the little girl stood up and walked in front of him, "Here, sit beside me."
The little girl sat next to Ye Tian, leaving the two elderly figures isolated on the bench.
"Little sister, where is your family?" Ye Tian gently brushed the little girl's hair from her forehead and asked in a soft voice.
The girl pointed towards the long queue, and Ye Tian saw a plump middle-aged woman holding a bag, "Alright, then let's wait here together for Mommy, okay?"
"Okay."
Tang Su, seeing Ye Tian playing a hand-clapping game with the little girl, felt a chill in her heart, not sparing even such a young girl, beast!
Perhaps because the bank would be closed the next day, as the afternoon approached, more and more people arrived. Soon, the entire hall was full, and at the counter stood Tang Su.
"Hey, that person, don't lock the door..." The staff noticed a man in a baseball cap closing the door and went up to remind him, only to have the unexpected happen at that moment.
"Click!" A sharp crack, followed by a thundering roar, "Everyone down on the floor, nobody move! This is a robbery!"
The people in the bank, having never witnessed such a scene, screamed and sobbed in unison, trying to escape, but the door was already locked. The man in the cap held a large, sharp meat cleaver and stood menacingly at the door, repelling everyone.
Fuck! Ye Tian was startled, what era is this, using shotguns for a robbery! Ye Tian hugged the little girl and crouched down, at the same time he saw the white-bearded old man pulling out a double-barreled sawed-off shotgun from his coat, his white beard nearly falling off. The white-haired old lady beside him was now invigorated, her back straight, her legs no longer in pain, holding a hammer and a white bottle, she walked to the counter, "Take out all the money. Don't even think about pressing the alarm." With that, the white-haired old lady sprayed the contents of the bottle on the glass in front, and a white vapor quickly condensed into ice, adhering to the glass.
"Rapid cooling agent!" Ye Tian was shocked, could it be that domestic robbers have reached an international advanced level.
The glass at the bank counter was bulletproof glass that had been inspected by the public security agency; normal handguns couldn't possibly cause any damage. However, those in the know are aware that the PVB interlayer in the bulletproof glass is crucial for its bullet-resistance. If the PVB interlayer is damaged, the bulletproof glass will no longer be bulletproof, but this requires temperatures of negative five degrees Celsius or lower when the PVB interlayer becomes brittle and easily broken. The "rapid cooling agent" used by the white-haired old lady was a substance that could rapidly reduce the temperature of objects to about ten degrees below freezing.
As expected, after the ice rapidly condensed on the glass, the white-haired old lady picked up the hammer and struck it hard twice, and the glass shattered at the sound!
The female staff member who was counting money screamed in shock but was slapped by the white-haired old lady, "Shut up!"
There were only two staff members in the entire bank. There was an old man maintaining order in the hall, and controlling the situation was effortless. In just one minute, more than twenty people in the scene were honestly huddled and crouching on the ground. Ye Tian glanced at Tang Su and saw she was quietly comforting a crying little girl, cursing her inwardly for meddling, but then he felt speechless seeing the trembling little girl in his arms.
Three people, organized concisely and effectively; aside from the somewhat conspicuous double-barreled shotgun, the rest was close to perfect, including control of the scene and the handling of people's emotions, all showing that this was a group of highly experienced and savvy professionals. Ye Tian inwardly praised, the quality of our country's robbery personnel has significantly improved in recent years, approaching international first-class standards.
"Everyone, leave all valuable items on you in the bag," said "Baseball Cap," wielding the cleaver, to the crowd, while tossing out a black bag.
Indeed, their voices were distorted, probably with stones or dental devices in their mouths, speaking standard Mandarin without any detectable accent. Ye Tian also noticed that each of the three men wore mismatched shoes, with different sizes and styles on each foot, which could prevent effective tracking. My goodness, who are these people?
After robbing the bank's vault, two "elderly men" came out. Ye Tian saw the bags on their backs and knew they had scored big.
"You, get up!"
"Let go of me! Niuniu, don't cry... Ah!"
The thing Ye Tian least wanted to happen occurred. The white-bearded old man who leapt out from behind the counter grabbed Tang Su, intending to take her hostage. The stubborn Tang Su, even after being slapped, still glared at them with fury in her eyes, like an enraged mother leopard.
"Got nerve," the White-bearded Old Man looked at Tang Su and remarked, then picked up a receipt from the counter, "A donation to the Red Cross? You really are a good Samaritan. But this is Huaxia, where good people don't last and bad ones live for a thousand years. Second, are you done yet?"
"Almost."
The one with the baseball cap responded, passing the bag over to Ye Tian. Looking at the gold and silver jewelry inside, Ye Tian almost drooled.
"What are you looking at! Hurry up!"
Ye Tian looked up at the man with the baseball cap, a pained expression on his face, "Big brother, I came here from Henan, broke and thirsty, just came here for a sip of water. Please have mercy and spare me."
The "baseball cap" was taken aback, then burst into fury, "Get lost! Stop interfering with my business!"
"Big brother! How about you keep me on? I wanna work with you, alright? Please, I beg you!" Suddenly, Ye Tian knelt to the ground, clutching at baseball cap's legs, desperately pleading.
"Let go! Let go! You let... huh? Big brother!"
A shout rang out, but it was too late.
A tree needs roots to be a forest, a house needs a foundation to be a skyscraper, and the lower body, referring to below the knees, underpins the balance of the human body.
Ye Tian was holding onto 'baseball cap's' calves, and his arms, strong enough to bring a two-ton rhino crashing to the ground, wrapped around his legs like iron hoops. One couldn't see the muscles bulging under those white sleeves, but they could certainly hear that terrifying sound of breaking, "Crack!"
Chilling to the bone.
"Ahhh!!!" The agonizing scream of 'baseball cap' exploded through the bank's hall.
Without a doubt, Ye Tian was sure of the damage his hands had done to 'baseball cap', at the very least a compound fracture. The kneecap was brutally crushed, and a disability was inevitable. As expected, after a heart-wrenching scream, 'baseball cap', with his lower limbs crushed, immediately fell to the floor, scattering gold and silver jewelry all over, and the 60cm long boning knife clanged onto the ground, smashing the floor tiles into a spiderweb pattern. Suddenly, the entire bank hall was filled with horrific screams.