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"Brother Tai, Li Jie is now outside the banquet hall on the 75th floor." Xiao Fu's long-lost voice finally rang out.

"Where are those hunks?" Cao Tai still wanted to find out how many of the police hunks who were mentioned before the exhibition opened would believe it and come to the 'Grand Hotel' to confirm.

"Five men have arrived. After confirming the situation, they have formed a group and stormed in from the first floor. The dozen or so ruthless thugs on the first floor have been dealt with." Xiao Fu's voice rang in the earpiece.

"How does it feel compared to you?"

"Very strong! Especially that police officer 'Golden Gun,' his pistol marksmanship looks no worse than Ning Wei's. And Inspector Chen Guohua from the East Kowloon Crime Unit, his marksmanship is only slightly worse than 'Golden Gun,' but he's ruthless, basically aiming for vital points."

After watching the entire police-criminal battle live on the first floor, Xiao Fu offered a fairly objective evaluation.

"Also, Ma Jun, the anti-triad officer in Yau Ma Tei you mentioned before, is indeed quite skilled; I might not even be his match. And that Inspector Chan from the Central District is even more skilled than Ma Jun."

Xiao Fu continued to express his opinions on the others, as if waiting for Cao Tai to digest them. After a moment, he continued, "That Flying Tiger Zhou Sir's marksmanship is worse than the first two, and his skills are worse than the latter two."

However, he is very strong in indoor squad offensive command; he was the commander leading five-man squads in combat.

"What a pity, I didn't get to see the excitement!" Cao Tai said with a hint of regret. "Where are those robbers who went down from the 75th floor now?"

"Hehe, they're still going down the stairs, trying to deal with those five detectives. But I opened an elevator so they can take it up." Xiao Fu couldn't help but laugh as he said this.

Where in the control room can all eight high-speed elevators in the building be remotely locked? After Xiao Fu dealt with Fei Fei and took over the control room, he locked all eight elevators first.

After dealing with the robbers in the underground parking lot, Li Jie was able to quickly get up, thanks to Xiao Fu unlocking an elevator for him to ride in.

"Be careful not to get ambushed. I'll meet up with you as soon as I've dealt with Li Jie here," Cao Tai instructed as a final word.

"Understood. However, the thugs in the underground parking lot had already planted quite a few bombs before Li Jie went in, some of which were even placed at the building's load-bearing points. Should we...?"

"Leave it alone for now." Cao Tai glanced at the receding hairline man who was eavesdropping.

"Be bold, make some noise outside the door and see if you can attract a few robbers out to deal with them first," Cao Tai instructed Li Jie, who had already connected to his channel.

Because there was another outsider eavesdropping nearby, Cao Tai called him by his nickname when giving instructions.

"Understood." A deep male voice came through the earpiece.

Then, two gunshots rang out outside the banquet hall.

The hostage-takers in the banquet hall looked at each other in bewilderment, and then one of the underlings quickly ordered three people to go out and see what was going on.

Three robbers, guns pointed at the gate, cautiously walked forward.

When one of the robbers suddenly opened half of the door, the two behind him had their index fingers on the trigger, but unfortunately there was nothing unusual behind the door.

One of the robbers glanced back at the leader, and at the leader's signal, the three of them rushed out, pointing their guns at both sides of the corridor outside the door.

As the door snapped shut due to inertia,

"Bang bang bang..." Several gunshots rang out from outside the door, and then a figure smashed open the door and slammed in. It was one of the three robbers who rushed out.

He had already been shot in the forehead, and a large gash had been torn open on his skull. He fell down for only a few seconds before the floor beneath his head was flooded with a large pool of flowing blood.

"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat..." Several robbers, who reacted quickly and were in good positions, aimed their guns at the door and opened fire. The high rate of fire of the mini UZI submachine guns created a storm of metal.

The gate was instantly riddled with holes.

After the men finished firing a magazine and the gunfire stopped, there was no movement outside the door. They looked out through the large gap in the door, which was blocked by the corpse and could not be completely closed, but they could not find anything.

After quickly changing their magazines, five more robbers rushed toward the gate under the orders of their leader. As they approached the gate, the two in front fired a few shots before quickly pulling open the two doors.

The two men following behind kept their figures hidden, simply extending their guns outside the door and firing left and right. When both UZIs went silent, the two men who had opened the door stepped outside, raising their guns to the left and right as a precaution.

The last person rushed out and fired a short burst of fire towards the restroom in the corridor.

After the last two finished changing their magazines and left, the three formed a combat formation and advanced towards the restroom, while the other two guarded the cargo staircase on the other side.

Looking at the robbery gang now reduced to only 7 gunmen and a computer expert, Mr. Cao took out a pair of gloves and slowly put them on. Then, he held up two fingers and made a "I'm watching you" gesture towards the man with the receding hairline.

After the man with the receding hairline seemed to feel the pressure and turned his head away, Mr. Cao's right hand, which he had reached behind his back, had already grabbed a Glock 17 pistol with a silencer.

When gunshots rang out again outside the door, Mr. Cao sat back down and used his left hand to pull down the "doctor's" suit jacket, then used the jacket to cover the pistol in his right hand.

The suit covering the pistol swayed rapidly a few times. Under the cover of the intense gunfire outside, Cao Tai's seven shots were only audible to people within two or three meters of him, but no one dared to look up to see what was going on.

The suit jacket blocked the flying shell casings, and all seven casings obediently fell to the ground at his feet, where they were easily wiped away and put away.

The man with the receding hairline turned his head and saw a dark gun barrel pointed at him, his expression freezing for a moment.

The gun, its barrel concealed by a suit jacket and only the muzzle visible, swayed slightly. The man with the receding hairline obediently turned to the other side, lowering his head even further.

He crumpled the suit jacket in his hand and stuffed it behind him, having already put away the pistol while doing so.

Then Cao Tai looked at the two open mouths, stretched out his left thumb and forefinger to pinch Jessie's upper and lower lips, and made her obediently close her mouth.

With his right hand, he gently clamped down on Yue Huizhen's chin, then leaned over and covered her open mouth with his own. The young woman's lips were icy cold, and her little tongue playfully licked Mr. Cao's lips.

After a few seconds of nonchalant banter, Cao Tai released the dazed, panting beauty.

He then turned back and lightly pecked the lips that were still being pinched between two fingers, just as the woman in the black dress quickly covered her mouth and stared at him with wide eyes.

Having already gained a significant advantage, Mr. Cao glanced out of the corner of his eye as Li Jie pushed open the door and walked in, and whispered, "You all wait here. Don't go anywhere. I'll come back to pick you up after I've dealt with the robbers."

From the moment Cao Tai shot and killed the seven hostage-keepers to the moment Li Jie entered, less than 20 seconds had passed.

None of the hostages in the banquet hall realized that the kidnapper had been killed. Although the man with the receding hairline did notice, after being threatened by Mr. Cao, he could only bury his head in the sand like an ostrich.