Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 283: The Plan Succeeded, But Not Completely

Inside the bank, the magnetic male voice took measured steps toward the main hall, getting closer and closer to the staircase entrance.

Time ticked away second by second, in the blink of an eye, the magnetic male voice quickly reached the staircase entrance, subconsciously glanced around but found nothing, and continued walking toward the main hall.

At the side of the second-floor staircase entrance, a spot invisible to the magnetic male voice, Luo An stood against the wall with a backpack containing a signal jammer.

Just now, upon hearing footsteps approaching this way, Luo An took advantage of the lingering effects of the feather drop drug, stomped hard on the floor, leaped onto the banister, and then gracefully jumped to the second floor.

The very next second after Luo An hid by the side of the staircase entrance, the magnetic male voice passed by the staircase entrance on the first floor.

Exhaling a faint breath of relief, Luo An took out his phone from his pocket and sent a message to inquire about the progress of the agent from the improvised explosive device countermeasure department.

The team leader, Potante Byrne, replied:

"We're still working on it."

"..."

Luo An shook his head, speechless, as there were now less than ten minutes left before the deadline set by the other party.

Furthermore, the man downstairs had just mentioned the action was about to end, who knows how much more time the improvised explosive device countermeasure department agent would need.

Tapping on the phone's keyboard, he sent out a message, "Breach the bank and start the operation immediately upon hearing gunfire."

Luo An put away his phone, securely hid the signal jammer, and after checking the bullets in his Glock 18, a slight smile played at the corner of his mouth:

"Now, it's my turn to take control."

Outside the bank, team leader Potante Byrne's pupils constricted upon reading Luo An's message. He didn't like this kind of unforeseen accident, situations slipping out of his control.

But seeing that the agents of the improvised explosive device countermeasure department had yet to really come up with a plan, Potante Byrne could only take a deep breath, wave over Reesi and Mona, and inform all the on-site SWAT team members and LAPD officers:

As soon as gunshots are heard inside the bank, immediately break in and rescue the hostages!

Inside the bank.

At this moment, the magnetic male voice was still in the main hall, whispering something with the bank robbers codenamed Six and Nine:

"Everything's going smoothly inside; as long as the follow-up plan goes well, the money..."

"OK..."

Like a silent ghost, Luo An observed the scene and silently began to analyze the next move.

The top priority now was to find out what and where the remote control for the bomb was.

Luo An didn't see any item in the magnetic male voice's hand, but noticed something bulky in his chest pocket, the item with antennae resembling a remote control device.

But it could also be a phone.

After pondering for a moment, Luo An decided to create a diversion:

He would make a slight noise upstairs, drawing the attention of the three men in the hall. As they separated to investigate the noise, Luo An would observe the magnetic male voice's reaction.

If the item in his chest pocket were indeed the remote control for the bomb, the man would definitely hold it in his hand upon encountering an unexpected situation.

Moreover, as Six and Nine went to check the source of the noise, the magnetic male voice wouldn't likely detonate the bomb to kill the hostages right then; at most, he would call the law enforcement outside, warning them not to play tricks.

Conversely, once Luo An ascertained what the remote control device was, he was confident he could take down the man directly.

Having formulated his plan, Luo An immediately turned back to the second floor of the bank, and in one of the meeting rooms, he set up a simple delay device that would cause a cup to fall on to the floor later before moving from the shadows into the manager's office.

As time continued its relentless march forward, after the magnetic male voice finished his low discussion with the two robbers in the hall and was about to turn and leave, a crisp sound suddenly came from the second floor:

Click-clack——

The sudden noise startled everyone in the lobby, causing all the hostages to shiver in unison.

Robbers number six and nine instinctively raised their rifles toward the staircase on the second floor, while the man with the magnetic voice immediately drew a pistol from behind his waist and, at the same time, pulled out a box-shaped item with an antenna from the pocket in front of his chest.

Luo An, hiding in the shadows, raised an eyebrow as he saw this—just as he had expected, the enemy's first reaction to the unexpected situation was to take out the remote control for the bomb. free𝑤ebnovel.com

"Number six! Go check what's going on!

Number four! Come back here!"

What Luo An hadn't anticipated was that the man with the magnetic voice not only instructed one of the robbers in the lobby to check the second floor but also called back one of the two robbers guarding the bank's front door, the one codenamed number four, to return to the bank lobby.

The magnetic man himself, holding the remote device, put away his pistol, took out a cell phone to call the law enforcement outside, and quickly walked towards the deeper parts of the bank where the vault and servers were located!

Luo An frowned as he saw this. The sixth number going upstairs wasn't moving quickly, but on the contrary, the magnetic man was walking very fast. Luo An estimated that in a few seconds, he would completely lose sight of the man.

To prevent the remote control device from leaving his sight, Luo An had to take out the magnetic man now!

But there were three armed robbers in the bank lobby, and the one guarding the bank's front entrance had noticed the situation as well.

So Luo An needed to not only swiftly kill the magnetic man but also simultaneously deal with four bank robbers armed with rifles!

The plan was successful, but not completely so.

"Shit!"

Now was not the time to hesitate. Luo An opened up the system page, took out a bottle of hemostatic and a bottle of swiftness potion and gulped them down, then disengaged the safety on the Glock 18 and swiftly stood up within the manager's office.

"Huh? Who's that?"

Suddenly, a handsome man with a gun emerged from the now-empty manager's office, startling everyone present once more, and all the hostages strapped with bombs widened their eyes, not knowing when Luo An had gotten there.

The pupils of all three armed robbers in the hall constricted, but years of combat experience had them raising their guns and firing at Luo An the next second he appeared.

Bang!

Bang bang bang bang——

But Luo An was faster, pulling the trigger, firing a bullet that rushed out and instantly penetrated the forehead of the magnetic man, not far away.

The magnetic man subconsciously turned around to check when he heard the commotion behind him, but just as he turned to see Luo An's face, a bullet caused him to collapse into a pool of blood.

Confident in his marksmanship, Luo An didn't even look at the magnetic man after firing the first shot but immediately rushed out and with several rolls ended up crouching steadily beside the tellers' counter diagonally across from the manager's office.

The instant Luo An's figure left the manager's office, the bullets from the three robbers in the hall shattered the desks and glass into pieces.

"Damn it! What's the deal with this guy?"

"The controller's over there!"

"Kill this guy!"

The three robbers, seeing the magnetic man's body, were filled with rage. Although surprised by Luo An's speed in dodging their bullets, they were, after all, three against one and were confident of outnumbering him.

Moreover, the magnetic man's body was behind Luo An, and the remote control device had also fallen to the ground. To prevent outside law enforcement from intervening, they had to retrieve the remote control!

Bang bang bang——

A rapid burst of gunfire echoed in the bank lobby, bullets shot furiously towards Luo An's location, and the three robbers moved quickly toward him while shooting.

At the same moment, at the sound of gunfire inside the bank, the team supervisor Potante Byrne immediately shouted:

"Begin the operation!"