Chapter 736: Manufacture Evidence, Preserve Evidence
Luke said, “Put on your bulletproof vest first, boss. You haven’t been on the front line for a long time.”
Dustin said, “I took down a few of them earlier.”
Luke said, “Put it on before we talk, okay?”
Dustin quickly put on his bulletproof vest and asked in a low voice, “You brat, how big do you want to make it?”
Luke tilted his head and thought for a moment. “It has to be the hottest news in Los Angeles tonight.”
Dustin asked, “You want to kill them all outright?”
Luke grinned. “No, I have to do my best to keep the attackers alive; at the very least, their mouths have to work fine. It’s much harder for a living person to keep their mouth shut than a dead one.”
Harrison’s voice rang out in his earpiece. “Luke, are you sure you don’t want backup? We’ve already detected more than thirty suspicious people, and that’s just what we’ve found.”
Luke said, “Your top priority is to ensure your own safety. You’re just reinforcements, and you can also be witnesses to prevent me from being framed.”
Harrison: “…Got it. Be careful.”
Selina’s reminder arrived very quickly. “Two ambulances entered the underground parking lot, but their license plates aren’t right. Judging by the load on the tires, there are at least six to eight fully-armed individuals in each ambulance.”
The truth was that her communication with Luke had the highest authority, and n.o.body else knew about it.
Luke nodded and patted Dustin’s shoulder. “Don’t be nervous when you hear gunshots later. Guard this place. I’ll take care of them.”
Dustin nodded silently, slung the especially long satchel with the rifle in it over his shoulder, and leaned against the wall in one corner.
That way, he had a line of sight on either side of the hallway, and could instantly take out his rifle and start shooting if he needed to.
Luke, on the other hand, ran to the underground parking lot.
“It’s starting. All the suspicious targets are moving toward the hospital,” Harrison reported.
Luke said, “Tell your comrades to hold their positions. It’s not time for them to make a move yet. I’m going to eat them all.”
Harrison: “…You’re such a greedy guy.”
Luke said, “Because I hate evil!”
Harrison was lost for words.
As he spoke, Luke reached the underground parking lot.
Seeing two teams of sixteen fully-armed men enter the hallway, Luke suddenly stepped forward. “LAPD! Freeze!”
The other side was stunned for a moment, but when they saw that Luke was only holding a badge, someone suddenly said, “Kill him.”
Without any hesitation, two men in black raised their guns and fired at Luke.
Luke hid in a corner with a smile.
He first activated the police cam, then pressed the walkie-talkie and said in an urgent tone, “A large number of criminals have been discovered at St. Post Hospital. They’re all armed with automatic weapons and are currently firing at me.”
Of course, the other side could hear the gunshots. “Please hold on. Reinforcements will be there soon.”
Luke put down the walkie-talkie and mumbled to himself, Don’t be too quick.
He took out two stun grenades, removed the safety pins, and threw them at the criminals who were firing in the hallway.
“Grenade!” one of the criminals shouted, and everybody retreated.
Too late! Luke counted down in his heart, Three, two, one!
Bang! Bang!
Two consecutive explosions rang out. Luke stretched out a small mirror for a look before he went over and kicked the guns away, then pulled off the hoods of the criminals who had collapsed.
As he was doing that, a thought flashed through his mind, and a huge pile of plastic explosives that didn’t have fuses silently appeared in one of the criminals’ bags. Luke then broke into a run.
These criminals were just props that he was using to frame Elsworth, so there was no need to pay too much attention to them. What he needed to do next was completely blow up the matter.
“Luke, more than thirty armed criminals have gone in. Are you sure we’re not going to do anything?” Harrison asked again.
Luke said, “Okay, hold a few of them down at the entrance. Don’t work too hard.”
Harrison: “Roger that.”
Luke picked up his pace as he ran.
Selina said, “There are two teams of thirteen criminals at the C2 back entrance, two teams of eleven at the E5 entrance on the left, and fifteen criminals at the D3 entrance on the right. They’re keeping a fixed distance. You have to be careful.”
Luke said, “They’re the ones who should be careful.”
As he spoke, he suddenly sped up. Charging out from around the corner, he jumped and ran over the wall.
At the same time, he raised his guns.
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
Screams rang out one after another. Half of the thirteen criminals who had come through the back hallway dropped to their knees while all of them rolled around and clutched their legs.
They were all wearing bulletproof vests, and Luke didn’t want to kill them.
Shooting their legs was without doubt the simplest solution.
He didn’t believe that over thirty men could escape when their legs were injured.
“d.a.m.n it, someone ambushed us from behind.”
“Cover, cover! Stagger your gunfire!”
“Take them apart.”
Luke ran a few steps over the wall before he landed on the ground and swiftly pressed forward in the hallway.
Just as the remaining gunmen turned around, gunshots rang out again, but not from their guns.
Putting away his left gun, Luke unhurriedly reloaded the Glock.
Pa!
The head of a criminal who was about to raise his gun exploded.
“Drop your weapons or I’ll shoot,” he shouted, and looked behind him.
He had deliberately torn off the camera that was on him and left it around the corner, so it couldn’t continue recording.
Despite the injuries to both legs, the dozen criminals who were screaming were scared into shutting up.
They had never encountered a police officer who fired in public without prior warning.
Luke quickly picked up their guns and ran off.
When he pa.s.sed a trash can, he tossed the guns inside, turned left and continued running.
…
Harrison, who was out front, heard the chatter on the police comms and said, “Luke, the police department has dispatched people.”
Luke said, “Very good. You were the first to come to my aid, right?”
Harrison’s mind whirled and he got it.
Luke had asked them to be witnesses.
As long as the criminals opened fire, it didn’t matter if the Elsworths’ men in the police department knew, since this matter couldn’t be covered up.
Instead, they wouldn’t have enough time to figure out what was going on inside, and things would definitely blow up unexpectedly.
Like the arrest of the numerous criminals who had charged into the hospital with guns.
“I’ve disarmed more than ten people in the parking lot and at the back door. Let the patrol officers know to take over,” said Luke.
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
There was the sound of intense gunfire in his earpiece. Harrison frowned.
“I’ve taken down more than ten criminals on the left side. Just keep an eye on the criminals in the front,” said Luke.
“We’ve caught up with them, but there are too many people in the hospital,” Harrison said helplessly.