Chapter 55: Kidnapping (3)
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

“Lower your head. Without my permission, you are not allowed to raise it.” As he said that, he whipped out the gun he stole from Xia Mutong and casually took out the cartridge. There are eight bullets inside, that should be enough.

“What are you planning on doing?”

Nanrong Wanqing was not someone who never went out in the world, but Ling Chen’s actions left her astonished. Recalling the strange words Ling Chen said to her, she felt uneasiness coursing through her heart. Moreover, regarding this matter, she was already feeling unhappy about it. She was the boss and he was the employee, so he should be guarding her safety. But instead, how did things devolve into him rescuing a hostage, something that was the responsibility of the police? Hmph, I’ll let him have it later when we get back.

However, although this Young Miss was entertaining these vengeful thoughts, deep down in the corner of her heart, the favourable impression she had towards him rose several degrees. To save someone completely unrelated to him, Ling Chen would actually brave the danger. Just this point alone was not something that ordinary people could hope to achieve.

Ling Chen grinned and gave her a reassuring glance. “Don’t worry, there will not be any danger.”

The moment he said that, his left hand that was resting on the steering wheel moved rapidly, and the car that had been going straight swerved sharply towards the left. He then pulled the hand brake and set the clutch to the reverse gear, before powerfully stepping on the accelerator.

Squeak!

As the tires made a harsh screeching noise, the Santana made a perfect bootleg turn, and the body of the car immediately turned a full 180°. The front of the Santana was now facing the front of the Mercedes-Benz.

At this moment, he swapped his hands at a lightning-fast speed, now controlling the steering wheel with his right hand, while holding the gun with his left. He stretched his left hand out of the window.

Peng!

A shot was fired, and instantly, there was a hole in the front window of the Mercedes-Benz.

With the sudden gunshot, the driver was scared out of his wits and hurriedly stepped on the brake. The Mercedes that had been charging forward screeched to a halt.

Peng! Peng!

Ling Chen showed no trace of hesitation, immediately cocking his gun and firing off two more shots.

With the loud gunshots reverberating through the air, two distinct wails of pain sounded from inside the car.

Looking at the crimson blood staining the window of the Mercedes, the corners of Ling Chen’s mouth lifted slightly. He had not fired a gun for quite some time, yet his shooting was as accurate as ever, not deviating the slightest from his target. His first shot just now was to force the kidnappers to slow down their car, only the next two shots were meant to incapacitate the kidnappers. If he had directly shot at the driver with his initial bullet, it might have resulted in an accident that would have compromised the safety of the hostage.

He had his considerations when shooting and he would not aim to kill the kidnappers. He merely wanted to cause them to lose some blood and impair their movements.

After settling the two kidnappers sitting at the front, there was still one kidnapper left to go. This kidnapper was the key to stopping them.

“Stay in the car and come out.”

Ling Chen warned Nanrong Wanqing softly, before pushing open the car door and sprinting towards the Mercedes-Benz. However, before he even reached the car, he saw the door of the Mercedes being pushed open with a loud ‘swoosh”. A man wearing a Sun Wukong mask walked out, with a pistol tightly pressed against Xiao Hua’s temple.

The moment Ling Chen saw the gun, he frowned.

The Beretta 92F pistol was not available to just anyone. Moreover, the kidnapper was acting very calmly and definitely was not an ordinary person.

“You’re the police?”

The kidnapper suspiciously looked at Ling Chen and slowly asked.

“No.”

“Then why are you pitting yourself against us?”

“The girl that you kidnapped is my friend. Let her go and I’ll allow you to leave.”

“Hmph! Is there such an easy thing in the world? How about this, you let me leave with her, and I guarantee that no harm will come to her. Otherwise, I don’t mind dying alongside her.”

Ling Chen was observing the kidnapper and the vicious glint in the kidnapper’s eyes told him that the kidnapper was not joking around.

This is getting more and more interesting.

He had initially thought the purpose of kidnapping Xiao Hua was to ransom her to Ye Yongliang for money. However, from how things looked now everything was not as simple as it seemed. This kidnapper was hell-bent on bringing away Xiao Hua, this showed that the purpose of this kidnapping was not money.

Thinking of this, his gaze towards Xiao Hua grew increasingly curious. What value does this little girl have precisely?

“Brat, do you want the girl to live or die? It all depends on your next sentence.”

Ling Chen shrugged. “Since you already gave me the ultimatum, what other choice do I have?”

The kidnapper gave a malicious laughter. “Good, it seems like you have some foresight after all. Then you should know what to do.”

Ling Chen did not say anything else and dropped the gun magazine. He also dismantled the pistol, letting all parts fall to the ground.

However, unbeknownst to the other party, while he was disassembling the pistol, he secretly hid a bullet in his palm.

“Big Brother.”

At this moment, the other two kidnappers clutched the gunshot wounds on their chests as they staggered out of the car, bearing the terrible pain. Their whole bodies were drenched in blood.

“Can you two still drive?”

“No…”

Peng!

Before he could even finish his sentence, a loud gunshot sound rang out. The Zhu Bajie mask had a new hole on it, with crimson red staining the mask.

Looking at his companion collapsing helplessly to the ground, the other kidnapper was shocked. Although one could not see his expressions behind the mask, the slight trembling of his body betrayed the tremendous fear he was feeling.

“Big Brother, don’t… don’t kill me…”

“You know the rules, I don’t want to be implicated as well.” With that, the person called ‘Big Brother’ showed no trace of hesitation and squeezed the trigger.

Seeing the two kidnappers collapsing in a pool of their own blood, Ling Chen scrunched his eyebrow. It seems that the bastard is more ruthless than I had imagined.

“Now only you remain. Brat, let me teach you one final lesson. Never throw down your gun in front of an enemy.”

Staring into the bottomless abyss of the gun nozzle, Ling Chen’s eyes remained calm. He had been in too many life-threatening situations like this, and he was long accustomed to having the reaper breathe down his neck.

“Friend, what you’re saying is right. However, I would like to teach you something too. It’s indeed an act of folly to dispose of one’s weapon in front of an enemy. Unless…”

“Unless what?”

Ling Chen smirked. “Unless he doesn’t put the enemy in his eyes.”

Hearing that, the kidnapper’s eyes narrowed, and he felt an uneasy premonition. He immediately aimed the nozzle at Ling Chen’s head and squeezed the trigger. However, Ling Chen was already moving as he spoke, sidestepping towards his left.

Peng!

A gunshot rang out, and the bullet grazed Ling Chen’s ear, missing it by mere inches.

The kidnapper’s face underneath the mask was full of shock. He actually managed to dodge the bullet, is he still human?

What the kidnapper was unaware of was that no matter how fast Ling Chen was, he could not possibly be faster than a bullet. However, Ling Chen’s ability to grasp the opportune timing was simply too terrifying. In the instant that the kidnapper squeezed the trigger, Ling Chen’s body already reacted accordingly to dodge.

Only after innumerable hours of training could one push his body’s reactions to its limits. And in this world, Ling Chen might be the only one who was able to reach this pinnacle.