Chapter XII. Explosions

  Soon the phone was picked up.   "Hello, your hostages are safe, are you satisfied with my promise?" Zira's voice came through.   "Good, you're a criminal of your word." Gordon said, and the word "criminal" was deliberately emphasized, "So I'll give you a chance to choose, either you come out and surrender yourself, or we rush in and help you surrender."   "I don't want to choose either of these two options, and I haven't finished my words yet." Zi Liang said, "I released the hostages as promised, but you didn't follow the rules, the last hostage just walked out and you couldn't wait to pick up all the people, and you sent so many people to ambush the neighborhood!"   "Of course, you're a criminal and I'm a cop, that's what I'm supposed to do." Gordon said, and then as if he was still trying to validate what he said, he shouted without avoiding it, "Take action, find that bastard out!"   On command, those members of the combat team immediately rushed in with their shields up.   "You'll have to pay for this." Zira said lightly.   "Oh? Well, like what? Are you going to single-handedly take on twenty heavily armed riot police by yourself?"   "If you must say so ......? Hahahahaha-" Zi Liang's suddenly burst into laughter.   At the same time, the combat team had already rushed into the bank, which was not very large, so they were able to judge the places where they could hide people almost straight away, followed by all of them all holding their guns, and got together next to a counter.   And behind the counter ......   They really did find the man in the white coat.   With a phone in one hand and binoculars in the other, Director Gordon could clearly see the tactical team surrounding that counter, and in the headset he was wearing, the commanding voice of his men rang out, "Drop your guns! Hands in the air! You're surrounded!"   For a moment, Gordon thought it was all over, and a smile even appeared at the corner of his mouth.   ......   But ...... the next scene was ......   Those police officers who rushed in all seemed to have discovered something, because the man in the white coat didn't have a gun at all, and he was being tied up with tape on his mouth, and one of them who reacted faster hurriedly went up and tore off the tape.   "I'm not a kidnapper! I'm a security guard here, I have papers, and besides, I'm injured!" The man in the white coat shouted desperately, and kept gesturing to his leg.   A police officer lifted his white coat with the tip of his gun, and found that the man's leg was being bandaged, and the blood had long since penetrated the bandage, and was still dripping out.   All of these words were transmitted through the intercom into Commissioner Gordon's ears, and he froze in place.   At this moment, Zi Liang's laughter on the phone had just ended, "Oh yeah, I have to tell you, the numbers hanging on the chests of those hostages aren't reminding you of the number of people ...... but rather a countdown ...... "   "Countdown?" Chief Gordon's mind buzzed.   At the same time!   "Report Chief! There's a suitcase here! There's a piece of paper on it!" The riot police officer reported over the intercom, "It says ......0......"   Chief Gordon realized something so violently that his eyes glazed over and he started yelling furiously into the headset of his walkie-talkie, "Get out of there! That's a bomb! A bomb!"   The riot police inside the bank panicked, they almost subconsciously ran towards the outside of the bank, and only a few of them, who still had professionalism, could remember that they needed to take the hostages out of the bank, but at this time it was impossible to take time to put the hostages on the racks, so they directly yanked on the arms and collars of the security guards in the white coats, and dragged them out in a frantic manner, using the "dragging" method. So they directly dragged the arm and collar of the security guard wearing a white coat, and used the "dragging" method to frantically run towards the outside of the bank.   Gordon was in the crowd, the word "bomb" also made all the people present panicked, those who are still shrinking in the side did not have time to untie the hostages fear was once again ignited, the scene instantly fell into a panic once again.   ......   ......   In the midst of this chaos, an ambulance was at the back of the crowd.   At the back of the crowd, an ambulance had already driven onto the road.   In the ambulance, the first to come out, wearing a police uniform of the injured man, but has long been a doctor and a driver in the car knocked out, casually thrown in the trunk, he hung up his cell phone, casually thrown to his side.   "Hey, what a pain in the ass." Zira muttered breathlessly.   Indeed it was troublesome, in fact, according to Zi Liang's lazy and sprawling personality, he wouldn't have nothing to do to rob a bank, but there was no way around it, after all, if he wanted to attract the attention of the police, robbing a bank was undoubtedly the fastest way.   And he did all this, is to want to enter the "Arkham Asylum".   Of course, "Arkham Asylum" is not anyone who wants to enter can enter, because if it is just some very ordinary bank robbery, such as the end of the gun with a stocking, screaming at the crowd of this kind, unfortunately, in the simple Gotham City, you can only be considered as the lowest level of criminals, almost the equivalent of the other city on the way to school to rob the pocket money of schoolchildren, that level. You'd be considered a low-level criminal in the simple city of Gotham, the equivalent of stealing pocket money from a schoolchild in another city, and the police would just lock you up in a police station, they wouldn't even bother to pay attention to you.   If you are a muscular man who carries a Gatling from an airplane and shoots at crowds of people,......, then I am sorry to say that, although you are a real criminal, there is a place called Blackgate Prison in Gotham City, where the police are very likely to catch you. If you're caught, nine times out of ten, you'll be sent there and sentenced to life in prison.   So, to get into Arkham Asylum, you had to have some characteristics, such as the most typical, you can't act like a roughneck, you have to be gentle, slender, sensible, and at the same time you have to look like a mentally challenged guy, for example, you have to deal with the police, play games, play tricks on them, and most importantly, pop in from time to time and make a surprise visit. importantly every now and then a sudden burst of hysterical maniacal laughter. With all that in mind, and a big bang, the police will be right on the money and recognize you as someone who qualifies for admission to Arkham Asylum.   Oh yeah, speaking of big explosions, that handbag of Zira's really did contain a bomb, which he had asked Mr. Falcone for last night; after all, after all that, it would be a bit of a loss of face if nothing happened in the end.   However, Zi Liang didn't set the bomb's detonation time just right, but gave the police enough time to evacuate, because if he really blew up 20 or so people at once, there was a high probability that he would be "accidentally" killed by a police officer on his way to Arkham Asylum, you have to know, this is Gotham, don't think that the police are all law-enforcement officers, don't think that the police are all law-enforcement officers. Don't think that the police are all law-enforcement officers, the difference between them and criminals is just a badge.   "Hey, did so much, now just drive slower, waiting to be caught, right ......" Zi Liang muttered.   The words had not yet fallen.   "Boom!" The loud bang.   Not far behind came an earth-shattering explosion, the entire bank was ablaze with flames, the cars on the street sounded alarms together, and the crowds on the street boiled over all of a sudden.   In the midst of this chaos, Zi Liang slowly and leisurely drove the ambulance, very observant of traffic rules stopped at a red light, he lit a cigarette and took a puff ......   "Who is the 21st death row inmate ......?"