197: Chapter 189 Two thousand yuan a month? What kind of life are you living for?!

Huang Xiao put down the walkie-talkie and responded to Yi Hongquan, "The snipers have no way to kill the criminal!"

Yi Hongquan immediately asked again, "Then can we launch a frontal assault?"

Huang Xiao shook his head again. "If we storm in, we won't be able to guarantee the hostage's safety!"

"No!" Yi Hongquan's expression froze. "We must ensure the safety of the hostage!"

Huang Xiao stared intently at the computer screen and replied, "It looks like we can only rely on Yang Tian now!"

Yang Tian, with his back against the self-service machine, held his breath and focused.

He could clearly feel the other party's footsteps slowly approaching him.

His hands tightly gripped the AK47 in his grasp.

However, just then, the hostage being held not far away suddenly let out a miserable scream.

"Ah!!"

The vicious criminal smashed a fist hard into the hostage's waist.

"Useless cop!"

"Put the gun down for me! Then crawl out here!"

Yang Tian ignored him.

The next second.

"Ah!!"

The criminal punched the hostage in the stomach again.

"If you don't come out, I'll shoot and kill him!"

"I'll give you a count of ten."

"Ten!"

"Nine!"

With every number he counted, he took a step closer to Yang Tian's direction.

"Eight!"

"Seven!"

Everyone inside the bank hall looked at the criminal and the hostage he held in terror.

"Six!"

Outside the bank, everyone held their breath while staring at the computer screen, their hearts filled with unease.

"Five!"

"Four!"

Yang Tian leaned against the self-service machine, gasping for air.

Clearly, judging from the criminal's tone and reactions, if he didn't come out, the other party really might kill the hostage.

But if he threw his gun away and exposed himself to the enemy's sights, his own life would be in great danger.

How should he choose?

"I haven't lived long enough yet!"

He took another heavy breath.

"Three!"

When the number three rang out.

Images from over ten years ago suddenly surfaced in his mind.

A crossroad.

A violent storm.

A speeding car.

His father lying in a pool of blood.

On the green traffic light flashing not far away, the number 3 was displayed.

"Two!"

Yang Tian gritted his teeth and threw out the AK in his hand.

Seeing this scene.

Zhang Jingque's heart jolted, and she couldn't help but cry out, "Don't!"

Huang Xiao and Yi Hongquan were instantly moved, waves of shock surging in their hearts!

They hadn't expected Yang Tian to actually cooperate with the criminal and throw the gun away.

This meant Yang Tian was exposing himself as a live target in front of the criminal.

This was a spirit of self-sacrifice for others.

A rare and precious noble quality.

"One!"

As the criminal's voice fell, Yang Tian raised his hands and walked out from behind the self-service machine.

"You're looking for death!"

Upon seeing Yang Tian, the criminal immediately moved the pistol away from the hostage's head and straightened his wrist to aim at Yang Tian.

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a giant King Cobra suddenly lunged out in front of him, opened its massive fangs, and bit down hard on his wrist.

"Ah!!"

As a wave of intense pain hit him, his hand jerked, and the bullet veered off course.

Bang!

The bullet hit the ground beside Yang Tian.

The criminal forcefully tore the King Cobra's body away, intending to fire a second shot.

However, Yang Tian gave him no chance.

Beside Yang Tian, a USP Pistol flew out of thin air from next to the self-service machine, landing right in front of him.

Catching it in stride, Yang Tian hooked his finger through the trigger guard, spun the gun once, and aimed the muzzle directly at the criminal.

"Bang!"

The bullet burst from the chamber, hitting the criminal right between the eyebrows.

Thud!!

The criminal's entire body jerked. The next second, he collapsed to the ground like a lost soul, motionless.

The entire scene stunned everyone, both inside and out.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would have certainly thought they were watching a movie.

The skills of this young man in an Assistant Police Officer uniform were terrifyingly formidable.

After confirming the criminal on the ground had gone to see the King of Hell, Yang Tian kicked away the pistol that had fallen beside him.

Then, he looked toward the bank counter.

"Two more!"

The two criminals holding daggers had hidden behind the counter the moment they saw Yang Tian pick up the AK47, waiting for their companion to eliminate him.

They never expected the result would be their companion getting killed instead.

"Throw your knives out, put your hands behind your heads, and come out yourselves!"

Yang Tian held his pistol and shouted at the two criminals behind the counter.

The two criminals glanced at each other.

Knowing they had no room left for resistance, and to avoid getting shot in the head, they threw their daggers out through the counter window and obediently walked out from behind the counter with their hands behind their heads.

Seeing this MVP-level conclusion...

Everyone breathed a genuine sigh of relief.

Outside the bank, Huang Xiao, Yi Hongquan, and the others let out long breaths before becoming excited.

"Beautifully done!"

"Good job!!"

"This is too incredible!"

"Is there anything he can't do?"

"Movies really can't compare to the real thing; my heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out!"

...

They never dreamed of such a result.

An Assistant Police Officer, bare-handed, took on five armed criminals—killing one, disabling two, and capturing two.

Such a scene was truly shocking.

Amidst the excitement...

Huang Xiao immediately ordered the SWAT assault team to enter the bank.

Zhang Jingque, weeping with joy, wiped away her tears and ran out of the command area, rushing into the bank and throwing her arms around Yang Tian.

"Why are you so foolish?"

Yang Tian tossed the gun to a SWAT officer running in, then gently stroked Zhang Jingque's head, comforting her: "Am I not fine now?"

Zhang Jingque hugged Yang Tian tightly, pressing her face against his chest, sobbing: "But I was really worried about you. It was too dangerous. I thought you died, waaaaah."

Yang Tian patted Zhang Jingque's back and laughed: "Silly girl! I haven't married you yet, how could I bear to die?"

"Waaaah, even if you marry me, you can't die."

"Okay."

"Don't ever do this again!"

"Okay."

After a while, Yang Tian led Zhang Jingque by the hand out of the bank, leaving the others to handle the cleanup.

When the two of them walked up to Yi Hongquan, Huang Xiao, and the others...

Huang Xiao was the first to shout at Yang Tian: "You make two thousand yuan a month, why are you risking your life?!"

Yi Hongquan looked at Huang Xiao with a displeased expression.

Clearly, the other man was taking a jab at him for not giving Yang Tian a permanent position.

However, he didn't rebut Huang Xiao on the spot. After all, the lack of a permanent position was a fact; whether out of selfishness or public interest, it was something everyone could see.

Yang Tian looked up at Huang Xiao, then glanced at the sky before slowly responding.

"Someone once taught me a lesson through their actions: a person's greatest contribution to society is to turn individual action into national action, and then into historical action!"