Chapter 177

Around 0:40 AM.

Inside the Panama City Administrative Building, Jayden, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, had just brought An Qi Qi up from the basement.

In the crowded corridor, a middle-aged man in a police uniform ran over, shouting anxiously, “A large number of armed personnel have appeared near the administrative district, roughly estimated to be over a thousand! Judging from their uniforms, they should be from the Third Division of Sri Lanka! The Warhammer Mercenaries shared intelligence with us before. Their commander should be Su Tianyu!”

Jayden’s face turned pale upon hearing this. He immediately pointed at An Qi Qi and roared, “Broadcast her image on the big screen!! Zhou Xian said that this woman has a close relationship with Su Tianyu! He must have come to save her!”

“Yes!” the police chief responded.

In the crowd, An Qi Qi, wearing shackles, regained some spark in her eyes when she heard the name Su Tianyu.

She hadn’t expected that the first news she would hear in Panama City wouldn’t be about her parents or anyone else, but about Su Tianyu, with whom she had already broken ties.

…

On the outskirts of the street.

The reconnaissance company of Xin Xiaodong’s regiment had already cleared out the scattered snipers on the periphery. Su Tianyu led the main force, hidden on the left side of the Panama City Bank, observing the administrative building.

“Damn it, this is going to be a tough fight!” Lao Hei advised Su Tianyu. “It’s obvious that all the armed personnel in Panama City are gathered here! At least two to three thousand people! And there are also special police forces!!”

Su Tianyu licked his chapped lips. “Where are the Hua Gong Association's forces?”

“The vanguard is just leaving the airport, about forty minutes away from here!” Lao Hei looked down at his watch. “If they encounter any resistance along the way, it might take even longer.”

Xin Xiaodong’s deputy regiment commander asked, “Commander, what do you say? How do we fight?!”

Su Tianyu also glanced at his watch. “Let’s wait and regroup first!”

The deputy regiment commander nodded and was about to give orders to the troops behind him!

“Shua!”

Just then, several external LED screens on the administrative building suddenly lit up. An Qi Qi, blindfolded and sitting on an iron chair, lowered her head, with seven or eight armed special police officers pointing guns at her head!

Everyone was stunned. Su Tianyu’s eyes flashed with fierce light as he slowly stood up!

The LED screens clearly weren’t connected to audio. The video was silent, and no one shouted threats, but the implication of the threat was very clear!!

“Xiao Yu, they obviously know that you are the commander!!” Lao Hei immediately responded, “It’s best if we don't respond! You must not show any emotion at this time, otherwise, we will be very passive!! Not to mention that you have already broken up, just talking about such a large-scale war, with so many military and political forces involved! No commander would make irrational decisions because of personal feelings!!”

The deputy regiment commander agreed, “That's right, if we don't respond and show no reaction, they will definitely be confused!! They will question the importance of the hostage!!”

Su Tianyu clenched his gun, staring at the building and roaring, “Get me ten portable cannons over here!!”

The deputy regiment commander grabbed Su Tianyu’s wrist, “I said, now is not the time to respond…!”

“Not respond??!!” Su Tianyu turned to look at him, “Even if we bring two thousand more people later, that idiot will know what you are going to do?! No reaction just proves you are guilty!! Isn’t he showing off the hostage? I’ll start shelling immediately!!”

Lao Hei blinked, “That makes sense!!”

Thirty seconds later, the front courtyard wall was completely flattened, and the defense zone inside the courtyard was exposed in front of everyone!!

“Second Battalion, go in as well!”

Su Tianyu waved his hand and roared, “Everyone who can speak English, shout together!!! If anyone inside the building dares to harm the hostage!! After we break into the building, we will kill everyone with a rank on their shoulders!! Tell that Legislative Assembly Speaker Jayden that if he dares to touch An Qi Qi, I will kill his entire family!!”

Thousands of troops rushed into the courtyard one after another!!

“Jayden, if you dare to touch An Qi Qi!! The troops will enter the building and kill your entire family!!”

“Kill your entire family!!”

The uniform shouts resounded throughout the entire administrative district!!

Inside the building, Jayden’s hand, holding the gun and pointing at An Qi Qi, was trembling non-stop!

“C… Chief… Chief!!” the police chief beside him said with a trembling voice, “T… they are not regular troops, and they don't have a regional identity!! They don’t need to abide by international conventions or be bound by morality!” Our families are all here!! If they break in and massacre… the consequences will be irreversible!!”

Jayden looked at An Qi Qi angrily, his heart also trembling!

With Panama City in such chaos, his family must be in the safest administrative building! If he shoots and kills An Qi Qi at this time, the consequences of the other side breaking in are obvious!!

Would you try to gamble on the moral bottom line of a group of bandits? Isn't that idiotic?!

Jayden hesitated!

An Qi Qi sat in the chair, listening to the roaring shouts outside, her delicate body felt as if an electric current was surging through it, raising goosebumps!

…

On the helicopter.

“Commander, latest news, Su Tianyu is attacking the administrative building!” an adjutant said, removing his headset.

An Zecheng turned his head and asked, “How long before the rebel air support arrives?!”

“The vanguard is estimated to arrive within three hours!!”

“……” An Zecheng frowned, sighed deeply, and said, “Forget it, this is fate! I owe the Su family a life, let’s pay it back today!! Don’t go to the airport, it’s too late!! Notify my department, target the canal coast, one battle to determine the outcome!!”