Chapter 281: Chapter 280: A Wide Acting Range
Yun Ran silently took out her phone and called the police.
Meanwhile, she couldn’t help feeling a bit of schadenfreude. These bandits were truly unprofessional, not even searching her and taking her phone. She couldn’t be blamed for that.
Then she looked toward a Little Paperman beside her: "Go check out the situation around here, see if there are any other victims. Don’t let these bandits have the chance to take hostages and threaten the cops."
The Little Paperman immediately found a gap and flew out of the tin shack.
Outside in the courtyard, Ginsengfruit glanced at the test tube wrapped around his waist and suddenly understood what the Host had said before about humans being very complex.
Although he looks like a child, he isn’t really a child. These bandits clearly wanted to use him as a human bomb.
Noticing the Little Paperman flying out of the tin shack, Ginsengfruit watched it go.
The Little Paperman flew quickly, and in this dimly lit courtyard with only partial lighting, it didn’t attract anyone’s attention.
"Damn it, why are there so many mosquitoes in this place!"
Perhaps because this courtyard was the only place nearby with a light source, under the light, countless small flying insects swarmed, naturally including many mosquitoes.
These bandits were desperadoes who, after earning money, preferred to indulge in extreme pleasures, and they truly loathed the environment here.
"Go get the insecticide!"
Someone immediately brought over a bottle of insecticide without any mark.
The others, very tacitly, put on special masks and then stepped back several steps. After spraying the insecticide, a pungent smell wafted over.
After a short while, the small flying insects that had been fluttering all over the sky now fell like snowflakes, covering the ground with a thin layer of bodies.
Ginsengfruit was close by and according to System’s data analysis, this insecticide was clearly problematic, containing strong hallucinogenic properties.
Even though it would quickly disperse, anyone who came into contact with it, especially children, would definitely be affected.
Ginsengfruit wasn’t a real human, and the insecticide was useless on him, but if he showed no reaction, it would certainly arouse the suspicion of the bandits.
Immediately, Ginsengfruit swayed a few times and then fell to the ground, sitting down.
Yun Ran, inside the tin shack, perceived the whole range of Ginsengfruit’s ’acting skills’ and was somewhat curious where this guy had learned his craft.
At this moment, the Little Paperman flew back: "Master, in this temporary reception center, besides the bandits in the courtyard, there are about twenty ordinary people.
Among them, five or six are staff here, and the rest are passing tourists. But they have all been knocked out.
Additionally, behind the courtyard, there are several bandits hiding with a lot of equipment. It seems they might be tomb robbers."
If it was just an ordinary ambush, Yun Ran had already called the police.
She didn’t leave the tin shack because she didn’t want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.
But now, these bandits seemed to be involved with tomb robbers, and Yun Ran felt that things were probably getting complicated.
She could only call the police station again to report the findings.
The police had received her earlier call and had already sent someone.
They didn’t expect that the caller would provide new information, and the case was upgraded once again.
A young police officer on duty at the police station went pale as he thought of something and hurriedly called the captain who was on the way.
"Captain, I suddenly remembered what my uncle said about their university’s archaeology team bringing the latest equipment and heading this way recently.
I suspect that the real target of those armed bandits is them, and among them are members of the Kyoto Family. If something happens in the territory of the Northwest, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
"Are you sure?"
"It should be right. I just called my uncle, but he didn’t answer..."
The young police officer didn’t finish his sentence, but the captain already understood. If this turned out to be true, they would all be in serious trouble.
As the police hurried to the destination, the bandits in the courtyard finally waited for their target.
Those who had smiles on their faces but were ruthless at heart changed immediately into an honest appearance when they saw the targets arrive.
Anyone would find it hard to believe that they were bandits.
One of the bandits walked up to Little Fatty and said in a harsh tone: "Follow my directions later. When I tell you to deliver something to them, you do as told.
If you don’t listen, I’ll kill you and your sister, you hear me!"
As he spoke, the bandit pinched Little Fatty’s arm forcefully, clearly enough to leave a bruise without needing to look.
Tears streamed down Ginsengfruit’s face, scared out of his wits.
"I...I heard you."
The bandits were immediately satisfied. This child was an unexpected bonus; no matter how cautious those people were, they would never suspect such a small child.
At this time, Ginsengfruit finally saw the cars that entered the courtyard, a total of four.
Three of them were for transporting people, while the third in the middle was equipped with a special device; no one could see clearly what was inside.
The people from the cars quickly got off, and Ginsengfruit could see with one glance that among those who disembarked, besides a few common people without much skill,
the rest were all top-notch experts. You could tell by their walking posture and that alert demeanor
that they were definitely at the pinnacle of the Bodyguard profession.
"Doctor Yu, this is the only resting spot around here. I will prepare some food for you all to rest well."
According to their original plan, they would never take this route, much less suddenly stop at an unplanned rest point.
But plans don’t always keep up with changes; their schedule had been leaked, and they encountered an ambush.
The rest of the main team continued on the original route, drawing attention, while they, with the most core members and equipment, quietly headed to their destination.
The bandits, now disguised as the temporary reception center staff, saw the arrival of so many people.
Each performed like an Oscar winner, faces full of joy as if they were truly happy about a big deal coming in.
"This way, please. The accommodation here is very clean."
The leader of the bandits wanted to come forward, but was stopped by the Bodyguards.
"You just need to lend us the kitchen for our use, and we’ll pay you the top rate. Your people should not come near unnecessarily."