Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 657 - 649: Driven to a Corner, Zhang Wei is Shot and Falls into the Sea!

Chapter 657: Chapter 649: Driven to a Corner, Zhang Wei is Shot and Falls into the Sea!

Bang!

Blood spurted in a spray.

Even Lin Yufeng was startled.

He had not expected that Bashalo would shoot as soon as he said he would.

He had just warned him that Hou Liangliang was one of their own, damn it, hadn’t you heard?

Had Bashalo not heard?

No, he had.

It was precisely because he had heard that he shot.

If Hou Liangliang had not been one of their own, he would not have shot himself but would have let his subordinates fire at will, emptying their magazines without hesitation.

By firing, he could ensure Hou Liangliang lived, and also tell the others that it didn’t matter whether they had a hostage or not, he was someone who dared to shoot!

So, the situation now was...

"All hands, grab your weapons, prepare to shoot!"

Following Bashalo’s command, all the pirates raised their guns.

"I, I... f*cking hell..."

Hou Liangliang’s eyes bulged as he quickly bent his head down to look at his abdomen, where he had been shot.

And judging from the attitude of the others, they were about to take him down with them!

"Ruthless, completely disregarding the hostage, huh!"

Behind Hou Liangliang, Zhang Wei also felt helpless, Bashalo was indeed cruel and ruthless.

He couldn’t be sure whether the others would dare to continue shooting.

He didn’t dare to take the bet because behind him, besides Xia Qianyue, there was also Xiao Baihe.

Xia Qianyue might not fear bullets, but Xiao Baihe and Zhang Wei were different, they were just ordinary people!

These pirates were desperados who didn’t care whether you had hostages or not.

"Silly, let’s pull out!"

Zhang Wei yelled, and Xia Qianyue burst out killing, then fired all the throwable objects in his hands.

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

Even a pebble or a button became a deadly hidden weapon in Xia Qianyue’s hands.

Thud, thud, thud!

The hidden weapons penetrated flesh, blood shooting out, and the pirates were severely injured, all screaming in agony.

"Ah, my hand, it hurts so much!"

"My face, it’s bleeding!"

"My eyes, I can’t see, I’m blinded!"

Even Lin Yufeng had a bloody hole punched in his palm while he was raising his hands to block, causing him to grimace in pain.

"Such formidable combat power!"

Only Bashalo himself lifted his torn clothing to reveal the bulletproof vest underneath.

The bulletproof vest was also penetrated by some metallic objects.

Wow, even a bulletproof vest could hardly withstand it, what kind of power was that?

"Young Master Lin, Zhang Wei is not dead yet. How about we take care of him?"

Watching Zhang Wei and his companion fleeing out of sight, Bashalo’s face flickered fiercely.

"He must be killed!"

Lin Yufeng issued the final command and then, clutching his hand, walked over to Hou Liangliang, who had been shot and fallen to the ground.

"I told you not to mess with the people in the banquet hall, why couldn’t you listen?"

"Young Master Lin, save me..."

"Save your energy, after all, you’ve been shot. Conserve your breath and don’t get agitated, or you’ll bleed out even faster!"

Lin Yufeng knew that Hou Liangliang couldn’t die, so he had no intention of leaving him to die.

Moreover, Bashalo’s marksmanship was not bad and had not hit a vital spot; Hou Liangliang would not die.

Bashalo led those who could still move to chase after them immediately.

Ahead.

Zhang Wei’s original plan was to escape to the banquet hall, but now the plan had changed!

He, Xia Qianyue, and Xiao Baihe had to escape together!

At the very least, they had to reach a safe place, and they could not go to the banquet hall.

Otherwise, who could guarantee that Bashalo would not go on a massacre in the banquet hall?

"Indeed, being a good person restricts oneself!"

As Zhang Wei fled, looking back at his pursuers, he could only sigh inwardly.

This might be why good people can’t beat bad people!

Because good people have too many concerns, whereas bad people can do as they please.

If possible, he no longer wanted to be that good person!

...

At the same time.

On the Dongfang Star, upper deck.

The high observation deck was a place with a broad view.

This place was originally where the tycoons on the ship would overlook the sea.

But unfortunately, it was now night, and the sea was pitch black, nothing to see, so few people came here at night.

You couldn’t see the night scenery late at night, what could you watch, the Dongfang Star of course.

But you could see the Dongfang Star during the day just as well!

So, this late at night, only one man and one woman came here.

However, the two of them did not come here to watch the night scenery, but...

"Captain Lin, are you really going to grab a weapon?"

"Tie Ruyun, given the current situation, if we don’t grab weapons, do you think these pirates will let us go?"

Lin Ruonan spoke while opening the long case by her side, and then began to take out parts and assemble them.

It was unmistakably a sniper rifle; these were all assembly parts for a sniper rifle.

"Captain Lin, this is the first time you’ve called me by my name, right? Before, you always called me Lawyer Tie."

"Should I change how I address you?"

Without turning her head, Lin Ruonan replied, though her hands did not slow down, she quickly assembled the sniper rifle.

"No, no, no, this way is pretty good. Can I call you Ruonan from now on?"

"Suit yourself!"

Lin Ruonan, not noticing the flirtatious undercurrents in the conversation, proceeded to pick up the sniper rifle and set it up on the railing in front of her.

"I’ll be the sniper; you be my observer!"

A pair of binoculars was tossed by Lin Ruonan into Tie Ruyun’s hands.

"Okay...okay."

Tie Ruyun was secretly amazed but still agreed.

"Your job is very important. You must watch the front, back, left, and right, and be careful of the rear. If someone comes through the back entrance, you..."

Lin Ruonan glanced at Tie Ruyun with a scrutinizing gaze and unholstered the pistol at her waist.

"You know how to use this gun, right?"

"Uh..."

Tie Ruyun wanted to say no, he had never used such a thing, but in the end couldn’t bring himself to say it.

In front of a woman he was fond of, a man can’t admit defeat!

"By the way, how did you manage to bring this sniper rifle aboard the ship?"

"On the fifth day, I had someone send it over, because that was when I noticed something was off. How could the crew from the lower deck all leave the ship at once? There must be something wrong with the ship!"

Lin Ruonan said this while setting up the sniper rifle.

"Later, it turned out that my suspicion was correct. The crew from the lower decks returned, but it was obvious they were not the original crew. The increasingly colder temperature also told me the ship was not following its original course!"

"So, you guessed there were pirates?"

"Actually, I didn’t need to guess. I’d already heard about it beforehand!"

Lin Ruonan continued speaking with a hint of apology in her voice, though she didn’t look back.

"I’m sorry, Tie Ruyun. Although when you invited me aboard, you were thinking of a 15-day vacation, for me it was a mission with a suspicion of pirates from the very start. My being here had an ulterior motive from the beginning!"

"Ruonan, as long as you’re happy..."

"How could I be happy with so many pirates on the ship?"

As she spoke, Lin Ruonan’s gaze swept over the seas surrounding the Dongfang Star.

Upon the sea, apart from the massive cruise ship, there were dozens of speedboats and even some vessels, all belonging to the pirates.

Pirates, hundreds of them, and even insiders within the crew. Under these circumstances, it was no wonder the Dongfang Star was compromised.

Now, Lin Ruonan needed to fight back to protect herself and to buy time.

"Hey, isn’t that Zhang Wei?"

Just then, Tie Ruyun, acting as the observer, seemed to have spotted something.

"Which direction?"

"On deck, right in front of us, dead ahead at 12 o’clock!"

Lin Ruonan swiftly moved the scope, quickly scanning towards the pointed direction.

And there was Zhang Wei, rushing onto the deck with two girls.

But soon after, a group of pirates emerged from behind, each of them wielding a weapon.

Danger!

Seeing this scene, both Lin Ruonan and Tie Ruyun were secretly alarmed.

With the enemy all armed, even the top lawyer couldn’t handle it.

"Open fire!"

Captain Bashalo, the leader of the pirates, gave a direct command with a wave of his hand.

Bang!

The next moment, a quiet shot rang out, and then a pirate’s head exploded.

"Sniper!"

Captain Bashalo shouted again, falling prone first.

Following his lead, the rest of the pirates lost their nerve. They dodged and hid, never sticking their heads out.

"Is that Captain Lin and Old Tie?"

Zhang Wei seemed to have determined the direction of the sniper and, upon closer inspection, gasped in surprise.

So the two of you are here.

"The sniper comes from above, probably from the observation deck; only that position could snipe the front deck!"

Captain Bashalo, an experienced pirate, immediately pinpointed the sniper’s location.

He signaled with his hand, and a team moved out, making their way towards the observation deck.

But without handling the sniper first, they also couldn’t do anything to Zhang Wei and the two girls at the front.

The deck was vast and littered with various entertainment facilities, now serving as cover, making it hard for them to fire.

Captain Bashalo then lifted his hand and glanced at his watch.

"Are all the brothers ready to retreat?"

"Boss, all the brothers are ready, and those who were knocked out or injured on the ship have been evacuated first!"

Hearing the report from his subordinate, Bashalo breathed a sigh of relief.

That’s good; as long as the vital force can retreat, that’s fine, for Dragon Country’s special forces are almost here.

And their mission was never to hijack the ship!

"It’s a pity, though, that I can’t let go of the kid in front of me!"

Captain Bashalo watched Zhang Wei hiding behind the cover and quickly formed a plan.

"Go, take a few hostages, and remember to blindfold them. Don’t let them see what they shouldn’t."

His men obeyed, returning to the banquet hall, casually picking up a few hostages, blindfolding them with black hoods, and bringing them here.

"Kid, listen up, come out and surrender immediately, or I will kill someone," Bashalo shouted, pressing the gun to a hostage’s head.

"Did you hear that? Our boss said it, come out quickly, or..."

Bang!

Next to Bashalo, a henchman stood up and shouted, but before he could finish his words, he had already fallen.

"Idiot!"

Bashalo was speechless — couldn’t you see I didn’t even stand up when I yelled?

Don’t you know there’s a sniper watching from above?

And why hasn’t that team made their move yet? Although snipers are strong at long-range, they are trash in close combat!

On the other end of the deck.

Zhang Wei and his two companions were also having a tough time.

"Should be almost 2 hours by now, right? Why haven’t the special forces arrived!"

After glancing at the time, he too felt somewhat helpless.

Zhao Qingyan said to hold out for 2 hours, and they had come up to the deck to wait for the first moment the special forces reinforcements arrived.

Instead of reinforcements, they ended up surrounded by pirates, and were being threatened to use hostages.

If the other side wasn’t wary of Xia Qianyue’s fighting ability, and the sniper above their heads, they probably would have charged in already.

"There’s absolutely no way out anyway, these people probably won’t mess with the hostages. Let’s just hold out here, and try to last until the special forces reinforcements arrive!"

Zhang Wei made up his mind, took the hands of Xia Qianyue and Xiao Baihe, and calmed his face.

At the lookout point.

"Ruonan, the pirates are here!"

"Block the entrance with guns. I need to support Zhang Wei and the others. If you can’t hold them off, just yell and I’ll come to support you!"

Without turning her head, Lin Ruonan ordered Tie Ruyun to hold back the pirates at the entrance.

Tie Ruyun was afraid, but he couldn’t back down now, because behind him was the girl he cherished.

With clenched teeth and steeled will, he took his pistol and charged toward the entrance.

At that moment, a group of pirates had begun ascending the stairs, preparing to rush into the lookout area.

Bang bang bang!

Several bullets blocked the pirates’ advance.

There’s an ambush!

The pirates were no pushovers; they immediately found cover and returned fire toward the entrance.

Bang bang bang!

Boom boom boom!

After a round of gunfire, Tie Ruyun hurriedly looked for cover.

"There’s only one in the ambush. Charge up there!"

The brief exchange of fire informed the pirates that there were not many defenders above.

After careful consideration, they charged forward!

Once more, footsteps echoed up the stairs.

And this time, the pressure was on Tie Ruyun.

He knew the pirates had their guns trained on him, and showing his head might mean instant death, a headshot.

But if he didn’t show his presence as a deterrent, the pirates would rush up, and both he and Lin Ruonan behind him would be doomed!

"Tie Ruyun, today you’ve got to man up; you can’t keep cowering!"

So, with another clenched jaw, adrenaline surged through his entire body, and he silently conjured strong self-confidence.

Buff stacked to the max!

"I’ll fight you all!"

With a roar, Tie Ruyun charged out again and fired several shots towards the stairwell.

Bang bang bang!

Boom boom boom!

The pirates immediately retaliated, and another exchange of gunfire ensued.

In the blink of an eye amidst crisscrossing bullets.

Tie Ruyun felt this was the pinnacle of his life, holding off seven or eight pirates all by himself.

seconds later, Tie Ruyun retracted to the stairwell entrance, while several leading pirates fell to the ground.

"Damn it, the casualties are too high; it’s difficult to charge!"

The pirates, dragging their wounded brothers, all retreated.

And Tie Ruyun, while gasping for air, clutched his abdomen where a searing pain was emanating.

As expected, he had been shot.

"Don’t move, keep pressure on your abdomen!"

Lin Ruonan had somehow appeared beside Tie Ruyun and was checking his wound.

"I..."

"Don’t talk, save your strength, regulate your breathing. The wound doesn’t seem to have hit any vital organs, and you’re not bleeding too fast; you won’t die!"

"Really? Ruonan, I..."

"Old Tie, today you were truly a man!"

Lin Ruonan’s encouragement briefly made Tie Ruyun forget the pain of his wounds; he almost felt comfortable.

If possible, he thought he could take another bullet and it’d be okay—

...

On the deck.

"Damn it, I’m really going to kill a hostage!"

"Go ahead, it’s not like I’m the one who’s going to die!"

Facing Bashalo’s provocation, Zhang Wei’s response was just as nonchalant!

"Damn it!"

Bashalo, out of frustration, kicked a hostage away but didn’t pull the trigger.

He knew that firing was useless. Zhang Wei wouldn’t come out.

Hostage: ???

"Boss, we’re running out of time. The estimated time of arrival for the special forces is already..."

A henchman hurriedly reported.

"Fuck, you think I don’t know?!"

Captain Bashalo cursed. Of course, he was aware of the special forces’ arrival time; they had calculated it deliberately.

"Captain Bashalo, haven’t you taken care of things on your end yet?"

Just then, Councilor Head Zhang suddenly appeared at the entrance to the deck.

He glanced down at the hostages with covered faces and signaled to the black-clad bodyguards behind him. They immediately grabbed the hostages and headed towards the banquet hall.

Once he was sure there were no outsiders, Councilor Head Zhang moved to Bashalo’s side.

"Councilor Head Zhang, be careful, there’s a sniper above!"

"I know, but that sniper doesn’t know that I’m your teammate!"

Councilor Head Zhang said, urging Bashalo to quickly report the situation.

Upon hearing that Zhang Wei was on the deck, a sharp glint flashed in Councilor Head Zhang’s eyes.

"Captain Bashalo, let your men leave. I’ll deal with Zhang Wei!"

"Councilor Head Zhang, you..."

"Don’t worry, I can assure you, this kid Zhang Wei won’t survive!"

As he said this, Councilor Head Zhang raised his hands under Bashalo’s astonished gaze and walked onto the deck.

Sure enough, he exposed himself to the sniper’s sight, but Lin Ruonan, a member of the serious crime unit, didn’t shoot.

After all, this man was a councilor; how could she dare to shoot?

Meanwhile, Councilor Head Zhang walked towards Zhang Wei’s location while shouting:

"Zhang Wei, I must admit, you’re slippery indeed, surviving Captain Bashalo’s siege for so long!"

"Zhang Tianlong!"

Hearing Zhang Tianlong’s voice, Zhang Wei also stood up.

"Have the pirates retreated?"

"Yes, they’ve completed their plan and naturally retreated!"

Councilor Head Zhang spoke with a smile that was neither cheerful nor solemn.

"Your plan is completed?"

"Lawyer Zhang, don’t spout nonsense. What do you mean ’our plan’? I am the councilor of Dongfang Capital; how could I possibly collude with pirates?"

As he said this, Councilor Head Zhang looked back and saw that Bashalo had already started to organize his brothers to leave the Dongfang Star.

They left promptly, taking nothing with them, just instructing their brothers to retreat.

Councilor Head Zhang was very satisfied with this scene.

"Zhang Wei, you’re safe now!"

The pirates were gone, of course, they were safe.

Zhang Wei also stood up with Xia Qianyue and Xiao Baihe.

"But I have to tell you, even if the pirates have left, you still have to take the blame!"

"As long as I’m alive, I have the chance to prove my innocence. Councilor Head Zhang, you’ve forgotten, this isn’t my first time in court!"

At this, Councilor Head Zhang sighed deeply.

"Yes, it’s not your first time in court; you’re an experienced veteran, which is precisely why I cannot let you live!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wei’s pupils contracted slightly.

Councilor Head Zhang still had an ace up his sleeve—but what was it?

"Watch out!"

At this critical moment, as if sensing something, Xia Qianyue abruptly lunged at Zhang Wei.

Because in that instant, she felt a murderous intent!

And it was coming from the direction of the sea.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, and Zhang Wei’s body shuddered, then he incredulously looked at his chest as a vivid red blood flower burst forth.

The scorching blood splattered across the faces of Xia Qianyue and Xiao Baihe.

Time seemed to stand still as Xia Qianyue and Xiao Baihe stood frozen in place, unable to believe what was happening to Zhang Wei.

Turning his head, Zhang Wei saw Councilor Head Zhang’s cold and sinister smiling face.

"Oh, it’s Zhang Youlin, the leader of the backup special forces!"

Finally, Zhang Wei realized who had successfully ambushed him.

Why the ambush had come from behind him, from the sea.

Because the ambusher was a member of the special forces!

Time moved so slowly, unbearably slow! Zhang Wei thought, and reached into his pocket, finding a beautifully decorated small box.

What a pity, it seemed he wouldn’t get the chance to give away what was inside...

Time really did crawl by, everything seemed to stop, except for his body, which slowly moved backward, and then, devoid of support, he plummeted into the sea below.

Splash!

A wave bloomed on the surface of the sea, but then nothing remained.

The merciless ocean swallowed everything completely.

...

Less than a hundred meters away from the Dongfang Star, a speedboat was docked, stationary.

On the speedboat, Zhang Youlin held a sniper rifle, and it was he who had aimed at the deck.

"Threat eliminated. Notify the other teams now; we have located the Dongfang Star!"

Not until this moment did Zhang Youlin let his men report their discovery.

The signalman immediately opened the telegraph and began contacting the other teams.

"Commander Zhang, is it really okay to let that group of pirates leave?"

Another subordinate pointed towards the pirate ship, gradually disappearing into the night on the sea’s horizon.

"Our mission is to ensure the safety of the Dongfang Star. Pursuing pirates isn’t our job!"

Zhang Youlin said, his face breaking into a savage smile.

For their plan had succeeded.

Dongfang Capital was about to face a major reshuffling of power!