Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 247 - 132: Target of the Attack Appears

"Where is your manager? Have you seen any large suspicious objects in the executive offices these days!"

Gu Ji grabbed the blond female secretary beside him, urgently demanding key information.

The secretary seemed stunned by the scene in front of her, taking a while to react, "The manager is in the innermost office. Suspicious object... I'm not sure, but the company has been undergoing renovations recently, and many workers have been here, moving some office furniture and the like."

Exactly.

According to the blast distribution in the computer building map, a 20-kilogram bomb was blatantly placed in the office. At first, he thought it was an error in the drawing or that the terrorists didn't want to expose the core location.

Now it seems the bomber disguised as a renovation worker, hiding the main bomb inside a cardboard box holding office furniture, placed it in the target's office.

That's the reason.

They installed the bomb so openly in an office building full of surveillance cameras.

At this moment, a well-dressed, slick-haired middle-aged man quickly approached, sizing up Gu Ji and the security personnel.

"I'm Stephen, head of the investment research department at Fuen Capital Company. May I know what's going on?"

"Take me immediately to the office that was renovated in the East Wing!"

Gu Ji had no patience to explain further, directly ordering with an undeniable tone in his voice.

The blond female secretary hurriedly disclosed the matter of the bomb.

Stephen's eyes widened.

"The office being renovated in the east wing... is Rauld, the trading department manager. I'll take you there. Roy, evacuate all the employees immediately!"

Needless to say, those who can serve as investment company department heads have certain capabilities; at least in handling situations calmly, they far surpass ordinary people.

Soon, Gu Ji arrived at the first office in the East Wing.

A white nameplate was affixed to the wooden door at the entrance, reading: Trading Manager of the Investment Research Department - Rauld Mital.

Gu Ji felt this name sounded somewhat familiar.

After careful thinking, he remembered that the surprising Sauva to Jillian also had the last name Mital!

He vaguely felt like he had grasped something important.

Stephen lightly knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside. A researcher from an outer office stood up immediately:

"Supervisor, the manager has already left."

"Left? When?"

"Just a moment ago, seemed to have left with the workers..."

Bang!

Before the researcher could finish, Gu Ji kicked open the door without a second thought. The room had just been renovated, containing only a desk and a bookshelf, with nothing else inside.

"Where are the things from the office?"

"They should have been taken away. About three or four minutes ago, I think I saw two workers in blue uniforms using a handcart to move a large wooden box..."

"Charis, immediately seal off the underground parking lot! The suspects just kidnapped the target and left the company. Everyone on the 23rd floor, evacuate immediately and use the emergency exit to the fire escape stairs. This place is about to explode!"

Gu Ji shouted while swiftly running towards the fire escape elevator outside the company.

As these words were shouted out, all the employees immediately fled in panic, not even having time to collect personal items on their desks.

Meanwhile, the Black security officer Charis, upon hearing the call, also urgently pressed the intercom to notify colleagues to intercept.

But what he didn't expect was.

Just as a colleague replied halfway, a series of gunshots "da-da-da" came through the intercom, and the casualty count in Gu Ji's lower right corner view instantly increased by one!

Damn it!

The bomber intends to take action forcibly!

He immediately turned back, shouting at the top of his lungs:

"Those at the exit, run! Everyone else find cover, find cover!!"

Boom!

In just an instant, firelight erupted from the ceiling, and the flying debris along with the intense explosion destroyed and blew up all the office area computers and teacups. In just a few seconds, a well-functioning investment company was reduced to ruins.

"Ah——!"

Despite Gu Ji's repeated warnings, one person still couldn't dodge in time, being pierced in the abdomen by explosion shards, lying on the floor and screaming in agony.

[Current casualties: 11/15]

"Call an ambulance immediately, all on-site personnel evacuate quickly, who knows what car Rauld drives!"

"A black BMW X5."

The blond secretary tidied her disheveled hair.

Gu Ji couldn't spare any attention for the scene's situation; as long as the main bomb wasn't present, the secondary bomb wasn't enough to destroy the building.

After obtaining the desired information, he quickly dashed, reaching the staircase platform on the 22nd floor in no time.

Following the explosion, according to special equipment safety mechanisms, all elevators instantaneously trigger safety locks to stop in place, ensuring passenger safety inside, which is why he immediately shouted "fire escape elevator" instead of the elevator.

With the added bonus of the blue speed mark,

Gu Ji's feet seemed to have wings, his steps simple yet exceptionally fast, each arm movement and leg stretch allowing him to leap a floor's height, akin to Jackie Chan and parkour athletes.

And just as he reached the 17th floor of the building.

A phone vibrated suddenly in his pocket.

Upon taking it out, it was a call from Jillian, while the live stream had been running backstage without closure.

[Say something, streamer!]

[Where can we see the live stream!]

[Whoa! Another explosion, is the streamer okay?]

[Now the streamer can finally cooperate with the police, terrorists give up, surrender now and at least keep a dog's life!]

[20 kilograms of explosives, do they want to blow the office building to the sky?] 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

[Fewer foreigners for a reason, too dangerous, a world-class financial metropolis experiences terror attacks from time to time, it's still safer in the homeland!]

...

As discussions on the terrorist attack intensified, the live stream nearly hit 100,000 viewers watching online, and Gu Ji directly turned off the live-streaming software and answered the call.

"This is Jillian; why was there an explosion at Building 24 in the Midtown area?"

"I neutralized the suspect, causing their accomplices to change plans. Just now, they kidnapped Rauld Mital, a trading manager at Fuen Capital, prematurely detonated the secondary bomb, with two suspects revealed, dressed in blue work uniforms and armed with assault rifles, forcefully broke through a checkpoint from the underground parking lot, alert aerial surveillance units to monitor freight vehicles or a black BMW X5!"

After explaining all the details in one breath, Gu Ji hung up the phone and continued to speed up.

Two minutes later, he finally exited the office building.

A crowd of onlookers had gathered around the roads, everyone looking up at Building No. 24, where the glass facade of the 23rd floor, hit by the explosion, had entirely shattered, continuously emitting thick gray smoke.

Gu Ji squeezed through the crowd, glancing briefly at the location of the police helicopter in the sky.

Westward direction.

He then took a big stride, with his quadriceps, hip flexors, calf muscles, and shins twisting and contracting simultaneously, working quickly like hydraulic rods, rushing towards the target like a thunderstorm.

The streets of Manhattan are congested.

At this point, running is faster than driving.

Now the scarlet countdown in the upper right corner has less than three hours left, with the casualty count at just four remaining.

It can be said this was the closest Gu Ji ever came to failing the checkpoint.

Intense crisis-propelled him to exert all his might when finally, a violent collision sound came from the intersection ahead, seemingly a traffic accident.

Gu Ji immediately noticed a black BMW X5 running a red light, its engine roaring, recklessly charging forward.

That direction is...

Times Square!

Times Square is New York City's most bustling neighborhood in Manhattan, dubbed "The Crossroads of the World." With its high profile, nearly 40 shopping centers and theaters cluster nearby, including many world media outlets, having broadcast studios and news centers in Times Square, such as ABC.

And Times Square's link with terrorist attacks isn't a first.

The failed car bomb plot on May 1;

The shooting incident on May 8;

The human stampede incident on April 10.

Undoubtedly, any terrorist attack occurring in Times Square would cause a nationwide uproar in the United States!