Gu Ji borrowed the approach used by the negotiation expert just now, attempting to guide the female assailant into a conversation.

On one hand, it could buy time, and on the other, it was an opportunity to gain some information about the case.

The female assailant lowered her head and smiled strangely, with a hint of ferocity in her eyes.

“Hehehe, talk about what? What’s there to talk about?”

“Don’t be nervous, just a casual chat, you can talk about anything you want, your name, your wishes, your friends, or your family…”

When Gu Ji mentioned the word “family,” the female assailant’s pupils noticeably contracted, so he pressed on more strongly.

“I wonder if your family will see the news about the bombing incident…”

“No, they are all gone.”

The female assailant’s expression turned dark, her eyes filled with sorrow, but soon transformed into anger as she tightened her grip on the detonator, almost scaring Rauld to faint beside her.

She is taking revenge for her family…

Then, do the other assailants act for their teammates?

Gu Ji thought for a moment, then suddenly spoke up:

“Is it the person in the photo?”

“What photo?”

“The photo I found in the taxi, if you don’t mind, I can take it out. Do you agree? Then I’ll take it now…”

Seeing that the other party didn’t object, Gu Ji slowly reached into his pants pocket, first revealing the corner of his phone to show that it wasn’t a weapon, then slowly pulled out the phone and swiped to the army group photo, displaying it in front of the female assailant.

At the moment she saw the photo, the female assailant could no longer hold back.

Her whole body trembled, tears rolled in her eyes, turning them a wet red.

It turned out the last person in the photo was already dead.

Gu Ji felt like he had grasped a key point.

“Was he your brother? How did your brother…”

“It’s none of your business! Why hasn’t Sawa shown up yet! Tell this treacherous old fox to get over here right away! I’ll wait for him for another ten minutes; if the time’s up, I’ll immediately detonate the bomb to make him feel the pain of losing a loved one as well!”

“Hey! Hey! Don’t get agitated! The Colonel will definitely come.”

Gu Ji reached out his hand, trying to calm the female assailant from a distance. At this moment, Jillian’s voice came through the tactical earpiece, “We’ve learned that Colonel Sawa left for New York on a UH-1Y an hour ago and is expected to arrive in about 10 minutes. We’re in communication with the pilot. Jamie, quickly check on Peg’s family identity…”

He left an hour ago?

How did he know in advance his son was kidnapped?

However, the aircraft model offered Gu Ji some answers. The UH-1Y, also known as the UH-1Y Venom helicopter or Super Huey, is an improved version of the UH-1 helicopter and a specialized model for the Marine Corps.

Then Sawa is most likely a Marine Corps Colonel.

Combined with the identity of the assailants.

It proves that the relationship between both sides is certainly not simple.

Rauld’s phone should have been monitored by terrorists just like “Baron,” so Sawa couldn’t get in touch and would come over on a helicopter in advance.

“Just received a message that the Colonel is en route and will arrive soon.”

After Gu Ji said this, a glimmer of hope for survival flashed in Rauld’s previously terrified eyes.

He chose to ignore that, continuing to speak, “We’re just having a casual chat, you don’t need to be so hostile towards me, besides, you promised at the Volut Research and Development Center that you would answer one of my questions if I defused your bomb, didn’t you forget?”

“I didn’t forget, what do you want to ask?”

“Why did Volut’s security try to kill me on sight?”

The female assailant’s complexion changed several times, but she eventually suppressed her inner anger, speaking each word like she was making a statement of the case:

“Actually, your live analysis back then wasn’t wrong, the Volut New York Branch has indeed been secretly involved in modifying arms and selling them to illegal organizations. Our first disguised infiltration failed, and we barely escaped the encirclement, so…”

I became the scapegoat?

On the surface, Gu Ji furrowed his brows, but in his heart, he had found the direction for a negotiating attack.

“So your goal is to combat illegal arms trading? What does that have to do with me, Passion Fruit, and Disard? Why involve us?”

“You all think you’re innocent? I personally saw a grandma being startled and fainted by that prank stream, hitting her head and bleeding, she’s still in the hospital now, and as for you and that black guy, do I need to list all the petty crimes you’ve committed on the streets of Queens District?”

“What about the audience at the US Open Court, are they guilty too? And the underground parking lot security guard you shot, the tourists at Times Square, the Counter-Terrorism Bureau special forces, and even Rauld, and Sawa beside you…”

“Enough!!”

The female assailant, who had been rendered speechless, suddenly shouted, glaring with bloodshot eyes, pressing the detonator against hostage Rauld’s face.

“Those two are the ones who deserve to die! If it weren’t for Sawa trying to cover up for those illegal arms traders to make up for his useless son’s massive hedge fund losses…”

Upon hearing the latter half of the sentence, numerous special forces, FBI agents, and police officers present widened their eyes in shock.

It seemed they hadn’t expected this terrorist bombing to involve a military scandal.

Just as Gu Ji was about to piece together the clues.

A sudden sound of rotor blades vibrating came from the sky behind him.

He glanced sideways.

It was a grey-green medium helicopter, carrying an M240D machine gun, slowly landing at the Times Square intersection.

The next moment.

The transport hatch opened, seven or eight Marines in full yellow camo gear, armed with black M4 rifles, swiftly jumped out, quickly moving toward the terror attack site.

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