Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 251 - 134: Trust

Colonel?

Is this explosion related to the military?

No wonder Jillian was so surprised when she heard the name "Sauva." A colonel is already a significant leader, and according to the United States military ranking system, the next rank up would be brigadier general. If this colonel holds some important position, his power could be enormous.

The military, arms, terrorists, Volut...

Gu Ji connected one piece of information after another, seemingly about to unravel the truth of the matter.

At this moment, Jillian and Jamie also caught up from behind.

Upon learning that the female terrorist demanded "Sauva Mittal" be present, Jillian couldn't help but show a look of difficulty.

Fortunately, shortly after, HRT teams one and two brought good news.

The terrorist who fled into the mall was killed, and the sniper has also been captured alive by the second team. The suspect was using an Mk-13 sniper rifle, firing .300 Winchester Magnum high-power bullets, which explains how they could blow a head into a mist of blood in one shot.

When Gu Ji heard the sniper was killed, he pursed his lips.

"In this situation, the colonel must step forward to calm the female terrorist. Her accomplices have been killed one after another, the negotiation expert is dead, and there's no one to communicate now. The other side might panic and detonate the bomb at any time. I'll go stall her for a bit, and check the bomb's structure!"

"Wait..."

Jillian wanted to stop him, but it was too late; Gu Ji already stood up, attracting the female terrorist's attention. She could only take off Jamie's tactical headset and hand it to Gu Ji, "Listen to my orders at all times!"

Gu Ji nodded, took the headset, and walked towards the BMW X5 where the female terrorist was.

Watching his back, Jillian pressed down on the intercom:

"Command center! This is Jillian, the situation is basically under control, but the terrorist has taken Colonel Sauva's son hostage, requiring the colonel to be present in person. Yes, what? The colonel has already left Quantico Base..."

Meanwhile.

Gu Ji slowly stepped out from behind the bomb squad vehicle, spreading his hands to show he posed no threat.

In the rear compartment.

On the right was a young white man in a dark blue suit, brown hair slicked back, bound with steel cables to 20 kilograms of C4 high explosive, his face ashen, foaming at the mouth, struggling for breath, his legs trembling uncontrollably, it was the fund manager Rauld.

Beside him was a woman about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, in a gray-green casual outfit, with brown skin and sharply defined features, who was the female terrorist previously injured by Gu Ji.

The wound incessantly oozed blood, coloring her entire shoulder red.

Pain and excessive blood loss made her look a bit haggard, yet even so, she still didn't let go of the detonator with her left hand, her eyes fiercely scanning the surroundings like a mother leopard ready to fight desperately at any moment.

"Don't be nervous, I just want to talk to you."

Gu Ji drew the pistol from his waist, pointed its muzzle outward, and slowly placed it on the ground, then patted his pockets to demonstrate that he was unarmed.

Then he began to slowly approach the female terrorist, secretly observing the detonator in her hand, calculating all possibilities of a close-range attack, but he dismissed them all.

Because the female terrorist's thumb was always subtly pressing the button.

And the detonator was directly connected to the bomb's circuit board via wires, meaning there was no signal delay.

Unless Gu Ji could kill her with speed beyond human reaction limits, any slight chance the female terrorist would immediately press the detonator, and then everyone within two or three hundred meters would be finished!

"We've contacted Colonel Sauva as you requested. He will arrive soon. But your injury is severe, and if you're willing, I can have the medics provide basic treatment for your wound!"

"Aren't my injuries all your doing, Saflo Baron!"

Just as he was trying to use wound treatment to distract the female terrorist, unexpectedly, she suddenly grinned, showing a wicked smile like a predator spotting prey. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Gu Ji's eyelid twitched.

The female terrorist slightly lowered her left hand holding the detonator.

"I originally thought you were just a worthless thug, but you have so many hidden talents. Did you learn this from your Marine Corps father?"

"So you are 'Art Requires Cruelty'."

Gu Ji felt a sense of déjà vu with the latter half of her words, recalling that the bomber had also sent similar comments in a live stream.

It now seemed that the bomber's emotional display in the live stream was indeed more like a woman's.

Because the female brain's limbic system is larger and more active, and the limbic system is the central control for emotions, with males having a larger lower parietal lobe, which controls mathematical abilities. This also proves that men are more rational, while women are more influenced by emotions.

Could she be the mastermind behind the explosion?

On that group photo, there were six soldiers in total. Watching the terrorists being shot one by one by the HRT Special Police, except for the last one who had not appeared, there was only this female terrorist left.

Confirming the mastermind goes beyond just completing a side mission.

It's also crucial for determining the direction of Gu Ji's negotiations.

The mastermind of the case certainly wouldn't be as easy to sway as an accomplice.

Perhaps the female terrorist already held a fatalistic mentality, just waiting for Colonel Sauva to arrive to detonate the bomb and perish together.

The female terrorist didn't deny.

"You are quite clever."

"If I weren't clever, I wouldn't have survived until now, and certainly couldn't have helped create such a sensation. Now your goal is achieved, with news of the explosion being reported by media around the world, perhaps we can have a calm conversation."