Empire of Shadows

“The success rate of a mid-road assassination is very low.”

“There are many patrol officers on the street now, and Lance's car is also specially made. He only needs to hold on for a little while, and a large number of police officers will rush over, as well as his people.”

“Even with explosives, it will be difficult for us to rush to his car. His people will shoot at us without regard for their lives.”

“Moreover, his driver can drive without stopping. It will be difficult for us to blow him up in the chase.”

“In the end, it is very likely that we will all be finished, but we may not be able to kill him.”

Lance's convoy has been attacked more than once, but so far, the only time they almost succeeded was still far from enough.

So from the beginning, directly attacking Lance's convoy was completely abandoned.

Now mentioning it is just to make it look like there are more options, but in fact, from the beginning, there were not so many choices.

Gao Li rubbed his temples hard and said his analysis, "So my idea is still inclined to the moment he gets on and off the car at the bank."

“Whether he comes out of the car and returns to his bank, or comes out of the bank and enters his armored car, he will be exposed for about three to five seconds.”

“These three to five seconds are enough for us to take care of him.”

Lance walks very fast. The car door will be opened before he even walks out of the bank.

Calculating from the moment the new company's door is opened, he is completely exposed in the shooting environment for only three to five seconds until he is completely in the car.

He walks over in a few steps and gets into the car. He never dawdles.

And he is the same when he goes back.

His men open the door, and he will go out directly and quickly return to the company. Unlike some people, he likes to stand by the car for a while after getting out of the car.

Lance doesn't have this hobby. He will bend over to get out of the car, and then walk towards the new company's door in big steps.

The security guards around him will also stick close behind him to shield him from the situation behind him. In this case, it is almost impossible to kill Lance with one shot from a sniper rifle.

As for why someone sticks close to his back when he goes back, but no one protects his front when he comes out, it is because if someone blocks his front, it will not only slow down the time, but also make him have to follow other people's rhythm.

But if the security guards stick behind him, there will be no such troubles.

So they only have one chance, which is the moment Lance comes out of the bank. They have three seconds to aim, pull the trigger, and then leave immediately, regardless of whether they hit or not.

He told Bandi about this plan, and Bandi expressed his support.

There is no way not to support it, because he has no other way.

The two of them walked around nearby and finally found an apartment diagonally opposite the new company with a good shooting view.

More importantly, there are apartments for rent in this building.

Gao Li didn't show up and let other people come forward. After renting the apartment on the fifth floor, he gave the key to him.

He and the sniper came to the apartment at two or three in the middle of the night. The administrator was leaning on the chair with his head tilted and had already fallen asleep, with no reaction to the two people carrying long backpacks.

It wasn't until the sound of the elevator was heard that he vaguely saw two figures.

These two figures didn't make him think too much. He wiped the saliva from his mouth, changed to a comfortable position, and fell asleep again.

The two entered the reserved apartment. The sniper immediately set up his sniper rifle, and then leaned against the window and fell asleep like this with his eyes closed.

Gao Li spent the night on the bed. The mattress in this apartment was not very good, which made him sleep very uncomfortably.

When he got up in the morning, the sniper was already calibrating the sights.

The distance from here to the gate of Lance's new company is about 170 to 180 meters. Such a short distance does not need to consider the influence of low wind speed.

However, in order to avoid strong winds, the sniper also put a small anemometer outside that many children would play with.

This kind of thing is very common and not rare, and no one will be interested in it.

From the time he fires to the time Lance is shot, it will take about 0.25 seconds. Lance's pace is very fast, and he can walk forward about two steps, moving about 80 centimeters.

Eighty centimeters outside of a hundred meters may be a negligible small angle to him, but it is this negligible small angle that may cause the assassination to fail.

He kept adjusting his shooting posture, and after checking the chamber, he dry-fired several times.

After finding an absolutely comfortable posture, he set up the sniper rifle and started eating.

Neither of them spoke, just quietly staring at the street outside Lance's company.

If he needs to leave, his car will be parked outside the gate a little earlier. As long as you see Lance's car, it means he will be coming out soon.

Until the morning, they did not see Lance come out. There was no communication between the two, and they were all doing their own things.

Near noon, the door of the apartment was suddenly knocked. The two of them immediately became alert and took out their weapons.

"Who's there?" Gao Li pointed to the other side of the door. They stood on both sides of the door respectively.

If someone outside rushed in, then this person would definitely be caught in the crossfire.

The voice outside the door was unfamiliar, "I am the administrator, are you the new residents?"

"You have to pay the sanitation fee, gas fee, water fee, electricity fee, and management fee in advance."

He said several charging items in a row, and Gao Li opened the door a crack, but the door lock was not removed.

The two looked at each other through the crack. The administrator looked impatient. He handed over a pre-charge form, "A total of five yuan. If there is a surplus next month, it will be returned to you. Of course, if it is not enough, you will also need to make it up to me."

The two looked at each other for a few seconds. The administrator frowned and became even more impatient, "Are you going to pay or not?"

He had a very special aura on him, like... if Gao Li said no, he would be torn apart by the administrator immediately!

He suddenly felt a little funny, then took out a five-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it out, and took the form.

The administrator turned around and left with a sullen face. Gao Li looked like he closed the door, but in fact, he left a crack.

After a while, the sound of footsteps stopped on the other side of the corridor, and then he heard the administrator's impatient voice urging for payment again, and then he completely closed the door.

What he didn't know was that after the administrator returned downstairs, he dialed another number.

“It's me, ... the apartment administrator.”

“Yes, yes, three new tenants have been added in the past two days. Among them, there are two single tenants, and one is a couple…”

“I just confirmed it. They are all in the room now… Yes, there is one thing I think I should tell you.”

“The guest in 506 is very careful and vigilant. After I told him I was the administrator, he still didn't open the door lock.”

“Okay, I know.”

He hung up the phone, then picked up the newspaper and started a new day.

On the other side, several members of the Lance family were walking towards the apartment.

Lance had people greet the apartments and office buildings around the new company and the old company.

They have to examine the newly added residents every day to confirm their situation.

Lance required that rooms in those office buildings where no one works must not have windows facing the outside and must be sealed off.

Whether it is an apartment or an ordinary landlord, they actually support Lance's decision very much.

On the one hand, doing so can reduce the trouble on themselves, and on the other hand, it can make tenants understand the rules.

Ensuring the safety of tenants' identities is only beneficial to landlords, not harmful.

At this time, Lance had also finished breakfast and was about to go out. He was already preparing to leave.

At the same time, four young people walked into the apartment building. The apartment administrator recorded the newly added scattered household numbers on a piece of paper and handed them to them.

This was not their first cooperation. Before Lance moved here, those buildings nearby that could directly see the company's entrance and office were checked over.

With Lance's prestige in the Imperial District, everyone was very willing to cooperate, so now they only need to check the new tenants.

The four young people went up the elevator with relaxed smiles on their faces. They had been here several times and had never had any accidents.

They believed that there would be no accidents this time either.

On the street, a highly recognizable convoy drove out of the parking lot and stopped outside the company's gate.

The sniper by the window was stunned for a moment. He immediately swallowed the food in his mouth, took a small sip of water, raised his sniper rifle, and prepared to shoot.

He slowed his breathing as much as possible to get his body in the best condition.

With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened, and Lance walked out of the elevator. There were already some people in the hall.

They greeted Lance one after another.

Lance was an approachable person, and anyone could chat with him for a few words. Just as he was about to walk to the door, and the person by the door also opened the door, his steps suddenly stopped, “I'll go to the toilet first.”

As he said that, he turned and walked towards the toilet next to him. At the moment he closed the toilet door, in an apartment nearly two hundred meters away, two young people knocked on the door of 506.

The other two went to check the other two rooms that looked more normal.

The young man's knock was distinctly different from the administrator's announcement. The two inside the room exchanged a glance. The sniper continued to prepare for the shot, while Gauri went to the door, holding his breath and remaining silent.

Lance shivered, zipped up his fly, and walked to the sink to wash his hands. He looked at himself in the mirror, smoothing a stray strand of hair back into place.

Then, he nodded in satisfaction at his reflection and turned to leave the restroom.

At the same time, the two young men realized something was wrong. The administrator had said the room was occupied, yet there was no response from within, which was highly unusual!

The two young men exchanged a look. One of them took a few steps back and kicked the door with all his might...