chapter 1 first encounter

Evelyn Zhao was cowering in a corner, looking at the scene before her with fear. Everything happened so suddenly. She was supposed to have a day off and had planned to go shopping with friends, but she never expected to encounter such a situation!
"I warn you, if you don't want to end up like this guy, shut up!" At this moment, a tall middle-aged man wearing a black mask, showing only his eyes, was pointing a gun at the trembling shoppers crouched on the ground. He had been shot in the thigh, and the blood had stained his entire pant leg.
This was one of the larger stores in the mall, but it was now being held hostage by five men in masks, all armed with guns. The people around dared not move. The store's shutter doors were all pulled down, and the outside was already surrounded by SWAT. Unfortunately, there were too many hostages.
"Don't, don't kill me, I'll do anything you want!" A man in casual clothes was crawling on the ground at this moment.
This made Evelyn Zhao feel disgusted. This man was so pathetically afraid of death. What use was there in living like this? She, a woman, hadn't given up on finding a chance to overpower these criminals, but he...!
Outside, the entire mall was tightly surrounded. Special police were everywhere, and a particularly striking figure was moving at the forefront. A policewoman wearing a uniform with special insignia on her shoulders was frowning, "Arrange for a negotiation expert immediately, we only have one hour. Also, arrange for snipers and assault teams to be ready in case the negotiation fails."
As the Captain of the Fenghuang Special Administrative Region Public Security Bureau, Abigail Ning's face was cold. But inside, she was extremely anxious, not only because her best friend was among the hostages, but also because this incident had occurred in her jurisdiction.
"Yes!" Her team nodded immediately, not daring to be careless. After all, the daughter of Mayor Zhao was among the hostages.
Suddenly, the entire building lost power! The bright lights disappeared in an instant. This sudden occurrence took Abigail Ning a couple of seconds to react, and she immediately ordered, "Snipers, move out now!"
Originally, they had planned to cut off the power and raid only if the negotiation failed, but they hadn't expected the power to go out at this time. However, since it had happened, Ning couldn't wait any longer. Within two seconds, she had already made her decision.
The well-trained special forces, upon Ning's command, immediately breached the doors. Their morale was high as they charged into the store from several directions.
However, the special forces, brimming with killing intent as they stormed into the store, were stunned.
"This..."
The expected bloody confrontation didn't happen, not even a gunshot was heard. Inside the store, the five criminals were silently lying on the ground, their conditions unknown!
Meanwhile, not far from the surrounded mall, a figure was squeezing through the crowd.
"Such bad luck, encountering such a thing on my first day back."
Tyler Luo scratched his head, patted the dust off his body, and ignored the chaos behind him.
But as Tyler Luo entered another alleyway, he stopped.
"How long are you going to follow me?" Tyler Luo slowly turned around, seemingly unsurprised by the person following him.
"You try taking one more step forward?" Abigail Ning didn't continue forward but maintained a distance of about ten meters from Tyler Luo.
"I'm really going, what will you do?" Tyler Luo didn't care about this woman and continued to step forward. But after just two steps, the woman behind him charged at him like an arrow released from its bow.
Tyler Luo seemed unaware and took another step forward. But just as the other party was about to catch him, he suddenly twisted to the side. With a nimble movement, he dodged, leaving her to lunge at air.
"Tsks, a police uniform really suits you." Tyler Luo's gaze fell on the woman before him, and his eyes lit up.
She was a tall woman, looking distinctive in her police uniform. Her long hair was pulled back, her features were delicate, and her expression was cold and stern. At this moment, her beautiful eyes were glaring at Tyler Luo, her chest heaving.
Abigail Ning was surprised that her surefire capture was easily avoided by him.
"Officer, I don't think I've done anything illegal, so why are you trying to catch me?" Although Tyler Luo said this, there was no hint of panic, but rather his gaze was intensely fixed on the tall policewoman.
Abigail Ning suppressed her inner anger, feeling very uncomfortable under his gaze, "Don't you know why I want to catch you? How did you come out of the mall during the hostage situation?"
"I really don't understand what you're talking about." Tyler Luo shook his head, smiling, "If there's nothing else, Officer, I'll be on my way."
"Think you can leave? No way!" Abigail Ning saw that he really intended to leave and wouldn't let him.
"No way? Then I'll just climb out the window."
Seeing her chase after him again, Tyler Luo didn't rush to leave, but instead engaged in a fight with her. The policewoman's skills were excellent, her long legs targeting a small gap in Tyler's defense, sweeping across.
But Tyler's reaction was swift. He blocked her leg with one hand, and with a twist of his body, he retreated, but his other hand brushed her leg.
"Tsks, what a pity you're wearing pants, it affects the feel." Quickly distancing themselves, Tyler Luo seemed a bit regretful.
Abigail Ning, who had never been humiliated like this, was infuriated and charged at him again.
But her straightforward attacks couldn't even touch him, and she was toyed with, missing every punch. His movements were too agile for Abigail to catch.
The worst part was, as he withdrew, his hand slapped Abigail Ning's buttocks!
"Snap!"
Abigail Ning was stunned. Although it didn't hurt, she had never been humiliated like this and was momentarily at a loss for how to react.
"Not bad, quite bouncy." Tyler Luo was smiling even more brightly now.
Abigail's face turned livid, and she reached for the gun at her waist. Initially, she hadn't thought she would need to use a gun against such a man.
Tyler Luo's eyes narrowed, closing the distance before Abigail could draw her gun. They were half a meter apart when he grabbed her wrist. She pulled back her body, using the reaction force to aim a knee strike at his groin.
"Women are the most venomous." Tyler Luo blocked her knee with his palm, quickly spun around, and landed behind her.
Shit!
Abigail Ning realized too late and launched a spinning kick.
However, Tyler Luo seemed to anticipate it, ducking and dodging. As her kick hadn't retracted yet, he stood up sharply. His hand, which had previously brushed her leg and slapped her buttocks, now audaciously grabbed the ample area on Abigail's chest!
Abigail Ning infuriated, drew her gun and fired three shots!
When a woman loses her temper, it's like she loses her reason.
But Tyler Luo's agile movements allowed him to dodge all three shots, and he quickly ran to the other end of the alley. By the time Abigail Ning caught up, he was gone, leaving behind a vulgar remark: "Big breasts but won't let me touch, no wonder you're single!"
"Damn it!"
Abigail Ning, red with anger, stamped her foot in frustration.
At that moment, footsteps sounded behind her. Turning around, she saw a subordinate from her team.
"Captain Ning, Director Zhang has asked you to return to the Public Security Bureau immediately. Captain Xia will handle things here."
Abigail Ning frowned, about to say something but eventually held back. The criminals had been caught, so there shouldn't be any issues here.
But the man who had just left, who was he really?