Chapter 7 — Mystery At 3 A.M

She lowered her head to look at An An. An An also looked at her. After a long time, the girl spoke softly. Khuong Hoa frowned.

“Too dangerous.”

“Hiding is also dangerous.”

An An's eyes are dark.

“They know the school, they know the hotel, they know our house.”

“If we don't lure them out, we don't know where they will strike next time.”

Khuong Hoa's heart felt like it was being tightened by a small string. She doesn't want her daughter to continue to face these things. But she also understood that An An was right. At 2:20 p.m., Khuong Hoa was escorted into the bank by two female police officers. An An was arranged to sit in the opposite car. The car windows are covered with dark film. The girl sat in the backseat, next to police officer Ha. Team leader Dien sat in another car, watching the live video. The bank lobby is very bright. Cold white light shines on the marble floor, so clean it's unreal. While doing the procedure, Khuong Hoa's palms were always sweaty. The teller checks the identity. Enter data. Each layer of iron doors in the safe area opened one by one. Each sound of the lock sounded like a knock on her heart. When the safe was pushed out, there was a moment when Khuong Hoa did not dare to raise her hand. The female police officer gently reminded.

“Miss Khuong, follow the plan.”

Khuong Hoa nodded. She opened the safe door. Inside were only a bunch of old keys, a vellum envelope and a yellowed photo. On the key chain is the key to the iron box. On the envelope was her mother's handwriting. Tieu Hoa personally opened it. Khuong Hoa's eyes heated up. Just as she was about to put everything in the evidence bag, the photo slid out from under the envelope. In the photo is a group of people standing in front of an old building. Luong Thua Vien stands in the middle. Next to him was a man wearing a security guard uniform, his right pinky finger was partially amputated. Next to that man was a young woman. Khuong Hoa looked at that woman for a few seconds, her blood gradually turned cold. That's the bank employee who asked for sick leave today. At the same time, An An who was sitting in the opposite car suddenly sat up straight. The child smelled something. So sweet it's sickening, a little sour. Like spoiled orange candy. The girl slowly turned her head and looked towards the side door of the bank. A man wearing a cleaning uniform was pushing a tool cart, bowing his head and walking toward the entrance to the safe area. His right hand wears a black glove. The position of the little finger on the glove is missing for a while. An An did not scream. She knows that if she screams, the other person will run away. He grabbed Officer Ha's sleeve and pointed towards the side door of the bank. Officer Ha looked in the direction of her finger and his expression immediately changed. He immediately pressed the headset.

“The target has appeared.”

“Sanitation uniform.”

“Black glove on right hand.”

“Approaching the entrance to the safe.”

Captain Dien's voice quickly came.

“Don't stir up.”

“Tighten the outer ring.”

Inside the bank, Khuong Hoa still doesn't know what happened at the side door. She put the keys into the evidence bag, but when her fingers touched the envelope, she stopped for a moment. Her mother's handwriting is very strong. But in the sealed area there is a very faint incision. It's like someone opened it and then glued it back together. The policewoman gently reminded.

“Go out first.”

Khuong Hoa nodded and put everything away. The moment she turned around, The cleaning truck at the end of the hallway suddenly stopped. The man in the cleaning uniform raised his head. His eyes passed through two layers of glass, looking straight at the bag of evidence in Khuong Hoa's hand. It was a thin, deformed face. Deep eye sockets. Lips are purple. He coughed softly. In Khuong Hoa's head, An An's words immediately rang out. The person coughed violently. Orange candy is broken. Part of the little finger was amputated. The man reached down to the lower compartment of the cleaning truck. The female police officer reacted very quickly, immediately pushing Khuong Hoa behind the wall.

“Lie down.”

At the same time, the lights in the hallway flashed. In the bank lobby, a series of screams of terror rang out. A black smoke tank rolled out of the cleaning truck, white smoke immediately erupted. The entire entrance to the safe was quickly covered with thick smoke. Khuong Hoa choked to the point of tears. She hugged the bag of evidence tightly, her ears filled with the sounds of running and warnings. Someone crashed through the window. Someone shouted not to move. Some people coughed and choked in the smoke. Khuong Hoa couldn't see clearly ahead, so he could only stick close to the wall and move towards the emergency exit. A hand suddenly reached out from the smoke and grabbed her wrist. That hand was very cold. The power is amazingly great. Khuong Hoa's heart exploded, she raised her knee and stabbed hard at the opponent. The other person groaned. The female police officer rushed forward and pulled Khuong Hoa back. In the smoke, the person turned and ran. Team leader Dien led people to block from the other side. The man in the cleaning uniform did not rush towards the main door.