The gunfire in the fifth-floor restaurant and bar abruptly ceased. As they stared at the empty elevator, the expressions on the Emergency Response Squad members' faces were rather something to behold.
When the battered elevator doors finally closed and the elevator continued rising toward the thirteenth floor, every team member turned to look at Zero beside them.
In their memories, it was exceedingly rare for Zero's judgment to be wrong. Fortunately, the surprise in his eyes vanished in an instant, and he quickly regained his composure. Zero immediately contacted the sheriff commanding the first floor, telling him to send people to the kitchen. He also had people guard the hotel's rear entrance, cutting off Zhang Heng's two escape routes.
Yet Zhang Heng was nowhere to be found, neither at the rear entrance nor in the kitchen. It was as if he had vanished into thin air.
Instead, the gunfire from earlier had exposed the Emergency Response Squad's position. With the enemy hidden and themselves exposed, they were at a disadvantage no matter the situation. Zero made a snap decision and led the three teammates beside him out of the restaurant and bar at once.
About two minutes after they left, the two battered elevator doors unexpectedly opened again. This time, however, someone forced them apart from inside. A hand emerged first, followed by Zhang Heng climbing out.
Just as Zero now regarded Zhang Heng as his number-one opponent, Zhang Heng also attached particular importance to Zero. From the very beginning, he had noticed that the perimeter deployment was somewhat designed to lure him in. So although Zhang Heng pressed the button for the thirteenth floor, he did not board the elevator. Instead, after it began ascending, he followed beneath it and climbed up the elevator shaft. That meant the place