O'Conner, who had come over at the sound, ignored Roman. He had also seen what was inside the shipping container, and then... promptly ignored Roman standing beside him.
"You motherf—!" O'Conner even swore instinctively. "Are you here to wage a war?"
O'Conner's reaction quickly drew over the others who had been inspecting the parts. When they saw what was inside the container, their reactions were much the same as when they had watched Reyes's men brazenly deliver money straight into the police station.
Stunned. Dumbfounded.
"Don't say that. I'm here on vacation, and this... is just a few minor modifications," Zhou Yi said with a chuckle. "A Fully Automatic Gatling Gun, full-body bulletproof materials, bulletproof tires, reinforced and thickened armor, and the engine has the highest horsepower available... It can reach a top speed of 120 miles per hour, and it can keep that up for an hour or two without any trouble."
"Why only an hour or two?" Roman asked.
"Because going full speed for an hour or two would cause a very serious problem." Zhou Yi glanced at Roman. "It runs out of gas."
Inside the container sat a towering off-road vehicle that resembled an armored car. It had external collision guards all over its body and thick armor plating. But what drew the most attention was the huge thing mounted on top, which would spit blue flames when it spun up!
Without a doubt, no one wanted to test just how powerful that thing was!
"An hour or two is more than enough. With this, we might even be able to charge straight in and take the money by force..." Toretto shook his head midway through. "But we should try not to cause too many casualties. Reyes's men can die for all I care, but the police and civilians—if we can avoid affecting them, we should."
The cops who had gotten into bed with Reyes probably were not much better themselves, but that was not a reason for them to go on a killing spree... They wanted money, not lives.
Zhou Yi had no intention of taking part in this. He had merely provided the equipment. Once he had modified their cars, he headed to Rio Beach according to his original plan.
Yet although Zhou Yi did not want to get involved in this affair, intending only to lie low until the end, collect his share of the reward, upgrade his title, and then open up the next world, trouble came looking for him anyway.
Luke Hobbs, a U.S. federal agent and a hulking wall of muscle. His actor, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, was famously called "Little Rock" in front of O'Neal.
Hmm... Was something wrong there?
That was not important. What mattered was that Hobbs had come knocking.
What could they do? Toretto and the others had been far too high-profile when they burned the money in Reyes's warehouse, and Hobbs's team had identified them through facial recognition technology.
After that, Hobbs investigated everyone connected to Toretto based on past records. Using "recently entered Rio" as a filter, he successfully narrowed down every person Toretto had called in as support this time.
But identifying them was one thing. Finding them... was another. Toretto's group was not stupid. Other than staying in that abandoned factory, they kept themselves hidden whenever they went out. Rio was also a large and chaotic city, so Hobbs had no way of locating them. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
However, there was one person who had not hidden.
Gisele still had to take part in this operation. If she wanted her share of the more than ten million dollars, she had no choice but to get involved.
So Zhou Yi could only head to the beach alone for some fun. But for a billionaire with an incredible body and a handsome face, was finding beautiful female company really something to worry about?
Lying on a beach chair and enjoying the sea breeze, Zhou Yi leisurely admired the ocean view while two bikini-clad girls beside him rubbed sunscreen onto him.
And Zhou Yi was precisely the one Hobbs had set his sights on.
Everyone else was hiding properly, but you were the only one strutting around outside. If he did not investigate you, who would he investigate?
"But Hobbs, have you looked at Zhou's file?" Elena asked in the car. "He's a billionaire, and a major shareholder in many large corporations!"
"That isn't my concern." Hobbs shook his head. "He's not in the United States now. If he were in the U.S., I would have to consider how close he was with the local police, which powerful people he was connected to, or what sort of status he had. But now he's abroad, in a country where he has no influence. Out here, it comes down to whose fists are bigger, and my fists are obviously much bigger than his!"
Before long, Hobbs, whose clothing and demeanor were utterly out of place on the beach, arrived with his men and headed straight for Zhou Yi.
Having just finished getting sunscreen applied and preparing to sunbathe, Zhou Yi suddenly felt a shadow fall over him.
Opening his eyes, Zhou Yi saw a bald egg-shaped head... a bald egg-shaped head covered in sweat and stubble.
Zhou Yi: "..."
"In this weather, wearing clothes like that and coming to the beach—Officer, are you so weak that you're afraid of the cold?" Zhou Yi had no intention of continuing his sunbath beneath the gaze of a bald head that looked ready to drip sweat at any moment. So he stood up, stretched his body, and asked.
Several women nearby, Elena included, unconsciously turned their eyes toward him. Their mouths felt a little dry, and some even swallowed instinctively.
No doubt about it—women had much the same reaction upon seeing a handsome man as men did upon seeing a beautiful woman. It was completely instinctive.
"Zhou Yi, right?" Hobbs noticed the reactions of the women beside them as well, and for a moment, he was speechless.
My muscles were clearly bigger than his. Why had I never seen you look at me like that?
If Zhou Yi had known what Hobbs was thinking, he would definitely have answered, "Sorry, moderate exercise attracts the opposite sex; excessive exercise attracts the same sex... Besides, I'm better-looking than you."
However, Zhou Yi did not have mind-reading abilities or anything like that, so he knowingly asked, "Who are you? What do you want with me?"
"I'm Luke Hobbs, a federal agent." Hobbs took out his identification and stared at Zhou Yi. "Mr. Zhou, I need you to tell me everything you know about Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner, and everyone else!"
Flop Writer's Diary↓
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