"Stay here and watch them. If anyone dares move, shoot." Rabbit gave the order, then turned and headed out.
He had to get the tape back from that woman.
Their faces had all been recorded. If they did not recover the tape, they would soon be wanted in countries around the world.
He searched downward, floor by floor. After searching three floors, he went into a restroom to wash his hands and spotted something interesting in the mirror.
The stall doors on either side each had a picture of someone sitting on a toilet. The middle stall had no door, but a woman was sitting on the toilet holding a newspaper.
Did she think he was an idiot?
Rabbit kept his gaze steady and walked out. He gave an order over the radio, and someone soon brought him a sack of snakes.
They had originally been prepared for another situation, but they would do nicely now.
When Lok Wai-ching saw Rabbit leave, she breathed a small sigh of relief. The fear in her heart still had not faded, though. It came in waves, almost making her cry aloud.
When she first discovered that people in the hotel had been taken hostage, her immediate reaction had been to cover the story on the scene. This time, she was sure to become famous.
But what happened afterward finally taught her what reality was.
Now, she had put all thoughts of fame and news out of her mind.
After waiting a while, Lok Wai-ching was just about to leave the restroom to take a look, but a few steps out, she saw an arm-length venomous snake slithering toward her across the floor. She screamed in terror.
Rabbit pushed open the door, an unrestrained grin on his face.
"Where's the tape?"
Without waiting for