Chapter 475 Hostage Situation
Oliver dared not fight back against Horace.
The contempt was clear in Horace’s eyes as he held the scalpel against Tobias’s throat, seething, “If you want to save him, tell the production crew to stop with these special effects.
“Did you think all this pretending would stop me from noticing the police cruisers pulling up outside? I already saw them!
“And if you think you can assist the
buy them time, you’re wrong!”
e with capturing me by spinning some ridiculous horror story to
He dragged Oliver to where the cameras were and demanded, “I’ll make my request simple: don’t come
into the building. For every outsider that comes in, I’ll kill one hostage!”
The production crew flew into a panic. After watching Dalton enter the building, Dexter thundered, “Who recruited that non–celebrity guest?”
“M- Me…” A bespectacled intern raised his hand timidly, adjusting his glasses. “In my defense, he stated
on his resumé that he was a surgeon by profession, and I didn’t doubt it, so I…”
The Special Operations Team was ready to strike. Their leader ordered, “Be careful, the criminal has a
knife. I repeat, the criminal has a knife, Do not let him hurt the hostages.”
At this point, a long length of police tape had cordoned the hospital off. The Special Operations Team had also evacuated the production set.
Dexter stopped a police officer on duty and asked anxiously, “Excuse me, officer, but what is the suspect
wanted for?”
“illegal organ trading and serial homicide,” the officer answered. He put up a hand and said, “You have to
get out of here. His countersurveillance and hypervigilance make him extremely dangerous.
“The man is medically qualified, and that’s why it took us this long to track him down. We reckon we
Dexter’s jaw dropped when he heard this. He gripped a fistful of his hair and shot a withering look at the intern. “You certainly know how to pick them.”
Meanwhile, Horace stood in the dim room on the second floor of the children’s hospital as he looked up
A crazed gleam shone in his eyes as he said, “I heard this show is all the rage. I’m sure a lot of people are watching this right now.
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