I'm in Conan, I'm not a gangster

Chapter 460 Rapid Descent from the Fifth Floor (3rd Update)
Shiraishi E rushed toward the escape stairs, and when she was five or six steps away, her nerves suddenly tensed up—danger!
Danger perception is always reliable; if someone says there's danger over there, then there definitely is.

Shiraishi E immediately stopped, no longer foolishly rushing forward.

He may be reckless, but he's not brainless.

The entire escape route appeared calm, but the air was filled with the smell of death.

"Heh, what a warm welcome." Shiraishi E sneered, and without hesitation, raised the shotgun she had seized from the assassin, aimed it at the escape door, and pulled the trigger!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The deafening gunshots echoed through the narrow corridor, bullets slamming against the metal door, sparks flying, and the powerful kinetic energy shaking the escape door.

The next second—

boom! ! !
The entire escape door was twisted and deformed in the violent explosion, and the scorching shockwave swept out with debris!

Shiraishi E had already rolled to the side and taken cover behind a corner. The aftershocks of the explosion grazed the hem of his clothes, but he was unharmed.

"Tsk, it really was planted with a bomb." He squinted, staring at the still-burning escape door, not at all surprised.

But from the escape staircase, warnings continued to blare frantically.

Clearly, there was more than one bomb planted over there.

Shiraishi speculated that the inside of the escape staircase had probably already been turned into a death corridor, where every step could trigger a new explosion.

“In that case…” A cold smile appeared on Shiraishi E’s lips.

He secretly bought a C4 plastic bomb from the bandit's online store and skillfully set the detonation time.

"Here's a big gift for you."

He hurled the C4 into the depths of the stairwell, then turned and ran!

Boom——! ! !
An even more terrifying explosion shook the entire building, and intense flames erupted from the stairwell, shattering the glass windows of the corridor with the shockwave.

Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions erupted—as expected, the entire escape staircase had been planted with a large amount of explosives, and the detonation of C4 directly triggered all the hidden bombs!

boom! boom! boom! ! !
The sound of explosions was endless.

The entire staircase collapsed in the explosion, with reinforced concrete shattering and falling like fragile building blocks, eventually turning into a smoke-filled ruin.

The explosion continued until it stopped and the smoke cleared.

Standing at the edge of the corridor, Shiraishi looked down at the completely blown-out stairwell below and couldn't help but whistle: "Tsk tsk, your boss really goes all out, is he planning to blow us to ash?"

Kenzo Masuyama, enduring his gunshot wound, walked over with a grim expression and cold sweat trickling down his forehead: "It seems the boss already knew about this when you arrived last night."

"Hmm." Shiraishi E knew that this was the only explanation: "One night is enough time for them to plant bombs all over this place."

"What do we do now?" Akemi pushed Miyano Akemi Elena over, looking at him anxiously. "The stairs are gone, how are we going to get down?"

Shiraishi E grinned, her eyes sparkling with excitement: "Who said we have to take the stairs?"

He strode towards the destroyed stairwell, looked down—five stories high, with mountains of concrete debris and twisted steel bars below; jumping down would mean certain death or serious injury.

“However…” He looked around, his gaze finally settling on the fire extinguisher box at the end of the corridor, his smile growing increasingly dangerous.

"Since they want to play big, then I'll play along to the end!"

When Masuyama Kenzo noticed Shiraishi E's gaze fall on the fire hydrant box, his heart skipped a beat, and he said somewhat flusteredly, "No way? You don't mean you're planning to use the fire hydrant's hose for a quick descent? Please? I'm too old for that, my old bones can't handle it!"

Shiraishi E grinned, immediately walked over, opened the fire extinguisher box, and without stopping, pulled out the fire hose and swung it forcefully, the sturdy canvas hose unfurling with a whoosh: "That's right, just as you thought."

"Are you crazy?!" Kenzo Masuyama's voice changed: "This thing is for putting out fires, not for using as a rappelling rope! If it breaks, we'll all be smashed to pieces!"

"But if we succeed, it'll be so cool!" Shiraishi E said nonchalantly as she deftly wrapped the water pipes around everyone's waists. "As for the danger? It's a bit dangerous, but the rewards are huge! As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. If we succeed, we can avoid the ambush on the five floors below." "Think about it, if they can plant bombs in the stairwell, they can plant bombs in other places."

"The staircase is gone, and the elevator must be under surveillance. Taking the normal route will make you a sitting duck."

He tightened the knot to make sure it was secure, "But this trick is different—they would never guess that we can 'fly' down from the fifth floor!"

Kenzo Masuyama was about to object, but Akemi spoke first: "I agree."

Looking at her unresponsive, vegetative mother, her eyes were resolute: "Mom can't take any more suffering now. If this drags on any longer, who knows what kind of trouble she might encounter?"

Kenzo Masuyama opened his mouth, but ultimately remained silent.

Indeed, continuing to maneuver inside the building would only increase the risks.

He sighed and said, "Alright, then let's do it your way!"

"Alright! It's settled then!" Shiraishi clapped her hands, and after confirming that everyone was tied up tightly, she kicked away the wreckage of the stairwell that had been blown to pieces.

A cold wind howled in, and the height of the five-story building made one dizzy. Below were piles of reinforced concrete ruins; a fall from there would be certain death.

"Ready?" Shiraishi E grinned, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Three, two, one—jump!"

"Wait—Aaaaaaah!!!" Before Masuyama Kenzo could finish his scream, he was swept away by the canvas hose. Several bullet wounds on his body were bleeding profusely, and the pain almost made him faint.

Wow——!
The fire hose taut instantly, screeching as it plummeted downwards. Kenzo Masuyama kept his eyes tightly shut, the wind whistling in his ears, his heart pounding in his chest.

However, their commotion immediately attracted the attention of the assassins hiding inside the room.

"They're over there! Fire!"

In an instant, bullets rained down from all directions!

"Tsk, so annoying!" Shiraishi E grabbed the water pipe with one hand, and with the other hand, she drew a pistol from her waist with lightning speed. Her body swung violently in mid-air, using centrifugal force to adjust her angle—

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three gunshots rang out, and the assassins at the three windows fell to the ground!

"Is this guy a monster?!" The assassin firing from a window stared in horror at the falling figure—despite moving at high speed, every shot from Shiraishi E was terrifyingly accurate, hitting its mark every time!

The assassins panicked. They had the advantage of terrain, but their target suddenly retaliated in mid-air, and his marksmanship was even better than theirs!

For a moment, no one dared to show their face again.

"Heh, chickened out?" Shiraishi E sneered, about to continue her suppression, when Masuyama Kenzo's roar suddenly rang out:
"Stop shooting! Stop shooting! The ground! The ground!!"

Looking down, I realized I was less than six meters from the ground!

"Hold on tight!" Shiraishi E pulled hard on the water pipe, and the canvas rope instantly made a screeching sound as it rubbed against the ground. The four people's falling speed decreased sharply, and they finally stopped steadily half a meter from the ground!
"Untie the ropes! Quickly!" Shiraishi E shouted in a low voice, while she held her gun at the ready, her sharp eyes scanning the surroundings.

Kenzo Masuyama gritted his teeth and endured the pain, trembling as he untied the knot around his waist, while Akemi quickly helped her mother away.

"Go! Hurry up." Shiraishi E urged the others to run towards the parking lot, while he stayed behind to cover their retreat.

"Hurry...we want to hurry too." Masuyama Kenzo and Akemi helped the unconscious Miyano Elena, struggling to walk towards the parking lot.

He was already wounded by a gunshot, and now he had to help support Elena Miyano, so he couldn't move very fast at all.

Especially when they see a patient with crutches, they rush past them and run to the side.

This made him feel even worse.

(End of this chapter)