Chapter 172 - 163: If You Cannot Bear the Sins, What Kind of Leader Are You

Chapter 172: Chapter 163: If You Cannot Bear the Sins, What Kind of Leader Are You

"That type of drone won’t work."

Wang Dingbei waved his hand dismissively. "That thing of yours drops its payload from the air. The drop point isn’t precise enough, so it might not land directly on them. And even if it does, it’s not lethal. They can just jump into the sea to put out the fire. At most, they’ll get some superficial injuries. Doing that will only tip them off."

"And we might hit other civilians."

He had thought of using a drone at the very beginning but immediately dismissed the idea.

"Mmm... a drop-type drone really won’t work. But I also have FPV suicide drones. They can fly right at them and detonate."

Wang Dingbei was shocked. "How do you have everything? Do you have a lot of these suicide drones?"

Yu Dong: "Just a few."

"Let’s use our best tools for the job. We’ll use these. They can definitely kill with precision... but it’s still hard to avoid injuring people nearby. We need to find the perfect opportunity, wait for Yin Shuangyang and his two men to be separated from the others, and then strike."

At this point, their team had moved to the third floor of an office building in B Port. They were leaning against the windows, observing the two ten-meter-plus-long speedboats, trying to avoid being spotted.

Yu Dong was observing through a pair of binoculars.

"Yin Shuangyang and two tattooed thugs are all holding guns. The speedboats’ cockpits have privacy film on the windows, so I can’t see inside... I don’t know if there’s anyone else in there. Hopefully, that Zou Long guy you mentioned has already turned into a zombie."

"And there are nine civilians being forced at gunpoint to move grain. They’re constantly moving back and forth, with those two thugs watching them from close by. They’re probably afraid the nine of them will try to sneak away."

"In that case, those two will never separate from the civilians. If we use the drones to attack, we’ll hurt the civilians. That’s the biggest problem."

Yu Dong kept trying to think of a better plan.

But when Wang Dingbei heard this, he just smiled. "It’s fine. We wait. As long as we’re patient, an opportunity will definitely present itself... Maybe we’ll get a chance after they finish moving the supplies and separate from the civilians. Then we can just take out all three of them at once with three drones."

Wang Dingbei was an old hunter; he had plenty of patience.

"What if they just take off in the boats as soon as they’re done moving the grain?"

Yu Dong’s question made everyone’s heart sink.

"That would be bad..." Officer Xiao said, thinking of the bandits’ actions. "Since these thugs clearly know about our cruise ship base, if we let them go, who knows when they might suddenly show up at A Port in the middle of the night, come ashore, and just light us up before taking over our ship."

"Exactly. I was thinking the same thing. We can’t let the tiger return to the mountain."

Yu Dong couldn’t accept leaving such a massive threat to the team because of his own hesitation, a consequence that could ultimately lead to his own death.

’What a stupid way to die...’

Most of them felt this scenario was highly likely!

After all, their cruise ship was perfectly suited for survival, and with A Port’s excellent strategic position, surrounded by the sea on three sides, it was practically an apocalyptic fortress.

The entirety of Yanhai City had fallen, but they were still fine.

"Then let’s just bomb them! If anyone gets caught in the blast and dies, they can only blame their own bad luck... Compared to the lives of a few hostages, the lives of our own people are more important. Necessary sacrifices must be made for the survival of the many."

Zhao Youcai said firmly.

When he had stabbed the first mate to death before, the same conviction had been in his mind: to save people, he was willing to kill.

These words made both Wang Dingbei and Jing Yanwei frown.

"Sacrificing innocent people to kill bad guys... that’s the wrong way to think. As a police officer, I can’t allow something like that to happen. We will wait for an opportunity. If they really do finish loading the grain and run, then we’ll get them next time."

Wang Dingbei was a cop. Even though he had a score to settle with Yin Shuangyang for the lives of five of his fellow detectives, he couldn’t achieve his goal of punishing evil by sacrificing innocent civilians.

"Officer Wang, you’re gambling with the lives of every survivor on the ship! You yourself said how vicious they are—they even dare to kill police. The sailors also said this gang acts as pirates and their weapons are better than ours. We have a chance to take them out now with no losses to our own side, and you want to let them go? Just wait for them to circle back and attack us? If something happens later, will you take responsibility?"

Zhao Youcai’s voice grew louder. He really couldn’t stand this kind of hypocritical logic.

Then he looked at Yu Dong. "Dongzi, say something. Are we doing this or not?"

At that moment, Yu Dong felt the group had clearly split into two factions. One side supported Zhao Youcai’s preemptive strike, while the other felt Officer Wang’s point about not harming the innocent was more reasonable.

Now, this headache of a problem had been dropped in his lap.

"Um... excuse me, can I say something first?" Liu Ye’ye raised her hand cautiously.

"Go ahead, Ye Ye."

"I can only operate one FPV suicide drone by myself. Xinyi hasn’t passed her simulation training yet, so her aim isn’t accurate. This means we can probably only catch them off guard with the first attack. The second drone will have to wait a moment..."

After Liu Ye’ye finished, the retired army soldier, Yang Ze, raised his hand. "I know how to use one too. Give one to me."

Just like that, they could only launch two FPV suicide drones simultaneously.

"In that case, we can reliably kill two of them in one go, but there are at least three people on their side..."

The tactics just got more complicated.

Seeing Yu Dong frowning, Shen Xinyi said self-reproachfully, "It’s all my fault for being such a slow learner... I’ll pull an all-nighter practicing tonight."

Yu Dong had tried flying the FPV drone. If you hadn’t practiced, it was really difficult; you’d just crash into everything.

The drone’s body was dirt cheap, and the explosive device was impact-triggered. If you didn’t fly it well, the slightest bump would cause it to detonate immediately.

’If you mess up, you could really get one of our own people killed...’

After a moment of thought, Yu Dong finally made up his mind.

"Wang, maybe we really can’t have a perfect outcome... I want to make sure Yin Shuangyang and his men don’t leave this place."

"The best-case scenario is if we can find an opportunity where the three thugs are clustered together and separated from the nine civilians. We could take them all out in one fell swoop and still save the others."

"If we find a moment when two of them are together and the third is off to the side, we still have to act, as long as we can ensure all three are eliminated. If anyone is accidentally injured... as long as they’re not dead, we’ll rescue them and bring them back to the ship. We have doctors, nurses, and medicine on board. We can even perform minor surgeries in the ship’s operating room. Even if they’re paralyzed, we’ll take care of them..."

"We can’t let such dangerous people leave. As the leaders of the cruise ship, we are responsible for the safety of everyone on board."

"Wang, if you agree with what I’ve said, this is what we’ll do. If you don’t agree... we’ll call Lin Mo on the walkie-talkie and hold a vote. The minority will defer to the majority."

Seeing that Yu Dong had sided with him, Zhao Youcai nodded emphatically. ’This is what a leader should do.’

’If you can’t bear the sin, how can you be a leader!’

Wang Dingbei’s gaze went past the window to the two speedboats... His eyes showed his internal struggle for a few moments before he finally sighed. At least Yu Dong was trying to save the hostages.

"Alright. Those of you who know how to operate a boat, come with me to the port and get a small boat ready. We’ll prepare to rescue people from the sea..."

C Port was full of zombies, so they could only approach by sea.

Fortunately, the ports weren’t too far apart. It wouldn’t take long to get there from B Port in a small boat.

Wang Dingbei led Jing Yanwei, Xiao Dabe, and five sailors down. They crept onto a boat and hid, remaining undetected by the people on the two speedboats.

Meanwhile, Yu Dong found the best vantage point and watched through his binoculars, waiting for the perfect moment...

Liu Ye’ye and Yang Ze set up the drones and put on their VR headsets, ready to launch at a moment’s notice.

After an hour of waiting... they finally finished moving the supplies. The positions of all the people began to shift rapidly.

’Come on... cluster together...’

Yu Dong was hoping for the perfect scenario they all wanted: kill the three thugs and save the nine civilians.

Just then, Liu Ye’ye and Yang Ze chose to activate the drones, launching them outside the building first.

The two drones hovered in the air, maintaining an optimal attack posture, ready to carry out their suicide strike at any time.

Elsewhere, Wang Dingbei, already in position on the small boat, was also watching quietly through his binoculars...

He saw Yin Shuangyang light a cigarette. Another heavily tattooed thug carrying an AK walked over with a grin and asked for one. The two of them started smoking off to the side.

Wang Dingbei shifted his gaze to the other thug. ’Go on, you go over and have a smoke too. Have a smoke and it’ll all be over. It’ll be quick, just close your eyes and this life is over...’

However, this thug showed no sign of moving over. He just stood on the other speedboat, aiming his gun at the nine civilians, very close to them.

’Get away from them, you bastard!’

At that moment, a BUZZING sound came from the sky.

Wang Dingbei looked up and saw that the two suicide drones were already flying out.

They hadn’t gotten their perfect opportunity...