Chapter 2552: Whistling Down (X)
Chapter 2526: Down in a Whirlwind (Ten)
The teller who was handling Schiller's business skillfully crouched down under the counter, and all other employees found the nearest shelter and hid in it within two seconds, and the few people in the bank who were handling business also took defensive postures as quickly as possible.
This made Schiller, who was sitting on the chair, look a little out of place.
It's not that Schiller didn't know how to hide, but he really wanted to see who was robbing the bank.
As mentioned before, there are fewer major cases in Gotham, because Gotham's security force has become sufficient, and there are cameras everywhere. It is difficult to escape after committing a crime, and ordinary people don't want to go to jail.
And generally speaking, from the bank robberies that Schiller has seen and experienced since he lived in Gotham for so long, basically no robber is stupid enough to rush in and shout that he wants to rob a bank.
They usually pretend to be ordinary people, walk up to the salesperson or front desk manager, whisper to them or pass them a note, asking them to collect all the money on the counter into a bag.
Some smaller criminal gangs stopped at this step. For their own safety, the tellers would not confront them and would just give them the money that had not been deposited in the vault.
Some powerful big-time gangs would target the vault, but they were generally very professional, with division of labor and cooperation, and superb technical means. Generally, there was no problem in robbing this step. The biggest problem was whether they could escape.
In fact, not many people could escape after robbing a bank in Gotham before, but most of them were not caught by the police, but were robbed by the Gotham gangs. So over time, those big-time gangs that roamed around the country and committed crimes all blacklisted Gotham.
Bank robbery is not a job that can be done on a whim. Even those who want to take a gamble will first target the ATM, not rush into the bank to rob. At least the bank security guards in Gotham are all armed.
While Schiller was thinking, he saw that the nearest security guard had drawn the gun from his waist, but a figure flashed at the door, and Schiller seemed to see a familiar figure.
"Don't shoot!!!!" Schiller shouted.
Boom!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!
The door of the bank exploded. Schiller squatted behind his chair and blocked the dust with his arms. He stood up slowly with the help of the chair. He saw that the bank teller and the security guard who was stunned by the explosion were taken to the door and tied up by a group of people wearing hoods.
Very good, he knew that this group of bank robbers was not that simple. The purpose of their rushing in and shouting was to attract the security guards to shoot, so as to detonate the explosives at the door and knock everyone unconscious.
As for why they were not killed directly, they still needed these people to open the bank's vault!
Schiller heard the roar of the helicopter propeller, and the Gotham Police Department had arrived.
Schiller crossed a messy hall at the fastest speed and rushed into the stairwell on the second floor leading to the bank. There were no windows here and he would not be seen by the police outside.
Once any policeman saw him, the news that he was short of money and came to rob the bank would spread throughout Gotham tomorrow.
Damn it, I was tricked. Schiller sighed in his heart. This guy chose to act at this time just to frame me. When he took the money, he would have to see Gordon's "unexpected" expression.
As for who this person is, first of all, we should rule out the wrong answer of laughing wildly. He can't do this kind of technical work. The figure Schiller vaguely saw at the door seemed to be a clown.
But now there is no time. Schiller has only two choices, to stop the robbers from robbing the money or to let the robbers run away after robbing the money.
Don't ask him why he didn't leave directly. Since this guy came for him, it is impossible for him to leave a backup. If Gordon finds any substantial evidence at the crime scene, he can't explain it clearly.
Schiller has to admit that when he found that he was short of money, his mind did flash through a few criminal plans that were quite limited to legal challenges, including robbing a bank.
In fact, as long as no one is hurt, a well-prepared bank robbery is indeed the most profitable crime plan with the least investment. All other criminal plans such as selling contraband require the establishment of a long-term business network, which is too time-consuming.
Even in Gotham, where public security has greatly improved, Schiller is confident that he can pull off a stealthy bank robbery, with only the banker injured.
Gordon knew this, and the guy who did it also knew it, so he deliberately used the explosion to attract attention instead of directly bringing in a submachine gun to shoot everyone, just to show that the robber left room for the robber to put the blame on Schiller.
As for why Schiller, the culprit, appeared in the bank when the crime happened, it was also very simple. He wanted to pretend to be a victim, so that he could clear his suspicion to the greatest extent.
Schiller didn't care whether the robbers were trying to steal money or not. He rushed to the second floor, identified the direction as quickly as possible, rushed to the end of a corridor, climbed out of the window, stood on the balcony and looked down. The monitoring room was indeed right below him.
At this time, the police force had not been deployed yet, and there was no one at the back of the bank. Schiller jumped down directly, rushed into the monitoring room, knocked out the security guard from the back, and deleted all the surveillance today.
Seeing that there was no one in the security room, Schiller knew that the robbers were waiting for him to do this job. Because Schiller was now tied to the robbers, he wanted to clear his suspicion, so he had to delete the surveillance first.
After deleting the surveillance, Schiller found the broadcasting room, adjusted the equipment, covered the microphone with his hand, deliberately lowered his voice and said: "Good afternoon, officers, I believe you have seen the hostages I placed at the door. I have no intention of hurting anyone, I just want to take the money and leave."
"Of course, if you don't want to and do a little headcount check, you will find that there are more employees working here today. I swear, after I leave safely, you will see them, but if I am not safe enough..."
"Stop the fucking fart!" Gordon's rough voice came, "Whose are you?! Are you crazy? ! ! Get out quickly, or your boss will throw you and your family into the crusher together!!"
Schiller pressed his forehead. The Gotham police's way of handling cases is really unique.
But I have to admit that this trick is really effective, at least it is very effective against locals. Gotham has not been out of the gangster era for long. The gangster bosses have transformed, not died. If you dare to do such things without permission, you will have a life to rob money but not a life to spend.
"Excuse me, Mr. Officer." Schiller could only continue to say: "I am a foreigner. I heard that Gotham's economic situation is not bad, so I came to try my luck. I am new here, please give me more advice."
Gordon was still cursing, but Schiller could see that this was a means for him to divert the attention of the robbers and try to anger them. The fact is that the police force is being deployed and the sniper is looking for the best sniper position.
In the monitoring room, Schiller pressed a button while chatting with Gordon, and cut the monitoring view to the vault door. As a result, it was found that the method used by these stupid thieves wearing hoods to open the vault door was hot cutting.
What era is it still here to do traditional cutting? Schiller suspected that the mastermind behind this might want to make himself anxious to death. It is heresy to rob a bank without directional blasting!
Indeed, for a long time, cutting was the only way to open the door of the bank vault. At first, it was cold cutting, because the hot cutting technology was not controllable at that time and it was easy to ignite the banknotes. Later, the hot cutting technology was improved, and basically everyone chose hot cutting.
It's not that no one chose to use explosives at the beginning, but the explosion at that time was more uncontrollable, and sometimes the door was not blown open and people were killed.
But after years of development of directional blasting technology, it is even possible to accurately calculate the landing point of each thrown object, and the explosion power, explosion direction and the effect achieved by the explosion are precisely controllable. This is the way modern people should take to break the door.
Schiller had to stare at the hot cutting machine while despising it in his heart to prevent these stupid thieves from really burning the money. As for the mastermind behind the scenes, he should have been hiding somewhere long ago.
Gordon didn't hear the explosion, so he knew that the other party must be cutting the door, and the voice coming from the radio was just to delay time, but it didn't matter. You delay and I delay, let's see who can laugh last.
Although Gordon didn't move, Schiller could see from his expression that the sniper was in place and was now looking for the best sniper angle. They believed that the robber guarding the hostages must be on the second floor, because the remaining staff basically worked on the second floor.
In fact, Schiller didn't know where the robbers who were guarding the hostages were. He even suspected that no one was guarding the hostages, because the five or six robbers who appeared outside the gate before were now squatting at the door of the vault. He didn't know whether they were staring at the door there because they thought their sight could make the hot cutting machine work faster.
Schiller frequently switched the surveillance screen, trying to find the possible back-up plan left by the mastermind from the surveillance, but it was really not clear from this point of view, and the other party was likely hiding somewhere, waiting for the last second to make a final decision.
Schiller decided to help the robbers escape, because as long as they ran away, the police would definitely focus on chasing them, and no one would search the bank carefully. In this way, no matter what traces the mastermind left here, no one would look closely, and Schiller had enough time to clear it.
The problem was how to help this group of people escape. Schiller felt a little headache. The group of people brought by the mastermind were obviously not professional robbers. They might have only received a few days of training, or simply verbal guidance. It was obvious that every step they took was unskilled and very nervous, as if they were gambling.
Normal bank robbers should be familiar with every step before the robbery and rehearse all unexpected situations, so they are calm and measured when they really start the robbery.
Schiller checked the surveillance footage and found that there were indeed no robbers on the second floor, but the doors of every office were locked. The employees were trapped in the room and could not get out, desperately calling for help on the balcony.
Gordon saw this and called the fire truck and laid the anti-fall air cushion on the ground. The bank floor was not very high, so there was absolutely no danger in jumping from the second floor.
Some employees had already jumped down one after another, and seeing that the hostages were about to run away, Schiller said immediately.
"What a generous officer! I hope you will find a big surprise I have prepared among the hostages at some point. You must run faster then, or the bank door will be your fate."
Gordon, who was holding the intercom, was stunned and immediately shouted into the intercom: "Remove the air cushion! Tell those people not to jump yet! Take away those who have already jumped! Quick!!!"