Chapter 114 - Escapiong Drill!
This middle-aged man looked a little thin.
However, from the way this person walked and stood, Jon could tell that this person was not simple.
He should also be from a special force unit.
This person was obviously the Florida State Police Chief.
“Good lads, a few people secretly came here to eat without telling me? What, the judges can’t attend the robber’s celebration banquet?”
The commissioner walked in and spoke with a serious face.
But his tone was naturally joking.
Hearing this, the people at the table all smiled.
“Look at what you said. How could we dare to forget you? Aren’t we afraid of wasting your time because you’re busy?”
Will Smith quickly got up and called the commissioner and the middle-aged man to sit down.
The private dining room that Will Smith booked was not small.
Even if there were two more people, they could still sit down.
“Alright, let’s cut the crap. Let me introduce you. This is the commissioner of the Florida State Police Department, Raymond.”
“He came here this time to meet the five robbers.”
After the commissioner sat down, he did not say any more nonsense. After all, it was not appropriate to say any nonsense on this occasion.
He directly stated his purpose, and everyone could accept it.
He first introduced the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man nodded and smiled at everyone.
Then, everyone greeted him.
The middle-aged man, Raymond, smiled. “I’ve basically watched the entire drill that the few of you participated in. I really admire your attitude towards this drill. You’re all serious and dedicated.”
“Especially Jon. The robber that you played caused a great reception.”
“Now, there are quite a few police stations that want to invite you to participate in the drill. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be in such a hurry to come here.”
Hearing this, Jon smiled. “Mr. Raymond, are you also planning to invite me to participate in the drill this time?”
This question actually had the meaning of asking the obvious.
After all, before this, neither party was the other.
Raymond had come all the way here, and if he did not invite Jon to participate in the drill, was he going to invite him to dinner?
Actually, Jon also knew it was a dumb question. The main reason he asked was to take the initiative to bring up the topic of the drill.
“Yes, I did come to invite you to participate in the drill. Speaking of which, it has been a while since the Florida State Police Department had a drill.”
“Our original plan was to have a drill today. Coincidentally, you showed up at this time.”
“The people have high expectations of you. If we had a drill, you would naturally be the best candidate to play the role of a robber.” Raymond nodded and said seriously.
Indeed, the Florida State Police Department had already planned to carry out a drill today a few months ago.
Originally, they had planned to hold this drill at the end of the year.
But at this time, Jon suddenly appeared.
He became the strongest robber in history.
Now, the official Twitter feed of the Florida State Police was full of comments asking them to invite Jon to participate in the drill.
With so many comments and the drill plan that was already in place.
Therefore, Raymond rushed over overnight.
Hearing that, Jon nodded but did not say anything. He frowned and thought about something.
“On the way here, I also learned that you wanted to increase the difficulty of the drill. Such spirit is worthy of respect, and our state can meet your request.”
“And before I came, I also spoke to your director of the FBI on the phone and expressed my intention. Your director said that as long as you agree, you can participate in the drill.”
“And if you wanted to, you could also participate with your gang of robbers.”
Raymond looked at Jon and continued to speak slowly.
Right now, who knew how many police stations wanted to invite Jon to participate in a drill.
It was normal for Jon to have some requests. If they couldn’t meet Jon’s request, someone would naturally be able to do it.
Why would Jon choose the police station that couldn’t do what he asked, when that was one that could fulfill all his request in front of him?
No matter how he thought about it, he wouldn’t.
Raymond could understand this point.
“Then, Mr. Raymond, can you give us a general idea of what’s different about the drill that you guys initiated?” Jon thought for a few seconds and asked.
When Raymond said that he could invite the entire team of robbers, Will Smith and the other three were clearly a little excited.
After all, the last drill, even if they included the preparation time, was only a short eleven days.
The few of them were obviously not satisfied.
Hearing that there was still a chance, they were naturally excited.
Raymond organized his words and said, “Let’s put it this way. The two drills that you participated in before were focused on the confrontation with the police officers.”
“Actually, in a bank robbery, the robbers have hostages. This is a headache for the police officers.”
“And for the robbers, the real difficulty is how to escape after robbing the bank and abandoning the hostages.”
“And this time, our focus is on escaping. The increase in difficulty that you asked for can also be increased in terms of escaping.”
As Raymond spoke, his eyes were sizing up Jon.
Since he was here, Raymond naturally did not want to make a wasted trip.
Since he wanted to reach a cooperation, then Raymond had to come up with a plan that would satisfy Jon.
Jon’s mind was thinking, focus on escaping? It could be done.
The hardest thing was indeed not a confrontation with the police but escaping.
After all, when the robbers had hostages, the police officers directly lost the initiative.
“What are the specific rules?” Jon asked.
“In fact, in real bank robberies, most experienced robbers would make a plan to leave the scene before the police arrived.”
“And the situation of staying in the bank to confront the police mostly happened because the robbers had no choice.”
“In other words, not every police officer can arrive at the scene at the first moment.”
“And this time, we will simulate such a situation.”
“I will give you a certain amount of time. During this time, I will not inform the police officers. At that time, you will take your team and try to snatch the money and leave before the police officers arrive.”
“If you can manage to escape from the city during the pursue, the robbers will win.”
“What do you think?” Raymond said slowly.
This rule was more realistic to the actual combat.
After all, real robbers rarely confronted the robbers in the bank.
Most experienced robbers would make a plan in advance and then stay at the bank. They would leave as soon as possible after robbing the money before the police arrived.
Because they still had important things to do.
That was to launder the stolen money and divide it up.
They were not going to stay in the bank and confront the police.
Confronting the police was something they had to do when they were out of choice.