Hypnotism

"Captain Han, why don't you let me try?" Xu Mo suggested.

Upon hearing Xu Mo's words, Han Fei stared at him blankly for a moment.

He immediately refused, "No way. Your talent is excellent, but you've only handled handguns. You've never even touched a sniper rifle. No matter how gifted you are, we can't risk it. There's no time for target practice now. If you miss... no one could bear that responsibility."

Although both were firearms, sniper rifles and handguns were completely different concepts!

Han Fei didn't want to take the risk.

Xu Mo shook his head.

"That's not what I meant. I meant I could go in and negotiate with the robber. I think I can handle it."

Han Fei had misunderstood Xu Mo's intention.

He thought Xu Mo wanted to act as the sniper.

But Xu Mo hadn't thought of that at all.

Although he possessed an absolute sense for firearms and was familiar with various guns, able to hit an eyebrow without touching the eye, so to speak.

However, Xu Mo had at most shot at targets. To actually shoot a person, even knowing they were a dangerous criminal, he would find it difficult to overcome that psychological barrier at the moment.

So, Xu Mo never intended to temporarily replace the sniper. Instead, he wanted to go in and negotiate with the robber!

He was an expert in psychology and knew hypnosis. With these two skills, dealing with a robber would be more than enough.

Moreover, Xu Mo's physical abilities were also quite impressive.

Even if his psychological knowledge and hypnosis techniques didn't work on the robber.

As long as he had the chance to get close to the robber, he could subdue them instantly, avoiding injury to himself while preventing the robber from hurting others.

"You want to go in and negotiate with the robber?" Han Fei's expression was a bit strange, as if he was considering the feasibility of this idea.

Seeing Han Fei's expression, Xu Mo continued.

"Captain Han, trust me. I'm confident I can persuade this robber to put down his weapon and surrender."

As soon as he said this, it caused an uproar.

Whether or not Han Fei believed Xu Mo had this ability, none of the police officers did.

Getting the robber to put down his weapon and surrender?

What kind of international joke was this? Surrender? Unless the robber was mentally ill!

Xu Mo was blowing this way out of proportion!

Unlike the police officers, when Han Fei heard Xu Mo say this, he immediately recalled the scene in Jiangcheng City where Xu Mo had dealt with that stubborn criminal using just two sentences.

At that time, Xu Mo had used only two sentences to make that obstinate criminal spill out his entire criminal history like beans falling from a bag.

Although it sounded far-fetched, Han Fei believed that Xu Mo had a certain talent when it came to communicating with criminals.

It wasn't impossible that Xu Mo could, as he said, make this robber obediently put down his knife and come out to surrender!

"This robber is armed with a knife, and he's already stabbed someone. He's very emotionally unstable," Han Fei was still hesitating whether to let Xu Mo go in and negotiate with the robber. "If the negotiation goes wrong, he might hurt someone at any time, and he might stab you with the knife."

"Captain Han, don't you know my physical abilities?" Xu Mo said with a smile.

As long as he could get close enough to the robber, there was no way the robber could hurt anyone under his watch, let alone hurt him.

On this point, Xu Mo was very confident.

Han Fei's face suddenly became a bit uncomfortable.

Xu Mo's physical abilities... he had experienced them firsthand!

The big slap Xu Mo had given him back then was still fresh in his memory...

Thinking of this, he had no more reservations.

He decided to let Xu Mo go in and negotiate with the robber: "Alright, you can go. Just remember to be careful."

At present, without a professional negotiator, Xu Mo did seem to be the most suitable person to negotiate with the robber.

Firstly, Xu Mo had a talent for communicating with criminals, even stronger than most police officers. This was evident from the interrogation of the criminal in Jiangcheng City.

Although there was a possibility that Xu Mo's negotiation with the robber could go wrong, the chances of failure would only be higher if anyone else went in.

Secondly, Xu Mo's physical abilities were excellent. If the robber lost control of his emotions, he had the capability to handle the situation, at least ensuring that he himself wouldn't be hurt by the robber.

After agreeing to let Xu Mo go in and negotiate with the robber, Han Fei once again used the loudspeaker to shout towards the bank.

"Our negotiation expert is coming in now. Don't get agitated, and don't do anything rash. Everything can be discussed, okay?"

As Han Fei's voice came through the loudspeaker,

Xu Mo walked towards the bank's entrance.

It's worth mentioning that before entering the bank, Xu Mo reached into his pocket.

Using his pocket as cover, he pulled out four gold bars from the System Space.

Under the sunlight, the four gleaming gold bars were particularly dazzling.

The police officers: "???"

They could hardly believe their eyes.

Before going in to negotiate, Xu Mo had taken out... gold bars from his pocket!?

He was carrying gold bars with him??

Was he insane?

The moment Xu Mo walked through the bank's entrance, the robber holding the hostage immediately shouted loudly.

"Don't move! Just stand at the door and keep your hands where I can see them!"

Xu Mo cooperated fully, raising both his hands.

In each hand, he was holding two gold bars, with a corner of each bar visible.

"Don't worry, I'm just here to negotiate. I have no ill intentions. Is it okay if I keep my hands raised?" Xu Mo said.

Looking at the gleaming objects in Xu Mo's hands, the robber was a bit confused.

"What are you holding in your hands?"

"Gold bars," Xu Mo answered truthfully.

The robber: "???"

Xu Mo slowly opened his clenched hands, holding the gold bars with his thumbs, presenting them to the robber as clearly as possible.

"These are specially prepared for you. Four bars in total, worth over 1.5 million. This is much easier to take than stealing cash. We are showing our sincerity. As long as you don't hurt anyone, everything is negotiable..."

The robber's breathing quickened.

He had come to rob for money, plain and simple.

But stealing cash was risky. Firstly, it was heavy and not easy to carry. Secondly, all cash had serial numbers, making it difficult to spend even after stealing.

But gold bars were different. They were light, small in volume, and very easy to carry.

Gold bars could also be melted. Once melted, who would know this lump of gold used to be a gold bar?

Moreover, gold was a hard currency. Even gold of questionable origin had plenty of willing buyers. There would be no worry about converting it to cash.

At this moment, the robber was staring intently at the gold bars in Xu Mo's hands.

From the color of the gold bars in Xu Mo's hands, the robber could judge that they were very likely to be real.

But the robber still had some doubts: "How do I know if those gold bars are real or fake? What if they're just iron painted gold? You're not trying to trick me, are you?"

"That's easy to prove. Just listen, if they were iron, you could tell from the sound," Xu Mo said.

The next second, Xu Mo slowly lowered his raised hands and tossed the gold bars in his hand a couple of times.

Gold has a very high density, and the sound it makes when struck together is very muffled, quite different from most metals and easy to distinguish.

The two gold bars in Xu Mo's right hand went up and down, making a dull sound when they collided. The robber's eyes followed the movement of the gold bars, filled with a greedy look.

However, Xu Mo's real intention was not to prove to the robber that the gold bars in his hand were real, but to perform hypnosis...

Xu Mo was now using the hypnosis technique rewarded by the system. He wanted to use hypnosis and psychological suggestion to make the robber put down his weapon and voluntarily go out to surrender!