nashuaworldcup Chapter 210 Rescue from Fire (2)
Chapter 210 Rescue from Fire (2)
"boom--"
The firelight reflected in the dark night, like a giant snake with bared fangs and claws, hovering and spitting out its tongue coldly, ready to strike, making people stay away.
Matsuda Jinpei did not hesitate much. He waved the curtain in his hand and violently drove away the fire snake, then rushed into the fire scene under the cover of Hagiwara Kenji.
"Uuuuuu——"
The corridor was filled with thick smoke, making it difficult to move. The scorching smoke pierced into Matsuda Jinpei's eyes like thorns, causing him to burst into tears instantly. However, Matsuda Jinpei did not stop. He held his breath, closed his eyes, and followed the sound towards that direction.
Soon, he felt the heat behind him rushing in one direction, and there seemed to be a cold air current lingering there. Matsuda Jinpei forced himself to open his eyes and saw the woman by the window at the end of the corridor.
He strode forward and slammed the curtains to the ground to prevent the scorching flames from getting any closer. Then Matsuda Jinpei wrapped the wet curtains around himself and strode to the window.
The woman had been smoked to the point of being somewhat unconscious, and her back had severe burns. Matsuda Jinpei could even faintly smell the odor of flesh, which made his scalp tingle.
But even in such a serious situation, the woman's hands holding the child still did not relax. In fact, because it had been so long, her muscles had become stiff and unable to contract.
Matsuda Jinpei didn't have time to care about her injuries. He rushed over and wrapped both of them with the wet curtains, and asked loudly, "Can you still walk?"
The woman's mind was already a little hazy, and she just opened her mouth in confusion in response to Matsuda Jinpei's words.
Matsuda Jinpei took a deep breath and said, "I'll carry you out!"
Just then, Kenji Hagiwara caught up and took the child from the woman's arms.
Matsuda Jinpei turned around, lifted the man onto his back, and turned to look at Hagiwara Kenji: "Hagi—cough cough cough."
The thick smoke choked his throat, making Jinpei Matsuda unable to speak.
Kenji Hagiwara understood what he meant. He held the child in one hand and gave Matsuda Jinpei a thumbs up with the other hand, silently replying: I'll lead the way.
The two of them walked back one after the other without hesitation.
However, their luck was bad. After taking a few steps, the whole building shook violently again.
"boom--"
A corridor somewhere exploded with a loud bang, and the strong shock wave fanned the flames. The new explosion point splashed a large amount of flammable liquid, creating a sea of fire in an instant.
——The road that Matsuda and the others had come from was completely engulfed in flames.
Even the raging fire was rushing towards them at an alarming speed.
Kenji Hagiwara was startled and turned around and pulled Jinpei Matsuda towards the lobby of this floor.
It was impossible for them to return the same way.
Now we can only find another way out!
"B!"
Jinpei Matsuda was choking and unable to speak, but he still forced himself to say a letter.
He knew that Hagi must understand what he meant.
Sure enough, Kenji Hagiwara waved the smoke in front of him and ran in one direction with Jinpei Matsuda.
This is where the building's uniqueness comes in: It has symmetrical escape routes and elevators on either side, while the center is connected by multiple hallways and corridors, allowing the two areas to interact without interfering with each other. Even some floors require separate A and B elevators to reach the same floor.
Of course, the fire now did not distinguish between areas A and B, and directly turned the entire floor into a sea of fire.
When Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara finally found the elevator in Area B after much difficulty, they discovered that the escape door had collapsed at some point!
And the flames are still spreading outwards.
There are only two ways to go back!
The air here is fresher and the smoke has not completely occupied the place. Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara hurriedly looked around, trying to find other ways to escape.
Finally, Kenji Hagiwara's eyes fell on the elevator that had stopped working.
He turned his head to look at Matsuda Jinpei and met the equally determined gaze of Koujunran.
"Let's give it a try?" asked Kenji Hagiwara.
Matsuda Jinpei: "Charge!"
He just couldn't believe they were so unlucky!
Kenji Hagiwara handed the child in his arms to Jinpei Matsuda, then walked into the elevator, grabbed the closed elevator door with his hands, and forced it open.
The elevator door revealed a pitch-black gap. Kenji Hagiwara stuck his head in to look up and down, but only saw the dark elevator shaft and no elevator car.
Maybe the elevator stopped above them, or maybe it stopped below them.
But no matter what, they had no choice but to go through the elevator shaft.
Kenji Hagiwara took the child back and was the first to climb down the maintenance ladder in the elevator shaft.
"Are you okay?" He looked up at Jinpei Matsuda with some concern.
"nonsense."
Jinpei Matsuda gritted his teeth, let the woman hold him tightly, and then followed Kenji Hagiwara to climb down.
Now that things have gotten to this point, he has no choice but to leave!
However, their luck was always a little off.
When they got to about one floor below, they were stuck.
——It’s just so unlucky.
The elevator got stuck between the ninth and eighth floors during a power outage!
This means they can neither go up nor come down.
Matsuda Jinpei noticed Hagiwara Kenji's pause, rubbed his forehead against the sleeve of his arm, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked breathlessly, "What's wrong?"
Hagiwara Kenji smiled bitterly: "It's the end!"
Now they could only hope that the elevator car was stuck at the elevator entrance to the eighth floor, so that they might be able to reach the eighth floor from inside the elevator car.
"Tsk, can't people always be so unlucky?"
Jinpei Matsuda's mentality exploded. He followed Hagiwara Kenji and jumped onto the elevator car, then put the woman down and gasped for breath.
Rushing straight into the fire and running around carrying a woman on his back, Matsuda Jinpei was able to get here by relying on his willpower.
Kenji Hagiwara looked up at the smoke and flames pouring into the elevator shaft through the gap in the elevator, took a deep breath, and knew that this was their last chance.
He bent down and forcefully opened the escape window above the elevator car, then jumped into the elevator car.
However, perhaps fate was playing a joke on them, Hagiwara opened the elevator door, only to find it stuck at the entrance to the eighth floor, only one-fifth of the way there.
The gap is so small that an adult cannot crawl out.
Because of the thickness of the wall at the elevator door, Kenji Hagiwara could not even see the situation on this floor clearly even if he lay on the ground.
He tried to shout a few times, but the floor was silent and there was no movement.
Yes, this floor is closest to the seventh floor where their celebration banquet is held. If they need to notify and evacuate the crowd, the evacuation speed here should be the fastest.
"How about it?"
Jinpei Matsuda asked from above.
Hagiwara Kenji raised his head and looked at Matsuda Jinpei, whose face was blackened by smoke, and smiled helplessly: "The bad news is that the three of us definitely can't get out. The good news is that the child should be able to get out."
Although the eighth floor is also quite dangerous, if the fire department arrives quickly enough and the fire has not spread to lower floors, the child should be able to be rescued.
As for them... they will most likely be trapped in the elevator shaft and die from inhaling large amounts of smoke, poisoning and suffocation.