Word count: 5000 Update Time: 2012-12-19 17: 27: 43
Leo ran in panic into an abandoned town about a mile from the city of Enraged Reef. In a small town 5 km away. The town was dilapidated and had been abandoned for many days. Without any purification measures, it was very difficult for ordinary people to live in such an environment. Even if they were refugees who had nowhere to live, they would only treat this place as a temporary transfer station. After resting for a while and preparing the materials to continue forward, they would leave.
Even if the town is a hotel, you don"t have to pay for it.
A dry gra.s.s ball rolled on the ground in the wind, brus.h.i.+ng against Leo"s feet. Leo looked back. There was no one in the wilderness outside the town, but the cold killing intent behind Leo"s head did not subside for even a moment.
f.u.c.k, it was two thousand meters! His limit of vision was around a thousand meters, and with the aid of the equipment he could reach a thousand and five meters. But until now, Leo hadn"t found the tracker, which meant that the man had to be farther away. It was at least two thousand meters away that Leo was unable to sense the aura of his enemies.
He ran into the town to avoid the horrible tracker and to use the town buildings to create a natural barrier that would shorten the tracker"s vision. If the opponent appeared within a range of 1500 meters, then Leo might be able to kill him.
However, Leo couldn"t understand. In the plains, the other party had plenty of opportunities to kill him, but why hadn"t he made a move yet?
With that question in mind, Leo crashed into a ramshackle house, came out of the back window, crossed an alley, and finally entered through a half-open shop window. Leo curled up in the corner of the cash register, fished a mirror out of his jacket pocket, and placed it on the counter. The mirror looked out at the world outside the shop, and Leo could see clearly in the mirror if anyone approached.
Just as the sniper hid himself, a lonely figure appeared at the entrance of the town. The red light of the sky fell on a handsome face, cold as marble. The shattered black hair fluttered in the wind, but the flying strands of hair were unable to obstruct the sharp light that shot out from the pair of eyes for a moment. This was a traveler with two bizarre eyes. His left eye was the black eyeball that Asians usually used, but his right eye was as golden as fire.
A traveler with black and gold eyes was wearing a tight-fitting tactical suit. He carried a sniper rifle on his back and a silver gray equipment. Underneath the equipment was a strange handgun that was fixed in place with a pendant. The silver cannon had a streamlined body design, and there was a lightning-like energy circuit that covered the cannon"s body. It was very special.
The corner of Zero"s mouth curled up into a smile as he looked at the quiet town. He took a pair of Browning pistols from a holster on each thigh. The previous pair had been damaged at the Cossack military base, and the new guns had been repurchased from the supply depot.
With these two pistols in hand, Zero walked into the town.
On the second day, after the holiday, Zero left Asgard with Sue, Maple, and Maple. However, when they arrived near the Angry Reef City, they found traces of movement of the DK Regiment. Judging from the direction and disposition of the carriages advancing, this suspicious troop was obviously going to be at a disadvantage for Rage Reef City, thus they intervened in this battle.
Su and Feng were in charge of dealing with the man who was obviously the leader, while Ma Pei was in charge of crus.h.i.+ng the enemy"s battle sequence. As for Zero himself, he was aiming for the same type of sniper as the cowboy.
To be honest, the cowboy did a pretty good job of it. His first shot in the direction of Angry Reef City had been brilliant, with precision calculations of the trajectory, prediction of the target"s movement, and almost success. The only thing that was left out was that the cowboy did not know that one of the two leaders of Raging Reef City had the ability to sense his domain, causing this shot that should have hit his target to fail.
Afterwards, he was targeted by Zero, and then let go of him on purpose. The cowboy left his hiding place, but when he realized that the situation was not good for him, he turned around and ran away cleanly without a shred of hesitation. He was slightly surprised by the situation, but he quickly caught up.
As Leo had expected, Zero had been hanging two kilometers away from him. There were no obstacles in the wilderness, and with the free range of Zero"s right eye, it was easy to follow the cowboy without being seen. Returning to the wilderness was akin to returning to one"s own home ground. He had been born in the wilderness, unlike the people who had grown up in a city like Asgard. He had lived in the wilderness for only two years, but his soul, his blood, had left an indelible mark.
In the eyes of outsiders, the wilderness was cruel and b.l.o.o.d.y. However, in the eyes of zero, the wilderness was not purely heartless. It was just that people could not find a way to coexist with it.
In the distance between Angry Reef City and the abandoned town, Zero had thought of making a move. If the sniper rifle in his hand was not the type I sniper rifle that Asgard produced, but the original Colt, Zero would not have allowed the cowboy to run so far. Although he wanted to stay alive, he could at least shoot one of his legs to stop this clever fellow. However, the "Zero" Colt had already been destroyed by Günabel, and this sort of ordinary sniper rifle was only about a thousand meters away from them. It was clearly inferior to the modified rifle that the cowboy was holding.
So Zero followed him all the way, using his will to force the cowboy into the town. To be sure, the appearance of the building made it impossible for him to hang the cowboy from a distance. But at the same time, the complexity of the environment greatly increased the chances that Zero would leave the other party behind.
Everything had its pros and cons, depending on how you used it. With this in mind, he strolled through the main street of the town.
He wanted to keep the cowboy because he already knew that the other side was cooperating with the armed mob that had attacked the city. As a result, in times of life or death, the cowboy could not be sacrificed for the mob. As for zero, he would be able to learn a few things from a cowboy. For example, how a mob in the wilderness could possess such powerful weapons.
Zero didn"t think a new mob group had enough money to buy these things, not even the most rampant thieves of the day. When Zero saw the armed mob, he felt uneasy. That was why he was chasing the cowboy. He wanted to know the source of his uneasiness from the cowboy.
The town had not been visited by anyone for a long time, and the streets were covered with thick layers of radiation snow. The clear footprints marked the path the cowboy had taken. Following the trail, Zero pa.s.sed through a house. From afar, he saw the trail eventually point towards the abandoned store on the other side.
The pupil of the right eye dilated, and the image of the shop zoomed in on the zero eye. Zero could clearly see that there was a mirror on the counter behind the shop window. The mirror was very clean, as clean as if it had just been taken out by someone.
Laughing a little, he walked gently around to the other side.
In the store, Leo had his sniper rifle in his hand, wondering if he should switch positions. He knew perfectly well that the tracks left by the snow would lead the unseen creature to the shop. However, there was nothing he could do about it. Firstly, Leo didn"t have the time to clean up the footprints he left behind, and secondly, he wanted to use this as an excuse to lure his opponent to his predetermined sniping point.
As long as the other party appeared in any corner of the mirror, Leo had the confidence to fight back immediately.
Unfortunately, the scene in the mirror did not change at all.
The killing intent from the back of his head had disappeared the moment he entered the little town. That was because his opponent could no longer see him. To Leo, as long as the other party could not see him, he had a chance to use this town to escape forever. However, there was a risk. Once he exposed his body outside the house, he could be ambushed at any time. With the distance from the sniper rifle to the enemy, Leo would not be able to detect it in time, let alone retaliate.
Therefore, the current method seemed a bit stupid, but as long as he had patience, the method was feasible. As long as he could get rid of the opponent, Leo would be able to leave with ease.
As Leo waited patiently, something broke in the window on his left, and a black ma.s.s was thrown in and rolled to Leo"s feet. Leo"s pupils narrowed. In them was a grenade. Even the smallest of the grenades, the one that exploded at such a close distance, was enough to take Leo"s life.
Leo reacted almost immediately. He jumped up and quickly jumped out of the window. When he landed on the ground, he did a beautiful somersault. Leo bounced up in the snow, trying to find cover, but a black barrel stopped him in his tracks.
It was very quiet behind him, the grenade did not explode. If he hadn"t opened the safety catch, it would have been a Mute Thunder. Regardless of which it was, the other party"s goal had already been achieved. Using the same method as before, the other side used a grenade to force him to jump into the location he had set earlier. Leo"s face was bitter as he slowly raised his head, looking toward the muzzle without any misunderstandings.
It was an automatic pistol, and from the look of it, Leo a.s.sumed it was a Browning. Behind the gun was a long, powerful arm, and above it was a body wrapped in tactical gear. This Gunner was wearing a thin tactical uniform like this as he stood in the snow. Clearly, this uniform also had the effect of adjusting the temperature and isolating the radiation.
High-grade goods!
He lifted his head high, and saw the silhouette of a head. The sun shone from behind him, hiding his face in shadow, and Leo couldn"t see clearly.
"You have two choices. Die! Or alive! " The man said coldly.
Even though his voice was cold, Zhang Xuan could tell that the other party was very young. This made Leo surprised. In his imagination, an opponent who could force him to such a state should be an experienced sniper. His experience was usually directly proportional to his age. Even if the other party wasn"t a white-haired old man, he should have at least stepped into middle age.
But his opponent was actually so young, and he even seemed to be a few years younger than him. This caused Leo to be greatly shocked.
"Now, put down your weapon. Then slowly stand up and answer my question. " The other party continued.
Leo very cooperatively let go of his sniper rifle and slowly straightened himself as the gun was raised. When the gun was level with the ground, Leo finally saw the man"s face. There was no doubt that this was a young and handsome man. What made Leo almost exclaim in a low voice was that the other party had a special eye.
In that golden eye, Leo could see his astonishment.
The pistol suddenly moved to his chin, and, to make matters worse, the muzzle continued to rise. Leo had to stand on tiptoe until he couldn"t go any higher.
d.a.m.n it! Lei Ao cursed in his heart. This action would quickly exhaust his physical strength, and not only did the killing intent from the gun not weaken, it was also gradually increasing. Leo knew that as long as he said something wrong, the other party would not hesitate to send bullets into his body. This was the message sent to him from the killing intent.
"Listen, man. Relax, I"ll tell you whatever you want to know. "Could you please lower that d.a.m.n gun a bit? It"s tiring for me to stand like this …" Beads of sweat had begun to roll down his forehead from under the brim of his cowboy hat.
Zero remained silent, allowing Leo to continue speaking. However, the hand holding the spear had moved, even with the smallest range.
It was only when Leo"s legs began to shake, when Zero knew that his stamina was reaching its limit, that this was the effect he wanted.
"I say, quickly ask what you want to know. I can"t hold on any longer. Why don"t you just kill me!" Leo shouted impatiently.
Finally, Leo saw the man"s lips start to open and close, followed by a simple question from the man. "What"s your name?"
"Leo, Leo Warchester!" Leo not only reported his name, but even his own.
Zero had no interest in his surname. However, based on interrogation techniques, asking the simplest questions and then suddenly getting to the point would often lead the prisoner to reveal the truth without him being able to guard against it. Zero didn"t know how he knew all this, but knowing was knowing. He didn"t mind studying and selling, so another question popped up.
"What is your relations.h.i.+p with them?"
"The DK Regiment?" Leo said quickly, "I"m just working for them, man. You see, I have no enmity with the city of Wrath Reef. "If you lose because of me, I"m willing to compensate you, really!"
Zero didn"t say anything, but the gun was raised a little more.
"You talk too much. You only need to answer my questions." Zero said.
Leo nodded vigorously, then lowered his chin to his original angle. Then he heard Zero asking him a bunch of irrelevant questions, including his background and even whether he had a wife or not. Leo could only answer. If not for the gun pointed at him, he would have been distracted.
"Where did the DK Regiment come from?"
"Arms? "Oh, that was provided by the dark merchants …" Leo answered offhandedly, but when he spoke of the dark merchant, he shut his mouth abruptly.
"Dark merchants?" Apparently, Zero had never heard of this organization. In fact, there weren"t many people who knew about the existence of the dark merchants.
"Listen, man, I had a chance to hear from the Dark Traders. Don"t say that I told you, otherwise, the a.s.sa.s.sins of the dark merchants won"t let me go. " Leo"s face turned green. If this underground organization were to find out about the matter of the dark merchants, unless Leo left the coastline, he would definitely become a corpse in the wilderness one day.
"I think it"s better for you to worry about the current situation first." Zero asked some more questions, and he didn"t want to ask any more because it was no longer necessary. Among these questions were the origins of the dark merchants, the reasons for their support of the DK Regiment, and the contact details between the Regiment Leader and them.
Several questions were asked in a random, repet.i.tive, and random manner to make sure that the cowboy was not hiding anything or lying. Zero did not stop the interrogation until the question was repeated five times. The answer to the question had not been given in the first place. Zero was certain that the man was not lying, but he did not know much either. For example, the reason for the Dark Merchants" financial aid to Decars, and the way in which they contacted each other, these cowboys didn"t know.
From his words, Zero only roughly understood the origin of the dark merchants. But even this question is not known to the cowboy. He only knew that this organization sold almost everything, from mutated beasts to high-tech products. As long as you could afford it, you could buy whatever you wanted from them.
When Zero put his gun down, Leo slumped to the ground. Every ounce of his strength had been squeezed dry, and now was not the time to move a finger. This was also what Zero wanted. He kept his promise, but didn"t want to be pointed at from behind by a gun before he left.
Putting away the gun, Zero turned to leave, but Leo suddenly shouted, "Wait, don"t leave, bro!"
Leo gasped, forcing a smile out of his face. "I know you are an outstanding sniper, but you are only one person. Maybe sometimes you need a helper. Like me, hey. "
"Like you?"
"That"s right, I"ve never lost before." Leo said confidently, then he thought of something and said dejectedly, "Of course, you"re an exception."
Zero said expressionlessly, "I admit that you are very funny, but there is already a guy in my team who is too funny. Besides, I only have four seats in my car. "
After saying that, Zero ignored the "funny" cowboy. He turned a corner at a leisurely pace and disappeared from Leo"s sight. From behind, in the wind, Zero could hear Leo shouting, "I have my own car."
"What an interesting fellow …" Zero replied. But very quickly, his figure disappeared from the town. He did not stay for long for Cowboy"s words.