"Don't worry. I trained for this in military school." Daisy knew that Edward worried about her. She would do the same if Edward were in her position. They both cared a lot about each other.
"Promise me: stay safe. If not for your own sake, at least do it for me. Be careful, "
Edward urged, his eyes full of concern and affection. Yet Daisy suddenly jumped out just after he finished his words. She was as quick as a viper's strike that no one ever saw her. Not even Edward who sat beside her had expected her sudden and fast action.
But she was right. She was trained for this. She wrapped herself in a coat, assessed the angle, opened the door, and she was out, rolling. She got up and trotted up the hill with no time to check her grazed skin. As much as she had used all her skills, she still moved slower than usual due to the inconvenient outfit. That was a performance gap she didn't want to see.
Yet she was also aware that she had no time left to mourn this painful disparity. At this moment, time meant life. She found a vantage point to set up the rifle.
She set up the sniper rifle, got down on the ground, found the target, pulled back the bolt, and got loaded. With the target aimed at and all other factors calculated, she adjusted her breath, then squeezed the trigger. Her moves were smooth and skilled. The bullet she fired hit the driver of the leading car in the head.
She was bold and quick. After her first target was down, she now moved onto the next car. With the curl of finger, she shot out the second bullet right into the moving car.
"Crap. There's an expert sniper hiding somewhere. Relay that to the boss," said a man in the car that was about to lose control and hit the tree beside the road. But his reasonable analysis was too late. Their car ran into the tree and died, so did the men in the car.
Daisy curled her lips and formed a cruel smile. Yet she dare not underestimate her rivals. She was good, but someone else in the group could be just as good -- or better. She picked up the rifle and moved to a different firing position.
"Mr. Mu, are you alright?" Edward followed Daisy's instructions and parked his car in a more secluded spot. But even so, Luke still found where he was by the dim light from the streetlamp.
"I'm okay. Go find a place for us to fight back." Edward sneered and ran into the bushes beside with guns in both hands.
See that Edward was all safe and sound, Luke also entered the grove with both a gun and diamond-shaped darts which could kill people in short distance without making any noise.
"Fuck! Where are they? They flee so fast." Daisy had climbed up the hill at full speed, yet two cars still escaped before she started shooting.
"Be careful. I saw the car light go off over there. So they must be hiding somewhere around here. Pull it together. The Boss is quite interested in that woman. If you find them, kill all the men, only capture the woman for our boss's pleasure." A man ordered. His conceited tone implied that they thought of Daisy only as some weak girl. They underestimated her.
"Exactly, our boss has had almost all types of women. But he's never slept with any woman in the army, let alone a female colonel. He'd have a great time," The other man said, laughing loudly. 'What a sick man! And lusting after my wife? Yeah, I've got a bullet with his name on it, '
Edward thought, sneering. He might be no good sniper, but that didn't mean that he was lousy at shooting. To Edward, that man's days were numbered the moment he fantasized about Daisy. Without thinking about it further, he squeezed the trigger and gave the man what was due.
"Ambush! Watch out! Split into groups and root them out one by one," the gang leader ordered. It was quite intimidating to see a man speaking and laughing one minute ago and then cold and dead the next.
'Huh. Split up? Then it's easier to deal with you, ' Luke figured and threw a diamond-shaped dart. It buried itself in the throat of the man nearest him, leaving that underling no chance to breathe, let alone to call for help.
Edward, at the same time, also waged his one-man war. He fired several shots at the gang, a disdainful look still on his face. He found it hard to believe that these horrible cowards could survive the cutthroat world of gunrunning. Their boss must be either a moron or a careless playboy. Or maybe he's a licentious fool, or he wouldn't have wanted to lay a finger on Daisy.
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