Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 1045

His words brought smile to Edgar's face.

Edgar smiled at Brian and gave a small laugh as if it was a joke. Even after all these years, he still remembered the kindergarten incident. However, maintaining focus was key to the mission as they had come to rescue Molly and Mark. Brian acted almost perfectly and maintained a calm disposition, even though the people inside were his wife and son.

His proficiency and remarkable aptitude was the reason why he was capable of running the Grand Night Casino as well as managing the talented people who worked for him all on his own. He was trained and molded by the best to keep his nerves calm under high-stress situations. Without his level of training, no man on earth could pull off the incredible feats he could.

"Great!" Edgar scoffed, "I guess I'll have to take the lead since you're being so modest."

Red Goshawk, was close enough to overhear every word they exchanged between themselves. To him their conversation seemed casual, even though he could see the intensity both men carried in their eyes. The expression on their faces seemed competitive, however, it was friendlier than what it would have been had this been a real battlefield.

The members of the Falcon Commando hefted over some weaponry to Edgar. The munitions included a military tactical knife, a ten-shot .84 miniature pistol and a domestic-type .85 rifle. The guns were loaded with ammunition and ready to go. The competition rules were as stipulated: The contestants must fire all rounds from both guns and use the tactical knife to incapacitate the robber. The time limit for the mission was three minutes and thirty seconds. Neither contestants were supposed to know where or when the target boards would show up. It was a challenge designed to push the contestants beyond their limits.

At first, everybody thought that the rules were too difficult, but when they came to realize that the contestants were not ordinary human beings, they all became excited and engrossed in the competition.

Suffice it to say, Daniel was utterly exhilarated by the nature of the competition. He knew that his brother-in-law was one of the best in the business, but going up against one of the most indefectible legends in the army was not going to be a walk in the park or Brian. Both men were worthy masters of their craft.

"Sis, look at Brian! Even though he hasn't trained in a while, he's still got the moves. If he had practiced for the competition, it might have been a different story all together, right?"

Daniel leaned closer and whispered in Molly's ear, staring at the training field with awe in his eyes. He wondered if he could ask Brian to train his team someday.

Molly, however, was not interested in the competition. She didn't know much about combat until

she spent some time training under the Golden Flower's tutelage. But one thing was clear to her—XK Intelligence Agency was a place where the freaks operated and Bri was the leader of their organization. If Bri wanted to win this competition, Edgar wouldn't stand a chance against him.

As soon as the signal went off, Edgar held his breath and opened fire, spitting out bullets from his assault rifle. He managed to hit every single target without miss and each target board fell down one after the other.

As he ran out of bullets, he threw the rifle aside and produced the gun from his holster and kept shooting down target boards in rapid succession.

Like a killing machine, he moved smoothly with great precision, amazing everyone, including, Seahawk, who was standing beside the hostages, holding a stopwatch. Drawing the tactical knife from the holster on his hip with a flick of his fingers, he stabbed the robber right in the jugular.

"Three minutes and twenty-eight seconds!"

Seahawk announced Edgar's time, screaming at the top of his voice. Out of all the spectators, it was the other soldiers who couldn't believe what they had just witnessed with their own eyes. Driven by adrenaline, they broke into wild cheers, having momentarily forgotten the presence of their superiors.

Daniel clapped his hands in awe and asked his sister, "Sis, do you think Brian will win or lose?"

The people behind him curiously leaned closer to listen to what Daniel was saying, but they immediately drew their heads back as soon as he turned around and gave them a cold stare. Cathy was curious, too. And she quietly leaned closer to her in-law.