Volume 5 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Book 5 Chapter 4 – Preparations

”Are you…!”

A loud sigh was heard from the crowd. You Fang jumped up from the ground, whereas the two spec ops agents were baffled. Eyegla.s.ses smiled bitterly, and Chen Quan stood there with his eyes wide open. What Liu Meng had just performed was a spin that const.i.tuted a basic technique for all dance graduates.

'Wow, that didn't just look pretty… She's at least stamina level three. Seems like she's improved a lot since her awakening. Poor Lin Lu, she incurred the wrath of damsel Liu…' Li Yiming was also quite surprised by the show Liu Meng put up, and he knew that she was doing it because she was irritated by the way Lin Lu looked at him during her speech.

Lin Lu herself was surprised but not angry, but it quickly grew into excitement and eagerness.

”Alright, let's have a look at the guns. You've never used this before, haven't you” Li Yiming waved at Liu Meng with a smile, and the latter came back to his sides. She held his hand gently, and pretended as if the sandbag ”incident” never happened.

”For girls, it's usually…” Shen Jianming stood up respectfully when Liu Meng came close. Her display of strength had left him in awe.

”It's fine, we'll figure it out ourselves.” Li Yiming nodded with a smile, picked up a Walther P99 and led Liu Meng to the targets.

”It's actually quite simple. You just have to align the barrel with the target, but be careful of the noise, it might scare you a bit.” Li Yiming showed a rather poorly executed demonstration for Liu Meng.

The contempt in Lin Lu's eyes grew when she saw the completely unprofessional way in which Li Yiming held the firearm.

”Alright, I'm shooting,” Li Yiming gave a mindful warning.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Li Yiming shot five times, lowered his gun, and handed it to Liu Meng.

Lin Lu's head turned toward the target. 'Hmm, one hit and four misses. I suppose that even a broken clock is right twice a day.'

”You've had good luck, but maybe I should be the one to teach her.” Lin Lu picked up a handgun and approached the two; she could not bear to see the blunder anymore.

Li Yiming moved to the side. 'Now that I have a closer look, this Lin Lu does have a pretty nice body. Not as good as Liu Meng, but that flat abdomen and thin waist, and that slightly tanned skin. Not bad…'

”The most important thing to keep in mind is your posture. There are a lot of ways to do it, but the problem for us is usually arm strength…” Lin Lu suddenly paused and remembered the punching bag. ”Actually, nevermind. The alignment consists of…”

Li Yiming did not bother to importune Lin Lu while she was giving a lesson to Liu Meng, so he walked back toward Eyegla.s.ses, who was busy handling his equipment.

”Who's this Lin Lu?” Li Yiming scratched his head. He could finally understand why bald people in TV shows would never stop scratching their heads; it was indeed a habit that was easy to fall into.

”I've wanted to warn you about her earlier. She's the cream of the cream of the military. She's won three hand-to-hand combat tournaments, two survival contests, five shooting contests, and she's the most recent sharpshooting ace of the army. She's already a colonel ranked officer in the special ops.” Eyegla.s.ses whispered into Li Yiming's ear.

”Are you serious?” Li Yiming was astonished. He could finally understand the reason behind her a.s.sertive pitch earlier.

”I'm not afraid to say that I can't win against her in a sniping contest.”

”What? You?” The statement surprised Li Yiming even more, since he had seen what Eyegla.s.ses was capable of.

”Well, unless I use that gun, that is. If we used normal guns, she would be miles above me.” Eyegla.s.ses did not seem to be embarra.s.sed in the slightest.

”She's… not a guardian, is she?” The thought suddenly came to Li Yiming.

”Wouldn't think so. A guardian wouldn't be this eager to show off.”

After Lin Lu finished her brief explanation, Liu Meng checked the safety on her handgun and picked up another one from the table.

'Wait, she's thinking about using two guns from the get-go? But that's just a myth from the movies, you can't shoot properly due to the recoil…' Liu Meng's action took Lin Lu by surprise.

Bang! Bang! Bang! … Bang!

Before Lin Lu could warn Liu Meng, the latter started firing. Aside from a short pause to readjust the firing tempo, she emptied both magazines in one go.

”Well, it's not that hard.” Liu Meng puckered her lips and put the guns back down on the table. It was, in fact, a rather simple task for someone who could use their senses to lock onto the target.

Lin Lu looked at the target and felt as if a rock had fallen on her chest. 'Is she trying to mess around with me?'

The bullet holes formed a perfectly symmetrical heart on the target.

”Yiming, how did you put five bullets in the exact same spot?” Liu Meng turned around and scuttled toward Li Yiming.

'Five hits in the same spot? So he didn't miss?' Lin Lu stared at the target when she heard Liu Meng's question. The hole in the middle was indeed slightly bigger than the ones produced by Liu Meng. A bitter smile appeared on her lips, and Lin Lu finally began to have some real expectations for the team she had at her disposal.

* * *

Stargaze was in her office and tapped on her table.

”Are you looking for me, boss?” A young girl with a flushed face entered the room. She wore thick-rimmed gla.s.ses, a sailor's uniform and had her hair tied into two braids.

”What is… this outfit?” Stargaze asked.