Chapter 590 - Special Treatment at Special Times
Chapter 590: Special Treatment at Special Times (Part One)
When Fick counted down to ‘one,’ the comrade in front of him shifted his body away immediately.
Fick’s eyes immediately focused on the sniper lens and saw a target. He was 0.3 seconds to lock onto the target when he saw Xu Cheng’s head in the crosshairs, and he was about to pull the trigger, and a ‘bang’ was heard on the battlefield.
The commander asked, “Target down?”
The technician used the drone’s camera to zoom in on Xu Cheng and found he was still holding half a cigarette in his mouth while exhaling white smoke, so he said, “The shot missed.”
HQ: “Casey, who fired the shot? Him or Fick?”
“The shot wasn’t from Fick, it was the target. Fick’s bullet didn’t go out, and he got shot in the head! That guy’s bullet pierced through the lens and went in his eye and through his head!” Casey replied in a ghostly voice.
Everyone in the headquarters was shocked!
Was he human?
The soldier beside Fick was more than stunned because when he got out of the way, he thought he heard Fick’s shot within a blink of an eye. Who knew that Fick’s head would suddenly fall backwards, and then his whole head would smash into the sand, his sniper rifle never shooting out a single bullet.
The blood splattered onto the soldier’s face as he stayed still in shock, and his hands were subconsciously blocking his face with the helmet as he panicked and cried out anxiously.
“Sht, that’s not fcking human. You guys better figure out what we’re going to do now.” He was a bit broken inside as he had witnessed two of his comrades beside him get their heads blown off. It was a situation where an elite sniper couldn’t even do the job, and under this circumstance, an incomprehensible opponent was the most frightening.
Not just him, but the entire team had never met such a bizarre opponent.
When Casey heard that his comrade had broken down and was on the verge of crying, he also pressured the commanders as he said, “You guys better check out if this guy is Kush or not!”
“No way! Kush has an agreement with us that he won’t interfere or go against us as long as we don’t infringe on his territory. He knows what it means to break the agreement and he also can’t change the set rules around here.”
The soldier next to Fick questioned, “So can you explain to me how he is doing it? We all seem to be under his control here, and don’t tell me they bought a naked-eye camera device. Hitting mines, accurately blowing heads off from 800 meters away with a single shot, I want to ask you which sniper in the world has such a terrifying record? It seemed like he was expecting every move we made. He even knew that I’d cover Fick and Fick would be aiming at him! All of this means he knows what we’re doing, so shouldn’t you guys explain?”
The commanders went into silence.
They stared at each other looking for an answer.
“What do you have to say?”
One of them ran through his thoughts and said, “First of all, this man is an excellent sniper. So good that it’s almost unbelievable. I don’t think it’s possible for a human to do that, which means that his gun must be some special hightech gun, equipped with some sort of AI locking and targeting system.”
The Commander in Chief immediately dismissed him after he finished, “You mean, there are other countries that are more than a decade ahead of our M Nation in the military field? The kind of gun you’re talking about can only be imagined as not only does the whole gun need to be equipped with AI chips; the bullets have to be specially produced as well. Do you think he’s using an intelligent navigation weapon in a country with no satellites or internet around?”
Chapter 590: Special Treatment at Special Times (Part Two)
The other commanders added, “If we rule that out, then this man is really terrifying; how the hell did he do that? The drone swept over the area and found that there were no magnetic devices at all. How the hell was he able to see what was happening on Casey’s side and make any preparations? I know you’re trying to say if it could be a mole among us but that’s completely impossible, because even if someone had given him the location of Casey’s group, there was no way he could have known the precise location of Casey and the others with such thorough detail. None of us would have known, and even if there was a mole, there’s no way that so much information between the two could have been transmitted in such a short amount of time.”
The Commander-in-Chief picked up his headset and said, “Casey, retreat! You have lost the will to fight. We need to further assess our enemy before continuing. Retreat!”
Casey was furious. “How can we back out at this point? I’d love to get close enough to that b—–d and break him into pieces. I want a tank to back us up here!”
“No, that’s not against the rules; it’s a manpower competition. If you could get a tank, why don’t you ask for missiles? This type of weapon use would be much detested by the pacifists around the world.”
Casey: “So, how do you propose we retreat? Get back down? Don’t joke, okay? Five of my men are dead! It’s a humiliating defeat. Are we doing them any justice by retreating? I must kill this b—–d with my bare hands today!”
Other soldier: “Yes, this man must die to avenge the sacrifices of our brothers.”
HQ: “What can you do about it? You can’t show even a bit of your face with such accurate shooting from the other side, and by the time you crawl over, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to stay and would have long since run away. As soon as you look up, you’ll be attacked again.”
Casey: “Collaborate with us using the gas bombs on the drone, that would pinpoint his location and also interfere with his vision. We will then go up and take him down immediately!”
HQ: “No, the drone can not be used as a part of this. It’s just a tool for surveying the situation and providing us with live feedback so we can give orders.”
Casey: “Sir, how can you tolerate a retreat like that? We haven’t even attacked yet, and we’ve already lost five of our comrades. Have you thought about how humiliating it would be to go back? Special times call for special measures!”
Everyone in the headquarters stared at each other.
“The current situation is truly a passive one as we have lost five soldiers, but we must win this battle!”
The four commanders looked at each other; it was already a matter of the M Nation’s authority. If they retreated in this battle, then it would cause the remaining 23 soldiers to lose their morale, which was not what they wanted. It was only the first level of the competition; how could they win if they lost their spirit and confidence so early on?
Therefore, the four commanders had no choice but to take this type of cheating action.
“For this one, we will overwhelm him with numbers, but we must win this battle!” the Commander-in-Chief said.
“Yes, special times call for special measures, and the morale of the army must not be affected.”
Having reached a mutual agreement, the Commander-in-Chief picked up the microphone and passed on his words. “Casey, stand by. The drones will cooperate.”
The remaining 23 soldiers regained their fighting spirit once again.