Last time Ren Suo controlled the assassin to stealthily obtain a gun, he was probably spotted by a young man in a brown suit, which directly aroused suspicion and led to the assassin being captured.
Now that Ren Suo thought about it, the assassin was alone behind the suspected person stealthily taking the gun, which seemed too obvious a target.
This time, he found a suspicious individual in the crowd and still used the tactic of "just a nudge and I'll run away," spilling wine over the suspicious person, and then the assassin approached amidst the crowd and surreptitiously fired at the suspicious person's butt.
"You obtained a 'Beretta 92' with 15 bullets and a silencer."
Having successfully stolen the pistol, Ren Suo had the assassin quickly get away and continued to wander around the banquet hall, waiting for 20:00 to arrive. During this time, he discovered several more suspicious individuals through physical contact.
As soon as the time arrived, gunshots exploded from the other side of the banquet hall; without waiting for a game prompt, Ren Suo had the assassin shoot and kill the assassin hidden behind the pillar, taking his spot behind a pillar with an excellent view, and activated Bullet Time to kill three assassins in quick succession!
The banquet hall was in chaos, and the assassin also took the opportunity to take cover behind the pillar to recover the Instinct Value. Ren Suo calculated that by staying in this safe zone, he could maintain a state of shooting for five seconds and resting for five seconds, and even if the assassins found cover, he could still catch them peeking out during Bullet Time and shoot their big noses off...
Da da da da da da da—
At that moment, individuals in black clothes charged into the banquet hall, trying to shoot back, but were turned into a hornet's nest by two assault rifles!
"Damn, wasn't this supposed to be a pistol fight? Where did the assault rifles come from?" Ren Suo noticed two assassins standing by the table where the Wine Cup Pyramid was placed, firing furiously with rifles, depleting a magazine before crouching down to grab a new one from under the table!
They had put the assault rifles under the table!?
Before Ren Suo could be surprised, the assassins began to split up, some rushing out to guard the elevators and exits, one holding an assault rifle headed into the inner hall with five others, and another firing towards the spot where the assassin was hidden!
The relentless gunfire instantly stripped the carvings and plaster from the pillar in front of the assassin!
The screen suddenly turned red, indicating the assassin was injured but not yet dead. Knowing he couldn't keep this up, Ren Suo took the opportunity during a magazine change to turn sideways and activate Bullet Time—
Swoosh, another assassin targeting the pillar fired with a pistol, making the assassin duck back, thus wasting a bit of time while the other assassins quickly set up their weapons and sealed off the assassin's space!
After Bullet Time ended, the assassin with the assault rifle had replaced the magazine and continued to blast the pillar with relentless gunfire!
"[You died.]"
After reloading his save, although Ren Suo experienced another failure, his face was filled with excitement!
This time upon entering the banquet hall, the assassin not only instantly spotted fifteen suspicious individuals, but also—
"[Firearms Mastery]Skill activated, you find an assault rifle 'Steyr AUG'."
The location of the assault rifle was right under the table of the Wine Cup Pyramid!
This time, Ren Suo didn't steal a pistol; instead, he lingered near the Wine Cup Pyramid table. As soon as 20:00 hit, he had the assassin immediately grab the assault rifle, activate Bullet Time, and conduct precision shots at the assassins glowing red!
The assassin, trying to approach the table to grab the gun, was instantly taken down by Ren Suo, and other assassins who failed to find cover were also cleaned up by Ren Suo. As the guests screamed and hid, those assassins also found spots to hide and shoot back at the assassin.
Naturally, Ren Suo had the assassin use the wine table as a good barrier to block bullets while reloading, and then activated Bullet Time. Regardless of whether the assassins popped up, he started firing full-auto!
The destructive power of the assault rifle was much greater than that of the pistol. A pistol couldn't inflict much damage on the assassin hiding behind the wine table, but the assault rifle's bullets continuously penetrated the assassins' cover, forcing them all out into the open to be shot down!
Although there were more than twenty assassins, facing an assassin with [Bullet Time], [Firearms Mastery], and the strongest firepower of the banquet, they were not much of a challenge. Moreover, by this time, the assassins couldn't suppress the elevators and exits anymore, and the black-clad people outside also came over to the scene.
Gentlemen with guns also appeared in the inner hall, and under a multi-faceted attack, the assassins were quickly annihilated!
"Did I finally make it through…"
Before Ren Suo could even relax, those black-clad people surrounded him with their guns pointed at him!
At that moment, an exceedingly senile-looking English Gentleman pointed his gun at him and said, "Put down your weapon! Who are you? I don't recall inviting any Asians to the banquet?!"
At that time, three options emerged, with just 10 seconds to choose:
① "Me? I'm merely an admirer of Miss Karen, and I unintentionally found out that this group of Card Assassins intended to harm Miss Karen, so I came to deal with them."
② "I was mission-bound, here solely to protect Karen Lanpelucci."
③ "I live my life, why should I explain it to you (Xuan Wen)."
While the first two responses seemed fine, the third sounded like it was looking for trouble, so Ren Suo chose Option ②.
To his dismay, the English Gentleman frowned, "Hmph, who knows if you're just a decoy assassin... Bind him up and toss him in the restroom, don't let him follow!"
"What the heck?" Ren Suo was stunned as he watched the assassin being bound and taken to the restroom, and then one of the black-clad people struck the back of the assassin's head with a palm...
"You're knocked out, Karen Lanpelucci is killed during this period, mission failed."
After a successful elimination of the assassins on his next reload, Ren Suo chose Option ①.
Even through the screen, Ren Suo could see the man in black's expression undergo an extremely bizarre change, and the look in his eyes shifted instantaneously. The English Gentleman furrowed his brow, "…Really?"
Assassin: "Really, really, I am willing to give my life for Miss Karen."
"Alright then, you and the Blackwater Squad lead the way in the front. Miss Karen must stay safe at the back." The English Gentleman said, "The Card Assassins have burst in from the outside and killed the security personnel. The first floor is filled with them, and they're coming up the safe passage."
"We must leave the ninth floor; they very likely planted bombs here!" The English Gentleman looked around the banquet hall and hurriedly called out to the remaining guests who were still alive, "Miss Clarice, Sir Morris… please leave with us!"
One by one, armed men in black emerged from the inner hall. Ren Suo wanted to see what Karen Lanpelucci, whom he was supposed to protect, looked like, but she seemed to be encircled in the middle by the men in black, completely out of sight. In the video, only a golden inverted pyramid icon floated behind the men in black.
"That must be the location of the protection target…"
Then the assassin, holding an assault rifle, led the way from the safe passage, heading downwards. When they reached the seventh floor, the ninth floor's evening banquet was suddenly rocked by a loud explosion, shaking the entire building.
The assassins set up a defensive line on the second floor, but how could they possibly stop a cheating assassin? However, after the assassin had brutally shot them down relying on "Bullet Time," an assassin unexpectedly threw a grenade upwards.
Boom—
"You're dead."
Reload!
This time, when the assassin arrived, he directly leaped over the stair railing and broke into the group of assassans, utilizing 5 seconds of "Bullet Time" to beat the assassins into abandoning their helmets and armor. Then, as one of the assassins pulled out a grenade, it was instantly detonated by the assassin.
"You've gained Fragmentation Grenade*1."
The actions of the assassin this round were straightforward and invincible, leaving the men in black behind him continuously surprised. The English Gentleman came over with admiration, "Terrifying Asian… are you an Ancient Ninja or Ancient Samurai from the Flourishing Sakura Country? No normal person could possibly be as formidable as you, are you one of those non-human entities?"
At that moment, time suddenly stopped, and a box appeared on the screen with a line of text: "I am an assassin from Naiser."
In this sentence, apart from 'I am from' and 'the assassin', the name of the power can be edited. Ren Suo exclaimed, "I can edit the dialogue too…"
"Wait? Naiser? Isn't that my game ID? Why is it set as the assassin's background by default?"
Ren Suo scratched his head but didn't think too much about it and edited the phrase to: "I am an assassin from Fairy Palace."
The English Gentleman visibly paused, then asked in a strange language, "Fairy Palace? Are you from Mysterious Country?"
At that moment, another prompt popped up, "Please explain 'Fairy Palace'."
"Damn, there's even real-time dialogue; could a GM be chatting with me?" Ren Suo laughed, making up the story, "Fairy Palace is a secretive organization of Mysterious Country; I am just a common assassin among them."
The English Gentleman said "Oh" and nodded, his tone much more polite, "Please exert yourself in the coming efforts; the Lanpelrouge Family will not be stingy in offering thanks afterward."
Then the assassin charged into the lobby on the first floor, activated "Bullet Time," and threw the fragmentation grenade into a densely packed crowd. After the explosion killed a few, the assassin hid inside the safe passage, waiting for "Bullet Time" to cooldown, then every five seconds, he shot a few assassins, and every five seconds, shot a few more…
After the assassin made his way through, killing over a dozen assassins on the first floor, those behind screamed, "Super Sharpshooter!" "The cops are here!" "A helicopter, it's the SAS!"
As if ordered, the assassins reluctantly fired a few shots in the direction of the assassin and then the main force quickly drove off, leaving only a few assassins to cover their retreat.
The sirens sounded loudly outside, and the air was filled with the whooshing of the wind as the police surrounded the building, one by one, special forces soldiers with rifles broke the building's glass to enter, swiftly suppressing the remaining assassins.
"This round must have cleared it, right?" Ren Suo wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked up, only to find that it had already turned dark outside.
"It's past 6 already? I've actually been playing this game for over six hours?" Ren Suo was himself startled; he felt he had only reloaded a few times and had not spent much time at all.
However, Ren Suo thought about it; the enemy's AI in this game is too strong, and as the assassin would die instantly if hit in a vital spot, even with "Bullet Time" he had to be very cautious, waiting for a break in enemy fire to safely counterattack, and then slowly wait for the skill to cooldown. Back and forth like this, several cycles could indeed take up so much time!
When Ren Suo was about to order takeout, two options suddenly popped up in the game, also limited to being selected within 10 seconds:
① Get a cigarette, light it up, slowly take a drag, blow out a ring of smoke, and laugh, "Farewell, everyone."
② "Send my regards to Karen Lanpelrouge; I look forward to our next meeting."
It seemed that this choice might not be very important; Ren Suo immediately chose the first option, then watched as the assassin asked the English Gentleman for a cigarette, lit it, and blew out a round ring of smoke, waving to the men in black, "Farewell, everyone."
The next second, the screen froze into black and white.
"Mission complete."
"Mission score: 66.5 points (just passable); Highest Mission Score: 66.5 points (just passable)"
"Would you like to upload this result as the final outcome? After successful upload, you can earn merits corresponding to the rating."
"Once the rating is uploaded, this chapter will be completely closed."