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However, even if Hu Daoke managed to repair the rifle, it was useless, as Axia didn't have the matching bullets. Speaking of which, the merchants who sold the guns to Axia were also to blame for not caring about the compatibility of the weapons and selling her a bunch of mismatched bullets just to make extra sales.
These bullets all looked similar on the outside, and it was easy for inexperienced Otherworld folk to be deceived into thinking they were all the same. Only someone with a knowledge of firearms, like Hu Daoke, could discern the differences.
Hu Daoke even spotted a few 7.62X51 NATO standard rounds among the bullets, knowing that Axia didn't have a rifle capable of firing them, meaning she'd been swindled by the merchants without even realizing it.