Chapter 80: Firefight
In the study, Brandon stood up and spoke when he saw Buck and Cottonford coming in. When he saw how embarrassed they looked, his eyes became slightly puzzled.
"Mr. Buck, what's the situation at the dock? Have those dogs gotten a taste of their own medicine?"
Buck frowned slightly as he listened to Brandon's words, and then he spoke in a calm voice.
"Did the hunter team set out this morning only after receiving the flowers we sent? Didn't they have any long discussions or meetings before that?" Instead of answering Brandon's question directly, Buck spoke seriously. Listening to Buck's words, Brandon was stunned for a moment, and then responded.
"Yes, Ms. Ada at the front desk sent out the hunter team right after receiving the flowers. Just like our previous plan, it was very sudden. Many people just came to work and had no time to prepare... Well, is there any problem with this, Mr. Buck?"
Brandon asked doubtfully. Buck pondered for a while after listening to Brandon's words, but he seemed to be unable to figure out the reason for a moment. He originally suspected that Brandon's betrayal led to the ambush on his side, but if Brandon really betrayed, then it would be another team of hunters waiting for him at home, not the butler and servants. When he came here, he had been very careful to confirm that only his own people had entered the home base.
Buck wanted to figure out how the information was leaked to the Security Bureau, but he couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he put the question aside for the time being and spoke slowly to Brandon.
"There was a little unexpected situation at the dock. Now is an emergency, and this is not the time to explain. Let's take out everything in the tonnage and evacuate Igwinter first. By the way... have you taken out all the things from the Security Bureau?" Buck asked Brandon, and then Brandon immediately nodded and patted the briefcase in his hand.
"Well, everything is here, but I'm sorry, Mr. Buck, I had an accident on my way out. Um... I suffered a little loss."
As he spoke, Brandon's voice became a little weak and his eyes became wandering. Seeing him like this, Ke Chenfu on the side became anxious and spoke quickly.
"Some were lost...how much was lost? No, how much is left? You kid didn't bring only a few things!" Ke Chengfu said anxiously. They suffered heavy losses at the flooded dock. For several days, only the two of them managed to escape successfully. At this time, their only consolation was the things that Brandon stole from the Security Bureau. Now Brandon said that this only consolation had also been lost a lot, which must make them anxious.
Hearing Ke Chengfu's urgent and stern words, Brandon showed a little embarrassment. Then he put the suitcase on the table beside him and spoke.
"I can't say for sure about this, so please take the opportunity to discuss it..."
As he spoke, Brandon turned the open side of the box towards Buck and Cobb, and prepared to open the box. Buck and Cobb also focused their eyes on the box for a moment.
Then, as he watched, Brandon opened the suitcase.
“Bang!!”
The moment the box was opened, a crisp sound was heard inside the box, and a burst of white ash was ejected from the box, spraying violently towards the opening of the box, covering Buck and Ke Chenfu's faces and severely blocking their vision.
This box was not brought out by Brandon from the Security Bureau, but was prepared by Dorothy in advance. Inside was a small spring mechanism, and the box was filled with lime. The moment it was opened, the spring mechanism would be activated and the lime would be thrown out in the direction of the opening, causing visual damage.
When using Brandon to sneak in, Dorothy thought that there might be a plot of unpacking and inspecting the goods, so she made this thing specially. This kind of prank-level small mechanism is very simple and easy to make. And even if it is just a prank mechanism, it can be lethal when used in the right place.
"Ugh! My eyes!"
"Hey... boy, how dare you..."
Ke Chengfu and Buck were caught off guard by the thrown lime. Ke Chengfu was closest to them, so he was hit in the eye immediately. Buck was farther away, so he blocked the lime with his arm in time, but his vision was blocked for a while.
The moment the box was opened, Brandon took out a pistol from the box and was ready to shoot at Culver, who was covering his eyes in pain, wanting to shoot him in the head. However, the widespread lime not only blocked Culver and Buck's vision, but also made Dorothy, who was observing the battlefield through Brandon's eyes, unable to aim accurately. She could only shoot at an approximate position.
"Bang!"
The bullet roared out from the muzzle, and the gushing air wave broke through the diffuse dust. In the case of close range shooting, Brandon shot Ke Chengfu in the chest. At this moment, he had already taken off the heavy armor on the way to escape. The bullet hit his chest without any hindrance, but unfortunately it did not hit the heart, and Ke Chengfu, who was already covered in wounds, fell down unsteadily.
“Ow…it hurts…”
Just as Brandon was about to pull the trigger to fire the first shot, a sharp sword came out of the dust and stabbed towards Brandon. Its speed was much faster than Brandon could dodge. Brandon, who was holding the gun, was pierced through the forehead by the sword. Then he fell heavily to the ground with his eyes wide open.
Holding a staff and sword, Buck emerged from the white dust. Looking at Brandon lying on the ground, who was obviously dead, Buck's brows were furrowed and his eyes were as solemn as dead water.
"You really are a traitor in the Anyin Bureau... No, that's not right. If you were a traitor in Anyin, things wouldn't have developed like this. Could it be that you..." Looking at Brandon, who was a corpse in front of him, a lot of thoughts began to appear in Buck's mind.
…
As soon as the gunshot was heard upstairs, the three servants who were packing up downstairs immediately stopped what they were doing and looked upstairs in surprise. At this moment, the housekeeper who was supervising them shouted to the servants.
"There's an accident upstairs! Grab your weapons and go up to protect Master Buck!"
"yes!"
At the butler's order, coupled with the disturbing sound of gunfire upstairs, the servants pulled out their pistols from the things they were packing, and then quickly went upstairs. The butler also pulled out a pistol and followed behind all the servants until they came to the corridor in front of the study.
The servants, weapons in hand, ran along the corridor towards the closed door of the study. The butler, who was following closely behind the servants, had a gloomy look in his eyes. He raised the pistol in his hand and fired continuously at the three servants who had their backs to him not far away.
“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!…”
In one breath, the butler emptied the magazine of his pistol. Under the continuous gunfire at close range, the servants who were stabbed in the back by Hu Bu were shot and fell to the ground in shock.
Then, Dorothy, who was in the carriage outside the house, froze in her expression and used 2 points of "activation" to raise the control limit of the corpse ring to four at once.
Then, the three servants who had just been shot and fell down, stood up immediately. The expressions in their eyes became as gloomy as those of the butler before. They stood in the corridor and raised their guns in unison, firing continuously at the tightly closed wooden door of the study in front of them. For a while, the sky above the mansion was filled with gunshots.
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