"Who cares?" Zhou Zhihui curled her lip dismissively. "I guess Liu Landi got eliminated, so she went to Su An to suck up to her. It's better that they're all together, so we don't have to go looking for them one by one. We can take them all at once."
Zhou Zhihui became more and more excited as she thought about it, and couldn't help but start chattering again: "Zhang Man, you're so smart! It was the right thing to break up with that brainless brute Zhao Yan. All she did was chase after Su An for revenge. Now look what's happened, we're just waiting here for her to come to us, and we're getting points for free."
Zhang Man didn't speak; she wasn't as optimistic as Zhou Zhihui.
She simply kept her gun firmly fixed on Su Tang, who was walking at the front.
For some reason, looking at the unhurried, even somewhat leisurely figure in the scope, she always felt an inexplicable unease.
It's too peaceful.
Su An exudes an eerie calmness from beginning to end. He was like that during the shooting assessment, and he is like that now.
They were there like they were on a picnic, not undergoing a brutal test where they could be eliminated at any moment.
Zhang Man's gaze slowly moved down from Su Tang's face to her feet.
She noticed a detail that sent chills down her spine.
Su An's stride was almost perfectly uniform, as if it had been measured with a ruler.
Moreover, she always moved from the shadow of one tree to the shadow of another, with the time she was exposed to sunlight in between never exceeding half a second—enough time for a sniper to lose sight of her target.
Is she using blind spots for tactical maneuvering?
A terrifying thought flashed through Zhang Man's mind: Had they been discovered?
impossible!
Zhang Man immediately rejected the idea.
The location she chose was the best ambush spot, scouted over half an hour. It was a high vantage point with dense bushes, and besides, she was extremely well-camouflaged; how could she be discovered?
I must be too nervous and overthinking things.
Yes, Su An's marksmanship is good, but she's still just a recruit; she doesn't know anything about tactical maneuvers. It's probably just a coincidence; she just has a good walking habit.
Besides, those two idiots, Chen Xiaocao and Wang Xiaoya, who were behind her, one almost tripped over a tree root while walking, and the other was curiously picking at the wildflowers by the roadside. How could they possibly have discovered an ambush?
I must be overthinking it.
"Attention!" Zhang Man suppressed the lingering unease in her heart and began to issue attack orders. Her voice was cold and decisive. "Zhou Zhihui, you take care of the two behind you. Chen Xiaocao and Wang Xiaoya, one shot each, quick and decisive. I'll handle Su An."
"No problem!" Zhou Zhihui licked his lips excitedly, already putting the scope on Wang Xiaoya's head. "Don't worry, once they get within fifty meters, I guarantee I'll make sure they're both blown to bits!"
Zhang Man didn't speak again. She stared intently at Su Tang, her index finger already lightly resting on the cold trigger.
One hundred meters...
Ninety meters...
Eighty meters...
Seventy meters...
It's getting closer!
Zhou Zhihui was so excited that her heart was pounding and her breathing became rapid.
Sixty meters...
Fifty-eight meters...
“3… 2…” Zhang Man silently counted in her mind, and began to slowly apply pressure with her index finger.
She already foresaw that the next second, bullets would whistle out, and a blue paint flower would bloom on Su An's body.
However, just a second before she was about to pull the trigger.
A moment less than 0.1 seconds.
In my field of vision, Su An, who had been walking at the very front, suddenly stopped.
Without any warning, it abruptly stopped in place.
Then, she raised her head, her calm eyes seemingly piercing through fifty meters, through layers of bushes and rocks, through the cold scope, and accurately meeting Zhang Man's pupils, which were suddenly constricted in shock behind the lens.
At that moment, Zhang Man felt as if her breath had stopped.
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