Chapter 12: The Blackwater Four — Part 2
"Separated? Even you guys got separated from everyone else?"
"Yes, that's right! At that time, the situation was very chaotic. When the countdown sounded, everyone ran around like crazy, even Captain Locke couldn't control it. Our team was following the leader, that is, the captain of the Blackwater squad, Black Sniper God. While running, we realized that only four of us were left in the group," the two of them reluctantly recounted slowly.
It seems everyone went through the same thing. I shook my head—so frustrating! I had thought I finally found comrades, but they turned out to be equally unfortunate wanderers.
"You said earlier that you were sent here by the captain of the Blackwater squad, right?" I, Ailo, asked at this moment. "So, where are your captain and the others?"
"In a small room at the back. At that time, the captain was quite unwilling when he called us out to check the situation. Now seeing you is great, this way we finally have some companions," they said happily.
The two of them were extremely pleased and led us to their hiding place. While walking, we started chatting. One of them was called 'Frontline Elite' (hereafter referred to as 'Elite'); the other was called 'Flying Bullet' (hereafter referred to as 'Bullet'). They both belonged to a team called 'Blackwater Company'. Their team captain was called 'Black Sniper God'! When it came to sniping, he was even better than with a submachine gun—a truly formidable expert!
"So you are the members of the seventh team who fought the defenders downstairs! Really impressive. If it weren't for you, the defenders would probably have killed us by then."
"Haha! That's right, don't idolize me, I'm just a legend! Hahaha!" Glasses immediately became proud upon hearing the compliment from Bullet and Elite.
"By the way!"
I thought for a moment and asked, "When the countdown sounded before the bio-attack, did you notice anyone on our side change?" This was a very important question. Everyone stopped walking and stared at the two of them. Even Glasses became serious.
The two looked at each other and wiped the sweat from their faces. But as I clearly saw, there was no sweat on their faces at all. It seems my question reminded them of that extremely tense moment.
"We're not really sure about that question either."At that time, the situation was chaotic. Before the noise even stopped, everyone was frantically running around in panic. We were running with the team leader, and although we didn't see with our own eyes whether any biochemical ghosts had appeared near our undercover group, we did hear the distant roars of the ghosts and the sound of machine-gun fire!
You mean that?! Ai Luo and I exchanged a glance and nodded silently, no doubt about it! It seems that biochemical ghosts have appeared on our undercover side. We need to be more careful in our next actions.
We chatted as we walked and unconsciously arrived at the door of the room where the Blackwater company members were hiding.
Elite Fireline knocked on the door: 'Captain, this is Elite! We're back.'
With a 'click,' the lock opened, and the door swung open. Out came an undercover operative wearing a small felt hat and holding a machine gun. 'Elite, the bullets. Why are you back... hmm? Them?' The person was about to speak when he noticed a few of us standing behind Elite and was obviously stunned for a moment before his expression brightened: 'Could it be that you found your separated teammates?'
'Yes, they are members of the seventh undercover group who went downstairs to lead the attack on the defenders!'
'Oh, it's them! Right, it's dangerous outside, everyone, come in quickly.' He stepped aside to let us in. Once we entered, he carefully secured the door and wedged a thick piece of wood behind it.
After checking everything and finding no issues, he called out: 'Captain, we have companions!' At that sound, a dignified and heroic man came out from inside, with alertness in his eyes: 'You are...'
'We are members of the seventh group!'
'Oh, it's you! Welcome, welcome, looks like we'll be fighting together from now on!' The man smiled and walked over: 'I wonder who among you is the captain?'
'I am!'
I stepped forward, sizing up the man in front of me. It seems he is Hei Sniper, the team captain of the Blackwater company team.
The man chuckled, came up to me, and extended his hand: 'I am Hei Sniper, team captain of the Blackwater company team and also the leader of the third group.' 'I'm Yu Menren, nice to meet you!'
'Hehe, likewise, nice to meet you!'The Black Sniper God laughed as he pointed at the people behind us: "They are my subordinates. You should already know Elite and Bullet. The one who just opened the door is 'Ak—Werewolf!' You can call him Werewolf."
After saying this, the Black Sniper God sighed: "It's just a pity that when the Biochemical Ghost appeared, one comrade got separated, otherwise there would be more people."
"It's okay, now we're all together! Let me introduce everyone." He pointed at the few people behind me.
"Glasses, Lao Wan, I Love Luo, Xiao Bai! They are my good comrades and good friends. People you can trust."
After both of our groups introduced ourselves to each other, I looked at the Black Sniper God and took the initiative to say: "Alright, now everyone here is on the same side. Any intelligence should be shared! Let's put the information together and analyze the next move carefully!"
"Yes, that's right! Since you're here, it's time to think carefully about what to do."
The Black Sniper God nodded and called to his subordinates: "You all stay on guard and inform us if anything happens." After saying that, he waved at us and turned, walking into the small room inside. I looked at I Love Luo and signaled him to come with me.
"Hey hey! Sophie, you're really inconsiderate. Isn't it just about discussing a few things? Why did you only take I Love Luo? You're really looking down on your brothers!" Glasses shouted loudly when he saw me and I Love Luo following the Black Sniper God inside.
"Uh?!"
I scratched my head; it seems we still need to go together! That's fine, as we're all brothers, it's good to come up with ideas together for the next step. I nodded and let them come along. Since Glasses and Lao Wan came, Xiao Bai naturally came too.
When the five of us entered, the Black Sniper God was looking down at a map. Hearing us enter the room, he looked up, slightly surprised: "Uh? You… brought this many people?"
"It's okay, we don't put on airs in front of our brothers!" I smiled.
"Oh, since you're here, everyone sit down!"
There were no chairs in the room, only several wooden boxes of different sizes (the type that's easy to pass through walls). We all sat on the boxes, with a large wooden box in the middle of the group. A map was placed on top. It seems the Black Sniper God had been carefully studying this thing just now.Hei Ju Shen didn't expect that all of us would come in, and he couldn't help but chuckle: “Hehe, I originally thought it would just be you. Sigh, your team really is united!”
“Hehe, being united is a good thing!” I also smiled and responded.
Being underestimated doesn't feel good, of course. I could faintly hear Glasses and Lao Wan exhaling beside me: “Damn! It's just a small team leader, and they really know how to act high and mighty!”
“Alright, let's get down to business!” I looked at the map in front of me: “Huh? Could this be the overall terrain map of District 13?”
“Correct! This is the map of District 13.”
“Uh? Where did you get it? Why don't we have it?”
“No, you have it in your backpack too, you just didn't look for it carefully.”
I have it too? After hearing this, I couldn't help but take off my backpack, open all the pockets, and start checking them one by one.
“Huh?” Looking at the map in my hands, I was slightly stunned. I didn't expect I also had one! Well, if you have it and I have it, that means everyone has it; so why didn't we find it when looking for the radar earlier?
“No, each team only has one map of District 13! That is to say, this is a map only the team leader possesses.”
I see! According to him, these maps are all equipment that come with the game at the start.
Sigh! Suddenly, my mind clarified quite a bit: Since the map is in my backpack as a team leader, this means the CF game system knew I would become the leader of the seventh team! Then, could it be that everything was pre-designed by the game?! Including that we would split into teams to search for Dr. Koro, that I would become the team leader, then we would be ambushed by the Defender's mines, leading to a big battle, and later, after the Bio Ghost appears, we would get separated from everyone…
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a chill!
That is to say, all of this was just a path pre-designed by the game! We are merely following the plot step by step! Then, what will happen next? What should our next move be? Or are we already inside the storyline of the game?!
I shook my head and patted my face. Calm down! Calm down!Now we must calm down. Only by calming down can we analyze the next path we need to take. My heart slowly grew heavy. I originally thought that it would be enough to just avoid the attacks of the biochemical ghosts, but who knew that the road ahead of us had all been designed by the game?! It seems that I was too naive in my thinking at the very beginning. (End of this chapter)
