Chapter 19 Narrow Streets for Enemies
When we were forced into a dead end, Black Sniper, in order to protect everyone and let them leave safely, rushed out recklessly to distract the attention of the bio-ghosts. Bullet, Lao Wan, and I took this opportunity to escape……?
“Sophie, this is already the top floor!” Lao Wan looked around, handed the gun to me, and then went forward to look for a room to hide in. I also observed my surroundings: “It seems that the fifth floor is the highest.”?
Originally, we had considered hiding downstairs to join Arou and the others, but then we thought, Black Sniper just drew away all the ghosts, so if they're downstairs, wouldn't we run right into them? To be safe, it felt better to go upstairs.
“What about it? Still can't open it?” I supported Bullet as I walked up, seeing Lao Wan kicking the door forcefully, ‘~dong dong'!
“Damn it, I've kicked a whole row and there's no reaction. Could it be that the higher the floor, the fewer rooms there are!”
“Maybe!”
I also tried ramming the door—~‘bump'—after a few hits, the pain made me grit my teeth! After thinking about it, I decided to kick instead!
“Ahem! Too slow. There are so many rooms, and you're kicking them one by one. The bio-ghosts could hear the noise and catch up any moment!” said Bullet. He watched us kick door after door and shook his head.
Right! I remembered, the first person to find a door that could open was Bullet. Back then, I thought it was luck. Now that I hear it, could it be that he has some trick to open doors?
He said, “Don't kick them one by one. You'll be exhausted! Try this: just kick each door once with your foot. Check if it feels the same as the doors that couldn't be opened. If all the doors feel the same when kicked with your foot, then don't bother trying—they definitely can't be opened.”
That's right! I couldn't help but pat my own head, how silly of me, why didn't I think of this? In the game, the doors of fake rooms and real rooms definitely feel different when kicked!
Right away, we tried this method, kicking each door just once. I don't know if our nerves were off, but after kicking for so long, it seemed that every door felt the same!Ugh, could it be that there's no room on the fifth floor?! If that's the case, our excitement running up here was all for nothing!?
“Damn it, what the hell is going on? Isn't there a single room we can get into?” After kicking for so long, his feet were numb. Lao Wan was extremely frustrated, cursing all the way! Anger surged in his heart, and he slammed his foot hard against the door… ‘Bang!'
“Ouch, my foot!”
Lao Wan held his aching foot, hopping on one leg, and it really looked painful! Just as he was whining in pain, maybe out of pity, a miracle happened! The door next to him slowly creaked open, and the three of us—zi dan, Lao Wan, and I—were dumbstruck on the spot.
What… is going on? The door he kicked didn't budge, yet the one he hadn't kicked opened on its own!? Could it be that because Lao Wan used so much force on the unopenable door, it somehow rattled the door next to it open?
“Wahaha! It really is about luck!” Lao Wan laughed triumphantly. Well, this time there's really nothing to say—kudos to you! Since the door can open, it means the rooms inside are usable. The longer we stay outside, the more dangerous it is, so we headed towards the open door. But I was puzzled—Zi Dan can open doors, Lao Wan can open doors, so why can't I open a door? Could it really be about luck? Damn it, never mind…
“Feeling tired?”
“Eh, not too bad, just… hmm?” Lao Wan turned to look at Zi Dan and me, his face full of question marks.
“Stop looking, I'm here.” A handgun pressed against Lao Wan's head as someone emerged from behind the door.
“You're… a Guardian?”
I stared in astonishment at the man before me. His outfit, his gear—it was our nemesis as spies, the Guardians, who hadn't been seen since the game started!
“Not ‘you,' I should say ‘all of you'!” Another voice echoed from the room, and several more Guardians appeared from who-knows-where, holding machine guns and staring at us warily.
Damn! What does luck have to do with this? No kidding, Lao Wan's so-called luck is really something; with one kick, he just sent all of us straight into the Guardians' lair!Seeing the people in the room, I finally understood: it wasn't Old Wan who forced open the door next door; they deliberately opened the door to let us in… What bad luck! Just when I had narrowly escaped the claws of the bio-monsters, I ended up bumping my head under the guns of the guards again…
"You guys are really something, making all that noise outside and kicking around for so long refusing to leave. Fine! Don't blame us, if we don't open the door to let you in, those bio-ghosts might be drawn to you!" said the guards.
I knew it, there was no way that darn door could be shaken open by Old Wan's pig-like paws in one go; something had to be off! At the time, I actually believed it. Looking up, I saw five guards in front of us. I immediately felt reassured; fortunately, there weren't many enemies. I thought my analysis with Ai Luo was right, the game is fair, both infiltrators and guards operate in teams of five.
Thinking of my Ai Luo, I really admired his persistence! If he had been here just now, he might have calmly analyzed that there was a problem behind the door, but unfortunately, I didn't notice it. Now I had no idea how they would deal with us.
These bird-brains tied us up with ropes they somehow found, turning us into three bundles. They watched us from time to time and occasionally whispered among themselves.
After a while, probably having finished their discussion, one of them asked, "Why are there only three of you? Aren't you supposed to operate in groups of five? Where are the others?"
"Hmph!"
Old Wan sneered coldly, "Do you think we're like you little cowardly turtles? We've already linked up with most of the elite infiltrators. As soon as we disappear, they'll quickly find us. The smart move is to release us quickly!" Old Wan spoke wisely; we had come out to find more companions, and by not revealing our numbers, we forced them into confusion.
"Hmm? Hahaha!" The person who asked bent over to look at Old Wan and suddenly laughed maniacally.
"Hehe, what a joke!"
One of the female fox hunters looked at us and sneered coldly, "Do you really think we're fools? Just now downstairs, there were grenades and submachine guns, we heard it from far away! But you guys are really something, only losing two people to that many bio-ghosts, and you still managed to escape."Yeah, these guys didn't know that our team had already joined forces with Sniper God's team; they still thought we were all on the same team. Anyway, since they didn't know our situation, I just joked: “Hehe, no problem, no problem! Your young master has always been lucky and prosperous. I see you, little girl, you're smooth-skinned and tender—why not just stick with me from now on? As long as you behave, under your young master's care, I guarantee you can survive smoothly.”
Quiet… very quiet… an odd quiet…
Hmm? I looked at Old Wan, then turned to check Bullet: “Did I say something wrong?” The two shook their heads, wearing the same puzzled expressions as mine.
One minute later…
“Wahaha!”; “I'm dying of laughter, the boss called you… haha!”; “Wahaha, I'm dying of laughter! Second master, he's teasing you! Haha, I can't, my stomach hurts from laughing, hahahaha…”
Looking at the woman again, she had her fists clenched, her whole face flushed bright red, like a volcano about to erupt.
Seeing this, even Old Wan and Bullet started laughing out loud! In the whole room, everyone except me was laughing until tears nearly streamed out.
Once I realized, not only was the woman embarrassed, but I also turned bright red with awkwardness. Why? Anyone who has played CrossFire knows that the female character Hunter, regardless of whether the player is male or female, can be played as long as it's purchased. Judging by their expressions and recalling my previous words, that means… oh my god, it's actually a shemale!
Damn it! That slightly teasing comment I made earlier was actually directed at a big guy sitting in front of a computer! Thinking of this, a nauseating feeling arose from my heart. My God! I swore to myself annoyedly: from now on, if I meet a woman in-game, I must clarify their gender!
Looking at the shemale who everyone was laughing at, her (his) face turned red, gritting teeth, unable to hold back any longer. I saw her (him) quickly pull out a handgun and shout: "F*** your whole family, ING! Just wait and see how I deal with you!" (End of chapter)