There happened to be an expert here. She looked at Xia Yibing with a hint of expectation in her eyes.
"There are two options here."
Xia Yibing pondered.
"If you don't mind making too much noise."
"Then let Russell find someone to release the news..."
"Or just find someone to pretend to be them and see how those people react."
Chapter 23 Differences
Before noon, Russell separated from the three people.
According to him, they were too big a target and should have been targeted by the Undead from the moment they left the station.
"They won't suspect anything at first, because I returned to Talignan to manage the Merchant Alliance branch, and escorting you three is just a side job... But if we continue to stick together, they will definitely become suspicious. Don't doubt their cunning."
He left all the guns and ammunition that the contact had stored in the drawer to them, which were:
A Siden double-barreled shotgun with the front barrel cut off. It is about meters long and comes with three bullets. The number of bullets may seem small, but this is a "spray gun", and the range of damage that three bullets can cause is extremely amazing.
A slightly old but well-preserved Ur military rifle with a sleek appearance. meters long, 18 rounds of ammunition, and an aiming instruction manual "Try to tilt the crosshairs to the left" is included in the barrel.
Two Boruni-19s with additional magazine shells welded under the barrels. They are both pistols, and the magazine capacity has been doubled after the modification, which allows for rapid bursts of fire at the cost of service life.
There are also three short vests with steel plates interspersed in them, which are probably the oldest bulletproof vests.
Among them, the Boruni pistol has the most ammunition and uses the most popular No. 3 bullet.
It is worth mentioning that all ammunition are silver bullets.
Xia Yibing made the distribution: one steel vest for each person, a Boruni pistol for Hitzfeld, another Boruni and a Siden shotgun for Sixus, and she herself picked up the longest Ur rifle.
The rapid-fire Boruni can make up for the defect of the long shooting interval of Hitzfell White Whale, and Sixus didn't bring a pistol, so she also needed a pistol to ensure close-range combat capability.
"I don't think the people from The Thorn Birds can get these things." Sixus complained while fiddling with the spray gun. "Honestly, do you really think he is just a member of the review team?"
"This question... maybe one day he will explain it himself."
Xia Yibing and Hitzfeld smiled at each other and began to check their guns.
This is a necessary procedure. After all, the gun was purchased through other channels. If you don't check it to confirm whether it is effective, a dud or explosion in the barrel when it is actually used can be fatal.
There is nothing to see in the Boruni. Both pistols are consumables and basically become useless after firing two magazines. The real masterpiece is the Ur rifle.
Although its sight was "crooked" and the aiming accuracy needed to be adjusted according to the angle of the crookedness, Xia Yibing simply played with it and immediately discovered that there were mysteries inside it.
"The barrel should be longer than the ordinary Ur." She kept raising and lowering the rifle, weighing the feel of the rifle. "The buttstock is heavier, and the center of gravity is much better balanced than the Ur... and the internal rifling is finely engraved. This is a sharp assassination weapon!"
In fact, it is a modified rifle with increased range and accuracy, which can barely be used as a sniper rifle...
Hitzfeld curled his lips and looked at the rifle with envy.
It was such a cool thing, it even had a bayonet on the front. She would be lying if she said she didn't want to use it.
But she couldn't use it - she had never received any rifle training, either formally or informally; secondly, she was not strong enough to operate such a heavy firearm.
"You're right. This is definitely not something that Thornbirds can get." Xia Yibing glanced at Xixus, "He knows a master gun modification expert."
If it was just a pistol, it wouldn't be that difficult to get, after all, it's something that can't be strictly controlled. But getting two big guns and two pistols, and modifying them to fully utilize their characteristics, this is too exaggerated.
"The shortened shotgun can be hidden in the inner pocket of your windbreaker, but how are you going to carry this?" Sixus looked at her.
"He said there was a violin case left in the next room. How do you think they got it up here?"
Hitzfeld watched as the two men dragged over the violin case, stuffed the Urge into it, fastened the straps, and then had the woman carry it on her back. It looked like the real deal.
But she was not happy.
Russell didn't seem like the type of guy who liked to exaggerate. Since he arranged to have these firearms and equipment delivered in advance, it meant that he thought they definitely needed them.
She felt that she had actually overestimated the danger level of Talignan, but these equipment still made her feel a little uncomfortable.
This also corrected her habitual perception that their biggest crisis this time might not come from evil spirits, but from their compatriots, from people who would shoot them.
"Isn't it rare for Aisuen to experience such a scene? Remember to find cover immediately when you hear gunfire. Ensure your safety first and then find the enemy's position."
Xia Yibing was very experienced in this area. She was worried that Hitzfeld would not be able to adapt, so she took advantage of the peace now to tell her what to do.
"And you too—"
After instructing the girl, the tall policewoman with a long ponytail turned to look at the doctor in the team, and was surprised to find that Xixus had already taken off his coat and put on the steel vest.
He put on his coat, gathered his collar and stood there, then suddenly reached into his inner pocket, pulled out a shotgun and aimed at the side. The whole action seemed to take less than a second.
Looking at the woman's confused expression, Hitzfeld wanted to laugh.
Xia Yibing had no idea about Sixus's past, as she was the only one who saw those visions at the time...so the woman certainly didn't know how many years Sixus had lived and how much experience he had in combat.
But she soon stopped laughing because Xia Yibing could not find any fault with the doctor and began to urge her to put on the vest quickly.
This bulletproof vest is really uncomfortable to wear.
Wearing a vest inside, the tight steel plates wrapped around the upper body tightly, making my chest feel a bit stuffy no matter what movements I made.
But it gets better after you get used to it.
The sense of security has indeed improved a lot.
After getting ready, the three of them sat back to rest, listening to the noise coming from downstairs next door, and betting on when Russell would come to inform them.
The "Snake Exorcism Plan" formulated by Sheriff Xia requires Russell to use the power of the local Thorn Birds branch in Metz to alarm the enemy as much as possible.
Not to mention how to find Eugenie, they still have to confirm who the enemies are and who they can cooperate with.
At this point, Hitzfeld remembered the secret document that had been burned.
The information said that the police station and hospital in Metz County were under the control of the Undead Party.
That means that once we come into conflict with the Undead Party, we will definitely fall into an extremely dangerous situation.
Talignant's intelligence organization cannot be trusted.
The police cannot be trusted.
You can't go to the hospital if you get hurt.
And this is still thinking positively - you have to know that this is a gang that can control the police station. Even if they kill people on the street without restraint, as long as they are not caught on the spot, what can anyone do to them?
Thinking in this way, it can be said that all the treasures of this trip are placed on Russell alone.
Russell Iger.
Hitzfeld repeated the mechanic's name again.
You better really be the mysterious nightingale.
Otherwise, I really can't imagine how we can obtain intelligence in this situation, and how to fight against the enemy who has all the advantages...
"Dong dong dong."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the wooden door a few meters away.
Xia Yibing stretched out her hand to signal the other two to keep quiet, took out her pistol, leaned against the door, and waited for a while.
"Knock knock knock knock!" The rhythm of the knocking on the door became more rapid.
Only at this point did the woman ask, "Who's outside?"
The knocking stopped abruptly, as if startled by her sudden voice.
After about two or three seconds, a muffled male voice came from outside the door: "Is anyone inside? My companion was robbed in the back alley. He was injured and bleeding a lot... We urgently need help..."
"There's no one here who can help you."
The woman interrupted him rudely, her tone blunt and fierce: "Get away! Don't bother me!"
"Why are you like this..."
Xia Yibing’s response was to aim at the lower corner of the door and shoot directly.
The loud "bang" was obvious even in a noisy environment.
The noise from next door and downstairs paused for a moment, then became noisy again.
That's how the problem was solved.
No one dared to knock on the door anymore, and no one dared to ask for anything from inside.
But Hitzfeld saw it clearly—there was not just one bullet hole in the lower corner of the heavy wooden door where Xia Yibing aimed and shot.
She pursed her lips and once again felt deeply that this was no longer Sarah.
Chapter 24: Strange Kindness
Not long after lunch, the daring Sixus - because she dared to go downstairs alone - brought back the news: the innermost tenant on the second floor had been robbed.
"I don't know how much was robbed. There were three tenants in total, and two were beaten to death on the spot after the door was opened."
She described the two people vividly: "Two men and one woman, the man's head was blown up... did you know it was blown up? Red and white were all over the floor and even on the wall. I guess they must have used iron and wooden sticks, and there must have been nails on the surface..."
"We just finished our meal, doctor!" Xia Yibing's face turned dark. She really didn't understand why Xixus was so excited about such a thing.
Isn't she a doctor?
Why would someone who is proficient in all kinds of surgical procedures make such a fuss over such a small scene?
Hitzfeld could guess something because of the information gap... She felt that Sixus might have been suffocated by being arranged behind the front line, and the scene she saw was the future scene she had put herself in.
But why does the situation she described sound a little familiar?
Hitzfeld immediately looked at the policewoman beside him, and as expected, he found that she looked unhappy. He whispered, "She should be the one who came to see us before."
Those guys who knocked on the door and asked for help before seemed to need more than just ordinary help, which further proved that the woman's approach was completely correct.
"Could they be members of the Necromancer Party?" Hitzfeld thought more.
If according to Russell's theory, they were targeted from the moment they left the station, then it makes sense that the Undead Party sent people to test them after Russell left.
But if it was just a test, wasn’t Xia’s shot enough?
They should be able to confirm that Russell is really gone, but they still want to kill people even so?
"I hope they are just ordinary thugs." Xia Yibing pulled out the magazine and checked the bullets again, and curled her lips: "This kind of thing is very common abroad... Even in more formal hotels, people will knock on the door at night for various reasons. If you dare to open the door, you will end up badly."
"I'm more inclined to think that this is a warning to us!" Sixus said seriously, looking at Hitzfeld: "I think they already know who you are."
"If they are colluding with the Sunflower Reverse." Hitzfeld's face darkened. "Is it strange to know who I am?"
As Russell said, they were two groups in total.
The first group was Russell himself, who came back from Wayne to help manage the Thorn Birds branch.
Although this reason was full of loopholes, since it was no secret that he had joined the Inquisition in Wayne, the Necromancers could always get this information if they wanted to, thus realizing that he had other purposes in coming to Talignan.
But that would take time, the two sides were still too far apart, and there were no telephone lines or telegraphs available, so for now it was unlikely that they would be exposed.
The other group is Hitzfeld... After all, Queen Milanka had written to her in the name of Eugenie, and her deeds of inviting detective rangers were known to everyone in the local area. As long as they could find out Hitzfeld's identity - she was at least well-known in the local area - they would automatically associate her arrival with this matter, thinking that she was hired to help Queen Milanka solve the mystery and find the descendants of the Dragon God.
As long as they establish this understanding, the Necromancers will not do anything to them. This is like a protective umbrella.
But if this knowledge is destroyed and the Undead Party knows that she is not here to help Milanka, but is assigned by the Sara royal family to investigate the treasure of the Dragon God.
According to the local situation in Metz, they might have to fight their way back to Sara.
"don’t worry."
Seeing the girl's solemn expression, Xia Yibing comforted her softly.
"Ni Riku is definitely supporting them, but they won't be of one mind. An attack against you alone won't be that fast."
Hitzfeld glanced at her and nodded slightly.
She knew what it meant to be a woman.
The Deathly Haunted Army looks scary, but it is too big after all.
Such a large party, spread throughout the whole of Talignan, must have a mix of good and bad people inside. Of course, not everyone knows the relationship between the party's top leaders and the evildoers.
So there is still time... The best ending is that they can find Eugenie before the Eclipse Church reacts, and quietly bring the descendant of the Dragon God back to Sara.
But it's a bit taken for granted.
