Chapter 54: I'll Lose If I Even Frown
"Bang! Bang!"
After firing his shots, Mo Fei quickly took cover behind an obstacle.
These mercenaries were all highly experienced in combat. The only reason Mo Fei had been able to slaughter them so easily before was because they had been completely unprepared and disorganized, allowing him to take advantage.
Now that the mercenaries were on guard, they weren't as easy to deal with.
Every step forward became difficult for him. Two mercenaries, working together and hiding behind defensive fortifications, left him at a loss.
Even if his marksmanship was better than theirs!
The enemy's fierce return fire struck the corner wall where he was hiding, sending shattered stone fragments flying everywhere. Many hit his face, leaving small scratches and blood marks.
Damn it!
"Mindy, it's your turn, isn't it? Otherwise, I can't push through here at all," Mo Fei said to Mindy beside him.
Mindy shook her head, smiling as she handed Mo Fei a small mirror.
Mo Fei: "..."
Alright, it seems he still had to do it himself and be self-sufficient.
Mo Fei cautiously adjusted the angle of the small mirror, using its reflection to locate the positions of the people opposite him.
"Found them!"
Mo Fei suddenly emerged from behind his cover, stood in the middle of the road, and fired two shots.
Both shots accurately hit the opponents' foreheads.
He continued to advance.
Nuo Airui, already regretting his carelessness, quickly had Wu Wei'an take people to seize Natalie, Alex, and Boris, to threaten the intruders into surrendering their weapons, or else Natalie and the other two would be killed directly.
"Kill them!" a big man shouted, aiming an AK47 and furiously spraying bullets down the corridor.
"Bang!"
Mo Fei fired a shot, and the big man was instantly headshotted, a bullet hole appearing in his throat, blood gushing like a high-pressure water pump as he collapsed to the ground.
Mo Fei liked people who weren't afraid to die and went head-to-head with him. They were easy to kill. What he feared most were those who hid in the shadows and played guerrilla warfare with him; they were the most troublesome.
As Mo Fei was happily hunting, he suddenly felt a wave of trepidation. Looking in the small mirror, he saw an iron pineapple rolling towards him.
"Mindy, quick..." Mo Fei turned his head only to see Mindy had already moved far away from him, waving at him with a grin from a distance.
"..."
Little sister, are you trying to kill your brother to inherit his estate?
An iron pineapple was rolled over by the enemy, and you didn't even remind me to escape in advance?
His reaction ability, greatly enhanced by Xingyi Quan, allowed Mo Fei to retreat quickly, sprinting towards Mindy's location.
"Boom!"
An explosion rang out. Mo Fei lay on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of dust.
"Brother, do you feel this danger and excitement now?" Mindy stood with her hands behind her back, looking at Mo Fei with a radiant smile.
If this wasn't his sister, and if he didn't know she was actually doing it for his own good, if it were anyone else, Mo Fei would have directly beaten them to death!
Is it fun to see me in such a pathetic state?
Nuo Airui's men were dwindling, Mo Fei's firearms experience points were increasing rapidly, and his hunting methods for enemies became more skilled, his perception of danger becoming sharper.
[Killed 1 male, gained 1 experience point.]
[Firearms Lv2: You are just a rookie who has barely glimpsed the path. You can only barely make a living by using your short pistol! For you, an M16 automatic rifle is unmanageable! Genetics determined that from the moment you were born, your hands are destined to never handle large guns! (Experience 198/200)]
After a headshot, Mo Fei exhaled a murky breath and walked towards the final place where Natalie and the other two were held.
He just happened to encounter Ji Ze'er, who was leading Dylan in an assault.
However!
"Put down your guns, or I'll kill them!" Wu Wei'an, with five or six men in black suits, pointed guns at the heads of Natalie and the other two, glaring intimidatingly at Mo Fei and his three companions.
Unfortunately, Mo Fei, Mindy, and Ji Ze'er ignored her completely.
Putting down their guns was impossible, never in this life. Especially for Mo Fei; he had no intention of putting down his gun in this life, the next, or the one after that...
They were mercenaries hired to rescue people, to earn money, not to die.
If someone died in a gunfight with the enemy, there was nothing to say; life and death were fated, and wealth depended on heaven.
But to be threatened by the enemy with hostages to put down their guns and tie themselves up to die, that would be a foolish death!
It's like how U.S. Police have the right to deprive you of life based on their immediate judgment, but no obligation to protect you when your life is threatened.
No U.S. Police officer would put down their gun because a hostage is threatened by a criminal, unless it's in a movie.
Wu Wei'an was someone brainwashed by Hollywood American blockbusters. She thought that by holding hostages, she could make Mo Fei and the others surrender unconditionally. She was living in a dream!
Indeed, she was merely a corporate management talent at the level of a professional manager. She didn't understand the rules of the underworld at all. If not for love, she wouldn't have gotten involved in this messy situation.
"Release them all, and we can spare your life!" Mo Fei looked at Alex and the other two, whose hands and feet were bound and mouths gagged, and spoke.
"Heh heh!" Mo Fei's words immediately gave Wu Wei'an the illusion that Mo Fei and the others actually cared a lot about Alex and the other two, merely pretending not to for negotiation leverage. She sneered and said, "Are you deaf?! Didn't you hear what I said? Put down your guns immediately, or I'll kill them right now!"
"Are you an idiot?" Mo Fei looked at Wu Wei'an, speechless. "Do we look like selfless people who would sacrifice their lives for others?"
Any slightly rational person would understand that negotiations are based on mutual equality. You and the people you care about are tied to the gun in your hand. Putting down the gun isn't protecting the people you care about, but pushing them into a real abyss.
Just like the love story Mo Fei had seen between Mouri Kogoro and Eri Kisaki: when Eri Kisaki was kidnapped by robbers, Mouri Kogoro shot Eri Kisaki in the ankle. He wasn't harming her, but making the most rational judgment, the best course of action for her. Sure enough, the couple happily went home. If he had put down his gun, Mouri Kogoro would have been dead for sure, and Eri Kisaki would have truly fallen into hell.
"Do you think I'm joking?!" Given Mo Fei's flippant tone, Wu Wei'an became utterly enraged. She directly fired two shots at Boris's thigh, roaring, "I said put down your guns immediately!"
If you had shot Alex and Natalie, I, Mo Fei, might have been a little conflicted. But since you shot a man I don't know, then... go ahead and shoot. I'll lose if I even frown!