"Spread apart from each other, stay away from it, guard it!"
Borgia threw 2-049 "Antigonus Puppet" in his hand into the open space directly in front of the warehouse. The iron box slid forward against the gravel floor for several meters before stopping. Borgia followed closely behind, standing about ten meters away from Sealed Artifact, with a gun on guard.
Just now, a fireball that struck quickly, with great force, but without any lethality, broke up the formation of a group of four people. In order to avoid being controlled by 2-049, he could only throw Sealed Artifact out of the range of influence according to the predetermined battle plan. Anyway, the mission of this thing has been completed, and the range of influence is only about five meters, so it is okay to leave it there.
Dunn Smith and Sequence 8 "Gravedigger" Lorotta, who came all the way from Backlund, also quickly took out their pistols and prepared for battle. Klein was preparing for the fight. The one who was a little behind was Klein. He was in a daze when he was suddenly attacked. He was pulled away from the center of the street by Lorotta, but he recovered after a slight adjustment and joined the fight with a gun.
Their target is a mysterious attacker who can cast fireballs. The opponent suddenly attacked the team with fireballs just now when Klein was divining "whether there are threats around."
In addition to throwing fireballs to attack, the attacker has not yet appeared, but this cannot trouble Dunn.
He held the gun in one hand, touched the corners of his eyes with the other, half-closed his eyes, and quickly entered the special state of "Nightmare".
Behind him, Klein, who had just caught up with a gun, felt a strange wave spreading from the captain, like a breeze blowing across his face, or like the warm sunshine in the afternoon that made people fall asleep. He, who was originally nervous, relaxed in an instant and just wanted to find a bed on the spot and have a good sleep.
Wait, this is on the battlefield!
He had the experience of being pulled into Dream Invasion by the captain several times, and this time he was not the main target. The moment his mind was lost, he regained the tension of being on the battlefield and regained his consciousness.
Seeing Lorotta on the side also shaking his head, trying to stay awake, he didn't mind his gaffe so much.
Even teammates were affected by "Nightmare". The direction Dunn was facing, the location where the fireball hit was even more unavoidable. In the corner of the open space, between the stacks of debris and wooden boxes, the empty ground suddenly had rippling water waves like the air alternating between hot and cold, and then a man's figure appeared next to the wooden box.
It was a man wearing a silk top hat. His tall and thin figure made the ill-fitting black tuxedo look like a shawl. His face was covered with white foundation and red and yellow oil paint, as if a clown in a circus had stolen all the boss's formal clothes. It was funny and ridiculous.
At this time, the clown's eyes were dull and his hands were hanging down, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
The Nighthawkss didn't care to laugh at the enemy's appearance. Borgia immediately raised his gun and pointed it at the sudden appearance of Tuxedo Clown. Lorotta held the gun in one hand and made a fist in the other. He used both legs to rush to the enemy in a few steps. Instead of raising the gun, he raised his hand and punched the clown's eyes as if he had not yet woken up.
There was a loud "bang", like thunder, and Tuxedo Clown, who was close to Lorotta but did not move at all, was shattered into pieces, scattered on the ground, and then disappeared without a trace.
About three meters behind her, the figure of the clown emerged from the shadows, with a funny smile on his face. He raised his hand high and snapped his fingers.
Snap!
A ball of flame jumped from his fingers, expanded rapidly, and formed a fireball the size of a washbasin, flying towards Lorotta's back at extremely fast speeds.
The female Gravedigger failed to succeed in the attack, but she quickly realized that the target in front of her was just a phantom. When the temperature behind her increased sharply, she did not hesitate at all. She rolled forward and left her original position, using the wooden box in front of her as a cover to block the incoming fireball.
With a pop, the fireball disappeared as strangely as it had appeared, leaving only a wisp of black smoke, like the ashes left after burning paper.
Tuxedo Clown forced Lorotta back with one blow. He took a step forward to pursue, but suddenly his expression became condensed and he retreated instead of advancing.
Two gunshots rang out. Klein and Borgia aimed their guns not far away. One of them made a bullet hole in the wall behind the clown.
Seeing that the other party was so vigilant, Klein clenched his pistol and was about to continue shooting.
Tuxedo Clown raised his hand again and snapped his fingers again. This time, flames no longer appeared from his hands, but a crisp "bang" sound, like the sound of large-caliber ammunition being fired.
Klein Spirituality gave a crazy warning. He subconsciously shrank his head and squatted down. There was a "swish" sound above his head, as if a bullet flew past.
What's this? Air Bullet?
If it weren't for his Spirituality reminder, that invisible round of ammunition just now might have killed him!
Klein was dripping with cold sweat. He no longer tried to aim and shoot. Instead, he used the rapid shooting technique he learned from Angel. He held the gun at his waist, set the general position, and quickly pulled the trigger to fire all the bullets.
The swift and violent attack caught the clown by surprise, and he had to put down his right hand that was about to continue snapping his fingers. He moved his body left and right like a gymnast to avoid Klein's unorganized shooting.
The gunshots were also mixed with the precise bursts of Borgia, but none of them were able to achieve anything in the face of the clown's weird movement skills.
The drowsy wave once again swept through the open space in front of the warehouse. Tuxedo Clown's movements were stagnant, as if he was about to fall into sleep again. In the corner of his sight, Dunn Smith was touching his forehead with his eyes tightly closed, and was fully exerting his "Nightmare" ability.
"Be careful!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Two gunshots came from behind Dunn at the same time.
Angel rushed to the other side from the roof. When he looked down at the open space in front of the warehouse, he found that the battle on the field was nearing its end.
Dunn Smith is worthy of being Beyonder of Sequence 7. He directly enters the "Nightmare" state, affecting Tuxedo Clown who is still fighting with everyone, making him enter a half-asleep state, looking dazed and no longer avoiding attacks.
Angel visually measured the distance. Although his position had an excellent view, he was still quite far away from Tuxedo Clown, so the probability of hitting a vital point with his shot was low.
Moreover, she saw that Lorotta, who was hiding behind the wooden box, had stood up again and walked towards the opponent with a gun. As long as Dunn maintained control for a few seconds, the other Nighthawks would be able to deal with the enemy.
At this moment, next to the warehouse where Ray Bieber was hiding, a vague figure poked out from the roof of a residential building similar to the two-story building where she was.
The "assassin's" eagle eyes allowed Angel to instantly see the target clearly. A man dressed as a dock worker with clown paint on his face raised his gun with both hands and aimed at Dunn Smith below.
"Be careful!" she shouted to remind her teammates below, and at the same time raised the revolver in her hand. She had no time to aim carefully, so she could only pull the trigger with a rough aim.
"Bang", bang".
Gunshots rang out almost simultaneously.
Fortunately, Angel's hand speed was even better, and her bullet hit the "Dockworker" first. A blood flower floated from the attacker's shoulder. While being injured, the attacker also pulled the trigger.
The impact on the shoulder and the pain that followed frustrated the sneak attacker's intention to kill Dunn Smith. The bullet flew past Captain Nighthawks's body and hit the gravel ground, leaving a shallow crater.
The unexpected attack interrupted Dunn's movements. Tuxedo Clown was refreshed and his eyes became clear again.
He raised his left hand to block the punch from Lorotta, and snapped his fingers with his right hand.
Snap!
A large flame burst out from under his tuxedo, and Lorotta had no choice but to give up the attack and retreat. Borgia fired three shots in the distance. The bullets passed through the flames, but did not hit the clown in the fire. Instead, they dispersed the strange flames, leaving only a little dust on the spot.
Snap! Snap!
Tuxedo Clown, who reappeared on the top of the wooden box, snapped his fingers continuously. Invisible bullets streaked through the air and were shot at Borgia. The latter rolled around regardless of the image when the opponent's fingers moved towards him, and used continuous displacement to successfully avoid the clown's counterattack.
The battle that was supposed to end quickly turned into a stalemate for a while.
The next chapter is a complete battle chapter, there is really no way to cut it, so... hey