The gunfire gradually died down, and the moans of the wounded drifted over.
Su Xiao, who had been watching from the shadows, felt that the time was right. Toby and his burly men had already driven back the enemy refugees.
The refugees fought without the slightest strategy. After firing wildly for a while, they began chasing their opponents in disorder.
Su Xiao climbed out of the house and landed steadily, but immediately lowered his body.
What met his eyes was an unbroken stretch of garbage mountains. Green smoke rose from them, and a foul stench rushed into his nose.
Su Xiao paid none of that any mind. His eyes locked onto a gun lying on the ground in the distance. It was a short-barreled flintlock. Though somewhat worn, it was still a lethal weapon capable of killing.
The short-barreled flintlock's owner was already dead. Half his throat had been shattered by a stray bullet, leaving him in a gruesome state.
Perhaps because the man had died in a concealed location, Toby's forces had not discovered the gun. Otherwise, in the Terminal Station, where weapons were scarce, they would never have left this short-barreled flintlock behind.
Keeping his body low, Su Xiao began moving toward the gun.
But just then, a thin refugee rushed in front of the short-barreled flintlock. His filthy palm reached for it.
Su Xiao frowned—not because the other man had beaten him to it, but because he feared the man's actions would draw the attention of the two factions.
He casually picked up a fist-sized stone and hurled it with all his strength.
The stone carried tremendous force and slammed hard into the refugee's arm.
"Bang."
The refugee staggered from the blow and let out a howl of pain.
Su Xiao dashed behind him, shifted his body to the side, and drove his knee viciously into the refugee's spine.
The refugee bent forward, spraying a mouthful of sour fluid, but even after taking such a heavy blow, he merely stumbled two steps forward and did not fall.
Su Xiao's pupils contracted. Just how physically strong were the humans of the One Piece World? This was only a refugee with the worst physical condition.
But there was no time to dwell on that. Su Xiao saw murderous light appear in the refugee's eyes. Like a furious beast, he clenched his yellow teeth, the muscles at his jaw bulging.
An ordinary person would instinctively retreat from such a ferocious expression. Su Xiao was different. He had combat experience and knew that if he fled now, the exposed back would take a bullet.
Clenching his fist, Su Xiao punched the refugee in the jaw before the man could recover.
The human jaw contained a large number of blood vessels. A sudden heavy blow could cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, followed by oxygen deprivation and a brief loss of consciousness.
"Bang." Several bloody yellow teeth flew far away.
After taking Su Xiao's full-strength punch, the refugee toppled backward stiffly, like a falling log.
An ordinary person would be knocked unconscious for dozens of seconds by a blow to the jaw. However, the natives of the One Piece World had mysteriously powerful physiques, so Su Xiao rolled the refugee over and punched him in the back of the neck.
With a dull thud, the refugee's life or death became unknown.
Su Xiao snatched up the short-barreled flintlock from the ground, and a line of text immediately appeared before his eyes.
Before Su Xiao could inspect it, a large group of people could vaguely be seen running over in the distance. They were Toby's forces, returning after their failed pursuit.
Su Xiao felt a chill in his heart. If he were discovered now, he might not even get the chance to speak before being shot full of holes. These people had already gone berserk from killing.
He scanned his surroundings, his expression turning ugly. The area around him was filled with towering garbage mountains arranged in a ring, blocking every direction.
Su Xiao did not dare climb onto those extremely unstable garbage mountains. They could collapse at any moment, and there was no telling what lay buried inside. If he were unlucky enough to be pierced by a sharp object, then in this harsh environment, he would die of infection even if he did not bleed to death.
Su Xiao could only climb back into the dilapidated house. The Girl named Mia was watching him with fear on her face.
This time, Mia spoke before Su Xiao could remind her.
"I won't say anything."
Realizing that she had already spoken, Mia hurriedly covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes still darting toward the short-barreled flintlock in Su Xiao's hand.
Not long after Su Xiao entered the house, noisy voices came from outside.
After a burst of cursing, the outside gradually fell silent. It seemed those people had returned to scavenge supplies, but judging from their furious voices, their harvest had clearly been poor.
Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and began examining the prompt that had appeared earlier.
Obtained: Worn Flintlock (White) Worn Flintlock (White) Origin: One Piece, Leopold Workshop Durability: 6/30 Ammunition: 4/6 (Repeating flintlocks are a unique technology of the One Piece World) Attack Power: 2–13 (Calculated according to distance) Equipment Requirement: Can be used with 1 point of Strength; can be wielded freely with more than 3 points of Strength. Rating: 3 (Note: White equipment has ratings from 1 to 10. White equipment with a rating of 10 will be marked "Rare" and gain additional special attributes.) Description: This is a flintlock that has seen poor maintenance. Its rating of 9 has fallen to 3 because of that. Use it cautiously. Perhaps the next shot will be its last—and your last as well. Price: 150 Paradise Coins (This item is a chance-based pickup and cannot be taken out of the One Piece World).
Hunter has obtained equipment for the first time. Beginning equipment-grade introduction. Equipment is divided into white, green, blue... Insufficient rank to obtain the following information. Hunter, please investigate on your own. Hunter has come into contact with Paradise Coins for the first time. Beginning Paradise Coin explanation. Paradise Coins can be used to trade with Reincarnation Paradise or other Contractors. They are the only universal currency of Reincarnation Paradise. Warning: Use every Paradise Coin with caution, because they are the capital with which you survive or grow stronger.
Su Xiao nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that Reincarnation Paradise had a strict system. Not only did it label the performance of various weapons, but it also had a complete currency system.
Although Su Xiao knew that he would face many dangers next, he felt somewhat expectant. He looked forward to Reincarnation Paradise making him stronger.
Although he still did not know how to become stronger, there had to be a way in Reincarnation Paradise. Otherwise, he would be unable to complete the increasingly difficult missions ahead.
After carefully examining the Worn Flintlock in his hand, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face.
He finally had a weapon. Otherwise, he would have found it difficult to feel at ease in this dangerous world.
Compared with firearms, however, Su Xiao preferred using cold weapons, such as a saber—a long blade with a narrow, exceptionally sharp edge.
If his saber were at his side, Su Xiao's combat strength would increase by at least fifty percent.
Su Xiao had basically understood the situation. Now he only needed to prepare to complete the mission. The mission limit was just seventy-two hours,
Su Xiao did not want to find out what would happen if he failed, so he could only devote himself wholeheartedly to completing it.
But assassinating the king of a country was definitely no simple matter. He needed another method—at the very least, one that would allow him to approach the king.
Su Xiao had never considered secretly infiltrating the palace, because there was something called Observation Haki in the One Piece World.
According to Su Xiao's memories, this king should be connected to the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons. It was not impossible that an expert proficient in Observation Haki would be at his side.
Otherwise, given Su Xiao's assassination skills, the difficulty of killing a king could never have been LV.3.
Su Xiao had been able to carry out his revenge plan in the real world, which was filled with surveillance equipment. How much more so in the technologically backward One Piece World?
But it was still too early to think about that. The most important thing was to determine his location. Reincarnation Paradise did not have a map function, so he had to investigate everything himself.
Su Xiao's gaze fell on the Girl hiding in the corner. She lived in the Terminal Station and must know the area extremely well.
When she noticed Su Xiao's gaze, Girl Mia curled up.
"What are you going to do?"
The Girl's voice trembled and carried a sobbing note. She had always hidden her gender, because in the Terminal Station, being a woman was an extremely dangerous thing.
"Are you hungry?"
Su Xiao squatted before the Girl and revealed a gentle smile, but his eyes held a hint of coldness.
He was not a kind person. Hatred had long since erased the kindness in his heart.
Fei Wen flew past~.
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