The study was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Flying shrapnel and bullets had wrecked the bookshelves and desk lamp, leaving crater after crater in the walls.
Almost everyone was sprawled on the floor. A few unlucky ones were screaming in pain.
It wasn't just the white people, who were used to shootings and knew how to take cover. Even the people from the Nine Provinces, who'd never touched a gun in their lives, knew to hit the deck.
Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao were the exceptions.
They'd started fighting back immediately!
Krazer was usually cautious, but after seeing Lin Baici and High Ponytail charge out, he followed right away, smashing through the wall beside him with a punch.
Boom!
Bricks tumbled down, and dust billowed into the air.
Krazer had a brain. He didn't go out the front door, but circled around, hoping to cut off the enemy's escape route and attack them from both sides.
"Are Lin Jun and Hongyao-chan going a little overboard?"
Sannomiya Airi complained to Gu Qingqiu. "Isn't it exhausting, having a leader like that?"
"Not at all!"
Gu Qingqiu smiled. She liked Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao's confidence and decisiveness, and how they looked out for their companions!
Even though Xia Hongyao was a Grade Double-D idiot, she still knew better than to be the first to charge out when teamed up with strangers. So why had she rushed out this time?
Wasn't it to protect them?
"Ah, I wish I had someone to worry about too!"
Sannomiya Airi was envious.
If Lin Baici and the others had charged out to protect her, she'd happily change into a bikini and perform a hula dance.
"Be careful!"
Jin Yingzhen called out, then started to head outside to help.
"Don't go!"
Gu Qingqiu stopped her.
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