780. The Reaper of Shangganling!

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This chapter still contains some debunking, so if that bothers you, don't subscribe.

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He watched four columns of water erupt across the surface.

Clack—

A sharp sound rang out.

The binoculars slipped from Hampri's hands and crashed to the ground.

The lenses popped out of the barrel, struck the wall, bounced, then rattled across the floor for two seconds before finally falling silent.

But Hampri had no intention of picking them up. No—more accurately, he hadn't even noticed that the binoculars had slipped from his hands.

At that moment,

only one thought drifted through his mind:

How could this be?

Perhaps because he'd spent years dealing with Huaxia, or because the incident involved the Rabbits, those words had somehow even appeared in Chinese.

A full half-minute passed.

Only then did Hampri mechanically raise his head and stare blankly at Macchioni.

"Macchioni, our four torpedoes... they're just gone?"

"..."

Macchioni nodded with difficulty. In truth, he was just as shaken.

"Mr. Hampri, I'm afraid... yes."

"But how is that possible?"

Hampri glanced at him again. His voice sounded strangely light, and there wasn't a trace of anger on his face. He looked like a student stumped by a math problem.

"Those were four MK24 torpedoes, traveling at nearly seventy kilometers per hour. Their hulls were specially reinforced. Who could destroy them without anyone noticing?"

"So this must be a hallucination. Isn't that right, Macchioni?"

Before Macchioni could answer,

Hampri suddenly strode forward and seized him by the collar with both hands. His face twisted into a terrifying grimace.

"Tell me it's a hallucination! A hallucination! The Huaxia man has already been blown to pieces like fireworks, hasn't he? Hasn't he?"

The frail-looking old man suddenly unleashed astonishing strength. His grip was so tight that even Macchioni, a burly man