Absolute Gun Sense

At 5 p. m., a white Toyota Alphard minivan arrived at the Vienna Hotel in Xiancheng.

It wasn't Zhou Xuanying's father who arrived, but a strange driver.

The students didn't know much about cars, but Tian Hailong did.

He knew that the Toyota Alphard was now a standard vehicle for many wealthy people, once hailed as the most expensive minivan on the market, a land-based first-class cabin...

Years ago, this car would cost six or seven hundred thousand yuan more than its original price.

Tian Hailong glanced at Zhou Xuanying in surprise. He was not the other student's teacher or homeroom teacher, but had only met him during this trip to Xiancheng. He had not expected that this student's family was so wealthy.

But none of that matters; the students' family background is none of his concern.

The driver got out of the car and smiled at Zhou Xuanying, saying, "I came as soon as I received the message from the boss. I hope I didn't take up too much of your time. My name is Zhao Yayu, and I'm a new driver at the factory."

Zhou Xuanying said politely, "I'm already very sorry to trouble Uncle Zhao to make this trip again tonight."

"Don't mention it, this is the salary I get," driver Zhao Yayu laughed. "My time isn't important, your time is... You're a prodigy, every minute should be spent studying."

Zhou Xuanying introduced him to everyone, "This is my dad's driver at his factory. I heard he's a very skilled Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) athlete. He heard there was danger around here, so he volunteered to come."

"No, no," Zhao Ya said modestly.

Everyone looked him over and saw that Zhao Yayu had a fierce look on his face; some people would believe he had been involved in the underworld.

Wang Jiale, Xia Xiaoran, and the others didn't care whether the other party had experience in the underworld or not; as long as they had someone to protect them, they felt a little more at ease.

They've been in a state of tension since last night, because they don't know if the Time Walker's affairs will affect them.

After everyone got into the car, Xia Xiaoran exclaimed, "There's a huge TV in this car! And the seats can recline completely! It's so comfortable!"

Zhou Xuanying laughed and said, "It's nothing, my dad spent over 200,000 yuan to specially modify the seats."

Xu Zimo glanced at him and suddenly realized that she still preferred the one who didn't talk much. When a man got talkative, she always felt that he was a bit frivolous.

"By the way, Teacher Tian, isn't Qing Chen coming with us? I see this car has seven seats, so we should be able to take him along, right?" Xu Zimo asked.

Zhou Xuanying quickly said, "There are six of us in total. If we bring Qing Chen along, it's no problem, but there won't be a place for his sister to sit."

Tian Hailong hesitated for a moment. "I'd better make a call and ask. There's enough room for one more person to squeeze into the car."

As he spoke, he made a phone call, but the phone rang nearby.

Everyone turned around in surprise and saw Jiang Xue pushing Qing Chen in a wheelchair, already at the entrance of the Vienna Hotel.

Qing Chen smiled weakly and with difficulty, "Good evening, everyone."

Jiang Xue said somewhat awkwardly, "It's like this, I still have some work to do, so I'd like to trouble you all to look after Qing Chen, is that alright?"

Tian Hailong was taken aback for a moment. "Sure, of course, he's a student I trained, so it's only right that I take care of him."

"Oh, are you leaving already?" Jiang Xue looked at the Toyota Alphard parked at the hotel entrance.

"Yes," Tian Hailong said, "I just called Qing Chen to ask if he wanted to come along, but in his current condition, can he endure a five-hour journey? If not, I'll stay in Xiancheng to take care of him, and the other classmates can go back first."

Zhao Yayu suddenly said, "Yes, it would be more appropriate for Teacher Tian to stay here and take care of him."

Qing Chen said with difficulty, "It's okay, my wound has been stitched up, my intestines won't come out."

The other students felt uncomfortable upon hearing this, and got goosebumps all over their bodies.

Only Xu Zimo didn't react. She said to Tian Hailong, "Teacher Tian, let's lift Qing Chen into the car and put the wheelchair in the trunk."

As they spoke, the two of them worked together to lift Qing Chen to the middle seat of the van. When Xu Zimo tried to help Qing Chen fasten his seatbelt, Qing Chen stopped him, saying, "No need, it will hurt my wound."

Qing Chen then said to Jiang Xue, "Aunt Jiang Xue, you go ahead and do your work. My classmates will take good care of me."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuanying and the others became a little suspicious. Who promised to take care of you?

Only Xu Zimo said, "Yes, Auntie, I will take good care of him."

When Jiang Xue heard Xu Zimo unintentionally emphasize the word "Auntie," she smiled knowingly and said earnestly to Xu Zimo, "Thank you for your trouble."

She knew that Xu Zimo didn't mean it; it was just that he cared a lot about those two words, which is why he unconsciously emphasized them.

As for why she cared, Jiang Xue was well aware of it.

But she didn't care.

The car started moving, the van merging into the bustling streets of Xiancheng, heading west.

Qing Chen suddenly asked, "Hello driver, I wanted to ask, aren't we supposed to be heading east?"

"Yes," Zhao Yayu chuckled, "But before we came out, the boss told me to visit a friend of his in Xiancheng and bring back some local specialties, so we're making a detour first."

"Oh, thank you for your trouble," Qing Chen said.

At this moment, Xu Zimo, who was next to Qing Chen, whispered, "That lady just now, was she your aunt? She looked very young, about twenty-five years old."

"She does look quite young, but I call her 'Auntie' because her ten-year-old daughter calls me 'Brother,' so I call her 'Auntie,'" Qing Chen explained casually.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zimo's lips curled up slightly, but she quickly realized something was wrong and pursed her lips to prevent Qing Chen from noticing anything.

Just then, the van suddenly stopped.

Zhao Yayu laughed and said, "I'll just pack some local specialties and leave."

As he spoke, he opened the trunk. Qing Chen looked through the rearview mirror and saw two silent young men in the back of the car, carrying a black box into the trunk.

However, Qing Chen's wheelchair was in the trunk, so the black box couldn't fit inside.

Zhao Ya glanced into the car, and then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, quietly took the wheelchair out and tossed it aside.

He gave the two young men a wink, signaling them to carry the box upstairs.

Qing Chen glanced at Zhou Xuanying, only to find that the other was fiddling with his phone, seemingly unaware of what was happening behind him.

After closing the trunk, Zhao Yayu got into the car with a friendly smile, "Sorry for the delay, let's head to the highway now, we'll be home soon."

The van sped along, disappearing into the night.

Xu Zimo asked Qing Chen, "How did you solve the second question?"

"Use calculus," Qing Chen replied calmly.

"You've also learned calculus on your own?" Xu Zimo in surprise. "Your problem-solving approach is the same as mine."

Xia Xiaoran felt something was off. "What did you choose for the first question?"

"E, the answer is five-sixths," Qing Chen answered without hesitation.

"And the second question?" Wang Jiale asked again.

Qing Chen: "C, 30."

"What about the third question?"

"A, -1".

"What about the fifth question?"

"C, 18."

"Wait a minute, Zhou Xuanying said you didn't even use any draft paper," Wang Jiale exclaimed in shock, "How did you manage to make everything?"

Zhou Xuanying felt a little uncomfortable after being exposed for gossiping behind someone's back. "I was just saying it casually, worried that Qing Chen didn't do well on the exam."

Even so, Zhou Xuanying himself was also puzzled. He had personally witnessed Qing Chen's "prayer-like" answer to the question, and he was the one who was most surprised.

However, Zhou Xuanying quickly understood. By 3 p. m., various training institutions had already released the AMC10 exam questions and answers, so it was normal for Qing Chen to have seen them online.

Otherwise, everyone else had to look at the test paper again to remember what the fifth question was, so why was Qing Chen able to answer it without thinking?

During their conversation, the Toyota Alphard minivan had been driving on the highway for an hour. Zhou Xuanying, sitting in the passenger seat, turned to look at Qing Chen and asked casually, "Qing Chen, you've seen the questions online, haven't you?"

However, Qing Chen ignored him and instead asked the driver, Zhao Ya, "Driver, why did you throw my wheelchair away when we were in Xiancheng?"

Zhao Yayu paused for a moment, then laughed, "Classmate, what are you talking about? I didn't throw your wheelchair, you just can't see it from your angle."

Qing Chen smiled weakly, but didn't dwell on the question, "What's in the trunk isn't exactly local specialties, is it?"

It must be said that the Forbidden Item ACE-005 is also extremely useful for faking illness. All you need to do is make yourself look pale, with sunken eyes and thin cheeks, and no matter what expression Qing Chen makes, you will look very weak.

They're not worried about being exposed.

Anyone who glances at this would think that Qing Chen is truly injured.

Zhao Ya, sitting in the front row, paused for a moment before calmly saying, "It's just a local specialty."

As soon as he finished speaking, a thumping sound came from the black box behind him.

There were also muffled sounds, like someone had their mouth gagged and was making pleading noises.

Everyone in the car was stunned.

Where would local specialties make such a sound?

Zhao Ya explained calmly, "Someone shot a small wild boar and asked me to bring it back to Luocheng. It looks like it wasn't completely killed."

Xu Zimo said in a deep voice, "How could it be a wild boar? You're lying."

Qing Chen laughed, "You're lying, there's only one person inside."

Zhou Xuanying, sitting in the passenger seat, hesitated for a moment before asking, "What exactly is in that box?!"

The next moment, the person inside the box somehow broke free of the gag and shouted from inside, "Help! Someone's kidnapping me!"

Zhao Yayu glanced at Zhou Xuanying: "Shut up. Send a message to the boss now and say there's been an accident."

Zhao Yayu felt something was wrong because the wounded man sitting behind him seemed to know a lot of things, which made him panic and want to find backup.

Zhou Xuanying glanced nervously at Xu Zimo in the back row and whispered, "You promised me you wouldn't reveal my identity!"

"I told you to send a message to the boss," Zhao Ya said coldly.

"I won't send it," Zhou Xuanying said anxiously. "You only told me to call my dad and get a car, you didn't say I had to kidnap someone and take them back to Los Angeles."

Zhao Ya pulled a pistol from under his arm, and while driving with one hand, pointed the gun at Zhou Xuanying and sneered, "Fa, even if I don't kill you now, do you think you can survive back in the Inner World? If we don't complete this mission, we'll all die."

It wasn't until this moment that the other students in the car realized that Zhou Xuanying was also Time Walker.

Zhou Xuanying froze when he saw the dark muzzle of the gun. "My family has been providing you with financial support within the country. You can't kill me. They promised me that as long as the funding continues, I can continue my life!"

"Naive," Zhao Ya sneered. "Stop talking nonsense. If you don't send it now, I'll shoot you dead to avoid making things worse."

Zhou Xuanying lowered his head and started reading the message, while Qing Chen watched with a smile from behind.

He roughly figured out the ins and outs. Zhou Xuanying was also one of the Time Walker controlled by the Kashima Corporation. Li Changqing once said that there was a Kashima Corporation spy agency in City No. 18, so it was understandable that they controlled several Time Walker.

For a long time, Zhou Xuanying's family has been providing financial support to the Time Walker controlled by Kashima, since the Time Walker also need funds to operate in the Outer World.

As for Kashima, they probably agreed to let Zhou Xuanying continue living a normal life and wouldn't easily use him.

The fact that it was put into use today may have been premeditated, or it may be because Zhou Xuanying happened to be in Los Angeles, while Kashima, after discovering that they were being followed, chose to borrow this unrelated vehicle to quietly send the imposter to Los Angeles.

After all, who would notice a van full of students?

So the answer is clear: the black box in the trunk contains the imposter.

Zhao Ya should know that Qing Chen is Time Walker, which is why he requested support from within the organization. Previously, the other party did not want him to get on the bus, but Tian Hailong and Xu Zimo managed to get him on.

Qing Chen's presence here is thanks to Kunlun's powerful intelligence system, which is far more advanced than he imagined, even revealing the exact source of funds for people like Qing Chen.

Qing Chen didn't know what was going to happen before he got on the bus. Zheng Yuandong just reminded him, and then he arrived and encountered a big surprise.

It has to be said that Qing Chen underestimated Kunlun before. That Boss Zheng seems to be quite shrewd, and understands the importance of hiding one's true abilities.

At this moment, the Kashima group split into two groups heading towards Los Angeles, while the other group might already be encountering Kunlun's interception.

Xu Zimo glanced at the gun in Zhao Yayu's hand, then subconsciously glanced at Qing Chen.

To her surprise, she found Qing Chen smiling.

For some reason, Xu Zimo felt that even though Qing Chen looked very weak at this moment, his smile was particularly An Xin.

She thought of the hand that had covered her mouth last night, and the warmth of that hand, and suddenly she calmed down, as if there was nothing to be afraid of.

"The boss said we should just get off the highway at the next Lianhuo service area, where someone will meet us," Zhou Xuanying said. "You guys won't do anything to my classmate, will you?"

Zhao Ya sneered, "Stay here An Xin, and keep an eye on the students behind you. Tell me immediately if they make any unusual moves. Remember, you're not with them anymore. If they go back and tell everyone about you, how will you continue your normal life? Don't worry, we can fake a car accident for you once we deliver the goods. Their deaths will have nothing to do with you."

Qing Chen laughed and said, "He's lying to you. In fact, he never intended for you to live in the first place. You haven't received professional training from the Kashima Corporation, so it's easy for you to reveal their information."

When Zhao Ya heard the name "Kashima", his eyebrows furrowed.

This Time Walker named Qing Chen knew they were from Kashima!

The situation has become serious.

Zhao Ya glanced at the navigation, then slammed on the brakes, intending to pull the car over to the side of the road.

Qing Chen laughed and said, "Keep driving until we reach the service area. You have a pistol, and so do I. If you dare to slam on the brakes, I swear I'll shoot before my body sways. Whether you die or not then is entirely up to fate."

As they were talking, Zhao Ya heard the sound of a gun barrel being pulled behind him.

This kid really has a gun!

These are firearms specially delivered by Xiao Ying, who said that all Kunlun members are equipped with them.

Of course, the goods will be returned to the warehouse after the operation is completed.

Tonight, Qing Chen was indeed a member of Kunlun.

Xu Zimo asked curiously from the side, "Why didn't you stop the car and control him first?"

Qing Chen smiled and said, "Didn't you hear him say that there are people supporting us at the service area? We must eradicate evil completely. These people are not like ordinary criminals; they work for foreigners."

Zhao Ya stepped on the gas again and sneered, "I'm curious which side you're on. You're injured like this and you still dare to come here to die alone."

Zhou Xuanying, Wang Jiale, Xia Xiaoran, and Tian Hailong were all stunned; they hadn't expected things to turn out this way so suddenly.

They hadn't witnessed Qing Chen killing someone in the hotel, so they had no idea that Qing Chen was Time Walker.

Later, Qing Chen appeared severely injured and looked so miserable that he didn't seem particularly powerful at all.

How could someone be so severely injured?

However, when they were in a state of panic and confusion, Qing Chen calmly pointed a gun at them and took control of the driver in front of them, and then they realized how extraordinary their classmate was.

Qing Chen smiled and said to Zhou Xuanying, "Classmate, take the gun from his hand and hand it to me."

"Okay... okay," Zhou Xuanying trembled. At this point, his brain had begun to sluggish, and he did whatever others told him to do.

Zhao Yayu secretly thought that once the vehicle entered the service area, he would immediately duck, open the door, and escape. At that time, his companions would open fire outside, turning everyone in the car into sieves.

However, just as the van was about to enter the service area and began to slow down, a gunshot suddenly rang out inside the vehicle, and a bullet cleanly pierced Zhao Yayu's chest from behind.

Zhao Ya never expected that Qing Chen would fire before he could even stop the car!

The crisp sound of gunfire carried from the car into the night, and four men in the service area immediately took advantage of the darkness to surround the van.

However, Qing Chen acted even faster, reaching out the window and pulling the trigger before they could even get close.

Raise your hand, aim, fire—all in one smooth motion, without the slightest pause.

This set of movements was so fast that it seemed Qing Chen skipped the aiming process.

Absolutely gun-like feel!

At a distance of 260 meters, the bullet struck the assailant directly in the head, killing him instantly!

The remaining three thugs were stunned to see their fallen comrade. The accurate range of a typical handgun is only 50 meters, while its lethal range is 250 meters.

In other words, it can be used for accurate shooting within 50 meters, and can even kill enemies at 250 meters.

If an instructor is teaching pistol skills, they will usually tell students that the key to using a pistol is to control the distance between you and the target. If you are too far away, the best thing to do is to close the distance so as to ensure your effective number of shots.

However, this doesn't seem to work well for Qing Chen; his maximum shooting range is his precise shooting range.

At this moment, Xu Zimo in the car didn't look at the assailant or pay attention to whether he was getting closer. She just quietly looked at the boy beside her, lost in thought.

The 10,000-word chapter has been updated. I've given one chapter back to Brother Yan, and I still owe Brother Yan two chapters.

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