Saruka's impassioned speech spread through the entire military camp and beyond through the loudspeakers.
Outside the camp, Qin Ran, hidden in the shadows of the ruins, heard every word clearly.
"Dodging the important points and twisting black into white!"
That was Qin Ran's assessment.
At the same time, Qin Ran was greatly looking forward to Saruka's next performance—on the stage he had set.
As for General Janning?
Qin Ran had just seen several rebel soldiers quietly leave the camp.
The identities of those rebel soldiers were self-evident.
Clearly, General Janning had planted more than one spy at Saruka's side.
General Janning would surely receive word of Saruka's "rebellion" in advance.
And that was exactly what Qin Ran wanted.
He needed the two of them to fight like dragons and tigers!
Only then would he have a chance to kill them both!
Rumble! Rumble rumble!
The roar of tank engines inside the camp sounded like thunder, while the footsteps of countless soldiers boarding troop carriers rumbled like war drums.
The rebel soldiers under Saruka's command began to move out.
Tanks and troop carriers roared past.
Only three squads were left behind to guard the entire camp.
Qin Ran glanced regretfully at the poorly defended camp.
If he did not have something more important to do, he certainly would not have passed up this opportunity.
After all, there were abundant supplies inside—not only daily necessities, but military supplies as well. Just thinking about the piles of weapons and equipment made Qin Ran's heart stir.
However, Qin Ran was definitely not the kind of person who would abandon the entire plan for a little immediate gain.
Even if it did hurt.
It was the same feeling he had when he had no choice but to give up that light machine gun earlier.
The light machine gun and its crates of ammunition were simply too heavy.
Even after both his Strength and Constitution had increased by one level, Qin Ran could not carry a sniper rifle and all the items on him while also taking the light machine gun and a crate of ammunition.
Unless Qin Ran gave up running.
And that was clearly impossible.
Huff!
Taking a deep breath, Qin Ran began to run beneath the cover of the shadows.
In his sight, the rebel convoy had already become blurry and indistinct.
Catching up naturally would be quite difficult.
Fortunately, Qin Ran knew where the convoy was headed!
With Colin, a local, showing him the way, Qin Ran had long since memorized the deployment of rebel forces throughout the city.
Other than Saruka's camp and the camp where General Janning was stationed, which Saruka was about to attack, there were two remaining camps in the city. They were commanded by different rebel leaders and stationed in the south and west of the city.
The rebel soldiers led by Saruka were stationed near the city center.
Meanwhile, Janning occupied the true center of the city: Times Square!
Therefore, the distance between them was not far.
If one took a "shortcut," it was even closer.
Qin Ran cut through the ruins and reached Times Square ahead of Saruka's convoy, which had to take a detour. He quickly searched for a concealed high point.
Then Qin Ran made an unexpected discovery: someone was already occupying the spot he wanted!
The other person lay in the shadows with a sniper rifle aimed toward the road, overlooking all of Times Square.
Cold sweat immediately ran down Qin Ran's back.
If the shortcut he had taken had not happened to run beneath the other man, in a blind spot outside his field of vision, Qin Ran would definitely have entered his Shooting range.
Although the man was here for Saruka, who could guarantee that he would not clear away some annoying bystanders beforehand?
And if there was a sniper here,
what about the other high points?
Thinking of this, Qin Ran immediately became even more careful, curling his entire body into the shadows as he carefully observed his surroundings.
There were at least four more snipers!
Having discovered something suspicious, Qin Ran immediately felt fortunate that he had entered [Stealth] again before approaching Times Square.
Otherwise, he would have been shot full of holes already!
"Times Square? It should be called Snipers' Square instead!"
Qin Ran thought to himself.
Looking at the sniper before him, Qin Ran did not act immediately.
Although Qin Ran was completely confident that he could kill the sniper in front of him, there was no guarantee that the remaining snipers would not spot him. He could only act after their attention had been fully drawn elsewhere!
And he would not have to wait long.
Qin Ran knew perfectly well whom they were waiting for.
Saruka!
Clearly, after receiving news from his spies, General Janning had quickly laid down a net from which Saruka could not escape.
In the distance, the roar of engines grew clearer and clearer.
The convoy came into Qin Ran's view.
The sniper in front of him swiftly adjusted his position, but before he could finish, a powerful hand covered his mouth and yanked him backward. Pain flashed across his neck.
Qin Ran lowered the sniper's corpse and examined his rifle. When he found that it was also a [Viper-M1], and had two fewer attributes than his own sniper rifle, he lost interest.
He raised his sniper rifle and aimed downward.
However, he still kept part of his attention on the movements around him.
Though he could not be sure whether Saruka had sent people to occupy the high ground, Qin Ran had no desire to follow in the footsteps of the sniper beside him.
"General, Saruka has arrived!"
The military adviser who had been watching outside saw the convoy appear before the square and immediately turned to report to the other person in the room.
The adviser's deeply respectful manner was enough to reveal the man's identity.
The gold stars on his epaulets represented his status even more clearly.
One of the rebel generals, Janning.
This rebel general looked somewhat younger than expected. Several strands of white mixed with his black hair, which had been meticulously combed back.
His slightly plump cheeks were rosy and lustrous.
His brown eyes were sharp and terrifying.
Just like the hideous, centipede-like scar on his forehead.
The instant people saw it, they instinctively avoided his gaze.
Especially when Janning was angry!
"He really is impatient!"
Janning sneered. The aura of authority mixed with his sharp gaze, making the military adviser beside him not even dare breathe loudly.
After receiving the report from his spies and failing to contact Deceiver, Janning had almost immediately concluded that Saruka wanted to keep the jewels for himself, then pin the blame on him.
Although Janning had never intended to share those jewels with Saruka, that did not mean he would forgive Saruka's betrayal.
"How are the preparations?"
Janning turned his head to look at his military adviser.
"Everything is ready! Saruka will definitely die!"
The military adviser answered at once.
Janning nodded in satisfaction at that answer. Then, unhurriedly, he opened an exquisite box and took out a cigar.
The military adviser immediately came over with a cigar cutter. After trimming it and lighting it with a lighter, he handed it to Janning.
"I like Langpu No. 3. The cinnamon-and-leather scent reminds me of corpses blown to pieces by artillery shells!"
Janning clenched the cigar between his teeth, took a heavy puff, and exhaled thick smoke.
The smoke obscured his sharp eyes.
Yet his fairly imposing face became twisted amid the smoke.
"Do you know why?"
Janning turned his gaze toward the military adviser again.
The latter's body immediately shuddered—he had no idea how to answer.
Fortunately, Janning had not expected an answer from him at all.
After taking another deep puff from the cigar, Janning said directly, "Because standing before someone else's corpse proves that—I am the victor!"
After saying that, Janning rose from his chair.
With age, his once-powerful body had grown stout, but his imposing presence had only become heavier. As Janning walked forward, he looked like a lion patrolling his territory.
In comparison, Saruka, standing before the Times Square military camp, seemed far less imposing.
Yet Saruka did not retreat in the slightest.
He held his head high and walked toward Janning.
Janning raised a hand to stop the soldiers beside him from firing. Naturally, this was also the signal for the snipers.
"General Janning, we need justice!"
Saruka stopped around five steps away from Janning and shouted.
"Justice?"
Janning raised a hand and removed the cigar from his mouth. Disdain appeared in his sharp eyes.
Not only disdain for Saruka, but disdain for the rebel soldiers standing behind Saruka as well.
Did Saruka foolishly believe that bringing these rebel soldiers with him would allow him to threaten Janning?
Did these rebel soldiers think their numbers would make him change his mind?
How naive!
Janning sneered inwardly.
He would make Saruka and these soldiers wake up properly.
"You think—"
Bang!
The gunshot cut off Janning's words, and his head instantly exploded.
Blood mixed with brain matter splattered all over Saruka.
What was going on?
He had not given the signal to fire!
Startled and confused, Saruka looked around blankly.
Bang!
Another gunshot rang out.
Saruka followed Janning's fate.
His headless body toppled to the ground.
The soldiers on both sides froze. An eerie silence fell over all of Times Square.
But it lasted less than two seconds.
"Revenge the major!"
"Revenge the general!"
Both sides believed the other had struck first, and their soldiers shouted almost simultaneously.
Bang bang bang!
Boom boom boom!
The next moment, gunfire and cannon fire completely shattered the silence of the night.
Firelight engulfed all of Times Square.
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