One Shot, One Kid

A pitch-black figure fell from above. The railing of the spiral staircase was yanked by immense force, instantly twisting and bending as it crashed toward the first floor.

Crack! Creak!

The teeth-grinding screech of metal echoed through the emergency stairwell.

The sudden change startled every special operations member. They instinctively backed away from the railing. One unlucky man's holster was accidentally caught by the warped railing, and an unstoppable force erupted, dragging him down in an instant.

"Ahhhhhh!"

His screams echoed through the stairwell shaft, followed by the dull thud of a heavy object hitting the ground. Everyone's hearts trembled as they realized a teammate had left them for good.

They immediately raised their weapons on alert. Unable to suppress his curiosity, one member stepped to the edge of the stairs and peered downward.

At that moment, a pair of huge hands reached out from the darkness, precisely clamped around his neck, and gave a light squeeze.

Crack!

His neck twisted to the right, his cervical vertebrae snapped, and both breathing and blood flow were cut off. His body went limp.

"Fu*k!"

"What the hell was that?"

"Open fire! Fire at will!"

The team members panicked. The squad leader decisively gave the order to let everyone shoot freely. He trusted their marksmanship.

Rat-a-tat-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat!

Gunfire erupted in the stairwell, muzzle flashes flickering constantly through the shifting light and darkness.

Xiao Miao held a corpse before him with one hand as a human shield. With his right hand, he took the carbine hanging from the corpse's chest, extended the muzzle beneath its armpit, and pulled the trigger.

Rat-a-tat-tat!

A burst of bullets swept out. Blood immediately blossomed across three special operations members, and they collapsed. The remaining three were higher up the stairs. Seeing this, they hurriedly retreated into cover, using the walls to evade the gunfire.

Xiao Miao tossed aside the corpse and the emptied carbine, then climbed the stairs. Passing the three men on the ground, he noticed one of them was still breathing.

The body armor made by Umbrella Corporation was something else. This man had also been lucky enough that every bullet aimed at his chest had struck the ceramic armor plate. Several ribs were broken, but his vital areas were unharmed.

Their eyes met. The man decisively tossed away his gun and raised both hands. "I surrender! Don't kill me!"

Heaven cherished life. Xiao Miao had intended to leave him here to enjoy the nuclear blast when he suddenly heard a clinking sound drawing closer.

A grenade rolled down the stairs and landed in front of them.

Xiao Miao and the lucky man: "..."

With a light flick of his toe, Xiao Miao sent the lucky man's body flying into the air, where it landed precisely atop the grenade.

"No!!!"

Boom!

The terrifying blast sent the lucky man skyward. Shredded flesh and blood mixed together, evenly painting the surrounding walls.

Part of the staircase shattered. The stairwell filled with smoke and dust, and the beam from a tactical flashlight could reveal only a hazy blur.

"Is he dead?"

"I don't know!"

"Wait, something's moving!"

A figure rapidly approached through the gray smoke and dust. The hurricane stirred up by its movement churned the gunpowder smoke, forming two vortices at its sides.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three men's taut nerves quivered violently as a howling barrage of bullets instantly descended upon the figure. Dull thuds of bullets entering flesh followed.

The corners of their mouths had barely lifted when they saw that the figure had not slowed in the slightest. Like a heavy tank carrying unstoppable momentum, it slammed viciously into one of them.

The special operations member who was hit let out a muffled grunt. His body flew away like a kite with its string cut, smashing into the stairwell wall and falling into an infant-like sleep.

Xiao Miao shielded his head and charged the next man. The bullets struck his body, broke through his skin, and were immediately trapped by muscles as tough as steel cables. It hurt a little, but it also felt strangely good!

This was the kind of body strength that really hit the spot!

Under the horrified gazes of the remaining two, Xiao Miao closed in. His right fist blasted out like heavy artillery and hammered into the second man's chest.

Crack!

The body armor could not stop Xiao Miao's punch. The fabric over the man's chest caved in over a wide area. Numerous ribs were shattered by the blow, piercing his heart before bursting through his back.

The second man collapsed limply, vomiting copious blood that flowed from the gaps in his tactical helmet.

Xiao Miao turned to look at the last man. Their eyes met, and the final survivor trembled all over, unable even to hold his carbine steady.

"I-I surrender. Can you spare me?" the last man asked shakily.

Xiao Miao shook his head and sneered. "At this point, you have to be joking."

With that, he raised his size-42 boot and kicked the man's helmet. The tactical helmet was of excellent quality. It flew away with the man's head like a ball, while the headless body thudded to the ground, blood gushing everywhere.

With that, the first special operations squad was wiped out!

"Team Three, respond if you receive this. Report your situation immediately. Team Three? Are you still alive?"

A call from another team came through the radio lying on the floor.

Xiao Miao crushed the radio beneath his foot, then shook his clothing, which was riddled with bullet holes. Bullets squeezed from his body by his muscles fell from his clothes with a crisp clatter.

Nemesis possessed an incredibly strong regenerative ability. The bullet holes in Xiao Miao's body had already healed.

The equipment carried by the special operations members were all special internal Umbrella Corporation models. Nemesis's memories happened to contain the methods for operating them, making Xiao Miao perfectly suited to use them.

He picked up the usable equipment and hung it on himself, then kicked open the locked emergency door and entered the building's interior corridor.

Inside the municipal building's corridor, two special operations squads stood guard in place. The atmosphere within the teams had dropped to freezing point.

Team Three had lost contact!

Just half a minute ago, everyone had been discussing operational tactics and trying to form a pincer attack against the enemy. Yet in less than half a minute, the communications channel had fallen completely silent.

The situation was obvious. Team Three had been annihilated by the enemy, without any ability to fight back.

Though the special operations teams were employed by Umbrella Corporation, their pay was not high. No one wanted to die for nothing. Before figuring out the exact situation, the two squad leaders chose to play it safe and call for reinforcements.

Then Major Cain cursed them out without restraint.

"I don't care what methods or tactics you use. I only want results!"

After saying that, Major Cain unilaterally cut off communications.

The boss had spoken. Left with no choice, they could only continue the operation. The two captains gathered together to discuss their next strategy, both wearing deeply troubled expressions.

Xiao Miao was kindhearted and could not bear to see everyone suffering so much, so he decided to grant them complete release.

Boom!

The ceiling exploded apart. Xiao Miao fell from above along with tables, chairs, and benches, then threw out two grenades the moment he landed.

Boom! Boom!

Two bursts of fire erupted amid the crowd, shrapnel flying everywhere. The special operations members were blasted into disarray. Even those who did not die were dizzy and unable to hold their guns properly.

Xiao Miao was completely unaffected. He raised his gun, charged into the crowd, and picked them off one by one—one shot, one kid.

"Die!"

One man shoved away the corpse of a teammate pinning him down, raised his gun, and sprayed bullets at Xiao Miao.

Xiao Miao raised an arm to shield his head and stood still without dodging. Bullet after bullet struck his body, only to be rapidly forced back out by his muscles and fall to the floor.

"Goddamn it, what kind of monster are you?!"

The man stared in dumbfounded shock, nearly believing he was dreaming. His teammates' wails dragged him back to reality. The enemy before him was like a nightmare. He gritted his teeth, pulled the pin from a grenade, and then...

"Off you go!"

Xiao Miao kicked the man in the abdomen. His body bent like a shrimp, smashing through the floor-to-ceiling window and flying out of the municipal building, where it exploded into a fireball midair.

Xiao Miao walked toward the floor-to-ceiling window, casually shooting dead two members who had been playing dead along the way.

The explosion kicked up a hot wind that blew into the room through the shattered window. The evening breeze ruffled Xiao Miao's hair as he looked down at the people below and spotted three incoming rockets.

Rockets: Hello! Want to snipe each other?

"...Fuck!"

Xiao Miao cried out and hurriedly retreated. The next second, three rockets shot into the building and exploded with a thunderous roar.