Gunshot Every Day

At first, the gunshots, which were extremely faint compared to the surrounding scene, didn't attract anyone's attention. Even if someone heard them, they mistook them for fireworks or something similar set off by the organizers.

It wasn't until someone in the crowd fell to the ground, shot, and those around them screamed and warned others, that the entire venue descended into chaos.

The audience inside the venue frantically fled outwards or searched for cover. The casualties from the stampede were even greater than those from direct gunfire.

Kraft and Fatty Liao were unharmed. Due to their small stature, they weren't exposed to the line of fire. Moreover, with Alice, the robot, there, the chaotic crowd couldn't harm them.

"F**k! When did places outside of Hell's Kitchen become this dangerous too!"

Kraft and the other two scrambled behind a flower bed. The gunshots outside continued. Those who could escape had already fled. Most of the people still at the scene were too close to the front to push their way out.

"Being too close to the front isn't always a good thing."

Once they were temporarily safe, Kraft still had the presence of mind to joke.

"Hey! Kraft! Do you have any inventions that can solve this situation?"

Fatty Liao asked while trying his best to hide his considerable bulk behind the flower bed.

"Damn it! I'm definitely going on a diet when I get back this time!"

"Need me to sponsor your diet kit?"

Kraft had already contacted Haro via his Bluetooth headset. From the information Haro provided, he knew there was only one shooter: an old white man staying in a nearby hotel. From their current position, unless they were incredibly unlucky, it was virtually impossible for them to be hit. That's why he had the leisure to banter with Fatty Liao.

"Did he start shooting because he couldn't sleep due to the noise?"

After Kraft explained the situation to Fatty Liao, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and then grumbled indignantly.

"The music festival has been advertised for so long, he should have known! Why did he have to stay nearby?"

Kraft rolled his eyes. "The nearby hotels are for people attending the music festival. That old man obviously had it planned, right? He started shooting over a noise complaint… You really have a wild imagination."

"Um… Brother?"

At this moment, Alice's timid voice sounded from beside them.

"What is it?"

"Can't you help them?"

Alice pointed at the injured people groaning on the ground in the distance, her face full of pity.

"There are ways to solve it… but it would cause too much of a commotion." Kraft frowned. "I don't want the FBI knocking on my door."

Given Kraft's perception of people of other ethnicities, he wouldn't expose himself for the sake of their lives.

"B-but, they look so pitiful…"

Faced with Alice's pitiful little face, Kraft felt a headache coming on.

In reality, even if Kraft had firmly refused Alice's request, she wouldn't have said much. But Kraft now genuinely saw her as a daughter (crossed out) sister, so he couldn't possibly ignore her wish.

"I'll think of a way first."

Kraft helplessly appeased Alice and then considered what items he had that could resolve the current situation without making a sound.

If he only needed to deal with the gunman, Kraft had plenty of methods. He could even have Alice charge in and take him down easily.

But to solve this problem while keeping it hidden from others, Kraft could only think of one solution: the Engineering creation in his bag – the Gnome Mind Control Hat.

He had originally prepared it for Hulk, who was somewhere unknown. Since Hulk looked like he wasn't very intelligent, the mind control hat, which could control others' thoughts, should have been able to subdue him completely.

However, there was another problem: the Gnome Mind Control Hat's effective range wasn't that large. Kraft was too far away to control the gunman.

"Come closer and block my line of sight."

Kraft thought about the equipment in his bag and on his person, quickly finalized his combat plan, and beckoned to Fatty Liao and Alice.

He didn't need to worry about cameras; Haro had already taken control of them. However, there were other people to his left. Although they were all lying on the ground and not looking this way, and the dim light made it hard to see clearly, Kraft still preferred to act cautiously.

Fatty Liao and Alice followed Kraft's instructions, moving to his left and completely blocking his body. Fortunately, Kraft was the smallest of the three, so blocking him wasn't difficult.

Then, the two watched as Kraft took a funny-looking hat out of his backpack and put it on. The hat looked like a cast-iron pot with a black and white spiral disk stuck on top. As Kraft put on the strange hat, the disk began to slowly rotate.

Staring at the disk with a strange expression for a moment, Fatty Liao felt a bit dizzy.

"What the hell is this now?"

He rubbed his eyes, which were starting to see double, and looked away, muttering.

However, Kraft didn't have time to explain. He took out a metal device shaped like a stopwatch from his bag, pried open the protective casing, and pressed a button inside.

Then, Fatty Liao watched as Kraft disappeared before his eyes. Before he could exclaim, he felt a gust of wind, and cold air mixed with a bit of sand flew into Fatty Liao's mouth, which was wide open in surprise.

"Ptooey! Ptooey!"

Fatty Liao quickly spat out the sand, momentarily forgetting to scream.

Kraft was unaware that he had almost been screwed over by Fatty Liao, his potentially troublesome teammate. While activating the Gnome Invisibility Device, he also activated the Gnome Rocket Boots under his feet. Since the invisibility device's duration was less than 20 seconds, he had to hurry.

And because he didn't have enough time to take a detour, Kraft, worried about being hit by stray bullets, also activated the Gnome Protective Belt on his waist.

I f***ing love Gnome technology!

With his figure concealed, Kraft, protected by the field generated by the Gnome Protective Belt, quickly crossed the venue and rushed to the base of the hotel. Before the invisibility device's effect wore off, he found a hidden spot to hide.

There was also chaos inside the hotel, with occasional shouts and cries of pain. The most dangerous gunshots also continued unabated.

Fortunately, the floor the gunman was on wasn't very high. Kraft was already in a position to include him within the Gnome Mind Control Hat's range.

Kraft raised his head, aiming his gaze at the murderer peeking half his head out of the window. He then flipped the switch on the mind control hat. As the black and white disc on his forehead began to spin rapidly, Kraft's consciousness was pulled out of his body like a vortex and launched like a cannonball towards the gunman by the window.

"Hmm... so this is what it feels like to control a human?"

When Kraft came to again, the scene before him had switched to the gunman's perspective. It wasn't much different from when he tested it on animals before, but the repulsive feeling when controlling a human was much stronger than when controlling an animal.

Since the Gnome Mind Control Hat's control duration was only about ten seconds, Kraft didn't have much time to waste. He directly picked up the gun in his hand and aimed it at himself.

"Da da da..."

The moment Kraft pulled the trigger, his consciousness returned to his own body. Kraft stroked his chin. Although controlling someone else didn't provide any senses other than sight and hearing, shooting oneself was by no means a comfortable experience.

After dealing with the killer, Kraft opened the back cover of the invisibility device and replaced the Emerald energy source inside with a new one. He then picked up a stone by his feet, rubbed some gunpowder out of it, and stuffed it into his shoes. Before anyone else could react, he used the same method as when he arrived to slip back to Alice and Fatty Liao.

"Since there are no more robot maids, this invisibility device will do!"

As soon as he returned, the first thing Kraft saw was Fatty Liao's chubby face, which clearly read 'LSP'.

"Get lost!"