Volume 4 - CH 24

Book 4: The Return of the King

Chapter 24

The countdown began.

The mission type appeared on screen: Heart of City.

The mission rules were as follows.

1) The bandits has planted a bomb somewhere in the city.  If the

bomb isn’t defused within 30 minutes, the bandits win.

2) If the police defuse the bomb in 30 minutes, the police wins.

3) In this mission type, only the police can purchase mortars, hand

grenades, and incendiary grenades.  But these three items can

detonate the bomb. If the bomb is detonated by the police, the

bandits win.

4) Any team that eliminates the opposing team wins.

……

SP and the European team had played this mission before.

Grunt whistled.

Team assignments appeared on screen, K&K would play as bandits.

The screen displayed the location of the mission, an airport?

It was obviously the ruins of an airport; broken glass was littered everywhere

and there were airplanes burning on the runway.

It was late at night and the searchlights were scouring the entirety of the map.

Dt simply assigned tasks.  “Double. 97 take the two young ones.”

Double meant that they were going to split into two teams, one would be the

decoy.  Dt would take the bomb and find an appropriate location to plant it and

guard it for the 30 minutes, while 97 took two teammates to stall for time and

distract the opponent.

After assigning tasks, they dispersed into the darkness.

The large screen automatically focused on the ranked number 1: Dt.

“Ok, the match has begun.”  Ai Qing stared at the screen.  Her eyes softened

for a moment when she saw Dt switch to a sniper rifle,  “Let’s look at the

competition data for K&K’s captain before this match. Having 0 deaths, a close

quarters combat win rate of 100%, and short range combat kill rate of 100%

this season.”

Xiao Mai excitedly added,  “Briefly speaking, never get too close to Dt.  Once

you’ve entered his kill zone, you have no chance of survival.”  “That’s right.”

Ai Qing replied very simply. “A formidable opponent.”

On the screen, Dt and Grunt had stopped at a terminal and installed the bomb

inside a restaurant.

Then they separated in the dark.

Their shadows merged into the darkness.

On the large screen, Dt could be seen switching to the sniper rifle, sitting behind

a small bar.

There were rows of seats outside the restaurant. The other boarding gates were

nearby with several restaurants and stores with broken walls lining the hallway.

The light from the searchlights entered through the broken walls over the fires

and patrolling NPC soldiers in the terminal.

The airport wasn’t a good location for Dt’s team.  Restaurants, restrooms,

smoking rooms, and stores all had heavy walls, which meant that only mortar

could blow through it.

But one crucial rule in this mission was: only the police were allowed to buy

mortars, hand grenades, and incendiary grenades.

In other words, Dt’s team couldn’t acquire a mortar.  If their opponents just

kept hiding behind the heavy wall, then Dt and Grunt would have difficulty

reaching them.

Bullets couldn’t shoot through heavy walls.

The sniper rifle in Dt’s hand was practically useless.

Shortly, crossfire burst out on the big screen.

At nine minutes thirty seconds, 97 killed one opponent.

At thirteen and a half minutes, 97 briefly reported back.  “I’m disarmed and

at a third of my strength.”

In less than half a minute, Taotao, leading his remaining three teammates,

began sweeping the area.

Taotao was obviously aware of the advantage his team held in this area of

the map.  They carefully approached the terminal.

They moved in slowly, a little by little, increasing the tension in the air.

The audience was entirely silent, watching Taotao lead three teammates

closer and closer to Dt.

“Taotao has already entered the short range zone.”  Xiao Mai nervously

analyzed, “Once he gets close enough for close quarters combat, then

regardless whether it’s Dt or Grunt, the fighting will be lethal.”

Short range combat was roughly at a range of thirty meters , players

would rely on their gun.

At five meters, it was close quarters combat.

Briefly speaking, it would become a knife fight.  If it turned into a 4v2 hand

to hand combat, then 97’s decoy tactics was wasted in vain.

So…...what were you waiting for?  Dt.

Just as everyone was holding their breath, a shadow flashed quickly over

and Grunt threw out a smoke bomb.

The whole audience was shocked.

The angle of the smoke grenade being thrown wouldn’t land near Taotao.

Only Ai Qing yelled,  “Ah. Nice throw!” Before she finished, the smoke

grenade had already hit a flower bed and bounced towards Taotao.  “He

used the wall rebounding to throw the smoke grenade to near Taotao’s feet!”

In the past CS games, the famous teams all possed good throwing techniques.  

Bouncing a hand grenade against the ground or a wall so it could reach the

enemy without exposing themselves.

It required a very high level skill.

Something only seen commonly in major competitions.

At this moment, all four players on Taotao’s team were blinded by the white

smoke.  It was all smoke, nothing but smoke.

“Disperse and conceal!”  Taotao shouted very quickly, the four withdrew away

from the heavy walls one by one.

They dispersed behind the seats and the counter of a Starbucks……

“Damn it!”  Before Taotao could see clearly what was in front of him, two of

his teammates hiding behind the seats burst into a string of curses.

A death notification appeared.

Another death notification followed shortly after.

The next second, his teammate less than half a meter away from him was

shot as well.

One shot through the head.

A third death notification appeared.

In less than ten seconds, a 4v2 had immediately become a 1v2, with

Taotao by his lonesome.

……

Not just him, but the entire audience and even Ai Qing were all stunned.

On the screen, Dt quietly appeared from the corner.  He put away the sniper

rifle and took his time to pull out the short knife.

So he had just……

“A wallbang!”  Xiao Mai pounded the table,  “He shot through the wall! And

it was only two shots, three kills! The god like sixth sense.  Gou Gou! This

was your forte!”

Except for the heavy brick wall that couldn’t be shot through, it didn’t matter

where the enemy was hiding.  As long as it was something that the heavy

sniper rifle could shoot through, such as a thin wall, train, wooden box, and

windows, a bullet could pass through and into someone’s head.

Anyone who had paid attention to the history of Solo’s team would all know:

Wallbang-- --

This was Appledog’s iconic technique in those days.