Hannah made a gesture and seemed a bit flustered.
"Let's go."
She could not refuse the elite agent’s firm command to depart.
— Special Ability: Doesn't say things twice
— Wow LOL
— Why do NPCs always end up pitiful whenever he plays a game...
— Special Ability: He just goes
"Sigh."
Hannah looked forward again. She adjusted her sunglasses and spoke, "Let's start the operation."
As the car started, jazz music that seemed straight out of a 1980s or 1990s spy movie played through the speakers.
— Wow~
— The driver knows what's up
— Haha, the driver was a background music wizard!
— Let's go!
The ambiance of the game, set in the heart of New York City, matched well with the people's reactions.
Hannah continued her operation briefing against this musical backdrop, "We won't be chasing them directly, but will maintain a distance that allows for entry as soon as drone and satellite surveillance confirms a path suitable for stealth infiltration."
The plan was not to engage in a car chase, but to maintain a distance and look for angles to infiltrate.
"So... it might be good to change your firearms now."
Almond had chosen firearms that absolutely could not be concealed. Indeed, they were too large and practically advertised, “I came here to kill everyone!”
"... Hmm," Almond pondered for a moment.
If the operation would proceed like this, brute forcing wouldn't work.
"I recommend a bulletproof umbrella shotgun, a pen taser, and a high-density face mask for infiltration purposes..." Hannah suggested while he was still considering listening to her.
"What?"
Almond spotted a suspicious vehicle.
'Why are they so close?'
Why was a vehicle that wasn't a taxi driving so close?
'Guns...!'
Was there someone with a gun in the passenger seat?
Almond immediately rolled down the window.
Ziiing.
Startled, the people in the other vehicle also opened their windows and tried to mount a gun.
"Agent, sir!"
Hannah tried to stop him, but it was too late.
"Ten thousand."
Bang!
Almond fired the pistol he had drawn. A bullet struck the head of the person in the passenger seat, killing him.
— Wow
— One shot, one kill
— People die when they are shot
— Amazing
— Ten thousand LOL LOL LOL
Almond was pleased with his quick response.
"Agent! Those... those people didn't know we were in this car!"
It seemed he wasn’t supposed to kill them.
"?"
"They were just the escort vehicles of the enemies following us from a distance. They didn't know about our existence."
They didn't know? Were they just passing by?
"Well, now they know. Reinforcements will be swarming in."
“Sigh,” Hannah sighed and lamented.
'More are coming?'
Given the per-kill mission, Almond felt rather pleased.
— The corners of his mouth are rising LOL
— Holding back laughter lv.99
— He seems to be holding back his laughter or is it just me?
— Fact: Nutty devil getting excited LOL
"It's not that I'm laughing..."
Almond was about to clarify.
Crash!!!
The enemy was counterattacking and shattered the driver's side window. The driver instantly died.
"!?"
Screeeeech...!
Suddenly, the car swayed violently from side to side.
Thump!
Almond was pushed against the car wall.
Blaaaam!
Cars on both sides honked their horns in surprise.
— Wow
— What's happening?
— Wow, that scared me
Even amid the chaos, Hannah lunged to grab the steering wheel.
Click!
She reached out and managed to activate autonomous driving.
"I've activated autonomous driving for now. Agent, please wear your earpiece and we'll proceed with an urgent change of plans."
"Isn't this supposed to be bulletproof glass..." Almond murmured incredulously, not expecting the window to be breached so easily.
A too realistic response came back, "We don't have the budget."
— Startup Assassination Company LOL
— Can't help it then LOL
— It reeks of budget cuts, so sad ᅲᅲ
Ratatat! Tat!
Even as his vision blurred, his concentration did not waver.
Ping! Ting!
While the enemy bullets bounced off their van, Almond's bullets hit their targets accurately.
Hannah, catching a glimpse of him in the rearview mirror, opened her mouth in awe.
"What? Aren't you taking any hits?!"
Caught off guard, Hannah looked forward again and turned the steering wheel.
"Ah, yes! Agent."
Screeeeech!
***
Meanwhile, a group of onlookers were appalled each time Hannah turned the steering wheel.
"Ah... Ahhh..."
"Hey, hey... why is the score like this?"
They were the staff at the Hitman Simulator booth.
"The ones just passing by. He's killing them all."
Indeed, these enemies had been omitted from their calculations. Usually, these enemies would have just passed by.
These were fast-moving enemy agents, but Almond was shooting them all dead.
"Why is he killing them all unnecessarily?! Isn't it hard for him too?"
The answer was already coming through on the screen from Almond.
“Is it 200,000 won now!?”
“It’s 210,000 won~”
“Some crazy guy put a bounty for each kill...”
Almond kept killing because he earned more money every time he did.
“Sigh, this changes everything, doesn't it!?”
“It sure does...”
Now the employees finally understood why Assistant Manager Park felt worried at first. Even if they went back and apologized to him, it wouldn't change the future. They had no basis to stop a streamer from taking on the challenge.
“Ugh...”
Their insides boiled with frustration.
“That’s 250,000 won~!”
“Now it’s 260,000 won~!”
Meanwhile, the money kept going up.
“Is this a taxi fare or what!?”
“... Even if you made a taxi out of a Ferrari, it wouldn’t go up this fast.”
“Is that team really composed of elite agents? Why are they fighting so poorly!”
They threw out a meaningless question in a desperate attempt to grasp at straws.
“Yes, they’re all elite agents. It’s not that they’re fighting poorly. It’s just that the opponent...”
It was no use. The computer never made mistakes. Only humans did. Just like the employees in this booth right now.
“Sigh...”
“It’s not over yet.”
“That’s true, but it’s already impossible to keep this up until the day after tomorrow.”
With the points Almond had accumulated so far, operating until the last day of G-Star was already impossible.
“Even if we’re signing an advertisement contract... is this really right?”
“There’s no need for the advertising contract if we don’t run out of points...”
The best scenario was for Almond to lose soon.
“Let’s see. The next mission is something Almond has never experienced before, so he might lose here.”
They still had a glimmer of hope due to a future hurdle.
***
“Huff... huff... This is Agent Almond and Agent Hannah. All enemies have been eliminated,” Hannah reported while sweating on the steering wheel.
No more enemies were chasing them. Almond finally relaxed and sat down.
“Yes, we’re on the move.”
They parked their battered van in a corner of a construction site as instructed by the operator. Saying they parked it was rather a stretch. It was practically wrecked.
“Agent? We’ve tracked down the executive who ordered Agent A's assassination. As you just experienced, approaching closely will trigger their radar...”
Clang.
Hannah opened the weapon locker and revealed a long, sleek gun.
“... It’s a sniping mission.”
She handed him the sniper rifle.
— Wow
— A sniper, awesome
— A sniper, wow
— Here comes the sniper!
— Real sniper action
“The farther you shoot from, the higher the mission success rate. Please shoot from outside the enemy's radar range.”
“From far away...”
Almond wondered how far it needed to be. He had never tried sniping before, so he had no idea. Then—
[BigSon has registered a mission!]
[1,000 won per meter!]
— BigSon's mission, wow
— 1,000 won per meter, lol
— Is this gasoline?
— LOL
— Awesome
— 500 meters would be 500,000 won?
— BigSon is working hard today, lol
BigSon offered an incredible mission that would pay him per meter for the sniping distance.
“Hannah.”
“Yes, Agent.”
“What’s the record for the longest distance?”