Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 41 Chicken-Haired Quick-Draw Shot
"Xiao Yi...it seems he's finished running."

Enid's roommate patted her on the shoulder and pointed blankly at Milo's retreating figure as he jogged away from the assessment area on the training field.

"You're done running?"

Enid was stunned for a long time.

She just joked around with her roommates for a few minutes, and that was the end of it?

Did they actually finish the race or did they give up?

"He really finished the race. I saw it. Two empty runs and two obstacle runs," someone nearby reminded him.

"No, it's that fast?"

Enid herself was dumbfounded.

"Xiao Yi, who did you say had this 'bird's nest' hairstyle?"

"Emma's brother? That chemistry major? Isn't her brother still in elementary school?"

"He's so fast, and he didn't even pant after he finished running."

"Oh no, did anyone time it? Did anyone time it just now? He can't be faster than Colin, can he? No, I can't accept that. Colin is the fastest man. No one can be faster than him!"

"Are you crazy? Stop yelling."

……

As Milo trotted back to the group, Charles stared at the pocket watch in his hand with a puzzled expression—how to describe it…

It's basically a replica of the cell phone used by elderly people on the subway, or the pocket watch used by examiners in exam rooms.

He looked up at the composed Milo, then down at the position where the hands of his pocket watch were frozen, and finally turned to look at Rebecca:

"Let's check?"

Rebecca glanced at the face of the pocket watch in her hand and replied casually:
"1 minute and 14 seconds".

……

"Sigh~~"

The candidates from the other groups present all gasped.

So outrageous?
It's important to know that the passing time for the obstacle course test is 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

This guy's time was less than half!
……

It was only after Rebecca gave a definite answer that Charles would have suspected there was something wrong with his pocket watch.

He had never seen such an achievement before, either among his students or throughout his professional career.

That's outrageous. Even veterans in the military might not be able to easily achieve this result.

Where does this kid come from?
When Charles turned his gaze to Milo, there was no longer a trace of disdain in his eyes; he now had some suspicions in his mind:
Could it really be that I ran into one of those specially recruited candidates?
Who found this little freak?

……

Charles checked the notes on the list again, then looked at Milo with a puzzled expression: "Freelance candidate? What did you do before?"

“The city guards.” Milo answered Charles’s question honestly, without any concealment.

“City guard? That doesn’t make sense…” Charles scratched his head, still recording Milo’s grades despite not understanding it.

City guards? Who would believe that? Isn't that a bunch of lazy bums? Why would someone who can join the law enforcement team work as a city guard? And how could there be such a ruthless person in the city guards...?

On Milo's side, Colin took the initiative to strike up a conversation, politely extending his hand to Milo: "Colin."

Milo gently brushed the sand off his hands and shook hands with the other person: "Milo."

"How long have you been practicing?" Colin asked in a low voice.

"Uh...it's been a long time." Milo felt that if he said he had never practiced it before, it would be too much of a blow to this guy.

And indeed, they practiced for quite a long time, but the person they practiced with wasn't Milo, it was Karl...

"Okay, okay." Colin nodded and took a deep breath.

It's clear that he's starting to feel the pressure.

Since entering the law enforcement assessment, he has never regarded the candidates from other colleges as his rivals. In his eyes, the real rivals are the candidates from the law enforcement college who are in the same major.

He was very confident because the intensity of his training was no less than that of the law enforcement academy, and in some aspects, it was even more professional. He came from a military family, and training in weaponry, combat, and physical fitness had been with him since childhood. His goal was to be number one in the law enforcement assessment, and that goal had never wavered.

But now that the assessment is only halfway through, and his scores haven't even been compared with those of the law enforcement academy candidates, he's already under threat.

An untrained candidate of unknown origin achieved a better result in the obstacle course.

This was something Colin hadn't anticipated.

"Nice to meet you!"

After standing there in a daze for a while, he once again extended his hand to Milo with utmost solemnity.

Milo was a little confused by this guy, so he could only shake hands with him again.

However, in Colin's eyes, he sensed a sense of challenge, a pure challenge devoid of any negative emotions.

Whether this was because Colin had never encountered a worthy competitor or for some other reason, Milo had no idea.

"Uh...let's have a drink sometime."

Compared to Colin's seriousness, Milo's response seemed rather tacky.

"You can really drink?...Okay!" Colin nodded emphatically, as if he really took Milo's words to heart.

Milo simply couldn't figure out what was going on in this kid's mind, so he could only laugh it off.

……

"You two rest here for a bit, then prepare for the 5km run with your weights." Charles said this before strolling back a couple of steps to Rebecca's side.

"Do you know that boy?"

With Chief Constable Charles's keen intuition, he could tell that Rebecca was interested in Milo.

“We have some overlap.” Rebecca’s response was simple and indifferent.

"What's the origin?"

“City guards.” Rebecca’s answer immediately dissuaded Charles from pursuing the matter further.

……

The 5km weighted run began quickly.

The training track can accommodate four or five groups of candidates taking the exam at the same time.

Everyone knows that setting the 5km weighted run before the live-fire shooting event is purely to increase the difficulty of the shooting. Therefore, candidates who want to score more points in the live-fire shooting event will generally play it safe in the 5km weighted run.

I'm not aiming for a high ranking in the 5km weighted run; as long as I don't exceed the time limit, that's fine. The important thing is to maintain my condition, because after finishing the 5km run, I immediately have to go to the shooting range for the shooting assessment after unloading the weight. If I exhaust myself during the 5km run, then I'll basically be doomed for the later events.

This can be considered a small trap set by the examiners. Although it is called a physical fitness test, it is actually a test of the candidates' strategic thinking as well.

Of course, this doesn't apply to those who can't run the entire 5 kilometers...

……

"I will only emphasize this once: after completing the 5-kilometer run, you must immediately enter the shooting range. If you are not ready to enter the shooting range within one minute after your results are recorded, you will be disqualified from the exam."

Charles solemnly reminded the two remaining candidates in his group.

Milo and Colin put on their weighted vests, warmed up, found their designated tracks, and started running the instant the examiner fired the starting gun.

The standard weight of a weighted vest is 15KG. For a normal person, carrying this weight, especially with most of the weight pressing on the upper body and chest, severely affects breathing rhythm, making it difficult to even walk, let alone run.

This is a huge test for cardiopulmonary function.

Milo and Colin maintained a steady running pace throughout. They did not accelerate aggressively at the start of the race, and instead focused on adjusting their breathing to quickly adapt to the running rhythm under the added weight.

Charles stood on the sidelines, his eyes fixed on the two candidates under his supervision.

So far, he is very satisfied with both of their performances.

"can."

For Charles, it was quite an unexpected gain to have two such promising candidates among a dozen or so non-law enforcement academy applicants.

In the latter half of the 5-kilometer run, the track was basically only occupied by candidates wearing law enforcement academy uniforms. This is a routine training exercise for them. Those who fell behind in the first half were mostly candidates from other colleges.

Among all the uniforms worn by law enforcement academy students, Milo and Colin stood out conspicuously.

Their pace was even faster than everyone else's, especially in the final lap, where they both sped up and left everyone else who had been steadily following behind them in just a few seconds!

"It's not necessary."

Charles frowned.

He was initially satisfied with Milo and Colin's performance, but the acceleration in the last part made him feel that the two were too competitive. The weighted running was just to increase the difficulty of the live-fire shooting later, and the all-out sprint in the final stage was exactly what the test intended. The correct choice should have been to run at a constant pace throughout the entire process.

"18 minutes 10 seconds."

Milo and Colin took the same amount of time.

After crossing the finish line, the two immediately removed their weighted vests and went to the shooting range.

……

"Let's go, let's go take a look, let's go take a look."

In the stands, Inidra quickly pulled several of her roommates around to the back of the shooting range, waiting for the gunshots to ring out.

"Colin was the first among all the candidates in his batch to enter the shooting range, awesome!"

"But how come that messy hairstyle is running as fast as Colin? I can't accept that."

"Don't worry, you all know what kind of background my Colin has. Live-fire shooting is his strongest area..."

"When did you become your Colin baby?"

"Never mind that."

"What 'chicken coop'? What 'chicken coop'? I've told you so many times, that's little Emma's brother." Enid reached out her little paw and pinched her roommate's butt, eliciting a scream from the other girl.

"Emma's brother can't steal Colin's thunder either. Little Yi, what do you mean? Stick your butt out so I can pinch it too, hehe~~"

"Ah~~ Let me go."

……

At the firing range, Colin and Milo quickly finished loading the guns and bullets.

The two men gripped their rifles, listening to the strange, unusual voices of girls coming from behind the shooting range...

Colin, panting heavily, looked back blankly.
"Is this also a distractor in the assessment?"

He's still waiting for Milo's response.

The next second, five consecutive shots rang out from the next shooting position.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!!"

……

Colin was stunned for a moment:
"I'm a quick-draw gunslinger!"

(End of this chapter)