Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 51 Confrontation
Perhaps due to the poor social security, the fighting techniques in this world are mainly practical.

At this moment, Claire had no idea how to play the role of "archaeologist", so she first looked up information on fighting styles. The methods of these styles all focused on finding opportunities to attack vital parts such as the throat, back of the head, spleen, crotch, etc.

Therefore, weapon fighting is the main method.

Claire even saw the so-called "gun fighting technique".

It's not about close combat with someone using a gun.

Instead, they studied how to draw guns faster in different situations, how to find shooting angles in complex situations, and even how to hide guns more covertly.

The writer of this spear fighting technique used rigorous language and careful drawings, which left a deep impression on Claire.

The most important thing is that compared to using cold weapons, Claire herself prefers firearms.

In the low-sequence period, firearms can still be said to be fast at a distance of seven steps, and fast and accurate within seven steps.

As for the sequence being raised, that is a matter for the future.

Claire was a pragmatist. She would use whatever low-sequence firearms worked best, and switch when they stopped working. She was a quick learner anyway, so she didn't need to worry too much about wasting time and energy.

Moreover, as she began to practice this gun fighting technique, she actually began to digest the "contamination" bit by bit.

The released pollution was therefore absorbed faster, and the improvement in her observation and reaction abilities became more obvious than before.

Claire really wanted to stay in the Nightwatch's underground shooting range to study gunfighting, but the Nightwatch was currently short of manpower, and she also had to investigate the "Jessie and Ermo case" on hand.

When it got dark, she was called out by Dunn to do some field work.

It is not safe for women to walk at night, but for the extraordinary people on the "Sleepless" path, as long as they don't use their spiritual sense to look around and provoke explosive beings, their combat power in the dark is far higher than in the daytime.

Claire can be considered half a "sleepless person".

Not only her, but also Xiga was sent out to track the whereabouts of the women who had been checked out before.

Dunn once used his dream-entering ability to do some detection. As the most powerful official Beyonder in the entire city of Tingen, Dunn could freely enter the dreams of anyone in the city from a distance in his office.

But starting from the "Witch" in the witch sequence, she has the ability to resist divination and has a high resistance to dreams.

Therefore, to determine whether these women are witches, we can only rely on the most basic tracking and investigation.

The target of Claire's mission is Amina Mazuh, a wealthy lady who is keen on collecting jewelry from different eras.

Any stolen goods from Jie Shi would fall into the hands of the other party.

Claire, wearing a hood and a worn, baggy gray-blue worker's uniform, stood at a street corner, watching the target, also in disguise, follow two people into an ordinary apartment.

This lady's behavior of buying stolen goods from thieves was not an isolated case. Based on the police's intelligence, she took her bodyguards to a temporary black market where stolen goods were sold to buy goods.

Just as Claire was considering whether to use the excuse of catching someone dirty to go in and test Amina, she saw four hunched figures, some tall and some short, walking towards her in the shadows.

With the goddess's blessing, Claire could see clearly in the dark and all four of them looked like homeless people.

In this area, there are far more homeless people than pedestrians.

Especially at night, patrol officers on the streets of other blocks would always drive these people with tattered clothes and numb expressions here.

Since Russell launched the Industrial Revolution, the traditional agricultural society centered on towns has gradually disintegrated. Some large groups have become penniless under the tide of the times, and the number of homeless people in the city has increased year by year.

But there was ill will and lust in the eyes of these four homeless men.

There's more to homelessness than numbness and pain; it's also brutality and unbearable. Some women who become homeless can't even survive their first winter because they can barely keep enough clothes to cover their bodies.

Claire frowned. The target had just entered the apartment where the stolen goods were to be sold, and now it was difficult for him to avoid these people.

Try to knock them out as quietly as possible... Claire deliberately led these homeless people deeper into the shadows.

But as she stepped into the shadows, her attention still focused on the homeless people, a dagger like a bee sting emerged from the shadows and stabbed at the back of Claire's head.

Is there an ambush? !

At this critical moment, a gunshot rang out. Claire, whose reaction ability had been pushed to the current limit, fired accurately with her back turned, predicting the opponent's attack route, and thus forced the attacker to retreat.

Even so, Claire was frightened by this vicious attack and broke out in a cold sweat. If she hadn't been promoted and it hadn't been at night, it would have been difficult for her to escape this attack while her attention was distracted.

After the opponent's carefully planned attack missed, Claire fired three shots in succession. The opponent's petite figure twisted and turned in the shadows, but was only hit by one bullet.

And it is obvious that it does not impose too much restrictions on the opponent's ability to act.

There was a commotion in the apartment behind her, but Claire didn't care about the place where the stolen goods were sold at the moment.

The attacker's skills were very similar to those of an extraordinary person from the "Assassin" path, and he must be related to the case she was investigating!

Claire chased in the direction the attacker fled, but was blocked by those wanderers.

Glancing at the abnormal and evil looks of these homeless people who were not even scared away by the gunshots, Claire instantly determined that these people were tampered with by the attackers.

Claire wanted to rely on her extraordinary strength to break free from the entanglement of these wanderers, but these people burst out with strength beyond ordinary people, like zombies with only desire left. Claire shook her arm hard, but she couldn't break free from the grasping arm.

Claire's eyes turned slightly cold as she watched the attacker's gradually receding shadow.

Amid the sound of gunfire, Claire broke free from the entanglement and encirclement of these strange homeless people.

In the darkness of night, he chased after the attacker at a speed faster than his attacker.

But the attackers' preparations were more thorough and brutal than Claire had anticipated.

Looking at the dozens of homeless people with similar symptoms gathered in front of him, and looking at the petite figure who stopped running among the crowd of homeless people.

Claire now saw the other person's face clearly: "Tris."

Tris smiled happily:
"The Sleepless One's eyesight is truly renowned... It seems I've become quite famous among the Nighthawks as well."

"What did you do to these people?" Claire looked at the restless crowd and frowned as she asked Tris who was hiding in the crowd.

Tris smiled kindly and shyly, as if demonstrating his achievements, saying, "The combination of the instigation ability and the effects of the extraordinary drugs is surprisingly effective."

Following Tris' words, these homeless people, who were in a state of extreme excitement, rushed towards Claire.

Claire raised her hand and fired.

Tris laughed loudly:
"Miss Nighthawk, how could you be so cold-blooded? These people are so pitiful that they have nothing left except their lives. How could you have the heart to shoot them?"

The instigator Tris also wanted to stir up Claire's emotions with words.

Claire was keenly aware that her emotions were being stirred by a force.

But only for a moment.

Amid the incessant mumblings of the Hidden Sage, her spirit was constantly tempered and became extremely resilient.

The "instigator's" ability to persuade with words had little effect on her.

Facing these homeless people rushing towards her, Claire remained unmoved, and her hand holding the gun did not hesitate at all.

Seeing that he couldn't influence Claire's emotions, Tris's expression became a little embarrassed. He also saw Claire shooting and reloading without mercy.

Unable to be certain that he could get rid of Claire using this method, Tris fled in the opposite direction of the crowd.

In the chaos, although Claire had enough energy to observe the direction of Tris's escape, she did not have the energy to stop him.

Even the several shots fired in that direction were blocked by the chaotic crowd.

When the barrel heated up to the limit, the gun in Claire's hand misfired.

Claire threw away the gun in her hand and knocked down the person closest to her. She immediately retreated, no longer entangled with the remaining crazy crowd, and retreated to the other side.

But just as Claire turned the corner, a figure swiftly attacked. It was Tris who had returned!
This extremely patient hunter didn't actually retreat, but chose to hide and watch. The moment Claire threw away her gun, she attacked again!
But Claire went forward without avoiding him.

The gun is faster than seven steps away.

Within seven steps, the gun is fast and accurate!
Under the other party's astonished gaze, a revolver appeared in Claire's hand as if by magic!
Then a series of gunshots with empty magazines rang out on the streets in the night.

(End of this chapter)