I enlisted four times! My former unit blacklisted me.

The back door of the car was opened, and Zhao Yihang jumped out, carrying two shopping bags. Seeing the two men standing there in a daze, he asked in bewilderment, "Brother Feng, Brother Dong, what are you two doing standing here like you're on guard duty?"

As he spoke, he walked to the trunk, opened the lid, and rummaged through his things: "By the way, Brother Feng, Qian Kun and I were browsing in a toy store earlier, and we saw a toy sniper rifle that looked really realistic, complete with a scope, so I just bought one."

"I originally wanted Lele to play with it, but the child doesn't like things that are too long, so I put it in the trunk."

Before he finished speaking, he casually picked up something and threw it in Wu Hanfeng's direction.

"then!"

Wu Hanfeng subconsciously reached out and caught it. It felt heavy in his hand, and the cool metallic texture traveled up his fingertips.

He looked down and saw a black sniper rifle lying in his hand. The gun had smooth lines, a scope, a stock, and a magazine. The aged metallic paint had a matte finish.

If it weren't for the faint plastic fray at the muzzle, it would look almost identical to the real thing from a distance.

Zhao Yihang walked over with a smile, tapped the gun barrel, and said, "Fifty yuan a gun, plus eight soft bullets."

"Look at this scope, it really magnifies. Although it only allows you to see a distance of a few dozen meters, the workmanship is really good."

"I was thinking of taking it back to the platoon as a training model, leaving it in the company, and using it to teach new recruits about the structure of firearms, which is better than drawing blueprints."

Wu Hanfeng raised the gun with some skepticism and brought it close to his eyes to take a look.

To be honest, the scope does have a magnifying effect, although the clarity is only so-so and the edges are a bit blurry.

But it's enough for close-range combat.

The weight of the gun is also well-made, it feels heavy in the hand, which is quite appealing.

"Wow, toy factories are all rife with problems these days?" Wu Hanfeng exclaimed in amazement. He casually pulled the bolt, and there was even a click sound simulating loading. "It looks so real, even more like the training guns we used in basic training back in the day."

"If someone pulled that out in the dark at night, wouldn't they be terrified?"

He got excited as he spoke, raising the gun and aiming it around like a child who had just received a new toy.

He glanced at the trash can by the roadside, muttering to himself, "Bang! Target hit!"

He glanced at the distant lamppost again and clicked his tongue twice: "No, it'll be too far and the shot will be blurry. It's less than fifty meters of effective range."

He Dong asked curiously, "Squad leader, can I play with it too? I want to see how realistic it is."

"Don't rush, let me aim a little longer." Wu Hanfeng was in high spirits, so he casually turned the gun and aimed it at the rooftop of the shopping mall diagonally opposite.

As the image in the scope gradually focused from blurry, Wu Hanfeng, who had only glanced at it casually to see if anyone was having an affair on the rooftop, froze the moment his gaze settled on it.

A person was lying behind the concrete railing at the edge of the rooftop.

Dressed in a black special forces uniform, with camouflage paint on his face, he held a real sniper rifle in his hand, the barrel pointed directly in their direction.

The man's eyes were also pressed against the sniper scope, clearly watching them as well.

Eyes facing each other.

They were about 200 meters apart, and they made precise contact through two scopes.

Wu Hanfeng: "..."

He almost dropped the toy gun in his hand.

I rely on?

There really is a sniper?!

What's going on here?

He instinctively shrank back, then quickly brought the scope back to his head to take a closer look.

Yes, he really was a sniper.

He was fully equipped with camouflage clothing, a tactical helmet, a sniper rifle, and a walkie-talkie, lying motionless on the rooftop.

If we hadn't just made eye contact, I wouldn't have noticed at all.

Wu Hanfeng was dumbfounded.

So the streets are deserted and the shops are closed. This isn't a drill; it's for real.

Is there a major battle here?!

---

Meanwhile, on the rooftop, sniper Lin Chen was even more bewildered than he was.

Lin Chen lay on the cold cement floor, his muscles tense, his fingers resting on the trigger guard, his breathing slow and deliberate.

From the moment Wu Hanfeng and his group got out of the car, his sniper scope never left them.

The captain said that this was a group of desperate criminals who were armed and had also stolen a military vehicle. They were extremely vicious and had very strong counter-surveillance capabilities.

Lin Chen dared not relax for a moment, his eyes fixed on the scope, not daring to blink even for fear of missing any of the opponent's small movements.

He watched the tall man get out of the car and stretch, watched him whisper to the person next to him, and watched him take a long black gun.

When the gun was raised and pointed directly in his direction, Lin Chen's blood almost froze.

not good!

It was discovered!

The other side actually has a sniper!

And its counter-surveillance capabilities are so strong?

How could I have been found so quickly after hiding so well?

His heart pounded, and a cold sweat instantly broke out on his back. His finger instinctively reached for the trigger, and various tactical plans flashed through his mind.

What should I do?

The enemy has locked onto me. Should I fire first?

No, the hostages are still in the car. What if we anger them and they hurt them?

What if we don't fire, but the other side fires first?

My position has already been exposed; if I stay any longer, I'll just be a sitting duck!

Lin Chen felt a chill run down his spine, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

Two hundred meters away, the enemy's gun was firmly locked on his position, without the slightest deviation.

If they really opened fire, I wouldn't even have a chance to react.

He jerked his neck back, sliding half a meter off the concrete, quickly disengaging from his sniping position, his heart pounding wildly.

Having carried a real sniper rifle for five years and participated in dozens of exercises and missions, this was the first time someone had pinpointed my location so accurately. The opponent's marksmanship and reconnaissance capabilities were simply too uncanny.

He frantically pressed the walkie-talkie: "Team Leader Wang! Team Leader Wang! I've been exposed! The enemy sniper has locked onto my position!"

"What?!"

Wang Rui, who was behind the shops downstairs, was startled, and his face instantly darkened.

He initially thought they were just a bunch of ordinary desperados, but he didn't expect them to have such a professional sniper who could accurately find sniping positions on the top floor.

"How's the situation over there? Is there any danger?"

"No, not at the moment. I just came down."

"The other side was probably using a long gun with an optical sight, which was very accurate. I was spotted as soon as I peeked out."

"Captain Wang, these guys are definitely not ordinary kidnappers. They might be retired professionals with incredibly strong counter-surveillance capabilities!"

"Understood. Move to sniper position number two immediately, stay concealed, and do not show your face without my order."

After quickly issuing the instructions, Wang Rui turned to Li Jianguo beside him and whispered, "Captain Li, the situation is not good."

"The other side has snipers, and they even took out our sniper positions. These guys are harder to deal with than we expected."

Sweat instantly poured down Li Jianguo's forehead.

Are there snipers?

It can also accurately locate the sniper positions of the armed police?

We've run into a tough opponent!

"Notify all units to keep a low profile and not to show their faces!"

Li Jianguo quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered, "Shield bearers, move forward! Prepare tear gas! Have the negotiators arrived yet? Tell them to get on board!"

In an instant, all the police and armed police on the street lowered their bodies even further.

The assault team, which had been stealthily advancing, immediately pressed themselves against the wall, not daring to even breathe loudly.

No one expected the enemy to have such fierce firepower, including snipers. If a firefight really breaks out, who knows how many casualties there will be.

---

Beside an SUV parked by the roadside, Wu Hanfeng held up the toy sniper rifle that cost fifty yuan, and remained in a daze for a long time.

"Dongzi, pinch me. What do I see? There's a real sniper lying on the roof of the building across the street. We just made eye contact through the scope."

He Dong, who was rubbing his lower back, almost jumped up when he heard this: "What? A real sniper? Sergeant, don't scare me! Where did this sniper come from? Are you filming a movie?"

"What a load of crap! The people in those black special forces uniforms have camouflage paint on their faces, and the guns they're holding are twice as long as mine."

Wu Hanfeng raised the toy gun again and aimed it at the rooftop. "Hey? The person's gone. They've gone back inside."

Zhao Yihang had just closed the trunk when he heard this and came over, frowning as he said, "Really? Where would an armed police sniper come from in the city?"

"Unless some major case has occurred. But everything was fine when we came here, and we didn't hear about any wanted criminals."

Hearing the commotion, Qian Kun, sitting in the back seat, also leaned out of the car window, looking completely bewildered.

"What big case? It can't be about arresting us, can it? We didn't do anything wrong, we just hitched a ride with the commander to go shopping and picked up a kid along the way!"

"Come on, why would I arrest you? To make you squander money?" Wu Hanfeng rolled his eyes, but the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.

The once bustling street was now deserted; all the shops were closed, and even the auntie selling grilled sausages had disappeared.

Now another armed police sniper has appeared, and it looks like he's coming for them.