Doctor will never die in a hellish situation.

"Will there be any casualties if the first landmine explodes? No, the doctor said it was a training equipment with its power deliberately reduced. The officers are also elite operators, so there shouldn't be any problems." Ash gripped his unsharpened fire axe and said to himself.

"Want some? It's Ambriel's treasured collection, it tastes pretty good." In contrast, An Suo was much calmer. She took out the chocolate she had taken from Ambriel, broke it in half, and gave it to A Xiao.

"Sorry I took it a little too seriously, but I'll adjust my mindset as soon as possible and won't let the special tactics team down..." Ah Xiao chewed his food with a crunching sound, and the sweet taste in his mouth calmed him down a little.

"Practice makes perfect, you'll get used to it eventually. Taking it seriously is a good thing, consider it mental preparation for going to the battlefield in the future." An Su patted her shoulder, comforting her in a mature and old-fashioned manner.

Ambriel goes without saying. Even though she is completely different from the outgoing Exusiai and Machider, she always seems unmotivated. But after all, she carries the title of the physical exorcist of Sakorta and is a ruthless killer.

It's really hard to judge which is more terrifying: sniping someone's head while muttering "Hermes bag" and "Burberry lipstick," or shooting someone through the air while shouting "Apuru pie."

As for Ansuo himself, having witnessed too much killing in the slums, and even personally killing a scoundrel who had attempted to harm him when he was first kicked out of his home, he quickly adjusted to the situation after the initial period of maladjustment on the battlefield.

In comparison, although Ah Xiao's previous work at the fire station was dangerous and often involved life and death, he ultimately did not have the psychological burden of taking other people's lives. His ability to adapt to the work of the special tactics team so quickly is already a testament to his good mental fortitude.

"Alright, it's time to get to work. Little Ma was just startled. Joel and Ferdinand are still heading this way, but they're moving very slowly. Now, Ash, get into your ambush position and secretly distract them." At this moment, Qin Duanyu's voice entered their minds.

The girls exchanged glances, made a gesture towards the tower not far away, and then dispersed.

"The doctor is amazing. He successfully slowed down the enemy's advance using only a landmine." A moment later, Ash, on the other end of the walkie-talkie, was panting heavily, as if he was doing some heavy physical labor.

"No, it's just because he's stingy. Unless we really fight Reunion, he'll save money on even the equipment used for training." Anso sighed and said helplessly.

If the professor really had money, he would probably lay landmines all over the road, perfectly illustrating what it means to have a fear of insufficient firepower, instead of using scare boxes, empty cans, and firecrackers to frighten the other side.

However, to be fair, these seemingly insignificant little gadgets can be quite unsettling, much like watching certain esports matches. An Suo revealed a strange smile; in fact, she had also offered quite a few suggestions regarding the traps along the way.

When it comes to manipulating mindsets, this habitual thief, who had made a name for himself on the streets for a long time, is even more professional than Qin Duanyu.

……

"*Lungmen swear words! What kind of low-class nonsense is this? Are you going to throw some Olige next? Doctor, you're really ruthless!" Ferdinand threw the banana peel off his face and couldn't help but curse under his breath.

Even with Machider's personal demonstration, the two were very careful on their way forward, avoiding many ridiculous little traps, but they still almost fell into one. If they had been a little slower in dodging, they would have been buried in a train car full of garbage.

Being covered in dirt and smelling terrible was a minor matter. If this was truly a trap prepared by the enemy, and it turned out to be something else, such as boiling water or hot oil, they would be crippled if not killed. This undoubtedly served as another wake-up call for the two of them.

"No, this isn't a trigger trap; someone's operating it from the shadows!" Joel flicked the eggshell off his head, then threw off his brother's raincoat with a look of disgust, and pretended to complain along with Ferdinand, while secretly making a gesture towards him.

"This is absolutely awful. I need to take a shower and change into some new clothes when I get back, otherwise I probably won't even be able to get into bed..." Ferdinand acted as if he hadn't seen anything, continuing to clean the trash off his body while cursing and walking forward.

As he passed an abandoned building, he suddenly raised his shield and slammed it against the not-so-thick wall. This crudely constructed, unfinished building was no match for the tank-like giant. It was torn to shreds like a windowpane, revealing the hidden cable inside.

"Found you, little girl!" Ferdinand sneered, taking advantage of his heavy armor which made him impenetrable, and reached out to grab her ear.

Meanwhile, Joel reached the other end of the abandoned building, blocking An Suo's escape route.

"Hey big guy, take this Holy Originium grenade!" Seeing that his retreat was blocked, An Suo calmly took out a round object and threw it in front of Ferdinand.

Originium grenade?!

Although he didn't know what kind of newly developed weapon the Holy Originium Grenade was, Ferdinand clearly remembered that when he was seconded to Lungmen, Qin Duanyu seemed to have mentioned that he planned to equip one of his medics with strong arms with this thing, and it seemed reasonable to equip some of the special forces team as well.

Considering Xiao Ma's previous miserable state, he quickly held up his shield in front of him, tensing his muscles to prepare for the impact of the explosion.

Hallelujah!

Several seconds passed, but the grand scene he had imagined did not happen. He could only hear a strange song playing on a loop. Looking through the observation port, he discovered that it was a sphere with a cross handle.

Just in case, he smashed the thing to pieces with his shield before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

However, Ansel took the opportunity to escape to a higher floor. After carefully confirming that there was no other way out, Ferdinand and Joel chased after him one after the other.

The abandoned building wasn't very tall, only about four stories high. Within minutes, An Suo was quickly cornered against the wall.

"Take another hit from me..." She tried to use the same trick again, but before she knew it, the thing in her hand was still in the air when Joel used his energy halberd to knock it away.

“The same trick won’t work on the inspectors, so don’t try to fool them with those fakes.” Ferdinand stepped forward, his face full of the joy of catching his prey. “Little girl, we won’t make things difficult for you, just admit defeat.”

"No, no, no, this isn't a grenade, it's a landmine." Ansor pointed to the ground beneath their feet, then grinned and raised his monitoring bracelet. "Let me formally introduce this to you: this is Rhodes Island's camouflage-type anti-personnel landmine. It uses the bracelet to distinguish friend from foe. As long as I retreat to a safe distance..."

She skillfully swung out the grappling hook and caught it on the beam of the building opposite.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen, I didn't want to do this, but you guys are just too easy to fool!"

With a whoosh, the slingshot flew to the building opposite, while Ferdinand and Joel watched in despair as a spider-like creature crawled out of the ground and rushed towards them.

Boom!

The shockwave from the explosion ruffled An Suo's clothes, which she quickly straightened before heading towards the designated location.

A real woman never looks back at an explosion!

Sorry, I couldn't resist watching it... I'm such an idiot.

Chapter 77, Section 268: It's hard to calculate others' opinions, but hard to calculate your own.

The chase continues in the deserted, dilapidated alley.

Ferdinand, like a bull seeing a red cloth, smashed through all the walls in his path with his shield, roaring that he would beat Rasoul's backside to a pulp. Joel's expression was equally grim, his energy halberd glowing as it switched to low-power output mode.

"Doctor, what exactly did you put in that landmine? Those two uncles seem really angry, their eyes are practically bulging, they look a lot like Miss Warfarin who hasn't eaten for days!" An Su asked helplessly as he climbed over the wall and through the window, guided by Qin Duanyu.

In the past, if she stole someone's wallet on the street, she would be relentlessly pursued by the person involved. But the fierce aura of these two, as if they had seen their father's killer, was something she had never experienced before.

The uncle clearly blocked the explosion with his shield and didn't suffer any real damage, so why were they shouting so loudly?

"It's nothing, just tear gas mixed with skunk perfume, the kind that won't wash off for days," Qin Duanyu said nonchalantly. "By the way, Mr. Ferdinand, that big minotaur, has a candlelight dinner date with his wife tonight, and Mr. Joel is going to his daughter Ellie's parent-teacher conference after get off work."

"So..."

"That's right. That tauren loves to show off his love and make others feel like they're being fed dog food. Joel is a seasoned daughter-obsessed dad who talks about Ellie all the time. You've offended them all at once, and the hatred you've built up is very solid. Don't worry about them finding out the problem."

"...As expected of you, you have a firm grasp on people's hearts and minds, and you can easily break their mentality."

An Suo sighed, a hint of worry flashing through his mind.

It wasn't that she was worried about what would happen to her. Not to mention that Joel and Ferdinand were decent people, even if they were caught, they wouldn't suffer much. Moreover, her escape methods were one of the ways she used to make a living on the streets of Lungmen. If she were so easy to catch, she would have been beaten to death by those rich people long ago.

What she was worried about was the doctor.

Judging from Lappland and Platinum's posture, they were clearly preparing for something big, but the Doctor was still completely unaware and fell right into their trap. It seems that even the wisest can make a mistake.

An Suo intended to remind the Doctor, but when she thought about how Lappland had been looking at recipes for spicy rabbit heads recently, she couldn't help but shudder.

"Very good, their physical strength is almost exhausted, and they are gradually calming down. Immediately move into the designated ambush location!" Completely focused, Qin Duanyu was unaware of the impending disaster and continued to issue commands.

Forget it, you'd better pray for yourself!

The little rabbit shook off its distracting thoughts, led Ferdinand and Joel to a small square, and stood in the middle, panting heavily.

"Be careful, it might be a trap!" Joel slowed down and whispered a warning.

Even though both of them were furious, they had already suffered a loss once before. Seeing that An Suo had given up on the complicated terrain and instead came to this spacious place, they knew that there must be something wrong here.

“I’ll keep going forward, you’ll provide support.” Ferdinand nodded, maintaining his pace but remaining on high alert, wary of his surroundings for fear that one of those spider-shaped, foul-smelling landmines might crawl out from the ground again.

squeak--

As the two men expected, after taking only a few steps, they heard the familiar mechanical start-up sound, and the two burly men instantly darted to the sides like startled birds.

"Hahahaha..."

The expected explosion accompanied by a foul stench did not occur. Instead, amidst a burst of mocking laughter, a clown-shaped doll sprang from the ground—a common children's toy.

Before Joel could even feel relieved, he sensed an inexplicable threat and quickly tried to rejoin his companions. However, his instincts, honed by years of combat, made him instinctively hide behind the nearest cover, now at least ten meters away from Ferdinand.

From the abandoned building not far away, a petite figure peeked out, pulled out a thick, black pipe, and pointed it at Joel.

Even though Joel struggled to turn around, he was still covered in the unknown liquid that was sprayed at him.

While it was indeed like taking a refreshing shower to wash away the unpleasant smell and avoid being disliked by Ellie later, the water pressure was far too great. Jolton was immediately thrown away by the enormous force, crashing through the wall and falling into another building.

High-pressure water cannon!

Fortunately, Joel's fire backpack had limited power. If it had been the kind of water pressure that could spray water up to ten meters high, Joel would probably have been destroyed. Even so, Joel looked quite disheveled.

Where are my teammates? Help!

Recalling the Guard Bureau's operational guidelines that heavy-armored operators should prioritize supporting teammates over killing enemies, Ferdinand disregarded the sniper rifle and, relying on his weight and strength advantage, was not afraid of the water cannon, rushing to his teammates in a hurry.

To everyone's surprise, instead of continuing to fire water cannons, Ah Xiao picked up an unsharpened axe and slammed it hard into the floor.

Click!

A spiderweb-like crack appeared on the floor, then widened and spread rapidly toward their feet. Before they could react, they crashed heavily into the basement.

"Joel, are you alright?" In the dust, Ferdinand shook his head and was surprised to find that he hadn't fallen too badly. Before he could even feel relieved, he hurriedly started looking for his companions.

"It's alright, it's a Simmons mattress underneath, it doesn't hurt at all, it's actually quite comfortable." Joel's voice was a little muffled, but he seemed fine. "Could you please move your butt a bit? My back is about to break."

"That's good... but we lost." Ferdinand awkwardly helped his teammate up, saying somewhat dejectedly.

If the floor hadn't been covered with mattresses but with sharpened wooden spikes, he and Joel would probably have been killed on the spot. Even if they had planned to throw the game at a crucial moment, the other side clearly didn't need to do that; they had already won tactically.

“Now, it’s up to Pony to do it all by himself.” Joel sighed as well, realizing that he had fallen into the Doctor’s trap from the very beginning.

"By the way, Little Ma, where the hell is your support?" Ferdinand suddenly remembered that the team's sniper had been offline ever since they started chasing people, neither providing the necessary fire support nor reporting enemy positions as usual.

He's practically an outsider.

If it wasn't Little Horse who lost money, Ferdinand even thought he had been bribed by the Doctor to become a mole.

"Stop yelling! While you were chasing that little rabbit, I was already stabbed!" Machidir's helpless voice came through the walkie-talkie. "Use your brain and think about why you think she dared to stand in an open space?"

When Machidir found a new sniping spot, carefully concealed himself, and prepared to eliminate the fleeing assassin, he was blinded by the flash of light after hearing the words "A1 high flash, please!" and then his sister held a dagger to his waist.

Instead of finding a safe spot to ambush the enemy sniper, a perfectly good sniper would take advantage of the enemy sniper being distracted and actively engage in close-quarters combat. This is almost impossible for a normal person to do, as absurd as two esports players not competing in the game but going offline for a real-life duel.

Unfortunately, Qin Duanyu is not a normal person.

A sniper who can't fight in close combat is not a good sniper.

He has always said this, and he uses it as a standard to demand of everyone.

Look at Rhodes Island's sniper operators. Platinum, an assassin by training, needs no introduction; she wields short swords better than some melee operators. Exusiai's street-style punches are not to be underestimated, and Blue Poison has poison to protect her, completely making up for her lack of melee ability.

As for Ambriel, she relied on this flashbang; the Kingslayer was also tricked by it back then.

"Doctor, amazing!" Ambri thanked Qin Duanyu in her mind. To be honest, she was only asked by the cat-heads on the island to deliberately start this competition to distract Qin Duanyu. She never expected that her side could win.

After all, in this kind of mid-range battle, there is still a considerable gap between her and her brother, and her chances of winning are less than 10%. Unexpectedly, Qin Duanyu used this method to give her a rare victory.

that's enough.