"We need to leave here quickly. The commotion might attract the Steam Party's cadres."

"Yeah."

Kai helped Suren clean up the battlefield, and they prepared to leave.

Just then, Suren pricked up his ears, noticing something. He stopped Kai, who was about to head downstairs.

Kai gave him a puzzled look. "What's wrong?"

Suren shook his head. "Someone's coming downstairs."

Kai listened again, but he still didn't detect anything.

"Let's go to the roof!"

Suren didn't explain further. He set up a few booby traps among the corpses on the floor and headed upstairs first.

Kai didn't think much of it and followed.

They had been to this dilapidated building many times. Suren had already scouted out an escape route.

About fifteen or sixteen meters away, there was a shorter black building. If they could get there, they could avoid running into the Steam Party downstairs.

Going from high to low, and with the buildings so far apart, the cable in the mechanical gauntlet wasn't very useful. Fortunately, there were a few rusty iron pipes connecting the buildings.

Suren's original plan was to detach his implanted suit and use his spider legs to climb along the pipes. The corroded pipes couldn't support a person's weight, but with the weight distributed across eight spider arms, it would be easy. Then, with the help of the implanted suit, he could easily crawl between the buildings and make a safe escape.

But now that Kai was with him, Suren didn't plan to show off his implanted suit.

Although Kai didn't say it, he could guess that the guy had come up to save him.

......

Kai looked at the rooftop opposite and then at Suren. He asked worriedly, "I can jump over, but you..."

After all, he was a professional assassin with exceptional jumping ability.

But he thought... it would probably be difficult for Suren, the gunslinger, to make the jump.

Suren shrugged, not explaining much. "Jump."

It was a little difficult, but not impossible.

With that, Suren took a deep breath and then, after a sudden burst of speed, jumped without hesitation at the edge of the roof, soaring through the air like a great bird in a parabolic descent.

With a "thud," he rolled onto the ground.

Although a bit disheveled, he had landed safely.

Suren stood up and brushed the dust off his body.

He was grateful for the month of hard training that had drastically improved his physical fitness. With the blessing of alchemical potions and that black technology device, the month's training was equivalent to a year or two of normal training. Now his muscles were in excellent condition.

A few seconds later, Kai also jumped over.

He looked at Suren, his expression even stranger.

"Brother Suren, what... what class did you advance to?"

"Gunslinger."

"..."

Kai rolled his eyes.

Weren't professional gunslingers supposed to be physically weak classes with "visual enhancement" and "sensory enhancement"?

Since when could a gunslinger leap more than ten meters?

But thinking about the pile of corpses he had shot, Suren was a genuine "firearms expert."

Kai fell into deep self-doubt...

Was he just being ignorant?

........

Perhaps because the jump was a bit loud, the two of them were spotted by the people downstairs as they flew through the air.

And not only were they seen, but they were also recognized.

"That's Kai the 'Blade' from the Cross Society! Chase him! Kill him!"

"Whoever takes his head gets a reward of ten thousand!"

"..."

Listening to the Steam Party shouting downstairs, Suren helplessly glanced at Kai. His eyes seemed to say, "See? Fame has its advantages, but on the battlefield, everyone knows you, and they'll never let you go."

Being a nobody also had its advantages, at least fewer people were after you.

Kai responded with an innocent look, muttering, "Hey, brother, do I look like I'm holding you back?"

Suren: "Please remove the question mark."

Kai: "..."

Having gone through thick and thin together, the two were practically brothers-in-arms, and knew each other was joking, so they laughed it off.

After jumping over the black building, they didn't dare to land and continued jumping across several buildings.

Probably because the corpses of Parker's team in the dilapidated building were discovered, the Steam Party went crazy and quickly surrounded them.

Like a tightening net, the number of people around them increased, and the two had less and less room to escape.

Bullets and rocket fire exploded around them, and their location was locked.

To avoid exposure, they didn't run around on the rooftops, but instead entered a short building. As long as they crossed the long street opposite, they could escape into the more complex honeycomb building area. Once they got there, no matter how many enemies there were, they wouldn't be able to surround them.

.......

Panting heavily, the two ran as fast as they could.

During the escape, Kai was even more surprised by Suren's stamina.

Most of the gang members wasted their energy on the bellies of the women in the pleasure houses. When it came to fighting, they were fine for a burst of energy, but when it came to endurance, few could keep up.

The two hid behind a "U"-shaped obstacle, taking advantage of the rare opportunity to catch their breath.

The sound of gunfire on the street was suffocating, like the hand of death lightly stroking their trembling souls.

Even Kai, who was used to life and death, couldn't help but feel uneasy in this critical moment.

But he turned to look at Suren, who was expressionlessly checking his guns and ammunition. His eyes twitched. Finally, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "I say, brother, why aren't you panicking at all? You were like this in the underground cave, and you're like this now... If we can't escape, we're going to die, but I don't think you care at all?"

Suren didn't look at him, continuing to work on his gun. He asked, "Will being afraid stop us from being surrounded?"

"I guess... not..."

Kai pursed his lips, suddenly feeling bored.

I just wanted to find someone to share my feelings with, but you're all like, "I don't care about life or death"...

Forget it. If you're not afraid, then I, the glorious captain, won't be afraid either.

Kai comforted himself.

.......

Just as the two were catching their breath, two enemies on the opposite rooftop spotted them.

"They're here!"

The shout echoed through the alley. Almost at the same time, Suren raised his gun and shot them down.

The two quickly changed positions.

But once they were exposed, no matter where they hid, they would immediately be met with a barrage of bullets.

Finally, they hid behind a corner, unable to escape.

Da da da da...

Bullets came from all directions, giving them no chance to rush out.

Kai used a mirror to look outside, but as soon as he saw the dense mass of enemies, the mirror was shattered into pieces by a hail of bullets.

At that moment, the pressure of death made Kai's breathing heavy.

He looked at Suren and said in a deep voice, "Brother, this is bad. We have to fight for our lives now. The enemy's firepower is strong. I'll go first and draw their attention. You find a chance to retreat... Whether we live or die depends on luck."

Just like in the tenement building last time, the two were once again forced into a desperate situation.

But...

Kai was still Kai.

But Suren was no longer the Suren from the tenement building.

"Strong firepower?"

Suren glanced at him, not saying much.

He thought for a moment, then silently took out a large iron box and hung it on the simple external mechanical leg bone he had designed.

Kai looked at Suren's inexplicable action, a little confused. "You... that's not an ammunition box, is it?"

Then, he watched Suren remove the magazine from the old pistol in his hand and connect it to the ammunition belt on the box.

"You..."

Kai was dumbfounded.

Wasn't the ammunition box for machine guns?

The act of connecting a pistol to an ammunition box just seemed... very strange.

Wait!

We're about to fight for our lives. What was that dismissive look on your face just now?

Could it be...

Kai looked at Suren's still expressionless face and knew he was serious.

Just then, Suren took out a half-finished puppet dressed in the same clothes that he had prepared long ago and said, "I'll throw a flashbang in a moment. You grab this puppet and run out as fast as you can to draw their fire. Leave the rest to me."

"???"

Kai was full of question marks.

He looked at the puppet in his hand and squeezed it. It was just an ordinary puppet.

It wasn't some "sealed item" with terrifying powers. It couldn't block bullets or kill enemies. What did it mean?

Suren added, "We'll be safe as long as we cross this street."

"Huh?"

Kai understood the plan to draw the fire, but judging from Suren's posture, he was planning to charge straight through?

He looked at the puppet in his hand and then at the ammunition box. He seemed to have guessed something and said in shock, "You... you're planning to fight them head-on?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he couldn't believe the plan he had imagined in his head. He added, "But there are at least forty or fifty people on the other side!"

Suren didn't explain much. He asked another inexplicable question, "Did you see any second-order professionals?"

Kai didn't understand what he was thinking, but he answered, "No. But I saw two captains..."

Suren seemed even more certain of something. His expression became even colder. "Oh."

Then he said nothing more.

Feeling inexplicably confused, Kai suddenly felt like his brain wasn't working. He asked, "What do you mean by 'oh'?"

Suren checked the pistol one last time, then took out a flashbang and casually replied, "'Oh' means it's not too bad."

"This isn't too bad?"

Kai felt like they were on the verge of death, but this guy's deadpan face made it seem like... they could really win.

But the enemy's firepower was so strong that even a purely melee-focused talent would be riddled with bullets if they went out.

Before he could think too much, Suren closed his eyes, his ears twitched slightly, and his fingers tapped on the ground. He determined the approximate location of the enemies and didn't explain any further.

"Get ready, I'm going to throw a flashbang!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Suren suddenly opened his eyes, his expression as sharp as a knife.