Da Kui: "I've fought them this time. The biggest difference between them and Chen Liben's people is that they don't strike easily, but when they do, it's always a victory. Their moves are very peculiar. They seem casual, but they've already seen your flaws. That's why so many of us were hit. It's not that we can't defend, it's that there's simply no way to defend!"
I said: "Senior also fought one of them, and he mentioned this situation. That's why I think it's necessary for us to study how to deal with them together."
Wu Lao San: "I know a bit about them. When I was studying at the military academy, we had special courses targeting them. In the US, their organization is huge and has become a major security threat. The academy paid a high price to poach two senior assassins from their organization to be our coaches. The only standard for passing was not being killed by them."
He paused, then continued: "The training was divided into two-on-one and one-on-one. That means two of us against one of them. After passing that, it was one-on-one. If you weren't killed, you graduated. As for one-on-two, don't even think about it. It's true, just as Brother Da Kui said, their moves are peculiar. They don't fight you with brute force or with skill; instead, even if they take 99 hits, they will use that 1% chance to kill you.
So, they are fighting you with endurance and resilience. Most of us, however, were trained for proactive offense. This is fine when the opponent is weaker than you. If the opponent is strong enough, the more you attack, the more flaws you expose, and the greater the chance of them counter-attacking."
I said: "I think I understand a bit. They all possess physiques beyond the ordinary. Our hits on them are almost in vain, and once they counter-attack, it's fatal."
Wu Lao San: "Exactly. Our current strategy is ultimately not to engage them head-on, but to use cunning and strike from behind."
I said: "Is it the same as that night, carrying out a sneak attack?"
Wu Lao San: "It's both the same and different. That night, we knew their expected route, so we were very well prepared and struck very accurately. It's different now. We don't know where they will appear, nor how many are acting. Attacking is a blind attack with too many uncertainties.
Even if we manage to encounter them and corner them in a certain place, we must assign at least two people to fight them, otherwise, we will definitely be annihilated."
I looked at Da Kui. Da Kui's brow was furrowed. I knew why he was like this. He understood best how to deal with them, but under the unknown enemy situation, deciding how many troops to deploy was tricky. Our personnel were already limited, and deploying blindly might lead to neglecting another true target of their sneak attack, which would be a loss.
I said: "This is indeed a difficult problem, and this is what we need to discuss."
Wu Lao San: "I have eighteen men available here. The other side has about eleven or twelve. If they all move out, our two-on-one is clearly insufficient. Even with Senior's men, it would still be a bit strained."
Da Kui: "We suffered heavy casualties fighting them this time. If we suffer more losses, the disparity will likely be even greater."
Yes, our numbers were already small, yet they had us completely cornered.