"What in the world is going on? Could it be that the Self-Defense Forces were protecting our sect before?"
"Impossible! If the Self-Defense Forces were truly protecting us, then we would truly need protection now. Where have they gone?"
"Perhaps, the Self-Defense Forces have already been defeated..."
"Don't talk nonsense! It's only been a little over ten minutes since the Self-Defense Forces appeared, and there hasn't been any gunfire or a single person around. How could the Self-Defense Forces possibly be defeated!"
"That's right! We must have faith in the Self-Defense Forces!"
"But, I have a bad feeling in my heart. What if these terrorists are actually disguised Self-Defense Force personnel..."
"Idiot, how is that possible? Would the Self-Defense Forces have nothing better to do..."
The citizens of Higashiyoshino, peeking from their windows, were all speculating about the situation.
But, the terrorists were not Self-Defense Force soldiers. Who knew where they came from?
After some discussion, noticing that the group of terrorists seemed to be consolidating, the citizens of Higashiyoshino, while still observing the street, quickly and firmly closed all their windows and doors.
However, the streets in the suburbs of Higashiyoshino were not empty.
In the highly stressful city of Higashiyoshino, many middle-aged male company employees had been exploited to the bone and then driven out of their jobs.
These men were utterly miserable, as their wives and children had also left them due to their job loss, kicking them out of their homes.
On every street corner in this city, after nightfall, near every pile of trash, there would be a few pathetic vagrants.
Under normal circumstances, these vagrants were usually elderly male citizens of Sakura City.
It was extremely rare, in fact, practically nonexistent, to see young people among them!
But,
Today seemed to be an exception.
Because in a dilapidated tent next to the garbage pile at this intersection, there was a young man.
Not only was this man young, but he was not from Sakura City, and he carried a walkie-talkie!
This man was Chen Fan!
"You guys! Over there! You, go search over there! Remember the target's characteristics! It's a female..."
Outside the tent, a team of Self-Defense Force soldiers, disguised as terrorists, were busily searching for Xiang Jingzhu.
Chen Fan watched them calmly from his position lying in the tent.
"Hey! What are you looking at? It's very dangerous here, you should hurry and hide in the tent, and don't come out until dawn!"
The squad leader responsible for commanding at the intersection finally noticed the gaze from behind him.
However, he only knew that the person he was looking for was female.
At this moment, he had no suspicion of Chen Fan whatsoever, and was even urging Chen Fan to hide!
"Haha!" But Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh.
For him, who had experienced battlefields with thousands upon thousands of soldiers, what was dealing with a mere 400-odd useless Self-Defense Force personnel?
He laughed because the squad leader in front of him was so amusing.
"Consider your current identity. As a terrorist, are you protecting the safety of a civilian like me?" Chen Fan asked him with a laugh, in fluent Sakura language.
Upon hearing his words, the squad leader suddenly became flustered and quickly reached up to touch his face mask.
"Ahem! Shh! Don't talk nonsense, we're on a secret mission! Quick, quickly hide!" The squad leader felt he had lost face and, while speaking, pulled the tent flap shut on Chen Fan.
However, in his haste, he did not notice what was inside the tent.
In the blind spot of the squad leader's vision, a dirty old man with disheveled gray hair and beard, bound with ropes and gagged with a smelly sock, was staring with a look of terror.
Chen Fan glanced at the dirty old man and said softly to him, "Old man, thank you for the tent."
"Now, I'm starting my work too."
With that, Chen Fan strode out!
"Huh? Didn't I tell you to hide, why are you..." The squad leader, seeing Chen Fan emerge, spoke with a tone of confusion.
But before he could finish his sentence, Chen Fan raised his hand!
Bang!
A gunshot!
Afterward!
The squad leader looked at his injured hand, the gun falling to the ground, his face a picture of shock.
"You... Who are you?"
"Soldier, remember, in war, mercy towards the enemy is cruelty to oneself." Saying this, Chen Fan quickly approached the squad leader and pressed the muzzle of his gun against the squad leader's head.
"I surrender. Go ahead." Knowing he was doomed, the squad leader closed his eyes, a man of decisive action.
But,
One second, two seconds... twenty seconds passed.
"Huh?" The squad leader did not hear the expected bullet.
When he opened his eyes, Chen Fan was long gone.
"He... He didn't kill me?"
While the squad leader was questioning himself, the other Self-Defense Force soldiers, alerted by the gunshot, were all rushing over.
The closest team had already reached the opposite side of the road from the squad leader.
"Hey! Ryota! What was that gunshot just now? Did you find the target..." The man was crossing the road, waving his hand, asking the squad leader Ryota, whose back was turned to him.
"Ah? Just now there was..." Ryota said as he turned around, intending to explain the situation.
But, halfway through his sentence, he suddenly realized something was wrong!
"Bad! Danger!" Ryota suddenly clutched his injured hand and cried out urgently.
"Huh? What danger? And Ryota, what happened to your hand? Why are you in such a mess?" The few Self-Defense Force soldiers, not yet aware of the impending danger, were striding across the road, casually teasing Squad Leader Ryota.
Bang!
As they reached the widest part of the road, a gunshot suddenly rang out!
The Self-Defense Force soldier who had been waving at Ryota suddenly had his head explode!
Bright red blood and white brain matter burst forth simultaneously, splattering onto the black and white zebra crossing!
Similarly, the soldier accompanying him was splattered with a mixture of blood and brain matter!
"Enemy! Take cover!" The search team, composed of five or six men, immediately formulated a plan.
But, at this moment, Chen Fan was hidden in the shadows.
His rate of fire was faster than their escape speed.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
...
In an instant, several more gunshots followed!
The few Self-Defense Force soldiers who had been drawn by the gunfire were all precisely shot in the head!
Looking at the headless bodies of his comrades, at the scene of bloody red and white mixed matter, Squad Leader Kumayama Ryota, who had been forced to become "bait," was trembling with rage!
"Bastard! I'll kill you!"
"Don't come any closer! There's an ambush here! Don't come any closer!"