Chapter 1366
Chapter 1366: Exercise Finale (7)_1
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"His goal is to delay us," Flossie Wright clutched the rifle in her hand and spoke word by word, "not to kill us."
If it were her, facing someone she needed to protect, she would surely have slipped away quietly right after firing the gun.
Let the opponent hide and probe as they please.
After all, this one move was enough to keep the other side guessing and paranoid for quite a while.
"Is that a possibility?" After thinking it over, Sandy Cruz asked.
Flossie Wright affirmed.
What she considered was "Flossie Wright’s" method, but after all, the opponent was not Flossie Wright.
What if the opponent’s competitive spirit arose, wanting to annihilate them all?
Nothing was certain.
"You watch," Sandy Cruz instructed seriously, "I’ll try it."
As he was about to get up, Flossie Wright raised her hand and stopped him.
"I’ll try."
She glanced at him sideways and gently hooked the corner of her lips.
"You need to keep watch." Sandy Cruz’s attitude was very firm.
"If I die, you can still keep watch." Flossie Wright was equally unyielding.
After all, she wasn’t in the habit of burdening others.
She came here halfway, alive she could still be of some help, but dead, she would be no loss to them.
What mattered was that if Sandy Cruz were to "sacrifice" himself now, she definitely didn’t want to continue the mission with Mariana Buck.
She was lazy, with no interest in trying to save the relationship.
"Flossie Wright." Sandy Cruz frowned and called her name.
Flossie responded leisurely.
"Never mind," Sandy Cruz’s brow relaxed, and he said directly, "You go."
Flossie Wright was somewhat taken aback.
Without any more conversation, Sandy Cruz withdrew his gaze and focused closely on their surroundings.
In terms of combat, Flossie Wright was flawless, capable of analyzing every aspect of any situation.
But, her weakness was also apparent.
She would trust people, but she wouldn’t want to burden them.
Sandy Cruz didn’t know what she had been through, and naturally, he wouldn’t blurt it out carelessly.
Seeing his demeanor, Flossie Wright touched her chin as if she realized something, and then smiled lightly.
The most important reason she didn’t let Sandy Cruz take action—
She was accustomed to taking responsibility.
Watching her own brothers die in front of her was not something that felt good.
Putting aside that thought, Flossie Wright didn’t delay any further and stood up straight from the bushes.
At the same time—
On the other side, someone also stood up from their hiding spot.
The two faced each other, both slightly surprised when they saw each other’s figures, but then their expressions quickly returned to calm.
The person standing opposite was naturally Mariana Buck.
Decisively, Sandy Cruz, who was next to Flossie Wright, pressed his forehead and also stood up from the ground.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
The three waited almost ten seconds, yet none of them were smoked out.
The result was self-evident.
"Still want to stand?"
Teasingly raising an eyebrow, Flossie Wright turned to Sandy Cruz and asked.
Suddenly, all the tension in the air disappeared the moment she opened her mouth.
With a stiff face, Sandy Cruz slung the rifle over his shoulder, his voice slightly cool, "Let’s go."
Flossie Wright shrugged her shoulders and stood still on the spot.
Mariana Buck went ahead, following behind Sandy Cruz.
As for Flossie Wright, she was leisurely following behind them, leaving the area.
Two days later.
At nine o’clock in the evening, Flossie Wright and her group were lying in ambush at a concealed point.
The communication had been better these past two days.
So, they were more or less aware of the casualties on the red team.
According to the situation, the exercise would probably end within a day.
Sandy Cruz, who was drinking water, suddenly received instructions from their superiors, spoke to Flossie Wright and Mariana Buck on both sides.
Flossie Wright finished the last bite of her compressed biscuit.
Mariana Buck said.
"A team was ambushed; we need to go support them," Sandy Cruz explained succinctly.
"Where?" Flossie Wright asked.
"At 12 o’clock direction, about three kilometers out," Sandy Cruz detailed.
Three kilometers...
It would take about a quarter of an hour to rush there, navigating through the trees at night.
"It’s a bit far," Mariana Buck estimated with a frown.
"We’re the closest," Sandy Cruz was also somewhat worried.
He hoped by the time they got there, that team wouldn’t have been completely wiped out.
"Let’s move."
Picking up the rifle, Flossie Wright stood up from the ground smartly.
These past two days, there weren’t many opportunities to shoot, and she was getting antsy.
Sandy Cruz and Mariana Buck exchanged glances, and without hesitation, they also picked up their guns and rose from the ground.
Rushing toward the target direction.
A quarter of an hour later.
The three arrived near their destination.
But before they got close, they slowed their pace.
They heard no gunfire.
Not a single sound.
What was going on?
The three looked at each other warily.
The lighting here was very dim; moonlight hid behind the clouds, and the only faint light was obstructed by the dense foliage. If they hadn’t all been wearing Night Vision Goggles, they couldn’t have arrived so quickly.
"I see no one."
After scanning the area several times, Mariana Buck confirmed before saying to Flossie Wright and Sandy Cruz.
"The ’dead’?" Sandy Cruz asked.
Mariana Buck shook her head.
Looking around, not a soul was to be seen.
No gunfire, no figures. Could they be at the wrong place?
Of course, there were also two other possibilities.
One, neither side suffered casualties, and at the moment, both remained hidden in the dark, waiting for the moment the battle would erupt.
Two, the battle had ended, and whether alive or dead, everyone had left.
"You two stay here," Flossie Wright raised a hand and passed her rifle to her right hand, "I’ll go check."
"Be careful."
Sandy Cruz cautioned.
Flossie Wright replied casually, making an "OK" gesture towards him.
Having said that, she left the two behind and moved forward silently, her rifle’s safety off and ready to pull the trigger at any moment.
— End of Chapter 1366 —