Ace of the Dragon Division - Chapter 224

Chapter 224: Do You Want to Try Another Shot?

Tie Shi couldn’t believe that what Liu Wei said was true. He looked at him suspiciously and said, “Is this a trick your team’s trying to play? Wanting to make us drop our guard against you guys so that you can eliminate us? You think I will believe you? You think there is really such a black horse out there that I wouldn’t know? Let me tell you, no one can amaze me this year, and even if there are a few dark horses, they are all free points in my eyes.” [TL Note: dark horse: usually little known contender (such as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing]

Liu Wei: “Are you familiar with the 5th MR?”

“The 5th MR?” Tie Shi thought for a moment. He frowned and replied, “That Three Swordsmen joke of a military region? Don’t tell me that the guy that eliminated Ye Qiu and Wang An was from that region? It is indeed embarrassing for those two to be eliminated by such a low tier military region. I really don’t know how Ye Qiu and Wang An’s skills deteriorated this drastically within just one year.”

“Their skills didn’t deteriorate, at least they can still easily take care of you. Ye Qiu, Wang An, and me, we sailed smoothly all the way here and took out 68 opponents. We eliminated 4 teams, whether they were captains or normal soldiers, those two themselves took out 41 people. Do you still think that our team is doing worse than last year? If we didn’t run into that monster, Ye Qiu and Wang An wouldn’t have been eliminated at all. If you don’t believe me, you can send me out right now and pretend that I didn’t say anything.” Liu Wei glanced at everyone and said, ‘Also, that monster is probably almost caught up to me now. If you don’t believe me, you can all wait here and see.”

“Alright, then I will just wait here. Let me tell you, the new me this year is a complete change from the me from last year.” Tie Shi thought Liu Wei didn’t seem like he was lying, so he asked, “What’s his name?”

Liu Wei: “I don’t know. I just saw that he had the 5th MR’s badge, and I think he’s the only one left from his team.”

Tie Shi laughed and said, “Then that’s awesome. Especially at this stage of the competition, sole survivors like to hide and try to pass the time to get a higher ranking, so I’m glad that he’s coming for us instead. If you lie to me, I will also send you out.”

Liu Wei: “It doesn’t matter to me. I just thought that for high-profile military regions that have long occupied the first few places of the ranking, it would be really embarrassing if a low-tier team eliminated all of us. Our superiors would be really pissed, and it wouldn’t be just a tiny bit humiliating for all of us. Every year, we all have this tacit understanding of eliminating lower-ranking teams first before fighting fairly with each other, but this year, one dark horse will mess up our plan, and he’s even capable of taking us all out. So, for the sake of protecting the face of us high-ranking military regions, I thought that instead of running, I might as well come to give you guys information. We must join hands and take that guy out first, or the rest of the game won’t be fun.”

Tie Shi didn’t talk, nor did the 4 teammates behind him. They did feel that Liu Wei’s words were a bit exaggerated, so they were sensible and were still a bit suspicious. They just waited for Xu Cheng’s arrival, wanting to confirm what the beast that Liu Wei was referring to was really like.

When Xu Cheng walked out from the dense woods, Liu Wei’s heart jumped.

Tie Shi’s four comrades immediately aimed their guns at Xu Cheng, but Tie Shi immediately signaled for them to hold their fire. Then, he looked to Liu Wei and asked, “This is the guy you were talking about?”

Liu Wei nodded. “Yes, be careful, or run.”

Tie Shi glanced at Xu Cheng and said, “I think I saw you back at the hotel before.”

Xu Cheng nodded. “Tie Shi, agile and strong, good at camouflaging and assassination, specializes in breaking the enemy backline, am I right?”

Tie Shi nodded and smiled. “What is your name?”

“Xu Cheng.”

Tie Shi: “The head of the Three Swordsmen?”

Xu Cheng smiled. “That’s a nickname given to me by others.”

Tie Shi: “But in my eyes, it’s not worth mentioning. (TL Note: homie you are the one that mentioned it). Not to mention you, even if all three of you were here, you still won’t be acknowledged by me.”

“It’s fine, I’m just a nameless pawn in this competition anyways.” Then, Xu Cheng increased his volume. “But, the inconspicuous pawn has made it to the other side. Do you know what that means?” (TL Note: in Chess, that means the pawn can be promoted to be any piece it wants, except the King.)

Tie Shi faintly laughed. “Are you reminding me to not underestimate you?”

Xu Cheng nodded. “Or the cost could be you being eliminated.”

Then, Xu Cheng looked at Liu Wei and said, “Do you think you can make them join hands? Do you think I will give you the chance?”

Tie Shi interrupted in disdain, “Do we need to join hands just to take care of you? Besides, you are just a pawn, any bishop, knight, rook, or queen can just eat you alive. Don’t overestimate yourself too much. In my eyes, you will stay as a pawn.”

Xu Cheng smiled. He crouched down to tie his shoelaces. Upon seeing this scene, Liu Wei was immediately startled and he shouted, “Be careful!”

Tie Shi and the others were actually more shocked by Liu Wei’s reaction, their hearts beating so fast as they thought they were in some life-threatening danger.

Xu Cheng also lifted his head and looked at Liu Wei. “What are you nervous about? I’m just tying my shoelaces.”

Liu Wei really wanted to curse at Xu Cheng – you facking took out Ye Qiu by tying your shoelaces just now, did you think I didn’t see that scene?

Xu Cheng continued to tie his shoelaces as he looked at Liu Wei and asked, “Did you already tell them everything?”

Liu Wei didn’t say anything. Xu Cheng then turned to Tie Shi and asked, “Did he already tell you guys to team up and take care of me? According to the list, for solo aces, there are Bagh, Daoba Li, Zhang Chao, Wei Jie, Cike Xin, and you, Tie Shi the 6th. It will indeed be a bit difficult, but it’s alright. If I can take you out first, it will be even easier for me.”

The four comrades behind Tie Shi sneered. “So only those elites can enter your eyes but not us? Do you believe that I can headshot you right now and teach you how to shoot? I don’t like your arrogance, do you know that?”

At this moment, Liu Wei faintly said, “Actually, your shooting skills can indeed be ignored by him. If you don’t believe me, you can take a shot. But I hope that after you do, you can treat it as a dream and forget it, or else you will fall into an existential crisis.”

That comrade of Tie Shi sneered and pointed his gun at Xu Cheng right away as he replied to Liu Wei. “I’m already fed up with you too, always talking about how strong this guy is. Isn’t it just a problem of one shot? If one shot can’t take him out, then I can just take two shots. That’s enough to take down any elites.”

As he said that, a shot was heard.

Xu Cheng waved his arm, caught the bullet, and tossed it back at the bro that fired the shot. He faintly smiled. “Wanna try another shot?”

That bro’s eyeballs almost fell out as if he had just saw a ghost.

Tie Shi was also very shocked. He immediately lowered his voice and said, “You guys retreat first, go and find the other guys. I will stop him and buy you some time!”