"Here is the safety, here is the sight, this is the grip and balance weight, which can adjust the shooting angle and center of gravity."
"Mm."
"When shooting, just use whatever posture is comfortable for you. After all, Prophet, you have amnesia, so you're mainly responsible for observation work and noticing any abnormalities. If someone really comes over, you can decide whether to shoot or not yourself."
"Mm."
"Inside here is a magazine loaded with five erosion bullets. If you encounter enemies with Originium Arts, you can use erosion bullets to counter them. The effect will be good. But usually, I'll have your back, so don't worry too much about enemies getting close. But if they really do get close, don't conserve bullets, just fire all five shots and kill them."
"Mm."
"You really remembered everything, right? You won't forget out of nervousness, right?"
"Won't."
Looking at the nervous Exusiai, Li Lin nodded calmly.
Ever since transmigrating, he already had a certain level of mental preparedness in his heart; at most, he just felt he couldn't drag down his teammates. And now knowing the handgun was a low-power weapon, what was there to wait for? Damn it, afraid of what? Just treat it like dropping into Pochinki at the start of a PUBG match.
Just like playing PUBG with voice chat on YY, when the time comes, choose a direction, report the position directly, and then watch the god-tier teammates perform. All he needed to do was keep his eyes peeled and ears open. Li Lin was very familiar with this kind of thing. Although it was the first time in reality, he had played enough games; even if you haven't eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run? Crouching below with binoculars and calling out positions should be fine.
However, seeing Li Lin's calm demeanor, Exusiai actually raised her eyebrows somewhat puzzled.
"You really remembered everything? If you haven't, you can ask me directly, okay?"
"Really."
"Really? You're not just putting on a brave face?"
"Really not…"
Rather, it's you constantly staring at me like this that's making me nervous.
Watching Exusiai lean over nervously, asking this and that, accompanied by a pleasant apple pie scent, Li Lin's heart, which had already cooled down and prepared itself, couldn't help but start beating again involuntarily, and he awkwardly turned his face away.
Exusiai felt even more suspicious, looking Li Lin up and down dubiously, pinching her chin in thought. But because her observation skills were really insufficient, she could only look somewhat helplessly towards Texas in the rearview mirror, who had been watching the rear of the car the whole time. But such an action was meaningless, only earning a gloomy cold snort from Texas and unstoppable laughter from Croissant.
"Ahahaha, Exusiai, you and Prophet really have a good relationship, huh? I've never seen you care so much about others before."
"Although I have a lot of confidence in Prophet, he has amnesia after all."
"No, I mean this trust aspect is a bit—"
"Ahem, ahem, now I'll explain the contents of this delivery."
Texas coughed, interrupting the group's conversation with the cigarette dangling from her mouth, and relayed the details seriously to the three.
Simply put, this operation was similar to Penguin Logistics' usual VIP services. Pick up the goods at the location, then deliver them to the designated location and person. However, this time it wasn't the imagined super VIP service, so with Penguin Logistics being short-staffed for deliveries, the four of them were dispatched together. And due to the delivery requirements, they also had to proactively go to a place that looked relatively hidden.
But this was also normal; people requiring secret entrustment usually requested deliveries to start in some strange places. So the several veterans didn't feel it was strange at all.
When the sedan followed the tracking and arrived beneath a vacant, abandoned building, everyone except Li Lin had an 'as expected' expression.
After Croissant opened the door and got out of the car, only Li Lin looked bewildered at the pitch-black night outside, feeling something was off.
"I'll go first, let's have barbecue when we get back after finishing this run."
"Mm."
"Well then, Lady Croissant shall go retrieve the package."
Croissant got out of the car, gave a salute to the three inside, then carried the package that looked very heavy and walked into the pitch-black building.
According to industry requirements, one or two people are always dispatched to retrieve the goods, while the rest wait in the vehicle. This way, if an accident occurs, it's easier to preserve more advantageous forces and also allows for rapid relocation. And the person responsible for fetching the goods would also receive double or triple the reward of a regular operator due to undertaking the risk.
Theoretically, Penguin Logistics had carried out this type of operation countless times and should have long been experienced. But Li Lin, somehow, looking at the surrounding dim scene, always felt something wasn't right.
'What's with this hair-raising feeling? Feels like being ambushed by sneaky campers?'
Should I be more careful?
Especially when Exusiai started crossing her legs, putting in earbuds, and listening to music, Li Lin looked at the increasingly dim and quiet scenery around, feeling even more strange.
It was like the strong intuition often felt when playing games. A sensation that made the hairs on the back of Li Lin's neck stand up kept coming from several directions. Adhering to the principle that caution avoids major mistakes, Li Lin shook Exusiai's shoulder, signaling her to take off her headphones.
"…Exusiai."
"Hm? What's wrong? Forgot how to operate the gun?"
"No, look over there."
Patting Exusiai's thigh, Li Lin looked at the scenery outside the car window and said in a low voice to the somewhat bewildered Exusiai:
"Look at the building 200 meters away in the seven o'clock direction, third floor, fourth window from the right; the platform about 140 meters away in the nine o'clock direction; and the convex mirror at the alley entrance in the ten o'clock direction. Are there some people staking out and ambushing?"
"Is that so? Let me see."
Exusiai signaled Li Lin to move his head aside, twisted her body in the cramped car compartment, and looked over from Li Lin's angle.
Her ruby pupils, enhanced by Originium Arts, continuously scanned the surroundings from Li Lin's direction, carefully staring at those suspicious locations. Her initially nonchalant expression gradually became serious, and then she silently opened the hidden compartment behind the car seat and took out the firearm inside.
Texas glanced at Exusiai's gradually changing expression through the rearview mirror, looked at the timer on the vehicle, and said in a low voice:
"Croissant has been inside for ten minutes. Something's not right."
"Mm, there might be a problem. The locations Prophet reported all have hidden figures."
"Wait a few more minutes, they might propose negotiations."
"Understood. Prophet, don't move for now, sorry to trouble you in a bit."
"…"
Screwing the stabilizer onto the barrel, Exusiai, under Li Lin's uncomfortable expression, dug out a scope from a corner and attached it under the gun barrel. Licking her lips as she looked at the human figures hidden in the shadows, her eyes lit up slightly.
Exusiai's movements were extremely swift and agile; a small, custom-made compact sniper rifle was quickly reassembled in her hands. Along with Texas's operation, a small slit capable of extending the gun muzzle was opened in the car's reflective glass window. Exusiai leaned against Li Lin, using him tentatively as a stabilizing buffer support, narrowed her eyes, aimed towards the direction of the hidden personnel, ready to act at any moment.
And sure enough, after a few minutes, a man's voice suddenly came from within that building.
"Good evening, members of Penguin Logistics. Let's discuss a business deal."
"…Oops. They made the first move this time. My salary shouldn't be deducted after this is over, right?"
Her hands bound by shackles, Croissant was escorted to the entrance, surrounded by a group of men in black. Her very approachable face was directed towards the Penguin Logistics vehicle parked outside, shrugging somewhat awkwardly with a subtle smile.
"I knew it…"
Since the plot point happened, the subsequent activity will definitely have problems.
Held in an awkward position in Exusiai's arms as a stabilizer, Li Lin looked at Croissant's subtly smiling face and shook his head.