48 Hours a Day

Chapter 969: Dangerous Encounter

Killing the muscular man with the chainsaw and the two snipers were just the beginning. Zhang Heng decided not to walk on the garden path after that, choosing instead to walk through the flowerbed. With his sneaking skills and Heart of Kreis, he could completely disappear within the grass and trees. After he completed the novice quest, Bell taught him a thing or two about herbology, so Zhang Heng could identify most of the poisonous plants that he wasn’t supposed to approach.

Through this, he would be able to use the garden to his advantage. Hooking the tungsten steel sword Miss F gave him on his waist, he picked up the sniper on the ground. And he found the next target quite a distance away. Without waiting for the other party to notice him, Zhang Heng pulled the trigger first. The bullet ejected from the barrel, penetrating the head of its target dead on. The bullet also hit the camera on his head. This time Mr. G’s projection turned into a black screen.

“So, he knows how to use a sniper rifle?”

The surprise on Mr. G’s face only intensified. He then asked the bodyguard next to him, “How is his marksmanship?”

“Very impressive. He is at least better than the two snipers he killed. The bullet holes we found on the bikers’ corpses showed that they were killed with one single shot. Considering the situation that he is in, his marksmanship is excellent.

“But I don’t know what he is truly capable of. His marksmanship is way better than mine,” he admitted after a pause.

“It’s understandable if he is good at using his pistol. He is a bodyguard, after all. However, it’s a little strange that he is so good on the sniper rifle.” Mr. G put down the wine glass. “Why did the security company grant him the ability to use the sniper rifle? Is he really a bodyguard clone? I think he is more like a killer clone.”

Zhang Heng had defeated four enemies while they were talking, each one killed by a single shot. During this period, Mr. G could not even spot Zhang Heng through the camera. The latter had turned into a ghost in the garden. He approached his target silently and reaped their lives without any mercy.

As the gunshots got closer and closer, they began to feel the pressure. Mr. G saw the camera shaking slightly. When he turned to the eighth camera, he saw the camera swaying frantically from left to right. Clearly, the person with the camera had completely lost it. He could not figure out which direction Zhang Heng would come from.

Unfortunately, it was a pity that his 360-degree vigilance did not save him in the end.

As gunfire rang out again, a bullet from an unknown direction sent him to meet his maker.

“He is not a killer clone.” Miss F, who had been staying silent suddenly talked.

“But he is acting like a top-notch killer right now,” Mr. G said. “Look at the way he moved and his sniping skills. This guy treats my garden as his backyard. He behaves like a tiger charging at a flock of sheep. Now, why does G7Z, a security company, want to produce a killer clone? To help them to get more business?”

“He is not a killer clone,” Miss F repeated. “I have seen several killer clones, and they are almost emotionless. Without emotions, unexpected events were less likely to happen to them during an assassination. Other than that, they would also do whatever they were asked to do. But he is different.”

“Why? Doesn’t he also seem to have no emotions?”

“Yes. But he doesn’t seem merciless to me. And he is not skeptical towards the world. On the contrary, he has a set of rules to follow. I have never seen a clone with such strong self-awareness, especially after he realized his identity. He still seems to be capable of believing in something, which makes him really special,” Miss F said. “This is why I hope you can help him escape the authorities.”

“Well, I’m getting more interested in our mutual friend now,” Mr. G chirped. “Let’s take a look at his other skills then. All those people he killed were just the appetizers. The real show is about to begin.”

…

Zhang Heng did not deliberately count how many people he had killed. The number of bullets that he had left with him told him the answer. After killing the twelfth enemy, he didn’t encounter another enemy for quite some time. It was only after he walked across half of the garden when he caught a glimpse of his next opponent.

Unlike Zhang Heng’s other opponents, the enemy did not go into hiding this time. Instead, he stood in the middle of the road, waiting to attack Zhang Heng. And he was wearing something that looked like an exoskeleton. It looked quite cool.

Zhang Heng wasted no time, swiftly looking for a spot to hide and set up his sniper rifle.

He ignored the exoskeleton and aimed at the enemy’s head before pulling the trigger.

At that distance, it was almost impossible for Zhang Heng to miss his target.

However, as soon as he pulled the trigger, he saw the target’s head suddenly tilting towards him. Putting on a strange smile, he blocked the bullet with his alloy shield on his left hand with inhuman speed. In the end, Zhang Heng couldn’t put him down.

The sniper rifle bullet failed to penetrate the large alloy shield, but the huge kinetic energy still affected him a little. However, it was offset by the exoskeleton the next second. He only took a small step back. After a while, he shouted, “This is all you are capable of? It’s my turn to perform.”

The moment he started talking, a series of explosions took place at Zhang Heng’s hiding spot. Not only did the fire affect the nearby plants, but it also lifted the land. As for the people lying on it, they were dead for sure.

“Is this the end? It seems a lot easier than expected,” the man standing in the middle of the road mumbled.

And Mr. G in front of the projection on the other side, also had a look of agony on him.

“This guy overdid it. How many flowers and plants did he destroyed? There are a lot of rare plants, which I collected over the years. It’s not easy to find them again.”

But before he could finish his words, he saw a dark shadow suddenly appear in the flame. He then dashed towards the small path with lightning speed. A flash of cold light reflected in the air, and Zhang Heng slashed the man that stood in the middle of the road!