Chapter Seventy-One: First Strike II
Cooper, who closed his eyes and recuperated, was almost asleep. In a trance, he seemed to have a dream. I dreamed that I was riding on a galloping horse, and the loose horse was running quickly between the cliffs, surrounded by thorns, and scratched the blood marks on my body.
In a panic, he desperately tried to regain his grip on the reins and bring the frightened horse under control. However, after exhausting all means, the startled horse ran faster and faster. When he turned around, he found that behind him, a fat man was stabbing the horse's ass with a knife with his teeth
A screeching phone rang that woke Cooper. He looked at the non-stop ringing phone with a strange expression, came back to his senses, and quickly picked it up.
The caller was Carolina, the leader of the ghost fox.
This woman in her thirties, charming and ripe like a peach, was the first to appear on the phone with her trademark chuckle: "Lord Cooper, this time, you really gave me a good errand." ”
"How?" Cooper looked up at the clock on the wall and frowned. When the order was given just now, Carolina couldn't be contacted for a while, so she confessed to her deputy, Randy. This is not the first time such a thing has happened. Cooper didn't care, either. But unexpectedly, at this time, Carolina called over, listening to the tone, there seemed to be something wrong.
Although in the eyes of many people, Carolina, a coquettish girl, seems very frivolous, but Cooper knows that when it comes to business, this woman is far more calm than many men. More stable. As a master of assassination, she is fully sure of the tasks she chooses to take.
"As soon as I got back, Randy told me." Carolina's voice was soft, like a cat stretching her waist. "Do you know how much this guy is worth?"
"How much is it worth?" Cooper pondered the meaning of Carolina's words, couldn't help but sit up straight, and asked urgently, "Do you know who he is?" ”
"When Randy showed me the pictures, I just felt familiar." Carolina said: "I contacted the people of the guild and checked, who knows, it is really him." ”
"Who?" Cooper didn't notice at all, his voice was a little nervous.
Speaking of which. This man is not simple. Although few people know each other in Freeport, he is a remarkable figure in the Federation of Leray and Gacharin. Carolina didn't seem to appreciate Cooper's anxiety at all. Still slowly hung up Cooper's appetite: "In the top killer organization, this person is also very famous. ”
"Speak quickly!" Cooper gritted his teeth. This woman is the former curator of Tailiu, that is, the youngest daughter of her master. For many years, I wanted to fight this woman's idea, but I never succeeded. In Tailiu, she is both her core strength. and has a very special status, whether it is her dead father or herself, she has a natural maneuvering skill.
"Don't worry." Carolina on the phone smiled: "I really don't understand, how can you be willing to kill such a monster when you find him." Now I can't do this, the other elders are there, if I do it. They can tear me apart. ”
"Other elders?" Cooper, who still didn't get an answer, gritted his teeth in hatred, and at the same time was startled by the news revealed in Carolina's words: "Who is he?" What happened? ”
"I know," Carolina seemed to laugh on the other end of the phone, "You must have locked yourself up in your office where no one dared to disturb you, waiting for news, right?" I won't tell you exactly what happened."
Cooper's face was blushing, and he listened to Carolina deliberately pause for a long time before she continued: "Anyway, you go out and buy an urgent copy of the Mars Express." Just know everything. Still, I can tell you the name of this man, and one piece of advice."
"Say!" Cooper closed his eyes, suppressing the unhappiness.
"Advice, you'd better not take this guy lightly. Even if you have to do it. Don't look for me. Carolina said leisurely: "His name is Tian Xingjian." Hero of the Federation of Leray. Captured Emperor James of Gacharin alive and single-handedly took on the entire Desik Hunter Mecha Regiment. Few people know that Hopkins, who is in front of me, was killed by him in a one-on-one dynamic sniping duel. Gacharin's Howard family, which was torn apart by him, is now offering a reward of 300 million Fei Yuan for his life. However, I am not interested in this money. No matter how much money you have, your life matters, right? ”
Cooper held the microphone dumbfounded, and Carolina spoke in a way that stunned him. He guessed that the fat man must have a not simple background, but he never dreamed that this person would have such an incredible resume. Aside from his personal ability, the background behind him alone makes Cooper's scalp tingle!
At this time, the appearance of this person here, does it mean that the forces of the Filipino Alliance have unknowingly infiltrated the free world, and they are actually by their side!
Withdrawing the phone, Cooper sprinted out of the office.
There is no need to tell people to buy the express newspaper anymore, everyone in the entire Tailiu main hall has a copy of the express newspaper in their hands, and the virtual light screen of the TV in the hall is also showing everything that happened in Puluo Town.
In the midst of all sorts of complicated glances, Cooper quickly snatched a bulletin.
On the Express, a big headline "Thai lingers and kicks the nine halls!" 》
Zhang Kai is a reporter for the Mars Express.
A reporter who has only been working in the newspaper for less than three months and still doesn't understand many things.
In this highly information-rich world, people have not changed the habit of drinking coffee while reading paper newspapers. Changeably. It's a newspaper. Since the specific timeliness of newspaper news itself always lags behind that of other media, the requirements for news are even higher.
On the first day Zhang Kai entered the newspaper, the editor-in-chief put forward two news requirements for him. First, there is importance. The reporting of major events must be grasped. Such news is not affected by the statute of limitations. The second is uniqueness. Preferably, there are events that have not been covered by other media outlets, but are quite newsworthy.
As a newcomer, Zhang Kai worked hard for three months. He still ranks last in the entire group he is a member of.
There are not enough connections, no inside information can be found, and there is not enough experience and a keen sense of smell. looked at the colleagues with a spring breeze on their faces, and looked at the editor-in-chief with a sinking face. Zhang Kai thought that he was really not suitable to be a reporter. He understands that if this situation continues, in a few days, he should roll up and get out.
A free port under the clouds of war. Zhang Kai wondered if he would be able to find an equally normal job if he lost his job.
In order to keep his job, Zhang Kai drove his dilapidated miniature elk flying car like crazy, wandering around the places where the news was most likely to occur in Freeport.
Exchange, airport, casino area, industrial area then. He saw Monroe, who was being carried by several students and thrown out of the door.
As a mecha enthusiast, Zhang Kai naturally knew Monroe, and he even dreamed of becoming another Monroe.
At the age of twenty-six, he has the strength of a first-class mecha commander. In a few years, Monroe will hopefully become Freeport's youngest mecha god of war.
Now Monroe, he has everything. His mecha talent brought him a high status, a lot of power, and a lot of money.
Zhang Kai never dreamed of it. Such a person. Like a dead dog, he was thrown at the door.
until rushing out of the car. After taking a close-up picture of the tragic situation in Monroe and pressing the data transmission button set to the newspaper on the camera, Zhang Kai couldn't believe that everything that happened in front of his eyes was true. In the same way, he didn't expect that he would have such good luck!
When the editor-in-chief and the president personally called, praised him, and urgently dispatched several other reporters as Zhang Kai's assistants to rush over to follow up the report, Zhang Kai finally believed that he was developed.
Then, Zhang Kai saw the fat man.
When the fat man walked to the Thousand Troops Road Mecha Pavilion and asked to kick the hall lightly. Zhang Kai has already blended into the team of Tailiu members.
For thousands of years, door-to-door kicking has been regarded as the most merciless provocation between genres. At the same time, this kind of provocation is also recognized as the easiest to incur defeat and the easiest to act madly.
Unlike a challenge, kicking the gym does not involve betting. The only punishment for the loser is to close the museum for one month. Within a month, the defeated mecha hall was not only unable to recruit students, but also stopped its internal training activities.
This is a tradition in the folk mecha fighting world, and such a tradition basically ensures that few people dare to open a museum casually and mislead people's children. If you don't have enough strength, you have to close the hall for a month if you are kicked out. If you meet a challenger who wants to kick you out of the area, they will come to the gym again at the end of the month. Keep you locked down month by month.
Among the genres registered with the Federation of Genres, which have a long history and tradition, the Kick Hall has almost disappeared. No school of thought would easily adopt this most lose-lose battle. After all, if you kick out one branch, they can take the same action and kick out one of your branches elsewhere.
Especially those few schools that have mecha gods of war, they are even more easily provoked.
In addition, on the other hand, it is different from the challenge, and it is also the biggest flaw of the door-to-door kicking gym is the mecha that is more than the trial. Because the nature of kicking is to belittle the opponent's skill. Therefore, in order to distinguish the winner purely in skill, both sides must use the same type of mecha, not the special mecha of their respective genre.
Mecha, on the other hand, is provided by the genre that was kicked out.
As a matter of tradition, each genre has a special mecha to welcome the kicker. Mecha are all ordinary models according to regulations. It doesn't seem to make a difference. But in fact, ordinary models of mecha are also divided into characteristics.
Some genres are good at insect mechs, while others are good at beast or human mechs, and the speed of the mecha is different, the size of the power, the engine, the drive and even the control program. What's more, the mecha provided to the door-to-door kicker, obviously, will not undergo any good maintenance.
didn't have enough strength, rashly came to the gym, encountered an evenly matched opponent, and used a mecha that fits the opponent's style and has some inconspicuous small problems, failure, is almost doomed.
This is also the reason why the kick gym has almost disappeared in today's genre war. No matter how big the contradictions are, the genres are happy to solve them through various levels of challenges. Without absolute certainty, without overwhelming overall strength, kicking the gym is almost equivalent to looking for death.
But now, Tailiu chose to kick the gym. Moreover, one kick is the ninth hall!
The print media finally occupied the position of preemptive reporting for the first time in the competition with other media.
No photos, no shooting. Everything was recorded by Zhang Kai in writing.
And these simple words are destined to be recorded in the history of the folk mecha fighting world.
At 12:10, the new director of the Tailiupu Branch Library piloted the humanoid training mecha of the Thousand Commanders Road Mecha Pavilion and defeated the third-level mecha leader of the Thousand Commanders Road Puro Branch Library in one minute and thirty seconds. Qianjundao is closed.
At 12:30, the new director of the Tailiupu Branch Library, piloted the insect-shaped mecha of the Flower Gate Mecha Pavilion, and it took twenty-six seconds to defeat the Flower Gate Fighter, the third-level mecha leader. The flower-shaped door is closed.
At 12:45, it took five minutes and sixteen seconds to defeat the second-level mecha leader of the Black Dragon Dao Fighter. The Black Dragon Road is closed.
At 13:20, it took three minutes and fifty-three seconds to defeat the second-level mecha leader of the Rainstorm Road. Storm drain closure.
At 13:55, it took seven minutes and fifty-five seconds to defeat the second-level mecha commander of Ming Xinliu. Mingxin Liufeng Pavilion.
At 14:30, it took 16 minutes and 52 seconds to defeat the first-level mecha commander of the lore stream. Kill the Exile Closure Hall!
At 15:30, it took four minutes and seven seconds to defeat the third-level mecha commander of the Armor Killing Gate. The door of the armor is closed.
At 16:05, it took twenty-one minutes to defeat the first-level mecha commander of the Broken Mountain Stream. Breaking the mountain and sealing the museum.
At 16:50, no one responded to the battle and the museum was closed.
The news from Zhang Kai was urgently printed as an express at the first time. The entire Freeport of Mars Central City has been plunged into a frenzy because of this news.
The craziest is Zhang Kai's editor-in-chief. This old man who usually sees that Zhang Kai's nose is not a nose and his eyes are not eyes, almost desperately grabbed Zhang Kai, who followed the dull-eyed Tailiu members out of the Kluliu Mecha Hall, and drove all the way back to the newspaper office. Then, he stayed in front of Zhang Kai and waited for him to write a detailed report.
An hour later, Zhang Kai's report was released.
After reading it three times with a twinkle in his eyes, the editor-in-chief personally titled the report.