167: Retrieval of Nightingale and retreat

The trigger pulled the firing pin, instantly igniting the primer in the chamber. The powder granules in the brass casing combusted into 2500℃ high-pressure gas within 0.003 seconds.

The copper-nickel at the base of the bullet instantly vaporized into plasma, propelling the 9mm warhead forward at high speed along the right-hand rifling.

With an initial velocity of 420 meters per second, the bullet possessed enough kinetic energy to penetrate an enemy's skull.

The gun barrel vibrated, spitting out a tongue of flame, and the bullet traced a bright orange-red line in the air.

As the bullet penetrated the head of the last reinforcement on the rooftop, Fang Yun and Toke also ran down from the roof to Valentine's side.

Toke suddenly appeared from behind the Death Squad lackeys, holding a shotgun.

The heavy gun barrel tore through the air. Two Death Squad lackeys who hadn't yet climbed down the fire escape were sent flying into the sky by the massive roar, only to fall back to the ground in pieces a few seconds later.

Fang Yun: 'This way, everyone who came as reinforcement has been dealt with.'

Valentine: 'Next is recovering the nightingale?'

Toke: 'Fang Yun, are you confident?'

Fang Yun (smiling slightly): 'With the operating precision of a Third Order prosthetic body, I'm not confident. However, recovering the nightingale will earn an extra reward. So...'

Valentine and Toke exchanged glances: 'Alright, you do it.'

Fang Yun nodded with a smile, then climbed onto the roof and cheerfully approached the nightingale.

'Thanks to those guys from the Death Squad being afraid the nightingale's explosion would implicate them, they didn't deploy too many forces here.' (Fang Yun)

'Plus, we snuck in from behind enemy lines.' (Toke)

'Anyway, just do it. With you here, getting extra rewards for free is a piece of cake.' (Valentine)

Valentine and Toke stood beside Fang Yun, watching eagerly as he slowly extracted the nightingale from the mass of cables.

If someone else had done the same thing, they might have already been electrocuted into 'human slag' due to insufficient operating precision.

But under Fang Yun's exquisite control, the nightingale successfully avoided all damaged parts of the cables and was finally fully extracted.

(PS: The cables carry high voltage electricity and have grounding protection. As long as the nightingale doesn't touch the cable breaks caused by its forced landing, it won't trigger an explosion.)

Just as Fang Yun held the nightingale in his arms, shouts and killing sounds came from the alley entrance in the distance.

Toke kicked away the debris at the edge of the rooftop, squinting his eyes towards the dust rising at the street corner:

'Three o'clock direction, two armed vehicles.'

Valentine let out a 'Oh ho':

'Oh ho, they've found out we recovered the nightingale intact and are ready to snatch the fruits of victory?'

Fang Yun, holding the nightingale he had forcibly shut down, jumped off the edge of the rooftop.

Then, accompanied by the whistling wind, Fang Yun's somewhat ethereal voice reached Valentine and Toke's ears.

'Let's go, these are the last pursuers. Deal with them, and the three of us can retreat safely.'

Valentine and Toke stuck close to the wall, using it as leverage, and easily climbed down from the roof.

'Gogogo.'

'This is, the final moment (ke).'

Hearing Toke's words, Fang Yun couldn't help but glance back at him:

'What, are you a ship ghoul too?'

'That grandson of his grandma, Honkai is still chasing me!'

The three of them, Fang Yun, ran towards the thunder.

Just two turns away from their destination, Fang Yun's steps suddenly halted.

The roar of vehicle engines exploded not far away.

'No time left, we need to deal with the pursuers here, we can't put the battlefield near the thunder.'

'We can't scratch the thunder's paint.'

Toke nodded:

'Understood. After all, ordinary cars aren't as durable as the thunder, so one rule in the standard retreat procedure is not to choose the battlefield near the retreat vehicle.'

Valentine clicked his tongue:

'Tsk, I thought we could shake them off. Now it seems we still have to fight.'

Valentine tore open his tactical belt, took out two adhesive fragmentation grenades, and stuck them on the nearby wall.

'Let's get further away. When the pursuers show their heads, I'll detonate the grenades to give them a surprise.'

'Toke, you're responsible for protecting Fang Yun's safety and providing fire support with my submachine gun.'

'Fang Yun, you are responsible for providing Hacker support.'

'Begin.'

After the simple task assignment was made, Valentine, Toke, and Fang Yun all began to move.

As Fang Yun retreated towards the back of the alley, he thought to himself:

'Don't say it, really don't say it.'

'No wonder some people like role-playing. It turns out role-playing can really bring happiness.'

'Is this 'real script murder' where the realism reaches reality? I love it, I love it.'

Hacking into cameras, searching for short-range network signals, scouting enemy situation, reporting to teammates.

Fang Yun had perfectly integrated himself into the role of a qualified mercenary team Hacker.

'10, 9, 8,...'

'Now!'

With Fang Yun's loud shout, the figures of the pursuers appeared at the corner of the alley right on time.