52: Shooting range, imminent battle

After hearing Old Tok's words, Valentine's mouth twitched, and he said speechlessly:

"I say, Toke, why didn't I modify thunder before? Others don't know, but you do, right?"

"Isn't that purely because I didn't have money?"

"If I hadn't saved up some money recently, plus the price discounts on various supplies and materials during wartime, I estimate I'd have to wait another month to have enough money to put armor plates on thunder."

Seeing Valentine say this, Old Tok immediately laughed heartily.

"Hahaha. Who told you not to divert the money for buying weapons and living expenses, and also not willing to borrow money from your Sister."

"If you ask me, you shouldn't be so rigid as a person. If you need to divert funds, then divert funds."

After hearing this, Valentine quickly waved his hand to refuse.

"That won't do."

"My Sister's money must be kept for herself to spend. As the saying goes, girls should be raised richly, shouldn't they?"

"As for living and entertainment expenses and weapon funds."

"I often watch Superdream to learn the techniques inside, you know that. Just based on this, the living and entertainment expenses cannot be touched."

"I've been coveting that modified technical assault rifle in the Family's weapon store for a long time, so the money for buying weapons definitely cannot be touched either."

Toke looked at Valentine's rambling appearance, patted him on the shoulder, and said loudly:

"So, as a person, you have to learn to be flexible!"

"Once you've modified thunder, you can take on more dangerous and higher-payingDelegated tasks."

"Then you can just put the temporarily withdrawn money back, can't you?"

"Alas. You are just stubborn."

After speaking, Toke didn't plan to continue persuading Valentine.

(Of course, this can't really be called persuasion, because similar conversations are likely to happen between the two from time to time; this can only be said to be a daily banter.)

After hearing Toke's words, Valentine pursed his lips, seemingly disagreeing with what Toke said.

After taking a step to the left, Toke saw Fang Yun, Vavinia, and Coke Kneiya.

Toke looked at the scene of Fang Yun and Vavinia supporting the armor plate together, chatting and laughing, and Coke Kneiya squatting on the ground working hard with her head down, and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Toke scratched his head, leaned over, and quietly asked Valentine:

"Uh. How do I feel that the relationship between Vavinia and Fang Yun seems to have suddenly become very good?"

"Before, Vavinia would maintain an appropriate distance from unfamiliar men she had just met."

"Why is it different with Fang Yun?"

"Did something happen between them?"

Valentine spread his hands helplessly and replied in a low voice:

"I don't know either. (I don't know.jpg)"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

"I don't know when, but Vavinia seems to have developed some good feelings for this kid Fang Yun."

"Although I don't object to Fang Yun becoming my brother-in-law, at least let me have some psychological preparation beforehand."

"Now it seems, he might become my brother-in-law at any time."

After hearing this, Toke clicked his tongue and said to Valentine with a hint of teasing:

"Perhaps, this is what is called love at first sight."

Valentine stared at Fang Yun and said with an unfriendly expression:

"Hmph. Love at first sight? Love at first sight my foot."

"Even if Sister really recognizes Fang Yun, he must first pass my test if he wants to be with my Sister."

Toke didn't say anything more, just patted Valentine's shoulder again with his hand.

Then, Toke changed the subject.

"It looks like your thunder will need to be modified for a while longer."

"I won't talk to you for now. I have to hurry and tell Kack to help me repair the damaged armor plate on my car."

"My thunder was a bit 'injured' because of the Nightwalker's shooting when I was attacked the night before last."

"It's better to quickly 'heal' my thunder before fighting the 'Black Hand' settlement."

After speaking, Toke no longer chatted with Valentine, and strode towards the entrance of the Technical Department.

Valentine watched Toke leave, then shifted his gaze back to Fang Yun.

Valentine watched Fang Yun and muttered to himself:

"What is it about this kid that attracted my Sister?"

"Sister has seen tall and powerful people before, so why was she attracted to Fang Yun?"

"Could it be because Fang Yun has a handsome and upright face?"

"That's possible. After all, Fang Yun is the most handsome person I've ever seen."

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...

Leaving aside Valentine's rambling, let's talk about Toke.

After passing through the gaps between the vehicles, Toke walked to the entrance of the Technical Department.

Then, Toke greeted a burly man loudly:

"Kack! I'm here to fix my car!"

Kack, who was helping a Buckle Family member modify a vehicle, raised his eyebrows when he heard Toke's voice.

Kack turned around and found that it was indeed Toke, so he replied loudly with a rough voice:

"Toke! When I heard you were attacked before, I was very worried. It's great that you weren't injured!"

"By the way, where's Valentine? Why didn't he come with you?"

Toke shrugged, then clenched his fist and raised his hand, pointing his thumb backward.

"Valentine is behind. Coke Kneiya is modifying his thunder."

Kack showed a look of understanding, nodded to show that he knew, and then continued to ask:

"Then you're here for modification or repair?"

Toke waved his hand at Kack and sighed:

"Alas—"

"Most of the money I have, I lent to Valentine for his vehicle modification."

"This time, I just want to simply repair my thunder."

Kack nodded, then thought for a moment, and said to Toke:

"Hmm. If you want me to help you repair your car, you might have to wait a while. It'll probably take about 30 minutes."

Toke immediately shook his head when he heard this.

"Then forget it, there's no need."

"I came here mainly to tell you that my thunder needs to be repaired."

"I'll just park the car there." (Pointing backward)

"Simple repair is very easy and won't take much time."

"So, after everyone else has finished their modifications, you can send someone to help me repair the car."

"I'll go to the shooting range with Valentine and the others to practice shooting for a while. Don't forget to fix my car."

Kack laughed heartily.

"Hahaha, so that's how it is."

"Go practice shooting, I won't forget."

Toke felt that saying it only once was a bit improper, so he reminded him again.

"You must not get carried away with your work and end up forgetting my car."

Speaking of this, Toke's voice paused, and his tone suddenly became teasing.

"If I get killed by a stray bullet because the car isn't fixed, I won't let you off even as a ghost."

Kack didn't say much, just smiled and patted his chest, signaling Toke with his eyes not to worry.

Seeing this, Toke smiled with satisfaction, and then transferred the cost of the vehicle repair to the Technical Department's currency account.

After the transfer was completed, Toke didn't stay any longer, raised his hand, and bid farewell to Kack:

"I've already transferred the money to the Technical Department's account. I'm leaving now, talk to you later."

Kack nodded, then turned around and continued the modification work on the car he was working on.

Seeing this, Toke turned around and returned the way he came.

After returning to Valentine and the others, Toke chatted with them while passing the boring modification time.

After about twenty-five minutes, Valentine's thunder was finally modified.

During these twenty-five minutes, it wasn't always Fang Yun and Vavinia holding the armor plate; Fang Yun and Vavinia, and Valentine and Toke took turns holding it.

After this while of chatting, the relationship between Fang Yun and Vavinia seemed to have gotten a little closer.

After politely seeing Coke Kneiya off, Toke was the first to speak:

"Now, should we go to the shooting range to practice shooting for a while?"

Fang Yun, Valentine, and Vavinia had no objections to Toke's words.

So, the four decided that Valentine would take Vavinia, and Fang Yun would take Toke, and they would drive to the shooting range together.

...

The shooting range is located south of the Buckle Family Camp, covering an area of not too large, about 500 square meters, shaped like a right-angled trapezoid.

Fang Yun and his group parked their cars and came to the waiting area of the shooting range.

In the waiting area, in addition to the four of them, there were also some Buckle Family members who had arrived at the shooting range early to practice shooting.

Ignoring the others who were undergoing shooting training, the four of them walked together to a relatively large and spacious area in the waiting area, preparing to warm up.

Valentine brought an assault rifle from the car, and after a simple adjustment, he began to shoot at the target in the distance.

Toke also took out the shotgun that he had been carrying on his back and began to practice shooting.

It is worth mentioning that the shooting range's automatic target machine will change its shape, distance, material, etc., according to the user's settings.

Therefore, the target used by Valentine was a light target at 200 meters and further away, while Toke used a heavy target within 50 meters.

Just as Valentine and Toke were practicing shooting enthusiastically, Fang Yun drew the pistol from the holster tied to the outside of his thigh.

After casually doing a gun spin, Fang Yun stood in front of the shooting platform, used a standard standing shooting posture, and pulled the trigger at the target 250 meters in front of him.

The bullets were rapidly depleted in the pistol's rapid-fire mode.

While changing the magazine (fixed at 25), Fang Yun looked at the display screen on the shooting platform.

The display screen showed Fang Yun's shooting score just now: 235.

The reason Fang Yun was able to get such a high score was greatly related to the Superdream he had watched in the party bar before.

If it weren't for the support of the shooting skills in that Superdream, Fang Yun, as a good student of the 21st century, would be very impressive if he could ensure that the bullets didn't miss the target.

Of course, Fang Yun was able to replicate the shooting skills in the Superdream thanks to the set of top-tier Fifth Order cyberware on him.

Therefore, cyberware is also one of the reasons why Fang Yun can shoot so accurately.

Also, the pistol Fang Yun used had excellent accuracy and accuracy stability.

Soon, Fang Yun changed the magazine (fixed at 25).

This time, Fang Yun aimed at the target at 300 meters and shot.

After unleashing all the bullets, Fang Yun looked at the score.

The final shooting score for this round dropped a little, but not too much.

"230 points."

"I have borrowed everything that could be borrowed from the shooting techniques in that Superdream before."

"The decrease in shooting score is lower than that of the person in the Superdream."

"Could it be that I am actually a shooting genius?"

"It's hard to say, this result might just be a coincidence."

Just as Fang Yun was talking to himself, Vavinia, who was standing to his right, suddenly spoke:

"Wow, Fang Yun, you shoot so fast, so accurately, and so fiercely."

A question mark appeared on Fang Yun's head, and he turned to look at Vavinia.

"You mean my pistol shooting skills are excellent, and the pistol is also very powerful, right?"

Vavinia nodded.

"Yes."

"I feel that your marksmanship is already comparable to my brother's."

Vavinia said, staring at Fang Yun's pistol.

Vavinia's pair of big, sparkling eyes were full of curiosity and desire.

Seeing this, Fang Yun stopped the action of changing the magazine in his hand, reached out, and handed the pistol to Vavinia.

"remnant echo, a kinetic and technical pistol with excellent performance, its power is also among the best of all pistols."

Vavinia was stunned when she saw Fang Yun handing over the pistol, then hesitantly reached out and took the pistol.

Vavinia's face was surprised, and she tilted her head slightly to look at Fang Yun.

"You're... going to let me see it?"

Fang Yun smiled slightly.

"Why, don't you want to see it? I feel like you really like this gun."

Vavinia blinked and replied in a positive tone:

"Of course I want to see it."

"To be honest, compared to other types of firearms, I have a special fondness for pistols."

"This is a pistol I modified myself. As an exchange, let me show it to you."

Vavinia said, handing her pistol to Fang Yun.

Fang Yun took the pistol and carefully observed it.

"A modified Third Order kinetic pistol, not bad."

While Fang Yun was observing Vavinia's pistol, she was also carefully observing "remnant echo".

Vavinia observed and praised in a low voice.

"First-class texture, excellent feel, and the weight should be just right for a man."

"..."

"Huh, this design is so clever."

"..."

After admiring "remnant echo" from beginning to end, Vavinia reluctantly returned it to Fang Yun.

Taking her pistol back from Fang Yun's hand, Vavinia said with a hint of envy:

"Fang Yun, your 'remnant echo' is quite perfect in terms of appearance, texture, feel, weight, power, magazine capacity, rate of fire, intelligent control system, etc."

"Did you buy this pistol, or did you get it through your own modification?"

Looking at Vavinia's seemingly sparkling eyes, Fang Yun scratched his head awkwardly:

"This gun was neither bought by me nor obtained through modification, but I made it by hand according to the blueprint."

Vavinia's eyes widened immediately when she heard Fang Yun's answer.

"What, it was actually made by hand?!"

"So, you have the blueprint for 'remnant echo' now?"