260: Practical sparring

Xia Country.

"Old Sai! It's already noon! Get up quickly and come with me to practice the hand crossbow! I also need to practice the machine gun and sniper rifle!"

Su Mulan, carrying a huge backpack, kicked open Sayyid's door and shouted excitedly.

Sayyid drowsily turned over in bed.

Ever since he moved into the hotel arranged by Long Wu, Sayyid had realized something.

It turned out that a bed could be so comfortable.

Furthermore, Long Wu promised Sayyid that he didn't need him to do anything for Xia Country.

As long as he could ensure he didn't become an enemy of Xia Country.

He could forever enjoy the highest treatment in Xia Country.

Even Su Mulan's mother was revived by Long Wu using a resuscitation ventilator.

She was currently arranged in a villa area for the families of special personnel.

There were many reasons why Long Wu treated Sayyid this way.

On one hand, it was because of Liu Yan, and on the other hand, as a leader, Sayyid had not acted hostilely towards them like other leaders.

And he had also saved a child belonging to Xia Country.

Just for this point alone, Long Wu could not possibly treat Sayyid poorly.

"I've taught you everything I can; you just need to practice on your own."

"Besides, your mother has been revived; why don't you spend more time with her instead of bothering me every day?"

Sayyid waved his hand, lying on his side and hugging his pillow, continuing to rest with his eyes closed.

Su Mulan gave Sayyid a headache.

Su Mulan was no longer the Little Girl she used to be; she had entered adolescence.

And after learning various hunting and firearm skills, Su Mulan had also changed her former personality.

She became more lively and active, and even a little rebellious.

She didn't even call him 'uncle' anymore, directly calling him 'Old Sai'.

Speaking of which, Fuji was to blame for this.

Fuji had visited Sayyid when he had some free time, and that's how he had addressed him.

And Su Mulan just happened to pick it up.

"I don't care! You come with me!"

Su Mulan leaped onto the bed and shook Sayyid vigorously.

"You promised me that even if my mother was revived, you wouldn't abandon me."

"You come with me! You come with me!"

Seeing that Sayyid wouldn't budge, Su Mulan directly started repeating herself endlessly.

"Sigh." Sayyid sighed.

After being tossed around by Su Mulan like that, he was completely awake.

"Alright, alright, stop shaking me, I'll go practice with you."

Sayyid sat up in bed, wearing his pajamas, and yawned.

Upon hearing Sayyid agree, Su Mulan immediately beamed with joy.

She skillfully reached out and found Sayyid's clothes nearby, handing them over.

"Then hurry up, here, your clothes."

After changing his clothes, Sayyid took the mask from his bedside and put it on his face.

"If I find that you've regressed today, I'm really going to kick you this time."

Sayyid gently patted Su Mulan's head.

"I'm super strong now!"

Su Mulan walked in front of Sayyid, hands behind her back, skipping and jumping.

Various items in her backpack clinked and clattered.

The reason she walked like this was not because she had ADHD.

But because her hearing was maximized, yet she was blind.

By taking small hops to create subtle vibrations in the building, she could discern the road conditions in her mind.

This meant that even when walking in front of Sayyid, she would not bump into walls or be affected by obstacles.

"Old Sai, I still think it would be better if you moved in with me and Mom."

"Such a big hotel, yet there's not a soul around; if I had to live here alone, I'd be afraid of ghosts."

Su Mulan said, pouting her Little Girl lips.

"I already said, it's not appropriate."

"What would it look like if I lived with you and your mother?"

Sayyid walked behind, looking at Su Mulan's back, his tone a bit helpless.

Su Mulan would pester him every now and then to move in together.

"But don't you get lonely living here by yourself?"

"Honestly, they actually arranged for you to be in this hotel, and no one lives nearby."

"Isn't this isolating you?"

Su Mulan's tone was a bit displeased.

Hearing the word 'lonely', Sayyid's eyes twitched slightly.

He suddenly recalled the countless previous worlds, after arriving, he was alone guarding the empty Dam Zero.

Compared to before, his current life was indeed much better.

Su Mulan seemed childish, but in reality, wasn't she afraid that he would be bored alone every day?

That's why she would insist on dragging him out to train with her every few days.

Sayyid had already taught her everything he could.

The rest were either abilities from the heart of africa or required Su Mulan's own diligent practice.

"Your country's leader takes good care of me."

"My identity is special, and the reason the entire hotel and its vicinity are uninhabited."

"Is because he's afraid I'll misunderstand and think those people nearby are sent by him to watch me."

Sayyid explained.

In fact, Long Wu was completely overthinking this point.

Firstly, Sayyid would never betray Xia Country.

Furthermore, even if people were sent to watch him, and he was told explicitly, it wouldn't matter.

It was just that his current life was already something Sayyid had yearned for but couldn't get before.

However, Sayyid noted Long Wu's thoughtfulness.

Leaving a leader of a hostile force within one's own territory.

And not sending anyone to spy on him nearby.

If he were to turn against them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The two walked like this and soon arrived at a Bakshi not far from the hotel.

Su Mulan suddenly turned around, smiling at Sayyid.

"Old Sai, are you really not considering living with me and Mom?"

Sayyid decisively shook his head.

"Oh, aren't you still unmarried?"

"I've told my mom a lot about you, and she really likes you."

"Hehe."

After speaking, Su Mulan's Little Girl face flushed, and she quickly ran into the Bakshi area, taking out various weapons from her backpack.

Sayyid stood still.

"A Little Girl in adolescence... is too precocious..."

Sayyid naturally understood Su Mulan's hint.

But this made him feel a bit incredulous.

Su Mulan actually wanted to set him up with her mother?

After some helplessness, Sayyid followed Su Mulan's footsteps.

The two arrived together at the side entrance stairs in front of the Babel Tower.

Currently, in the various operational areas of Xia Country, whether it was supplies or Soldiers, everything had been cleared out.

In fact, in the operational areas, one could occasionally see elderly survivors taking a stroll.

However, there were no idle people in the Babel Tower where the two were.

"Wait, don't go in yet." Sayyid raised his hand to stop Su Mulan.

"Why? Didn't we always train inside before?"

Su Mulan turned her head, a little confused.

The two were currently at the stairs leading into the tower on the loading and unloading side.

"You stand here first."

Sayyid patted Su Mulan's shoulder, then climbed over the edge of the stairs by himself.

"From your position, shoot an electric arrow at me."

At this moment, Sayyid was standing on the stairs inside the tower.

And Su Mulan was at the bottom of the stairs outside the tower.

Several walls forming cover, plus the door frame in front of the tower, separated the two.

If one wanted to accurately hit the electric arrow, it needed to pass through the misaligned gaps without any deviation.

If it were a gun, it would naturally be simple.

But if it were a bow and arrow, one would need to consider the drop at that distance and the collision of the arrow's swing.

"Are you taking advantage of me being blind? Don't think I don't know there are many obstacles from me to you."

Su Mulan put her hands on her hips and shouted towards Sayyid's position upstairs.

After speaking, Su Mulan's lips curved slightly.

"A compound bow is too simple; I can hit it with a traditional bow just the same."

After speaking, Su Mulan took out an ancient-looking traditional bow from her backpack, along with a bowstring.

After stringing the bow using the 'looking back at the moon' posture, Su Mulan gently pulled the bowstring twice to ensure it wasn't misaligned.

All of these were taught to her by Sayyid.

After putting on the finger tab needed for drawing the bowstring, Su Mulan reached into her backpack again, fumbling for a mandel brick.

Upon opening it, inside was a firefly swarm system.

However, it was an ordinary mandel brick that hadn't been enhanced.

After putting it on, Su Mulan pulled out the two pull tabs of the firefly swarm system and aimed them at the direction from which Sayyid's voice had just come.

Whoosh—

The firefly swarm system instantly popped open, and dense micro-drones flew out.

Su Mulan tilted her head slightly, her ears moving twice.

Through the faint sounds made by the micro-drones automatically dodging cover.

In Su Mulan's mind, the positions of the cover had completely appeared.

After determining the cover positions, Su Mulan also knew that the angle for a hit was extremely tricky.

Even a slight deviation would lead to a collision, thus preventing an accurate shot into the designated position.

Su Mulan pouted.

"This challenge is quite difficult; fortunately, I usually train on my own."

After standing sideways, Su Mulan's right thumb, wearing the finger tab, hooked the bowstring slightly, and her index finger pressed down on her thumb.

Then Su Mulan raised the bow with her left hand, exerted force from her right back, and drew the bow to a full moon.

"Hoo—"

While adjusting her breathing, Su Mulan began aiming into the void, relying on her recent memory of the terrain.

Such cover and tricky angles were very unfriendly to a blind person.

Suddenly, the swaying arrow stabilized, and Su Mulan held her breath.

Snap—!

Whoosh—

As Su Mulan's right index finger relaxed, her thumb was instantly pushed away by the bowstring.

The purpose of doing this was to minimize the impact her fingers would have on the bowstring.

The arrow was given kinetic energy by the rebounding bowstring and shot towards the inside of the tower.

The arrow, flying out instantly, passed over the wall on the first floor of the stairs.

Then it smoothly crossed the wall on the second floor.

Clang—

After crossing the second-floor wall, the arrow hit the door frame and instantly bounced to the ground.

Clang—

It wasn't over; the arrow that bounced to the ground was again bounced into the air by the ground, its tip pointing directly at Sayyid's face.

Sayyid raised his hand and caught the arrow.

After two bounces, the arrow's kinetic energy had greatly diminished; even if Sayyid didn't catch the arrow.

He wouldn't be harmed.

But if it had been an electric arrow, there was no doubt that Su Mulan had completed Sayyid's challenge.

Sayyid nodded, unable to help but praise her.

"Very impressive, you really haven't been slacking."

"Hehe, no need to say, in a few years I'll surpass my master and become even better."

Su Mulan stood at the base of the tower, holding her bow in one hand and her other hand on her hip, lifting her chin towards Sayyid's direction.

"But why the sudden change today? Is it a random inspection?"

Su Mulan's tone was a bit confused.

"It's not really an inspection, just checking your current level."

"It really opened my eyes."

"Since that's the case, there's no need for those regular training sessions anymore."

As Sayyid spoke, Su Mulan had already picked up her backpack and nimbly climbed over the first-floor wall, ascending to the second floor via the stairs.

"So what are we training today?"

"Or is it another assessment with a reward?"

After entering the tower, Su Mulan asked with a curious expression.

Sayyid took down an m249 light machine gun from his back and patted it.

"An assessment with a reward."

"The assessment content is..."

"Combat practice with me."