Book 4: The Return of the King
Chapter 24
The countdown began.
The mission type appeared on screen: Heart of City.
The mission rules were as follows.
1) The bandits has planted a bomb somewhere in the city. If the
bomb isn’t defused within 30 minutes, the bandits win.
2) If the police defuse the bomb in 30 minutes, the police wins.
3) In this mission type, only the police can purchase mortars, hand
grenades, and incendiary grenades. But these three items can
detonate the bomb. If the bomb is detonated by the police, the
bandits win.
4) Any team that eliminates the opposing team wins.
……
SP and the European team had played this mission before.
Grunt whistled.
Team assignments appeared on screen, K&K would play as bandits.
The screen displayed the location of the mission, an airport?
It was obviously the ruins of an airport; broken glass was littered everywhere
and there were airplanes burning on the runway.
It was late at night and the searchlights were scouring the entirety of the map.
Dt simply assigned tasks. “Double. 97 take the two young ones.”
Double meant that they were going to split into two teams, one would be the
decoy. Dt would take the bomb and find an appropriate location to plant it and
guard it for the 30 minutes, while 97 took two teammates to stall for time and
distract the opponent.
After assigning tasks, they dispersed into the darkness.
The large screen automatically focused on the ranked number 1: Dt.
“Ok, the match has begun.” Ai Qing stared at the screen. Her eyes softened
for a moment when she saw Dt switch to a sniper rifle, “Let’s look at the
competition data for K&K’s captain before this match. Having 0 deaths, a close
quarters combat win rate of 100%, and short range combat kill rate of 100%
this season.”
Xiao Mai excitedly added, “Briefly speaking, never get too close to Dt. Once
you’ve entered his kill zone, you have no chance of survival.” “That’s right.”
Ai Qing replied very simply. “A formidable opponent.”
On the screen, Dt and Grunt had stopped at a terminal and installed the bomb
inside a restaurant.
Then they separated in the dark.
Their shadows merged into the darkness.
On the large screen, Dt could be seen switching to the sniper rifle, sitting behind
a small bar.
There were rows of seats outside the restaurant. The other boarding gates were
nearby with several restaurants and stores with broken walls lining the hallway.
The light from the searchlights entered through the broken walls over the fires
and patrolling NPC soldiers in the terminal.
The airport wasn’t a good location for Dt’s team. Restaurants, restrooms,
smoking rooms, and stores all had heavy walls, which meant that only mortar
could blow through it.
But one crucial rule in this mission was: only the police were allowed to buy
mortars, hand grenades, and incendiary grenades.
In other words, Dt’s team couldn’t acquire a mortar. If their opponents just
kept hiding behind the heavy wall, then Dt and Grunt would have difficulty
reaching them.
Bullets couldn’t shoot through heavy walls.
The sniper rifle in Dt’s hand was practically useless.
Shortly, crossfire burst out on the big screen.
At nine minutes thirty seconds, 97 killed one opponent.
At thirteen and a half minutes, 97 briefly reported back. “I’m disarmed and
at a third of my strength.”
In less than half a minute, Taotao, leading his remaining three teammates,
began sweeping the area.
Taotao was obviously aware of the advantage his team held in this area of
the map. They carefully approached the terminal.
They moved in slowly, a little by little, increasing the tension in the air.
The audience was entirely silent, watching Taotao lead three teammates
closer and closer to Dt.
“Taotao has already entered the short range zone.” Xiao Mai nervously
analyzed, “Once he gets close enough for close quarters combat, then
regardless whether it’s Dt or Grunt, the fighting will be lethal.”
Short range combat was roughly at a range of thirty meters , players
would rely on their gun.
At five meters, it was close quarters combat.
Briefly speaking, it would become a knife fight. If it turned into a 4v2 hand
to hand combat, then 97’s decoy tactics was wasted in vain.
So…...what were you waiting for? Dt.
Just as everyone was holding their breath, a shadow flashed quickly over
and Grunt threw out a smoke bomb.
The whole audience was shocked.
The angle of the smoke grenade being thrown wouldn’t land near Taotao.
Only Ai Qing yelled, “Ah. Nice throw!” Before she finished, the smoke
grenade had already hit a flower bed and bounced towards Taotao. “He
used the wall rebounding to throw the smoke grenade to near Taotao’s feet!”
In the past CS games, the famous teams all possed good throwing techniques.
Bouncing a hand grenade against the ground or a wall so it could reach the
enemy without exposing themselves.
It required a very high level skill.
Something only seen commonly in major competitions.
At this moment, all four players on Taotao’s team were blinded by the white
smoke. It was all smoke, nothing but smoke.
“Disperse and conceal!” Taotao shouted very quickly, the four withdrew away
from the heavy walls one by one.
They dispersed behind the seats and the counter of a Starbucks……
“Damn it!” Before Taotao could see clearly what was in front of him, two of
his teammates hiding behind the seats burst into a string of curses.
A death notification appeared.
Another death notification followed shortly after.
The next second, his teammate less than half a meter away from him was
shot as well.
One shot through the head.
A third death notification appeared.
In less than ten seconds, a 4v2 had immediately become a 1v2, with
Taotao by his lonesome.
……
Not just him, but the entire audience and even Ai Qing were all stunned.
On the screen, Dt quietly appeared from the corner. He put away the sniper
rifle and took his time to pull out the short knife.
So he had just……
“A wallbang!” Xiao Mai pounded the table, “He shot through the wall! And
it was only two shots, three kills! The god like sixth sense. Gou Gou! This
was your forte!”
Except for the heavy brick wall that couldn’t be shot through, it didn’t matter
where the enemy was hiding. As long as it was something that the heavy
sniper rifle could shoot through, such as a thin wall, train, wooden box, and
windows, a bullet could pass through and into someone’s head.
Anyone who had paid attention to the history of Solo’s team would all know:
Wallbang-- --
This was Appledog’s iconic technique in those days.