43 Chapter 3 : Shoot

"I had forgotten that feeling of weakness." Murmured James, whose body was covered in sweat.

"But this is an opportunity, the task at hand could take me several months to complete, plus there's almost no time limit, it gives me time to improve my control over my Nen and perfect my techniques."

But suddenly he heard the engine noise of several vehicles, so he hid behind a wall and saw three military transport vehicles driving towards him.

"It's transport vehicles, the city is already surrounded by the military, with my current physical condition it will be difficult for me to leave it."

"These vehicles might be able to help me."

James bent down as the first vehicle passed, then the second passed him and when it was the third vehicle's turn, he rushed towards it and slid underneath the vehicle and hung on to its chassis.

"Didn't you hear a noise?" Asked the soldier behind the wheel to the one in the passenger seat who was holding a machine gun.

"You must have run over an animal, be more careful, if we lose one of the boxes the colonel will kill us."

James, who could hear their discussions perfectly, moved slowly to the back of the vehicle, the rear was protected by a tarpaulin which he opened before going inside.

Several metal boxes were stacked one on top of the other, James opened some of them and found Ak-47 style machine guns, berretta-like handguns, grenades, smoke, food rations and some military knives.

He took two of the knives and hid them in his trousers, two handgun with a capacity of 8 bullets, he tore off a piece of his clothes and filled it with dry ration before attaching it to his back, he hesitated for a moment before deciding not to take machine guns, because the weight of the weapon might slow him down at a decisive moment, he then took three grenades and a smoke bomb which he stuffed in his pockets.

The military vehicles, much to James' delight, drove to the exit of the town before stopping, they had arrived at a checkpoint.

Slightly nervous James was standing inside the vehicle holding a grenade in his hands, listening to the voice of the soldiers.

"What are you carrying?"

"Provisions and weapons for the temporary camp to the north."

"Open the tarpaulins. We will inspect the equipment."

"I hear the heartbeats of nineteen soldiers, two in each car, two doing the inspection, and eleven posted at various locations in the outpost within a radius of 200m." James thought as He pulled the pin on a grenade in his hands before jumping out of the vehicle under the surprised eyes of the inspecting soldiers.

He then threw the grenade inside the vehicle before running towards one of the concrete barriers blocking the road.

"Beware! Enemy!" Shouted one of the closest soldiers as he aimed a machine gun at James.

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

But before he had time to pull the vehicle behind him exploded, followed by the second and third.

The explosion, reinforced by the presence of grenades and other ammunition, immediately killed the eight closest soldiers, the shock wave even knocked James to the ground, but he managed to get up quickly and hid behind the nearest concrete barrier.

The sound of a siren then resounded in the outpost.

One of the sentinels on a tower about 15 metres away, having witnessed the whole scene, immediately pointed his machine gun at James' hiding place before opening fire which indicated to the other soldier his position.

*bang* bratatat*  blam* bang* blam*bratatat

The bullets kept hitting the concrete barrier, while James hid behind it and quickly drew his weapon, then breathed slowly trying to keep calm, while a very thin layer of aura covered his body.

"Wait...Wait...Wait..." James whispered.

With his eyes closed, he relied on his hearing and sense of smell to detect the movement of the soldiers in the outpost, his mind was completely focused on creating a mental map of the places as the bullets rained down on him and finally a few seconds later, the hail of bullets stopped for a moment, but that was more than enough for him.

He ran at full speed to his right while holding the weapon firmly in his hands, with his senses and kinetic vision overdeveloped, time seemed to be in slow motion for him.

He aimed first at the soldier on the right tower.

*Bang*

And without looking at the result of his shot, he aimed at the soldier on the left tower who had not yet fired and pulled the trigger.

*Bang*

A bullet hit their foreheads, killing them both in just half a second.