4 Chapter 4: Marksman

As he made his way to the front lines, wounded soldiers were being carried past him. Limbs missing and broken bones were all too common, and the soldiers' cries of pain never stopped.

The strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of gunpowder, and the scene was like hell on earth, causing Kian, who lived in modern society, to pale and frightened. He would have likely been too scared to move if not for his physically enhanced body.

As he approached the front lines where the Germans were engaged in battle, Kian suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Wait a minute, I'm a sniper!" he thought.

He remembered his identity and looked down at the sniper rifle in his hands. Although it wasn't the legendary Karabiner 98k and had some imperfections, it still reminded him that he was a marksman, not a frontline soldier.

"As long as I can survive, The battlefield is mine to roam."

Kian took a few steps back and found a secluded corner where he could see the battlefield. As soon as he lay down and aimed his sniper rifle, a strange feeling surged through Kian's heart. It was as if he was born to be a sniper! However, he didn't pay much attention to it and assumed it was something his predecessor had left behind. He squinted his eyes and looked through the scope to search for his targets.

As Kian was searching for targets, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and a sense of fear instantly filled his heart. A sense of panic instantly took over, and almost subconsciously, he rolled to the side!

"Shoo!"

Kian was almost hit by a bullet that narrowly missed him and instead hit the sandbag behind him with great force. The impact of the bullet caused a five-centimeter-long wound on his left cheek, which immediately started to bleed.

Kian leaned against the slope, clutching his sniper rifle, pale-faced and sweating profusely, panting heavily.

That experience just now was terrifying. The bullet would have pierced through his forehead if he hesitated for even a millisecond! Clearly, His opponent was a skilled sniper, and the damage caused was not from an ordinary firearm.

Feeling the stinging sensation on his face, he instinctively reached out and touched it. When he looked at his hand, it was covered in blood.

"Oh Fuck!!"

Despite the shock, anger replaced his fear. He couldn't explain why, but seeing his blood made him mad. However, Kian's mind remained clear and focused despite his anger. He didn't let his emotions cloud his judgment and began formulating a plan. First, he needed to see if the sniper was still targeting him.

He took off his helmet and used his rifle to slowly peek out. But no bullets flew toward him, indicating that his opponent was not paying attention to him. However, he remained cautious, knowing that his opponent was a skilled marksman who might have seen through his trick and done it intentionally.

To confirm his suspicions, he needed to take further action.

He could have turned and left to find another spot to snipe from, but that would have been useless if he didn't take out his target.

So, he needed to find a way to eliminate his target.

Suddenly, he noticed a body blown apart in the explosion. It was missing its lower half, and only the upper body remained. In an instant, he had an idea.

After hesitating for ten seconds, he crawled towards the body and quickly dragged it over to him. He apologized silently to the fallen soldier and held back his disgust as he pushed the unlucky guy's head up.

As soon as he exposed himself, a bullet whizzed past and drilled into the unlucky guy's head.

At that moment, an inexplicable surge of energy rushed through him. It was as if his body was moving on its own.

He stood up quickly, aimed his gun, fired a shot, and then crouched back down.

The five actions were performed seamlessly and almost automatically in less than a second. So much so that Kian still had a blank expression after doing all of this. He didn't even understand what had just happened!

Meanwhile, several hundred meters away at the German position, a sniper with an Iron Cross medal hanging from his chest fell to the ground with a smug look, with a small bullet hole in his forehead.

He didn't even know what had happened before he died. He had just killed an enemy, feeling proud of himself, but then he had a moment of confusion in his scope, and a bullet entered his forehead!

This shows just how fast and accurate Kian's shot was.

Kian was in a daze for about five minutes before he snapped out of it!

Yes, he was absolutely sure that he had taken out the enemy!

As he thought about what had happened, Kian found it strange how skilled he had become. Jack Wayne was just a mediocre sniper in this body, trained for only a few weeks before being sent to die on the battlefield. There was no way he could possess this level of skill.

Furthermore, in his past life, he was just an ordinary person who had never even touched a bullet casing, let alone a sniper rifle. It must be related to the "Salvage Pool of the Multiverse."

He carefully thought back to what he had salvaged. He had thrown away his underwear without a second thought, and the super soldier serum he had obtained had certainly increased his physical fitness. Still, it couldn't have turned him into an expert sniper overnight. He must have gained his skills from something else.

The only possibility was the "Cross." But what did the cross refer to? Kian furrowed his brow. Although he had not considered it before, he now strongly felt that the cross was not referring to a physical object.

Combining his incredible sniper skills from earlier, he instantly calculated the trajectory and hit his target with lightning speed. He thought of another incredible assassin both Assassin's Creed and Wanted movie, also named "Cross."

Cross was the world-renowned assassin from the Wanted and Assassin's Creed from Brotherhood, known for his incredible ability to snipe targets from over 1,000 meters away.

As he stood up and fired, others might have thought that he was moving at an incredible speed. Still, he felt time passing slowly like he was in the water, and even through his scope, he could see the German sniper's smug smile. This phenomenon made Kian think of Cross's other ability: Bullet Time, also known as Assassin time.

"This is incredible."