Hotel Room.
Egbert: "..."
Egbert: "........"
Egbert: ".............."
Galen: "..."
The tension in the room was thickening by the second.
Galen glanced over at Egbert, seated across from him.
There he was, a perfectly good boyfriend, and now he was on the brink of falling apart.
Galen nudged a coffee cup toward Egbert. "Want some coffee?"
Egbert's cold eyes flicked up at him in an instant.
Galen scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "What's the use in looking at me like that? I told you they didn't seem to match, but you didn't believe me, right?"
Egbert: "..."
Egbert shot a frosty look at Galen. "Do people have mouths just for talking?"
Galen was taken aback. "Well, what else?"
Egbert replied, "To keep them shut!"
Galen: "..."
With a sigh, Galen conceded, "Alright, if deluding yourself helps you cope, I guess I can't argue."
Egbert: "........"
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from the television screen.
In the bottom left corner, a live feed displayed a new statistic.
[bo used b87, double headshot, took out Mark and Louis simultaneously.]
The young man watching let a smile slip across his face as he stepped aside, observing the girl with the gun, her demeanor icy and lethal.
She was just like her mentor.
The young man steadied the warm barrel of his rifle, grinning as he said, "Good job. Very successful."
Eileen remained silent, simply shifting the gun away, still peering through the scope.
The young man continued in a friendly tone, "You can calculate bullet trajectories, you know. It's tough for most, but there are shortcuts using the angle of the shot..."
"Bang!"
The girl fired again unexpectedly.
The young man's tone turned to exasperated affection, "Don't be so hasty. You can't calculate in such a rush..."
[bo used b87, double headshot, took out Jimmy and Antonio simultaneously.]
The young man: "..."
Comments: [......]
He blinked, repeatedly checking the information on his wristwatch.
It was indeed a double headshot!
Just a second ago!
And she did it alone!
Without his help in aiming!
Eileen seemed oblivious to the vibrating notification on her watch, squinting as she adjusted her aim in a new direction.
The young man quickly focused intently on her angle.
Three seconds later.
[bo used b87, double headshot, took out Jordon and Johannes simultaneously.]
The young man: "........"
Comments: [........]
In the local commentary section:
—[This is insane! Are you kidding me?]
—[So this split personality taught Eileen a technique, and she mastered it in thirty seconds? That's nuts!]
—[Split personality is amazing! No, Eileen is amazing!]
—[I can't believe it! This is kind of surreal, maybe it's just a coincidence... just luck...]
[bo used b87, double headshot, took out Mellon and Jane simultaneously.]
—[..... Is she addicted? That's three times in a row! It's definitely not a coincidence!]
In the international commentary section:
—[????]
—[!!!!]
—[What on earth does this woman eat for breakfast?]
—[How did she learn it? Just one try! Just one!]
—[Lunatic! Lunatic! Everyone from Crestonia is insane!]
—[This show is messing with me! My eyes are shot! I'm booking my eye doctor now! I'm done watching! Leave me alone!]
In the villa opposite, the remaining team members were paralyzed.
In the blink of an eye, their fifteen-person team was reduced to just three!
They watched as the bodies of their fallen comrades were carried away by the staff.
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