When Zhang Jie and the other two arrived at Zeto's hiding spot, they found he wasn't there.
Zhang Jie noticed the wrought-iron window was still open.
There was also a bit of blood on the window.
"Alright, alright, so you managed to escape even like this, huh?"
Zeto's second escape greatly surprised Zhang Jie; was his will to survive really maxed out?
Enduring severe pain to climb out the window and escape, impressive.
Zhang Jie didn't poke his head out because he was worried Zeto might have set an ambush outside.
So he immediately led the two others downstairs, leaving only Kincaid behind.
He examined the bloodstains on the window, even replaying in his mind a scenario of Zeto escaping through it.
"No, his knee was shot through; logically, he shouldn't be able to run this far," Kincaid didn't look out, but he knew this guy hadn't gone.
If he were Zeto, what would he do at this moment?
He couldn't put himself in Zeto's shoes; if his knee were shot through right now, what would he do?
Of course, he would charge over!
"Motherfucker! I'll just put myself in that son of a bitch Zeto's shoes then!"
Kincaid quickly realized he and Zeto were completely different in style; even if his leg was injured, his first reaction would be to fight the opponent.
But Zeto seemed to prioritize self-preservation.
After putting himself in Zeto's perspective, Kincaid went to the window, struggled to climb out, then crouched by the wall, pointing his gun at the window; once the opponent dared to show their head, he would kill him directly, then slowly move to the left.
The opponent had no way to deal with him.
So he immediately retreated in the direction he came from, preparing to look out another window.
When he looked out another window using a mirror, he found no one there, and ahead was a corner.
"Fuck!"
Kincaid cursed, then stood still, gun in hand.
On the other side, Yin Yang also continuously peeked out the window, finding no trace of anyone hiding nearby.
The last set of windows was securely welded shut with anti-theft bars, preventing Yin Yang from sticking his head out to observe.
Meanwhile, Zhang Jie, Jensen, and Caesar had already run outside, splitting up to search in different directions.
They refused to believe that under such circumstances, the scoundrel could still get away.
Soon, the three reunited downstairs, and facing the continued lack of results, Zhang Jie scratched his head a bit.
"What's going on? How could he still escape like this?"
Unwilling to give up, Zhang Jie once again circled the building, refusing to believe this person could run so fast.
This time, he began to search slowly, using the 2x scope of his KHK416.
As he rounded a corner, he noticed something was off; he had walked past this spot earlier, but due to the clutter above, he had overlooked it.
There were several air conditioning units there, along with some complex wiring and pipes.
He raised his HK416, continuing his slow search with the 2x scope, and soon he saw the corner of a shoe peeking out from a tangle of wires.
"Heh! Little mouse, I found you!"
The red dot in the center of the 2x scope moved down slightly, aiming precisely at the exposed tip of the shoe, then a little further back, roughly at the instep.
Puff!
The gunshot, muffled by the suppressor, was not very noticeable, and through the 2x scope, the shoe twitched.
Oh! Quite resilient!
Have you mastered the spirit of the ninja completely?
You can endure even this, not crying out or moving?
Zhang Jie repositioned his muzzle, moving it back a few centimeters, and pulled the trigger again.
Puff!
This time, it was clear that the exposed tip of the shoe twitched.
But this was the ankle area, and the shoe still moving indicated something was wrong.
"Is it just a broken shoe? How disappointing!"
Zhang Jie deliberately spoke loudly, then took a few steps back.
Meanwhile, hiding behind that pile of wires and obstructions, was Zeto.
His face was pale, his teeth clenched tightly on his clothes, and he covered his mouth with his right hand to prevent himself from crying out.
His right leg, which had been hit twice, dared not move at all.
He didn't know if the opponent was certain there was someone there, but those two shots were clearly just a test.
He needed to gamble that the opponent would confirm that the little bit he had exposed was just a fake shoe.
For this, even though his instep and ankle were pierced by 5.56 bullets, he dared not make a sound.
But those two bullets, one destroying his instep and the other his ankle, meant his right foot was ruined.
However, compared to losing his life, if the opponent left, it wouldn't be a loss.
Soon, Jensen and Caesar also rushed over.
"Did you find anyone?" Caesar's loud voice asked from afar.
He had already heard the wailing police sirens from the distant street, and with the immense sound of his AA-12 shotgun, it would be strange if he didn't attract attention.
"No one found, I don't know where that damn guy ran off to, like a timid turtle, impossible to find."
Zhang Jie answered loudly, but as he spoke, his gaze was fixed in the direction where Zeto was likely hiding.
Jensen, following behind Caesar, noticed Zhang Jie's gaze and looked in that direction; through the 4x scope of his FN-SCAR, he could clearly see the tip of that shoe trembling slightly.
Immediately, a smile played on his lips.
If the 2x scope wasn't clear enough, the 4x scope showed everything distinctly.
The shoe's tremor was too obvious, and he also saw blood seeping out from underneath, a little further back from the shoe.
"He's really too lucky, to escape even like this!" Jensen also said loudly.
Then, to Zhang Jie's front right, Yin Yang also walked over.
All suspicious directions and exteriors on the third floor had been checked, and Yin Yang, finding no abnormalities, naturally returned.
However, when he saw that Zhang Jie and Jensen's expressions were off, he immediately looked in the direction they were focusing on, but found nothing.
But he was extremely clever; through their unusual behavior, he subtly nodded his chin in that direction.
Seeing this, Zhang Jie merely gave a slight nod.
And Kincaid, who had been waiting for a long time, also couldn't wait any longer; he came down and joined the four.
"Holy crap! I waited up there for ages and he never showed up; did that damn guy really run off? I wanted to settle the bounties for those missions with him! Motherfucker!"
Kincaid walked and cursed, but he soon noticed the unusual behavior of the three.
Only Caesar looked bewildered, still looking around, and grinned when he saw Kincaid approach.
"You have to admit, sometimes, those scoundrels do have decent luck."
Just as Caesar's words fell, Zhang Jie interjected, "Is that so? Well, I don't think so!"
Saying that, he pulled his muzzle back half a meter and pulled the trigger.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The HK416 fired three shots consecutively and then stopped, with the last shell casing clinking crisply on the ground.
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