Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 377 The Hunter's Technique

boom!
The bullet, accompanied by smoke, shot out of the gun barrel.

However, it did not break through the blood mist at the point of impact.

The girl, whose identity perfectly matched that of the deceased in Milo's memory, vanished into a wisp of mist the instant she was shot.

...

"What the hell..."

Milo looked around but didn't find any other shadows nearby.

"Some kind of illusion?"

He looked down at the faint bloodstains on the ground, slightly puzzled.

It seems the first shot did hit, but why did the girl's figure vanish on the spot after the second bullet struck?

But it was clear that the girl who appeared was not real. The bullet landed on the bluestone slabs, and the trajectory of the shot remained unchanged, indicating that the shot missed. The scene just now was simply an illusion created by Shadow to distract Milo.

Milo shook his head and muttered:

"You think you can fool me with this level of skill? You're not going to pull it off."

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than he heard familiar footsteps coming from his side and behind him.

Milo slowly turned around, carrying his revolver, and saw the same guy with the exact same face as him.

Not only their appearance, but even their equipment was exactly the same: black trench coat, tie, revolver in their hands, Bowie knife, and even the crowbar on their waists were identical.

The difference is that the expression on the face of the "Milo" on the other side is not as cold as Milo himself.

It wore a playful smile, a smile that even Milo himself found unfamiliar and somewhat sinister.

Not only does it laugh mischievously, but it also treads with light steps, just like a naughty child on a rainy day, deliberately choosing the deepest puddles to tread, and generally the higher the splash, the happier it is.

……

Looking at the guy in front of him who was a perfect copy of himself, Milo shrugged:

"Okay, I take back what I just said."

He was quite certain that he was experiencing some kind of hallucination.

Because in the real world, it is impossible for a creature to look exactly like oneself.

But Milo remained calm. He suppressed his unease and the murderous intent that had surged within him, even though the feeling of having his face misused by someone else made him extremely unhappy.

...

In fact, apart from having the same appearance as Milo, the other party was completely different from the real Milo in terms of actions, expressions, and other aspects.

The way it held the revolver was completely unlike any standard gun-holding posture; it was more like it was carrying some kind of toy, showing absolutely no respect for the cutting-edge new firearms of this era.

Furthermore, this guy's marksmanship was also quite amateurish. At the same distance and angle, he took a solid bullet to the chest from Milo, but the bullet he fired only grazed Milo a little.

However, despite being hit hard, the guy in front of him was still able to move freely, his expression remained unchanged, and he even looked better than Milo.

It reached out and scratched at the gushing blood on its chest with its finger, then licked the blood from its fingertip and grinned at Milo:

"You hesitated just now, didn't you? Hehe, I meant the shot that hit the girl."

Its voice is exactly the same as Milo's.

However, his tone was higher than Milo's, and his voice was full of mockery.

"How interesting. Even after all this, you still maintain a strong sense of humanity... Hmm, you disappoint me. I thought you had grasped the true meaning of chaos."

"I didn't expect you to still cling to that pitiful humanity. If that's the case, how are you any different from those stupid beasts?"

"You are far weaker than I imagined. I'm starting to wonder what methods you used to kill Sothos's will..."

The imposter Milo, holding a revolver with only one index finger, paced back and forth through the puddles, his face full of curiosity as he scrutinized the real Milo.

The blood gushing from its chest wound had stained the water beneath its feet red, but it didn't seem to care.

Milo, however, kept his gun pointed at the figure in front of him the entire time.

"It's okay, you'll find out in a bit."

He remained unmoved no matter what the other person said.

Milo bit his finger with a serious expression, then used his blood-stained finger to pry off the hammer mechanism of the revolver.

The blood formed a pupil-shaped rune pattern on the gun body, staining the hammer a scarlet color, and it burned before the rain could wash it away. The high temperature, like magma, completely heated the hammer to a red-hot state.

When the imposter Milo sensed Milo unleashing the totem's power, a strange smile appeared on his face, his tone tinged with excitement:

"Obsession with Blood, it seems you have indeed learned quite a bit from those tattered books."

As it spoke, it shifted its gaze to the identical revolver in its hand, then shook its head and said:

"Mine looks much worse."

With a flick of its finger, the revolver was flung away, falling into the puddles on the ground and melting instantly, just like an ice cube falling into boiling water.

Then, it drew the Bowie knife from its waist, and with its middle finger gripping the S-shaped guard, it spun it twice.

"Then I'll try this one."

"Hey, you really broke my heart. I had already helped you glimpse the true power of the Great Old Ones, but it seems you didn't understand my good intentions."

"...That giant octopus at sea?"

Milo chuckled:
"You are the most talkative Shadow I have ever met."

Bang bang! ! !

He wasn't going to waste any more words on this guy who had "borrowed" his appearance. After the rune totem of blood obsession condensed, he quickly pulled the trigger of the revolver, and with his other hand, he swung his thumb and forefinger down sharply, striking the hammer twice in quick succession.

The firing interval between the two bullets is so short that it can be ignored.

However, the bullets did not land in one spot; instead, they blocked the opponent's escape routes to the left and right.

……

The moment Milo fired his gun, the imposter Milo's shadow suddenly became blurred.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared in another direction, more than ten meters away.

But even with its terrifying speed, it still had a new bullet hole in its chest.

After regaining its footing, it glanced down at the bullet holes in its body, then looked up at Milo with a somewhat surprised expression:
"Really quick response."

But the surprised expression on its face quickly returned to its original wicked smile.

It raised its hand and patted its shoulder, then pointed the Bowie knife at Milo:

Look at yourself.

The Boyce knife that was hanging there was now stained with blood, the blood of Milo.

……

Only then did Milo realize that two intersecting knife marks had appeared on his chest. The marks were neither deep nor shallow; they cut through his skin and flesh, but were blocked when they reached his ribcage.

Even so, when soaked by the rain, the excruciating pain still swept over my entire body in an instant.

The imposter Milo seemed quite pleased with the crisscrossing wounds he had inflicted on Milo, and said to Milo with a grin:

"You've been marked by me."

But that mocking smile lasted for less than five seconds before disappearing, replaced by a slight look of surprise.

Because the two wounds it painstakingly cut into Milo's chest healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving only two faint scars.

It scratched its head with the tip of the Boyce knife, muttering to itself with a puzzled look:

"Impossible, how could such a low-grade rune as Blood Obsession heal wounds so quickly?"

...

"Whoo~"

Click.

Milo blew a breath into the smoking muzzle, completing the cylinder change, and calmly stared at the imposter in front of him:

"I think you don't know anything, you country bumpkin? Do you even know what 'strong resistance' means... Wait, why did I have to explain all this to you, really..."

This was a technique he learned from another ancient hunter's manual.

After the mysterious hunters of Monquia disappeared, Milo had been investigating their group. He keenly sensed that these guys must have some kind of tradition. After all, normal people don't recite mantras before killing living beings. What moonlight or righteous path sounds like it has a cult flavor.

Coincidentally, by tracing the origins of the "devious weapons" they used, Milo found an ancient book in the University of Michigan's library that wasn't exactly an evil tome.

It records the "Hunter's Legacy" that existed long ago, including the Hunter Organization's signature technique—gun parry.

Similar to the life-for-life style that Monquia and others often used when hunting down the Apostles of Calamity, gun counterattack is itself a blood-exchange technique that is akin to gambling.

As long as you inflict bleeding effects on each other during combat, your wounds will heal in a short time. Of course, if you are instantly killed, there is no way to recover; once you are dead, you are dead.

Therefore, this is an extremely dangerous technology, yet it shares a striking similarity with the mysterious weapons used by the Hunter Organization.

It is defined as "technology" rather than magic in the three sequences because it does not require the rules and power of any Old Gods or Dominators.

It's more like a skill unique to humankind.

……

As for Blood Obsession, it's merely a supplementary rune.

Its function is similar to a gun parry, but the recovery effect it achieves is very weak.

As for why they immediately and forcefully replaced the bloodline.

It's very simple, Milo just wanted to see if the other party was actually a physical being.

He couldn't be sure if the heavy rain that had enveloped the entire Prayer Square was real, nor could he be 100% certain that he hadn't fallen into some kind of illusion, because the girl who had suddenly disappeared and the revolver that had evaporated after being discarded by the fake both indicated the existence of this possibility.

……

However, now that the wound has healed...

This means that the guy in front of you is not an illusion.

This means it can be killed.

Milo also smiled, but his smile was even more ferocious than the imposter's.

(End of this chapter)