I Received Messages From Future Self!

Chapter 331: Chapter 327 Fierce Battle Chapter 331: Chapter 327 Fierce Battle Fang Xiaocao followed the footsteps on the ground and soon found the people from the Pawnshop.

Along the way, every few steps, she would see one or two bodies, clearly the work of Hummingbird.

However, Hummingbird’s situation seemed a bit grim, as she had been cornered by the people from the Pawnshop into a house and was currently fighting a defensive battle.

Over twenty people from the Pawnshop, many dead and injured.

The combat-capable were now fewer than ten.

But these few had already made it extremely difficult for Hummingbird, who had lost space to dodge.

Suppressed by gunfire, she couldn’t raise her head.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xiaocao hesitated no longer.

Pistol loaded, Flying Dagger unsheathed.

She silently counted: eight people left.

Fang Xiaocao held three Flying Daggers in one hand and picked three targets closest to her, then flicked her wrist.

Woosh woosh woosh—

Three sounds of cutting the air rose.

The three targets Fang Xiaocao had picked out didn’t even have time to scream before they fell dead.

“Enemy behind us!”

But Fang Xiaocao was exposed as well.

Someone yelled, and out of the remaining five, two turned and shot at Fang Xiaocao.

Bang bang bang—

Rapid gunfire erupted.

Fang Xiaocao remained unflustered by the danger, rather she was extremely calm.

She ducked behind a wall.

The very next second!

Bullets hit the brick wall, shattering many bricks; one bullet even struck Fang Xiaocao’s Dagger Bag at her waist, leaving a bullet hole.

Fortunately, the bullet hit a Flying Dagger.

Otherwise, Fang Xiaocao would have been injured.

“Whew…”

Fang Xiaocao exhaled deeply.

“That was close…”

Fang Xiaocao muttered with some relief.

Seizing the moment when the opposition was changing magazines, Fang Xiaocao immediately dodged out again, not aiming, and emptied her magazine towards those people from the Pawnshop with the fastest speed.

In gunfights!

You really don’t need to aim too precisely.

Hitting the body or head, the effect is the same.

It’s not like in the movies.

Where someone hit by several shots still charges forward yowling.

In reality, they would probably fall at the first shot.

If not a critical hit, they’re still out of the fight.

After all, the pain from a gunshot and the weakness from excessive blood loss engender fear.

Bang bang bang—

Click—

Hearing the sound of an empty chamber, Fang Xiaocao immediately ducked behind a wall.

She began to reload smoothly and methodically.

From that last shootout, Fang Xiaocao had heard screams; she knew she had hit at least one person.

Out of the five people from the Pawnshop, at least one more was out of the fight.

With this achievement, Fang Xiaocao was quite satisfied.

After all, she was not skilled in shooting.

If that had been done with Flying Daggers,

Fang Xiaocao was confident she could have killed one or two more people.

But the speed of Flying Daggers was not as fast as bullets.

She feared she wouldn’t have hit anyone before the bullets from the opposition reached her first.

Moreover, the deterrent force of Flying Daggers was not as strong as bullets.

Seeing a gunpoint, whether the opposition was a fierce bandit or a well-trained mercenary, there would be an instinctive attempt to dodge; those who dared face the gunpoint head-on were after all a minority.

In people’s subconscious, they all fear guns.

Bang, bang, bang ——

While Fang Xiaocao was changing her magazine, gunfire erupted once more, the bullets shattering the brick wall into flying fragments.

Fang Xiaocao ducked backward to avoid any stray bullets biting her. One can’t always be so lucky; last time, a stray bullet had strikingly hit her Dagger Bag. If it happened again, it might hit her head.

Inside the house, Hummingbird, realizing that backup had arrived, discarded her previous caution. Despite the dense gunfire outside, the bullets aimed towards her were sparse. Being battle-hardened, Hummingbird could easily deduce this was the work of a single shooter.

Hummingbird immediately sprang into action.

Crash——

Hummingbird smashed through the old wooden window of the house, executed a tactical roll upon landing, and raised her gun to fire.

Bang——

The bullet soared out.

The man aiming a gun at her instantly had his head blown off.

His lifeless body collapsed to the ground.

Hummingbird tossed away the now empty gun in her hand.

Swinging the Ancient Tang Dagger, she took a quick dash forward.

In the blink of an eye, she charged into the crowd.

Facing three from the Pawnshop, Hummingbird’s hand moved and her dagger fell—two heads tumbled to the ground. Switching grips, she sliced off the gun-holding hand of the last man. The Ancient Tang Dagger then descended from above, leaving a red line across the man’s neck. The man, with his remaining hand, clutched his neck and staggered back two steps…

Thud——

He fell kneeling straight in front of Hummingbird.

With a cold chuckle, Hummingbird kicked over the dead man’s body and called out to Fang Xiaocao, “Princess Your Highness, all taken care of!”

Hearing Hummingbird’s shout, Fang Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief and walked out from behind the wall, gun in hand.

Looking at the bodies scattered around, Fang Xiaocao experienced a mix of emotions. There was a time when she, too, was a student who would be frightened and nauseous at the sight of a dead body.

Now, she could face them with detachment.

Even some she had killed herself.

“Which one is the Shopkeeper?”

Fang Xiaocao asked, looking at the bodies on the ground.

Hummingbird frowned slightly, “I don’t know!”

“The bullets were too dense; I didn’t have time to distinguish who was who.”

Disappointed by Hummingbird’s response, Fang Xiaocao felt a twinge of regret.

But it wasn’t Hummingbird’s fault.

Now, she could only hope that the Shopkeeper was among these bodies.

“Why did the Pawnshop people suddenly come down from the mountain?”

“And to directly target us for killing?”

Fang Xiaocao was filled with doubts.

Hummingbird shook her head, “Not very sure!”

“But their actions were very deliberate, obviously, they were acting on solid intelligence.”

Agreeing with Hummingbird’s words, Fang Xiaocao nodded, “Exactly, they came straight for us.”

“Hummingbird…”

“Do you think this could be related to the trouble with Taotie?”

Hummingbird smiled, “Princess Your Highness, don’t overthink it, it couldn’t be Taotie who spoke.”

“But whether they are connected is another matter.”

“After all, it’s the high-tech age. Sometimes, they wouldn’t even need Taotie to speak; just getting their hands on his phone would be enough. Plus, we’ve chatted with Taotie on WeChat, and with an expert hacker, they could definitely locate our position.”

Fang Xiaocao’s eyes lit up at Hummingbird’s words.

“You mean, Taotie was captured by the Pawnshop?”

Fang Xiaocao exclaimed.

“It’s hard to confirm, and it might also be that someone from the Blacklist knew Taotie’s identity, and made some deal with them.”

Hummingbird analyzed somberly.

Fang Xiaocao felt that Hummingbird spoke sensibly.

She immediately took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Tom.

[Fang Xiaocao: Return quickly, there’s been a change!]

Fang Xiaocao decided, first, to call Tom back.

She and Hummingbird alone were too vulnerable.

The Pawnshop had only sent some riff-raff, and they were already struggling and in dire straits. If more people or a top assassin were sent, she and Hummingbird would be in danger. Without Tom there, Fang Xiaocao felt uneasy.

After hesitating for a moment, Fang Xiaocao opened Hot Noodles’ profile…