Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 405 - 393 Sympathy

Chapter 405: Chapter 393 Sympathy

Many soldiers can disassemble and reassemble their guns blindfolded, but for the average soldier, the only guns they have access to are their issued primary weapons. After a period of time, even without deliberate practice, they become extremely familiar with the weapons in their hands.

Paul was different, he brought six pistols, and he had mastery over all six of them.

Pistols are small, and their parts are even smaller. It is even more difficult to distinguish all the parts when they are mixed together. Not to mention, the six barrels, similar in thickness and almost the same in length, have very subtle differences. It is impossible to categorize them the instant they are touched without being extremely familiar with the guns.

What Paul demonstrated was not just a familiarity with guns; he showcased the pinnacle of a gunman’s skill.

After laying out the six pistols on the bed again, Paul picked up each one and pulled the trigger. Of course, there were no bullets, but each pistol made a crisp clicking sound, proving that every gun was assembled successfully.

"Did you see clearly?"

"I saw clearly."

Paul placed a pistol in front of Yang Yi and said in a deep voice, "You will start shooting when you can handle these guns as well as I can. This time, you need to practice with every gun you come across, but the most important weapon for you is the pistol, so we’ll start there."

There’s an old saying, "To know something like the back of one’s hand," and Paul’s seemingly magical performance was just that—extreme familiarity with guns.

Yang Yi felt certain he could achieve the same, it was just a matter of time.

Yang Yi started to disassemble the pistols, and, watching him start, Brian said solemnly, "Practice on your own. When you can reach a level like Paul’s, we will move on to the next thing."

Brian and Paul left, leaving Yang Yi alone in the dimly lit room, disassembling and reassembling the pistols by himself.

In the past, Yang Yi wanted to improve his shooting because he felt that as a spy, it wouldn’t do if he couldn’t even shoot properly.

Now, Yang Yi was eager to improve his shooting because he wanted to survive, to be able to kill the enemy when he saw them and protect his comrades in arms.

He observed every part carefully with his eyes first, then touched each part meticulously with his hands as he disassembled it. He was extremely careful and serious, so his speed was very slow.

It took two hours for Yang Yi to fully disassemble the six pistols, and just as he had finished reassembling the last one, the people who went out for training came back.

A few shivering figures poured into Yang Yi’s room because his was the only one where the fire hadn’t gone out, so it was the warmest.

A group of people returning from the minus thirty degrees Celsius brought a cold air with them, causing the temperature in the warm room to drop.

Kate, shivering, took off her gloves and approached the stove, chattering, "It’s so cold..."

Kate wore two layers of gloves, but after taking off the outer, thicker ones, she placed her hands in front of the stove.

Just as she entered the room, Pasanin saw what Kate was doing and immediately shouted, "Stop, don’t place your hands next to the stove!"

Kate quickly withdrew her hands.

Pasanin took off his hat and said to everyone, "When you go from extremely cold conditions to a warm environment, never warm your hands by the stove. You will lose sensation in your hands, and they’ll become like wood."

Pasanin removed his gloves, then raised his hands and said, "You all wear thick gloves which, with proper precautions, won’t let your hands get frostbitten. But in combat, if you lose sensation in your hands, it can make you unable to fight, and it could cost you your life. The correct method is to rub your hands quickly until sensation returns."

Pasanin began to rub his hands together quickly, and the others followed suit, massaging their hands.

"Feet are the same, don’t rashly put them near the fire to warm up. Take off your shoes and rub them quickly. Hands, feet, and ears are the most susceptible to frostbite. You must be careful, especially if you don’t want your ears and fingers to freeze off. Make sure your protection is adequate."

A bunch of people sat on the floor, took off their shoes, and started rubbing their feet. Yang Yi couldn’t help but laugh and cry, "Guys, there are plenty of rooms, why do you all run to mine..."

Xiao Ran said irritably, "Because Brian said we need to know what you know, so we have to do these things in your room. Do you think I actually want to come here?"

Yang Yi immediately asked, "So what have you guys been up to? What did you train on?"

Zhang Yong looked annoyed and said, "We didn’t do anything, just went out and froze for two hours. If we could actually run around, it wouldn’t be so cold. I’m frozen to death!"

Pasanin put his boots back on; he was clearly fully acclimatized to the cold, barely affected by just two hours of freezing temperatures.

Xiao Ran turned to Yang Yi, "And what have you been up to?"

Yang Yi held up a pistol and showed it, "Disassembling, assembling."

After saying that, Yang Yi laughed and said, "Let me show you the fruits of my training."

Yang Yi closed his eyes, took the pistol apart into individual pieces, and then put it back together.

When Yang Yi opened his eyes, he immediately smiled and said, "How about that?"

Rodriguez looked impressed and said, "That’s amazing, you can do it with your eyes closed."

But aside from Rodriguez and Chris, even Kate looked disdainful.

Pasanin was clearly puzzled and said, "Why practice this? Can’t everyone do it? Besides, your speed is really slow, isn’t it?"

Xiao Ran finally couldn’t help but laugh and said, "Your speed is no good, as slow as a snail crawling. Want me to show you how it’s done?"

Yang Yi ignored everyone and continued disassembling and assembling his gun. But after a while, when everyone’s hands and feet had recovered, Pasanin called out loudly, "All right, get your gear on, we’re heading out to continue acclimatization training."

"Ah, we’re going out again?"

Chris was the first to complain, and although Rodriguez had a pained expression, he didn’t make a sound, just slowly started putting on his boots. At that moment, Zhang Yong glared at Chris, and Chris immediately said, "Okay, okay..."

Chris sighed deeply, didn’t speak, but his demeanor clearly expressed how much he didn’t want to leave the warm room.

"Chris, if you don’t want to go out, that’s fine too. Actually, you don’t need the same training as them. You need Brian’s specialized guidance, so you can go to him now, just say I said you could."

Xiao Ran’s movements were somewhat stiff, she looked at Chris and her mouth twitched a few times, appearing quite sympathetic toward Chris.

But Chris was overjoyed and said eagerly, "Really? Then I’ll go find Brian now. Thanks so much, boss!"