Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 419 - 407 Reasonable Tactics

Chapter 419: Chapter 407 Reasonable Tactics

When they walked out of the wooden hut, Yang Yi and his team were walking tall and proud.

Rodriguez stretched out two fingers and loudly declared, "Three to two, but we won!"

Brian was extremely astonished, while Zhang Yong shouted, "That’s impossible! Even your left arm couldn’t win, how did you cheat?"

Xiao Ran was very dissatisfied and retorted, "What do you mean cheated? Tell me, what do you call cheating?"

Zhang Yong still looked incredulous and asked, "What did you guys do?"

Mike had bought a micro-drone when Zhang Yong hadn’t returned, so he didn’t know the use of the glasses that Yang Yi wore, but instinctively, he thought the problem was with the glasses.

"There must be something wrong with those glasses, let me see them."

Yang Yi took off the glasses and handed them to Zhang Yong, who immediately became even more perplexed after putting them on.

"There’s nothing wrong, what’s going on? You guys must have rigged something, spit it out, how did you do it?"

Xiao Ran laughed and then said smugly, "I just won’t tell you."

Alexander spread his hands and explained, "It was their tactics that were good, this is just an exercise after all, and since lasers can’t penetrate any obstacles, they just needed to huddle together, charge in, and then have someone shoot. Even if I could hit the shooter’s head, it didn’t have a signal receiver on it."

Pasanin was clearly disgruntled and complained, "That tactic is so shameless."

Alexander and Pasanin still thought Yang Yi and his team had only won because of their tactics, but Yang Yi had no intention of revealing the secret of the glasses to them.

"No, there are no shameful tactics, only suitable or unsuitable ones. If they truly were willing to use four people as cannon fodder, then even with live ammunition, we would still be the ones to die."

Alexander made a fair comment, and then Brian slowly added, "That’s right, there are only suitable or unsuitable tactics, no shameful ones."

After saying that, Brian suddenly apologized to Yang Yi, "I’m sorry."

Yang Yi was a bit stunned, not knowing why Brian was apologizing to him, but Brian immediately followed with a grave apology to Chris as well, "I’m sorry."

Chris was so frightened he was almost fooled, and he quickly asked, "Why are you apologizing to me? What are you trying to do? Are you thinking of tormenting me again?"

Brian slowly explained, "This was only an exercise, but it proved one thing, everyone has their value. Even if you’re not very good at combat, you did something we didn’t."

Brian looked very reflective as he then turned to Zhang Yong and said solemnly, "Sorry."

Zhang Yong waved his hand, saying, "It’s all right."

Brian gave Yang Yi a thumbs up, then he said solemnly, "Well done. My experience and abilities have confined me, preventing me from using all my strength. Today was a wakeup call for me; being in prison for too long has made my thinking rigid, but you opened a window for me, allowing me to look outside through it."

Brian’s apology was normal and indifferent; he didn’t feel embarrassed at all to admit his mistakes, even though he was a very proud man.

To become the captain of Pandora, to be a top expert, one couldn’t be a person who was proud to the point of stubbornness. Pride was necessary, but arrogance was not. The ability to learn from failures is the demeanor that every successful person should have.

Therefore, Brian didn’t feel ashamed when he apologized; he was just very glad that he had recognized his deficiency in time.

After apologizing to Yang Yi and the others, Brian looked towards Alexander and said, "I don’t think there’s any point in continuing this exercise."

Alexander nodded and replied, "Indeed, after that group tactic came out, this exercise really has no meaning anymore. It would be better to move on to the next one."

After thinking for a moment, Brian said, "The combat exercise may not make sense, but they still should do indoor combat training to reinforce the impression. We will form mixed teams, please monitor them and correct their errors in time, how does that sound?"

Alexander nodded and replied, "That’s fine."

Kate couldn’t help asking, "Why can’t we continue? If the group tactic is unreasonable, we could just ban it."

Alexander laughed and said, "Why is it unreasonable? If the tactic is very effective, then it’s reasonable. So why should we ban it? To forcibly prohibit a suitable tactic when it’s available would be the biggest irrationality."

In a soft voice, Kate said, "But this isn’t actual combat, we wouldn’t do that in real combat."

With a grave tone, Brian said, "The same tactic can be used in real combat too, but it requires the necessary sacrifices. People can block lasers, and of course, they can block bullets as well. There are no other weapons in this exercise, to continue in this mode would be pointless, unless we introduced more weapon choices, but that’s for the next exercise."

Alexander laughed and said, "Yes, if we had grenades or Directional Mines, such tactics would be ineffective. But since we don’t have other weapons now, let’s call it quits."

Brian glanced at Yang Yi and the others, then suddenly said, "Let’s regroup: Zhang Yong, Paul, Chris, Rodriguez, you four are one team; the rest of us will make the other team. Let’s start now, and remember, this time include the use of hand signals."

After finishing speaking, Brian waved his hand and said, "Let’s begin."

Eight people formed two assault formations, but as soon as Brian gave the command, when the assault team rushed in, Alexander, who was following by their side, kicked Rodriguez to the side with one foot.

Rodriguez was kicked to the ground, falling face first in the dirt, and the action they had just initiated was forcibly halted.

In a departure from his normal demeanor, Alexander bellowed at Rodriguez, "Are you blind or is your brain not working? Get in line! You’re not only in the way but also blocking the firing line behind you, damn it, do it again!"

Huffing and puffing, Rodriguez clambered back to his feet and obediently stood back in the formation. Brian made no comment, while Paul waited for the squad to reform and then commanded in a deep voice, "Charge!"

The first assault team finally all rushed into the wooden house, but were immediately called to a halt by Pasanin.

"Stop!"

The assault team immediately ceased movement, and then Pasanin, full of fury, walked up to Rodriguez, grabbed his right hand and lifted it, shouting, "Which hand is this?"

"Right hand."

Pasanin slapped Rodriguez on the top of his head and then roared, "If you know left from right, why didn’t you look to your right? He moves forward, he goes left, where should you be looking?"

"I, I..."

"Don’t run around like a headless fly following the man in front of you! Be mindful of your position, don’t drag down your comrades, do it again!"