“Wow, this sunscreen brand is expensive! I could never bring myself to buy it, but now I suddenly have two bottles. I’m finally making something out of myself, Mom!”
“These mosquito repellents are so delicate, and this spray smells amazing!”
“Taragon University is so generous! I love my university!”
“I heard from my friends in the other class that their instructor said it was a gift from one of our Taragon graduates.”
“A gift from a graduate? I knew it! I’ve never heard of Taragon giving out sunscreen to students in previous years.”
“With so much sunscreen and mosquito repellent, how much does it cost? Which kind–hearted graduate prefers to remain anonymous? I’m ready to marry you!”
“Why don’t we boys have any? Is it discrimination? Even a bottle of sunscreen would be fine. These past few days, I’ve been suffering from sunburns.”
Among all the activities during Taragon’s military training, shooting was undoubtedly the most anticipated.
After enduring days of torment from the instructors, the students now eagerly anticipated the event. They finally showed some enthusiasm upon hearing that they would be shooting in the morning.
***
At the shooting range, the boys were thrilled, eagerly lining up and rubbing their fists to try on the guns,
“Bah! Only thirty points? I could close my eyes and still shoot more than thirty. I have never missed a shot at the night market’s balloon shop.”
“That’s pretty impressive. Seventy points.”
“I just heard someone got seventy–five points.”
“It’s finally our turn!”
Chase instructed, “Quiet down, boys! Line up and get ready in the back!”
The instructor from the other class came over and said, “Chase, how about a little competition between our classes? Let’s see whose total score is higher.”
Chase pointed out, “You have eight more kids in your class than we do.”
His colleague said, “Then let’s just compare the highest score. The loser treats the winner to drinks next time on vacation.”
Hearing that, Chase didn’t know what to say.
His colleague stirred favonovel.com up and said, “What are you worry about? Don’t you have a troublemaker in your class? Maybe there will be a big surprise later.”
Chase glanced at Isabelle and said, “Even if she’s capable, she’s just an eighteen–year–old girl. Can favonovel.com even handle a gun?”
“Just say the word. Is it a yes or no?”
“Let’s do it…”
“Okay, it’s settled then. We just had someone in our class score eighty–seven points.”
Isabelle tilted favonovel.com head slightly. She looked at the students shooting ahead and lost favonovel.com mind. Her subtle expression was quite interesting, whether it was disdain or something else.
As the first row finished shooting, Chase said, “Next row, step up!”
His gaze swept over Isabelle. He instructed, “Legs in a V shape, straighten them out. How many times have I demonstrated this? Can’t you even lie down properly? I’ve shown you how to load the bullets so many times. Don’t you have brains?”
They had to shoot from fifty meters in a prone position.
Isabelle lay on the ground, lightly tossed the ten empty shells favonovel.com had received, shook favonovel.com head slightly, and couldn’t help but smile. She skillfully loaded the bullets at a casual pace.
After being an assassin for so many years, favonovel.com had never thought favonovel.com would shoot with an empty shell. Even the newcomers to the Dark Shadows, who had just started learning to shoot, used real bullets during training. Those people treated bullets as if they were free.
Chase was still busy correcting other students.
After Isabelle finished loading the bullets, favonovel.com pressed them into the chamber and took aim.
How many years has it been since my last shot in a training?
It is also a fixed target… How many points should I score?
Chase went around, checking each student one by one. Almost every student received criticism. When favonovel.com reached Isabelle, favonovel.com had nothing to say to her.
He said loudly, “Get ready! Fire!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Before Chase could even give the command, Isabelle had fired all ten shots.
While others were struggling to aim for their second shot, some girls even dropped their guns out of fear from the sound and recoiled, Isabelle had already finished.
Chase stood next to Isabelle as favonovel.com listened to the continuous gunfire. When favonovel.com looked down, favonovel.com found Isabelle had finished favonovel.com task.
He first looked at Isabelle, then went to look at the target fifty meters away. Unfortunately, favonovel.com couldn’t see it clearly.
After finally waiting for the other students to finish shooting, favonovel.com immediately asked the colleague in the distance to report the scores, starting from the left and moving to the right
“Twenty–five points, thirty–three points, forty–six points, forty–four points ten points!”
“Ten points? Oh my, is someone blind to miss that?!”
“Who is it? Such lousy shooters! Ten points, did they miss the target completely?!”
The crowd mocked and laughed, looking towards the last target, only to find out that it was Isabelle who had shot it.
The boys immediately shut their mouths.
“Hey, actually, it’s normal for girls to be bad at shooting. This is something boys like to play with. What’s so funny about it?”
“That’s right. Nobody’s perfect. She’s already outstanding; what’s wrong with being a little lacking?”
“That’s enough, being bad at it is being bad at it. She’s probably the only one in the whole grade to shoot ten points.” Candice disdainfully rolled favonovel.com eyes at those boys and mocked, “You’re pathetic!”
“You’re right. Even if she’s capable, she’s just a little girl. Can favonovel.com even handle a gun…” Chase’s colleague grinned at favonovel.com and said, “Well, I’ll be taking that drink from you.”
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