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The golden light hovered quietly in front of Nancy.

“Candy, what did I actually get?” Curiously, Nancy reached out and poked the light cluster in front of her. It felt smooth, like cotton.

【Let me see…】Immediately, Candy’s voice echoed in Nancy’s mind. Then, Nancy heard a hint of confusion in her tone.

【Is this thing… really a combat skill?】

Nancy was momentarily stunned. Didn’t that woman just say it was a combat skill? Did she draw the wrong thing?

And it even turned out to be golden. No matter how absurd it might be…

However, when Nancy saw exactly what she had drawn, even someone who had lived two lives like her couldn’t help but be caught off guard.

“Candy! Can you tell me what’s going on? Why did I draw this thing?!” Nancy was really upset.

At this moment, a line of golden text appeared on the screen in front of Nancy — 【Congratulations on drawing the top combat skill “Gunfighting Technique” from World A318.】

Gunfighting Technique? Gunfighting Technique!? Nancy was completely bewildered.

At the same time, a passage involuntarily appeared in her mind:

【There’s a principle behind making bullets turn. It’s about giving the bullet a horizontal acceleration the moment it’s fired, making the bullet turn by shaking the wrist rapidly.】

What’s going on? Why did I draw this ridiculous combat skill that only exists in the jokes of netizens? And Candy said it’s the top combat skill of some world. Is this system really joking with me?

After hearing Nancy’s thoughts, Candy hesitated as well. She had only recently encountered this so-called system, so at this moment, Candy couldn’t be sure if this system was joking with Nancy.

Perhaps… the style of this system is inherently humorous? So, it made such a joke?

【Um… host, you don’t have to worry, actually. Although Gunfighting Technique sounds funny and unreliable, its essence is quite useful! Isn’t it good to make bullets turn?】 Candy attempted to defend the system that had once saved her life.

But Nancy disagreed: “What kind of nonsense is this? What nonsense! Tell me, how is it possible for bullets to turn? If bullets could turn, wouldn’t it overturn all the scientific foundations that humanity has built over hundreds of years?”

Gunfighting Technique is theoretically feasible. At a sufficiently high speed, bullets undergo deformation, and the different pressures around the bullet allow it to follow a special flight path, such as curves and the water-skipping style… When the wrist shake is significant enough and the bullet exceeds the speed of light upon exiting the barrel, it can even traverse time and space to kill enemies.

Take the example of no wind conditions, assuming the initial velocity of a pistol bullet is 400 meters per second. Suppose Nancy wants the bullet shot from her pistol to pass over a person in front of her and hit a target behind them. If the distance between the two people is three meters and she wants the bullet to deviate twenty centimeters within these three meters, the lateral velocity of the pistol needed would be 26 meters per second, equivalent to a speed of 100 kilometers per hour…

…Wait a minute, if she has this punching speed, why would she even need a pistol? She could just single-handedly take on a tank with her fist, couldn’t she?

“To be honest, I think the explanation of supersonic squats giving magical acceleration to ammunition makes more sense than rapidly shaking the wrist!” Nancy facepalmed in disbelief.

Just as Nancy and Candy were arguing endlessly about whether Gunfighting Technique could actually be realized, perhaps hearing Nancy’s inner reluctance, a droplet sound rang in Nancy’s ears, and another light screen lit up in front of her.

【”Gunfighting Technique”: The top combat from World A318, sponsored by a gun master who accidentally joined the Engineering Department.

In World A318, the emergence of firearms brought a new way of warfare for humanity, but at the same time, it eliminated ninety-nine percent of cold weapons. Any martial arts appeared powerless against firearms — it takes decades to cultivate a martial arts master, but a commoner armed with a simple trained pistol could potentially kill a martial arts master.

In this situation, some martial artists in the martial arts world were unwilling to see their era come to an end like this. Therefore, some enlightened individuals in the martial arts world proposed a new theory — that is, to create a new martial arts system with firearms as the core.

These martial artists thought very simply. Before the advent of firearms, humans had tamed so many weapons that appeared in the thousands of years of history, and they had created corresponding weapon systems. Whether it was the primitive era’s bows and arrows or later crossbows, weren’t they all similar long-range weapons? If so, then this rule should not be broken after the advent of the era of gunpowder.

Thus, led by the first group of martial artists who came into contact with firearms, they established a martial arts system that belonged exclusively to firearms, and gradually flourished over the next two hundred years… This is “Gunfighting Technique.”】

Nancy looked at the long explanation about “Gunfighting Technique” in front of her and was utterly bewildered.

So, it seemed like “Gunfighting Technique” was actually pretty impressive? It wasn’t just some joke as those netizens made it out to be?

But as impressive as the background of “Gunfighting Technique” was, it still couldn’t change its quirky nature! A martial arts system with firearms as the core? Isn’t that just ordinary marksmanship…

However, when Nancy followed Candy’s guidance to find the specific description of “Gunfighting Technique,” she… almost knelt down to the system right then and there.

“Gunfighting Technique”: A brand-new martial arts technique created by martial artists from a parallel world based on the new weapon system of firearms.

Its aim is to prevent the martial arts world from being eliminated by the era after the advent of firearms — those who learn Gunfighting Technique will have a completely new understanding of firearms.

……

Anyway, amidst the lengthy text, Nancy only extracted a tiny bit of crucial information: that those who learn “Gunfighting Technique,” no matter how bad their previous firearms talent was, would mysteriously become firearms experts afterwards — hitting the bullseye every time, true masters in every sense.

Gunfighting Technique allows learners to perceive firearms from a completely new perspective, allowing you to dance with firearms — turning firearms into your new organs. That is the original intention of Gunfighting Technique.

Nancy: …

Seeing this, Nancy really couldn’t help but want to kneel down to the system. She didn’t expect that such an ordinary thing as firearms could spawn such… peculiar martial arts?

But the emergence of firearms was indeed a downgrade compared to ordinary cold weapons, and regarding the martial arts system formed around firearms… it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it became the strongest martial art.

However… her previous life’s firearms talent was already very high. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to enter that special forces unit. So, the problem arises: how could she further improve her firearms talent?

Nancy shook her head. Oh well, since it’s here, might as well embrace it. Maybe the system specifically chose this combat skill for her because it saw her proficiency in firearms?

What? You say Nancy is overthinking? Well, what can she do? Nancy can’t just drag Candy and that thing called Skyler out and beat them up, then threaten them to give her a new martial art, can she?

Don’t be ridiculous. If Nancy really had that kind of power, she would have long shattered the void and returned to her previous world.

………………

Coming back to her senses from that system space, Nancy realized she had been standing at the entrance of the gun shop for quite a while.

With a slight sidelong glance, Nancy saw Hattori standing next to her, impeccably poised. Truly a trained assassin, his endurance and temperament were better than those of Nancy’s subordinates in her previous life.

Now that the combat skill was in hand, the only thing Nancy needed to worry about next was one thing: Sherry.

Whether out of mission requirements or her own selfishness, she had to rescue Sherry.

But before that… Nancy thought of the large amount of funds she needed for her plan.

“Hattori, let’s grab something to eat first. Be prepared to stay up late tonight.” Nancy said calmly.

At the mention of this, Hattori’s eyes sparkled, and he immediately asked, “Miss, do we have a mission tonight?”

“A mission? Sort of.” Nancy nodded slightly, then looked up at the bustling center of Tianzhou City in the distance.