Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

"Replaced with a new muzzle suppressor and folding stock, added a foregrip and an improved extended magazine. I hope you will be satisfied."

He reached out and picked up the gun lying on the oilcloth. The familiar touch of the cloth wrapped around the handle made Hiiragi feel relieved.

'New City C106' is the model name of this submachine gun, which uses the standard nine-millimeter submachine gun bullets of New City.It is not widely used among standing armies or mercenaries, but it is currently the most suitable weapon for Hiiragi.

The length of the unfolded and folded butt is only 100 millimeters, which is very suitable for her figure. It weighs only two kilograms and has extremely low recoil. Even the current Hiiragi has enough ability to control it. As for the shortcomings of insufficient ammunition, it can be solved by three The ten-round extended magazine makes up for it. Although the effective range of [-] meters is a bit shorter, it is enough.

It may not be rational to use unfamiliar new weapons rashly, but it is Hiiragi's only choice.

In order to take out the stored weapons that originally belonged to her, she needed to check her personal information, but Hiiragi who has become like this obviously does not match the original personal information, so spending money to buy a new gun is a last resort. Lift.

The price of buying a gun on the black market may be very low, but the reliability is difficult to guarantee. In this regard, Hiiragi has never been stingy about spending money. After all, life is more important than money.

Fortunately, the cost of the 'New City C106' is low, and the cost of modification is not outrageous. The price is within Hiiragi's acceptable range.

Naturally, Hiiragi Jing couldn't wait to try the new gun. According to the regulations of the Newborn City underground shooting range: when purchasing a new gun, twenty rounds of free bullets are provided for test firing. These bullets were also loaded into the magazine early. Inside.

The shooting range was nearby. I walked towards the direction of the gunshots and soon arrived. When I pushed open the isolation door of the shooting range, bursts of gunshots immediately hit Hiiragi's eardrums, and a smell of gunpowder filled the air. breath.

He took off the earmuffs and goggles from the shelf at the door and put them on. He found a place where no one was and got ready. After pressing the button, Hiiragi started the test firing.

The cartridge cases were thrown out of the magazine one by one when the trigger was pulled again and again. After firing six rounds in the semi-automatic shooting mode, the firing modulation switch was adjusted to the fully automatic shooting mode to shoot all the remaining bullets in one go.

"call……"

Test firing ended.

The gun in his hand also went into a state of empty magazine and idle because of all the bullets. Overall, Hiiragi was quite satisfied with the test firing process. It was enough to meet the needs of combat. It would not be a problem to spend some time to adjust it. The weapon's After the problem is solved, the next thing to do is to replenish ammunition and canisters.

Put the purchased items into your carrying gear and walk towards the other direction of the entrance, which is the exit of the Newborn City underground shooting range.

Going back down the stairs to the ground, although the cost was not small, all the negative emotions were not worth mentioning in front of her excitement. The progress of the search for clues had rekindled all hopes, and spending money was not a problem.

Hiiragi had to be glad that she witnessed the quarrel, which suddenly made her realize her flaw: the way of obtaining clues in the inquiry mission was not wrong, but her search direction deviated from the truth - the full strength of that operation The promoter is not the Newborn City base government but the Newborn City Research Institute.

It was the Research Institute that discovered the Witch's actions in the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland, including the tracking and investigation of the Witch's whereabouts in the following months. It was the Research Institute's desire to explore the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland that persuaded the base government to launch that massacre. large-scale military operations.

The reason why the real development trajectory is completely different from that in the dream is probably because the institute's research on the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Waste Area has changed, but the institute will definitely leave traces before.

Thinking of this, Hiiragi started searching again early in the morning when the special business processing center had just opened.

Sure enough, Hiiragi found a clue: In the past week, a senior researcher affiliated with the institute had been posting continuously: the task of hiring mercenaries to assist in the investigation of the nuclear wasteland in the abandoned city of JD.

However, since the investigation areas in the mission were all high-risk central areas in the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland, no mercenaries were willing to take on the mission, causing the mission to expire after a short time limit.

Just yesterday, this person announced a new task. It was still the task of investigating the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Waste Area, but this time it was different - investigating Areas 06 and 04 of the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Waste Area.

Hiiragi Jing is 100% sure that the senior researcher who issued the mission is the researcher Han Nianling whom she saw last night. It seems that she has rationally given up her obsession and made some concessions. Areas 06 and 04 belong to the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland. The middle and outer areas are safer in comparison.

So far, four mercenaries have taken over the mission. Hiiragi, of course, did not hesitate to become the No. 5 mercenary for this mission, which is the last mercenary member before the personnel limit. It is time to gather soon. This is why Hiiragi Jing needs a new weapon so urgently.

JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland...06 and 04, if I remember correctly, these two areas are the first two areas where the witch entered the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland in the dream.

Chapter 11 Interlude before departure

Every corner of the wide square conveys a busy atmosphere, the noisy sounds never stop, and the people come and go in an endless stream. Various modified vehicles are driving on the main road almost all the time, and sometimes they even bump into to traffic jams.

This is the gathering area in front of the north gate of the New City. It is one of the only ways to enter and exit the New City. It is also one of the busiest and most densely populated areas in the New City.

There are hundreds of standing army soldiers to maintain order here. The mercenaries who have received the mission wait here for the team to gather and leave the city. The mercenaries who have returned from the trip take a rest here to count the loot they have obtained. The scavengers will lay down their belongings here. Simple rugs sell 'something of value' they have just brought from the ruins.

Not far away is the city wall of the Newborn City. The 15-meter-high city wall has always stood there since I can remember, protecting the nearly 10 people in the Newborn City and becoming a safe place for all residents of the Newborn City.

Once upon a time, like many residents of Newborn City, I longed to hide behind tall walls forever and live in a safe zone forever.

However, since the first time she was forced to leave the safe zone to pick up garbage in the outside world due to the pressure of life, her inner attitude towards the outside world has quietly begun to change. It is so dangerous and different to leave the shelter of the city wall. It was as if he had broken free from some kind of shackles. From then on, a seed of desire to explore was planted in his heart. Even though he now became a mercenary and experienced countless crises of struggling on the edge of death, this heart still remained. No change……

But before she can resume her career as a mercenary, she must get her life back on track.

He took out his memo from his pocket. The page was yellowed and damaged but still usable. He opened a new page, which contained the task content copied from the Special Business Processing Center.The meeting time set for the mission was from 01 p.m. to 30:[-], which was about to exceed the time limit. She had to rush to the designated meeting place to report.

Firearms, hunting knives, masks, ammunition... After checking for the last time that all his belongings were complete, Hiiragi immediately rushed to the designated meeting point.

Following the instructions of the mission content, Hiiragi came to the garage located to the west of the assembly area. This is the area where the most concentrated mercenaries are preparing to go out. After all, in the crisis-ridden outside world, a means of transportation is very helpful, unless there is a personal outing or purpose. The place is very close, otherwise you would need a car even if you rent it.

What's more, the person who hired them was a senior researcher at the institute, so it would be useless if they couldn't provide a car to kill Hiiragi Jing.

It should be here.

Following the instructions, Hiiragi came to a garage numbered B-013. At this time, the garage rolling shutter door was still closed, but the small door on the side had been unlocked, and voices could be heard from the crack of the door. It must have been Other mercenary members participating in the mission.

Opening the door, just as Hiiragi thought, four people dressed as mercenaries were sitting on chairs in the room, and the chatter came from two of them.

Before Hiiragi pushed the door open, they all turned their attention to the door. The sound of Hiiragi's footsteps that he didn't deliberately hide had already reached their ears through the wall.

Hiiragi didn't pay attention to the glances directed at her. She kept her hood, goggles and gas mask tightly wrapped from beginning to end, not worrying about what these people could see.

While they were observing themselves, Hiiragi's eyes were also observing them through the goggles. All four mercenaries except her had arrived.

A bearded, square-faced middle-aged man held a homemade cigarette rolled in newspaper in his mouth. He was sitting against the wall doing maintenance on his gun. There was a lot of body hair on his arms under his short sleeves.A young man wearing overalls was chatting enthusiastically with another man with short yellow hair. The conversation in the room mainly came from the two of them.

There was another person near the corner of the room who looked like him, wearing a patterned black mask to cover his face. He was lazily lying on a small platform made up of chairs on both sides, his eyes closed tightly to see what he was looking like. It's like closing your eyes to meditate.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, with seven or eight chairs and a small table. Because of the climate and closed environment, you can feel a bit stuffy in the room.

Hiiragi never likes to deal with people she is not familiar with. If it were not for this mission, she would not usually accept such tasks that require working with unfamiliar mercenaries. In her opinion, these strange mercenaries can be compared to mutants. The monsters are more dangerous and cunning.

You don’t know when this unstable factor will break out. Maybe just a slightly valuable trophy will make your comrades greedy and shoot you in the back. An example of this is There are countless worlds in this world, and Hiiragi Jing has always been active in the world of mercenaries as a lone wolf based on the idea of ​​​​not contacting them.

However, contact is definitely indispensable in this situation. As soon as such an idea came up, someone already took the initiative to contact her.

"Friend, if you wait a few minutes, you will be late."

Seeing Hiiragi Jing's appearance, the short-haired young man with yellow hair immediately stood up and walked over familiarly, saying hello with a smile on his face: "Huh? C06 submachine gun? It's a rare weapon, but it suits you very well."

ha?Hiiragi narrowed her eyes slightly. Was he mocking her height when they met?

"No, I'm sorry, it's not what you thought..." As if he immediately realized the problem in his words, the short-haired young man waved his hands repeatedly, "Well, my name is Si Ling, this is Xiao Liu, and that one over there We call the square-faced uncle Uncle Lin, he is also Xiaoliu’s uncle, and by the way, there is also the one in the corner..."

The two people who were introduced also waved or nodded to Hiiragi with smiles, but the last character introduced did not seem to want to appear in such a peaceful way.

"crow."

Before he could wait for the blond young man named Si Ling, the man wearing a mask interrupted him. He slowly stood up from the chair and walked over step by step with his hands in his pants. Si Ling stopped talking and gave up after thinking. Giving way obviously didn't want to get into trouble with this guy.

The crow who came in front of Hiiragi looked down at Hiiragi who was a head shorter than him. He used his height and gaze to exert pressure on Hiiragi. After a long while, he threw out a sentence of contempt.

"Stay out of trouble and don't hold yourself back, shorty."

Gee!

The words that touched the nerves made Hiiragi's fists clenched.

She thought that this guy would have something to say when he came in front of her, but it turned out that he was making a fuss about her height. Hiiragi Jing was not an irritable character, but in the past she would have retorted rudely.

This kind of rude guy is not just bored and looking for trouble, but wants to establish his position in the team at the beginning of the action so that he can be allocated more extra gains from the action.The more you tolerate it, the more troubles it will cause. It is wise to let the other party know your attitude as early as possible.

But now she knows that her voice is really not suitable for talking too much, so she chooses to ignore it rather than causing more trouble.

Bypassing the path blocked by the crow, Hiiragi Jing sat down on the chair at the door and ignored the other party.

The ignored crow stared closely at Hiiragi Jing who was sitting down. Hiiragi Jing's behavior seemed to be beyond his expectation, which made him start to think about his next move. Although Hiiragi Jing is short in height, anyone who crawls around in the outside world It's not easy for any mercenary to look down on. Hiiragi Jing's dressing up really made him a little scrupulous.

At this moment, the whole room fell into silence because of the confrontation between Crow and Hiiragi.

"Haha, okay, okay, since we are comrades, let's get along well. We will fight side by side later. Crow, don't scare him. By the way, what do you call me little brother?"

Just when Hiiragi was about to ignore the atmosphere and find a spot, the middle-aged man named Lin Shufang slapped him in the face. He put down the weapon that had been repaired, turned his eyes to Hiiragi at the door, and said something to the crow down the steps.Crow himself had no intention of conflicting with Hiiragi. He snorted lightly and took advantage of Uncle Lin's steps to leave the field and return to his seat.

Hiiragi Jing raised her eyes and glanced at Uncle Lin. She would not let down her guard against the middle-aged man just because of his words to resolve the embarrassment. No one knew what was hidden under the smiling mask, but since the other party was willing to show his kindness, Hiiragi Jing will still respond.

"Stone."

Try your best to lower your voice. After the physical treatment of the gas mask, there should be no need to worry about the sound problem of these two simple words.

Of course, what the other party asked was not his real name. Like all the mercenaries here, Hiiragi reported his own code name. The code name of a mercenary basically has no meaning. It is just for the convenience of calling the other party during operations. After using it once and for all, only the slightly famous mercenaries will use a fixed code name as their signature.

"Oh, Shitou, please give me some advice next, Shitou."

"A lot... a lot of advice."

The arrival of Hiiragi Jing was just a small episode here. Not long after she sat down silently, the room returned to the same happy state as before her arrival. Except for the two people chatting, everyone else was doing their own thing, and the two The content of people's chats has little value. It is nothing more than Si Ling bragging about his outside experience, and the one named Xiao Liu exclaiming and echoing from time to time.

In the next few minutes of observation, Hiiragi Jing also roughly understood the composition and information of these mercenaries: except for Uncle Lin and Xiao Liu, who were uncles and nephews, the three including him were single mercenaries who did not know each other. .

In terms of weapons, Si Ling and Xiao Liu use the C-112 submachine gun that is standard in the standing army, but there are some differences in modifications. Uncle Lin carries a B-110 assault rifle, which is also the standard weapon in the standing army. , a weapon with a wide range of uses.

What surprised Hiiragi a little bit was that he actually had a hybrid sight installed on his rail type, and he also had a short-handled, short-barreled shotgun hanging on his waist. This kind of equipment was quite wealthy among mercenaries. .The weapons of the crow she was fighting with just now were a conventional B-110 assault rifle and a homemade pistol.

These are all seen on the surface. As for what methods each of them hides, Hiiragi has to know.

It seems that she is the one with the simplest equipment among the five people. No wonder the crow chose herself as the target. Hiiragi Jing can probably guess that the other party regards her as a newcomer in the mercenary world. As for the others, I am afraid that they are more or less. You may also have such thoughts.

Suddenly, there was a sound of the garage door being opened, and no one pushed the door of the room they were in. A familiar figure appeared at the door.

"Gathered, ready to go!"

Sure enough, it was her... Han Nianling.

Han Nianling at this time was very different from last night. Her long brown wavy hair was tied into a simple ponytail like Hiiragi Jing. Her white coat was replaced by an urban camouflage combat uniform and black leather boots. In place of the high heels, the gas mask hanging around his neck was the latest model of the security army that Hiiragi had seen in his dreams.

Hanging on his waist is a pistol of unknown model, but judging from the other party's identity, it is obviously the latest pistol of the base government, and it is not something that mercenaries like them can have access to.

Han Nianling, who was dressed like this, exuded a capable and heroic temperament. Coupled with her already outstanding appearance, several people in the room were stunned for a while. Such an attractive woman naturally makes people look at her. Gotta keep my eyes straight.

However, Hiiragi Jing's own changes had already made it impossible for her to have any other thoughts. Even if she wanted to, there was nothing she could do. After simply looking at Han Nianling with appreciative eyes, she turned into a chair and stood up.

Her movement made others wake up and hurriedly followed Hiiragi Jing's footsteps to gather outside.

"I didn't expect that our employer is a great beauty..."

"Shh, keep your voice down, she is a senior researcher..."

Si Ling and Xiao Liu, who were walking at the end of the team, chatted quietly. They were different from Hiiragi Jing. They were unprepared. The image of Han Nian Ling shocked them too much. Those who spread rumors that researchers were all bad old men. Are they all blind?

The shock was more than that. When they came to the opened garage, the scene inside once again made their eyes wide open, including Hiiragi Jing's heartbeats.

Actually...it's actually a standard infantry fighting vehicle of the standing army!

Unlike most modified armed pickup trucks or vans used by mercenaries, this is a genuine military vehicle. The thick steel plate can easily block the bullets of ordinary assault rifles at close range. The powerful engine and the impact plate on the front of the car do not need to worry about blocking. Among the wreckage of scrapped vehicles on the road, the most eye-catching thing is the heavy machine gun in the back seat of the vehicle. As long as there is enough ammunition, this kind of weapon can tear apart ordinary mutant beasts.

You are truly worthy of being a senior researcher!

This was the only thought left in the minds of all the mercenaries present.

"Get in the car."

After saying these words, Han Nianling turned the key ring and took the lead in getting into the driver's seat.

Uncle Lin quickly climbed up to the machine gunner's position with quick eyes and hands. He excitedly adjusted the machine gun. The middle-aged man acted like a child who had just gotten a toy.

"Wait, this is not where you sit."

Just when Wu Wu pushed Si Ling and Xiao Liu away and was about to get into the passenger seat next to Han Nian Ling, Han Nian Ling suddenly spoke again and pointed at Hiiragi Jing who was standing there and said, "Sit here."

"what?"

Hiiragi Jing, who was originally robbed of the sole machine gunner position and the co-pilot position, was still in a dilemma. Her body was too soft, and squeezing in the back seat with Si Ling Xiao Liu might arouse suspicion. She didn't expect Han Nianling's words. The words instantly solved her problem.

Although she didn’t know why, Hiiragi Jing was happy to take the place of Crow. She didn’t care about Crow’s cannibalistic look. If he really wanted to cause trouble for her, she wouldn’t mind laying off the team with her own hands, so that one person could be freed up. The other three would not object to the remuneration.

'boom--! ! ! '

When everyone got in the car, Han Nianling turned the car key, and the wild roar of the engine suddenly made them the focus of the mercenaries in the area.

Under the eyes of countless envious eyes, the infantry fighting vehicle drove out of the garage and headed towards the north gate. Because of Han Nianling's status, they did not have to queue up and drove out directly after a simple registration. This made the vehicle People once again appreciate the convenience of being a senior researcher. Just being able to do things for people with this status is already an achievement worth showing off for a mercenary...

Outside the newly born city, the main road leading to the periphery is lined with farmland. This month is the season when food is ripe, and people dressed as farmers are engaged in farming in the large golden valleys.

After continuing to drive a hundred meters, when the car passed the bridge across the moat of the Newborn City, they had officially left the boundaries of the Newborn City.

Although there are still many cars on the road, everyone involuntarily clenches the weapons in their hands and is on guard. They have entered the outside world, and danger is running alongside them from now on. This is something deeply imprinted in their consciousness.

Looking through the rearview mirror at the newborn city that was moving away from them, Hiiragi felt her heart relax. She carefully pulled open the gas mask to reveal a gap, and took a deep breath. The burnt smell in the air mixed with the vehicle exhaust. It smelled bad, even worse than the air in Newborn City, but she didn't care. This was the reason why she became a mercenary.

JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland... I'm back...

Chapter 12 Everything is coming

Abandoned city nuclear wasteland, the remnants of the pre-war world, the settlement of human civilization more than 100 years ago, even though there are only ruins left, you can still vaguely see from above the prosperity and prosperity that cannot be compared with the current world. Peace.