Inconvenient companion (1)
Siyoon looked at the man and clicked his tongue.
It happened occasionally when attacking the gate.
Sometimes you have to fight an enemy exactly like yourself.
In particular, this was one of the patterns that only rarely appeared when attacking high-level gates with only a small number of people.
People often used to call it that.
‘Mimic.’
Of course, in reality, nothing was revealed about what kind of existence it was or what it really was.
However, in that it mimicked like a doppelganger, it was only speculated that it might be the ‘Mimic’, the demon of the gate that exists only in the setting.
And when this mimic appears, certain restrictions are placed on both the attacker and the mimic.
The limitation could be a characteristic to use, or a skill or weapon.
‘In this case…’
Siyoon looked at the weapons and magazines whose colors had died out like black and white cartoons.
Among them, only one color survived, the K36 automatic pistol.
Mimic took out an automatic pistol and loaded it as if to show him.
‘Are you trying to compete purely with pistols?’
There, he thought it was rather good.
‘I was thinking of saving magic and bullets as much as possible anyway.’
Since he was in an uncomfortable companion right now, Siyoon had no choice but to think about what to do after breaking the gate’s core.
However, after many fierce battles, neither the revolver nor the K36 automatic pistol could be said to have enough ammunition.
When it comes to the most important heavy machine gun, there are less than 50 rounds left.
If there were no such restrictions, the mimic would have used all weapons.
Then Si-yoon would have had no choice but to respond with all weapons.
With a thump, he set down the machine gun he was carrying on his back.
If you couldn’t use it, the heavy machine gun’s heavy weight was only a hindrance for now.
Ah-Ah, and cold rain is pouring between the two men.
“…”
“…”
The eyes of the two cross each other at the end of a long road.
Before long, it was the Mimic who moved first.
Splashing rain puddles.
Taaang-! At the same time as the sound of gunfire, the fired magic bullet rushes towards Siyun.
Bullet Time, which is triggered by bullets flying in the rain.
Siyun also quickly pulled the trigger and fired back.
Kaaang-! With a sound, the trajectory of the pistol bullets that hit each other in the air is distorted.
Seeing this, they ran towards the alley next to it almost at the same time.
Tadadak! I don’t care about the water splashing on the hem of my pants and I run at full speed.
Each bullet that bounced there was bent like a lie and fired again at the other.
“Suck!”
Si-yoon, who had read the trajectory in advance, instinctively lowered her head, and the bullet that grazed over her hit the wall.
Taaang-!
As the ensuing enemy gunfire hit my ears, a follow-up bullet came out from around the corner.
Siyun, frowning at the exact trajectory, quickly kicked off the ground and threw herself into the side road.
Then Kwajik! and the large trash can where he was was pierced by a bullet and exploded.
Both Mimic and he had a reason for entering the complicated alley.
Thanks to the narrow width of the passage, even if a bullet that missed its target changed its trajectory in a hurry, it was easy to be blocked by a wall or other cover.
‘Right. Did you copy his way of thinking?’
It seemed different from the games that simply copied the specs and appearance.
Mimic was imitating the original fighting method in its own way.
Taaang-!
Several more bullets pursued him again.
Siyoon clicked her tongue as if it was annoying.
‘It’s strange.’
In a situation where we couldn’t even see each other, he was blowing bullets at him.
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Doesn’t it seem like he has a clear understanding of his position?
While he quickly uses cover to block the bullet, another bullet barely grazes his waist.
As a result, Siyun’s bullet belt falls off.
At that moment, the follow-up bullets that followed as if they had waited penetrated the magazines that had fallen along with the bullet belt.
Bullets scattered in all directions at the same time as the exploding magazine.
But even so, Siyoon clicked his tongue and was not agitated.
‘It’s just dropped bullets. I can pick them up later.’
It was because he had no intention of shooting a lot of bullets from the beginning, as he was thinking of saving bullets as much as possible.
‘One magazine is enough to shoot.’
As he turns the corner, a dead end blocks Si-yoon.
There he groaned a little.
The number of different cases passing through his mind.
Eventually, Siyoon nodded and muttered.
“Let’s try it.”
Sure enough, he looked back at the sound of two gunshots that rang out again.
The bullets persistently pursued them as if they had pinpointed Si-yoon’s location.
In addition, he activated the characteristic ‘Gunkata+’.
In an instant, a message from earlier flashed through his mind.
[Additional effect: The pistol’s durability becomes very hard temporarily, allowing it to deflect enemy attacks.]
‘If my hypothesis is correct…’
For a moment, he surrenders himself to his character.
Then, instead of pulling the trigger, his hand quickly swung the pistol.
At that moment, it was visible in Siyoon’s eyes.
The projected trajectory of the bullets aiming at his limbs in the midst of the slowed-down visual field due to bullet time.
His limbs moved as if calculated momentarily.
The moment when the barrel, which was swung aiming for the best timing, deflected the side of the bullet at the optimal angle.
Blue magic runs over the leather gloves to withstand the shock!
Topang-!
He fired a bullet that reached subsonic speed with unbelievable quickness, and as if it was natural, he handled the rest lightly.
Enemy bullets do not even have time to correct their trajectory again, and the enemy’s bullets dove into the ground and spin.
And all of those movements were thoroughly calculated by ‘Gunkata+’.
● Attribute ‘Gunkata+’
– Based on sophisticated analysis ability, you can predict and avoid the opponent’s attack or counterattack by calculating the recoil of the gun.
‘I knew it.’
He smiled at the result as expected.
The foolish imagination that if you can deflect an attack, then you can deflect bullets as well, has come true.
‘Then what should I do now?’
Siyoon bent down and picked up a few bullets rolling around the shattered magazine.
What was certain was that this wasn’t a fair game from the start.
On the other hand, the Mimic was given a significant advantage from the beginning.
Somehow, it was that he knew his location so accurately.
‘He probably knows the topography of this place in detail.’
Caang again! After bouncing off the enemy bullets, he sprinted through the rusty iron door next to him and hid himself behind a thick desk.
Taang-!
Then, as if he was aiming for it, he strikes the enemy bullets that suddenly attack from the rear as if they were hitting the floor.
Siyoon left without any regrets and threw herself toward the window on the other side with all her might.
Tatataaang-!
At the same time, three magic bullets pierced the window frame while making a sharp sound.
Eventually, the windows exploded at the same time as the spell that was intertwined between the magic bullets.
Kwaaang-!
However, Shiyoon was no longer there.
He thought as he moved constantly.
‘I can figure out this location regardless of indoors or outdoors…’
At first, he wondered if this space itself was connected to the Mimic, but he soon denied it.
The mimic always imitated ‘Choi Si-yoon’ and existed.
It is highly unlikely that he possessed strength beyond his limits.
Then, what is the difference between you and the Mimic?
In fact, it was all too obvious.
‘It’s the difference between being able to make a plate in advance or not.’
In a word, he was now standing on a board that Mimic had prepared in advance.
It’s like Siyoon usually makes a board in advance and builds words on it.
‘It’s fun.’
He unconsciously drew a smile on his lips.
It was quite refreshing to be the one who had to break it from the one who usually made the board.
His heart started pounding.
Tang, tongang-!
Siyoon thought while continuously bouncing the enemy’s bullets that were pursuing him tenaciously without getting tired of it.
‘Indeed, how does he figure out my location?’
Gathering all the information available on the current situation, he came to a conclusion.
‘Right···.’
There was nothing to think about.
After all, he was a horse musketeer who used bullets to cast magic.
‘The bullets were planted invisibly at certain distances.’
Then, the bullets are tightly connected with thin magical threads.
‘Like a spider’s web.’
In a word, mimics are spiders, and this whole alleyway is a spider’s web.
And he was the prey that fearlessly entered the web.
Every time Siyoon moves and touches the thread of magic, the bullet’s doctor notices it.
As proof, he was shooting every time he moved.
It’s not the time to be quiet.
Indeed, Mimic was trying to imitate his way of thinking in her own way.
‘But not enough.’
It wasn’t long enough either.
If it were him in the first place, he wouldn’t have made this board.
Because there was such a fatal weakness here.
Siyoon runs down the narrow road.
I don’t know where it is, but if it knows where it is, I’ll remove the difference first.
What was needed to do that was a new version that overturned the existing one.
‘Melee.’
That too, right in front of your nose, an ultra-close battle.
‘Let’s see where and how they will react.’
Eventually, Siyoon got out of the street and came out into a wide open space.
What came into his field of vision was an old playground surrounded by bushes.
‘Not bad.’
Quickly searching his surroundings through the overgrown bushes, he instinctively took cover behind a spur slide.
…Tang!
Then, as if he had waited, the magic bullet hit the slide and got stuck.
‘Considering the effective range of a pistol, he won’t be too far away.’
As soon as he pulled the trigger, three bullets centered on him and pierced the boundary of the clearing.
With this, 7 rounds in the magazine and 1 round in the chamber. 8 feet in total.
If there was a fatal weakness in the magic thread that Mimic had installed, it was that it was nothing but magic.
And the mana is inevitably shaken by a more powerful mana phenomenon.
There was no need to use high-level magic.
Eventually, the magic created through the medium of bullets sends magical energy in all directions, disturbing the spider’s web.
A bundle of magic bullets rained down on her as if she was flustered, but it was too late.
In the meantime, he quickly hid in a nearby mansion and scattered the bullets he had picked up earlier in the right place.
And the magic formula that connects again.
Then, like a lie, the mansion began to collapse in torrential rain.
Koo, Kwaaa!
The roar of the ground echoed for a moment, but it seemed as if even the fierce rain had been removed.
There, Siyun’s figure is no longer visible, and only heavy dust settles.
Thanks to this, Mimick had no choice but to open his closed eyes.
It was because he could no longer feel Siyoon’s presence.
While the threads of magical power he had installed were disturbed, something went wrong, leaving a gap in the spider’s web.
When this happened, there was no choice.
He moves with heavy steps and enters the desolate clearing.
“…”
In no time the rain stopped, and only the chilly air filled the lungs.
His thumb presses against the magazine stop of his pistol, leaving footprints through the bushes.
Then the magazine fell helplessly.
I naturally pushed a new magazine into the pistol and pressed the slide stop button, and a bullet filled the chamber with a click.
Footsteps stop in front of a collapsed complex housing after passing a playground covered in dirt.
“Is this the cause of the gap?”
As the house collapsed, it was clear that even the threads of magical power installed inside it had been severed.
As the chilling wind brushed through, the hand holding the pistol tensed.
It was at that time that Mimic cautiously stepped forward.
He averted his gaze at the sudden sound of something exploding.
It was the sound of the bullets Siyoon had just sprayed.
The gunshot strikes the eardrum along with the wreckage that stands up as if it had waited there.
I managed to knock out the bullets rushing in a straight line without a curved line, but that wasn’t the end.
Mimic instinctively pulled the trigger on Siyoon, who closed the distance in the blink of an eye.
Caang-! Siyoon laughed as he hit it right in front of his nose.
“Caught.”
Mimic tries to respond by aiming a pistol at it again.
Seeing that, Siyun immediately burrowed beneath his feet.
Then he grabs a handful of mud and sprinkles it in front of his eyes.
“Big…!”
Tata Tang! Three bullets that miss miserably and hit the ground.
And that was his mistake.
Mimic hurriedly stepped back and tried to reload, but Siyoon pulled the trigger one step ahead.
Then, the guy’s bullet belt cut off.
Push it with all your might.
Reloading was no longer an option for either of them.
‘There are now 6 bullets left. He has 7 bullets…’
It took a while for Mimic to let out a quiet voice at the dropped magazines, and he pulled the trigger again toward Siyoon.
However, Si-yoon put the bullet on the floor by cutting off his hand right before.
Instead, I hit the guy’s temple with the handle of a pistol.
“Kuk!”
Mimic barely blocked that dull blow with his left arm.
It’s been awhile since I heard a crackle and a bloody sound.
They let out wild moans and competed in strength, as if they had promised each other, they pulled the trigger towards each other.
Taang…!
At the overlapping gunshots, both Mimic and Siyoon quickly turn around and strike the returning bullets to the floor.
‘Now there are 5 bullets left.’
‘5 shots…!’
Wrapped around their bodies with the same momentum as they swung the bullets away, they grabbed their guns and pulled the trigger at almost the same time.
Intense recoil hit the shoulder blades from the muzzle that spewed fire without hesitation.
However, by slashing each other’s wrists almost simultaneously, the bullets once again pierced only the bare soil.
‘Four feet!’
Now each of them has only 4 bullets left.
Gunshots fired at each other again. 3 feet now.
Mimic shoots Shiyoon’s muzzle outward, aiming for the chest.
As if to counterattack again, he aimed a gun at Siyoon, but Siyoon’s left hand struck it off again.
A situation where a single shot could be the difference between winning and losing.
We barely hold back when each other tries to pull the trigger.
On top of that, Mimic violently gripped Siyoon’s left wrist and tried to break his bones using his forearm as a lever.
However, Si-yoon’s gun aimed at the guy’s forehead without missing the gap.
Seeing that, the mimic cuts it off again, narrowly crossing the barrels.
Taaang…!
Two men’s muzzles with fire coming out almost at the same time.
“Kuk!”
‘It was shallow…!’
However, the 9mm bullet that passed through the Mimic’s ear lobe splattered blood.
‘The remaining bullets are…’
‘Two feet!’
But what the mimic overlooked was that the 9mm bullet that had just exited did not hit the ground.
The bullet that had not lost its momentum was bent again and rushed towards him.
“…!”
In addition, Mimic quickly twists his shoulder and shoots Siyoon’s pistol bullet.
However, Siyoon was not the type to leave that gap alone.
Immediately aim for the head and stretch the muzzle.
“?!”
At the same time as the mimic narrowly missed it, the barrels of the two overlapped again.
The moment they were aiming for each other’s eyebrows, Siyoon and Mimic pulled the trigger.
Pistol bullets missed with overlapping bloody gunfire.
The bullets that extend backward are bent at the same time and come back like a boomerang.
After turning around and striking it off, they bent their bodies again and aimed their pistols at the opponent.
At that moment, the corner of Siyoon’s mouth went up.
He had only one bullet left.
But he…!
Chan-! and the last shell casing to be vomited.
Along with that, his pupils widened as the slide fully reclined.
“0 feet.”
“…!”
I try to pull myself up quickly, but it’s already too late.
A bullet fired from zero distance pierces his shoulder without mercy.
“Keugh!”
Then, as if waiting, Siyoon grabbed Mimic by the lower jaw and walked away from him.
Inertia of steep inclination.
At the same time, I put the weight of my whole body on it and slam the guy’s head onto the floor!
coo-!
“Keuuk…!?”
His vision is distorted by the raging pain.
In addition, Siyun quickly picked up the Mimic’s magazine that had fallen on the ground and reloaded it.
The muzzle of his gun is aimed at the forehead of the fallen man.
“…I should have prepared the next move in case I redraw the board.”
It was good to follow the point of making the plate in advance.
But the number of times it was discovered.
The number of times when the enemy who saw through made a new board.
And even the number to flip the new board.
Everything was below expectations.
“As expected, a mimic is a mimic.”
Isn’t that meticulousness too lacking to be seen as copying himself?
Siyoon swung the gun and blew off Mimic’s sunglasses.
Then, sure enough, it was Choi Si-yoon’s face.
However, seeing that face, Siyoon’s expression hardened rapidly.
“Kuh, kuh.”
Mimic looked up at him and laughed as if he was having fun.
Then he wiped his face and muttered in a low voice.
“It’s not easy to say this sh*t after a long time at this age…”
It was Choi Si-yoon who was definitely there.
But···.
“What is this…?”
At the same time, he was subtly different from Siyoon.
Starting with her white hair and eyes that were as red as blood.
The scar on his eyebrows that he doesn’t have.
There is even a face that looks much older than now.
“Mimic is a b*tch…”
The red-eyed man opened his mouth.
“It’s not like that, you son of a b*tch.”
At that moment, Shiyoon’s head spins rapidly.
A gate is a place where the flow of time and space play separately.
One possible possibility crossed his mind.
“Are you… the future me?”
Siyun tilted his head.
“But it’s too lame for something like that.”
“Puhahahahaha!!”
Hearing that, he burst into laughter.
Eventually, the red-eyed man shook his head.
“Oh sh*t, after applying, I have nothing to say about this.”
At that moment, Siyoon instinctively felt that the ‘restriction’ that had just been put on was lifted.
The man in front of him had admitted defeat.
There, Siyoon asked again, waving the muzzle at him.
“Or what? Possibility of other worlds or something? Sorry, but I don’t really like parallel worlds.”
“This isn’t crazy. It has nothing to do with your tastes. No, it’s not like that.”
The moment he shakes his head, his figure suddenly disappears.
Shiyoon, startled, took a moment to look back before he appeared in front of the collapsed mansion and took out a cigarette from his bosom.
Percussion, and a burning cigarette.
‘···just now?’
There he said with a smile.
“First of all, I am also Choi Si-yoon. But.”
He said, pointing at Siyoon and at himself with the finger holding the cigarette.
“It would be more accurate to say that what is inside is different.”
The man grinned.
“In a word, I am the idiot who played the expansion pack before you and got game over.”
‘What is that again?’
Siyoon narrowed her eyes.
“So that’s a parallel world…”
“No, you son of a b*tch. Are you doing this on purpose?”