Chapter 41 - Sniping from the Ground (2)

Player 'Kongaltansanai' was a gold-ranked player. He always started with a casual game to warm up before diving into ranked matches.

“Crack!”

“With this skill, you can just come to the game?”

He sneered at the unconscious player with a smile. Although 'unconscious' meant the player could no longer control their character, they were still aware and could hear his words.

“Tsk, you should at least farm properly.”

He finished off the unconscious opponent with a pistol and switched to a sniper rifle.

“Let’s see...”

He was on the third floor of a military base, having cleared out all the other players in the building and secured a sniping position.

‘This round is going well.’

From the start, he had obtained an 8x scope for his sniper rifle. It was as if the game was pushing him to play as a sniper, and that was his specialty.

He took his position by the window and scanned the other buildings.

‘By now, they should be taking positions in each building.’

The initial skirmishes in the military base were over, meaning only the core players remained.

“One down.”

At that moment, a player appeared on the second floor of the opposite building. The opponent had not yet discovered his position. He immediately held his breath and aimed.

Just as he was about to pull the trigger.

‘What?!”

A gunshot rang out, and the player in his scope fell backward.

[PerfectPlay >> M4A1 >> GGTop (HEAD SHOT!)]

The kill message appeared simultaneously.

‘M4A1? ’

It was an assault rifle, not a sniper rifle. So, the player must be in the same building.

He quickly adjusted the scope’s magnification and scanned the window. At that moment, a player looking out from another building caught his eye.

‘I’ll take this one first...’

He quickly aimed, but then he heard another player’s death and a gunshot.

[PerfectPlay >> M4A1 >> MeetSpray (HEAD SHOT!)]

Another kill message appeared.

Seeing this, he instinctively dove.

‘Damn... What the hell is this?’

Was the first victim in the same building? If not, where are they shooting from?

His eyes darted to the HUD, which indicated the direction of the last gunshot. It was marked in red.

‘No, this side...’

But something was off.

There was nothing in the direction indicated on the HUD. To be precise, it was just an open field with little cover.

Even a beginner in Gunner Ground would know that cover and concealment are essential, so the open field was naturally avoided.

‘A bug? No, that can’t be.’

The system couldn’t be wrong.

He took a deep breath, grabbed his sniper rifle, and positioned himself by the window. As he turned the scope toward the field, he muttered.

“What...”

In the magnified scope, a person was standing there, aiming his gun as if he knew he was coming.

Another gunshot rang out. With a crack, the scope shattered, and his vision went dark.

[You can do that. Well, everyone has bad days.]

[PerfectPlay >> M4A1 >> Kongaltansanai (HEAD SHOT!)]

The death message appeared above him.

“No! What the hell is this?!”

Player 'Kongaltansanai' could only curse.

* * *

Lee Kyungbok smiled faintly as he read the system message.

- Haha, you’re insane.

- Sniping with an M4A1? What is this?

- Not even a 4x scope, just a dot sight?!

- And he’s hitting headshots with every shot!

- I can’t believe it!

- Did you see that? What did you see?

- Really, he’s too fast.

- In this world, only the results matter!

- T-T-T-T-T

- N-D-S, that’s a good one!

The viewers were in awe. It was far beyond their understanding.

“I told you I’m fine.”

Lee Kyungbok said nonchalantly, looking at the chat.

- Going to the open field is suicide, right?

- Ah, that’s only for the pros!

- Haha, everyone who tried to stop him is now in the ground.

- If PerfectPlay says it’s fine, it’s fine!

- Don’t believe in common sense! Believe in PerfectPlay!

-[Purmen][Purleyruya] (Prayer)

Lee Kyungbok took the risk for one reason.

“Why wait to clear each building one by one?”

His logic was that heading to an open area would make the enemies show themselves, making them easier to deal with.

- I didn’t know... I didn’t think it would work!

- Ah, I’ll be more careful from now on.

- What kind of skill is this to shut everyone up?

- This is genius...

- Seeing it in action leaves me speechless.

- Please, don’t try this at home.

- Haha, this needs a warning label on the broadcast.

- How does he do this?

The viewers were excited, but Lee Kyungbok’s face hardened. His instincts warned him that an enemy was still around.

‘Is he running away?’

But the uneasy feeling was gradually fading. Lee Kyungbok immediately moved.

The chat window filled with question marks as the sound of a vehicle’s engine was heard.

- Oh!

- He’s running away!

- Haha, smart move!

- Haha, you run when you meet him.

- For survival, this is the best choice.

- I thought he would get a full kill in the military base.

The viewers expected the player to escape safely. After all, he was in a vehicle and had a considerable distance.

No matter how good PerfectPlay was, it seemed impossible to stop him.

‘I can get him.’

But Lee Kyungbok was the man who turned the impossible into the possible.

In an instant, he focused on the moving vehicle. His muscles, from his shoulder to his arm, waist, and supporting legs, responded to his will. His body, as solid as a rock, remained still, allowing for a steady aim.

‘Aim and shoot, or it will be too late.’

His heightened senses collected and transmitted information: the wind’s strength, the vehicle’s acceleration and direction, and the time it would take for the bullet to reach its target.

All of this combined into a single image. It felt as if there was a second vehicle moving in the same place, like an afterimage.

Lee Kyungbok instinctively knew this was where the bullet would hit.

‘Here it is!’

The rest was routine. Aim and fire.

The entire process took less than three seconds.

- Is he really going to shoot?

- What is he aiming at?

- Why is he aiming at empty space?

- Haha, can this really work?

- If it’s PerfectPlay, he might hit it.

The chat window was filled with reactions of disbelief. Only a few viewers understood what he was aiming for.

Lead shot (Lead Shot).

This technique involves predicting the movement of a moving target and shooting ahead of it.

It required predicting the target’s speed, direction, distance, and the time it would take for the bullet to reach the target. Because of its difficulty, even skilled players usually fired in bursts to increase the chances of hitting.

- What is this? Is he a special forces member?

- Haha, did he train to decapitate pigs?

- ???: I came to end this war.

- A single lead shot with a dot sight? Haha, insane!

- Wow, he’s living up to his name.

- Newbies are finally opening their eyes.

- Haha, the level is different.

- Huh? How did he do that?

- Thanks to the guy who introduced PerfectPlay.

The viewers were excited, and Lee Kyungbok took a deep breath. There were no enemies around.

His heightened senses quickly returned to normal.

He glanced at the chat window and frowned.

“How did I do it? Just... aim and shoot.”

He answered simply.

Lee Kyungbok couldn’t express his feelings, and he knew intuitively that the viewers wouldn’t understand even if he tried to explain.

- Haha, he already told you, but you’re asking again.

- Don’t look with human eyes, look with god’s eyes.

- The answer is reincarnation.

- Haha, the answer was rerolling.

- Is there a difference between a god and a normal player?

- Is this an open-book test?

- Haha, even if you know, you can’t do it.

- Gas, gas, gas! The saturation is rising!

Lee Kyungbok chuckled and headed toward the stopped vehicle.

When he opened the driver’s door, the unconscious player fell to the ground.

“Oh, this uncle must have had a lot to drink.”

- Haha, what a joke!

- What kind of trolling is this?

- Another personality trait?

- Fits the CEO of [BlackCompany].

- PerfectPlay/Controversy

- Should we put this on the Plant Wiki?

The viewers latched onto his joke.

Lee Kyungbok smiled and held his pistol backward.

“Let’s send him home safely.”

- Safe return (KangCon)

- At least use a bullet!

- Haha, he’s not worth a bullet.

- PerfectPlay, you’re scary.

- Haha, the pros are distorted.

Lee Kyungbok finished off the unconscious enemy and was about to get into the car when he noticed something on the fallen player’s waist.

“Is this a smoke grenade? Oh, you even have a grenade.”

- Haha, you said you’d send him home!

- What’s this, a kicking song