Ultimate Firepower

Chapter 52 Tactical Hammer

The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to go outside to the lawn and do boxing for half an hour.

Eat breakfast after boxing.

After breakfast, he spent the whole morning learning makeup from Sean. The makeup part was a bit difficult because Gao Yi needed to start from the most common cosmetics and skin care products, so for some particularly basic parts, he would learn from beauty bloggers online, and then Sean would check his learning progress.

So Gao Yi now owns the cosmetics that many girls dream of. Although he is only learning the basics now, he already has an entire cabinet of cosmetics and skin care products.

Then there are the basic makeup techniques, such as how to use concealer, how to apply eye shadow, waterline, brightening, and so on. Now Gao Yi is probably at the stage where he knows both the results and the reasons behind them.

If a woman doesn't put on makeup well, at most she won't look good. But Gao Yi's makeup failure may cost him his life. Just because of this, he now knows more about makeup than about 90% of the women in this world.

As time goes by, and with Sean's careful teaching, Gao Yi should know more about makeup than 99.9% of the women in this world.

After learning the basic makeup knowledge, Gao Yi began to learn special effects makeup from Sean, or to put it more professionally, he learned camouflage.

The techniques of camouflage are even more difficult, including how to change skin color, hair color, how to create wrinkles, observing the walking pace of the elderly and the young, and so on.

Of course, you also need to learn how to make fake fingerprints, and of course this requires equipment.

The camouflage part also includes the choice of clothing and the matching of accessories.

Garden is a well-known killer organization. Their asking price is very high, and their target who needs people to pay a huge price for their life is certainly not a homeless person on the street, so Garden's target is bound to be either rich or noble.

With this premise, Gao Yi's understanding of clothing needs to start from the high-end, from extremely expensive handmade custom-made suits, to various luxury brands, especially those luxury clothing that most people have never heard of or even don't have a logo.

Then there are those brands with obvious logos, which are considered luxury brands in the public's eyes.

Further down are various mainstream brands, as well as types of clothing to be worn on certain occasions.

The subject of disguise is too advanced. Gao Yi studies it every day, but he can only grasp the basic knowledge superficially. It may take him three to five years, or even ten to eight years, to truly master it.

I learned camouflage in the morning, had lunch, and then went driving after lunch for two hours.

Gao Yi didn't know how to drive before, so he needed to drive for two hours every day, purely for the purpose of practicing his driving skills. Sean had a clear goal, he didn't ask him to become a racing driver in a short time, but he at least could drive skillfully, at least could handle most road conditions, and could drive most cars.

Gao Yi, who got his driver's license before learning to drive, has some talent in this area and learns quite quickly.

After driving, go to the shooting range.

Practicing shooting is the most painful part for Gao Yi.

The pain comes from dissatisfaction, because Gao Yi sets too high standards for himself, but his progress does not meet his own requirements.

When it comes to makeup, Gao Yi's talent is just that of an average person, but he doesn't have any special requirements for himself in this regard, so his progress will not be too fast or too slow, and his learning progress can satisfy both him and Sean.

I am quite clever when it comes to driving, and my learning progress is slightly faster than the average person, but that is also because I have a good teacher.

It’s shooting, which requires a lot of talent.

Gao Yi practiced before when he was in Thailand. At that time he knew that he was just an ordinary person. He could fight like seven out of ten people.

So Gao Yi placed his hopes in the United States. He felt that changing to a better gun, especially a specially customized one, might help his shooting skills improve to a higher level.

Now that he has really arrived in the United States, he can really buy a good gun and find a good shooting coach, but the final result is that Gao Yi is still the inconspicuous one among the students who generally use customized guns.

Just like everyone else, this is the best summary of Gao Yi.

Especially when he finished shooting at fixed targets and then went on to shoot at moving targets, or when he was running and shooting at fixed targets, Gao Yi really couldn't help but want to punch and knock down those targets.

And this is just close-range shooting. If it is long-range shooting, Gao Yi still can't figure out the impact of wind speed on trajectory, let alone memorize those complicated ballistic tables.

For the same gun, there is a set of ballistic tables for different barrel lengths, and another set of ballistic tables for changing the type of bullet.

But Gao Yi is not good at mathematics.

Now Gao Yi understands why most shooters use the same gun for their entire lives. It’s not that they don’t want to change, but that they can’t change even if they want to.

Gao Yi was really disappointed that this was the shooting session that he had the highest expectations for and invested the most energy in, but whose progress was the least satisfactory.

As his skills are not good enough but his equipment makes up for it, Gao Yi will inevitably become an equipment party.

However, after living in Los Angeles for two months, visiting all nearby gun stores and shooting ranges, Gao Yi still hasn't found a gun that can significantly improve his marksmanship, not even if he rigged up a rifle with accessories to look like a Christmas tree.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Now Gao Yi is not just disappointed, he is desperate.

It’s the seventy-first day.

If nothing unexpected happens, today should continue at the same pace.

After breakfast, Gao Yi was ready to go to the dressing room to put on makeup on his face, but today, something unexpected seemed to be happening.

It cannot be said to be a surprise, but rather that there has finally been a change.

After breakfast, Gao Yi took the initiative to clean up the dishes when Sean suddenly said, "Your war hammer is done."

"Hmm?" Gao Yi looked up at Sean and asked, "Did you finish it?"

Gao Yi actually didn't care much about the hammer, because he could still kill someone with one blow with his bare hands. Unless he was dealing with targets wearing bulletproof vests and helmets, he really didn't need the hammer.

But Sean seemed a little excited.

He got up, walked from the dining room to the living room, then dragged a cardboard box from the living room, then another, and then another.

Gao Yi was a little surprised, but Sean said solemnly: "You only asked me for one weapon, which is a hammer. It was also the first time someone asked me for a hammer, but I messed it up."

That makeshift and broken hammer was Sean's eternal pain and was almost becoming a psychological shadow for him.

Gao Yi just looked at the three boxes and asked, "Why three boxes?" "Because I made twelve hammers!"

Sean opened a small box and took out a leather case from it. He unbuttoned it and said, "This is a war hammer handmade by an ABS knife maker. It weighs 760 grams in total, with the head weighing 680 grams. It is made of 640 layers of forged patterned steel, with an inverted hickory handle. The total length is 31 centimeters. Try it."

Gao Yi took the hammer handed to him by Sean and swung it around. It felt good, but it would be more appropriate to call it an iron bud rather than a hammer.

There are several raised iron spikes on the hammer head. Although it is not sharp, it is not convenient to hold in the hand.

It looks flashy and gaudy, but it feels great to wield.

"I studied war hammers from the East and the West and found that both the East and the West used the hammer head as the main armor-piercing weapon and a very common secondary weapon. Because it is a secondary weapon, most of them are one-handed hammers. However, the West generally uses nail hammers and leaf hammers, while the East generally uses petal hammers."

Sean was still explaining. He pointed at the hammer in Gao Yi's hand and said, "As a war hammer made by a professional knife maker, isn't this hammer too aesthetically pleasing and too ignoring its practicality? After all, you'll be using the war hammer against bulletproof vests and helmets. So, after discovering that this handmade war hammer may not meet your requirements, I found a small processing factory and used modern methods to make a few hammer heads."

Gao Yi smiled and said, "Take it out."

Sean opened the second box and took out a hammer that was completely black.

The hammer head looks like a golden pumpkin hammer, and the hammer handle is a one-piece metal handle with a thickened grip and a thin leather rope wrapped around it.

"This hammer has a melon-shaped hammer head. It is made of A2 mold steel produced by Finkola Company in the United States. It is precisely processed by CNC. The connection between the hammer head and the hammer handle is chamfered with an arc to prevent stress fracture. The hardness after heat treatment is 52. The surface is passivated by sandblasting and then sprayed with black matte paint to prevent rust and reflection. The total weight is kilograms, and the handle is wrapped with a deerskin rope cross-woven."

Gao Yi's mouth twitched, he took the hammer and said, "That's thoughtful."

"There are three models of the same hammer, each weighing an additional 0.5 kilograms."

There were three identical hammers. The hammer head in Gao Yi's hand was about the size of an egg. Sean took out two more, one of which was slightly larger than a duck egg, and the other was about the size of a goose egg.

Gao Yi smiled and whispered, "Not really? It's just a hammer..."

"I will not allow the weapons I provide to fail to work properly. As for damage, I will never allow it!"

Sean gritted his teeth and opened the second box, then pulled out a hammer, pointing the hammer head at Gao Yi. Gao Yi then discovered that the hammer head seemed to droop slightly, which meant that this was a soft-handled hammer.

"This hammer head is made of CPM-3V powder tool steel, which has high impact toughness and is not easy to break. The hammer head is perforated, and the handle uses a cm thick steel cable, which is riveted to the hammer head and will never break. The biggest advantage is that the rebound force is greatly reduced and there is no shaking of the hand."

Gao Yi took the soft hammer, then he smiled and said, "Four more?"

"Yeah, this hammer might require a little more finesse."

Gao Yi swung it casually. The soft-handled hammer was indeed a little difficult to use, mainly because it missed hitting anything and required more skill and control when swinging it back.

Looking at Sean, Gao Yi said, "Take out the rest."

Sean opened the third box and said seriously, "These four are long-handled hammers. The shortest is fifty centimeters and the longest is one meter and two meters. The handles are all made of high-strength fiberglass."

Gao Yi looked at the four long-handled hammers with some helplessness.

After hesitating for a while, Gao Yi finally said: "I have never practiced special hammer techniques. I can't use these long-handled hammers you prepared..."

Sean took a step forward, and then he said very seriously: "You don't have to use it, but I can't not provide it!"

Gao Yi exhaled lightly and said, "Well, I like all these tactical hammers you provided. Thank you."

Sean nodded, and then he said seriously: "I have contacted a weapon master. We can go to him to test which of these war hammers is more suitable. The most important thing is that he is an extremely good archer."

Gao Yi perked up and said, "Oh, the weapon master, I have to go meet him. When? Where?"

But Sean said, "In Los Angeles, let's go today!"

"You understand me! Brother, you understand me!"

Gao Yi was really happy. He thought Sean didn't take his obsession with marksmanship seriously, but he arranged it without telling anyone.

He is indeed a gardener.

At this time, Sean continued: "After meeting the weapon master, I will take you to meet a fighting master, a legendary killer who is proficient in various skills. I think you urgently need to make up for some basic shortcomings, so you don't need to learn fighting skills, but you have to learn some things from him, but this person is in Europe."

Gao Yi felt that Sean wanted to take him to Europe, and now that he had become too soft-hearted to refuse, he just decided to go and not be so tense.

The most important thing is that Gao Yi doesn’t think he is a master and look down on others.

Any Kung Fu master would definitely be happy to hear about a fight, and would definitely try to compete with others if he could find an opportunity. If he could find an opponent who is equally matched with him, he would definitely have a good exchange with them.

So Sean's worries were unnecessary. Gao Yi was looking forward to the opportunity to compete with the master.

"Okay, let's go to Europe."

After speaking excitedly, Gao Yi, who was in a good mood, said to Xiao En: "Don't hide it anymore. I have noticed these days that you are very anxious. Tell me, is there any task that requires my help?"

Sean hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to be honest.

"Yes. In the next three months, if the garden still fails to complete any task, it will be removed from the dark web, which means the garden will disappear completely."

Exhaling, Sean said to Gao Yi a little embarrassedly: "So, within three months, you have to help me complete a task, a high-level task, as a gardener."

What is coming will come sooner or later. Gao Yi didn't feel cheated at all. He knew this day would come from the moment he agreed to the cooperation.

Gao Yi said cheerfully: "Okay, but this mission needs to be carefully selected."

Sean was overjoyed and immediately said, "Of course, you have to choose carefully. I will definitely not let you do those missions that will get you killed, but... high-level missions are difficult and dangerous. You have to be mentally prepared."

"After this meal, I am not afraid of danger. I will see if there is a suitable mission. It would be best if I can pick a target that can be attacked in the restaurant."

Gao Yi waved a hard-handled hammer with his left hand and a soft-handled hammer with his right hand, and said confidently: "I think I am invincible in the restaurant, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)