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"Beautiful lady, because a large number of new students have recently entered the Thorn Birds, all the shops in the training ground have received orders from the training ground management, and many products have exciting discount prices. Our store has responded positively, not only It’s a product, and the same is true for services related to customized projects.”

The clerk seemed to see the light reflected in Xicia's eyes, and flipped through the product catalog to the location of the customized item with an unusually skillful technique. What comes into view is the production of a magazine-type pistol. Next to it is a beautiful picture of a pistol, with the price marked below as 290,000.

The light in Sisia's eyes disappeared immediately, and she could no longer find it.

"I need a revolver with three drum magazines and five replaceable barrels. Choose the caliber according to what you have in the store. Another standard magazine-type pistol, with a caliber of 12 mm, equipped with multiple bullets Clip. Finally, there are three tactical knives with the same specifications, which are also selected according to what is available in the store. The remaining items are body armor for women and shoes suitable for various environments."

After Xicia finished talking about the equipment information informed by the second personality before coming here, she let out a sigh of relief. She observed that the light on the clerk's face was gradually dimming, but she didn't care. She really liked the various weapons on display in the store, but she still couldn't accept the price.

The specific resource types and allocated quantities of the Thorny Bird Training Ground will have a more detailed list until the end of the mission. Right now, she cannot use all her resources to replace corresponding points.

Although he is a part-time clerk, he is still very professional. The product catalog was quickly turned to the corresponding page, and the clerk began to introduce the most expensive ones - power, rate of fire, stability, various data and features, etc. They are all a series of related theoretical knowledge, which sound authoritative.

It’s just that the customer is Xicia. After a period of studying the theoretical knowledge of firearms, these professional words suddenly lost their corresponding flavor. Not to mention that there is Cassia behind her.

It was more than an hour before I left the weapons store. Selection does not take time, but the clerk often uses various gaps to intersperse his introduction and guide you to expensive products. In addition, when purchasing weapons and other things at the store in the Thorny Bird Training Ground, corresponding records must be kept. This is to prevent training ground students from acting as middlemen and selling these customized and higher-quality weapons to the black market to earn the price difference.

The body armor and shoes were taken back to the dormitory by Xixia, and the weapons were stored in the weapons shop.

In the end, the quality selected was slightly higher than the standard. Tactical knives are the most common style. They are completely black except for the blade that reflects light.

"Second personality, are you still thinking about weapons and ammunition and taking them from enemies or teammates later?" Sisia thought about this in front of the dormitory door and asked immediately.

"I don't have such an idea, I just simply think it's enough. The combined bullets of the revolver and magazine-type pistol exceed two hundred rounds, and the number of enemies in the mission cannot exceed this number. I want to use the sharp edges of three tactical knives They all need to be rolled up, and it takes hundreds of enemies to do it. Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that the technique is rough and every knife hits the enemy's bones." Beside the analysis machine, Cassia continued to analyze the self-healing ability. At this time Pay some attention to answer Sisia's question.

"Don't think about the mission in a few days. You need to spend your energy getting familiar with this body now." Cassia reminded him in a consistent tone.

In the three days approaching the end of the transition period, the number of people in the various training grounds has increased significantly. Xixia went through the exercise smoothly according to her previous schedule.

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"It seems that they are going to a certain area to eliminate arms dealers."

"What I understand is that they go to a certain city to clean up a criminal group composed of strange people."

On the last night, on the way from the training ground to the canteen, Sisia heard various information about the mission one after another. There are more small groups discussing similar information in the cafeteria, but the information obtained has no concrete basis and is just random speculation.

"You can go get your weapons." Cassia said after stepping out of the canteen.

"The mission is about to begin?" Xixia walked along the corridor to the weapons store. "Shouldn't the mission be notified a little in advance? Even if there is no notification, the mission content should be given, or the composition of the team should be informed, and the team should be researched and promoted in advance, etc. Wait, aren’t they all beneficial?”

"The training ground where I used to work may have done this. But starting from the Thorn Birds, it won't happen anymore. You have to get used to it. If you give the task content in advance or announce the team composition, there is an 80-90% chance that it will happen. It invites great danger or leads to unfairness. You have not yet realized the cruelty of competition in the training ground."

"However, you just need to remember one thing - in the training ground, you can be protected by the Thorny Birds' rules and management staff. After you go out, your safety can only be protected by yourself. Your life is always in your own hands. , and not someone else!”

Cassia then took the opportunity to explain to Sisia why the mission would not be announced in advance. In the end, it all turned to the change in the situation brought about by the information gap: "The reason why black market intelligence dealers can earn high rewards is that they are in a generally neutral position, and the information in their hands is known to many parties. .Among them, the weapons dealers, strange criminals, etc. you just heard about, they are all regular customers of intelligence merchants."

"Life is important to everyone, and these people are no exception. You have to understand that they know that what they are doing violates the law and is wrong. They also know that sooner or later someone will come to clean up and eliminate them. If the information about the mission is revealed in advance, it will be difficult for them to do so. The attrition rate of the Bird Training Ground mission is equivalent to increasing by several levels."

In the evening, Cassia did not let Sicia continue the theoretical study on her schedule, but asked her to relax and prepare herself. He didn't stay at the military school for long, but Thorny Bird and the military school had many things in common. He has simulated how to arrange tasks roughly many times, so he has experience.

That night, just after midnight, the end of the fifteen-day transition period was officially announced. The loudspeakers installed in the dormitory formally announced to each student individually that their respective tasks had begun, and explained where they needed to go within the specified time. Location collection.

"After we get there, you can meet the team members you mentioned not long ago. All information about the mission will be informed to you at that time. I think." Cassia spoke.

Sisia stood up and let out a long breath.

"Bring your bank card with you. Another feature of the outbound mission is that the freedom is not as strict as the training ground. You can do a lot of things on the way. We have a lot of intelligence to collect and purchase."

Ten minutes after arriving at the meeting point, nine people were already waiting there. They all wore long windbreakers that were either gray or black, but under the windbreakers, traces of various types of body armor could still be seen. Not far from the meeting point is one of the three small airports at the Thorny Bird Training Ground. In the light wind and snow, the indicator lights of small and medium-sized airships are flashing, ready to take off at any time.

"I am the captain of this mission. I am called by the code name 'One'. You can also call me captain." Seeing Xisiya coming over, the man as the captain stepped forward to explain, and pointed to the other members lined up aside, "Two to No. 9, according to the order of arrival, you are No. 10, remember your number."

Sisia nodded and quietly went to the back of the queue. In her mind, she began to recall the photos she had just recorded and analyze the basic characteristics of the other members. The captain is very young in appearance, probably in his thirties or forties. She has a slender figure and the skin on her face is very tight, as if it is directly covering her bones.

The remaining members all fluctuate around the standard figure, with almost the same height and no obvious difference. In addition to Xicia, there are three other female members. They all looked indifferent. Except for the captain, the other eight people just looked at Xicia without even nodding their heads. This made Xicia swallow all the words she had thought about in her heart.

Cassia observed this and shook his head secretly. After the mission started, some of the things he planned to say and things he needed to let Sicia know came out unknowingly. But being prepared for her acceptance and adaptability, Cassia wasn't so worried.

In the remaining twenty minutes of gathering time, the remaining twelve members arrived one after another. At the end of the gathering time, a team of twenty-two people went to the third floor of a small to medium-sized airship, separated from several other teams by floors.

The airship then sounded its whistle, and during a slight shaking, the acceleration of liftoff could be clearly felt. Outside several round windows, the flashing lights of other airships could be seen. In the direction of the other two small airports, large lights rose into the sky and flickered, like fireflies that could go out at any time in the darkness.

When the airship reaches a certain height, you can see the Thorny Bird training ground covered with lights hidden in the dark outline of the mountains below. On the ground, on the road that spreads out from the Thorny Bird, blurry light paths grow outwards-those are the vehicles that just drove out from the Thorny Bird, transporting other teams to various locations.

Soon after, a horn sounded announcing that the airship had arrived on the route and was flying smoothly. The captain who had been sitting quietly in front stood up, turned around, opened the box that had been placed next to him, took out the sealed documents, exactly twenty-two copies, and distributed them to everyone one by one.

Amidst the simultaneous sound of unpacking, the same stack of photos and mission-related information came into everyone's hands.

",,,Black market human traffickers, a fully armed team of about three hundred people, with heavy weapons and armored vehicles,,,"

"Join with seventeen other teams to clean up thoroughly..."

"At least one of the thirteen people in the photo is alive, and the remaining members are regardless of their status."

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"Second personality, is the mission...?" Sisia asked halfway through.

"It's just a coincidence. If the Thorny Bird's mission system is also invaded, then it will definitely not have a history of hundreds of years." Cassia responded, "Continue to check the mission content. The captain should be able to speak later. I will teach you how to do it later. Look at this intelligence and derive additional content.”