I Have Returned, but I Cannot Lay down My Gun
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"Looks like it's the north from all the bushes..."

Meanwhile, 10 minutes before meeting Yujin’s team, With no vest or equipment, only holding a dagger, Lorenatina flicked her fingers. The matte paint reflected no light, but the thinly sharpened blade underneath gently glimmered. It was truly a well-sharpened knife.

Except for the wind, there was no sound. She took a map from her pocket and quickly scanned the surroundings—of course, she wasn't thinking about farming in a safe spot or anything. She just needed a place to cause some chaos again.

From the map, the first place she needed to go seemed to be... the dormitory. In the forest full of grass and trees, a building resembling a substation greeted her.

SFX: Sssssh!

She moved on.

There was no hesitation in her steps. Lorenatina was only curious about where to go and whether it would be better to go slowly or fast. She didn't even think about the possibility that someone might spawn nearby. She began running westward. Having spawned in the canyon, she quickly crossed the derailed area and rushed across the powerline hill.

Of course, the journey wasn’t exactly smooth.

"Hmm. Looks like we’ve got some bold ones here."

SFX: Whizz!

Bullets flew behind her. Luckily, none of them hit.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t hit her. But Lorenatina’s movement speed was incredibly fast. With nothing on her but a tactical knife, it was a feat made possible. She dashed over the northern barricade and toward the dormitory.

She passed through tents and the forest, reaching the back of the dormitory.

By this time, Lorenatina had already felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

"..."

There were quite a few people moving around.

Her senses had long surpassed human limits, and her instincts told her that there were about four or five people nearby. She carefully checked around the walls and confirmed that several enemies were in the open courtyard between the main and side wings of the dormitory.

Wielding only a knife in such an open area would be suicidal, so she cautiously opened the front door of the dormitory. As the first one to arrive, there was no sign of anyone. She had heard beforehand that it would take quite some time for a player to reach this area, so she acted decisively.

After setting up a small noise trap at the front entrance, she went out the back, grabbed a stone the size of her fist, and aimed it at a suspicious enemy who appeared to be unarmed.

With strength beyond that of humans, the stone accelerated to over 100 km/h, flying toward its target.

SFX: Wham!

"Ugh...!"

"Boss!"

"Who the hell are you? Come out!"

A bullseye.

Leaving behind a half-dead or nearly-dead enemy, Lorenatina pulled the string, knocking over the pile of junk at the front entrance. The noise drew the attention of three guards, two rushing toward the front and one heading toward the back.

Lorenatina, hiding behind the back door, timed her move perfectly. As the door opened, she blended in seamlessly and waited for the two guards to climb up to the second floor. The third guard walked right past her, not noticing a thing.

The moment came.

SFX: Snap!

"Ugh...!"

"Quiet."

SFX: Crunch!

Lorenatina drove her knife into the back of the guard’s right knee, twisting it, then brutally pushed the balaclava under the helmet. Despite the intense pain, the guard didn’t scream and quietly knelt.

At that moment, Lorenatina twisted the helmet and neck with terrifying strength, and with a sickening snap, the guard’s neck shattered, sending him to the afterlife.

With the bloodstains on her clothes, Lorenatina carefully moved up to the second floor. The dormitory was split in two, and the two guards had split up to search each side.

It would be a waste of time and a huge risk to take them separately, so she decided to wait for both of them to meet up, and as expected, they did.

"Semion, Semion! Report on the first-floor search!"

"You damn bastard! Don’t slack off again."

"What, the boss gets hit with a rock and we’re doing half-assed searches? We should shoot them."

The two guards met in the middle and started chatting, but it wouldn’t be long before they went silent.

Lorenatina, sneaking out from behind the pillar, greeted them casually.

"Lovely day, gentlemen."

"Wh— Ugh!"

"Die, you son of a— Aaaagh!"

She flicked her knife with her fingertips. The weak sunglasses were pierced through, and the knife buried itself in the eye of the guard on the right. Before the other guard could even pull the trigger, Lorenatina swiftly approached and executed an uppercut.

With a terrifying sound, the guard’s neck was nearly torn off from the punch. His jaw and roof of his mouth had already been crushed, and he collapsed, dead on the spot, face-first into the cold floor. Meanwhile, Lorenatina pulled her tactical knife and swung it horizontally.

The head separated from the body, spinning in the air.

Leaving behind two golden corpses, Lorenatina wiped the golden blood off her clothes with a grim expression.

"Maybe I should have cleaned up more neatly."

However, at that moment, she heard a sound that she could not afford to miss.

A short gasp came from below. It was likely the same person who tried to shoot her in the back when she was crossing the hill earlier. In other words, this person needed to be finished off quickly to clear her conscience.

Lorenatina quickly descended through the window, landed lightly, and peered inside, then moved toward the front entrance of the side wing. She saw a player who had just disappeared into the second floor.

The next part was simple. She climbed the stairs, greeted the player who was enthusiastically looting the bodies of the dead, and then...

SFX: Crunch!

"Delicious?"

"Eh... Ugh!?"

"Take your finger off the trigger. It won't be fun if you shoot."

One was only armed with a knife.

In contrast, the player was heavily equipped, but when the player saw Lorenatina's appearance, they clenched their lips and lowered their gun. The reality was clear to them: if she wanted to, she could have killed them already.

The player let out a hollow laugh.

"…Guess my luck is pretty bad today."

"That's how the world works."

Lorenatina smiled slyly, and that was her answer.

The player chuckled and shouted.

"Emergency escape!"

At that moment, the player vanished, leaving only their tactical vest, bulletproof gear, guns, helmet, and other equipment scattered on the floor.

Lorenatina chuckled and, after checking the items, began equipping herself with them.

"Guess I’ll make good use of these."

Of course, it was clear that this was just making Lorenatina more powerful.

Within five minutes, she had wiped out everyone around the dormitory, and in the process, made quite a spectacle, which led to Yujin and Harmony, who had spawned on the opposite side, meeting up with her.

It was truly a Lorenatina-style ending.

"Emergency escape?"

"Yeah, as soon as I said it, they ran off. Left all their stuff behind."

"Random spawn, huh?"

<DakkatguriRozetteppoki donated 10,000 won.>

 

Of course, none of this would matter to Lorenatina, who couldn’t possibly do a stream with her current state. With all the action in the Gold Squadron and everything, there’s no way she would be allowed to stream anyway.

At least she could show her face now, but her viewers had no clue about the behind-the-scenes stuff.

Meanwhile, Lorenatina exchanged glances with Yujin, and with an unspoken understanding, she pressed the session matching button.

"Seems like the viewers want to see me stream for a while, so if that's what they want, I’ll give them what they asked for. But you’re aware of the risks of matching in the same session, right?"

"Wow, you just declared you're going to make them shut up physically."

"Ah, I see."

"Alright, this might be sooner than expected, but let’s get started. Yujin, Green Cat, ready?"

Of course, no objections.

Lorenatina’s merciless suppression had begun.

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