Chapter 41 Another Painting
Chapter 42 Another Painting
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Shiho held the Magnum with both hands and fired one shot after another. Although it was a short mini, it was a Magnum after all, and the recoil was quite large. So at this moment, I was hugging Shiho gently from behind, while holding her arms with both hands, using my body to reduce the impact of the recoil on her. Looking at Shiho with a flushed face. I felt so happy. I didn't need to be scolded for blatantly taking advantage of her. Hehe.

"Hu..." Shiho let out a breath and left my arms. She turned around and squinted her eyes and said to me, "Pervert."

"Hey, hey..." I looked at Shiho with a twitching mouth. "What's wrong with me?"

"Nothing...pervert. How are my grades?" Shiho glanced to the side like a little woman.

"Not bad." I looked at the target 10 yards away and smiled. "I got 37 rings out of five shots. It's a pass.

"Hmph. That means it's not that great." Shiho squinted at me.

"Well... that's not the case." I shrugged. "It's good for a beginner to have a good gun holding posture in the first lesson."

"Really? Then what was your first lesson? Also holding a gun?" Shiho looked at me playfully.

"Well... I'm a professional. So my requirements are higher." I said with a smile.

"Oh? Tell me."

"Um... you must listen?"

"Ah."

"Do you really want to listen?"

"..."

"Are you sure you want to listen?"

"Bing..." Shiho squinted her eyes and looked at me.

"Okay. My first class project is to fire 100 rounds of bullets in a row." I sighed helplessly.

"What about the results?"

"871 rings." I revealed my cards to Shiho.

"...Monster." Shiho squinted at me. "No wonder you didn't want to tell me. Are you afraid that I'll be upset?"

"Uh... um..." I said blushing.

"It doesn't matter... This is just an elective course for me anyway. There's no point in having such a good grade. Besides, it was such a close distance... Wait. What yardage were you shooting at?" Shiho reacted and asked me.

"That..." I said shyly.

"Don't worry. I can handle it within 50 yards."

"Haha. You guessed it right. It's 50 yards." I looked at Shiho with a slight twitch on my lips.

"..."

"Are you okay Shiho?"

"ice..."

"Ok?"

"Are you sure you are only 9 years old?" Shiho looked at me like a monster.

"Sorry Shiho. I am indeed 9 years old." I said helplessly.

"monster."

"..."

Two hours later.

"Hey, Shiho. Morning training is over. Let's go eat together." I put down the report card in my hand and said to Shiho who was still practicing. Through what I just said, Shiho said she would never let me support her. This strong girl, I dare not disobey her. But from her painful expression, I can see that she was shaken by the recoil of the Magnum.

"Hu..." Shiho frowned and took a deep breath. Then she wiped the sweat off her head and said, "Monster... How are my grades?"

"...You can take a look for yourself..." I handed her the transcript helplessly.

"One hundred bullets. Only 376 rings?" Shiho was a little dissatisfied with her result.

"Of course... who told you to increase the distance to 50 yards all at once." I squinted my eyes and looked at her. "You don't need me to bear the recoil for you. Your shoulders can't bear it." I walked behind her and gently kneaded her shoulders to relax her shoulder muscles, otherwise they would cramp after a while.

I pinched Shiho's slightly hot shoulders. I looked at her helplessly. "It's a disadvantage to be so strict with yourself for the first time. After all, you are not a boy. Your muscles are not developed at the same level. As the saying goes, more haste makes waste, so start from a closer distance next time you train."

"But why were you able to achieve such results the first time?" Shiho was puzzled.

"Really? Shiho, why do you have to compete with me?" I asked puzzledly.

"I just want to know, as a killer, how much hardship you have to endure to have your current skills, and how much risk you have to take to complete mission after mission." As she spoke, Shiho's eyes dimmed again.

"Are you still worried about me?" I smiled slightly.

"Who would worry about you..." Shiho ignored me. I smiled and hugged Shiho gently from behind.

"fool."

"Eh?"

"No matter what, you should believe in my strength, right?"

"Then why were you hospitalized last time?" Shiho looked angry.

"So the last time was just an accident." I smiled awkwardly. Why is this girl still worried about that incident?

"It seems that I need to show you my strength before you can feel at ease. Shiho, you watch carefully." I gently pushed Shiho away, came to the target, picked up the remote control from the table, and adjusted the target distance to 150 yards.

"Shiho. Let me ask you, what will you do when the target you want to shoot is beyond the effective range of your gun?" I raised the long Magnum and fired a shot at the center of the target.

boom!
The bullet hit the 7th ring.

Shiho didn't say anything but just folded her arms across her chest and watched my performance quietly.

"If it were someone else, they might just change to a gun with a longer range. But for me..." I turned sideways and aimed at the target again. Of course, I made some deviations in the distance.

boom!
This time the bullet passed through the bull's eye.

"For me, all I have to do is adjust the angle. As long as the bullet has enough power, I can kill enemies in the largest range. Of course, I may have to aim once or twice." I blew at the muzzle of the gun and smiled confidently.

"Hey? How are you going to hit an enemy that far away?" Shiho looked at me with amusement.

I pressed the remote control again. A humanoid target was sent out. It stopped at the farthest distance. 200 yards!
"The power and recoil of the Magnum are too strong. It's hard to control. So I prefer the Desert Eagle. It's as powerful as the Magnum, and the effective range is exactly 200 yards. Plus, after I modified it myself, it won't be too difficult to control the trajectory." As I said this, I made a gun flower, raised the gun and gave up aiming, and threw the bullet while raising my arm. I smiled with satisfaction when I saw the bullet successfully penetrate the forehead of the human-shaped target 200 yards away.

"Well... now you can trust me, right?" I looked at Shiho with a smile on my face. Shiho yawned, then clapped her hands symbolically with her eyes narrowed.

“Hey, hey…” I looked at Shiho with a twitching mouth.

"Master Gunner. Can we eat now?"

"Um. Yes. I'll open the door right away." I stared at her eyes and ran to open the elevator door. Although Shiho looked bored, I saw from her eyes that the worry had turned into relief.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

We finished the morning training while playing with Shiho. The afternoon was supposed to be submachine gun training. But since I had a major and a minor course, I gave up this course. So according to the schedule, I have control over the afternoon. It happened that I didn't get a good rest yesterday. After saying goodbye to Shiho, I went back to my room to catch up on some sleep. "Bing. I heard that you have already taken down Shiho?"

Puff... I sprayed out all the water before I could even finish it. "Come on, Sister Jingliu, when did you become so gossipy?" I wiped the water stains from the corners of my mouth and squinted at her.

"Hehe. I care about you." Shizuru winked at me playfully. "By the way. Yesterday I drew a picture of Shiho. Do you want to see it?"

"Huh? When did you draw it?" I asked puzzledly.

"It was last night. You were not at home, and I had no one to keep me company. I was bored. Come and see how I drew it." Shizuka took out a finished drawing from the drawing board and gave it to me. Shiho in the drawing was like me, and she was an adult imagined by Shizuka. She looked like an angel, with her left hand wrapped around her right hand and placed on her chest, her head lowered slightly, and she prayed silently. Her long dress, like a wedding dress, made her look very charming.

"Ah, it's a good painting, but." I frowned slightly. "Why do I feel that there is a hint of sadness between the eyebrows in the painting?"

"Eh?" Jingliu was surprised. He took a closer look. "Yes. I didn't feel that way when I was drawing it, but now that you mention it, it does seem a bit like that."

"Haha. Leave it to me." I smiled. I took the pencil from Jingliu and made some corrections on the painting. Jingliu has made me work hard on painting in the past two years. Because there is only one project, sketching, so two years of study has made my level improve by leaps and bounds. Of course. Music is not left behind. The piano has reached the professional level one, and the violin is a little bit worse, but it can be regarded as a professional level. The harmonica has not changed much. Because I only play that one tune on the harmonica.

"OK, done." I handed the painting back to Jingliu.

"Eh?" Jingliu was slightly surprised when she looked at the painting. The white wings were folded behind Shiho. And the background was a bright moon. Under the moonlight, it looked very holy and beautiful.

"Tsk... You're obviously copying how I drew you." Jingliu looked at me with contempt.

"Hehe. But that was Shiho's idea. And I drew white wings. Don't you think that with the wings, Nana's slight sadness becomes the holiness of prayer?"

"Yeah. That's true... Hehe. Angel?" Shizuru smiled sweetly at the painting. "But I don't think Shiho would like this pair of wings."

"Huh? Why?" I was puzzled.

"Idiot. Your wings are black. It's a demon. How can an angel be with a demon?"

"This..." Don't mention it. I haven't really thought about this question. I just think Shiho will look good with white wings, I haven't thought about anything else.

dong dong dong.

The door rang at this time. It should be Shiho, right?
Shizuru ran to open the door. The person who came in was Shiho. "Yeah. Shiho, you came just in time. We have something to show you." Shizuru pulled Shiho into the house.

"Hmm? Is there anything fun again?" Shiho said with a smile.

"Yeah. I just drew a sketch of you. I wanted you to see it." Shizuru handed the drawing to Shiho.

"This is..." Shiho was slightly stunned after seeing the painting.

"Hehe. I drew the man. Bing added the wings and the moon. But just now we were discussing whether the wings should be white or black. Since you're here, I wanted to hear your opinion."

"Need I say more? Black, of course." Shiho gave the answer without even thinking.

"Huh? Why?" Shizuru looked at Shiho with a gossipy look on his face.

"That's because... because..." Shiho's face turned red like an apple. It was so cute that I wanted to take a bite.

"Okay, okay. I won't tease you anymore. Let me help you paint it black." Shizuru took the painting back from Shiho and started painting.

Seeing Shizuka busy with excitement, I sighed helplessly and turned to Shiho. "By the way, Shiho, what are you doing here?"

"Ah. Um.. I came to ask you for something."

"Huh? What?"

"bullet."

"Aha?"

"Today you gave me the gun, but you didn't give me the bullets."

"Ah. Sorry, sorry." I smiled apologetically. "I forgot that you don't have permission to go to the armory to get bullets. Are you free tonight?"

"Yeah. Nothing much."

"Then let's go to the gun training ground tonight. I want to give Ling and the others some reaction training. It's a good opportunity for you to come and take a look. I don't have any bullets on me right now. I'll go to the armory to pick them up tonight."

"Is that so? All right. I'll come see you again in the evening."

"Hey, Shiho, I've finished the painting. Come and see." Shizuru rushed out of the studio excitedly. As expected. After changing to black wings, Shizuru also used a pencil to add a light color to the white dress. The whole person looked very mysterious.

"Hehe. Is this okay?" Shizuru blinked at Shiho.

"Eh? Um..." Shiho's cheeks turned red again.

"Then, I'll give you this painting as well." Jingliu generously handed the painting to Shiho. Then he turned around and smiled at me mischievously. "Bing, you have no objection, right?"

"No. How could I dare..." I squinted my eyes and looked at Jingliu.

"Hehe. I knew it. So, Shiho, just keep it. You can take it back and make it a pair."

"Thank you... Thank you." Seeing Shiho and Shizuru having so much fun, I was confused. Why couldn't Ling be like Shizuru? It would be great if the relationship between Ling and Shiho could be more relaxed. This is why I said today that Shiho and Ling should train together.

dong dong dong.

Just as Shiho was about to leave, my door rang again. At this time? Besides Shiho, someone else is looking for me? My first reaction was that someone was looking for me on a mission.

I opened the door. A woman in black stood outside my door.

"Brother IceWine. Sister Vermouth is waiting for you. Please go to the cafe to find her immediately." Ever since Sister Bei took me on a mission, all her subordinates started calling me brother when they saw me. I don't know what Sister Bei said to them, or they saw that Sister Bei and I had a special relationship. Anyway, this is a great convenience for me.

"Is there a mission?" I asked calmly.

"Sorry, Brother IceWine, I don't know about that. Sister Vermouth only asked me to tell you to find her." This woman was very respectful to me, much better than the man in the morning.

"Got it. I'll go right away." I nodded to her.

"Yes. Then I will leave first." After saying that, the woman retreated respectfully. She was indeed different from that stupid and foolish man.

"ice..."

"ice..."

Two worried voices rang out at the same time. "Ah?" I turned around and looked at them. I saw two worried faces, one big and one small, appearing in front of me.

"Haha. You guys... don't worry. If it's a mission, Sister Bei would have sent me a note. If she called me over like this, it must mean that she has something to tell me. After all, I'm now her official subordinate." I smiled at them.

"..."

"..." Both of them chose to remain silent at the same time, with a hint of worry in their eyes.

"Haha. You two are so funny." I looked at them with amusement. I didn't expect that the two of them could be so synchronized in this aspect.

"I've told you, don't worry. Come. Let me give you a warm hug." I said with a wicked smile.

"Hmph. Go hug your Shiho." Shizuru glanced to the left.

"We'll talk about it after you pass me." Shiho glanced to the right. I stumbled and almost fell to the ground. This way we can also synchronize.

(End of this chapter)