Ghost Wolf and John were very satisfied with Johnny's performance. This kind of high-intensity assault severely tested a person's comprehensive abilities.
It was not easy to penetrate indoors in the shortest possible time, complete the kill, and remain unharmed.
But Johnny did it. Although the strength of this team was average, after finishing the mission, the five people regrouped once again.
This time, however, John's expression was quite solemn because he realized that continuing this way wouldn't work. Everyone's position would be exposed in half an hour, leaving everyone passive. Instead of that, it would be better to take the initiative.
"My suggestion is that we no longer use this method to evade, but instead take the initiative to attack."
John's proposal had considered many factors, and there was certainly a reason for his final decision, which Ghost Wolf strongly agreed with.
"Yes, I also think taking the initiative is more suitable for us. Otherwise, fighting like this is too passive."
From Ghost Wolf's perspective, he believed that offense was more important than defense. Constant defense would only lead to a dead end, but offense wouldn't, and they would constantly shift positions.
Johnny instantly understood the thoughts of these two big shots. This was indeed a good idea to use offense instead of defense, and their team's composition was quite good; whether it was the firepower or the logistical support, everyone could keep up.
Johnny immediately agreed, "Let's fight. In our current state, it's basically difficult to encounter opponents, and the rules of the competition are that the more kills one has, the higher one's ranking will be."
Little Devil and Lissandra could only reluctantly agree to this. After all, the main combat personnel had agreed, so they, two small fry, couldn't disagree.
Although everyone agreed to use offense instead of defense, the problem was that the island was very large. How should they attack?
John's idea was to directly attack the central point, traversing straight through.
Ghost Wolf's opinion was to make a detour, following an S-line, which would also provide the team with time to rest.
Little Devil's suggestion was to gradually move towards the center along the coastline, while the witch did not express any thoughts.
Johnny offered a suggestion: since the watches refreshed every 30 minutes, why not advance in the direction with the most people each time it refreshed?
This had two advantages: first, when everyone was exposed, moving towards the most populated direction could prevent them from being targeted by those looking to pick off stragglers.
Although they weren't afraid, how could one guard against thieves for a thousand days?
The second advantage was that by moving towards the crowded areas, they would encounter many battles along the way. Whether it was picking up kills or pushing forward, they would encounter people.
So the five of them waited a little longer. When another half hour passed, the watches emitted a buzzing vibration and a beep.
Everyone looked at their watches, and the screen instantly zoomed out, displaying the map of the entire island, then a scattering of red dots appeared on the island.
The dense red dots made one's scalp tingle, but Johnny had already noticed that the direction with the most red dots was not the center of the island, but rather the southwest.
The density of red dots here was simply terrifying.
However, Johnny also noticed that there were 20 red dots near them, which meant there were four teams in their vicinity.
"Everyone memorize a direction!"
Johnny immediately told the other four. He quickly memorized the five people about 200 meters to their left.
The remaining four were also quick to act. Little Devil took note of the entire map's directions, "My memory is better, I'll handle the full map's directions."
Lissandra called out, "I've noted the one in the upper right."
Then Ghost Wolf said, "I've noted the one in the lower right."
"I've noted the one in the lower left," John said.
Everyone quickly understood Johnny's intention and swiftly completed the spotting and memorization. Johnny finally said, "I've noted the one in the upper left."
After Johnny finished speaking, the entire screen returned to its previous state, and all the red dots disappeared.
But it didn't matter; the five had already divided the work and memorized everything they needed to. Johnny then raised his gun and exchanged glances with everyone.
"Then, it's time for a quick battle."
After Johnny spoke, he took the lead and ran towards the location he had memorized.
The remaining four immediately followed. They decided to initiate a lightning assault tactic. While they memorized others' positions, others were also memorizing theirs, so it was a mutual process.
About 200 meters to the front left was also a residential area, but it was smaller compared to the one they were in.
However, when they rushed over there, they found that it wasn't actually a residential area, but a ruin, with only some remnants of walls remaining.
Johnny looked at the ruins in the distance and had a bad feeling, "Don't rush forward yet!"
Ghost Wolf, who had been about to charge, immediately concealed himself. Fortunately, no one had been exposed, which was a stroke of luck.
"What's going on?"
Ghost Wolf was slightly puzzled. Although he was a top assassin, his individual combat ability was very strong, but his teamwork ability was a bit weaker.
Or rather, among the five people present, except for Johnny who had been specially trained by the Sacrifice Squad, the remaining four were accustomed to being lone wolves and were not very familiar with the mechanics of this kind of special operation.
Ghost Wolf and John had indeed directly confronted special operations teams, but facing team combat was different.
And among them, Johnny had the most contact with special tactical teams, so he could keenly sense the differences.
The ruins before them were precisely such a scenario; it was clearly a 'fishing game' designed to lure others in to their deaths.
"There's a professional-level person among the enemy assassins, and he's extremely skilled in tactical combat," Johnny said in a low voice, expressing his thoughts.
"Normal people, if searching for weapons, wouldn't choose such ruins, and even more so wouldn't hide inside, as there aren't many covers and it's extremely easy to expose one's position. But they specifically chose this kind of place, making it easy for people to underestimate it at a glance."
Johnny's words were well-reasoned, and both Ghost Wolf and John nodded in agreement with Johnny's view.
"But what good does it do them to hide in this place?"
Little Devil raised his question, which was also Lissandra's question.
The four looked at Johnny, who unhurriedly drew a rough diagram on the ground.
"Earlier, I saw the positions of the tactical team in this direction were like this: two outside, two in the middle, and one in the distance. This is a standard lure, but when we arrived here, we didn't find the two people outside. What does this mean? It means they immediately adjusted their positions after the shared positions disappeared."
Johnny casually erased a few points on the ground, then used a branch to draw another simplified map on the ground.
"And based on the actual situation on the ground, their positions have probably changed more than just a little. I also suspect they have large-caliber sniper rifles in their hands, or at least designated marksman rifles."
After Johnny finished his assessment, he stopped speaking and looked at the four, only to find them staring at him with burning eyes.
"You've changed a lot."
John said, and Ghost Wolf also nodded.
In Moscow, he had already made similar observations, though they weren't as obvious at the time.
Perhaps it was because the pressure of the environment was too strong, allowing Johnny's abilities in this area to be displayed.
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