Strange Cards

Chapter 2 Coexisting with Demons

"Is it really appropriate to use such high-explosive bombs here?"

"Whether the people here live or die is none of our business; all we need to do is take the Ace of Spades back with us."

The figure on the helicopter took out a rocket launcher, slung it over his shoulder, and positioned himself precisely at the shop next to Shiyu.

"boom!"

The rocket flew forward, leaving a long trail of fire, while the people were still immersed in the joy of the night, unaware of the impending danger.

"Let's look at this question..."

Shi Yu was eating dumplings while explaining a problem to Rui Rui, but he soon sensed something was wrong.

Having spent over a decade fighting his way through the slums, he instinctively grabbed Rui Rui and rolled over. Just as Shi Yu reacted, the rocket landed on a nearby shop, causing a violent explosion.

Shiyu found a corner and shielded Ruirui inside, using her back to block the fall, but the collapsing ceiling still hit Shiyu's left arm hard.

"ah!!!!!"

Shi Yu let out a scream as she looked up at the sky. Just as Rui Rui was about to check Shi Yu's wound, Shi Yu's only movable right arm pressed her down tightly.

"Stay inside and don't come out!!!"

Rui Rui had never seen Shi Yu like this before and was immediately frightened, but fortunately, none of the collapsed houses hit Shi Yu.

"Damn it, I actually ran into a terrorist attack."

Shi Yu, clutching her aching left arm, took off her shirt, tore it into strips, and used it to immobilize her left arm. She then led Rui Rui towards the direction of refuge. Rui Rui cried and grabbed Shi Yu's finger, pointing towards the kitchen.

"Mom and Dad, Mom and Dad are still inside the rubble."

Shi Yu glanced at the helicopter flying overhead, then at Rui Rui who was crying her eyes out. She gritted her teeth and went to the back of the dumpling shop. She found a clean trash can, put Rui Rui inside, and then went to the kitchen to start moving things.

But Shigure couldn't handle the huge rocks and the things in the ruins, not to mention that he was also injured in his left arm.

Shigure dug through the ruins until his fingers were bleeding, and then he suddenly dug up a card.

The card has a strange spade printed in the middle, while the words in the upper left and lower right corners clearly indicate an Ace.

"This is?"

The Ace of Spades suddenly floated up and came to Shigure, emitting a faint glow.

"Do you have the courage to coexist with demons?"

"What?"

"Do you have the courage to coexist with demons?"

"Or rather, do you want the power to protect yourself and those you want to protect?"

"What do you mean?"

"Hold this card and make a contract with me, and you can get what you want."

Shi Yu looked at the surrounding ruins and then at the helicopter in the sky, and without hesitation, grabbed the card in her hand.

The moment Shigure drew the card, two words suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but read them aloud.

"Struggle".

The card in Shigure's hand instantly turned into a stream of light and entered Shigure's right hand. A spade symbol appeared on the back of Shigure's right hand, with an Ace clearly visible in the center.

A Barrett rifle instantly appeared in Shigure's hand. Upon seeing it, Shigure did not hesitate to place it on a wall that had not yet collapsed and propped it up.

"None of you will live!"

Shiyu opened the scope on the Barrett and discovered that it was a thermal imaging scope. Through the thermal imaging, he immediately saw four figures on the helicopter.

"Is Bull Demon King's prison cell in there? Elbow the captain, and elbow those two too."

Just as Shigure was aiming, a magazine suddenly appeared beside him. After glancing at the magazine, Shigure instantly recalled the detailed parameters of the box of bullets in his mind.

"12.7×99mm? Seriously, is that a proper diameter?"

After inserting the magazine, Shigure cocked it and chambered a round. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Shigure realized a terrifying problem.

"I hope the recoil of this huge thing won't kill me?"

Shi Yu looked at the helicopter still launching rockets in the sky, then at the fleeing civilians and their homes reduced to ruins on the ground, and picked it up and placed it against his left shoulder.

"At worst, I'll just give up the left half of my body. I'm going to die in three months anyway."

"Losing an arm isn't a big deal now."

Shigure pressed his back against the wall, pointed the gun at the helicopter's fuel tank, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!!!"

A deafening gunshot rang out, and Shigure's body was slammed against the wall by the terrifying recoil, with obvious results.

The helicopter in the sky was shot down by Shiyu's shot, and Shiyu clearly felt that the bone in his left shoulder was broken.

"Ouch...that really hurts!"

"It seems the Ace of Spades is in your hands."

Shi Yu looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in a tight-fitting combat suit staring intently at her right hand, but Shi Yu didn't seem to care at all.

"What? You want to go out with me tonight? Wait until 3 a.m., the line is already full before then."

"Then I can only ask you to die."

The woman also threw a card into the air, and the card instantly turned into a stream of light and imprinted on the woman's chest.

A tail suddenly sprouted from behind the woman, and Shi Yu could also clearly see a pair of leopard ears growing on her head.

The woman used the momentum to lunge backward, charging directly towards Shiyu, her gleaming claws aimed straight for his heart.

Shigure narrowly escaped the attack by using Barrett to perform a somersault, and at that moment, Barrett transformed into a streak of light and appeared in Shigure's hand.

"Tz14 pistol, 15-round capacity, 9mm."

The woman in front of him recognized the gun in Shiyu's hand, but she still fearlessly reached out to grab him.

"Handsome young man, you only have 15 chances."

"If you miss this opportunity, you'll die by my hand."

Shigure took the pistol and fired without hesitation, but having only played shooting games, his accuracy was naturally questionable.

The woman easily dodged Shigure's bullets thanks to her cheetah-like transformation, but she was still hit in the right arm.

The woman counted the bullets and, after realizing that Shigure had fired all 15 of his bullets, opened her mouth and bit him.

Shigure, without hesitation, raised his already injured left arm to block the bite, and blood immediately dripped down his left arm and onto the ground.

"You've already lost. You've used up all 15 bullets, haven't you?"

"Hahahaha, that's right, all 15 bullets have indeed been fired."

"But how do you know there isn't a single bullet in the chamber of this gun?"

Shi Yu swiftly and decisively aimed his pistol at the woman's forehead and fired without hesitation. It was this single bullet that caused their fates to be reversed.