"It's starting," Deya and Lafitte said simultaneously.
Having already aimed their sniper rifles at the glass bottles set up in the distance, Shino Asada and Van Auger simultaneously held their sniper rifles with both hands, their sights and the distant targets aligned.
As the command was given, both of them immediately pulled their triggers. Of course, since it was just a small competition, Shino Asada had already installed a suppressor on her hécate.
The sound of her shot was only slightly louder than Van Auger's flintlock sniper rifle.
However, the sound of Shino Asada's shot still startled Van Auger and Lafitte, who was standing beside him.
Van Auger briefly thought to himself, "This Little girl's sniper rifle is not only much more advanced than mine, but the sound it makes is also much louder."
And... he immediately looked at the result, which utterly astonished him. This Little girl's bullet actually hit the glass bottle first; his own bullet was 0.6 seconds slower than hers.
Moreover, he saw that this Little girl's sniper rifle bullet was pointed, like a small, elongated cylinder, and it even had a streamlined design. Whether it was the force generated within the gun or the bullet itself, this Little girl's sniper rifle seemed to completely overpower his.
But where did this Little girl get such an advanced sniper rifle? Van Auger was momentarily shocked, but the competition still had to continue.
The two continuously aimed and fired at their targets, and the distant glass bottles were shattered into pieces one by one.
However, the result of the match quickly became clear: when Van Auger hit and shattered the eighth bottle, Shino Asada fired her last shot, taking down the ninth bottle first.
"Sorry, Uncle, I won. But I also had the advantage of my sniper rifle," Shino Asada said with a smile as she turned around.
"To acquire a good gun is also a skill of yours. I lost," Van Auger said, shaking his head. He was not a sore loser; after all, the Little girl in front of him truly had skill.
"But I'm still very curious, where did you get this sniper rifle?" Van Auger still asked, for what sniper wouldn't wish to obtain a good gun?
A good gun with a good sniper is like a good dog with a hunter, or a good horse with a general. So he also wanted to acquire a sniper rifle as excellent and advanced as the hécate in Shino Asada's hand.
"My other companion made it for me."
Shino Asada, Shiro, and Luna had discussed privately that Shino Asada's hécate anti-materiel sniper rifle was undoubtedly the most advanced in the Pirate World.
Although in Shiro's eyes, this sniper rifle was truly just an ordinary Earth gadget in the Ultraman World.
But in this Pirate World, where most technology was completely backward, it was indeed a very advanced sniper rifle, and it would definitely attract a lot of attention. To provide a reasonable explanation, they could only fabricate that Shino Asada's sniper rifle was made by Shiro.
After all, anything related to technology could simply be attributed to Shiro.
Because in terms of research capabilities, Shiro, who comes from the Ultraman World, knows most of the Ultraman World's technology, and also possesses some top-tier technology from the super artificial intelligence Gilbaris, the Black Dragon King. Even Vegapunk couldn't compare to her.
Vegapunk's specialty should be bloodline factors, but this technology is mere child's play in the Ultraman World.
After all, is it stronger than monster fusion or Ultra fusion?
But all in all, if any new technology appeared in their team, they could just attribute it all to Shiro. At least, on this journey from the East Blue to Jaya Island, Shiro's research capabilities had already been recognized by her companions.
"Another companion, huh?" Van Auger murmured as he watched Deya and Shino Asada walk away.
At the same time, he seemed to have some bad ideas in his mind. Lafitte, who was beside him, glanced at him and snorted coldly, saying,
"I advise you not to mess with them. We can't afford to provoke them right now, even if Captain Teach and the others were here."
"That shouldn't be the case. I can feel that the two of us are indeed not their match, but Captain Teach and the others might be," Van Auger expressed his thoughts with a very puzzled expression.
But ultimately, he was still coveting the sniper rifle in Shino Asada's hand.
"Hmph, see for yourself," Lafitte snorted and then threw two wanted posters over.
Van Auger took them, and his face changed color after a glance.
"Now you understand, right? They are from the Pink Hat Pirates, and these two Little girls aren't even the strongest. They have a billion-berry captain above them, and two others worth five hundred million each, all of whom are unusually strong. Our Blackbeard Pirates can't afford to provoke them right now," Lafitte said, shaking his head.
"It seems we can only give up for now. However, this female Scientist of the Pink Hat Pirates is quite extraordinary; she can actually create such an advanced sniper rifle."
Van Auger seemed to have truly given up. He wasn't brainless and clearly understood that the Blackbeard Pirates couldn't afford to offend the Pink Hat Pirates right now.
But at the same time, he actually believed that Shiro had helped Shino Asada create that advanced sniper rifle. All of a sudden, he shifted his focus to Shiro.
What they didn't know was that their other companion had already encountered Shiro... Shiro herself had just come out of a blacksmith's shop that sold metal, having bought many metal materials she was satisfied with.
But she wasn't particularly happy, as she simply couldn't obtain metals or other materials from the Ultraman World in the Pirate World, which meant many of her inventions in her mind couldn't be realized or created. How to put it? The materials in the Pirate World simply couldn't withstand the inventions and creations of the Ultraman World.
Shiro was quite frustrated by this. She had recently been trying to find ways to compromise, and secondly, to use materials from the Pirate World to create some decent inventions.
Lost in thought, Shiro walked down the street, dragging a large bag of materials with one hand.
The people around were stunned. The sound of the bag scraping on the ground made it easy for them to hear that it was filled with metal.
But this woman could grab such a large bag with one hand and drag it so effortlessly, which truly startled them all.
"This Little girl has so much strength."
"Yes, yes."
"But why is her attire so strange?"
"It looks like some kind of technological armor."
"I feel like it's familiar."
"Yes, I feel like I've seen it somewhere?"
The surrounding citizens and some pirates exchanged comments about this.
However, it was clear that Shiro was not to be trifled with, and no one went up to cause trouble.
Except for some truly thick-headed individuals who thought their strength was decent.
"Hey, wait a minute, Little girl over there dragging a large bag of metal."
Suddenly, a deep voice came, startling everyone. They looked in the direction of the sound and found it coming from behind Shiro.
"Little girl dragging a large bag of metal?" Hearing this description, Shiro realized it was clearly directed at her. She immediately stopped, let go of the bag, and walked a few steps behind it, seeing the person who had called out to her.
She saw a burly man wearing a black vest, white trousers, and black arm sleeves.
But if Luna were here, she would definitely recognize him: this was Jesus Burgess, the so-called 'Fighting Champion,' one of the earliest members of the Blackbeard Pirates to follow Blackbeard.
He was bold and unrestrained, very confident and daring, full of belief in his own strength, and extremely fond of fighting, enjoying the thrill of reaching the level of a master. He was an opportunist who would use dirty and despicable methods to achieve his goals.
"Is there something you need?" Burgess gave Shiro the impression of just a strong man with slightly decent strength. Shiro, having completely lost interest, said expressionlessly.
"You seem to have a lot of strength, do you dare to compete?" But Burgess, who had long been interested in the strength Shiro displayed, immediately said with a war-like spirit and a confident, ferocious smile on his face.
"Good heavens, a strong man bullying a Little girl, this guy is shameless."
"Are you an idiot? That Little girl isn't ordinary, alright?"
"Exactly, if you're so brave, you go drag such a big bag of metal with one hand."
"That's right, and I don't think that set of armor she's wearing is just for decoration."
The surrounding citizens and pirates immediately began to converse.
But to be honest, Burgess naturally wouldn't be interested in an ordinary Little girl. However, he could feel that Shiro was extraordinary; otherwise, he wouldn't have actively stopped her and issued a challenge.
"Come on," Shiro said briefly. Although she looked down on Burgess a bit, she wasn't afraid to fight, whether due to her own personality or the inherited memories of Galactron MK2 in her mind.
"Haha, then I won't hold back."
Burgess charged forward like a wild bull, letting out a loud laugh as he moved.
Burgess, a giant nearly four meters tall, stood before Shiro, who was of normal female height, indeed creating a sense of oppression.
Burgess threw a punch.
But Shiro was not afraid. She remained expressionless, and directly, under the slowly horrified gazes of all onlookers and Burgess himself,
Shiro very easily caught his punch with one hand. But it wasn't over yet.
Burgess suddenly felt a force emanating from her arm that was many times stronger than his own.
"Wait..." Burgess had already sensed that something was wrong, but before he could finish speaking,
Shiro exerted force, grabbed his arm, and slammed him down fiercely, smashing him into the ground. But it still wasn't over.
Burgess let out several pained screams in his dazed state, as Shiro repeatedly grabbed his fist and slammed him several more times.
The ground nearby was completely wrecked.
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