For Henry now, all these shooting skills were ingrained, having sublimated into an instinct and Intuition—he could shoot with near-perfect accuracy simply by feel.
Henry opened his eyes, deciding that when the time was right, he would fire ten shots each from the six Sharps Rifles in his Storage Space.
Once he found his shooting rhythm, he was a god of slaughter at 1,000 meters or even greater distances.
Although this rifle was single-shot, Henry's Storage Space allowed it to become a 6-shot repeater.
The system prompt stated that LV5 skill is Grandmaster level, a rarity on a global scale.
Coupled with Henry's extraordinary physical talent, he was essentially a unique existence.
Additionally, there was a trait: if 5 green beads exploded simultaneously while shooting, the rifle bullet fired in the next second would definitely hit the target Henry aimed at in his mind, as long as it was within the rifle's range.
The green beads exploded in such a way that not even empty shells remained; each critical hit like this resulted in a loss of many release beads.
Normally, Henry could achieve near 100% accuracy within effective range with his shooting skills and Constitution, so this trait was only useful in very special or critical moments.
But even so, this trait could be considered a God-tier trait—a guaranteed hit within range.
It's important to know that a rifle's range is often more than double its effective range; for example, a Winchester Rifle has a range of 900 meters, while its effective range is only 400 meters.
If using the six Sharps Rifles, Henry might only be able to shoot once in a second, but it would likely be a guaranteed hit within 2,000 meters.
This was a perfect match for Henry's Super Vision LV2 talent.
Another key point was that it would hit even if the target was moving.
Consider that 5 green beads are equivalent to 50 gray beads, and 100 gray beads are enough to raise a LV3 skill to LV4.
Therefore, it's understandable why this trait is so powerful.
Moreover, rifle shooting also has an LV6 level—requiring Constitution to first reach LV4, then using 10,000 gray bead energy.
That is, a total of 14,000 gray bead energy is still needed.
Although he didn't know when he would gather enough release bead energy, Henry was still very much looking forward to it—if LV5 was already equivalent to a guaranteed hit, what would LV6 be like?
A satisfied Henry spent over an hour reading intelligence files before opening the partitions on both sides.
Henry planned to have a brief chat with the others in the carriage, especially Carlson, the lawyer.
Although he was providing legal aid for free this time, there would be many opportunities for future cooperation.
Having read many black market intelligence files, Henry already knew that many industries in the Western America were being invested in by bankers, magnates, and prominent families from the Central and Eastern regions.
Many investors from all over the world even invested through Eastern financial institutions, such as railways, mining, industrial products, agricultural products, and so on.
Chicago, as the most important hub on the railway connecting East and West, is also adjacent to the Great Lakes and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the Illinois-Michigan Canal, making it the most important thoroughfare from the West to the East and even the rest of the world.
At this time, Chicago was the center for the development of America's new territories on the Great Plains; whether it was fresh agricultural products or materials like timber, they were stored, processed, and transshipped here, with over a hundred freight yards and dozens of freight stations, and 650 freight train movements daily entering and exiting Chicago via 30 railway lines.
So, if Henry wanted to achieve something significant, Chicago was an extremely important city.
Unfortunately, at this time, it was not convenient to communicate across carriages while the train was moving, otherwise Henry would have planned to chat with passengers in several carriages.
After all, these people had experienced Henry's sharpness firsthand and had developed an unusual rapport, making future discussions easier.
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While Henry was busy socializing, Jesse and Frank, the two brothers, had returned to their small town, and Frank's wound had been simply bandaged.
The two brothers gave some money to their two older sisters, entrusted their elderly mother to their care, then took a portion of their hidden us dollars and began their escape on horseback, heading southwest through Texas into Mexico, and then deeper into South America.
The two brothers suffered heavy losses this time and killed dozens of guards from several major families; unlike before, when they mainly offended railroad tycoons, they had to quickly lie low.
Not to mention they had also provoked such a terrifying enemy as Henry.
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At the New York Sun headquarters in New York City, Editor-in-Chief John received the news draft from Tom, which had been reviewed by Conrad.
After reading it carefully, John could hardly believe the authenticity of the manuscript, and he could foresee that this news would definitely cause widespread public questioning and complaints.
However, John trusted that his nephew Conrad would not deceive him.
Moreover, if such news were true, it would spread quickly, so now was the time to race against the clock to grab the headlines.
John immediately decided to publish this news in today's evening paper.
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In the last custom Pullman car on the train, the fourteen gentlemen and ladies who had survived the robbery felt their relationship with each other had grown much closer.
Adding to that, no one was seriously injured, so the atmosphere was quite lively.
"Mark, can I interview you about how you felt as the last hostage?" Daniel, his best friend, asked with a grin.
"I was very happy at the time," Mark said calmly.
"What? Happy about what?" Daniel thought he had misheard.
"I was very happy that the three ladies successfully escaped danger. I am a man; it is right for me to stay until the end," Mark said with a serious expression.
Daniel was speechless, feeling like he had been put on a show again.
On the sofa in the bedroom, the four ladies were also whispering, and the center of their conversation was naturally Henry.
"To think there's a man as powerful as Henry in the world, if you hadn't experienced it firsthand, you really wouldn't believe it," Amanda of the Senma Family, the youngest, said with an expression of disbelief.
"Yes, after hearing his police officer, Pete's, description, I learned that he has experienced countless battles like today's, and he won them all without injury. It's incredible," Cathy said with the same surprised expression.
"We were very lucky; the James Gang and Younger Gang bandits were targeting us, especially you, Consuelo," Chris said with a look of lingering fear.
"Indeed, my father and grandfather had offered bounties for them many times, but they couldn't do anything about them. Now almost all of them are dead," Consuelo said with a look of relief.
"Even Edith was rescued by him from over a hundred bandits; it sounds so legendary and romantic," Cathy sighed.
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