Michael, who had been running at his limit the entire way, collapsed three times from exhaustion.
But he still arrived punctually half an hour later outside a secluded safe house of Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, which had not been shown in the movie.
Reality, after all, is not a movie; it's impossible for everything to be explained clearly.
Or rather, a movie is merely a microcosm of a period in the protagonist's life.
In the real World, movie plots can be used as a reference, but they should never be fully believed.
Just like tonight, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl were not planning to seek trouble with their fated enemy, the drug lord Frank Amico.
Because these two audacious individuals had somehow received news that the Kingpin Gang had a ship full of 'contraband' to be smuggled through the docks tonight.
Struggling with financial constraints, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl planned to pull a 'black-on-black' heist on the Kingpin Gang, stealing the most valuable items from this batch of 'contraband'!
And if possible, they would steal even more valuable items!
...Honestly, when Michael learned of the message transmitted back from the bio-chip actualized under Hit-Girl's skin, he was a little dumbfounded.
What the hell? Big Daddy and Hit-Girl were going to rob the Kingpin Gang?
Holy shit!
These two unlucky fools, did they forget to take their medicine?!
The drug lord Frank Amico, who had always troubled Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, was merely an expendable dog under Kingpin.
These two guys couldn't even deal with a dog, yet they dared to audaciously go looking for trouble with the Kingpin Gang?
Didn't Big Daddy and Hit-Girl know that Kingpin was a big shot who controlled half of the American Federation's underworld?
Or perhaps someone wanted them dead and deliberately leaked this information to Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, intentionally setting them up to die?
Otherwise, was this simply Frank Amico bribing Big Daddy and Hit-Girl's intelligence source and deliberately leaking it?
After all, while Big Daddy and Hit-Girl were insignificant before Kingpin, they were still quite a nuisance to Frank Amico ~
Big Daddy and Hit-Girl were like a persistent plaster, constantly clinging to Frank Amico, impossible to kill or drive away, disrupting countless of Frank Amico's deals over and over again, utterly disgusting him.
Fortunately, although Big Daddy and Hit-Girl seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, they hadn't completely lost their minds.
They still knew that seeking death was wrong and didn't plan to storm the Kingpin Gang's headquarters to confront the legendary 'fat man' who was all muscle.
Are you kidding? They couldn't even break into the headquarters of a mere drug lord, Frank Amico, so how could they dare to break into the Kingpin Gang's headquarters, which was thousands of times more dangerous...
Standing by a window in this safe house, Michael, very satisfied with the fantastical effect of the 'infiltrator sunglasses', pulled out two comic books from his bag.
These were naturally the carriers Michael had specifically prepared for the Firearms Proficiency Skill.
He wondered if the newsstand owner, whose two comic books Michael had 'borrowed', would become suspicious?
Of course, as a good citizen, how could Michael not pay? Michael had exchanged these two comic books for a full ten U.S. dollars.
However, when the newsstand owner would discover the ten U.S. dollars Michael had tucked into his cheap cigar box? That remained to be seen...
Shaking his head, he banished the image of the suspicious newsstand owner from his mind.
With a thought, Michael began to actualize the 'Firearms Proficiency Skill Book' through the [mutated gem].
As expected, the information feedback from the [mutated gem] was indeed higher than when it materialized the 'English Proficiency Skill Book' previously.
A full 10 points of energy!
Whether it was Big Daddy or Hit-Girl, materializing the 'Firearms Proficiency Skill Book' using their firearms abilities would cost 10 points of energy!
If it had been yesterday, or even early this morning, Michael would have definitely struggled with which one to materialize and which to discard.
But now, with a stable energy source (Sun exposure), Michael, quite luxuriously, waved his hand: I want both!
Michael had considered that Hit-Girl's firearms skills were, after all, taught by Big Daddy, so there would definitely be a lot of overlap.
But Michael still decided to materialize both, to have both.
Even if their methods of using firearms were identical, the experience and feel of using them would definitely be very different.
What Michael valued was precisely this point.
As a model talent of the new century, Michael had never come into contact with real guns; even during military training back then, he had only touched realistic plastic models.
As a complete novice, Michael did not want to be fixated on one person's method or technique of using firearms.
Unlike English proficiency, which only needs to be sufficient for use and smooth communication, firearms ability requires more exposure, more practice, and finally forming one's own style—that is the correct way!
Therefore, Michael was extravagant enough to materialize two firearms skills that were very likely to overlap significantly... Just like when materializing English ability, the invisible power of the [mutated gem] first swept over Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, copying their firearms skills, and finally condensing into two small picture books in Michael's hands.
Without any special effects, the invisible power instantly transformed the two small picture books into two dusty, palm-sized small books—'Firearms Proficiency Skill Book'.
The two skill books, almost identical, still had a tiny difference.
One was marked 'BD', and the other was marked 'HG'...
Not rushing to use the skills, Michael's thoughts flickered again.
The [mutated gem] immediately returned information: Primary Enhancement 100 energy points!
What the hell! So expensive?
Michael's face twitched wildly; up until now (though it might not even have been 24 hours), all the energy he had obtained combined wasn't enough for one enhancement?
However, if there's a Primary Enhancement, does that mean there's also an Intermediate Enhancement? Advanced Enhancement? And even higher-level enhancements?
Regarding this, Michael expressed great satisfaction!
He wasn't afraid of it being expensive!
He was just afraid it wouldn't exist!
No matter if one is a European or an African, as long as there is ample energy, one will always be a European Emperor!
...After a wave of daydreaming, seeing that Big Daddy and Hit-Girl were almost ready.
Michael quickly used the two 'Firearms Proficiency Skill Books' in his hand!