Chapter 525 The Gunner's Greatest Shame
Amidst the noise, Shao Yun and Clorinde kept a distance of about ten steps from each other.
They stared at each other closely, not missing any possible flaw, while also secretly looking for the fleeting opportunity to strike the enemy.
In this kind of gun duel without a countdown, the competition is not about who can shoot first, but the patience and psychological quality of both sides.
Whoever loses patience and opens fire first may expose his own weaknesses and give the other side an opportunity to take advantage.
The whole scene was so tense that even the air seemed to freeze. People couldn't help but hold their breath, for fear of missing any thrilling moment.
But as time passed, more than ten minutes passed and the two were still in a stalemate, and had not yet started a real duel.
The scene, which was originally so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, began to undergo subtle changes at some point.
At first, there were only a few people whispering in low voices, but soon the noise spread, and eventually the whole scene was filled with low voices.
"Why haven't they shot yet? What's the point of just staring at each other?"
In the crowd, a spectator who had come into contact with a rifle and knew a thing or two about it was squinting his eyes and carefully observing the actions of the two people on the field, and explaining to the people around him who didn't know what was going on.
"In my opinion, it's probably because that guy named Tacitus's spear skills are not inferior to Clorinde's, so neither side dares to take the first move easily, for fear of revealing a flaw that the opponent can take advantage of!"
His words were like a stone that caused a thousand ripples, immediately causing many people around him to exclaim in amazement.
"What? This unknown man's marksmanship is comparable to Clorinde's? Is this true or not?"
Doubt and surprise intertwined together, making the atmosphere on the scene increasingly tense.
Finally, Clorinde broke the deadlock first. She quickly pulled out the rifle on her waist with lightning speed.
However, almost at the same moment, a crisp gunshot was heard throughout the sky, and the outcome of this thrilling duel was decided.
Everyone present stared with wide eyes, looking at the scene happening before their eyes in disbelief.
Clorinde's rifle drew an arc in the air and fell heavily to the ground.
And on the barrel of the rifle, there was a .45 caliber bullet that was still emitting smoke, announcing to the world the power of the previous attack.
For Clorinde, everything happened too fast.
She felt that she had just pulled the rifle from her waist, and the next moment, accompanied by a deafening gunshot and a numbing feeling in the base of her right hand, the rifle in her hand disappeared out of thin air as if by magic.
The entire Hailu Port fell into deathly silence, and everyone present couldn't help but gasp.
Everyone present witnessed a duel that would go down in history. Clorinde, Fontaine’s strongest duel agent, was defeated!
Clorinde tightly covered her mouth which was numb and almost unconscious, and her eyes slowly moved towards the rifle not far away that was shot away by Shao Yun's bullet.
Then an unprecedented strong sense of humiliation quickly surged into her heart, making her tremble with anger all over, and her chest began to heave up and down violently with anger.
Clorinde just stood there, staring at Shao Yun with unwilling eyes.
After a long while, she managed to calm down, then covered her still numb right hand and walked towards her damaged rifle.
When Clorinde reached the rifle, she bent down and picked it up.
However, looking at the damaged rifle in her hand, her face instantly became extremely gloomy, as if she had just swallowed a disgusting fly alive.
Then, Clorinde suddenly turned around and walked quickly towards Shao Yun in her high-heeled boots.
As she moved, the "tapping" sound of her high heels hitting the stone floor was crisp and loud, like a series of rapid and powerful drum beats.
Finally, Clorinde came to Shao Yun.
She stopped, raised her head slightly, and stared into Shao Yun's eyes with her beautiful violet eyes.
Everything around them became unusually quiet, except for the space between the two people, which was filled with a suffocating atmosphere of tension and a tense confrontation.
This silent stalemate lasted for a full minute.
Finally, Clorinde took a deep breath as if she had used up all her strength, and squeezed out a few words with difficulty from her clenched teeth.
"You insult me!" Although the voice was not loud, the resentment contained in it was obvious.
After hearing what Clorinde said, Paimon tilted his head, blinked, and asked curiously, "Insult? Didn't Shao Yun just knock the gun out of your hand? How can it be an insult?"
At this time, Shao Yun skillfully turned the John's cowboy revolver in his hand, made a beautiful gun flower, and then put it into the holster at his waist.
Then, he slowly explained to Paimon, "For a true gunslinger, having his weapon knocked out of his hand by his opponent in a life-and-death duel is a great humiliation. This feeling is worse than death."
"Because death can at least allow the gunman to retain the last bit of dignity and respect, but if someone knocks his weapon away and he survives, it is equivalent to calling the other person a good-for-nothing in front of him."
After listening to this, Paimon blinked his big eyes and looked at Clorinde suspiciously, as if he wanted to get a definite answer from her.
However, Clorinde kept her lips tightly shut and said nothing, but her slight nod showed that she agreed with everything Shao Yun said.
For a moment, the fact that Clorinde, the strongest duelist of Fontaine, had her weapon knocked out and was defeated in the duel instantly overshadowed what Shao Yun had just said about Funina's racism.
After all, the crime of racial discrimination requires a trial, a double trial by the cardinal and Navilette, and now it can only be said that Funina's words and deeds offended Shao Yun and his party.
But this is a duel, not a trial!
The duel was an alternative means within the Fontaine legal system that allowed suspects to resolve disputes through force rather than relying solely on a court trial.
In the social and cultural context of Fontaine, it is seen as a reasonable solution.
What this means is that Shao Yun has not offended Funina now, but now it is Funina who is unilaterally causing trouble!
However, everyone was now immersed in the surprise of Shao Yun defeating Clorinde, and did not realize it or think in that direction.
Clorinde stared at Shao Yun for a while again.
As time went by, Clorinde's eyes began to become blurry, and her whole mental state seemed a little dazed.
In this way, Clorinde climbed the stairs step by step and finally came in front of Funina.
"I'm sorry, Lady Furninna... I lost..." Clorinde lowered her head, looking very haggard.
At this moment, Funina no longer had the arrogant and domineering look she had a few minutes ago.
Instead, there was a look of concern and heartache on his face.
"It's okay, how can I blame you? I...I...Claurinde, how's your hand? Why is it shaking all the time...Are you hurt?"
Furninha anxiously reached out her hand, trying to hold Clorinde's trembling right hand.
Clorinde subconsciously looked down at her right hand and saw that it was shaking uncontrollably. She didn't know whether it was because her knuckles were numb from the fight with Shao Yun just now, or because of some other reason.
But at this moment, she had no time to take care of her own situation. She had only one thought in her mind, to take Lady Funina away from here as soon as possible!
Otherwise, by the time everyone reacts, you’ll have lost in vain!
So, Clorinde pulled herself together and said to Funina, "Lady Funina, the current public opinion situation is still extremely unfavorable to you."
"Before everyone reacts, please leave here quickly! It will be too late if you are late! I will be the last one to leave!"
After hearing Clorinde's words, Furninna's originally flustered heart calmed down.
She nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay...Okay...But, let's go together. I will never abandon you, and I will never let you clean up this mess for me!"
After saying that, Fininna took Clorinde's hand, and the two of them boarded the elevator together and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Paimon suddenly realized that Funina had disappeared, and asked, "Huh? Where did the water god go? How come she disappeared in the blink of an eye?"
Just when Paimeng was confused, Yan Fei suddenly clapped her hands, as if she remembered something important.
"Oh, yes, I remember now, the unique duel part in Fontaine Law!"
Yan Fei briefly explained the duel laws of Fontaine to Ying and Paimon.
In short, if you win the duel, you don't have to stand trial or go to jail.
After listening to Yan Fei's in-depth and easy-to-understand explanation, Paimeng opened his mouth in surprise and asked in disbelief: "Wow! It can be operated like this? This is too weird..."
Ying, who was standing by, also had a confused look on her face and echoed, "I find it very strange, too."
"According to this statement, wouldn't it be easy for those evildoers who committed heinous crimes to escape the punishment of the law as long as they were strong enough?"
At this time, Shao Yun looked at the three girls in front of him who were enthusiastically discussing Fontaine Law.
Seeing that they were getting more and more engaged in the conversation, Shao Yun finally couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Okay, okay, let's not think about it here. We are not from Fontaine, why should we worry about their laws?"
"I'll take the elevator up now. Don't you guys want to relax for a while?"
After Shao Yun's reminder, the three women temporarily stopped caring about Fontaine's laws.
Paimeng echoed Shao Yun's point of view and said, "That's right. Now that we can go in openly, let's go to Fontaine and find a place to stay and a place to eat."
Yan Fei also put aside this question for the time being and said, "That's right, I was delayed on the road for so long, my friend should be worried."
Paimon noticed that Linny and Linnet were standing there in a daze, so he waved at them and shouted.
"Hey, Linny, Linnet, why are you two in a daze? Hurry up and catch up with us. Is there something else important?"
Hearing Paimon's call, Linny was stunned for a moment, then responded in a panic: "Ah, that...Okay, we're here..."
After saying that, he hurriedly pulled up his sister Linnet and quickly followed.
……
At this moment, the crowd watching suddenly woke up from their dream and immediately went wild.
"Claulinde, the one who is known as the strongest duel agent in Fontaine, actually had her weapon knocked out of her hand by her opponent during the duel!"
Another person shouted in disbelief: "Is this true? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
The man replied decisively: "It is absolutely true! Clorinde actually lost the duel!"
"It feels like a remarkable person has come to Fontaine..."