Soon, both advanced twenty paces, putting the distance between them at about thirty meters.
Sheriff Henry said loudly, "Billy the Kid, I'm giving you one last chance. Turn back now, and I guarantee no one will shoot, and no one will pursue you for an hour."
Billy the Kid chuckled, then his smile vanished, and he said with a serious expression, "Thank you, Henry, but my only pursuit now is gunplay. So, come on! Show me your strongest skill; kill me or be killed by me."
Sheriff Henry said in a deep voice, "In that case, Thor, you shout 'Ready' and then fire into the sky."
Thor shouted loudly, "Ready~"
"Bang!" Thor's revolver spewed fire into the sky.
Billy the Kid and Sheriff Henry simultaneously drew their guns and fired.
This time, Sheriff Henry also used a single-action Colt 1873 revolver. Under his concentrated focus, Billy the Kid's lightning-fast movements became vividly clear!
And his LV4 Master-level shooting skill was on par with Billy the Kid's.
His Constitution, which had been raised twice to LV3, also put Sheriff Henry's movement speed on par with Billy the Kid's—though Sheriff Henry's other attributes, like strength and stamina, were certainly superior.
But with Sheriff Henry's new talent, which accelerated his reaction speed by 5 times, he was far faster than Billy the Kid.
However, Sheriff Henry still couldn't prevent Billy the Kid from firing, because Billy the Kid's draw-and-fire speed was likely within 0.05 seconds, firing from the hip just like Sheriff Henry.
Even a bullet with a muzzle velocity of 300 meters/second would take 0.1 seconds to travel.
As a hole burst open in Billy the Kid's throat and he fell backward, the bullet he fired was already less than 10 meters from Sheriff Henry.
Sheriff Henry's current state was very peculiar—his powerful dynamic vision, sharp eyesight, and 5x or more reaction speed allowed him to precisely track the bullet's trajectory, but his attempt to shoot down the incoming bullet failed; he missed.
It was like an ordinary person watching a stone fly towards them, seeing it clearly, yet unable to counter it with a stone in their hand.
Sheriff Henry felt that if he weren't so confident, and merely dodged, his body's reaction speed would at least allow him to avoid vital spots.
Due to the enhancement of various talents, and it being the strongest sunlight of midday, Sheriff Henry witnessed for the first time how the empty release bead defended against bullets.
The bullet, when it reached two meters in front of him, was subtly deflected at a slight angle by an invisible energy shield, grazing past him about half a meter away and shooting backward.
I'm getting inflated, getting inflated! Don't think that just because I can precisely hit thrown stones, I can intercept bullets!
Sheriff Henry secretly warned himself not to get carried away.
Huh?
He obtained a green bead containing a skill or talent.
Thor watched Sheriff Henry with gratitude and adoration, blurting out, "Sheriff, you are the Gun God!"
Sheriff Henry smiled at this, feeling the nickname wasn't bad, and strode towards Billy's corpse.
Upon reaching it, Sheriff Henry found that the gun wound on Billy the Kid's neck had almost severed his neck.
After a quick search, Sheriff Henry took his money pouch and pistol, saying, "Thor, his head is worth 5,000 us dollars. Take him back to the sheriff's office, notify New Mexico, claim the reward with my bounty hunter ID, and then bring his horse to my stable."
"Yes, Sheriff," Thor immediately responded loudly.
Sheriff Henry hadn't shot Billy the Kid in the forehead this time precisely because he had revealed there was a 5,000 us dollar bounty on him.
Since there were ancient martial arts fanatics for cold weapons, it was perfectly normal for there to be modern fanatics like Billy the Kid for hot weapons.
However, Sheriff Henry felt that the other party seemed to have no desire to live.
But he was not related to Billy the Kid, nor was he a pastor, so he had no interest in doing any ideological work for him.
Besides, Billy the Kid's bounty was so high that it would be hard to wash away by other means; let him have what he desired.
Sheriff Henry remounted his police horse and returned to the sheriff's office. As he passed through the town entrance, everyone praised him.
"Sheriff Henry, you are too powerful!"
"Well done, Henry."
"That's how it should be, blow off all criminals' heads!"
Sheriff Henry smiled and greeted the crowd, then said to Hank, "You assist Thor in bringing that guy's horse and body back to the sheriff's office."
Then he rode directly back to the sheriff's office.
Upon reaching the sheriff's office, Sheriff Henry entered his office, locked the door, sat in his chair, and eagerly used the new green bead.
Instantly, Sheriff Henry was again enveloped by a warm sensation. He found that his movements were naturally a step faster than others, perhaps by about 20%.
A minute later, Sheriff Henry regained consciousness. The skill panel hadn't changed, so he must have gained an Agility talent.
He suspected that this talent's effect on Billy the Kid would certainly be more than 20%, given that his overall Constitution was much higher than his.
Sheriff Henry was now particularly eager to see what would happen when his progress bar reached Level 3.
Based on previous situations, if a talent could be displayed on the panel, it meant it could be upgraded with points.
His strength was bound to increase significantly again.
Although he was already powerful enough, no one would refuse to become even stronger.
This was his greatest reliance in this world.
In close combat, Sheriff Henry felt he was already unrivaled in America. Even though his boxing was only LV1, his dagger and Swift Sword were LV4.
He now didn't dare to practice boxing casually, fearing he might accidentally raise it to LV2, and then in the future, even releasing ten or eight boxing champions wouldn't yield a release bead containing Boxing LV5.
Currently, there was still hope for a release bead containing Boxing LV4.
After the upgrade, Sheriff Henry went to Phoenix Bar for lunch.
Upon reaching the sheriff's private booth, Drummond quickly knocked on the door and then entered.
After closing the door, he handed Sheriff Henry a file bag and said, "This is all I have for now. Black market files are categorized into many levels. My connections only go up to B-level; there are still A-level and S-level above that."
Sheriff Henry was greatly disappointed internally—I waited three days, and you give me a B-level item?
He calmly opened the file bag and perused the documents inside, immediately discovering that although it was B-level information, it was much more detailed than what was available at the sheriff's office.
The names, genders, ages, addresses, personality traits, prominent abilities, industries, and marital relations of the McKinley Family members across America were all introduced.
There was also a simple explanation of their family's annual income, important industries, total assets, management structure, and military force, such as administrative personnel, job responsibilities, troop numbers, commanders, basic firepower, approximate Stationed locations, and so on.
There was no more detailed information, such as specific military equipment, exact Stationed locations, commanders' specialties and achievements, the closeness of relationships with in-laws, factions within the family management structure, and the family's collaborators in various industries.
Moreover, Sheriff Henry suspected that the data in the B-level information was severely incomplete; it would be good if even half of the people and things were listed.
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