Soon both men had advanced twenty steps each, now about thirty meters apart.
Henry called out loudly: "Billy the Kid, I'll give you one last chance. Turn around and leave now, and I guarantee no one will shoot, and no one will pursue you for an hour."
Billy the Kid grinned, then composed his expression and said seriously: "Thank you, Henry, but my only pursuit now is gunfire. So come on! Show your strongest ability - kill me or be killed by me."
Henry said in a deep voice: "In that case, Thor, after you call ready, fire into the air."
Thor called out loudly: "Ready~"
"Bang!" Thor's revolver shot fire into the sky.
Billy the Kid and Henry simultaneously drew and fired.
This time Henry also used a single-action Colt 1873 revolver. With his mind focused, Billy the Kid's lightning-fast movements became crystal clear!
His LV4 master-level shooting was on the same level as Billy the Kid.
His twice-upgraded LV3 constitution made Henry's movement speed comparable to Billy the Kid's - though Henry was certainly stronger in other aspects like strength and endurance.
But with Henry's new talent, his reaction speed increased fivefold, making him far faster than Billy the Kid.
However, Henry still couldn't prevent Billy the Kid from firing, because Billy the Kid's draw-and-shoot speed was likely within 0.05 seconds, same as Henry - drawing from the waist and shooting from the waist.
The bullet with 300 meters per second initial velocity still needed 0.1 seconds to fly over.
As Billy the Kid's throat exploded with a hole and he fell backward, his fired bullet had already reached within 10 meters of Henry.
Henry's current state was strange - his powerful dynamic vision, sharp eyesight, and over 5x reaction speed allowed him to precisely track the bullet's trajectory, but attempting to shoot the incoming bullet failed - he missed.
It was like an ordinary person watching a stone fly over, seeing it clearly but unable to counter-hit it with a stone in hand.
Henry felt that if he weren't so confident and just dodged instead, his body's reaction speed would let him at least avoid vital areas.
Due to various talent enhancements, and it being noon with the strongest sunlight, Henry witnessed firsthand how release pearl shells defended against bullets.
The bullet was deflected at a slight angle by an invisible air barrier two meters in front of him, sliding past about half a meter away and shooting toward the rear.
Getting cocky, getting cocky - don't think you can intercept bullets just because you can accurately hit thrown stones!
Henry secretly warned himself not to get carried away.
Huh?
He had gained a green pearl containing skills or talents.
Thor looked at Henry with gratitude and worship, blurting out: "Sheriff, you're a gun god!"
Henry smiled at this, feeling the nickname wasn't bad, and strode toward Billy's corpse.
Approaching, Henry found the gunshot wound at Billy the Kid's neck had nearly severed his neck.
After a brief search, Henry took his money pouch and pistol, saying: "Thor, his head is worth 5,000 dollars. Take him back to the police station, notify New Mexico, use my bounty hunter certificate to claim the reward, then take his horse to my stable."
"Yes, Sheriff," Thor immediately responded loudly.
Henry didn't shoot Billy the Kid in the forehead this time because he had revealed his 5,000-dollar bounty.
Just as ancient times had cold weapon martial arts fanatics, it was normal for modern times to have hot weapon fanatics like Billy the Kid.
However, Henry felt the other party seemed to have lost the will to live.
But he wasn't Billy the Kid's family or friend, nor was he a pastor - he had no interest in counseling him.
Moreover, Billy the Kid's bounty was so high it would be hard to clear by other methods - let him get what he wished for.
Henry remounted the police horse and returned to the station. Passing the town entrance, everyone praised him.
"Sheriff Henry, you're so powerful!"
"Well done, Henry!"
"That's how it should be - blow off all criminals' heads!"
Henry smiled and acknowledged everyone, saying to Hank: "Help Thor bring that guy's horse and corpse back to the station."
Then he rode directly back to the police station.
Arriving at the station, Henry entered his office, locked the door, sat in his chair, and eagerly used the new green pearl.
Instantly, Henry was again surrounded by warm energy. He found his movements were naturally faster than others by about 20%.
A minute later, Henry regained consciousness. His skill panel showed no changes - he should have gained an agility talent.
He suspected this talent's effect on Billy the Kid was certainly more than 20%, since his own comprehensive qualities were much higher.
Henry now particularly looked forward to what would happen when his progress bar reached level 3.
Based on previous patterns, if talents could display on the panel, it meant they could be upgraded with points.
His strength would inevitably increase greatly 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, Henry felt he was invincible worldwide. Even though his boxing was only LV1, his dagger and swift sword were LV4.
He didn't dare practice boxing casually now, fearing he might accidentally upgrade to LV2, making it impossible to get release pearls containing boxing LV5 even from releasing ten or eight boxing champions later.
Currently, release pearls containing boxing LV4 were still possible.
After upgrading, Henry went to Phoenix Bar for lunch.
In the sheriff's exclusive private room, Drummond soon knocked and entered.
After closing the door, he handed Henry a file folder, saying: "This is all we have for now. Black market files have many levels - my connections only reach B-level, with A-level and S-level above."
Henry was greatly disappointed - I waited 3 days and you give me B-level stuff?
He calmly opened the folder and examined the documents inside, immediately discovering that although it was B-level material, it was much more detailed than police station records.
The McKinley family members throughout America were introduced by name, gender, age, address, personality traits and outstanding abilities, industries, and in-laws.
Their family's annual income, important industries, total assets, management structure, and military forces were briefly described, including management personnel, positions and responsibilities, troop numbers, commanders, basic firepower, approximate garrison locations, etc.
More detailed information wasn't available, such as detailed military equipment, specific garrison locations, commanders' specialties and battle records, closeness of relationships with in-laws, factions within family management, family collaborators in various industries, etc.
Moreover, Henry suspected the B-level data was severely incomplete - having half the people and things listed would be good.
(End of Chapter)
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