Chapter 8: Buying Guns (Part 1)

  As for America, Lin Xiao's understanding was limited to some information he saw online or in movies and TV shows. In short, he didn't understand America.

  For Americans, carrying a large amount of cash when going out is absolutely a foolish act, which not only is inconvenient but also poses danger.

  The danger is not only that you might be robbed, but also that you could be mistaken for a drug trafficker by the local police.

  For Americans who are used to paying by card, they usually only carry a small amount of cash with them. If you find someone carrying a large amount of cash, it's best to stay away from him, as he is likely to be a drug dealer or someone engaged in other illegal activities.

  This middle-aged woman in front of me obviously doesn't lack money, which can be seen from her clothes.

  So taking out $300 to thank the brave young man in front of him was a very normal behavior, and it was just that Lin Xiao himself didn't understand, so he felt surprised.

  ……

  In the afternoon, Lin Xiao casually found a Burger King to solve his lunch problem and then began to look for his target.

  Gun store!

  Of course, Lin Xiao was not looking for a regular gun store. Although the United States is very free and open, buying a gun also requires showing identification, and it's said that there's even a permit or something. This was just what Lin Xiao had learned from the internet before, but he didn't doubt it, so he needed to find an irregular gun store.

  Buying a gun isn't for self-defense, actually what Lin Xiao is about to do is quite similar to that guy he knocked down this morning, only Lin Xiao won't be as unskilled as him.

  At least he wouldn't dare to take action directly on the street in broad daylight, that's too stupid!

  Unlicensed gun stores, also known as underground gun stores, are not easy to find, at least for Lin Xiao, a person who is unfamiliar with the local area, it's quite difficult.

  Fortunately, he was still quite clever and after solving the lunch problem, he hailed a taxi and asked the driver in not very fluent English if there were any more chaotic streets nearby.

  The driver was apparently a local, and with a sly smile in his eyes, he told Lin Xiao several such districts after hearing the question from this Oriental person.

  Lin Xiao had the driver take him to the nearest district from here, and then got off under the driver's eerie gaze.

  "Is it here?"

  Lin Xiao stood on the pedestrian crossing at the intersection, where a relatively dirty and disordered residential area was located. Not far away, several trash cans were knocked over onto the ground, with garbage blown all over the place by the wind. Some black people wearing green clothes gathered in twos and threes, discussing something among themselves. As for Lin Xiao, this unfamiliar Oriental person, they simply curiously glanced at him a few times.

  "Are these people an American black gang?" Lin Xiao carefully sized up the blacks, and with his knowledge, he couldn't tell if they were a gang or not, but from their same-colored clothes, it seemed like a gang.

  At this time, two black men walked over from a distance, one of whom was holding a large dog. The dog's appearance was very frightening, its body full of fat, walking with an unsteady gait, its small eyes flashing with a menacing glint.

  He stepped aside to let the two pass, and heard the black man holding the dog muttering something in his mouth. He only understood a few words vaguely, seemingly complaining about someone named "Franklin", as for the specific content, he really didn't hear clearly.

  It wasn't until the two of them had walked far away that Lin Xiao suddenly remembered the purpose of his trip here, earlier he was so focused on those black people that he almost forgot about buying a gun.

  "Damn it, looks like I'll have to search slowly."

  Looking at this residential area, Lin Xiao helplessly shook his head. He wouldn't be foolish enough to directly ask these black people who didn't look like good guys "where is the gun store" such a silly question. Whether or not he could get an answer was another matter, but Lin Xiao estimated that he would likely be beaten up or robbed and so on.

  The residential area is not very big, and Lin Xiao had basically walked around it in an hour.

  "It doesn't seem to be here."

  Lin Xiao was disappointed to find that there wasn't a hidden underground gun store here, and could only continue searching outside.

  After walking through several intersections, Lin Xiao was about to continue forward when he suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned around with a look of surprise at the store on this side of the intersection.

  The large gate was painted red, on which a huge poster was posted, with a pattern of a gun and a blood-red background, and a string of English letters were written on it.

  Lin Xiao looked carefully and finally figured out its general meaning.

  "Armed Tribes! What a strange name, is it a gun store?" Lin Xiao was unsure if this store was actually a gun store, but even if it was, it shouldn't be illegal, after all, the door was wide open and it should be legitimate.

  "Want to go in and take a look?"

  Lin Xiao hesitated for a moment, standing still before taking steps towards the gun store called "Armed Tribe".

  Passersby didn't show any curiosity about him, apparently in their minds, going into a gun store was no different from going into a clothing store, nothing special to see.

  Pushing open the red double doors, Lin Xiao walked in and only then discovered that the shop's entrance wasn't big, but the things they sold were quite comprehensive. Lin Xiao even saw a rocket launcher hanging on the wall, and he was so shocked that his mouth was agape for half a day before he could react.

  "Is this really legitimate?"

  It's not just a rocket launcher, but the menacing huge object hanging under that rocket launcher is clearly a six-barreled machine gun. This thing is known as a bullet storm and is a fearsome weapon, I don't know if it's the legendary Fire God Cannon or not.

  Other machine guns, rifles, sniper rifles and handguns are not as stunning as the first two, but if there were no previous two, these alone would still be quite stunning.

  Lin Xiao may not understand America, but he also knows that these high-lethality weapons are absolutely impossible to be sold in regular gun stores, let alone those underground gun shops.

  But now this openly operating gun store is actually selling these terrifying big guys, Lin Xiao is very suspicious of the authenticity of these things.

  "Could it be a Cospy goods store?" Lin Xiao thought to himself.

  Odesa looked at the Oriental man in front of him with curiosity. This guy had been standing at the door for several minutes since he walked into his store, staring at those big things all the time, and his facial expression was strange, which made Odesa suspect that the other party might have a mental illness.

  Unconsciously, his hand had carefully grasped the gun handle behind his waist, always on guard against any dangerous moves the other person might make.

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