Chapter 185 - 185: Is It A Miracle?
Eunji was only teasing her though. But who would have thought that he could have this come back?
Then the fourth round started.
In the fourth and fifth round, the targets would be moving at a fast and rapid speed respectively. The participants would have had to shoot all of the thirty targets within twenty seconds for the fourth round. For the fifth round, the speed would be a hundred kilometers per hour and had to be shoot within twenty seconds but the targets would increase to fifty.
Also, the participants could use another weapon of their options besides the pellet gun on the table (bow and arrow, knives). The winner of the fifth round would be determined by having many targets successfully shot within the allotted time.
"Listen everyone...since you volunteered to play with us, I\'ll say, the scores on the first three rounds would not be counted. The winner will be determined on who had the most scores in the last two rounds. After all, I\'m sure that all of us are aiming to please our girlfriend, as for me, my wife. We want them to be happy." Nathan proposed to the gentlemen.
The guys looked at their partners. Given that their performance were bad on the first three rounds, they agreed to Nathan\'s proposal.
And Nathan was right, they should be the one who should work hard to make their women/partner happy.
The first and second guy made their try on the fourth round.
Both were sweating heavily when they finished.
They finished the round though but unfortunately, they didn\'t successfully shoot down all the thirty targets. They felt bad because they missed a couple of shots.
These two students were a member of the University\'s shooting varsity team. And they were proud of their achievements so far. Therefore, they could not help not to feel bad.
If given a chance, they would definitely want to try once again.
The third guy walked confidently on the mark and then picked up the gun.
He looked unbothered and confident as he picked up the gun and aimed and shot the moving targets.
Well, surprisingly, he finished the round and successfully shot all of the targets. His lover felt proud of him.
Now, they were leading.
Looking at the man, Nathan thought that he looked like someone who was actively working on the military.
So no surprise that he successfully shot the moving targets.
Nathan told the in-charge to continue on the fifth round and their team would take their turn after the three had their rounds.
For the fifth round, just like earlier, the two students were struggling. It was clear that they already lose their chance should that third man and Nathan\'s performance would be worse than them.
The third guy took his turn and he successfully hit thirty targets out of the fifty with the pellet gun. Still, he was satisfied with his performance because an average person who was not familiar with target shooting would not even manage to hit five targets within that span of time.
He calmly sat down beside his girlfriend and smirked as he looked at Nathan and Eunji\'s direction.
It was clear that he wanted to provoke Nathan.
But who he was kidding? He was provoking the wrong guy.
Well, unfortunately for him, he didn\'t hear Eunji and Nathan\'s conversation earlier. Even if he did, Nathan and Eunji were speaking in Nihongo.
Nathan looked around and saw that a lot of people were surrounding the stall. It was like they were holding an official competition.
Everyone was obviously curious on who will win the prize and of course, it\'s a once in a lifetime opportunity to watch Nathan and Eunji play.
Now that the first three couple were done, they were expecting to watch Nathan to stand up from his seat and take his turn.
Nathan did stood up and but Eunji followed behind him, too.
"This gun is different than the orriginal gun. It weighs lighter than the other one. Do you want to practice first before you play or are you good to go?" Nathan said as he picked up the gun and gave it to his wife.
Everyone gasped to witness this. But still they were curious as to what this couple were trying to do.
Then Nathan looked at the in charge and the latter came over to ask if they needed something else.
"My wife wanted to practice shooting first. Would that be okay?"
"It\'s not necessary that it has to be from those targets. Give me a point to shot there and I will." Eunji decided to interrupt on their conversation.
The student in charge was a bit hesitant because it was against the rules. But then, Eunji would not be using the targets for her practice.
But still, he had to consult the other participants if they were okay with it.
Of course, they were shocked to know that it would be Missus Bai who would play against them.
And because she asked for a chance to practice first, they thought that Eunji had no idea about guns.
So they confidently agreed to it.
"Set my target." Eunji immediately told her after she received their approval.
The in-charge was in deep thoughts as he looked for something that could be her target.
He took an empty soda can from his table and ran outside. After making sure that the distance was appropriate, he placed the empty can on the rock and said, "Is this okay?"
Eunji only nodded.
Since many people were already crowding in the area, the in charge asked them to move back a little so Eunji could do her practice.
At a distance of four meters, Eunji had to hit it with her pellet gun.
The student in charge didn\'t leave the area because to make sure that Eunji hit the target.
Eunji inhaled deeply as she had to consider a lot of factors before she\'d make her shot for example the wind direction and the surface area of the bullet.
She then aimed for her target and fired... and unfortunately, she missed.
But, did she really miss her target?
Nathan frowned upon seeing his wife missing the target. It was very rare as he was very familiar of his wife\'s marksmanship. He was sure that even with her eyes close? She could hit it.
But then, a mischievous smile was formed on his lips when he finally understood what his wife was doing.
Kim Eunji stopped shooting after she fired three shots.
"Is she giving up?"
"She should. I mean look at her. She could not even hit the target when it was unmoving and relatively bigger than the original targets."
"Maybe she just wanted to have it a try. You know Master Bai, he was smitten by this vixen." The third one was really ridiculing and bad mouthing Eunji.
But then, they stopped when everyone around was looking at them.
"What? I am just merely stating the truth." The third girl defended.
Though they had the same thoughts with them, they never dared to speak it out in the open as they already knew the consequences.
Good thing these three were not close to where Nathan was as these three girls would face a bad faith should Nathan hear them.
They dared to criticize Missus Bai while he was around. So they were sure that Nathan would not let them off easily and would punish them. Why? Because she was Missus Bai. The love of his life.
"Are you giving up?" The in charge asked when he saw that Eunji was going back inside of the booth.
"I\'m done. Let\'s do the real thing."
Everyone could not help but laugh at Eunji\'s statement.
They really thought that she was just joking.
"Student Kim, you may practice as much as you want until you hit the target." The in-charge told her.
It may sound that he was deliberately ridiculing her because of how he said it but deep inside, he was really worried that she would only ridicule herself if she\'d force to play the game.
That\'s why Eunji and Nathan was not angry at him.
"It\'s okay. I am here to have fun." Eunji told him.
Since Nathan gave her this chance to have fun, therefore she won\'t hold back.
The third man looked at Eunji with interest.
Just like Nathan, he saw what Eunji was trying to do earlier.
She was deliberately trying to hit the points around the target. It\'s easy to hit an unmoving target since it\'s not moving but to hit the same spot near it over and over again, that\'s different. It was as if she was purposely doing it.
He thought that Eunji definitely had the skill.
Meanwhile the in-charge had no other choice but to follow Eunji.
He then started the machine and the targets started moving.
"Ready?" He asked as he held the timer and looked at Eunji.
Eunji made positioned her body just like what Nathan did and started firing.
Of course, everyone was surprised when Eunji managed to hit a target. But then they thought that it was out of pure luck but then she managed to hit them all within twenty seconds.
This eventually caused an uproar. They didn\'t expect for something like this at all.
Is it a miracle? No.
When she did her practice, she calculated it all together that if she aimed for that spot, given the speed the targets were moving, then the bullets would hit them.
And with that, she proved that she was not someone whom should be taken lightly.
Everyone gave Eunji an applause as they appreciated her skills.
And Nathan was proud of his wife.
However the real challenge was about to begin.