As Leitao continued to infiltrate the Japanese Army camp, he saw several Sichuan Army scouts tied to trees. Nearby, several Japanese soldiers, stripped to the waist, were brutally lashing the scouts with whips soaked in brine. Reaching the perimeter of the camp, Leitao looked at the barbed wire fence with a sneer. He withdrew a pair of bolt cutters from his Bagua Spinning Top Space and quickly snipped an opening large enough for a person to pass through.
After cutting the wire, Leitao slipped through the gap with agile movements, then hunched over and crept rapidly toward the spot where the Sichuan Army scouts were bound. Keeping close to the shadows of the tents, he watched his surroundings with vigilance, his ears straining to catch even the slightest sound.
Leitao stealthily made his way toward the guard tower. Using the tents and crates as cover, he drew near the base of the tower. Hiding in the shadows, he assembled his Semi-automatic Drum Repeating Crossbow, slowly lifted his head, and scanned for the sentry. Upon spotting him, Leitao took a deep breath, steadied his body and nerves, and pulled the trigger. The bolt whistled through the air and struck the sentry with lethal precision; the guard, caught completely off guard, toppled directly from the tower.
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