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“There’s an un along Avenida Republica He’s three hundred and fifty yards distant”

“Can you hit at that distance?” Hanley asked

“Oh ye of little faith,” King said “It’s a car, not a bug I doubt I can hit the driver’s nose, but you never know”

“Just a tire, Larry,” Hanley said

“Hold on,” King said

Supporting the rifle on a branch, he regulated his breathing, then waited until the police car was in his field of fire He was in an alet appeared, it was as if it were in slow er, then willed the bullet to run true Inside the rifle, the firing pin hit the shell priunpowder burned and propelled the shell out of the cartridge and sent it spinning through the rifling inside the barrel Leaving the end of the barrel and passing through the noise suppressor, the slug started down the hill in a straight line toward the target

“Shit,” Po said as his front tire shredded He slowed down and cli back onto the sidewalk, he tried to see what he had hit There was nothing visible, but that didn’tHe stared up the hill to his intended destination, then decided the hill was too steep to climb Po slid back into the driver’s seat and reached for the radio

“Target has stopped and he’s calling for help,” King said

“Good job,” Hanley said

Hanley atching the hts there was little to see He stared at his watch, then glanced at the schedule of actions Thirty seconds passed King continued to scan the grounds A few of the kitchen workers had popped out from inside and were clustered around the rear door He swiveled his scope to the front of the house and noticed that the front gate to the driveway had opened automatically when the poas cut Ten seconds

“Have you sighted the charge on the fireworks display?” Hanley asked

“Got it,” King said

“Protect your eyes after the shot,” Hanley said

“I’ll switch back to regular sights,” King agreed

“We go in five, four, three, two, one”