Chapter 112: The Joy of Unboxing
Over the next two days, Chen Zhiyu would visit Gu Ji under the guise of his mother until he was sure that Gu Ji's mindset had fully recovered.
Weekend.
Early in the morning, Gao Bo sent a WeChat message asking him to log in and play some Rainbow Six.
Gu Ji: "Not today, I want to rest more this morning."
Gao Bo: "What's going on? How come you've changed after graduating? You used to love playing Rainbow Six the most in school, didn't you?"
Gu Ji: "Having the real thing makes the fake one less interesting. Wanna head to the base this afternoon?"
Gao Bo: "Sure!"
Turning off the phone, Gu Ji shook his head and chuckled.
Honestly, ever since he started playing the "Crisis Management Game," he hadn't touched computer games for a long time.
After washing up, he relaxed at home in the morning, eating fruit and watching a movie, "Hell's Vanguard," to unwind his mind and body.
In the afternoon, he met up with Gao Bo and headed to the police training base together.
"In the Special Patrol Team, there aren't many like us who crazily compete every week..."
Gao Bo placed his hand on Gu Ji's shoulder, eagerly preparing to enter the equipment room.
Unexpectedly, they ran into a tall, fully-armored SWAT officer coming out.
They looked up and saw thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose bridge.
It was Wu Kang!
"Wu Kang?"
Compared to Gao Bo's extremely surprised expression, Wu Kang slightly widened his pupils but quickly calmed down, "What a coincidence, you guys are here too."
"Yeah, quite a coincidence."
Gao Bo never really liked Wu Kang, but as a colleague in the same system, he had to keep up appearances.
Wu Kang's focus wasn't on him but rather on Gu Ji.
"I heard you guys were involved in the 7.19 major case and achieved great success, congratulations!"
"The city bureau hasn't made any announcements yet, it's a bit early to say, but thanks."
Gu Ji's tone was flat.
Wu Kang clearly didn't want to chat much with them, made a courteous remark, and then turned into the training ground.
Watching his back, Gao Bo squinted.
"Gu Ji, why do you think Wu Kang suddenly came to the training base? Their Assault Team should have its own training field, right?"
"The district team's training field is definitely not as professional as the police headquarters base."
"True, but something's up with this guy's ambition. Do you think he might be aiming for an exchange event spot?"
"It's possible..."
Wu Kang, as the sole 24th Ningzhou member to join the Assault Team, had always been strong academically. Being in the Assault Team made him a fitting candidate for the Flying Tiger team's "urban counter-terrorism" theme exchange.
Hearing Gu Ji say this, Gao Bo was instantly filled with a strong sense of crisis, hurriedly dragging him into the equipment room to change.
Arriving at the training ground.
Every so often, rhythmic sounds of paintball firing echo, revealing Wu Kang was training.
Gao Bo sneakily glanced over.
"Gu Ji, who do you think is stronger, Wu Kang or me?"
"Honestly, when it comes to basic operational skills like shooting and quick weapon switching, he's indeed more solid than you, but his reaction and tactical skills fall short compared to yours."
Gu Ji, equipped with two sets of well-known SWAT tactics and full-level weapon skills, could already observe newcomers well.
"Currently, domestic SWAT officers mainly fall into two categories: academy-based and practical; Wu Kang is typical of the academy style, equipped with a thorough standard operating procedure that's perfect for school evaluations and SWAT competitions, like remembering formulas, but in real situations, due to lack of experience, his problem-solving speed might be slower."
"So we're practical-based?"
After all, Gao Bo had personally experienced major criminal captures, so he classified himself as the latter.
Gu Ji pondered briefly.
"Sort of, but not entirely; don't think the practical approach is superior, as it focuses on real situations, it might easily overlook standard procedures. After all, any set of tactics is open to much debate, and practical experience often can't be widely shared, at best it's a mentor-apprentice style in small training settings."
"The issue is, once a practical ace leaves, that unit's particular performance drops sharply; this is actually detrimental to team coordination and SWAT tactics development. Modern small-scale combat emphasizes teamwork; no matter how strong single-soldier skills are, they're balanced out."
Gao Bo finally understood.
Gu Ji had been training him in a "mentor-apprentice" style.
The result of this continued method.
Is that their collaboration grew stronger, but also carried a distinct "Chicken Neck Duo" style, making it uncomfortable to follow someone else's standard procedure.
This wouldn't happen with Wu Kang.
Both had their pros and cons.
Gu Ji barely counted as practical-style, but he never looked down on the academy-style. On the contrary, he always thought about whether he could turn his experience into a standard to promote domestic SWAT tactics development.
Gao Bo's fists were ready.
"What are we practicing today?"
"Quick response."
Gu Ji just acquired a skill, perfect to hone the compatibility of knowledge with thought.
Meanwhile, as the two were training.
Wu Kang was actually secretly observing them.
Watching as Gu Ji and Gao Bo played "hide and seek," then suddenly popped out to startle each other, he couldn't help but frown.
"Are they practicing immediate scene disposal?"
Upon closer look, Wu Kang gradually got the idea.
Indeed.
One reason for today's training visit was to intensify his effort, another was to measure the gap between himself and Gu Ji.
Comparison can be daunting.
Wu Kang had thought with his excellent achievements, he would eventually be selected into the Dragon Tiger Assault Team, realizing his dream to become a special operations elite and prove himself to his father.
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