CHAPTER 2: THE LEGEND RETURNS TO THE FIRING LINE
When qualification began, most people expected reality to return.
The old woman would miss.
The champion would dominate.
Everything would make sense again.
Instead, Naomi fired.
10.9.
Perfect.
The arena went silent.
Leon answered with a strong shot.
Naomi answered with another near-perfect score.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Soon the joke disappeared completely.
The alternate nobody respected was leading the entire competition.
Leon began to feel pressure for the first time in years.
Every shot Naomi fired seemed effortless.
Every movement looked familiar.
Too familiar.
As the scores climbed, old memories surfaced.
A forgotten photograph.
A mysterious woman partially cropped from an image beside his grandfather.
Stories that never quite explained Daniel Mercer's early success.
Meanwhile, Naomi continued shooting with calm precision.
No celebration.
No arrogance.
No revenge.
Just results.
When qualification ended, the impossible became reality.
Naomi Reed finished first.
Leon Mercer finished second.
The crowd erupted.
Reporters rushed forward.
Competitors stopped laughing.
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And Leon finally realized something terrifying.
The woman he had mocked knew things about his grandfather that his own family had never told him.
