Chapter 47

I shot the men without even blinking, hitting whoever I could find in the crosshairs. Some fled, but at least four fell without reaction. The woman climbed in front of me, taking me between the zigzag of the alleys to the highest possible of the hill. The owner of the favela should be far away, for the time she made me run and jump in the direction of the climb.

Not for a moment did it cross my mind that I might be falling into a trap, I just followed the woman as if she were one of the "tips" of the BOPE, and I shot in every direction I thought I had seen a figure. A body always fell in place of my shot.

Running in front of me, the woman held on to the corner of a wall to avoid falling, and shot at the same moment at someone who was going down the street and turning the alley. She missed her sights, and ended up being shot in the shoulder. She screamed and fell, and I lifted the gun above her, shooting. A shot hit me in the direction of the vest, but the man I hit fell,