346

Your gunfire impacts against the pillar and instinctively you pull away from the window in case the assassin attempts to return fire. (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.) A few seconds later, there is a crash of breaking glass and you catch sight of something vaguely resembling a can of food as it flies through the window and bounces on the carpeted floor. Immediately there is a flash and a stream of sickly, cream-coloured gas shoots from its base. As the gas rapidly fills the room, your throat tightens and your eyes stream. A wave of nausea hits you and you rush frantically from the room before it fills to the ceiling with noxious tear gas: lose 3 ENDURANCE points.

Coughing and retching, you stagger along the corridor until you come to a fire exit at the rear of the building. Desperate for clean air, you kick its locking bar and stumble out into the courthouse yard. You have taken just two steps when the assassin comes rushing around the corner of the courthouse, his rifle in his hand.

If you have sufficient ammunition for one round of fire, turn to 181.

If you do not, turn to 270.