Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 744 - 667 Exposure (Two in One)_2

"Don’t rush, don’t rush."

Su Ran grinned, not taking Wu Laoer’s threat seriously. He took two steps forward and continued, "I must say, mate, you’ve hidden this very well. A Supreme Oath, you almost fooled us all."

"What are you blabbering on about? Don’t think that just because you’ve contributed to Cloud City, you can act recklessly!"

Wu Laoer glared at Su Ran, his ax scraping loudly, as if looking at a soon-to-be-dead body.

"Overturning Water, think before you speak, the atmosphere feels off."

The Smoke Ghost looked at these two NPCs and noticed that even the city lord’s face had turned colder. If Overturning Water offended these NPCs, could they still get the reward? He regretted even more; if only he had left the instance after claiming the reward earlier!

Overturning Water, you’ve really messed things up!

"Let me finish, no rushing."

Su Ran flashed a grin and calmly said, "When I went to get the Universe Brocade Pouch, I saw it fall into the hands of a strange man wrapped in black cloth, and that brocade pouch was wrapped around his right wrist. Just now I fooled him, and I discovered that the first thing Wu Laoer looked at was not his left wrist, but his right!"

"Since you are in such a hurry to die, then I will oblige!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Wu Laoer yelled out in fury. The twin axes in his hands turned into two bolts of lightning and charged straight at Su Ran.

"Nonsense!"

The city lord gave a loud scolding, pulled out a heavy battle-axe, placing it in front of Su Ran, and met the onslaught of these two axes.

"Clang!!!"

The huge collision resounded throughout the room, the city lord decisively flung Wu Laoer away with a heave.

"Wu Laoer, stop this nonsense! This is Cloud City, attacking an adventurer without due cause, have you forgotten the consequences?"

The city lord’s words served as a wake-up call for Wu Laoer, gradually easing his heavy breathing.

"Big brother, loosen the rules, let me teach this kid a lesson, I can’t stand him anymore!"

Wu Laoer glared at Su Ran, as if he wanted to pop his eyeballs out.

Youtong and the others, however, formed a protective circle around Su Ran, afraid that he might suffer at the hands of this NPC.

"Overturning Water, can’t you be more careful? Don’t blabber on about things you don’t know, haven’t you caused enough chaos in this instance?"

The Gentleman fumed. At this rate, they couldn’t proceed with the instance!

"Brother Overturning Water, we haven’t heard you mention that the brocade pouch was taken by a mysterious NPC. Did you make it up?"

Youtong, holding her shield, asked quietly.

"That’s true, I just didn’t tell you."

Su Ran intently watched Wu Laoer’s every move, searching for a hint of vulnerability.

"Brother Overturning Water, think about it. If we offend the NPC, can we have any good outcomes in this instance?"

The Smoke Ghost grimaced in resignation. Adventuring with Overturning Water was more nerve-wracking than he’d bargained for!

"Trust me."

With a confident smile, Su Ran replied confidently.

"Then, leave it to you. If you mess this up, you’ll pay for it!"

The Gentleman warned, suggesting him to think twice before acting.

"Don’t worry!"

...

After a while, Wu Laoer finally calmed down, no longer making any aggressive moves. However, his eyes remained fixated on Su Ran, unblinking.

"Hero, speak your thoughts. Speak freely."

The city lord said softly to Su Ran, but there was a touch of frost in his voice that anyone could detect.

"You asked me to say it, so here I am saying it! Don’t blame me if you get angry, big brother, you brought this on yourself~!"

Su Ran coughed once, and when everyone’s attention was on him, he continued, "Remember you said that the Secret Realm Horn was stolen by mountain bandits? You can’t even deny that; the City Lord is guarding it!"

"Hmph!"

Wu Laoer snorted coldly, his grip on his double axes tightened.

"So, here’s the problem. Cloud City is sealed, how did you get in contact with the bandits? During this seal, did you sneak out of Cloud City to do some shady business? Or perhaps... Are you more deeply connected with the bandits?"

"You’re spouting unjust accusations!"

Wu Laoer was so angry that he was shaking. If it weren’t for the City Lord holding him back, he would have chopped this damn human into pieces!

"Getting angry so soon?"

Su Ran chuckled, then looked at the City Lord and said hesitantly, "City Lord, I don’t dare to continue. Look at your brother’s ferocious gaze. If I continue, I may be endangering my life!"

"But feel free to continue."

The City Lord’s tone was calm, showing neither pleasure nor anger.

"Ahem, so I’ll carry on then. But, no one should interrupt me while I’m analyzing. Hold your words until I finish."

With the City Lord on his side, Su Ran got bolder.

"Big brother, from the start, I saw you were looking to create trouble. You took liberties and assigned seating without the City Lord’s permission. This is his mansion! Isn’t what you did the same as slapping him in the face? I suspect that at that moment, your ambition to usurp his position had started cropping up!"

"You..."

Wu Laoer was so angry that his nostrils flared but before he could retort, Su Ran interrupted him.

"What’s this ’you’? Hear me out!"

"After the third brother disappeared, look at you when you reported back. You were stomping your feet and raising your voice. You looked anxious, as if your pants were on fire. But then on the way here, you didn’t say a thing and showed no signs of urgency. Isn’t that really suspicious?"

"Additionally, how did you know that we didn’t kill the Magic Sky Snake? We didn’t mention it, and the City Lord didn’t ask. Yet, the certainty in your voice indicates that you must have known already!"

Su Ran’s words made everyone feel like they were in need of a refresher course. Just through brief interactions, he could find so many suspicious points about Wu Laoer. How did this ’Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained’ guys’ brain work, anyway?

"You!"

Wu Laoer was trembling with anger, unable to utter a single word. His cheeks kept shivering while his murderous eyes seemed to want to bore a hole through this cloaked human!

"Second brother, do you have anything else to say?"

The City Lord’s suspicious gaze was once again on Wu Laoer and his tone became increasingly harsh.

"Big brother! I have been with you for so many years. Even if I have no merits, I’ve put in great effort. Why do you believe in these lies?"

Wu Laoer tried to suppress his anger and looked at the City Lord with a complicated expression, "I even swore by the Supreme Oath, yet you still doubt me. Big brother, I am disappointed in you!"

"Quit your useless blabbering, playing the emotion card now, huh? You dare to label us as suspects. Justly deserved! This is all your doing!"

Seeing how things were turning, the cigar smoker began to join in the ridicule.

Youtong was a bit surprised and looked at the cigar smoker with astonishment.

"I knew you wouldn’t admit it. Don’t be in such a hurry, I still have my trump card!"

Su Ran casually looked around at the mess in the training room and said, "From what we can see here in this room, not a drop of water has dripped after the battle ended. This shows that the Magic Sky Snake must still be within Cloud City! Or perhaps... The Qiankun Pouch is on someone among us! If we have the culprit and the loot, this case is solved!"

After finishing his words, Su Ran took out a half green stone from his waist and smiled, "Without me mentioning it, someone should understand. This is the Life Core of the Magic Sky Snake! Now is the time to reveal the truth!"

"Crack!"

Without any hesitation, Su Ran crushed the half piece of green stone. In his view, if it had no effect, he would also crush the remaining half!

At that instant, the City Lord suddenly exploded into action and reached out to grab the green stone from Su Ran, but he was one step too late. The Life Core had turned to dust in front of him and had fallen to the floor.

Immediately after, a sack appeared on the City Lord’s wrist. It was wide open, and a wounded serpent appeared in everyone’s view. It was contorted into a ball and let out a cry of agony. Its painful appearance made everyone unable to bear looking at it.

Facing this sudden situation, Su Ran felt awkward.