There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 631
Chapter 631: Chapter 545 North Mountain: No Plans No Plans Chapter 631: Chapter 545 North Mountain: No Plans No Plans The crisp sound of a collision carried far.
Immediately afterward, the figure slowly walking forward with an axe in hand paused for a moment, then turned to look towards the end of the street.
The gaze lasted only two seconds.
Subsequently, as if having spotted new prey, the figure immediately changed direction and walked toward the two people standing at the entrance of the street.
But his pace was still very slow.
At the street entrance, Xu Shuo turned his head to look at the scholarly woman beside him, his eyes seemingly puzzled—why couldn’t she discern his movements clearly?
The scholarly woman hurriedly defended herself, “His attack speed is really fast!”
“Well, let’s see how long it takes him to walk over here.”
Xu Shuo, with all the leisure in the world, crossed his arms and laid the dark green Bamboo Joint Cane on his shoulder, leaning against the wall in a relaxed posture, tilting his head as he watched the slowly approaching figure.
...
The scholarly woman stood behind him, planning to run away immediately if the young man couldn’t fend off the attack when the monster made its move!
Neither of them spoke again.
There they stood in silence, watching the figure taking slow steps under the moonlight grow closer.
One minute later!
Two minutes later!
Three minutes later!
Xu Shuo yawned.
He spoke, “Logically speaking, a fifty-meter sprint at full speed would take about eight seconds, and walking at a normal pace should take roughly a minute.
I’m genuinely curious if his shoes are filled with lead.”
The scholarly woman had no response, “…”
That figure was only about two dozen feet away from them now, the clear moonlight shining in the alleyway, bright enough for them to see the person’s face.
The scholarly woman gasped, “It’s Old Li!”
Xu Shuo raised an eyebrow, “The one whose wife and son died today?”
The scholarly woman nodded, “Yes, it’s—ah!”
Just as she was in mid-sentence, the scholarly woman suddenly let out a scream!
Because Old Li, who had just been at a distance from them, appeared in front of Xu Shuo in the blink of an eye and had already raised the axe high!
She completely failed to see his move!
It was as if he had teleported without any warning!
Yet Xu Shuo remained calm.
He seemed to have anticipated this, the cane that had been resting on his shoulder was now somehow positioned in front of him, precisely where the axe was descending!
In fact, Xu Shuo was quite familiar with this sudden attack technique.
Because a long time ago, he had encountered a similar attack—Director Zhang’s dagger—in the second script he battled.
Visual misdirection!
In the viewer’s eyes, the sluggish Old Li was still some distance away, but actually, the old fellow was already close at hand!
And all of this was laid bare under the scrutiny of “Bright Vision”!
“Clang!”
The axe struck the Bamboo Joint Cane, emitting a clear chime!
Old Li, attacking with an expressionless face, was knocked back half a step.
He then continued chopping with his axe, his face grim, those pitch-black eyes dead yet menacing!
Xu Shuo, who had been leaning against the wall, had already spun out of place, the cane in his hands twirling, ready to strike at the undefended opening in Old Li’s chest.
But just at that moment!
Xu Shuo suddenly sensed something, his eyes flickered, then he stepped aside and immediately stumbled, faltering!
He directly lost his balance and fell to the ground, the cane slipping from his grasp.
The scholarly woman watching from behind: “???”
From her angle, she could see clearly, so unless she was seeing things, wasn’t that step just now redundant?
You were already steady on your feet!
Why take another step to the side?!
As the sharp edge of the axe descended towards the young man’s head, the scholarly woman stood frozen behind, as if she was already witnessing a spray of red blood shooting into the sky.
However, the next moment—
A sheet of crimson indeed enveloped before her eyes.
But it wasn’t blood.
It was red silk ribbon swirling through the air, sweeping down like flowing silk, instantly wrapping around the descending axe and snapping it back at Old Li.
The sheer force sent him flying backward, crashing heavily at the end of the street!
Bang!
The scholarly woman jolted back to her senses!
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She abruptly looked up!
There, standing impeccably poised two meters above her head on the familiar courtyard wall, was a bride in a skirt and jacket style wedding dress!
Because she was looking up, she also saw the red embroidered shoes under the skirt, as well as the glaring bloodstains spilling from beneath the soles.
A heavy scent of blood radiated from the other party.
Murderous aura fearsome to the extreme!
Suddenly, the bride’s gaze turned towards her location!
The moment she felt locked by that qi, the female scholar’s body uncontrollably began to tremble with fright and terror, yet she dared not even twitch.
She stood no chance of resisting this adversary!
But even as she stared at her for quite a long while, the bride quietly averted her gaze once more.
Her face was concealed under the red bridal veil, making it impossible to discern her expression or mood at that moment.
The female scholar trembled violently, not daring to make a sound.
In contrast, the other party was exceedingly composed, only revealing a rather contrived look of surprise upon looking up at the bride.
“What are you doing here?”
“Didn’t I tell you not to wander around outside at night?”
There was no fluctuation in the bride’s tone, but from the voice that no longer sounded so ethereal and delicate, that subdued phrase carried a hint of danger.
Quite a novelty.
It was usually Xu Shuo who threatened Xu Xi like this.
Today, however, he was experiencing it from the opposite person’s perspective.
Before Xu Shuo could respond, however, the bride suddenly flung out her arm, and a swath of blood-red silk flew from her wide sleeves, wrapping around Xu Shuo and taking him up onto the courtyard wall with her.
Afterward, the bride, with her arm around his waist, flew straight towards North Mountain.
Whoosh—
The two sped through the lanes and alleys so quickly that in the blink of an eye, they had disappeared from sight, leaving only a fleeting glimpse of bright red under the moonlight.
At the street corner.
The female scholar stood there dazed, gazing with a salute towards the departing red figure in the sky.
After a long while, she lowered her gaze to the bloodstained footprint on the wall.
Then she turned her head to look at the end of the street, where Old Li, the figure who to her was akin to a boss-level character, was now lying motionless on the ground.
The female scholar gradually recovered her senses—
The true boss was actually right beside me all along!
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Elsewhere.
In a small alley around the corner of this street.
An old man and a young boy, who were previously engaged in a quiet struggle over their clothes, paused their contention and turned their ears to listen upon hearing the sound of something striking the bricks, planning to first see what had happened.
Then they waited a full three minutes!
Anyway, during that time, Mr.
Wang’s compass kept spinning rapidly.
Three minutes later.
Without any warning, someone flew over and landed with a splat at the entrance of the alley where they were hiding.
And a firewood knife also flew in, spinning and rolling on the ground before coming to rest at the feet of Mr.
Wang, who stood on the periphery.
Suddenly, both Mr.
Wang and the village chief fell silent.
After a while.
They rapidly looked up, only to see a red figure sweeping swiftly through the sky, tinged with an ominous murderous aura!
Such strong resentment energy!
The village chief, in a moment of realization, became extremely tense, his nerves taut with apprehension!
Not to mention Mr.
Wang beside him, who felt as though he had been locked onto by something chilling his scalp, nearly triggering a reflexive outburst!
Fortunately, these sensations were fleeting.
The red figure did not linger for the two of them, vanishing towards the direction of North Mountain in the blink of an eye, apparently still halfway up the slope.
…
After regaining his composure, the village chief turned to the stunned Mr.
Wang and abruptly asked, “Where were you planning to go originally?”
Mr.
Wang looked back at him, returning the question, “And where were you planning to go?”
Village Chief: “I was waiting for someone to return to North Mountain.”
Mr.
Wang: “I was headed to North Mountain.”
But as it stood, it seemed neither of them could make it tonight.
Village Chief: “…”
Mr.
Wang: “…”
Silence, silence like tonight’s Osmanthus Tree.
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