There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 710 - 610: Can’t Run Far
Chapter 710 -610: Can’t Run Far
Xu Shuo took a few steps in that direction and faintly made out a man and a woman wrestling together.
Of course, it was a normal scuffle.
The two fought from their booth all the way to the back of the bar, where a clatter of breaking bottles ensued; many expensive types of alcohol became casualties, spilling into the air and filling it with a strong, intoxicating aroma.
And as Xu Shuo approached, the woman suddenly glanced at him, her movements becoming more cautious.
In the darkness, Xu Shuo raised his hand and aimed at the woman.
“Bang!”
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“Bang!”
“Bang!”
He fired three shots in rapid succession, but missed the incredibly agile woman, his bullets knocking down the shelves behind the bar and barely missing the man who was grappling with her.
Just then, the woman flipped out of the narrow bar area, quickly retreated, and concealed herself behind a booth.
Immediately afterward, she seemed to reach and throw something onto the floor.
Boom!
A muffled explosion sounded, with black smoke spreading through the already dark bar, instantly obscuring the sight of the entire hall.
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In such darkness, even Xu Shuo, with his good eyesight, was unable to track any figures.
But he still raised his musket and blindly fired a shot towards the direction of the bar’s entrance, discharging the last bullet in his firearm.
That satisfied his compulsion.
However, the next moment, subtle movements beside him, and in the darkness, a musket was pointed at his head.
Xu Shuo turned his head to look, and those silvery-grey eyes shone through the dark like glass, and then he raised his empty magazine’s musket in response.
“Count to three, let’s shoot together,” Xu Shuo chuckled softly.
“Hey, hey, hey…”
The person opposite immediately cowered, a familiar frivolous voice coming through the darkness as he put away his musket.
Thus, Xu Shuo nonchalantly lowered his empty weapon as well.
Mr. Lei slowly stepped forward, and only after approaching within about a meter did his silhouette and facial features become distinct in the darkness.
He complained, “You just scared away my prey; I was so close to catching her!”
Xu Shuo curled his lips into a smirk, “Is that so? But it seemed to me that you were the one pinned down by her at the bar, unable to even stand straight.”
Mr. Lei blinked and said, “Are you driving at something?”
“…”
Xu Shuo ignored Mr. Lei’s attempt to change the subject, walked out from behind the bar, glanced casually around the hall, then went to the corner where the sound system was located and turned off the pounding music.
The only speaker playing music was in that corner, as if it had been deliberately left on to cover up the noise of their movements.
Instantly, the bar fell silent.
Once the music stopped, the rowdy chaos of the patrons instinctively ceased as well, as if their cover had been lifted, causing them to reflexively halt their unreasonable actions.
In the silent darkness, all that could be heard were the heavy panting and frightened whimpering of a crowd.
The scattered police officers were the quickest to react, swiftly taking control of the nearest strangers, no matter who, to gain the upper hand.
“Before the lights come on, anyone who dares to move will be responsible for the consequences.”
Xu Shuo spoke indifferently, picked up a musket from the ground, aimed it at the ceiling, and fired.
“Bang!”
The deafening sound of the gun shook the people around, who, smelling the gunpowder and blood in the air, felt their hearts pounding fiercely.
Suddenly, whether they were patrons of the bar or officers from the Luona District Police Station, no one dared make a sound, fearing they might be accidentally injured by this formidable officer.
After intimidating the remaining people in the bar, Xu Shuo then turned around and headed back towards the back of the bar.
Mr. Lei followed, and upon glancing at the empty gun that the young man had casually thrown on the ground earlier, he said in frustration, “So, you didn’t have any bullets in the gun just now, did you?”
Xu Shuo chuckled, “Now I do.”
Besides.
He also carried a special firearm with him at all times, but just hadn’t used it until now.
So, in truth, he was always armed.
The magazine of the firearm could only hold twelve bullets. Xu Shuo checked the bullets as he walked, and when he reached the door of the bar’s office, he stopped and looked towards the end of the corridor.
There, the back door of the bar was open.
A thick Blood Thread trailed from the office to the door, disappearing at the end.
Upon seeing this, Mr. Lei whistled in schadenfreude, “Yo-ho~ You scared my people away, and now your own people have taken off, huh?”
Xu Shuo averted his gaze, “Won’t get far.”
He entered the nearby staff break room and found the electrical panel, but the lines inside had been vandalized.
Seeing this, Xu Shuo simply gave up on restoring the bar’s lighting.
He turned and headed towards the bar’s back door, asking as he walked, “Tell me exactly what happened outside just now.”
Mr. Lei clicked his tongue, “I don’t know exactly how the power was cut, but once the lights went out, the noise started by the bar first. People who got doused with the drinks were electrocuted by the water.”
Then came the sound of gunfire.
And then the frightened shouts of some bar patrons, followed by the sounds of panicked footsteps, shoving, and finally an abrupt gunshot that completely ignited the chaos!
And that gunshot.
It was actually fired by the deputy who ran through the corridor. His original intention might have been to intimidate the crowd like Inspector Berrod, to calm the chaos, but it backfired and directly led to a riot.
Of course, Mr. Lei was still serenely sitting in his own booth until a woman’s figure crept out of the darkness, attempting to attack him.
After guessing that this woman might be the one trying to kill him, Mr. Lei naturally wasn’t going to sit still and be a victim.
Thus, the entire bar’s brawl ignited with his and this woman’s fight, both of them not caring about the bystanders at all, just directing their lethal moves at each other!
The fight spread to those around, who, in panic, also began to randomly attack the people next to them.
And then everyone was fighting…
“So, you’re the ringleader,” Xu Shuo said emotionlessly.
“How can you calculate it like this?!”
Mr. Lei immediately took exception!
He complained, “The real reason should be that your Police Inspectorate failed to secure the whole bar. A dozen armed people couldn’t even manage a few dozen unarmed civilians, otherwise how could it turn into such a mess?”
It must be said, although Mr. Lei’s reasoning was somewhat far-fetched, there was also some truth to it.
Xu Shuo suddenly reflected, “Indeed, one should never trust that his subordinates are without fault. Once, there was someone who trusted his men, and later he lost his life.”
Mr. Lei bit back, “Who?”
But Xu Shuo didn’t say anything more. He stood in the back alley of the bar, with the help of the dim streetlight, his gaze settling on the bloodstains on the ground.
The moonlight was clear and bright.
The fully enclosed bar was pitch-black inside, but outside, it was brightly lit, the moonlight casting its cold glow on the buildings, outlining the contours of reinforced concrete.
The night was not completely silent, with faint sounds coming from somewhere.
Since mastering the use of his spiritual power, Xu Shuo’s senses had become increasingly keen, enabling him to vaguely see into the distance, even in darkness like earlier.
And as he calmed his mind to survey the alley, he seemed to sense something different.
Just then,
Mr. Lei suddenly said, “It’s over there.”
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