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Chapter 718: Chapter 615: The Bartender: Prepared Four Faces_2

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Seeing the young man already showing signs of impatience, the masked man couldn’t help but feel tense, and he even felt his scalp prickle with a tingling sensation.

It seemed impossible to stall for time any longer.

The masked man quickly said, “I still stand by what I just said. After all, a bartender will touch every glass, and a colorless, tasteless poison could easily be added while mixing drinks… ”

As he spoke, his voice gradually lowered, then he suddenly stopped, uncertain and alarmed.

Xu Shuo looked at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, saying, “Go on, finding evidence to clear Miss Jenny of suspicion depends on the speculation of you people.”

Hearing this, the masked man twitched the corner of his mouth: “Speculation is just that, speculation. Without evidence, it can’t be established. If you really want to help Miss Jenny, you’d be better off finding the real murderer first.”

Speculations without evidence were nothing but guesswork!

So what if that speculation could be established?

No evidence!

The fists under the masked man’s clothes clenched slightly, and his breathing became a bit heavy. He stared at the young man sitting on the windowsill, as if waiting to see whether he agreed with his statement.

Xu Shuo nodded seriously, “What you said does make some sense.”

With those words, the masked man’s emotions eased slightly.

However, the other party suddenly changed the subject, looking at him with a smiling gaze, “So now, could you please take off the cloth on your face and let me see who you really are?”

The masked man instantly became highly alert, his nerves and muscles tensing as he stared at the young man: “No!”

That’s what he said.

And he was prepared to risk it all.

But the next moment, to the masked man’s shock, his hand involuntarily lifted to the edge of the black cloth on his face, ready to reveal what was underneath!

He looked fearfully at the young man, who still had a soft smile in his eyes.

Whoosh!

The black cloth on the masked man’s face was ripped off amidst his desperate resistance and fear!

And then there was another piece of white cloth on his face.

But the masked man felt no relief.

Because if the other person could control him to remove the first layer of cloth, he could just as well remove the second one!

If the masked man had held onto a sliver of luck before, now his fear completely dominated his emotions, as no matter how hard he tried to stop his own movements, he couldn’t hinder this strange controlling power.

It was as if his consciousness had split from his body.

He had no power to resist!

Even now, the other person could fully control him to pull out a dagger and stage a suicide scene without a second party!

The masked man had begun to despair.

This is Level Two script!

What kind of ability is this grotesque?

Is this an ability a Level Two player could have at this stage?!

If this were a Mutant Script, the masked man would definitely have quite a few countermeasures, but unfortunately, this was a Magic Script.

Therefore, when ordinary players encountered players with special abilities, they were basically in a state of being crushed.

—This is unfair!!

Seeing the second piece of white cloth behind his masked black bandana, Xu Shuo seemed not the least bit surprised, but just raised an eyebrow and smiled, “You’re quite thoughtful, aren’t you.”

After these words, the second white cloth on the masked man’s face was also pulled down.

Indeed, there was still a mask covering the eyes.

This guy actually had three layers of protection.

Then, the masked man “voluntarily” removed the mask covering his eyes and finally revealed a face with a scruffy beard and a somewhat weathered and rugged human appearance.

At this point, the masked man had basically given up resisting, and he just stared at Xu Shuo with a look of pleading and nervousness.

Looking at this face, Xu Shuo tilted his head.

It must be said that this face couldn’t be described as utterly unalike the bartender; it was completely unrelated.

The bartender had the air of an elegant gentleman, with a superior demeanor and an extra hint of arrogance in his eyes, just like the dismissive and haughty manner he had shown offending every customer in the bar previously.

As for this middle-aged man.

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To say he was unimpressive would be a compliment.

Xu Shuo had an impression of this man.

In the investigation files of the Luona District Police Station, he was also one of the suspects.

His name was Ma Xiusi, a regular at underground entertainment venues, always hanging around Miss Jenny.

But because he was so poor, even buying Miss Jenny a cheap drink was a luxury, let alone presenting her with jewels and dresses like those rich clients to win her favor.

Although Miss Jenny smiled at him, she never accepted any of his invitations, not even to sit and have a drink together.

Nevertheless, this man was overly obsessed with Jenny, constantly trying to hang around her like a ruffian, and often harassing those who approached her—all in all, a detestable character that everyone despised.

It’s worth mentioning that he was one of the people whose wrist Miss Jenny had twisted.

After staring at that face for a while, Xu Shuo jumped down from the windowsill and walked towards the unmasked man.

He didn’t release his spiritual power to scan the area, partly because he wanted to play around, and partly because it was unnecessary to waste that much effort.

But he knew well enough that this guy had several faces.

Under the nervous and guarded demeanor of the unmasked man, Xu Shuo approached him, reached out, and pinched his chin, looking him over.

“Ma Xiusi, I know you.”

Xu Shuo released his hand and walked around him, saying, “But what I really can’t understand is why you would go to the bar owner’s home to throw a bomb, attempting to kill that Inspector Berode. What are you trying to erase?”

The masked man remained silent, his expression changing uncertainly; he looked at the young man who was only an arm’s length away, his fingers trembling slightly at his side.

Xu Shuo feigned confusion, “Could it be that the real culprit is actually you? That’s even stranger. Although you have a motive, I can’t figure out at all when you would have acted. Can you tell me?”

The masked man was still silent, his breathing becoming more and more steady.

Xu Shuo had casually moved to his side and seeing that he got no response for a long while, he said regretfully, “If you won’t speak, then let’s just directly—”

Shua—!

A dagger with a cold gleam suddenly struck at the young man!

However, just as it was about to pierce Xu Shuo’s neck, the masked man’s hand abruptly stopped in midair, the tip of the knife only an inch from the pulsing vein under the skin.

Xu Shuo continued leisurely, coming face-to-face with the fierce-looking masked man.

“I haven’t finished my sentence yet, what’s the hurry.”

“I’m sorry!”

The masked man was both flexible and submissive, quickly dropping his menacing look, looking humbly and pleadingly at Xu Shuo.

Xu Shuo chuckled, “Actually, you have quite the ideas. Just now you could have run away, but instead you turned around to invite more trouble. Do you think that your temporary ally is unreliable?”

The masked man lowered his head.

It was then that he suddenly felt his right hand holding the dagger start to move of its own accord, the blade turning and slowly pointing at his own neck.

The masked man’s eyes widened in panic, glancing at Xu Shuo before hurriedly lifting his left hand to grab his right wrist tightly.

Despite his efforts, he could not stop the blade from moving towards his neck, and he felt the sensation of his skin being pierced; small beads of blood emerged from the wound, trickling down along the skin’s texture.

“I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything!”

The masked man shouted in terror, but in the next moment, he felt a tearing pain in his neck.

Right after that, he lost consciousness.

The dagger had actually not pierced through his neck.

The masked man, who had been assaulted by a psychic attack, closed his eyes and slumped to the ground; Xu Shuo looked at him expressionlessly, then bent down and stroked his chin.

After a while, he rubbed out a small, rolled edge, and then peeled off the entire fake skin.

Below the artificial disguise was a handsome-looking face.

It was the bartender.

This guy was indeed full of ideas.

Two cloths and a mask weren’t secure enough for him, so he had gone the extra mile to craft a fake face, probably already prepared to reveal himself in front of some lucky witness.

That way, he could pin the blame on Ma Xiusi.

Too bad he had to act up in front of Xu Shuo.

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