Chapter 38

This was what he found on a piece of outer wall glass when he "jumped off the building" earlier.

Such a tiny fish scale,

on such a large outer wall area,

and during such a rapid fall,

an ordinary person might not have been able to notice it at all,

but Lu Shu saw it at a glance.

From the shape and smell of the fish scale,

it was a scale from a sea fish.

And the freshness of the fish scale indicated

that the killer’s activity location wouldn't be too far from the hotel.

Lu Shu could even infer

that before the killer completed the bounty mission,

he shouldn't have taken a careful bath,

otherwise he should have noticed that a tiny scale was still left in his hair.

A killer who doesn't carefully check his own body before a mission

cannot be called a qualified killer.

"Young man, want to buy some fish?"

"Just pulled from the boat today, it’s very fresh!"

A middle-aged woman selling seafood was eagerly promoting her seafood.

Lu Shu responded with a smile,

and politely declined.

Then he continued to stroll forward.

Just as he was about to finish walking through this entire row of stalls,

in front of the stall at the very end,

his footsteps slowed to a stop,

and he looked with great interest at a group of fish swimming happily in the tank.

"Boss, what kind of fish is this?"

The stall owner was a lean man with dark skin.

Seeing business coming,

he responded with a bright smile.

"This? It’s an East Spotted Grouper."

"This fish is hard to catch, I’m not bragging."

"Only my stall sells this fish every day."

"It’s very delicious, young man, want to take one?"

After the boss finished speaking,

Lu Shu squatted down in front of the stall,

showing great interest in this "delicious" fish.

And behind him,

Liu Fan and the other two saw Lu Shu stop in front of a stall,

and their hearts jumped violently.

Liu Fan made a few subtle gestures quickly,

and the plainclothes officers scattered around began to move closer slowly.

At the stall,

Lu Shu asked with a smile,

"How much is this fish per jin?"

"300!"

"..."

Lu Shu’s outstretched hand retracted instantly,

and he stood up, ready to leave.

"Don't go, young brother!"

"This fish is definitely delicious! Especially for girls, it’s great for beauty and skincare."

"Really?"

"Absolutely! If it’s not delicious, you can come back to me for a refund! Want one?"

"Alright then. Help me clean it."

"Alright!"

Hearing the words "beauty and skincare,"

Lu Shu squatted back down,

and ordered an expensive East Spotted Grouper.

He asked casually,

"Listening to the boss’s accent, you’re not from the Dragon Kingdom?"

The fish stall boss picked up a knife and processed the East Spotted Grouper quickly,

while laughing heartily.

"Yeah, I’m from Northern Mianbei."

"Actually, I’m just working for the boss, I’ll be going back soon."

Lu Shu nodded without speaking.

He watched the boss process the fish’s internal organs with a smile.

Suddenly, he said,

"The position of this cut isn't very good."

"Although you removed the internal organs, you’ll break the fish gallbladder."

"The fish meat will be bitter."

After saying this,

Lu Shu looked up at the boss and said with a smile,

"Your knife skills are good."

"But you’re not very skilled at killing fish, boss."

Hearing this,

the fish stall boss’s movements paused,

and then he looked up too,

grinning to reveal white teeth.

"Young brother is joking, how could I not be skilled?"

"I sell fish!"

While speaking,

the fish-killing knife in the boss’s hand

turned gently,

and stabbed straight toward Lu Shu’s chest.

Chapter 44: Your killer ranking is only 48? A bit amateurish...

"Oh no! He’s attacking!!"

Liu Fan and the other two in the back saw the fish stall boss pull out a knife,

and their hearts were shocked.

His heart gave a violent jolt.

This turn of events happened too suddenly!

Just a moment ago, the three of them had clearly seen Lu Shu chatting with the boss.

One second,

these two,

one with a faint, shy smile on his face,

and the other with a hearty, harmless smile on his face.

Then the next second,

Lu Shu said something,

and the fish stall boss smiled and stabbed him directly with the fish-killing knife.

There was absolutely no sign!

Even though the attention of the three of them had been on Lu Shu,

they hadn't reacted in time at that moment.

"Action!!!"

"Be careful to evacuate the crowd!"

"Target is the fish stall at the east end of the second street!"

Liu Fan issued the command quickly into his hidden communicator,

and pulled out his service pistol,

rushing over as fast as he could.

The distance of 50 meters,

with the obstruction of the crowd,

would take at least 10 seconds to run at full speed,

and 10 seconds

was enough for a professional killer

and a part-time killer

to attack each other dozens of times.

In the fish stall boss’s hearty smile,

that 30-centimeter-long fish-killing knife,

covered in scales,

stabbed silently toward Lu Shu’s chest.

The distance between the two was very close,

almost as if the fish stall boss only needed to straighten his arm

to stab the fish-killing knife in.

Lu Shu’s face

also carried a faint, light smile,

his gaze still looking into the fish stall boss’s eyes,

but his left hand had already balled into a fist and smashed into the fish stall boss’s forearm that was holding the knife.

The sharp blade tip

had almost touched the clothes on Lu Shu’s chest,

and then was smashed into an inclined arc,

narrowly missing his body.

The fatal blow failed,

and the fish stall boss quickly changed his moves.

His right hand, which had been smashed off-course, loosened,

and the fish-killing knife fell into his free left hand.

He reversed his grip on the handle,

and stabbed toward Lu Shu’s right ribcage again.

But Lu Shu seemed to have predicted the fish stall boss’s next move,

blocked with his right arm,

and his left hand shifted gently.

Crack!

A crisp bone sound came,

and the fish stall boss’s left arm joint was dislocated.

He no longer had the strength to hold the fish-killing knife.

The falling fish-killing knife was gently gripped by Lu Shu,

and with a thud,

he backhanded it and nailed the fish stall boss’s left hand onto the cutting board.

In the blink of an eye,

the fish stall boss’s left arm was crippled,

and his left palm was pierced through.

There was no fluctuation in the expression on his face.

Only his eyes

were cold and cruel.

His entire upper body leaned back slightly,

his intact right arm retracted,

and it shot out from his chest like a viper.

His four fingers curled, his middle finger knuckle protruding,

and he smashed fiercely toward Lu Shu’s temple.

Lu Shu smiled shyly,

tilted his head slightly,

and at a strange angle,

reached out and touched the right arm that the fish stall boss was using to attack.

Crack!

Another crisp sound,

and the fish stall boss’s right arm

was snapped backward directly.

In just a few moments,

both left and right arms were completely crippled.

The calm look in the fish stall boss’s eyes finally loosened,

and he groaned.

His left hand, which was nailed to the cutting board,

was forcibly pulled out by him,

and blood sprayed out instantly.

Without any hesitation,

the fish stall boss turned and rushed toward the shop,

preparing to run away.

But the next moment,

that fish-killing knife was already in Lu Shu’s hand,

and he threw it out with a flick of his wrist.

He flicked his hand, and a blade shot out.