Chapter 283: The Raid (Please Subscribe)

At the Hunter Bar, 'Madman' Karl ordered a glass of fire-whiskey, his gaze sweeping across the bounty wall.

Business at the bar was still good, and many drunks were discussing what had happened in the Queen's District today, spitting as they spoke as if they had seen the Magician's escape performance with their own eyes.

"The atmosphere has been a bit off lately."

Karl scanned the bar counter; not only had the previous owner, Mr. Bote, disappeared, but now even Mr. Baerjin had left.

He downed the drink in his glass in one gulp, pulled out a few banknotes, pressed them under the glass, and stood up to walk out of the bar.

Just then, a man in black brushed past him.

He immediately clutched his paper bag and fled the scene quickly.

"Mr. Monite."

Suddenly, a scream shattered the original silence; Lili ignored the materials on the table and grabbed Jessita's hand, intending to flee.

……

His hands and feet began to tremble uncontrollably, and this trembling became even more pronounced after he discovered several strange, ill-intentioned individuals wandering the scene.

Amidst intense tinnitus, Karl struggled to climb to his feet, looking at the bar engulfed in flames behind him and the shouting crowd all around, his expression becoming incomparably blank……

The surrounding streets had already been cordoned off by police officers, with warning tape pulled across.

Karl twitched his nose and caught the thick scent of blood.

William stood among the onlookers, watching this scene, and suddenly felt a sense of suffocation.

Castle Hall.

William's expression went blank for a moment, and his footsteps turned in another direction almost involuntarily, arriving near the Hunter Bar.

A terrifying feeling spread, causing the surrounding darkness to become even thicker.

Karl reached into his coat and touched his Zoulun.

In an instant, all the Extraordinaries in the market felt the Mysteriousness of the surrounding environment drop, and even most of their Extraordinary Abilities lost their effectiveness!

Suddenly, a terrifying explosion occurred in the Hunter Bar behind him.

The next day.

Xisituosi withdrew his gaze from a pair of sisters fleeing in panic, his right hand gripping a Magical Item shaped like a tin microphone: "Extraordinaries are also ordinary people, ordinary people do not possess Extraordinary Abilities…… Therefore, the local Extraordinaries will lose their Extraordinary Abilities, the demonstration…… is passed!"

William walked into the room and found Aaron: "Something happened at the bar. I came back very carefully and paid attention to my surroundings; no one followed me."

Haixinge shouted, a look of exhilaration appearing on his face.

"Gentlemen of the Investigation Bureau, do you intend to break past agreements and go to full-scale war with the Black Queen's District?"

"Is it that Hunter Bar?"

'No, don't be afraid…… I am already the Half-breed Hualsen.'

Feeling the Human Skin Mask on his face, William's mood finally calmed down: 'Yes, I am just an ordinary manservant who heard the news of the explosion while buying supplies and came over to take a curious look…… I am mixed in with so many people, I am not conspicuous at all, there won't be any problems.'

Just as Lili was about to say this to Jessita, she saw a large wave of people walking out from the passageway.

Lili shook her head and looked toward the flow of people.

"It's those Secret Police!"

Most of them wore uniform black outfits, and their every move appeared particularly capable, as if they had undergone specialized training.

'That person must have a problem.'

"Whether you were followed or not is not for you to decide."

"Begin."

"Halsey, you were the one who crossed the line first."

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt there were quite a few more customers tonight than last night.

……

"That's the place; there was a gas explosion accident last night, and quite a few people died……"

Silently recalling a few books on acting cultivation he had read in the Grammar School Library, William turned his steps and muttered: "If I don't go back now, I'll get scolded again."

A corpse-carrier stumbled, and a charred arm dangled powerlessly from the stretcher……

"We should write a letter to the city government demanding the replacement of the old gas pipes."

"The Hyena is here!"

At this moment, the market suddenly fell into a Weird silence, and many Extraordinaries' bodies were trembling.

Phoenix Street, No. 27.

"It's the Investigation Bureau!"

One corpse after another was cleared from the ruins, covered with white cloth, and carried away.

William held a paper bag filled with bread and vegetables, the high-piled food almost occupying his entire field of vision.

……

Xisituosi sighed: "Establishing a market is fine, but the logistics system you created has too much influence…… Even…… the other rulers of the Black Queen's District are eyeing you with jealousy. You cannot represent the entire Black Queen's District…… Now, we are just clearing out the rats in the sewer. If you want war, we will give you war!"

"Team One and Team Two, occupy and seal all entrances and exits; the rest of you come with me to the third floor of the castle."

"Hunter Bar…… that bar has good business, but strange people are always coming and going…… I suspect it wasn't an explosion, but a gang vendetta!"

Lili and Jessita were still guarding their stall, chatting about Gelin Bote.

"After I go back, I must suggest to Mr. Monite that we hire a few more cooks and maids; I can't do everything by myself, I'll be worked to death."

He passed a street corner newsstand and suddenly stopped.

Boom—!

"Don't mention him to me; that man forged such indecent things, he definitely isn't a good person!"

Lili subconsciously squeezed her legs together, somewhat exasperated.

Jessita tilted her head and smiled: "I always feel that whenever you mention Mr. Bote, sister, you become very strange…… Sigh, when will we be able to open the Third Primordial Substance?"

Aaron tossed a coin, glanced at it, and then shook his head indifferently; compared to the final message Halsey sent last night—that the Moving Castle was raided by the Investigation Bureau and might fall—the bar was merely a trivial matter.

"They might still have eyes nearby, looking for me?"

The Scholar's mental enhancement allowed him to clearly distinguish the conversations of those around him while he was busy.

A rumbling sound of voices shook everyone's eardrums; on the walls of the Castle Hall, a massive face emerged, with a large quantity of bricks shifting to form the image of Halsey.

Some of those fellows were acting rather suspiciously.

Flames soared into the sky, and a shockwave and blast of air sent Karl flying, causing him to roll several times on the ground, his back covered in blood.

"I... they wanted to attack the bar... if I were still working as a waiter, I would definitely be dead!"

"I heard that Mr. Bote is a big shot; we haven't seen him lately... The dagger he brought last time seemed very powerful too, right? Sister?" Jessita looked at Lili: "That dagger must have been forged by Mr. Bote himself; he is a 'Craftsman'!"

"The most critical thing is that it wasn't the Desire Spirit Sect taking revenge, but the Investigation Bureau that acted; it almost made me think the Investigation Bureau was a dog kept by the Desire Spirit Sect!"

"However, the Investigation Bureau is indeed a dog, so only those few people could be ordering it around... The Desire Spirit Sect has a lot of Influence in the upper echelons of the kingdom."

This incident happened too quickly, forcing Aaron to suspect that the 'God of Suffering' was using the hands of the Investigation Bureau to take revenge!

(End of chapter)