Chapter 719 -616: The Scent of Beauty Fades
Fragrant Residence Bar alley.
While Xu Shuo had gone to track the limping bartender, the Luona District Police Station had already responded. They first tightly sealed off the nearby streets and then sent someone to urgently repair the bar’s electrical switch.
In a short while, the backup power was activated, and the chaotic interior of Fragrant Residence Bar reappeared before everyone’s eyes.
Due to the threat of Xu Shuo’s gunshot before he left, the majority of people indeed didn’t dare to move rashly. Later, the deputy chief arrived with backup officers, promptly handcuffing everyone.
Watching as those people one by one held their heads and squatted down against the wall in a row, the deputy chief felt an overwhelming sense of security.
During the power outage, he had attempted to take charge, but nearly got killed by random gunfire in the chaos. Fortunately, he managed to dive behind a booth in time to avoid certain death.
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Following that, he didn’t try to play the hero again, but instead sneakily slipped out of the bar to call for support, only to find that the outside was also in disarray.
The moment the power went out, someone smashed the streetlights on the side of the road and threw a number of smoke bombs outside, indiscriminately attacking the officers stationed there amidst the smoke.
This led to some patrons taking advantage of the chaos to escape before they could be stopped.
After coming out and seeing this situation, the deputy chief decisively requested instructions from his superior, and then immediately granted the officers permission to fire at will.
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Although they haven’t caught anyone up to this point and still don’t know who it was that attacked them in the smoke,
at least they managed to stabilize the scene…
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Xu Shuo walked down the street, replied to the deputy chief’s message on his terminal, then turned it off and headed towards the bar owner’s house.
That could no longer be called a house.
It was ruins.
After the bartender secretly threw a few bombs, his hastily assembled allies did their duty diligently, throwing a few more bombs later, directly raising the temperature to levels unbearable for normal people.
The continuously burning steel bars were almost melting.
A few officers were next to a water hose, cooling down the ruins, while also keeping the residents who wanted to come over to see the commotion at bay.
Xu Shuo didn’t show himself, surveying the surroundings from a distance.
Not seeing any trace of the people who had been in the house before, he simply didn’t bother searching. Instead, he released his Mind Network to encompass the area.
The next moment, Xu Shuo appeared near the bar owner, retrieving the Alpha Character Card.
He emerged from around the corner, startling the bar owner.
“Chief Belrod?”
The bar owner was still in a state of shock.
Xu Shuo sized him up; the man was even more injured now, but his spirits still seemed to be strong.
The worst off was Jenny at his side, covered in blood, flesh bursting open to reveal the special mechanical material wrapped inside.
Her bones consisted of cable-like white mechanical devices, exceptionally intricate. Without directly severing a limb and looking closely, it would be very difficult for the average person to notice the abnormalities inside Jenny.
Presumably, to protect the bar owner, Jenny had lost the stunning beauty she once had.
In human terms, she had been disfigured.
Now, none of her past glory and allure remained, only the ugly machinery and ghastly scars.
Her once brilliant golden hair had mostly been burned away, messily clinging to her head, and the flesh on her face bore charred marks, even the area around her eyes appeared twisted.
Even the most fervent fans who had once adored her probably wouldn’t recognize her as the dazzling Miss Jenny.
Before dawn today, she was a glamorous lady indulging in the spotlight on a gleaming stage. After dawn, she would likely need to be reforged.
Although Jenny herself showed no emotional fluctuations to any of these changes, remaining as calm and cold as ever.
At the sight of such a beauty fallen, Xu Shuo couldn’t help but feel a faint twinge of regret.
“What a pity.”
Yet as he expressed this sentiment, he himself was startled for a moment.
Xu Shuo quickly regained his composure, masking the emotions he wouldn’t normally harbor, and turned to the bar owner, “We’ll need to borrow Jenny for a while. She counts as one of the witnesses.”
The bar owner’s mouth twitched slightly, “She’s like this, and you can still use her?”
“Of course, I can.”
Xu Shuo said indifferently, “As long as she’s not dead, she can be used, same as you.”
The bar owner: “…”
At that moment, Xu Shuo looked down at the message on his terminal again.
Then, with a calm expression, he turned off the terminal and prepared to leave, but before he left, he told the bar owner the familiar “Stay here.”
Upon hearing this, the bar owner seemed about to say something but ultimately didn’t say anything at all.
What could he say? He could only mutter an acknowledgment.
Back then, the bar owner was barbaric enough to show killing intent within ten minutes of a meeting and reckless enough to head into battle alone without knowing the enemy situation.
Now, he had been beaten to the point of losing his temper.
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The one who had contacted Xu Shuo just now was Mr. Lei.
In fact, as soon as the Mind Network spread out, he saw Mr. Lei’s location but chose to find the bar owner first, who could possibly skip town at any moment.
Compared to the bar owner, who looked utterly miserable inside out, Mr. Lei’s current state was a misery that couldn’t be seen on the surface.
He sat on the ground in disarray, looking somewhat irritable.
Even though there were no major injuries on the surface of his body, his energy was weak and unstable, as if hollowed out on the inside.
“You didn’t catch your prey?”
Xu Shuo strolled over and said, “I didn’t bother you this time.”
Mr. Lei couldn’t help but roll his eyes, “Do you already know I was fighting here, and that’s why you didn’t even bother to come and help?”
One second you say I’m hindering your hunt, and the next you ask why I don’t come to help, tsk.” Xu Shuo shook his head.
“Stop being sarcastic, I almost got blown up protecting your stuff, and you don’t even mention that!” Mr. Lei said angrily, throwing something over.
Xu Shuo caught the object flying through the air with his fingertips; it was an intact lipstick.
When the first explosion happened, everyone hastily ducked for cover, and naturally, the box held by the bar owner also rolled to the ground.
Then, the second explosion occurred at the moment Xu Shuo chased someone out through a window.
Mr. Lei was quick to react too. As he flipped to avoid the explosion, he grabbed the lipstick that rolled in front of him.
After that, he was attacked again!
The bar owner was the worst off because he was already seriously injured.
Luckily, he had a machine woman protector, agile and immune to pain. She received the bar owner’s call for help and shielded him with her body, immediately moving him out of the danger zone.
Likewise, during the battle between Mr. Lei and the mysterious person, the third explosion blasted them away.
But Jenny, the robot, was exceptionally tough; dragging her bloody skin and cables, she managed to evade detection and successfully got the bar owner to safety.
Then, the title of the most wretched fell upon Mr. Lei’s head.
With a disgruntled face, Mr. Lei sat on the ground and said, “That woman’s movement technique is not to be underestimated; she’s somewhat skilled too. I even suspect that her abilities are of the same type as those I’ve cultivated.”
Xu Shuo asked curiously, “What type?”
Mr. Lei was about to respond, then realized he had said too much.
He stopped mid-speech and stared at Xu Shuo, “Let’s not talk about that right now. I’ve helped you so much, aren’t you going to help me find that person now?”
Xu Shuo, holding the lipstick between his fingers, shook it and smiled, “Of course, I can.”
With his response, Mr. Lei finally felt at ease.
He had fought tooth and nail to save a lipstick, just to exchange a favor, the repayment of a repayment.
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