Are You Sherlock?
The shards of glass shattered on the ground, eliciting screams—many guests and restaurant staff who hadn't managed to escape were impaled and groaned in pain on the floor.
Although no one suffered any fatal injuries because the glass shards were small, it must have felt terrible!
In this downpour of blades, even the two Assassin were slightly cut.
Only Barry, whose entire body was hardened, remained unaffected.
A howling, cold wind poured into the empty frame of the restaurant, sweeping through it, while blood-stained shards of glass on the floor reflected the dim city light.
Along with the wind and the Rainbowlight, the Shadow also landed!
The other person was dressed entirely in a long, black trench coat and wore a black hood.
He landed gently, his footsteps crunching on the broken glass, and slowly walked towards Barry.
"Come on, kid, let me see what you're made of!"
Barry growled and took the initiative to attack.
His breathing was heavy, his body was ashen, and his steps were sluggish; he looked like a giant bull charging into battle.
"Bang!"
The next moment, no one saw clearly what happened, butler Barry was sent flying backward the instant he touched the other person, blood spurting everywhere.
The Shadow figure, which had been moving slowly, suddenly accelerated—it was almost as fast as Barry, who was flying backwards, as if it were preparing to launch a deadly pursuit!
But before the Shadow could make a move, the instant Barry was sent flying...
"Waaah--!"
A whooshing sound rang out as a cold arrow shot out!
The Shadow figure dodged the arrow, but just as it grazed past...
"Boom!"
The sudden explosion of the arrow caught the Shadow off guard, forcing him to somersault to the side to regain his footing!
"Bang!"
Barry had already landed heavily on the ground, groaning in pain.
His tough skin was marred by deep, visible cuts on his left shoulder and right abdomen, making him look extremely weak—but he was still alive.
However, the Shadow did not have time to pursue the heavily wounded Barry.
The more skilled a person is, the more cautious they are. This suddenly fired arrow, especially one that could explode, naturally made even this expert Leng Jing down and observe their surroundings.
Who is it?!
He spoke in a cold voice, which sounded as if it had been processed by some kind of processor, making it impossible to discern its actual timbre.
The voice of the Nightless Sky Huo Shu rang out.
"Fool, who do you think you are, killing people with us? We are Royal Nobles!"
Do you think we don't have any experts around us?
The Nightless Sky Huo Shu spoke loudly, seemingly trying to scare the other party away.
However, the other party clearly did not accept this.
On the other side, Nightless Sky Huo Le Leng Jing spoke up.
"Your skill level is very high. You have at least undergone the highest-level modification surgery and have rich combat experience. There are not many people in the City That Never Sleeps who meet both of these conditions. If you continue to make a move now, it will be equivalent to offending both the Nightless Sky Family and the Saint Orchid Family."
"Have you thought it through... finding you might not be that difficult?"
The words of the Nightless Sky Huo Le did move the other party slightly.
But he didn't give up; he simply spoke again in a cold voice.
"Sir, I'm just doing my job for money."
As he spoke, as if he had made up his mind, he walked back to Barry, who was lying on the ground.
And at the very moment he took that step.
"Waaah--!"
The sound of something cutting through the air rang out again, and the arrow was shot out once more.
This time, the opponent was much more careful; instead of simply dodging to the side, they cautiously moved a considerable distance away.
However, this time the arrow did not explode; it pierced the wooden counter, disappearing completely into the fletching.
This time, however, the Shadow suddenly turned around and looked at the table where Lin Yu was hiding.
He kicked the table over.
But there was no one under the table!
The instant the table overturned, Lin Yu emerged from a small patch of shadow beside it, wielding two swords and slashing out in a cross pattern!
"Whoosh!"
The [Saber-toothed Bone Twin Blades] I just got from the last Instance flashed, the blades grazing the left side of the opponent, tearing the opponent's clothes and leaving a shallow bloodstain.
The opponent was also very fast, and in the blink of an eye, he drew a scythe and slashed down at Lin Yu —this is probably the origin of the scars on Barry's body.
Clang!
The twin swords and the scythe clashed, and in that instant, Lin Yu and his opponent met eyes through their masks.
Lin Yu recognized the other person's origin.
"Player?!"
This "scythe" is definitely Player's [Item]!
The other party immediately recognized Lin Yu's face.
"Sherlock?!"
He spoke with some disbelief, seemingly quite surprised.
As soon as the other party spoke, Lin Yu was certain.
"As expected, he's Player!"
Lin Yu immediately switched to the mode of interacting with people, like Sherlock.
"You've heard of me? Hey bro, could you give me some face and let's call it a day? This guy's useful to me!"
Lin Yu said with a grin.
"You've only just advanced to 'Tier 1,' what face do you have?" the other party said bluntly. "Besides, you must have only completed your 'Tier 1' mission by riding on someone else's coattails!"
As the mysterious Player spoke, he swung his scythe down again.
Lin Yu wasn't angry at being retorted like that; he simply parried the attack with his twin swords.
Anyway, it was Sherlock who was being insulted, and besides, Sherlock himself probably wouldn't even be angry if he heard it—because he did indeed take advantage of the situation.
Therefore, Lin Yu continued speaking in a relaxed tone.
"Oh, you can't say that. Having more friends means having more options... At least in the City That Never Sleeps, my words still carry weight!"
"Look at you, you can only work a miserable job, freezing on the glass roof of a restaurant in the middle of the night watching everyone eat, while I can dine with Royal Nobles in a restaurant. Isn't getting on good terms with me much more promising than being a mercenary!"
Lin Yu has already mastered three or four parts of Fu Luo's cheeky way of speaking.
The other party scoffed again. "You don't know anything!"
The scythe and the double swords clashed again, and before the weapons could be returned to their positions, the opponent delivered a high side kick.
Caught off guard, Lin Yu could only reach out to block.
"Bang!"
A solid kick landed on Lin Yu's forearm, and the other man roared, "Die!"
In the mysterious Player's mind, this full-force kick would surely break at least a few bones in Sherlock!
However, he felt as if he had kicked a steel plate.
"What the hell?!"
He was utterly shocked and took two steps back, looking at the proud Sherlock and speaking in astonishment.
"You're Tier 1 '?! You're a 'Detective'?!"
"How come they're even tougher than the people in that renovated, City That Never Sleeps over there!"
Lin Yu chuckled.
With the "soldier's" five times physical strength, plus the [Barbarian Guard Gauntlets], [Reusable Universal Buff Potion], and the last bit of [Frost Blessing] stored in the [Blissful Immortal Pot]...
Is it unreasonable that I'm a little harder than that old man who had skin sclerotherapy?
He looked at the other person and spoke sarcastically.
"This is all the result of my daily training. Who says a 'Detective' can't hone their physique?"
"How can the technology and grueling work of the City That Never Sleeps compare to my meticulously honed and trained physique!"