The Demon Pig Bar and the Butcher

In the underground parking lot of a shopping mall in the Outer City, Lin Yu tied the driver to his seat, edited a timed "SOS message" for his phone to be sent to all his contacts in three hours, and then drove away from the parking lot.

There are 30 hours left until Nightless Sky Fire Apricot officially begins.

Lin Yu returned to the outer edge of Nightless Sky Outer City as a wanted criminal, and once again came to the infamous "Gray Street Three".

This time, the face of "Sherlock," who is currently wanted by the police, has attracted a lot of attention.

However, given that eight out of ten people here are either wanted or have been wanted, not many people showed any enthusiasm for Lin Yu at this moment.

When everyone is wanted by the police, the wanted status itself becomes less important.

However, spying and hostility were still inevitable—this had nothing to do with the fact that Lin Yu was wanted, but it did have to do with the reason why he was wanted.

He was wanted for committing a murder that left three dead and one missing—and all four victims were the City That Never Sleeps's most prominent middlemen!

If we're talking about where those people have the most friends and the deepest roots, it's definitely on Gray Street Three on the Outer City!

Here, many mercenaries, both big and small, make a living by securing jobs through their connections. Although many complain about the exorbitant commissions and the overly difficult tasks they select, these middlemen are, in the eyes of these mercenaries,...

Of course, they're "one of us"!

Especially those powerful mercenaries, even those who can be called legendary, have long-term cooperative relationships with top intermediaries, and thus develop a strange feeling and connection that is similar to friendship.

After all, these middlemen are well aware that their livelihood depends entirely on connections. They not only maintain relationships with wealthy Inner City Noble and high-ranking employers, but also with "powerful" mercenaries, actively befriending them.

Even for these middlemen, most of whom came from the lower classes and the Outer City, mercenaries and gang members were more compatible with them than the Inner City people who only saw them as jackals and hyenas or as useful tools.

Lin Yu faced the scrutinizing, probing, and even hateful gazes, feeling the hostility that stemmed more from emotion than from self-interest, and returned to the Demon Pig Bar with practiced ease.

This time, however, Lin Yu acted as if he were just a customer who came for a drink.

"One of today's specials, keep your change."

Lin Yu paid at the bar and then received a strong, pungent liquor.

He examined the clear liquid in the glass and the lemon slice stuck in the rim, but did not drink it.

Then, the chair next to Lin Yu was pulled out.

He turned his head and saw that "Shark Shock," whom he had met before as "May May," had sat down.

"Hey, have a beer, please."

As Shark Shock spoke, he glanced sideways at Lin Yu.

"Brother, you must be Sherlock, right? I've heard so much about you... I've heard of you many times before, but today I've heard it even more fresh and exciting."

Lin Yu slowly rotated the base of the wine glass in front of him with his fingers and Leng Jing spoke.

"Just say what you want to say... I'm very busy."

"You should know that celebrities are always very busy, so don't waste my time."

Hearing Lin Yu's not-so-friendly tone, Shark Shock laughed.

"Ha, ha, quite the boast... but your straightforward nature is commendable. I'll get straight to the point."

"The authorities in the City That Never Sleeps are now saying you're the murderer of the Poison Needle, gunpowder, and coyotes, and that you were responsible for Black Snake's disappearance..."

"Brother, these four guys have a long-standing business relationship with our 'Demon Pig Bar,' and our boss, 'The Butcher,' also has some connections with them. Now you dare to sit here so brazenly... I have to ask for my boss to find out."

Shark Shock took a large glass of beer from the front desk and drank it all in one gulp.

Then, he put down his cup and patted Lin Yu on the shoulder.

"So, brother... did you do it?"

Lin Yu gently pinched the wrist of the Shark Shock.

"Dude, first of all, I don't really like it when people, especially drunks, touch me..."

Secondly...

Lin Yu used two fingers to grip Shark Shock's wrist tightly, then flung the guy away.

"Bang!"

The Shark Shock, crashing into several tables before rolling several times on the ground before coming to a stop.

It was still early, and the Demon Pig Bar wasn't full; only a few tables were scattered around.

So the Shark Shock and flight didn't cause any harm to innocent bystanders; he was just groaning in pain on the ground.

Lin Yu glanced at the lowly boss who was keeping watch at the Demon Pig Bar and took a small sip of his strong liquor.

He didn't swallow it, but instead casually stored it in the [Water Prayer Necklace].

After all, Lin Yu did not have the habit of drinking alcohol.

Then Lin Yu stood up and looked down at the Shark Shock, which was slowly getting up.

"Secondly... who are you to come here asking me all sorts of questions?"

"What's the point of me telling a nobody like you whether I killed anyone or not? What difference does it make whether you believe me or not?"

Lin Yu picked up Shark Shock, who was getting up.

The mercenaries and gang members drinking nearby stared in disbelief at the scene.

It's important to know that the Shark Shock is by no means weak.

On the contrary, being able to manage a place on Gray Street Three by himself, Shark Shock's strength is definitely above average among mercenaries and gang members!

Furthermore, his experience as a temporary bodyguard for Royal Nobles in the Inner City had given him access to a wide network of connections in high society that was rare among residents on the outskirts of the Outer City...

Although they were just butlers, other formal bodyguards, and junior executives from large companies, that was enough.

Therefore, Shark Shock was considered a prominent figure in Gray Street Three —at least in the minds of most gang members, he was on par with "Sherlock," whom they had only heard of but who seemed to have close ties with the Security Bureau.

After all... these mercenaries on the outskirts of the Outer City rarely understood the true value of "Sherlock".

But now they were able to catch a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg—through the way Fu Luo held Shark Shock and spoke contemptuously, they directly realized that this man completely crushed Shark Shock in every aspect, from strength to status.

This makes the rumor that he "killed the three middlemen," which many people initially doubted and thought was just a scapegoat pushed out by the Noble, increasingly credible.

Lin Yu, carrying the Shark Shock, waited silently.

He was waiting... for someone to come to the rescue.

Sure enough, not long after, the bar's main entrance opened, and a tall, burly man walked in.

"Mr. Sherlock," the other person said in a loud voice, "Please be merciful and spare Shock."

"Just consider it giving me, the 'The Butcher,' some face!"