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After making good on the damages at the shop, Xu Huo's wallet had shrunk by half again. Still, catching a Player wasn't a bad deal.
But where there was one, there could be another. Since this Player hadn't gone back, they might keep sending people after him.
He opened his game panel and began searching for ways to change his appearance. Items with that effect on the bounty platform were expensive, and, like the Twisted Mask, came with restrictions. Only the skin of an Imitation Snake and a single-use Reshaping Mask could achieve the same effect.
Xu Huo had only just heard about Imitation Snakes from the Enforcement Department. Wanted Criminals often used them to alter their appearance. The description was rather disgusting: after the snake's skin was peeled off, a layer of slime formed on its inner surface. Press it directly against your face, and it would reshape your features. It took two hours to harden, after which it would adhere permanently to your face and generally couldn't be removed. It was essentially a whole new layer of facial skin.
The Reshaping Mask was much simpler. Your face would change as soon as you put it on. Its description read, "You'll look like anyone but yourself." Each use lasted twelve hours, after which it would fall off automatically. It was similar to a human-skin mask, and there were ten in a pack. The downside was that it couldn't be used consecutively; you had to wait at least twelve hours between uses, and your face would remain red and swollen for twelve hours after taking one off.
The Imitation Snake cost ten times as much as the Reshaping Mask. The masks had probably piled up in stock, and there was even a deal where buying one