He Could Turn Invisible

Hey bro, do you know where the Kaiyuan Hotel is?

Xiao Fan casually grabbed a passing player and asked.

A hint of suspicion flashed in the player's eyes when he heard Xiao Fan's question.

Kaiyuan Hotel is the largest hotel in City of Kings; which City of Kings player wouldn't know that?

Unless... this person isn't from the City of Kings!

Seeing the player's eyes getting brighter and brighter, Xiao Fan knew that this jerk was definitely overthinking things.

He quickly sent a team-up request to the other party.

The more Imitation Value Xiao Fan steals, the more perfect the imitation becomes with the skill Thousand-Faced One.

Just in case, Xiao Fan now steals more than 80% of the Imitation Value. This level of skill usage is almost foolproof, and even when in a team, his original ID will not be displayed.

Player Huang Quan invites you to join the team.

The player looked up at Xiao Fan, who waved his hands in front of his chest. "I know everyone is looking for Jiu Chen, but I'm really not him. I just joined City of Kings today."

"Okay."

Faced with the facts, the player had no choice but to believe it. He pointed in a direction and told Xiao Fan the location of the Kaiyuan Hotel.

Thank you.

Xiao Fan thanked him and left in a hurry.

The player watched Xiao Fan's departing figure and scratched his head.

"Huang Quan, why does this ID look so familiar?"

"Oh right! Isn't that the schizophrenic player from the World Channel today? Did you see him alive?"

The City of Kings had just been upgraded, and the players' activity area was still concentrated in one place. Xiao Fan quickly found the Kaiyuan Hotel.

Four whole floors, which is extremely rare in the game world. The hotel's exterior walls are resplendent in gold, and the four large characters "Kaiyuan Hotel" shine brightly, making it impossible for Xiao Fan to miss them.

The area outside the hotel was perfectly calm at the moment, with players coming and going in and out in a steady stream, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Xiao Fan calculated the time; from the moment he communicated with Si Ming to the moment he discovered that Si Ming had lost contact, less than half an hour had passed. If something had really happened, the hotel wouldn't have acted as if nothing had occurred.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief and strode into the hotel.

Welcome!

Accompanied by crisp and pleasant greetings, two beautiful and graceful women stood at the front desk.

They were dressed in matching uniforms, with exquisite makeup, and their faces beamed with polite smiles.

"Hello, our Mercenary group checked into the Kaiyuan Hotel this afternoon. Our captain's name is Si Ming. Could you tell us his room number?"

The receptionist looked at Xiao Fan with surprise when she heard him ask that question.

"Sir, you can ask your captain," a receptionist said.

I can't get in touch with him right now.

As Xiao Fan spoke, he carefully observed the expressions of the two female players at the front desk. Unfortunately, neither of them showed anything unusual.

"Please wait a moment, let me check for you."

After finishing her statement, the receptionist picked up the check-in record from the table and began to examine it.

After a moment, she put down the check-in record.

"Sorry, the hotel check-in records show that no Mercenary groups arrived this afternoon, and no player named Si Ye checked in."

"Oh, I misremembered. Sorry to bother you."

After saying that, Xiao Fan turned and left.

Now he was certain that something had happened to the Fate Mercenary Group.

Arguing with the hotel at this point is pointless and might even expose you.

Therefore, Xiao Fan decisively chose to leave.

"It seems Si Ming's premonition was correct, or perhaps he has some unspeakable secret he hasn't revealed."

Xiao Fan turned around, walked into the darkness, and then returned to the lobby of the Kaiyuan Hotel.

One receptionist was tidying up the accounting records, while another receptionist looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Lop-eared Rabbit, I remember a Mercenary group checked into our hotel around evening. Why did you say no one did?"

Upon hearing this, the player named Lop-eared Rabbit quickly looked up and scanned her surroundings. After finding no one, she glared at her companion and said in a low voice.

"Shut up if you don't want to die!"

The other receptionist quickly covered her mouth, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"The manager just messaged us, forbidding us from revealing that a Mercenary group has entered the hotel. Don't say anything out of the ordinary."

"All I know is Sister Rabbit."

Xiao Fan, who was invisible, overheard the entire conversation between the two.

He was almost certain that Shen Long was the one who attacked the Fate Mercenary Group.

Now that the Four Great Families are on the same side, Yu Family has no reason to target the Fate Mercenary Group, the only possibility is Shen Long.

"Could it be that Shen Long discovered the gems were stolen, and therefore captured the Fate Mercenary Group that was escorting them?"

"If that's the case, then wasn't it my fault that the Fate Mercenary Group was harmed?"

Xiao Fan frowned in annoyance.

He waited until Shen Long had inspected the goods before stealing the gems, so as not to implicate the Fate Mercenary Group.

But he never expected Shen Long to be so unreasonable!

He can blame the Fate Mercenary Group for anything that gets lost while he's in his possession; he's utterly shameless!

Xiao Fan stayed by Shen Long's side all night and didn't hear him give the order to deal with the Fate Mercenary Group.

It's either given in advance, or it's an order given through the game chat.

While the two receptionists weren't looking, Xiao Fan stole a room key and went upstairs. He looked around twice but didn't find any signs of a struggle, which was very strange.

The Fate Mercenary Group is quite strong; even when they encounter high-level players, they wouldn't be completely helpless. How could they have left no trace?

Many players are now searching for him, and the Fate Mercenary Group has disappeared again at this time.

Unsure if he could find them, Xiao Fan had no choice but to ask for help from the audience.

He took the key and entered the empty room.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Fan sent a message to Qin Muyu.

Qin Muyu's people are among the Four Great Families, so they should be better able to gather information about Mercenary groups.

"Understood, I'll arrange it right away. You also need to be careful, and message me immediately if anything happens."

Qin Muyu replied instantly after the message was sent.

"Old Qin is still the most reliable!" Xiao Fan couldn't help but exclaim, then he remembered something and asked again.

Do you know the Jun Family?

"Is it the Jun Family where Quan Lu?" Qin Muyu replied instantly.

"Holy crap! No wonder this family looked so familiar!"

Hearing Qin Muyu say this, Xiao Fan finally remembered.

He rescued Yang Dianfeng, Quan Lu's teammate, in the Cyberpunk World.

Yang Dianfeng once told them that Quan Lu's family was not simple; it was the Jun Family.

As expected, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The Shen Family is his enemy, and the Jun Family is also hunting him down.

Now that these two families have actually joined forces, Xiao Fan suddenly felt a bit uneasy.

Fortunately, he had someone backing him up.

Xiao Fan sent all the information he obtained in the City of Kings to Zhou He.

About half an hour later, Zhou He finally replied to him.

"We'll talk about this when you get back."

Xiao Fan rested at the hotel for the night.

That night, most players in City of Kings stayed up, and many teams searched for Xiao Fan all night long, but unfortunately, they couldn't find even a hair on his head.

In the middle of the night, people from the City Lord Mansion even came to search the Kaiyuan Hotel, but fortunately Xiao Fan hadn't deactivated his invisibility while he was sleeping.

The skill <Silent Shadow Escape> is not very effective in the wild, as Fierce Beast can smell it.

However, it's really useful in the city; with the current player level, almost no one can detect its existence.

As soon as it was light, Xiao Fan headed to the City Lord Mansion.

The streets were filled with players who had been busy all night and were dragging their tired bodies home.

Bang--

As soon as Xiao Fan arrived, he heard the sound of wood cracking, followed by Shen Long's angry roar.

"Didn't find him? You mean the whole city searched all night and couldn't find a single Jiu Chen?"

"City Lord, we've searched everywhere that could hide someone, but we haven't found Jiu Chen."

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash! Does Jiu Chen think he can grow wings and fly away?"

After Shen Long finished speaking, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with what he said; it seemed that Jiu Chen had wings and could fly away.

"City Lord, we've been watching the skies above the city; no one has flown out."

"This isn't here, that isn't there, tell me, where did Jiu Chen hide? Huh? Where did a grown man hide?"

Shen Long was so angry that he seemed to have gone mad, and everyone assumed that he was grieving the death of his son.

In fact, Shen Long was anxious. His level 99 player group had not been found yet, the lost gems were nowhere to be found, and last night he discovered that his warehouse had been completely ransacked.

As he pondered this, Shen Long suddenly realized something was amiss.

Although his private vault wasn't exactly private, it was the most heavily guarded place in the mansion. How could anyone have emptied it without anyone noticing? Not to mention the warehouse; after the private vault was robbed, the number of guards in the mansion doubled, and even so, the warehouse was still robbed.

And then there's the fact that Xiao Fan has been missing for so long...

Shen Long was almost certain that Xiao Fan had stolen his private vault and warehouse!

Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that Xiao Fan's warehouse was robbed as soon as he arrived in the City of Kings.

Moreover... Xiao Fan...

It can become invisible!

Only this can explain why their belongings were stolen even though they didn't see anyone.

Xiao Fan clearly killed someone, but they couldn't find him.

Shen Long to the feeling of being constantly watched yesterday, and combining it with his guesses, the truth was about to be revealed!

Xiao Fan could turn invisible; he stood beside them the whole time and overheard their entire plan!

Shen Long swallowed hard, instantly feeling a chill run down his spine.

How terrifying! The murderer is standing right next to you, watching you, but you can't see him...

The thought of this possibility made Shen Long unable to resist taking out his weapon and, in full view of everyone, striking the surrounding air as if Xiao Fan were standing everywhere.

This move left everyone else completely dumbfounded.

Instantly, everyone received a team invitation.

The team chat channel instantly became lively.

"No, what's wrong with the City Lord? He was talking perfectly fine, why is he suddenly dancing?"

"I don't know, it just startled me."

"Our City Lord's mental state is gradually becoming so indifferent to the lives of others."

"Perhaps the death of the Third Young Master was too much of a blow to him."

So he attacked the air.

"In this race that's driving our City Lord crazy, Jiu Chen is Peerless and Dustless."

"If this continues, he'll go crazy sooner or later!"

Xiao Fan stood in the courtyard, watching Shen Long's actions, and was also stunned.

What's wrong with Shen Long? Why is he suddenly showing off his skills?

"Wrong!"

Xiao Fan quickly realized what was going on.

Shen Long discovered his secret of being able to become invisible!

He's hitting himself!

Xiao Fan's face darkened. Although Shen Long couldn't see him, he had discovered his secret, making it much harder for him to obtain information by remaining invisible.

Shen Long, upon learning that Xiao Fan could become invisible, also felt that things had become more complicated.

The thought of how many secrets Xiao Fan had overheard filled Shen Long with rage.

"From now on, we will all chat in the Friends Channel, and no one is allowed to say another word."

Shen Long stopped waving his weapon and addressed the crowd.

In the team chat channel, the others looked puzzled.

"What's he up to now? He doesn't talk to me face-to-face, he's chatting with the system instead. Is he crazy?"

"Who knows? He's already lost his son, so let's all pamper him a bit. Let the system chat be the system chat it is."

Shen Long felt it was inconvenient for everyone to chat individually, so he created a team and planned to pull everyone in the hall into the team chat channel to avoid Xiao Fan's invisibility.

The result was that when you tried to recruit someone, the other team was already in the game, and when you tried to recruit someone else, they were still in the game.

After gathering everyone in the hall and finding that they were all in queues, Shen Long finally understood!

This bunch of jerks were chatting in the team, but no one invited him to join!

It's obvious he's in DS!

Bang--

A chair was smashed, and the loud noise startled everyone, causing them to duck their heads.

What's wrong with him this time?

"Have I been too lenient with you guys? Giving you this opportunity to start a team chat."

Everyone finally understood why Shen Long was angry.

The team leader quickly extended an invitation to Shen Long to join the team and explained.

"City Lord, we have no other intentions; we are simply discussing countermeasures. However, we were afraid of disturbing your conversation, which is why we did not invite you to join our team."

"Yes, City Lord, we wanted to hear your teachings and also wanted to discuss ways to find Jiu Chen, which is why we came up with this Double Eagle Shot solution. Please don't blame us."

Ever since Shen Long guessed that Xiao Fan was watching them, he didn't want to say another word.

Hearing his subordinates say this, he went along with it and started speaking to the team.

Xiao Fan, sitting in the courtyard, watched Shen Long and his group sitting in their seats, each focused on the System Panel in front of them, none of them saying a word. He knew that it would be difficult to get any new information from Shen Long.

For a long time to come, these people will probably stop speaking.

Beep beep~

A friend's message notification sounded.

Xiao Fan opened it and saw it was Qin Muyu.

"Shen Long reached an agreement with Tyrant Blade, the leader of the Fate Mercenary Group, to keep the Si Ming team in the City of Kings forever. Shen Long issued the order to wipe them out yesterday."

This news left Xiao Fan speechless with shock.

He always thought that Shen Long was blaming the Fate Mercenary Group because he had stolen the gem. But he never expected that the one who wanted to Si Ming their fate was actually their Mercenary group leader!

Why did their commander do that?

"Tyrant Blade wanted to bring the Fate Mercenary Group to the City of Kings, but was met with strong opposition from Si Ming. Si Ming's reputation in the group was no less than Tyrant Blade's, and Tyrant Blade had long been dissatisfied with him."

"Shen Long urgently needed players to join his city, so he reached an agreement with Tyrant Blade to take advantage of this Mercenary mission to wipe out Si Ming and some of his loyal followers."

Xiao Fan never imagined that the truth was even darker than he had thought.

Are Si Ming and the others still around?