Gin did not turn into an alley and vanish silently as he had planned earlier.
When he reached the intersection, he kept going, silently passing by the police like an ordinary pedestrian. Then he suddenly drew the gun from one of the officers, switched it to live rounds, and fired.
The bullet entered from beneath the officer's head at an angle and exited from the other side, spraying all kinds of bodily fluids all over his colleague.
Everything happened too quickly, as naturally as breathing.
The surviving officer jumped in fright and fumbled for his gun. Before his hand could reach the grip, a pitch-black muzzle appeared before his eyes. But before the shot could ring out, Officer Number Two's neck suddenly took a heavy Hand Chop. His eyes rolled back, and he dropped to the ground with a thud.
Vermouth knocked him unconscious from behind. Seeing the gun in Gin's hand, she frowned. "Don't kill them all. This is in the 'game.' They might have key clues. We need to leave at least one alive."
Gin gave a cold snort and lowered his gun, clearly disdainful of her warning. "If I'd really wanted to kill him, do you think you could've stopped me just now?"
"..." Jiang Xia fell silent for a moment, then quietly shifted a step to the side, avoiding the blood slowly flowing toward his feet. He offered no opinion.
From their expressions and attitudes just now, the police NPCs in this world clearly were not as friendly toward "Great Detective Jiang Xia" as the police in the real world. They genuinely regarded him as someone resisting arrest.
Though they claimed he was "suspected of murder," his suspicion must have reached a certain level for them to cuff him and haul him away without even asking