To everyone watching, Number Eight, still dressed in a long gown, leaned elegantly against the counter. The instant Waiter Number One stepped back, Number Eight looked at the terrifying cluster of blue flame in his hand and gave a lovely smile.
But no one knew that the power inside Su Bai's body was already depleted. Controlling even this tiny flame pushed him to his absolute limit. If this cluster of blue flame could not force Waiter Number One to take off his mask, Su Bai would probably have to resort to methods that hurt himself even more than his enemy to keep using his power.
He only braced his hand against the counter because his body could barely hold out and needed something to support it.
It had to be said that Waiter Number One's disguise was far, far better than Su Bai's performance as Waiter Number Eight. His ability to keep his eyes unblinking and his face utterly expressionless even when someone stared at him was astonishing in itself. When Su Bai had disguised himself as a waiter earlier, he had been forced to keep his gaze lowered and pretend he liked looking at the floor to avoid making eye contact.
Yet despite such excellent acting, Waiter Number One still revealed the instinctive emotion called "fear" the instant he saw the blue flame.
After realizing he had taken a step back out of fear, Waiter Number One seemed to understand that he could no longer keep up his disguise. His formerly vacant eyes suddenly gained focus, even a spark of life, and he began meeting Su Bai's gaze quite naturally.
Maintaining such a flawless disguise for so long would be extremely difficult for a human from the Real World. But if Su Bai's suspicions were correct, then even if