The shadow soon turned into a concrete object. It was a person wearing a tattered jacket and trousers, holding a black submachine gun in his hand. His expression was ferocious and distorted, as if he hated everything in the world.

In an instant, all three people present felt the threat. Trist stood up slightly, Xia raised her right hand, and Lu Ban materialized [Last Words] in his hand, adjusting the magazine of the word bullet to the one that was moving at high speed.

The man holding the submachine gun grinned and seemed to say something to the people inside through the glass, then pulled the trigger.

However, before the first bullet flew out, he seemed to be hit by something and was thrown forward.

Crash——

The transparent glass was heavily knocked open by the man moving at high speed, and the submachine gun in his hand, the weapon nicknamed "typewriter" by the gangsters, also lost its aim due to the sudden movement.

The next moment, the typewriter that had just fired two unfocused bullets suddenly broke apart, turning from a precision industrial whole into scattered parts. Springs, bolts, and bullet casings flew in the sky and turned into raindrops falling.

thump--

The man knocked over the table in front of Lu Ban, overturned the cup of hot tea, and hit his head on the ground with a crisp thud.

There was a commotion in the teahouse.

The noble ladies, young men, and big bosses all stood up. Several men in black suits and baseball caps filed in and protected the most distinguished ones among them.

"Is it an attack against them, or is it..."

Trist took out his gloves and put them on, then leaned over to check the man's condition. It was obvious that the man had fainted after the collision.

Turning around, Trist was about to ask Lu Ban for his opinion, but found that he was still holding a teacup in his hand - when he was attacked just now, Lu Ban was about to drink tea.

“It can’t be wasted.”

Lu Ban poured the hot tea into his mouth. It was a fermented, mellow black tea flavor.

At the same time, among the scattered pieces of table, the cold and indifferent words of the system were assembled.

【Abandoned City】

[New calendar year 23, everything is not good]

[The extravagant and glamorous upper class society is attractive, but no one knows the darkness within. People look forward to new works that can bring a frenzy, as if only those stimulations can relieve the depression brought by the dull air.]

[This is the best of times, this is the worst of times]

[Between fantasy and reality, evil grows]

[Mission Difficulty: Alienation]

[Task requirements: Find the missing novelist]

[Task requirements: Witness the ending of the story]

[Task requirements: Find Du Danping's melody fragment]

"It looks like the mission has already begun."

Lu Ban thought to himself that under normal circumstances, it was definitely not a coincidence that they were attacked here.

The teahouse was still in chaos, but the sirens had already sounded.

When the sheriff, who was wearing a dark police uniform and had a small mustache, arrived with the policemen who were lined up in a loose formation with rifles in hand, they happened to see Trist standing next to the fallen man.

"Lao Cui, why is it you again?"

The sheriff seemed to be familiar with Trist, and there was a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"Isn't this great? It saves you the trouble of looking for witnesses."

Drizzt took a puff of his pipe and answered calmly.

"Please ask the other masters and ladies to follow my subordinates and leave here for the time being. We will investigate and search for them one by one later."

The sheriff waved his hand and asked the crowd to disperse in an unconventional way.

"Many of those sitting here are involved with gangs. If we take them back to the police station casually, I'm afraid all the gangs in the waste city will besiege the police station."

Drizzt whispered in Lu Ban and Xia's ears.

"This is Sheriff Huo, my friend, Sheriff, and these two are my assistants, Lu Ban and Xia Ya."

He introduced both parties again.

After the police led the crowd away, they turned the unconscious person over.

"I know this guy. He's a mercenary who lives in this neighborhood. Why would he attack you?"

Chief Inspector Huo glanced at the unconscious man.

"I'm curious, too."

Drizzt spread his hands.

"Xia, do you have any way to make him tell the truth, like a truth serum or something?"

Lu Ban asked the mage girl in a low voice.

"Unfortunately, magic is not such a convenient thing. Magic involving the spiritual realm is generally forbidden."

Xia answered, and before Lu Ban could once again lament how inconvenient magic was, she walked forward and picked up the unconscious man.

It is difficult to describe how this girl, who was only as tall as Lu Ban's shoulders, lifted up this man who was taller than Lu Ban, but she did it, as easily and unbelievably as stuffing an elephant into a refrigerator.

"But if you want him to tell the truth, you don't need magic."

Xia grabbed the unfinished tea on the table next to her and splashed it on the other person's face, then slapped him in the face.

A slap with a metal glove landed on the man's face, causing his body to twitch, and then he slowly woke up.

He looked at the girl in front of him, who was shorter than him but was holding him up, in a daze, muttering something.

"Why did you attack us?"

Shia asked seriously.

"...Everyone will die, everyone will die, everyone will convert to His arms, the real horror is still to come, dedication, dedication, dedication, I must make a dedication, ah ah, the Supreme Him..."

The man had obviously gone crazy, his speech was incoherent and his words were not complete sentences.

"Speak human language."

Xia raised her fist and punched him in the face. You could see that the face suddenly deformed, several teeth spewed out of the man's mouth, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I just want you to suffer less and die quickly while you can still die. Otherwise, otherwise..."

The man became painful and spoke in a pleading voice, but his words were still illogical.

"Do you have any last words? Or do you have family members that need our help in taking care of? Mr. Sheriff, where do his family members live? Can you take us to see them later?"

Shia asked expressionlessly.

The man finally revealed an expression of extreme fear. His voice was hoarse and he sobbed. Then he touched his chest.

"Everything in the book is true, it's true, I know, I told you, I told you, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

Without saying a word, Xia punched the man again, causing him to faint completely. She threw the man aside, groped in the chest of his clothes, and quickly found a book.

"It looks like this is the culprit... huh?"

Xia turned around and saw several people, including the sheriff, staring at her, some of them wanting to say something but stopping themselves.

"Brother, what did you say she did?"

Drizzt was stunned.