In the illusion, everyone in the Bureau's Action Group was suffering a devastating mental blow.
Ruptured rears, wounds everywhere, flying holes and exploding rods—everyone had turned into a Leke.
The night wind swept in from the end of the street, swirling a few fallen leaves on the ground.
At the entrance of the Tulip Security Company building, 【Jian Lai】 stood there, looking at the investigators collapsed in all directions, his head still buzzing.
He couldn't believe he had actually done it, taking down this entire group of highly trained official investigators!
The illusion was still in effect.
Everyone in the Bureau's Action Group lay on the ground, their faces flushed as they continuously writhed and squirmed.
The sight was truly an eyesore!
【Jian Lai】 couldn't bear to look. No matter how he sliced it, this spell was simply too unsightly.
How could his handsome, beautiful boss possess such a vulgar spell? The contrast was too stark. Could a big shot like his boss also be sexually repressed?
A clamor of voices sounded from behind him.
“【Jian Lai】, what the hell are you doing? You betrayed us!” Player A walked out from his hiding place, his face livid.
Behind him followed Player B and Player C, along with several veteran players they had recruited earlier.
Their faces were filled with anger, confusion, and utter disbelief at being betrayed.
“We agreed to kill the dog boss together, but look at you! Why did you take down the Bureau's people instead? What on earth are you trying to do?!” Player B shouted.
Player C sneered, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “He never took us seriously in the first place. 【Jian Lai】 probably just used us as shields.”
Surrounded in the center and facing pair after pair of angry eyes, the expression on 【Jian Lai】's face froze.
“I...” He wanted to explain, but he opened his mouth only to find that he couldn't explain anything at all.
Should he say that he suddenly regretted poisoning Yue Shi, got bought out by his boss's benefits, and was just a fence-sitter?
Any explanation would only make him look worse. Even though he had prepared himself to be thick-skinned, facing the accusations of his former accomplices still made him feel ashamed, his ears burning hot.
Just then, a cold, eerie aura surged out from inside the building. Goosebumps instantly erupted on the backs of everyone's necks, and their mouths snapped shut.
The Ghost drifted out with a faint, trace of a smile on his face. He looked extremely unfriendly as his gaze swept across the face of every single player, suppressing their angry glares wherever his eyes landed.
“You have misunderstood 【Jian Lai】,” the Ghost explained calmly.
Everyone froze, exchanging looks with one another.
The Ghost continued, “【Jian Lai】 has never betrayed the boss. This was all a show orchestrated by the boss and him to weed out you traitors!”
The entire place fell dead silent.
The players stared at one another, the anger on their faces turning into sheer shock.
【Jian Lai】 was actually a double agent?!
“What do you mean, a show?”
“Are you saying his poisoning, recruiting us, and making the plan were all fake?!”
“It was a sting operation from the very beginning!”
The Ghost nodded. “Indeed. The boss had long noticed that the company's employees had developed ulterior motives. Rather than waiting for you to cause trouble in the shadows, it was better to draw you all out and wipe you out in one go.”
“【Jian Lai】 is one of the boss's most trusted people. He put himself in danger just for today.”
As the Ghost spoke, he looked at 【Jian Lai】, the hint in his eyes glaringly obvious.
【Jian Lai】's heart pounded wildly. He had never expected the Ghost to spin it this way.
He had clearly betrayed them for real and had actually poisoned the boss!
Yet, after only a second of hesitation, he immediately chose his stance. The embarrassed flush on his face faded, replaced by an expression of righteous indignation:
“That's right! I was indeed playing along! The boss knew long ago that you ungrateful wolves couldn't be trusted, so he had me pretend to cooperate with you to reel you all in.”
“You thought I betrayed him? What a joke! I, 【Jian Lai】, am fiercely loyal to the boss. How could I ever associate with the likes of you?!”
He spoke with such conviction that he almost believed it himself. His scrutinizing gaze swept over the players' faces with condescending contempt.
A voice in his mind said, You're a natural actor.
But another voice said, You have no way back now.
The players' expressions turned bizarre, and they began to retreat like a pack of crabs pushed back by the tide.
“Oh my god, we've been played.”
“【Jian Lai】, you absolute bastard!”
“Should we retreat first?”
The players scattered in a panic, their footsteps chaotic and hurried as they fled. Before 【Jian Lai】 could even react, dozens of people had already run off.
Yet even as they fled, they didn't forget to shout parting threats.
“Just you wait, 【Jian Lai】! This isn't over!” the player leading the pack shouted over his shoulder as he ran, his voice torn apart by the wind.
“You sold us out. Don't even think about making a living in this game anymore.”
Another player chimed in with a higher, shriller voice, “We're going to post all your dirty laundry on the forum!”
“You're nothing but a lapdog!” a third player's voice echoed from further away.
【Jian Lai】 stood in place, watching their retreating backs grow smaller and smaller until they finally vanished at the end of the street.
A disdainful smile played on his face, his lips curling up to reveal a row of white teeth, but his heart was a chaotic mess of emotions.
Lapdog.
How did an upright guy like him end up in the ecological niche of a lapdog?
The Ghost made no move to pursue them, simply watching the players disappear with his hands clasped behind his back, looking completely at ease.
【Jian Lai】 looked at him in confusion.
“No need to chase them. They won't escape,” the Ghost said nonchalantly.
They had all come into contact with Yue Shi's evil spells. Fleeing to the ends of the earth would be useless.
【Jian Lai】 asked curiously, “Why?”
The Ghost shot him a glance and warned, “Mind your own business when it comes to the boss. Knowing too much won't do you any good.”
A chill ran down 【Jian Lai】's spine, and he didn't press further.
The Ghost drifted over to the Bureau personnel who were trapped in the illusion.
They lay scattered across the ground, their bodies twitching periodically. There was a terrible odor in the air—those who knew, knew.
The Ghost was somewhat speechless. No wonder Yue Shi didn't practice this spell himself. It was simply too vulgar, making it far more suited for 【Jian Lai】.
The Ghost turned around and ordered 【Jian Lai】, “Kill these Bureau scumbags.”
【Jian Lai】 shuddered violently, his entire body feeling as if it had been struck by lightning, turning numb from his soles to the crown of his head.
“What?”
The Ghost repeated, “I said, kill them. Leave no survivors!”
【Jian Lai】 looked at the defenseless people on the ground. Some were clutching their rears while giggling foolishly, some were weeping, and others were talking in their sleep.
Although they were Bureau investigators and official personnel, at this moment they were like sleeping babies—completely defenseless and incredibly fragile.
“But they're from the Bureau,” 【Jian Lai】 said in a tiny voice. He didn't care whether the investigators lived or died, but he didn't want to be the one who personally murdered official Bureau investigators!
Once he personally killed an investigator, there would be absolutely no turning back!
The Ghost tilted his head. “And?”
【Jian Lai】's mind raced. Killing Bureau personnel meant completely setting himself against the Bureau.
From then on, he would be a wanted criminal in Zhongzhou.
No, even worse than a wanted criminal!
The Bureau would treat him as Yue Shi's accomplice and use every means at their disposal to hunt him down.
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