Chapter 403 Blood and Fire
Is he unaffected?
The man in the wheelchair actually stood up, with a look of surprise and doubt on his face.
Everything tonight should have gone as planned.
He knew that this number of people could not stop the masked weirdo, but at least they could make him embarrassed and make him reveal more of his cards and back-ups, making it easier for him to take action against him next time.
But now, how could the masked man look embarrassed at all?
He left in a dashing manner , and before leaving he even remembered to appreciate the brilliant blue fireworks!
"God, why did you stand up?"
The woman in black was even more surprised than him. Her eyes widened as she looked at him, then at the wheelchair, her head buzzing.
The man in the wheelchair sighed, shook his head, and sat back in his wheelchair.
He looked pale and weak again, like a patient who had just been discharged from the hospital.
He gently pressed his temple and said, "The Masked Stranger obtained the anti-position device from the Mechanical Tribe."
"What? That's impossible." The woman in black was shocked. "The anti-position devices of the mechanical race are installed inside their bodies. They need to be used in conjunction with their core systems and cannot be removed alone."
"Maybe not the mechanical race, maybe somewhere else, but... no matter what, the position device has no effect on him."
"this……"
The woman in black was stunned for a moment.
If even the stance device is ineffective against the masked man, how can we deal with him in the future?
You know, not only the Zero Point Tavern, but even the mechanical race are hoping to use the stance device to capture the masked monster.
The reason why Kaiba Castle failed that time was because the news of the city closure was leaked in advance, which allowed the masked man to be prepared, so he failed and escaped the encirclement.
If nothing unexpected happens, the next capture operation of the Mechanical Clan should also be carried out around the stance device.
After all, the mechanical race is now simultaneously installing stance devices in every city in the south.
“Perhaps we can only use mental attacks.” The woman in black murmured, “The masked man cannot resist mental attacks. Even I can affect him for a second or two. There are people stronger than me at the headquarters.”
“Well, that’s one way.”
The hidden power of the Zero Point Tavern Headquarters is far greater than people imagine.
The ten top killers tonight are just one of the teams.
As long as we send out a few more teams, make plans in advance, and launch continuous mental attacks on the masked man to keep him in a trance, we should be able to successfully kill or arrest him.
“Ah, I didn’t expect the masked man to be so troublesome.” The woman in black also sighed, “When I was at the headquarters before, I didn’t take it seriously when I first heard about him. I thought he wouldn’t survive for more than a few days. Now he has grown to this point.”
"Let's go out and take a look."
The man in the wheelchair spoke and waved his hand gently, and circles of blue light appeared in front of the two of them.
A few seconds later, both bodies disappeared from the room at the same time.
At this time, outside the room, a hole was knocked into the top of the underground hall, and a hole was also knocked into the roof of the first floor above. Fine and dense rain flowed into the tavern through the two holes.
The head of the local branch is directing everyone to repair the two holes.
Frank's body was put into a body bag by several members.
"This time, the tavern broke its promise and let him die inside the tavern." The local person in charge stared at the body in a daze. "Find a time to bury his body in a nearby cemetery."
"Do you want to block the news?" asked the deputy store manager.
"It's probably impossible to close it. The reputation of the tavern will take a hit this time. I don't know what the two masters at the headquarters are thinking."
The local leader sighed, waved his hand, and asked the members to send the body bags to the underground cold storage.
At this moment, a blue light flashed in the hall, and the man in the wheelchair and the woman in black appeared.
Seeing them, the local leader breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stepped forward to ask the two men: "My Lords, what should we do next?"
“Everything remains the same.”
The wheelchair man said calmly, "All losses tonight will be reported to the headquarters. In addition, all losses suffered by the town residents will be compensated at three times the price."
The local person in charge nodded immediately: "No problem."
“Don’t forget to test homes in small towns.”
"OK."
In the previous explosion, the houses on both sides of the town’s streets were greatly affected. The main structures were hit several times and some houses have become dangerous.
The Zero Point Tavern is wealthy and does not care about the money. It will compensate everyone at three times the price and will even build more beautiful homes for these residents.
This is their code of conduct.
In the long run, residents everywhere will be willing to cooperate with their actions.
At this moment, the roar over the town has stopped. The artillery positions in the distance no longer fired concussion bombs and began to evacuate in an orderly manner to avoid being discovered by the mechanical clan.
The town fell into a rare silence.
This quietness is brought by the Midnight Tavern and Su Xia.
At this moment, many members of the organization were standing on the street or leaning against the window, looking up in shock at the direction where Su Xia was going away, motionless, with their necks seemingly stiff.
Just now, Su Xia's graceful figure soaring into the sky and the words he left behind caused a great shock to everyone.
"As expected of a masked stranger..."
"Who can compare to that momentum?"
Many people couldn't help but sigh. When they were feeling so uncomfortable in their positions that they wanted to die, the masked man actually broke through the blockade of their positions by force.
The blue stance that they were afraid of, terrified and panicked about was actually just a blue firework in the eyes of the masked man!
Compare yourself to others...
The difference is really indescribable!
"Come as you please and go as you please. I can't be as free and easy as that even if I live for another few hundred years!" someone sighed with regret.
"To suppress a branch of the Zero Point Tavern, kill people and then walk away in style, let alone us, even those famous level 5 or even level 6 creatures can't do it, right?"
More and more people took to the streets, ignoring the heavy rain, looking in the distance at the direction where the masked man was going away. Everyone had complicated feelings.
Many of them came to hunt down the masked monster.
But after what happened tonight, all the hope in their hearts was shattered, gone completely.
Such a powerful masked monster is far beyond their ability to defeat.
"I'm tired. I'll pack up and go back north ."
"Count me in, I'm from the North too."
"The mechanical tribe is still under blockade, and we can't leave now."
"Too."
"Once the blockade of the mechanical tribe is over, let's go back together. I don't want to be involved in anything related to the masked weirdo anymore."
“…”
"Has the news been reported?"
"We have reported it to the organization. They are aware of it. Let us do our best to save our lives."
"That's good."
“…”
The power of the masked man has caused many organizations to change their previous plans.
Tonight, the four words "Masked Stranger" were included in the "unkillable" list of most organizations and he became a completely taboo figure.
Faced with this taboo, the first thing to consider is not how to kill him, but how to save your life.
"Has the Zero Point Tavern also given up the pursuit?"
Everyone noticed that after the masked man left, no members of the tavern followed him out.
At the same time, many men in black appeared one after another around the town.
The dress of these men in black was similar to those of the previous ten top killers. They were obviously members trained by the Zero Point Tavern headquarters, but there was no psychic energy fluctuation on their bodies. They were all ordinary people.
Each man in black carries a large number of non-metallic weapons.
They walked into the town in silence, one by one, and slowly gathered at the door of the tavern.
“Are these men in black the tavern’s backers?”
"But they are not psychic creatures."
"It is precisely because they are not psychic creatures that they are useful."
“When the area is blocked by the stand, they are the main force of the operation and will not be disturbed.”
In a short while, the number of men in black gathered in the town exceeded a hundred.
They are all well-trained, and their individual qualities are comparable to those of special forces in various cities. Although they are just ordinary creatures, many of them have successfully attacked and killed psychic creatures.
In the past, they gained something from every action they took.
But tonight, they, as the wheelchair man's backup, lay in ambush for most of the night, but it was of no use at all. In the end, they could only watch the masked man leave.
They stood quietly at the gate, not saying a word, waiting for instructions for the next stage.
Soon, a calm voice was heard from the tavern: "My arrangements for tonight were wrong, everyone go and get some rest."
Just a very brief sentence.
Upon hearing this, the men in black remained silent. Some entered the tavern, while others left the town.
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the distant night.
“Buzz——”
A dazzling blue light streaked across the sky, and the sound of sonic booms was endless.
The mechanical tribe is coming!
The battle was already over, yet they were just arriving.
"Midnight Tavern, you broke your promise!" A cold snort came from the sky, like the sound of divine punishment, rumbling.
Obviously, the mechanical race is here to call for punishment!
They are very angry.
Such a good opportunity to capture the prisoner, but they didn't even get any information from their ally, the tavern.
The previous agreement was like a piece of waste paper, torn into pieces by the Zero Point Tavern and had no effect at all.
If the explosion of those concussion bombs had not made such a loud noise that attracted the attention of the mechanical patrol in the distance, they might still be kept in the dark!
Below, in the tavern, the voice of the man in the wheelchair rang out: “There are thousands of residents in this town. Their lives are also lives.”
"Humph! Just an ant!"
In the sky, the angry voices of the mechanical race came down, like thunder, which was frightening.
After hearing this, the members of the other organizations in the town trembled in their hearts, looked at each other , and couldn't help feeling sincerely fortunate.
Their previous guess was correct.
Once the mechanical race knows that the masked man is here, a horrific bombing will surely await this small town.
The entire town and the surrounding areas will be turned into smoke and fire in the bombing, and ordinary people will have no chance of survival.
"Fortunately, fortunately...Zero Point Tavern still has a bottom line."
Everyone was very grateful.
But, while they were feeling relieved, they also felt a little worried.
The mechanical race is so angry, would they bomb the town to vent their anger?
At this time, the voice of the wheelchair man came out of the tavern again: "He should not have gone far. You don't need to waste time here."
"Humph! I'll settle the score with you later!"
In the sky, the voice rumbled.
Then, there was another roar, and the mechanical creature went full speed and chased in the direction Su Xia fled.
Upon seeing this, many members of the organization below were relieved and rejoiced.
"From the looks of it, the town should be saved."
Everyone returned to their respective organizations' bases and began to sort out what happened that night, organizing text, pictures, and video materials, and reporting to their respective organization's headquarters.
It wasn't long before word spread that the masked man was still alive.
This news was like a blockbuster bomb that suddenly exploded in the silent night and instantly caused a huge stir.
The aftermath of the Kaiba City incident has not yet passed, and many people are still waiting for follow-up news.
Now, this follow-up news has directly shocked countless people.
"The masked man is really still alive?"
"The Mechanical Clan actually failed?"
"Extra, Extra, breaking news, the secret that the Masked Stranger and Mercer have to tell..."
The news spread like streams of light across the land under the night sky, topping the headlines of news media in just over ten minutes, and its popularity continued to rise.
You know, it's not even five in the morning yet and many people are still asleep.
When daybreak comes, this news will surely cause even bigger waves.
[Shock! A major failure of the mechanical race! ]
[Merser's anger was actually because of this man! ]
【……】
Along with that main piece of news, countless tidbits of information emanated.
People's enthusiasm for discussion has only increased.
Various media and marketing accounts were also happy to see this, and they all replaced the headlines with more eye-catching ones, or even deliberately made up some marginal news.
In this age where traffic is paramount, these media outlets dare to do anything to attract attention.
"Do you know? The reason why Mercer is so angry is because the masked man stole his energy core." wrote an editor of a small media.
"No, that's not true, it's said that it's because the masked weirdo stole her love." someone else wrote.
"Ah? Stealing someone's love?"
"Can robots still love?"
People were aroused to gossip and were extremely curious.
Upon seeing this, marketing accounts immediately began to spread similar news.
"It is said that Mercer and a female robot were childhood sweethearts and were created in the same factory. But the Masked Man was not prudent and actually…"
"No, I heard that the reason why Mercer was so angry was because the masked man dug up his family's ancestral grave."
"Where can a robot have any ancestral graves?"
“…”
Pieces of news spread out, some true and some false, mixing into the torrent of the night.
As long as there is traffic, these people can fabricate news with even more unscrupulous intentions.
However, in their excitement, they seemed to have forgotten...
After all, this world is dominated by the mechanical race.
All rules and order are under the control of the mechanical race, and they cannot resist at all.
Soon, the news was captured by the public network of the Mechanical Clan and passed to Mercer.
At this time, Mercer was still chasing Su Xia in Conch City.
He has found Su Xia's trail and is preparing to continue the pursuit, leading many mechanical members to force Su Xia into a desperate situation.
However, after seeing this news, his body, which was flying at high speed, suddenly stopped.
"What?"
A surge of anger swept through Moser's body. He was so furious that he was furious. He roared in the sky, shaking the earth and sky, like thunder in the sky!
“Damn it!”
He was furious and yelled, "Block these damn media... No, just kill them all, leaving no one alive! I want to see heads rolling! Go! Do it now!"
Mercer was really angry this time.
Even though his clone died at the hands of Su Xia, he was not so angry, because he knew that he was just careless and unprepared, and his true strength could crush Su Xia.
At this moment, his anger was like a ball of flame, burning fiercely, gradually turning into scarlet blood, burning all over the earth.
"Tell those human city lords to kill all these media. If one escapes, use their own head to replace him!"
Facing the angry Moser, even his closest subordinates felt a palpitation in their hearts, trembling in front of him, and dared not even raise their heads.
That night, with a snap, a head rolled down, and the curtain of blood and fire was once again opened.
