Chapter 56: Chapter 51 Bullet
Sophie naturally saw Ye Qingdie too, and as a woman, she instantly perceived a hint of threat.
Ye Qingdie was too stunning, her figure could be called perfect, and her height and demeanor were astonishing as well.
“Who is this?” Kane asked.
“My surname is Ye, I own the tavern,” Ye Qingdie said, raising her glass to Kane.
“Miss Ye,” Kane raised his glass and clinked it with Ye Qingdie’s, saying, “Running a tavern here, Miss Ye must be a person of taste.”
“Is that so?” Ye Qingdie said with a smiling glance at Sophie beside Kane, seeing that Sophie’s face had already darkened.
But she did not care, walking over to Xu Mo, she directly sat on the armrest of Xu Mo’s chair, thus making direct contact with Xu Mo’s arm with her hip.
Seeing this, Kane glanced at Xu Mo.
“I just heard you guys talking, Mr. Kane is an Arena expert?” Ye Qingdie asked, “I am quite interested in the Arena myself.”
“Not bad, just managed to clinch first in the Gold Level competitions, but Diamond Level might get tougher,” Kane seemed not at all modest, hinting he could fight in the Diamond competitions.
“I haven’t watched the Diamond matches; they must be exciting,” Ye Qingdie smiled and said, “What about the Star Competitions? I’ve always been curious. Who participates in them and how strong are they?”
“Star Competitions,” Kane swirled his glass, thrilled to talk about his area of expertise in the presence of a beautiful woman.
“Those who join the Star Competitions are the top contenders selected from the Diamond Level, these people, they are the elite of the City States, with elite equipment and exceptional combat abilities. Many of them are elites, even…”
Kane paused, pointing upwards with his finger.
“People from the upper world?” Ye Qingdie whispered.
Kane smiled silently, saying, “Miss Ye, if you’re interested, we can find a chance to have a good talk some other day. Some matters are not suitable to discuss here.”
Ye Qingdie’s smile was non-committal as she said, “Star Level competitors should be considered the top forces of the Underworld then, right? Do their equipment include Mechas?”
“Indeed the top forces, but of course not Mechas,” Kane said, “City State Mechas are military use, not freely movable, and only very few ‘big shots’ have the authority to privately own Mechas, these topics are also not convenient to discuss further.”
“Understood.” Ye Qingdie nodded, smiling as she glanced at Xu Mo.
All these, she was asking for Xu Mo.
Xu Mo appeared thoughtful; Underworld Mechas would probably not be considered advanced, but only a few are privileged enough to own them privately.
This shows the limited authority in the Underworld.
Thinking of the former Councilman being deposed, Xu Mo speculated that the entire Underworld was under the control from above, they had low authority.
The Genetic Warriors they trained were also sent to the upper world.
The Underworld merely played the role of labor and a ‘production factory’.
Quite harsh.
“Kane, Miss Elsa is now a favorite companion of Councilman Tyrone. If Miss Elsa could connect you to Councilman Tyrone and introduce you to the City State Guard, you might be able to enter directly into the core, skipping the ordinary guard ranks, and you might have a chance to deal with Mechas in the future,” Sophie spoke up by his side.
Kane looked towards Elsa, raising his glass, “Miss Elsa, could you perhaps make an introduction?”
Elsa felt uncomfortable, although she knew Sophie was approaching her for this reason, it still made her uneasy to hear it stated so bluntly, especially in front of Xu Mo.
“Sorry, I’m not familiar with the Councilman,” Elsa said.
Sophie’s gaze rested on Elsa, her smile containing a hint of disdain. “Who doesn’t know about that old Councilman’s lechery? I don’t believe Elsa can escape his attention,” she thought.
Now, acting all pure here.
Not familiar?
Councilman Tyrone was after Elsa’s mother, probably for her, or else why would he often take Elsa to the events?
Is it because of Xu Mo?
Sophie glanced at Xu Mo.
“Xu Mo, there’s a visitor,” Ye Qingdie said to Xu Mo, not wanting to get involved in these messy matters.
“I’ll go over now,” Xu Mo stood up and said to Elsa.
“I have things to do, I’ll be leaving now,” Elsa took out Federation coins and handed them to Ye Qingdie, telling Sophie, “This one’s on me.”
Ye Qingdie accepted the Federation coins.
“Xu Mo, goodbye,” Elsa said to Xu Mo with a smile.
“Goodbye,” Xu Mo nodded, and Elsa left the area.
“Take it easy Mr. Kane,” Ye Qingdie said with a smile, deliberately glancing at Sophie before she and Xu Mo also left the area.
Sophie’s expression looked somewhat unpleasant.
Kane was also somewhat displeased, but he obviously couldn’t lose his composure in front of Ye Qingdie.
“Wait for me a moment,” Sophie said to Kane, then walked towards the bar.
Xu Mo was mixing drinks.
Sophie took out several Federation coins, all hundred-unit denominations, and placed them in front of Xu Mo.
Xu Mo looked up at her.
“How much is your annual salary?” Sophie asked.
“Cough, cough…” Xiao Qi coughed to one side, but managed to restrain it, sneakily glancing at the several Federation coins.
Xu Mo’s annual salary?
This gold-devouring beast, his annual salary if mentioned might terrify her.
“Miss Sophie, is there something you need?” Xu Mo asked expressionlessly.
“You and Miss Elsa are quite familiar, aren’t you? Help me convince her,” Sophie said, “I can pay you a year’s salary.”
“Hasn’t Miss Elsa already answered that she isn’t familiar with the Councilman?” Xu Mo replied.
“Miss Elsa’s mother is the Councilman’s woman, and he often brings Elsa to events. Would you say they are familiar?” Sophie looked at Xu Mo with a smile, seemingly with a hint of mockery.
Sophie wondered if Xu Mo would be angry when he heard this.
Xu Mo was indeed somewhat angry, being ‘friends’ with Sophie, yet she humiliated Elsa in front of him.
“Understood.” Xu Mo nodded, he put down the drink he had mixed, then pushed the Federation coins back in front of Sophie, smiling at her, “I’m not interested in money.”
Sophie was stunned, especially by Xu Mo’s smile at that moment, which seemed to carry a hint of wickedness.
“What are you interested in?” Sophie asked.
Xu Mo’s gaze swept up and down Sophie’s sexy body, smiling at her.
Suddenly, Sophie’s face turned extremely unsightly.
She naturally understood.
Sophie looked at Xu Mo with icy eyes, feeling deeply humiliated by a bartender’s flirtation, wanting to pick up the bar’s wine glass, but Xu Mo had already pressed his hand down on it beforehand.
Sophie stared at him, seemingly suddenly thinking of something, she suddenly smiled, took one cold look at Xu Mo, said nothing, quietly turned around, and left with Kane.
Xu Mo did not care, he was no longer who he was a year ago.
“You’re not really interested in her, are you?” Ye Qingdie appeared beside Xu Mo at some point, leaning on the bar and smiling.
“What does Sister Butterfly think?” Xu Mo responded, lowering his head.
“Elsa, is it to avenge her?” Ye Qingdie continued, “She seems to care a lot about your opinion, do you need to help her out?”
Xu Mo ignored her.
……
The small tavern only opened for three hours a day, after all, it wasn’t about making money.
The number of people in the tavern gradually decreased, the street outside also quieted down.
But just then, a few people walked into the tavern.
“We’re closed,” Xiao Qi, who was tidying up, spoke up.
However, the other party didn’t heed, walking in and directly locking the tavern’s door, causing the shadows at the doorway to frown.
Ye Qingdie and Xiao Qi looked up at the newcomers, knowing they were here to stir up trouble.
Xu Mo continued to lower his head to work, counting the Federation coins at the bar.
The leader had a sharp gaze, his posture erect, not like a thug, more like a well-trained man. His gaze swept across the tavern like a blade, then settled on Xu Mo, asking, “Do you know Miss Elsa?”
“Yes,” Xu Mo replied quietly, the other man didn’t speak, just pulled out a gun, and fired without leaving any chance for argument.
“Bang!”
The gunshot wasn’t loud, it was a silencer gun.
The bullet streaked through the air, headed for Xu Mo.
Suddenly, a strong energy field appeared in the air, the bullet’s speed seemed to slow down, rubbing against the air, making a screeching sound.
The high-speed bullet did not penetrate Xu Mo’s head as imagined, but stopped in front of him, the bizarre scene caused the shooter to be startled.
Then he saw Xu Mo pick up the glass in his hand, the bullet fell into it making a clear sound.
Xu Mo looked up at the shooter whose face turned deathly pale, the man’s gaze fixated on Xu Mo. What kind of ability was this?
“Do you know what kind of tavern this is?” Xu Mo asked in a low voice.
The other person was somewhat frantic, tried to pull the trigger again.
“Ah…” A scream rang out, his hand was shot through by Xiao Qi, the gun dropped to the ground.
The men behind him also wanted to draw their guns.
Shadow’s body flickered, the light from the blade crossed the heads of a few men behind, slicing them off directly, blood splattered.
The man who shot the gun trembled violently, with pain, and also with fear.
Shadow’s knife landed on his neck.
“We are Councilman’s men,” the man trembled as he spoke.
Trying to beg for life.
“Which councilman?” Ye Qingdie asked.
“Tyrone,” the other person replied.
Ye Qingdie turned around, and saw the light from the blade flash, Shadow decapitated the man’s head.
“Just knowing her and you shoot to kill, typical of Councilman Tyrone, it seems you’re compelled to get involved now,” a cold light flashed in Ye Qingdie’s eyes.
These big shots always had the same style, treating human life like dirt.
“Councilman,” Xu Mo muttered to himself, putting down the glass in his hand and said, “Xiao Qi.”
“Here,” Xiao Qi replied.
“Dispose of the bodies, check out the routes tomorrow, find out more about this Councilman Tyrone,” Xu Mo ordered.
“Understood, Brother Mo,” Xiao Qi was somewhat excited.
Xu Mo rubbed his temples.
“What, headache?” Ye Qingdie asked.
“Not ready yet,” Xu Mo said, “These assassins probably shouldn’t be exposed. I hope the other party would back off.”
He still wanted to remain undercover for a while longer, to increase his strength.
“It’s going to be difficult,” Ye Qingdie said.
Xu Mo agreed with her, these big shots’ plans were likely to proceed as they wanted, what were ordinary people to them?