Chapter 457: I Am Here to Kill You
The boss opened his mouth, but he couldn't think of an excuse to refute him.
"That's right..."
"That being the case, when I was in danger, your promoters and waiters didn't just fail to intervene—they actually stood by and watched the show."
"Oh, and he must be a regular, which is why your promoter sided with him and ignored what was happening to me."
"Even when he threatened to cut off my hand, your bar's security personnel still did nothing."
Zhu Chen looked at him coldly. "Are you saying you sided with power because you tacitly agreed I was less important than him?"
"No! That's not it!"
The boss quickly tried to explain himself. "I put them all through orientation training. I never expected them to do something like this."
The boss turned and glared viciously at the detained waiters and security guards. "What the hell do I pay you for?!"
"You're all fired! Pack your things and get out! But don't think this is over. You'll be paying for a portion of the damages to my bar today."
Even a portion would likely be a fortune to them.
The waiters' faces paled as they began to beg for mercy.
"Boss, we're sorry! We were wrong!"
"We'll never do it again! Please don't make me pay. I'm not from around here, I just came here for work. I don't have any money!"
Zhu Chen didn't plead their case for them.
Perhaps these people genuinely didn't want to get involved, but they could have notified the boss or found some other solution instead of just watching the drama unfold.
Earlier, Zhu Chen had even caught a hint of mockery in their eyes when they looked at him.
After speaking, he turned to the man.
By now, the man was regretting his actions to his very core.
He had seen that Zhu Chen was dressed very simply. Aside from his striking aura and handsome face, there was nothing about him that suggested wealth.
Who would have thought he'd turned out to be an iron plate—no, a diamond one!
The kind that hurt you just for bumping into it!
Just as Zhu Chen was about to speak, Xiao Ye's men returned, dragging a person with them.
It was a woman in a white dress, but she kept her head lowered so far it was nearly buried in her chest.
She had been discovered in one of the bar's offices.
That office belonged to the manager, but he had come out to watch the commotion, so it should have been empty.
Thankfully, they had been thorough in their search and found her in a cabinet.
THUD!
The woman was thrown to the ground.
Ignoring his weakened state, Zhu Chen immediately got to his feet.
"Look up!"
But the woman kept her head down.
"I said, look up!"
Seeing this, one of the men in black was about to help, but Zhu Chen stopped him. "Don't move."
'Something isn't right. Why won't she look up? Is she afraid of me seeing her?'
'But with so many people here, does she really think she can escape?'
"I'll say it one last time. Look up!"
The woman finally moved, slowly raising her head.
"AH!"
A woman nearby saw her true face, let out a scream, and fainted on the spot.
The others were also badly frightened.
Zhu Chen's expression changed drastically.
On the woman's face was a human skin mask, stitched into place!
'No wonder I thought her facial features were strange!'
Xiao Ye narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "I've heard of a very evil form of Magic. It involves sewing a person's face onto someone else's."
"Once the new face has fully grafted, it not only changes their facial features but can even alter their bone structure."
This was a real human face, not a simple disguise or plastic surgery.
It required more than just the skin; other preparations were necessary to achieve the final goal.
Zhu Chen took a deep breath and asked, "Who are you?"
The woman spoke, her voice sounding like that of a girl of seventeen or eighteen. She had a good figure as well. If not for her face, she wouldn't have aroused anyone's suspicion.
"I'm the one who's here to kill you!"
"Everyone, get down!"
Xiao Ye's expression changed dramatically. He violently yanked Zhu Chen aside and ducked behind a chair with lightning speed.
The men he'd brought were professionals. Upon hearing Xiao Ye's command, their bodies reacted before their minds could, and they instantly dropped to the floor.
BOOM!
After the massive explosion,
Flesh and blood filled the air!
Those nearby were sprayed with blood.
"AH! My eyes!"
There was something in the blood that caused a burning pain upon contact.
The effect was even more severe if it touched mucous membranes, like the eyes!
This was clearly an assassination attempt!
And the target was Zhu Chen!
As for the woman with the stitched-on face, she was likely just a puppet sent to do the deed.
Her plan was to drug Zhu Chen first, then kill him.
Since that failed, she had resorted to self-detonation.
Xiao Ye pulled Zhu Chen up, his gaze falling on the debris on the floor—the remains of a bomb.
An incident this serious was beyond what Xiao Ye and his men could handle on their own.
Before long, people from the military arrived.
Everyone at the scene was practically scared senseless.
The man and his girlfriend hadn't closed their eyes in time. Their corneas were burned through, and they were doomed to spend the rest of their lives in darkness.
However, even with the military's arrival, the investigation yielded no immediate results.
Xiao Ye first took Zhu Chen back to the Zhu residence. "I don't think the Angel Association was behind this attack. You should probably stay home for a while."
The effects of the drug on Zhu Chen had mostly worn off. "I know. I didn't think it was them, either. This method... it feels like the work of someone in our field."
He suddenly recalled something. "Back when I was in Country A, the executive who hired me mentioned that he had also sought out a similar expert."
"But that person did a poor job, while I succeeded. Could it be because of that?"
Xiao Ye nodded. "Leave it to me. I'll investigate."
Although the perpetrator used mysterious, almost supernatural methods, they still left a few clues behind.
The entire military mobilized to assist Xiao Ye.
In just two short days, they had already found their target.
As expected, it was indeed someone from the same field.
The perpetrator was also a Feng Shui Master. Though he looked to be in his forties or fifties, he was actually over eighty years old.
He had also replaced his own face with someone else's skin.
When Zhu Chen arrived, a gun was already pressed to the man's head.
Upon seeing him, the Feng Shui Master became agitated. "Why didn't I manage to kill you?! My plan was perfect!"
"Why did you try to kill me?"
"Because you stole my credit! Don't you know? If I had completed one more mission, I could have become an executive in the Angel Association!"
"I may not have done a good enough job that time, but I had already found a solution! You were just one day ahead of me. On what grounds?!"
'So it really was about that.' It seemed Zhu Chen's guess had been correct.
For professional jealousy to escalate to murder... his methods were truly ruthless!