Chapter 80: Old Warehouse (1/2)
Lin Mu did not move his short sword from the neck of the masked man, even after he declared his surrender. He did not want the man to surprise him after letting his guard down.
Lin Mu instead scanned every inch of the man's body for any hidden weapons or dangerous items. He had seen the darkly dressed men use poisons, thus he wanted to be extremely sure of his safety. After scanning the man with his spirit sense, Lin Mu found a few weapons hidden on his body.
This included four daggers, one each hidden at the ankles and wrists along with a set of metal needles which seemed to be steeped in some kind of black liquid; most likely to be poison. Lin Mu took away all of these weapons from the masked man before allowing him to sit up.
”Now speak, who are you from, and why have you been following me?” Lin Mu questioned with a stern tone.
The masked man seemed to hesitate a bit before speaking,
”I am but my lord's tool and I was ordered by him to observe you.”
Lin Mu narrowed his eyes upon hearing the masked man's words. It was a little surprising to him that it was actually someone else that was pulling the strings from the behind. He then thought of the similarities between the men who had tried to kill him before and this man.
”Are you part of the same group of people that killed Gan Ma?” Lin Mu questioned.
The masked man tilted his head slightly upon hearing Lin Mu's words, as if he was confused.
'Isn't Gan Ma the second hunter who became a cultivator?' The masked man thought before speaking,
”Gan Ma's dead?” The masked man asked.
Lin Mu closely observed the masked man and could tell the genuine confusion in the man's voice.
”You didn't know that, but know who he is?” Lin Mu asked.
”We know who he is but according to our intelligence he has been missing for nearly a month now.” The masked man answered.
”We? So you are with those men.” Lin Mu uttered before straightening his blade.
Seeing that his target had assumed something wrongly, the masked man put up his hands in protest.
”No, we are not who you think. Though if you allow me to contact my lord, I can find it out for you.” The masked man replied.
Lin Mu felt a little surprised at the masked man's words, but did not accept them right away. There were a few more questions he wanted the answers to.
”Are your people behind what's happening in the district right now?” Lin Mu questioned with a grave expression.
”No, we're not, but I can tell you that we wouldn't do something like this. Even my lord would like to find out more about this and why this happened. But let me tell you this: that whoever has done this is very influential and has a lot of resources.” The masked man spoke.
”Why do you say that?” Lin Mu asked.
”Whatever substance that is being used to induce the sleep into the district's residents, it is definitely expensive and difficult to get.” The masked man answered.
Lin Mu did not believe the masked man at first, but then he heard senior Xukong talk.
”He's probably telling the truth. A substance that can incapacitate so many people at once is definitely hard to come by in a lower-level world like this.” Xukong spoke.
The masked man saw that Lin Mu's expression had turned dull for a moment. He didn't understand why, but after that, the boy nodded to himself and spoke.
”Okay then, for now, I'll accept your answer, but I won't trust you completely.” Lin Mu said.
The masked man thought to himself for a bit before speaking,
”I have a little more information that may be helpful to you.”
”Go ahead” Lin Mu replied.
”The dogs that were chasing that man, I know why they were not barking.” The masked man answered.
”And why's that?” Lin Mu asked.
”They were affected by a poison called as the Beast Inciting powder.” The masked man answered.