115 Report Your Name (1/2)
Ye Qingxuan was furious. He did not care about being the key to Avalon’s Shadow now, only the fact that the Rossis had tried to hurt him and were now trying to kill him was enough to harden his eyes. It seemed that they wanted to force him into a dead end. But he did not remain silent for too long. He asked, ”Then what about the Butcher?”
There was an undertone of anger in his voice, causing the Pyramid King to misunderstand. He quickly shouted, ”That’s the Professor’s fault! I swear, it has nothing to do with me. I just wanted the Eastern kid’s body, but that *ss hired the Butcher and escalated everything. It was ruined for everyone!”
”Oh? Professor…” Testing the name out, Ye Qingxuan could not help but remember the beast that had terrorized him that day, and the robed shadow beside it. He was a musician too. He quickly thought of all connections but there was still something important lost in the fog. He could not connect it all together.
”If you want to find the Blood Path, you should hurry…” The Pyramid King’s voice seemed to be happy at his misfortune, ”We received news yesterday that the Shaman is back. He hates dark musicians. Once he gets into power, everyone who breaks the rules will be hung or drowned in the quagmire. It’ll be impossible for you to work downtown.” The Pyramid King paused. When he mentioned the name, fear flashed through his eyes, ”Everyone is starting to panic now.”
”You’re all so scared of him?” the dark shadow asked tauntingly.
”You don’t understand. You’re not from here, you don’t understand.” The Pyramid King was bitter, ”The Shaman is not just a legend. He was an entire era of downtown, do you understand? He was the Dark King back then…
”When he was the most powerful, he controlled half of Anglo’s Dark World through Avalon’s downtown. Everyone dreamed of kneeling before him to kiss his ring and pledge loyalty to him.
”The elites couldn’t control him, and the police were all loyal to him. The Royalty had to ask him if they could wear silk pajamas. He was the king of Anglo in the shadows! Some say that he had even met the Pope… If he didn’t go missing, all of downtown would probably be his now.” His eyes flashed with discontent, ”To him, we’re just rats eating his leftovers. Even if times have changed, all he needs to do is clap and many will want to follow him. If he really is back, we have to kill him before he can control everything…”
”Didn’t he run after being persecuted by the Royal Musicians?”
”Royal Musicians? They used to be his partners! How could the Royal Musicians live so lavishly without that man’s money?!”
Ye Qingxuan did not reply. He had never imagined the Shaman to be so powerful. He was just lucky that the legendary Dark King was still trying to get his own power back and was not focused on King Arthur’s hidden treasure yet.
”Last question.” Ye Qingxuan looked at him, ”Do you know who ‘old guy’ is?”
”Old guy?” The Pyramid King tried not to laugh. ”Are you kidding me? There are thousands with that nickname in downtown. How do I know who you’re talking about?!”
”Really? That’s a pity.” Regret flashed past Ye Qingxuan’s eyes as he looked away, ”You can go now.” Turning, he waved his hand, ”I’ve lost interest in you.”
The Pyramid King froze in disbelief, followed by ecstasy. He had not expected the man to really hold his promise. He could live now. But why did he feel so humiliated? He could feel the shadow’s eyes glancing at him for the last time. The gaze was cold, full of disdain and pity. It was as if the man was looking at a fly, a bug or some other insignificant thing. Was he just a rat the man could kill depending on his mood?! As if his life was so useless that he did not want to take it.
”You’ll regret it!” Sam screamed in his mind. ”You will regret it…” Crawling back, he pushed himself up and prepared to leave cautiously, but when he stepped out of the cemetery, he looked back again. The eerie shadow was standing under the ghastly moonlight, looking down at a tombstone. He seemed to have become one with the cemetery’s darkness. The moonlight cast a sharp shadow behind him, like a beast dancing menacingly.
The Pyramid King looked at the shadow and hesitated. Hate flashed past his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by fear. He gave up on a sneak attack. ”You…who are you?!” he yelled. ”Tell me your name! I want to know your name!”
Hearing his voice, the shadow in the darkness turned around, looking at him coldly. His dark eyes sent chills down the Pyramid King’s spine. They was arrogant and cold, like checking if the rat had the right to ask for his name. Silence.
The Pyramid King’s face reddened and he turned in anger. But then he heard a voice behind him.
”You can call me Sherlock,” In the darkness, the youth was actually racking his brain for a name. When he looked down at the tombstone beside him, his eyes lit up and reported the name on the stone. He said, ”My name is Sherlock Holmes.”
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Ye Qingxuan finally could not take it anymore. After the Pyramid King left, he collapsed next to the tombstone, gasping for breath. If the Pyramid King had left a few minutes too late, he really would have collapsed. Skipping levels and activating the dark melody had pushed him past his limits.
Beside him, Bai Xi scrambled to hand him a tube of green medicine. It was high quality recovery medicine. Ye Qingxuan did not have the energy to ask where she got it from. Taking it, he tipped his head and downed the medicine. After panting for a long time, he finally felt his mind recover.
After he was back to normal, Bai Xi began to fidget. She tried to escape, but a hand pressed down on her shoulder, ”Good evening, little friend. Do you want to play a game with Uncle?” Ye Qingxuan asked in a weird voice, ”I have a lot of fun games here…”
Bai Xi suddenly felt a chill. ”You...leave me alone!”
”What, you’re scared now?” Ye Qingxuan asked, ”Then why are you out here in the middle of the night?”
”I-I’m not Bai Xi!” The girl covered her face, ”You got the wrong person. I’m John! Uh, John Watson…”
”Wow, you think of names pretty quickly.” Ye Qingxuan snickered, ”Do you want to add a middle name? Like ‘H’ or something?”