Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

As he spoke, the one-eared Black Ghost raised his hand, aimed his firearm at Zhang Beixing, and pulled the trigger.

”BANG!”

With a muffled crack, the bullet shot out of the chamber, flying towards Zhang Beixing.

Almost at the same instant,

”WHOOSH—”

A cold gleam from Zhang Beixing’s spear flashed, slashing downwards in front of him.

”CLANG—”

The cold gleam met the bullet with a crisp ring in mid-air.

The fierce astral wind accompanying the spear’s movement sliced the bullet cleanly in half.

Then, the spear’s tip swept across the one-eared Black Ghost’s neck. His head was almost severed, and blood gushed forth like a pillar!

”AHHH!!!”

Even though he had seen it several times, the sight of Zhang Beixing killing someone always managed to terrify the bartender. He couldn’t help but let out a shrill, ear-piercing scream.

Zhang Beixing’s response was simple. He just turned his spear around.

Thrust!

”SPLAT!”

With a sickening crunch, the long spear met no resistance as it smashed the Black Ghost bartender’s head into pulp.

Now, not a single living person was left in the room.

Zhang Beixing kicked the one-eared Black Ghost’s corpse aside. He approached the table and started rummaging through its contents.

Unfortunately, he found nothing.

What’s going on? Zhang Beixing wondered.

Just then,

”THUD! THUD!”

A heavy knocking sound suddenly came from the bookshelf behind him.

Hearing this noise, Zhang Beixing’s eyebrows furrowed. Could there be someone else in this room?

With this thought, he put on his mask, gripped his long spear, and thrust it fiercely at the bookshelf making the strange noises.

With little effort, Zhang Beixing easily pierced through the bookshelf. The long spear sank in more than halfway.

There must be more to this place than meets the eye, Zhang Beixing realized.

So he released the spear and walked closer.

BANG! BANG!

A few heavy punches landed. Like a one-man demolition crew, he forcefully smashed an opening into the bookshelf.

Zhang Beixing peered through the opening. Behind the bookshelf, there was indeed a secret room.

Inside this secret room, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman was tied to a chair, her mouth gagged with a bandage. She was trembling all over.

The long spear that Zhang Beixing had thrust earlier was now less than a fist’s distance from the woman’s head!

The woman, startled by this sudden development, turned pale. A film of moisture misted her star-bright eyes, her long eyelashes trembling wildly.

Yet even so, her stunning beauty could not be concealed. On the contrary, this only made her appear more pitiful, stirring a protective instinct in anyone who saw her.

Looking at that peerless face, Zhang Beixing’s brow furrowed. For some reason, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen her somewhere before, but he couldn’t recall where at that moment.

With this thought, he stepped forward, ripped the tape from the woman’s mouth, and grabbed her by the neck. ”Who are you?”

”I am... I am...”

The woman stammered for a long time but couldn’t form a coherent response. Clearly, she was terrified out of her wits.

Seeing her like this, Zhang Beixing frowned. Hearing the distant police sirens, he knew he couldn’t stay here any longer. So, without wasting any more words on her, he simply asked, ”Do you know who I am?”

”No... I don’t know!” the woman said, hurriedly shaking her head.

Hearing her words, Zhang Beixing stared at her for a moment. After confirming she wasn’t lying, he released his grip on her neck.

”You’re better off not knowing who I am!”

After saying this, Zhang Beixing searched the secret room.

Soon after, he found a file documenting the criminal syndicate.

This is what I came for, he thought.

Zhang Beixing tucked the file inside his shirt, picked up his long spear, and, before the police arrived, quickly left through the window.

「Not long after Zhang Beixing had left.」

”BANG!”

The door was kicked open.

Police from Ancient Rome stormed in, guns drawn, followed by several reporters who had heard the commotion and rushed over.

As soon as the police entered, one of them shouted, ”Nobody move! Hands up!”

However, there was no response from inside the room. At that moment, the only living person left was the woman still bound in the secret room. And she, paralyzed with shock, couldn’t utter a word.

But just because she couldn’t speak didn’t mean others couldn’t.

When the reporters who had tagged along to see the commotion got a clear look at the woman’s face, they paused, then one instinctively exclaimed, ”Yelena? What is she doing here?!”

Hearing this name, the police officers also paused for a moment, but the urgent situation didn’t allow them to hesitate. One of them quickly asked Yelena, ”Miss Yelena, what happened here? Who killed these men, and where did the killer go?”

Yelena’s gaze involuntarily flickered towards the window, but she ultimately just shook her head. ”I don’t know,” she replied. ”I didn’t see the killer. It was like this when I woke up.”