There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

So, under the male waiter's sweaty apprehension, the Capital Commandant took step by step toward him as he hung his head and clenched his fists tightly.

"Honestly, I had preordered a coffee here before, but now that the situation is complicated, there's no need to deliver it anymore—although I doubt you'd be able to deliver it now."

After a while, a voice came from above his head.

The male waiter, startled, looked up to see the gentle and elegant man standing before him, offering a faint smile. Yet at an angle only he could see, the man's eyes were filled with a profoundly intriguing interest.

The corner of the waiter's mouth twitched.

He immediately realized two things.

As the current guest of room 218, the excuse of delivering coffee was likely already exposed to the other party.

And, he probably couldn't refuse to cooperate now...

The male waiter quickly covered up his awkward and flustered emotions, saying cautiously, "I couldn't go up just now, so I had the front desk call to inform you, but it seems you didn't get the phone call."

Every guest room in the Five-star Hotel was equipped with a telephone, but its network was only for internal use, restricted to the hotel's front desk, and useless for anything else.

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuo appeared contemplative, "I see, I wasn't in the room just then."

With these words, the waiter continued to nod submissively, trying his best not to look at the imposing Capital Commandant beside him.

Fortunately, the Capital Commandant just gloomily watched him for a while and didn't say anything. He probably hadn't figured out a specific doubt and, therefore, had nothing to say.

If he had really let his thoughts wander, he might have turned the entire Five-star Hotel into a base of the Radiant Corps.

On second thought, that didn't seem entirely impossible, did it?

However, just like Doctor Kong, whose personal and professional background was utterly unblemished, the Five-star Hotel, which had been established in District Thirteen for ten years, was also innocently innocent.

After a while, the grim reaper-like scrutinizing gaze shifted away.

The male waiter silently breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could even out his breath, he heard a cold voice say to the person beside him, "Take him upstairs first."

The soldiers, upon the command, gave him a cold, merciless look.

Male Waiter: "..."

He instinctively looked toward Doctor Kong, only to find that the man was intently observing the guests in the lobby, not sparing a glance or even showing awareness of his plight.

It's laughable, I nearly got crippled for a slight mishap; you, who tried to enter room 218 earlier, think you can leave unscathed?

In an instant, the male waiter understood his current predicament and quickly became afraid, "S...Sir, what did I do wrong?"

The Capital Commandant didn't bother with him and simply left.

The two soldiers didn't bother with him either, but grabbed his shoulders and started dragging him upstairs.

The male waiter half genuinely and half theatrically began to wail, but before he could cry out twice, one of the soldiers pressed his mouth shut tightly, preventing any further sound.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

It seemed, this trip was definitely fraught with peril!

When the Capital Commandant appeared, although the lobby remained chaotic, the guests were all covertly observing his actions.

Now, seeing a hotel waiter being forcibly taken away without any explanation, they all entertained various thoughts in a moment's time.

Before the blackout, the Capital Commandant's demeanor seemed to have softened.

Even when undergoing questioning, as long as they cooperated a little, they would not be subjected to overly aggressive coercion or beatings.

But now, he descended like a fierce tiger, his sharp and stern air unreservedly pressing down on everyone present!

What had happened?!

Those with slightly sharper instincts were all feeling uneasy, realizing that their subsequent time would not be as relaxed as before.

If previously they could express dissatisfaction and anger toward the Capital Commandant and the military district, now only wariness and terror remained.

In the face of the crowd's secret scrutiny, the Capital Commandant remained nonchalant, asking his secretary expressionlessly, "During the confusion just now, how many people were injured?"

The secretary responded swiftly, "At the time, there were a total of sixty-two people in the hall. After the power was restored, we checked, and no one was missing, but at least twenty-three people were injured."

"That many?" Xu Shuo exclaimed in surprise.

The secretary glanced at him. Despite his confusion, he did not elaborate further and continued, "Because it was too chaotic at the time, the soldiers didn't know who had seized the opportunity to grab their weapons, so there were accidental discharges, which resulted in three people being seriously injured."

"Have they been treated?" Xu Shuo asked again.

"You are?" The secretary, seeing the Capital Commandant's expression remain unchanged, felt compelled to probe.

"Separate those who were injured from the others; I want to interrogate each of them. Don't worry about their identities, follow the military region's regulations," the Capital Commandant interrupted before Xu Shuo could reply.

Upon hearing that last sentence, the secretary felt a chill down his spine.

Did this mean a complete fallout with the Parliament was imminent, disregarding even the status of visiting celebrities?

This approach could likely affect the upcoming social season as well.

Nonetheless, the secretary had no place to question the orders of his superior and turned to instruct the nearby soldiers. Then, he looked back at the Capital Commandant, hesitant to speak.

"What?" the Capital Commandant glanced at him.

"That... Sir, could it be that the assistant really is..."

The secretary braced himself to ask, but before he could finish, he faltered under the sharp and icy gaze of the Capital Commandant.

That look was like one reserved for a dead man.

Startled and sweating profusely, he dared not ask any further.

He had the sinking feeling that if he spoke out of turn again, he might be the next one sent to the interrogation room.

The Capital Commandant's mood was always unpredictable, and now that he was no longer concerned with Parliament, there was no telling what he might do.

As silent as a cicada in winter, the secretary's mind was fraught with anxiety as he pondered whether he had somehow incurred the Capital Commandant's displeasure. Otherwise, why would the superior harbor a killing intent toward him?

Could he suspect collusion with the assistant?

It seemed possible...

The secretary suddenly felt the need to demonstrate his loyalty.

...

Perhaps the person in question was unaware, but after seeing the reaction of the female server upstairs, the Capital Commandant had a strange sense of déjà vu.

Was the secretary also subjected to hypnosis at that time?

So, regardless of whether the hypnosis was temporary, the Capital Commandant was no longer going to put his complete trust in this person.

That's why he hadn't shared the arrangements for the back yard with him.

When the time comes, he'll capture them one by one!

A sneer played in the Capital Commandant's mind.

"Didn't that person seem to have injured his shoulder?"

Suddenly, Xu Shuo leaned in and spoke quietly.

The Capital Commandant's gaze shifted indifferently.

Among the twenty-three injured, among the three who were seriously wounded, one had his arm near the shoulder wrapped in a bandage, soaked with blood, looking quite severe.

Xu Shuo, having been fed the information that the "spy was injured in the shoulder," now naturally focused on fitting his own role, closely observing that person.

The man was slightly overweight, dressed in a finely tailored suit, sporting a slicked-back hairstyle that typified a successful businessman.

But now, he looked in bad shape due to the injury, gently supported by the young woman accompanying him.

It was Manager Zhang of Tengxing Trading Company.