It's a Master of Details

Zhu Yan sat cross-legged behind the counter, smiling happily.

Previously, when acting in front of other players and terrifying creatures, breaking character with a laugh would have meant game over.

Now that he was finally alone, he didn't have to hold it in anymore!

Zhu Yan shifted backward and leaned comfortably against the wall.

Guan En was getting smarter. Zhu Yan figured he would try everything possible to verify the identity of that fake account.

However, Zhu Yan had also orchestrated a little play in the players' group chat.

He wondered if the police station had a way to add Yang Zhanbai's contact information...

If they did, that would be for the best.

After the act of killing the boss was over, he could easily use Yang Zhanbai's mouth to completely clear the name of the identity Zhu Zeyu, turning him into the undisputed hero among the new players.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yan cleared his throat and restrained the smile on his face.

He entered the Online Mall and purchased a human leg to use as a prop.

Then, Zhu Yan directly started a group voice call while simultaneously activating his Roleplay ability, transforming back into the appearance of the Boss.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Yang Zhanbai stood up from his seat, the chair legs scraping against the tiles with a sharp screech.

"...What the hell are you supposed to be?"

Qi Yinming tugged at his clothes, seemingly trying to calm him down but actually fueling the fire.

"Yang Zhanbai, calm down. This guy ate the candy earlier; his brain is already messed up."

As soon as the words ate the candy came out, the expressions of some players turned strange.

Eating the candy was the beginning of turning into a monster.

They exchanged glances and unanimously wanted to distance themselves from the boy.

"Calm down my ass!" Yang Zhanbai cursed.

He strode up to the boy, patted his shoulder, and forced a fake smile.

"Classmate, a person's value can be measured."

"How can a cowardly turtle who only comes up with rotten ideas compare to a player who dares to solo a monster?"

The boy's face changed.

He was just about to defend himself when many people's phones started vibrating at the same time.

"It's Zhu Zeyu," Qi Yinming shouted, his lips very pale.

He was the first to answer the call and put it on speaker, but all that reached their ears was an angry screech.

Yang Zhanbai cursed and released his grip on the boy's shoulder.

A human could never make a sound like that; it was clearly the Boss rushing back!

It seemed that some of Zhu Zeyu's actions had completely enraged the bar boss.

The voice on the phone was distant and furious, a symphony of untuned roars and the crisp sound of glasses and plates crashing to the floor.

"I'll kill you! I'll eat you! You bastard trespassing in the front hall!"

Even through the phone screen, the oppressive aura contained in that voice was terrifying enough.

Just what level of horror creature was this?!

Everyone present fell silent, and some people's breathing visibly quickened.

The boy standing at the door was already trembling with fear.

"He... he's definitely not going to survive..."

Yang Zhanbai glared at him fiercely, and the boy shut his mouth.

The other end of the phone was still noisy, and the Boss seemed to have walked further away. Yang Zhanbai could almost picture it chasing Zhu Zeyu all over the hall.

No, Zhu Zeyu probably couldn't manage to kite the monster...

A greater possibility was that the Boss was dragging a mangled corpse toward the back kitchen.

Even the battle-hardened Yang Zhanbai felt his insides knotting up tightly.

Qi Yinming asked, "What is Zhu Zeyu's ability?"

The Boss suddenly let out a piercing scream, accompanied by a squelching sound of flesh being pierced, and then the other end of the phone went dead silent.

No one answered Qi Yinming's question, and the small shop also fell completely silent.

A girl covered her mouth, her eyes brimming with tears.

A chubby boy's chest heaved as he asked tremblingly, "Did the player... sacrifice himself?"

Yang Zhanbai remained silent.

That sound just now was far too horrifying.

Let alone these pure rookies, even he, a player who had directly interacted with the Boss and had the lives of many horror creatures on his hands, felt that things were very bad.

It was over.

...

Inside the bar.

Zhu Yan pulled out the knife he had just forcefully plunged into the human leg, stood up, and stepped across the messy floor.

That squelching sound of the knife piercing flesh was the detail he was most proud of. He had even bought it with bone gold coins, and he sincerely hoped the people on the other end of the phone could hear it.

Everything in the bar that could be thrown, smashed, or tossed had been destroyed by him.

Zhu Yan slowly walked toward his phone resting on the bar counter, panting heavily.

Acting by shouting, throwing, and smashing things was just too exhausting.

However, this bellows-like panting made the people on the other end of the phone heave a huge sigh of relief!

"Zhu Zeyu?" Yang Zhanbai's voice came through the phone. "Is that you? Are you still alive?"

Qi Yinming bit his lip nervously.

For a full dozen seconds, aside from the approaching pants and the crunching sound of stepping on glass shards, they heard no other noise.

"It's me." A somewhat hoarse voice sounded out, carrying exhaustion and relief, still panting as if recovering from a terrible shock. "I survived."

Zhu Yan paused, then added, "The Boss is dead."

Qi Yinming's phone slipped and clattered onto the table.

Yang Zhanbai opened his mouth but could not say a word.

The small restaurant was dead silent. The players' breathing remained shallow and rapid, not yet having time to adjust.

"Dead... dead?" Yang Zhanbai broke the silence with a hoarse voice. "You... you killed it..."

The players looked at each other in dismay.

Shock.

Even Yang Zhanbai, currently recognized as the strongest among them, had to rack his brains to play tricks when facing an entity of that level. Yet that Zhu Zeyu had taken it head-on and killed it in just two short minutes?

Even if he had a level-five knife in his hands, for a new player, that was a bit too overpowered.

How was this a human?

This was clearly a god descended!

"Yes," Zhu Yan said. "I killed it. What about you guys? Where are you right now?"

He had already put away the human leg and was slowly strolling toward the elevator.

The tuxedo cat was still outside the instance; that little guy occasionally needed to eat human flesh.

The human leg wasn't a total waste of money; it would be perfect as a treat for it.

Yang Zhanbai glanced at the other people in the restaurant, his eyes growing moist.

The moment that unbelievable answer was confirmed by Zhu Yan, his emotional burden was finally lifted for a brief moment.

The Boss was dead, the true path leading to the end had been found, and the obstacles on the road had been cleared.

None of them had to die anymore...

Even if the condition to unlock the next level required a Hunter's Hand, it was still better than losing their lives!

"Wait a moment," Yang Zhanbai's voice was now choked with emotion. "I'll go back and pick you up. I still have the Hunter's mark, which should make the mimics operate the elevator."

Doing a rough calculation, Zhu Zeyu had saved his life at least three times—pulling him away from the mimic's mouth in the flower shop, giving him the potion outside the candy store, and now soloing the Boss to clear the way for him.

How was this any different from a blood brother?

Zhu Yan, on the other hand, was startled.

Right now, whenever he saw Yang Zhanbai, he felt genuine fear from the bottom of his heart.

Damn it, they hadn't seen each other for just a few minutes, and now he was coming over to stir up what kind of trouble?

God knows what he might say to the mimics!

More importantly, the Boss had never even come back.

If his cover was blown...

"No need!" he stopped him at once. "Shouldn't you just stay in the shop? I can handle it myself."

Yang Zhanbai was even more touched.

He gave Qi Yinming a look, decisively pushed the door open, and stepped back out into the night.

"I'm here," he announced. With a wave of his hand, he cleaved the lunging monster in two. "Get inside that cage first."

Zhu Yan was so startled he nearly dropped his phone.

He abruptly hung up, jogged into the golden cage, and shouted upward using the "boss's" voice.

"Pull me up this instant, you idiot!"