Bang!

The apartment door slammed shut heavily, and the girl now held a beautiful, flower-carved flintlock in her hand.

She also saw Fu Luo, who had flipped the bed open inside the room.

And of course, 'Fish' recognized that the other person's appearance was not the familiar "Twenty" she knew.

"Who are you," Fish aimed her gun at Fu Luo, "if you don't give me an answer within three seconds, I will fire. Three..."

The rapid countdown made Fu Luo break out in a cold sweat.

He recognized the girl in front of him because her bounty had been permanently posted on the forum for years—and she was one of the few with a photo. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

This also indirectly reflected the girl's strength—despite her appearance not being a secret, and most Players who could normally use the 『forum』 being able to recognize her as 『Fish』 with a high bounty when encountering her in a [dungeon]...

She was still alive.

Therefore, against such a powerful individual, Fu Luo couldn't muster even half a thought of direct confrontation.

"Two..."

Forget about Fish...

Even an ordinary 『Third Tier』, how could he, a mere 『First-Tier』, possibly contend with them?

Under the countdown, Fu Luo's thoughts raced incredibly fast, and he even felt time slow down.

At that very moment...

The figure of his dear friend 『May May』 flashed through Fu Luo's mind.

Then, for some reason, a somewhat crazy idea and plan, along with Lin Yu, rushed into Fu Luo's head.

"Hey, 『Fish』, relax, don't you recognize me?"

Suppressing the tension in his heart, Fu Luo spoke calmly.

Fish spoke coldly again: "I don't recognize you. Who exactly are you?"

"Who else could I be? I'm Twenty!"

Fu Luo said helplessly.

Fish frowned and looked at Fu Luo.

"Twenty? Are you messing with me?"

Seeing the other's finger on the trigger, Fu Luo hurriedly spoke again: "No, no, you just said the rumors outside claim I'm dead, and your boss also calculated I was in great peril..."

"Let me clarify, the rumors outside are true, I did die—the last [dungeon] was too dangerous, I slipped up."

Fish looked at Fu Luo and said coldly: "Is that so? Then why are you still standing here?"

"Because I have a way to revive. I have close ties with the Nightmare Demons of the Night Valley realm, so naturally I obtained some secret techniques from them—changing my appearance is also a price I had to pay."

Fu Luo explained.

"I'm not asking about the 'revival' principle. Although I didn't know before, if you really are Twenty and not dead, it must be related to the Night Valley Nightmares," Fish took a step forward, the flintlock almost pressing against Fu Luo's body, "What I'm asking is... if you are a revived Twenty, how did you appear in the real world?"

Hearing Fish's tone and feeling the gun muzzle against his chest, Fu Luo was still extremely nervous.

But while nervous, he also gradually got into character, then pointed to the altar at his feet.

"This—this is an altar I left here to summon myself."

Fu Luo said.

Fish's gaze shifted to the altar, then she examined it carefully.

She looked closely at the runes on it, then spoke.

"Hmm... it really is an altar for summoning Nightmares."

Hearing Fish's words, Fu Luo secretly rejoiced.

It seemed to really work!

So, he hurriedly spoke again: "How could I lie to you—what a coincidence, the ritual just finished, I just returned, and you walked in... What, did your boss also calculate the timing of your arrival?"

Of course, Fu Luo could guess who Fish referred to as 'boss'.

Naturally, it was the leader of the 『Marauders』, the famous 『Diviner』.

Fish shook her head: "No, it might just be a simple coincidence... So, you really are 'Twenty'?"

As she spoke, she lowered her gun.

Seeing Fish's action, Fu Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course, I am Twenty!"

But...

Bang!

Fu Luo suddenly felt a heavy punch land on his face, then lost his balance.

But before he hit the ground, he was grabbed harshly by the collar by Fish.

"Of course my ass—you think messing with me is fun? You really think I'm easy to fool!"

"Just because I have a hot temper doesn't mean I'm easily tricked—my family lives in Panyuan, Yanjing; I can stroll through Liulichang three times in half a month!"

"Trying to play 'passing off fish eyes as pearls' and 'counterfeit fakes' in front of me, you really think I'm a pushover?"

"Someone who can impersonate another person in front of me simply doesn't exist in this world."

As she spoke, she took out her phone and snapped a picture right in Fu Luo's face.

Then Fish pulled out a bundle of hemp rope and tied up the still-dizzy Fu Luo tightly, then sent that terrified photo to the 『Marauders』 APP.

"Who the hell is this guy? Anyone recognize him? There's a reward for the answer!"

After waiting a few minutes, several messages popped up.

"『Furbollo』, 『Detective』 from Zheng City, 『First-Tier』."

"『Furbollo』."

"Fudog."

"Seems like Furbollo."

"Isn't that 『Order』's Furbollo?"

"Even he got caught by Sister Fish, Sister Fish is awesome!"

Fish looked at the messages, repeatedly raising her eyebrows.

She memorized the IDs of the 『Marauders』 members who replied first, planning to give them some rewards later.

Fish had always been generous, righteous, and believed in repaying favors—even just answering her question deserved repayment.

Especially the first person among them to reply—not only the fastest, but also with the most complete information.

Fish specifically checked that person's ID.

"『Heavenly Artisan』... interesting, seems like that pretty good guy I met in Jiangcheng before."

Fish even had a vague impression of this ID.

Of course, for Fish, the most urgent matter now was...

Dealing with Fu Luo.

"Well, well, I never would have thought you're quite a celebrity," she looked at Fu Luo, "So you're 『Furbollo』... but you're actually from 『Order』? This is the first I've heard of it."

"That's pure slander, I just did a few jobs for 『Order』," said Furbollo, tied up tightly like a piece of Japanese chashu being cooked, with a miserable face, "Of course, I've also used 『Order』's name as a cover for my own convenience a few times... but I swear, if I said I was a member of 『Order』, they definitely wouldn't acknowledge it!"

"Cut the crap," Fish interrupted him, "What are you really doing here?"

"I... I just came to check on 『Twenty』. We're both 『Detectives』, and I haven't been able to contact him lately..."

Fu Luo hastily wove his final lie.

Naturally, Fish didn't believe this excuse: "Still not telling the truth? You even dug up his altar—looks like you must have taken a task from 『Order』!"

Fish pulled out the flintlock again.

But then, Fish's phone suddenly vibrated.

"Who is it?"

Fish frowned and picked up her phone, seeing a private message sent from the 『Marauders』 APP backend.

"Huh, that Heavenly Artisan from just now?"

[Heavenly Artisan: Sister Fish, hello. It seems you've captured Furbollo. I wonder if you could tell me under what circumstances you caught him? And how do you plan to deal with him?]

[Heavenly Artisan: I have some personal grievances with him. If you plan to kill him, I hope you could do me a favor and let me be the one to do it.]