Underworld Player Chapter 28 - Detective Bai Zhi

As the speaker pulsed to the energetic rhythm of the line-dancing music, Late Night Kitty grit her teeth against the weirdly conflicting emotions that were triggered inside her, and together with Bai Zhi, went over the kitchen with a fine-tooth comb.

The power of a good BGM is undeniable. As everybody knows, just like the key to defeating Jackie Chan is to take him on somewhere with no props (and not to wear anything he can grab, like a shirt or tie), the key to defeating Master Wong Fei-hung is not to hone one's martial arts prowess, but simply to turn his amp off*.

As loud as the music was, however, it was drowned out by the cascading rain and sporadic crashes of resounding thunder and blinding-white lightning.

Thus, the two people on the other team had no clue what was happening in the kitchen, beyond perhaps suddenly recalling a familiar, upbeat earworm.

Between Bai Zhi and Late Night Kitty, the two made short work of the modestly-sized kitchen as they conducted their search using the powerful flashlights. They found nothing of note, other than the head in the fridge, but it was enough to cause one of them to develop a fascination with the mysterious contents of the pot on the stove.

To Bai Zhi's great regret, Late Night Kitty promptly dragged him away from the accursed object. If she hadn't, Bai Zhi might have been tempted enough to scoop out a spoonful of that reddish-black substance and give it a thorough... examination.

As he left the room, Bai Zhi cast a thoughtful look at the black, dozen or so planks nailed willy-nilly across the windows. The windows are boarded up... Could it be to prevent leakage?

With each throb of the BGM's driving beat, Late Night Kitty gradually stopped being a dead weight, raising her flashlight and actively helping search for clues despite her jittery hands.

The efficiency of two pairs of hands over one was massive, and after doing a clean sweep of the kitchen, Bai Zhi and Late Night Kitty went on to systematically scour the main bedroom and a bathroom.

Even under the li

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