Chapter 496: A Deadly Game Within the Villa
by xennovelChapter 496: This Mother and Son Are Playing a Role (Update 4)
Standing before the shattered gate of the Villa, Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment.
Without any further hesitation, he strode in.
The hall of the Villa was eerily quiet.
Especially at night—it resembled a Haunted Mansion.
Before him stretched endless darkness, but under Xiao Yu’s Night Bat Wave, it was as bright as day.
Wangdie’s Nose told him there were two people on the second floor of the Villa.
Arriving at the staircase, Xiao Yu began his ascent slowly.
When he reached the fifteenth step, his foot paused mid-step.
The stairs were covered with a non-slip marble plate.
At the fifteenth step, right at the dimly lit corner inside the Villa, something lay in wait.
The hall was pitch black; the low light made it hard to notice the object there.
It was a ‘477’ hand grenade, its priming lever uncovered and concealed beneath a slipper.
Military buffs would recognize the tactic.
A hand grenade, once its safety pin is pulled, won’t detonate until the lever is released.
Only when the lever snaps free does the fuse ignite.
Most grenades are set to explode in 5 to 10 seconds, depending on the type.
Regardless of the type, if the surface is studded with steel balls like beans,
the explosive impact will be so terrifying it sends shivers down your spine.
This can multiply a grenade’s destructive power by 5 to 10 times!
Really, that exaggerated?
There indeed exist some of the world’s ten most terrifying grenades.
Ever heard of a steel ball grenade?
Its casing is embedded with 4000 steel balls, ensuring nothing alive remains within 50 meters after the blast!
The grenade before him seemed coated with steel balls, but it only had about 180.
Even so, once its lever snapped free and the fuse was triggered, the explosion…
Xiao Yu’s expression darkened.
He slowly retracted his foot and crouched down.
His eyes, icy and piercing, fixed on the grenade hidden under the slipper.
According to the investigation, the suspect Zheng Jie is a military enthusiast.
A fervent fan of live-action CS, he even formed a CS team with a group of wealthy kids.
The victim Shi Yanwan once stated that the murderer possessed a pistol, a Compact Cannon… and hand grenades!
While the pistol was homemade, the Compact Cannon and grenades were not.
In the country, even obtaining a pistol isn’t that easy.
So being able to get a Compact Cannon and grenades—now that’s interesting, isn’t it?
That’s a matter for later; National Security will look into it.
For now… Xiao Yu reached out his hand.
Calmly, he grasped the grenade concealed under the slipper, seizing its lever.
He scanned his surroundings and spotted the safety pin on the nineteenth step.
Picking it up, he carefully reinserted it into the grenade and tucked it inside his jacket pocket.
All set!
“Your methods are rough—did you really think you could stop us?”
Xiao Yu stood up and replied coldly.
From upstairs, at last, came a response.
A voice laced with lunacy and menace echoed,
“It’s not good to bully me like this—you’re getting on my nerves.”
“When I lose control, I just have to vent.”
“And once I let loose, even I can’t rein myself in!”
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Flashes of fire and bursts of bullets pounded toward the stairs.
Xiao Yu stood his ground, calm and composed.
He let the bullets whiz past his head.
Due to the angle, none of the shots could hit him.
So… they were completely useless!
Instead, the enemy’s words made Xiao Yu squint his eyes.
Is this guy just a mama’s boy?
Or is he simply insane?
When the gunfire ceased, Xiao Yu signaled toward the Villa’s door.
The attackers quickly retreated.
“Can’t control yourself?”
Xiao Yu smirked and continued upward, asking, “Then what do you plan to do?”
He ascended slowly, the remaining steps free of traps.
Step by step, he reached the second floor, entering a hall.
In a shadowy corner, two figures stood.
A man and a woman.
A middle-aged woman, bound with her mouth gagged, stood at the front glaring at Xiao Yu while incoherently crying.
A young man loomed behind her, half his face visible along with the barrel of a Compact Cannon.
The barrel was aimed directly at Xiao Yu.
His wild eyes were fixed on him, too.
The young man was none other than suspect Zheng Jie.
“If I can’t control myself, I’ll go completely berserk,”
Zheng Jie continued to laugh maniacally.
“Then what?”
Xiao Yu smirked at him as if looking at a fool.
“Then what?” he repeated.
Hunched behind the woman, Zheng Jie’s half-visible face broke into a crazed, grimacing smile. “I’m young with a big temper—and the doctor even says I have a personality defect, ha ha. What do you think?”
“What do I think?”
Xiao Yu’s gaze shifted to the woman in front of Zheng Jie as he grinned, “A doting mother spoils her child—don’t you agree?”
At that moment, the terrified expression on the woman’s face shifted abruptly into one of panic…
And even Zheng Jie’s face, once wild and deranged, now revealed a trace of unease.
What did that indicate?
It meant that this mother and son were putting on an act!
One was playing the hostage perfectly to support his son’s charade,
While the other feigned madness and cruelty.
In a normal confrontation, any sane person would be terrified.
The logic was simple—as if in a fight between two men,
If one suddenly went berserk and smashed his own head with a brick,
the other would instinctively recoil, thinking he’d encountered a lunatic.
The ploy might not be sophisticated, but it worked.
Most would be frightened.
Xiao Yu looked at the duo with a mocking grin.
“You guys really think playing monkey around will fool me?”
“By the way, I hate monkeys!”
“Looking for death!”
Zheng Jie snapped back to reality, roaring as he prepared to pull the trigger on his Compact Cannon.
But… bang!
A heavy thud sounded beneath Xiao Yu’s feet.
In an instant, he appeared right in front of the mother and son.
His palm clamped around Zheng Jie’s gunhand.
A sharp crunch of breaking bone echoed as Xiao Yu gripped the Compact Cannon.
Rat-a-tat-tat—bullets thundered on.
Countless rounds struck Zheng Jie’s other wrist, which held a hand grenade,
Snapping the arm clean off!
Discarding the Compact Cannon, Xiao Yu reached out, seizing the severed arm and the grenade together.
Then he punched.
Thud—a blow landed squarely on the woman’s face as she turned.
In that same moment as she fell, Xiao Yu retrieved a hand grenade from the hand secured behind her.
Without delay—bam!
Xiao Yu’s thigh struck Zheng Jie’s face, silencing his screams instantly.
Both the mother and son crumpled to the ground.
“A dog-like scum,”
Xiao Yu sneered down at the semi-conscious Zheng Jie.
“You think playing a game of Werewolf makes you worthy of facing us?”