Matthew answered, "I'm here to look for Monkey."
The hostess replied, "Oh, you're looking for Monkey? Sorry, but Monkey is drinking with Young Master
Oliver upstairs.
How about you wait here for a minute?"
Matthew said, "I've got something important to talk to Monkey about.Could you take me upstairs first?"
The hostess looked troubled.
"I'm really sorry, mister, but Young Master Oliver doesn't like to be disturbed when he's drinking.Why
don't you wait here for a minute?"
Matthew frowned slightly.
Seems fike there's no way I could bluff my way upstairs like that, he thought.His eyes flickered for a
moment.
Suddenly, he said, "In that case, it's fine.I'll go back to my car and wait for him.Oh, by the way, which
room are Monkey and the others in?"
The hostess darted a look at Matthew in surprise.
"Mister, how could Young Master Oliver possibly buy people drinks in a private room? They're on the
ninth floor, of course! That's Young Master Oliver's base, after all."
Upon hearing her words, Matthew turned around and left without saying a word.
The hostess was somewhat puzzled, but she didn't think much of it.
Meanwhile, as soon as Matthew walked out of the entrance, he furtively sneaked to the back of the
building.
After walking around the building, he found a door at its back.
The back door was locked from the inside, and Matthew went over and tried to press his hands on the
door.
Realizing that the door lock wasn't very sturdy, he pressed the door lock with his hands and exerted a
great amount of strength on it all of a sudden, forcing the door open with minimum sound.
Then, he slipped into the building and closed the door behind him.
After entering the building, Matthew saw a long hallway.
He walked down the hallway, but just as he was about to reach the end of it, he suddenly heard
footsteps coming his way.
There were rooms on both sides of the hallway, but the doors to the rooms were all closed.
Unable to find somewhere to hide, Matthew could only keep walking with his head lowered.
Soon, a man emerged from the comer ahead, looking casual and frivolous with a cigarette dangling
from his lips.
When he saw Matthew, he didn't care much about it.
He merely said, "Hehe, what's up? Wanna go inside and have fun too? I'm telling you, the ladies this
time are real knockouts! One of them, in particular, has just gotten admitted to a prestigious university
when Monkey and his men abducted her here.F*ck, her skin was so tender! You've got to try it..."
Matthew knitted his brows upon hearing the man's words.
Could there be other abducted women in there? he wondered.He responded with a few casual
remarks.
As the hallway wasn't brightly lit, the man didn't notice who Matthew was at all.
It wasn't until he saw Matthew up close that he realized something was wrong.
"You...Are you new here? Why have I never seen you before.."
Just then, Matthew struck immediately, seizing the man by the throat.
The man didn't have time to fight back even if he wanted to.
As a result, he was pinned against the wall by Matthew.
Matthew dragged the man to the end of the hallway in case another person came out.
He darted his eyes to the other side of the hallway, and there was a door over there that seemed to
lead into a room.
He took out a dagger and held it to the man’s throat.
Lowering his voice, he whispered, "Keep quiet.Do you hear me?"
The man nodded vigorously; the ice-cold dagger made him terror- stricken.
Matthew asked, "What's in there?"
The man answered, "T-That door leads to the passage to the basement"
Matthew asked, "Basement? What's in the basement?"
The man shot a puzzled look at Matthew.
"The basement is...just a basement.The kind where people store things..."
Without wasting his breath, Matthew immediately squeezed the man's throat and pushed his dagger in.
The man was in pain with his throat being squeezed, but he couldn't make a sound.
Matthew warned, "Don't lie to me, or I'm gonna kill you!"
The man shook his head repeatedly, signaling that he dared not lie anymore.
Matthew pulled out the dagger.
He asked in a whisper, "Now tell me— what's going on down there?"
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