Just like the first time we came with Alia, the bar was crowded and very noisy.
As if Doz's death had not bothered them at all.
And like the last time too, a lot of eyes were turned towards me, as if to show that a child is not welcome here.
- "O kid, are you coming in or are you getting out?"
Me - "Oh, excuse me, I didn't mean to disturb you."
Well, this time since Alia wasn't there to screw things up, I can try not to draw attention to myself and go incognito to everyone.
Even though, in my opinion, some people here were there when I killed Doz. But that doesn't seem to be the case with this mustachioed man.
From the way he talks to me, I think he was not present when this event happened.
The mustachioed man - "Maybe you need someone to help you sit down or serve you something."
- "Oy Carlo, you should watch your mouth."
I'm not sure, but I think the voice that just came between me and this famous Carlo is none other than Chauk.
Carlo - "Whoever spoke just now, get up or you'll have a hard time."
- "It's good, I'm up and now, what are you going to do?"
Indeed, I was able to guess who was behind this intervention, because at the same time, while talking, Chauk got up and approached Carlo.
Carlo - "Oh, so it was Lord Chauk."
I'm not sure why, but just hearing the sound of his voice is enough to understand that the two don't like each other too much.
Chauk - "Here we go again, when are you going to understand that your ironic bullshit is useless?"
Carlo - "And you, when are you going to understand that kissing Shanlen's ass is useless?"
That's it.
Before I heard that, I really thought that Shanlen was appreciated by everyone in the bar.
But when I think about it, I think they all have to be bent to his will or they get beaten up, just like the first time we came.
And since the cat isn't there, the mice take advantage of it to rebel.
Well, in this case, a mouse.
Chauk - "It's weird, you open it a lot more when it's not there. But as soon as he stands in front of you, you're the first one to lick his feet, aren't you?"
At first glance, he seemed to be right as some of the men began to laugh.
And Carlo also seemed a little unsettled.
Carlo - "Me licking his feet? You must be joking! You all think that he is the boss of this bar, but you are all wrong."
Chauk - "Oh, so we are all wrong? Well then, tell us who is better than Shanlen to be the boss."
Carlo - "The only person who can beat Shanlen is Doz."
Now we know for sure that he wasn't there the day I killed him.
Chauk - "Ahahah Doz? Why do you think we haven't heard from him in three days?
Carlo - "He is preparing for war, it is normal that he is not present.
I have been holding back for a few seconds, but after hearing his sentence, a slight laugh came out of my mouth and the next moment, a dozen other men started laughing, obviously Chauk was one of them.
Carlo - "What are you doing, why are you all laughing?"
Chauk - "Well, since you're apparently in total denial, let me bring you up to speed.
It's been three days since Doz has been here, because they killed her.
Carlo - "Doz? Killed? Let me laugh, nobody is powerful enough to kill him."
I expected Chauk to answer him, but instead he went out of the bar and came back some tens of seconds later with a garbage bag in his hand and threw it at Carlo's feet.
Carlo - "What do you want me to do with your trash, get it out of here."
And with a kick, he made the garbage bag fly a few meters away from him.
Chauk - "Open it, a surprise is waiting for you inside.
And on his words, Chauk handed him the bag and Carlo took it in his hands, opened it and took out something.
As soon as he saw what it was, he dropped the object directly and it crashed to the ground with a dull, wet sound.
This wet object was none other than Doz's head, decapitated.
Carlo - "Who the fuck is the bastard who killed him? There were several of you fighting against him, right?"
Chauk - "Nah, there was only one person."
Carlo - "No way! So he was barehanded against a guy with a gun, right?"
Chauk - "You don't have to ask me that. Ask the guy you were pissing off a few minutes ago."
Carlo - "What? That kid? Is he the one who killed him?"
Chauk - "I just told you, don't ask me that."
Carlo - "Hey kid, I hope you didn't have anything to do with it."
This situation is not very pleasant, I would have preferred that Chauk lies and that he incriminates someone else instead of saying directly that it was me who killed him.
Me - "Who knows, maybe it was actually me who killed him."
Carlo - "You? A kid, never in his life could Doz lose to you. "
- "What are you doing here, you idiot, were you there to see it?"
Carlo - "Who is the enf..."
The reason why Carlo hadn't finished his sentence?
The arrival of Ojoth, Menelle, Isobe, May, Vasoros, Rujin, but especially Shanlen who answered him directly.
Shanlen - "Can you please finish your sentence?"
Carlo - "Shanlen, there's no way that kid could have killed Doz. Couldn't he?
Shanlen: "I don't know, why don't you ask him?
Once again, I'm being blamed.
Carlo - "Okay, kid, I'm going to ask you one last time, did you kill Doz?
Well, to tell the truth, I don't really want to answer him, because if I ever admit to him that it was me who killed him, then he's bound to want to fight again and I might have a chance to die.
And if I say that I didn't do it, some people here won't like that I'm lying.
So I have to find a middle ground.
Me - "I don't think you're asking me the right question. What you should be asking is, do you think I'm capable of beating Doz and killing him."
Carlo - "Stop messing with me, did you kill him or not?"
Me - "Well, since you're so persistent with this question, I'll answer you. No, I didn't kill him.
Carlo - "Then why does everyone say that you did it?
Me - "I don't know, of course I beat him one on one, but when I left, he was still alive. "
Carlo - "So you're the bastard who beat him."
Unfortunately I didn't have time to say anything else, because he was already coming at me with his fist cocked, ready to hit me.