Chapter 403
Sophia was surprised. Back then, Glory Entertainment kept ndering Michael to the point where there
were so many dark secrets revealed about him. As Michael’s fan, Sophia hated every single artist under
Glory Entertainment.
Nheless, what went around came around; someone actually defamed Glory Entertainment recently,
revealing that the artists under its management often used substitutes while filming. The main cast
members would only put their pride aside and take a few shots when they needed close-ups.
The whole filming only took ce in one set, and they used substitutes for both action sequences and
normal dialogue scenes. The actors and actresses did not need to memorize their scripts at all, and they
even used film masks which were made out of special material.
It could be made to look exactly like the face of the actor, and all the details on the face could be
mimicked urately. It was exactly like the human skin mask in ancient times.
An online gossip ount spread the scandals on the Inte, describing it in such a realistic way; it
sounded like the film mask could be made to resemble a real person. It could even mimic all the
expressions on a person’s face.
In the future, actors no longer needed to show their faces during filming anymore; they simply had to sign
a contract with the entertainmentpany, and they would hire substitutes who would wear human skin
masks and stand in for them during the entire filming process. These actors only had to sit and wait for
their pay to be transferred into their ounts.
Even though Sophia hated Glory Entertainment, she still had some doubts over the truth about film
masks; she felt that human skin masks were simply too outrageous to believe. If an actor used film
masks while filming, it would also be an insult to the acting profession as well as their fans!
“Uh… is the film mask thing real?”
Michael nodded. “Yeah, I’ve been feeling quitezy as ofte, so I asked the production crew to create
several film masks as standby; they found a substitute to wear the mask and take my ce during
filming for the past few days.”
Sophia was speechless; she didn’t know that her idol could be unprofessional sometimes. She decided
to retract the statement she posted on Twitter a few days ago which read, ‘The entire family of all actors
who use film masks must die.’
While peeling a fruit for her, Michael exined, “Glory Entertainment was the one who created film
masks. I’ve used it before, and it can really mimic the exact details on an actor’s face; you can’t virtually
see any difference in wide shots.
For close-up shots, just avoid moving too much—after some post-production editing, it will look exactly
like the actor himself, and the audience wouldn’t be able to see the difference at all.” Although Michael
looked down upon such cheating tricks, he had to admit that a film mask was quite the invention!
“Last night, did you find a person to die on your behalf using the human skin mask?” Sophia was utterly
bewildered.
Michael didn’t respond immediately. After peeling the fruit, cutting it slowly into several slices and taking
out the seed inside, he finally answered, “It was a drug addict. It’s impossible for him to stop taking drugs
anymore; he was willing to die on my behalf as long as I gave his family 1,000,000.”
1,000,000 in exchange for a life!
Michael looked calm and unflustered when he mentioned the drug addict; he didn’t feel a least bit sorry
for the loss of a human life at all. To him, it wasn’t worth spending 1,000,000 to buy a lowlife like the drug
addict! However, he had ran out of time back then; it wasn’t easy finding a person with the same build
and face as him in such a short time. Since the drug addict had volunteered himself, Michael reluctantly
agreed to his request.
He was already a worthless scumbag when he was still alive. Besides hitting his wife and kids every day,
the only thing he did was to steal money from the house, go out and get high on drugs.
His wife had to take up three different jobs at the same time to raise their children. Yet, he stole his
children’s tuition fee too. In the end, he spent all the money on drugs. He was willing to die if his death
could bring some benefits for his family.
Sophia didn’t ask Michael about this anymore. Suddenly, she remembered that Michael’s father, Theo,
died in a war around the Southwest border of Cethos back then; the main cause which triggered the war
was drugs.
A drug lord in Cethos had established his ownrge drug empire around the border, which was a no
man’snd not governed byws; the ce soon became thergest drug manufacturing base in the
world.
Theo was ordered to go and exterminate those bunch of ruthless drug criminals. Even though he had
managed to sessfully capture several of the most wanted criminals in the end, Theo died due to
serious injuries sustained during the bust.
Elizabeth couldn’t take the blow after Theo died. So, she chose tomit suicide and died along with
her husband. Therefore, Michael had always despised drug addicts very much. Once a person got
involved in drugs, his entire life would be ruined for good!
The couple became silent for a while after the question. Michael fed Sophia several pieces of fruit one by
one. He purposely cut them in small pieces as there were cuts around the corner of her mouth, and she
couldn’t open her mouth too wide while eating.
She took each bite carefully, worried that the cuts around her mouth might hurt. She asked again
curiously, “How did you guys find me?”
The Phantom Wolf’s leader had kidnapped and taken Sophia to Golden Drive Elementary School.
However, he told Michael that Sophia was in Mount View Elementary School instead. He did that on
purpose to lure Michael there, nning to blow him up into pieces.
Michael took the other half of the fruit where Sophia had taken a bite from and shoved it into his mouth
directly to finish it. He answered, “A few years ago, I went on a mission near that ce with the army.
Coincidently, we came across a fire ident at Golden Drive Elementary School. I joined the army to
extinguish the fire, so I’m quite familiar with the ce.”
The Phantom Wolf’s leader thought he was clever enough to trick Michael by sending him a video
showing the brutal fight between Sophia and Ka. His initial n was to provoke Michael, making him
lose his calm and clouding his judgment.
However, he hadn’t expected Michael to pick up so much information from the short video clip which was
only ten seconds long. For example, theyout of that ssroom, the direction the wind blew that night
and the light swaying in the ssroom helped him determine the exact position Sophia was located at.
Soon, Sophia fell asleep again after having something to eat.
Michael closed the door quietly. He asked Nathan to keep Sophiapany in the hospital while he went
home first. After all, there were still a ton of things waiting to be settled. Upon returning home, he went
down to the basement first and saw Abel dissecting Ka’s body.
A while ago, a fire had broken out in prison and caused the death of several prisoners. Coincidently,
Ka was one of the prisoners who died in the incident. They didn’t expect that she would appear in the
hands of the Phantom Wolf’s leader.
Performing autopsies was one of the main skills Abel focused on practicing throughout the years. Having
performed ast-minute autopsy on Ka’s body, he discovered that her hands were covered in scabs; it
seemed like she had gone through intense and harsh training under the Phantom Wolf before she died.
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She was injected with a high dose of stimnt while she was still alive; the drug could greatly enhance a
person’s strength within a short period of time. However, its after-effects were horrible. Based on the
amount injected into Ka’s body, even if she had survived, she would spend the rest of her life in a
wheelchair.
Her body was imnted with a type of high-tech electrocuting device equipped with a remote control
switch. Once the device was switched on, it could cause numbness to the muscles for three to five
seconds, making the person feel weak; it felt like they had lost all energy.
It was clear that the Phantom Wolf had no intention of letting Ka kill Sophia. Every time Ka was
about to deal a fatal blow to Sophia, someone would secretly switch on the device remotely and
temporarily numbed Ka.
Such a special kind of high dosage stimnt and the imnted device would definitely leave a clue for
investigation. In addition to the clue in which Ka had been trafficked out of prison, Abel was certain he
could find out more about the Phantom Wolf’s leader if he was to look into the three clues together.
Besides, defusing the bomb imnted in the body of the Phantom Wolf was one of the most important
things Abel had to figure out and research too.
Michael observed Abel quietly while thetter examined the body. He continued to frown; his perspective
on the world would change every time he investigated the Phantom Wolf’s leader. The phrase ‘With hell
being empty, all the devils are here’ can be used to describe the Phantom Wolf.
Why would such a ruthless and savage person like him exist in this world? He might as well die if he
thinks the world isn’t as wonderful as he thought it would be!
Abel had his own workroom where he carried out autopsies, and it waspletely surrounded by
plexiss. He examined the body while talking to Michael through the ss at the same time.
“Didn’t Harry receive some information today?”
Through the ss, Michael looked at Abel. Thetter was wearing a whiteb coat and a surgical mask
while dissecting the body.
“It’s information about your Mitchell Family.”
Abel was curious. “Oh, let’s hear about it.”
Michael didn’t know what kind of expression he was supposed to put on his face. “Chica has a twin
brother.”