Fifteen minutes later.
On the sofa in the living room of Dunis Office.
Li Chengyi and the owner, Dunis, sat side by side on the couch.
"Sorry, there is no second place to sit here; we can only sit in a row," Dunis said, his voice quivering as if still unable to extricate himself from the horror.
"Let’s hear it, what’s the price?" Li Chengyi spoke up, "It seems that you are in bad shape, and I have taken a liking to this office, so na your transfer price."
A wry smile crossed Dunis’s face; he had already heard these words from the other party before.
But he didn’t agree right away.
Because he had gotten himself into quite a bit of trouble, and that trouble could co knocking at any mont to eliminate the witness.
When he learned of this news, he was on the verge of breaking down.
"You... you’re not a hunter, are you?" Dunis said softly, "I don’t see a hunter’s badge on you, so... I won’t transfer the office to you."
"Five hundred thousand," Li Chengyi said indifferently.
"It’s not about the money, but I don’t want to harm you. Soone has targeted ..." Dunis sighed.
"No matter, they are looking for you, not this office," Li Chengyi said.
"...you... are not afraid of being seen as my accomplice?" Dunis was at a loss for words.
He had seen people with guts but never anyone this audacious.
"I’m a reasonable person. If soone cos here, I will reason with them. Don’t worry, I’m very good at talking," Li Chengyi stated earnestly.
"...The problem is, many people won’t reason with you. You know, in our era, all kinds of strange things lurk in the dark, and the governnt can only barely cover them up, but in fact... the hunters are already overwheld," Dunis said.
"Speaking of which, how much do you know about hunters?" Li Chengyi picked up a piece of paper from the coffee table.
It was printed with beautiful silver handwriting, an imitation of handwriting.
’We sincerely invite you, Mr. Dunis Alte, to attend the evening banquet party on April 1st. Please make sure to cleanse your body before attending, do not eat stimulating foods such as onions and garlic, and change into clean and tidy undergarnts and outerwear in advance. ——New Moon.’
The text was written in Anze’s most widely circulated Anle script.
This complex typeface, known for its long history and antiquity, is used by so mysterious sects as a ritual language and seems to possess so mysterious powers.
"This New Moon, what kind of organization is it?" Li Chengyi casually placed the paper down and looked at Dunis.
"..." Dunis let out a long sigh. "This world still has a dark side unknown to the common folk. Young man, take my advice and go back. Return to where you ca from."
"What is a hunter? You should be able to tell that, right?" Li Chengyi didn’t want to use Shadow Replacent this ti. The karmic consequences of Shadow Replacent were too great, and it involved too much. He didn’t want to be tied to one place just for an identity.
So he simply decided to understand on his own.
"Hunters... Anze is vast, comprising over seventy countries, each with its Hunter Division, all under the International Hunter Headquarters, the main force maintaining the inner and outer balance of the world. Different countries have their own hunter forces occupying a place within. Even if you have never heard of them, those sudden inexplicable explosions and casualties occurring around the world are mostly their doing," Dunis explained.
"Hunters and the various church groups maintain a delicate balance, constraining the movents of all powers within the world to prevent them from overly affecting the lives of common people."
He sighed again and lowered his head.
"The powers of the church groups are too strong. The hunters can often only swallow their grievances and barely maintain balance. Sotis, to keep the balance, they even have to pay a price themselves, to fill the appetites of those powers..."
"How capable are hunters?" Li Chengyi asked.
"Capability? I can tell you... I was once a hunter belonging to the Venus Federation. What capability can we possibly have? We are just a group of ordinary people, trained to use various weapons and equipnt, dancing on the knife edge, courting death," Dunis’s voice revealed distinct exhaustion and decadence.
"Ah... so there’s no strong mysterious power?" Li Chengyi frowned.
"Mysterious power? Only those church groups have that. You only get those by believing in their doctrines, worshipping various strange and dangerous deities, but once you believe in them, you’ll no longer be yourself, twisted into sothing non-human," Dunis said.
He looked at Li Chengyi.
"So after all that, if you just need a detective certification, you might as well just go directly to the hunters’ assessnt. Once you pass, as long as you wish, getting a detective certificate is easy. Moreover, a hunter’s credentials have a much broader application range than a detective’s."
"Well said, can we proceed with the transfer now?" Li Chengyi asked.
"....." So I’ve said all this, and you haven’t taken in a word?’
Dunis looked at the handso young man in front of him and suddenly felt so very tired.
He was on the brink of death, yet still had to worry about this and that...
"Forget it, since you’re so keen on courting death, let’s do it," he waved his hand in resignation.
"How much?" Li Chengyi asked.
"Ten thousand," Dunis sighed. "Just give enough for luggage and travel expenses. I don’t need these things anymore..." After all, the other party was very likely to be caught in danger, so he didn’t want to ask for more money. It was already an inequitable transaction.
"That cheap?"
"Do you want it or not? If not, I won’t sell," Dunis glared.
"Of course I want it!"
The two quickly prepared a contract and stamped their fingerprints on it.
Li Chengyi imdiately took out a small gold bar and handed it over.
"....." Dunis received it with a wooden expression and swiftly checked it with professional tools.
"Good quality. I’ll deposit the excess into the office account later. The password and account number are noted here, keep it safe."
He looked at the na on the contract again.
"So Mr. Li, this place is yours now. You can go to the transaction registration office with your ID to register."
"Sorry, I see that this place can also issue certificates. Could you help get an ID card as well?" Li Chengyi smiled, revealing his white teeth.
"..." Dunis’s eyes widened.
You dare to buy an office without even having an ID card??
Nowadays, even people from the church nation have their own identity proofs... The only people without an identity proof are one kind.
That is... criminals wanting to conceal their identities.
Are they undocunted!?
Now I understand the reason for the gold bars just now. Looks like the person before is also undercover...
Dunis felt that he had suddenly understood everything.
’Looking at it this way, remaining so calm after seeing the na New Moon, casually pulling out a gold bar to pay, without any concern at all. Such a person must have a powerful background, perhaps...’
At this thought, his mind beca active.
"May I ask if your new office needs any assistants or sothing of that sort..."
"Do you have soone to recomnd?" Li Chengyi looked at him.
"My daughter, Jasmine, is sixteen this year, studying Safety Monitoring at Venus Comprehensive Industrial University, and she is skilled at various drug detection, verification, and assay..." Dunis worried that after his death, his daughter would also be impacted. If soone could take care of them...
"What can a university student who hasn’t even graduated do?" Li Chengyi frowned, "Never mind anyone else, what about you? Is it okay for you to be my assistant?"
"What? ?!" Dunis was astonished. "My daughter is very pretty..."
"Enough of that, you are experienced, take to see how to obtain a hunter’s license," Li Chengyi interrupted him. "The salary is twenty thousand a month, no problem right? The wages are doubled when dealing with cases."
"...." Dunis was at a loss for words.
Is the salary for a normal assistant that high? Just who is this profligate son that has appeared out of nowhere??
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More than ten kiloters away from Dunis Office.
Underneath an old residential building, with a sheep at rice noodle shop twinkling with colorful lights at its entrance, two slender n and won in grey trench coats sat on the steps.
Both were smoking, one after another, without speaking, creating a sowhat heavy atmosphere, as if waiting for sothing.
After waiting for a few minutes, the man stood up, revealing a young face full of freckles.
He was very young, appearing to be barely over twenty, with faint traces of blue fuzz on his lips, but at the mont, his eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, and he looked exhausted.
As he gazed at the vehicles and pedestrians coming and going on the street before him, the man let out a sigh.
"Let’s go in, it’s been fifteen minutes, and he still hasn’t co out."
"Do we... really have to go in?" The woman’s voice was hoarse, as if she had been crying.
"Get the bullets ready in the gun, check it over, open the cap of the dispersal liquid, and place it where it’s easy to grab. Hold the Holy Power Grenade in your hand," the man instructed indifferently.
Turning around, he took the lead into the shop, soon disappearing into the sowhat gloomy depths of the store.
The woman shook slightly, but she also stood up, took a deep breath, and followed him into the shop.
Following the shop corridor inside, through the kitchen door, the two of them ca into the narrow kitchen space.
In the dim kitchen, a huge black pot bubbled with boiling mutton soup.
A short, fat figure, whose waist was double the size of an ordinary person, stood by the pot, his eyes blood-red, and his nostrils expelling wisps of red, eerie breath as he stared at the mutton in the pot.
"Another two have co. You hunters always overestimate yourselves, coming one after another to die..."
The fat figure’s voice was shrill, like that of an old crone.
"According to the Daylight Agreent, you have violated Article 1173 signed by all the church nations. As per the regulations, we will imdiately carry out your expulsion!"
The young man declared loudly.
"The Daylight Agreent? Heh, such a weak thing is nothing but a fig leaf. Only the weak really obey any agreent... Do you think I’m one of those stupid devils from hell?" The short, fat figure, holding a scorching scoop, turned around with a vicious expression to face the two people behind him.
"Die!!"
Without another word, he pounced towards them. His speed wasn’t fast, but the corners of the tal tables he grazed were all bent by the impact, showing his terrifying strength, truly shocking.
The two separated with a roll on the ground to dodge, raising their guns to shoot.
Bang bang bang bang!!
The bullets hit the fat figure, only creating small splashes of blood.
The fat figure continued to turn and charge towards them.
A chase began imdiately in this place.
The fat figure possessed terrifying strength and thick protective skin, with speed just a bit above an average person’s.
The two young hunters seed accustod to this, as most such aberrations behaved similarly.
They rolled around on the ground, dodging the fat figure’s lunges, continually firing guns and grenades in retaliation.
The grenades didn’t explode with flas, but with streaks of white light, laden with a lot of gold dust.
Every explosion elicited continuous screams from the fat figure.
About twenty minutes later.
A bloody woman staggered out of the shakily shop door. She collapsed on the steps, right in front of a lineup of parked police cars and ambulances.
In a daze, figures in white protective gear ca down, lifted her up, and put her in the vehicle.
Boom!
The shop behind her exploded with a loud bang, slowly collapsing in a burst of flas, lighting up the night.
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