Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 125 Hostages
"It's hard to say. I think... he might actually be able to do it."

"Will the people from the No. 1 Research Institute come to fight us? The person was originally borrowed, and now he is being held hostage by this guy. If we can't rescue him..."

"Then what are you going to do? He was right in one of his words. With our medical technology, we can indeed reattach a few broken fingers... I think when the time comes, he will definitely not hesitate."

"The puppeteer is the daughter of that big boss. If she gets hurt, we will all be criticized! Damn it, who came up with the stupid idea to ask me to borrow someone?" The voice called "Team Leader" roared.

"Team leader, it was you who decided to let the Puppet Master intercept the target..." another voice said weakly, "The clearing team is asking us if we should release the person?"

“Release him! Release him!” the team leader said angrily. “Just do as he said. Don’t send anyone to follow him, and don’t send any drones! Don’t alarm him until the puppeteer is released intact… If this guy has any brains, he should also ensure the puppeteer’s personal safety.”

"But, Team Leader, what if he doesn't let us go? If we just drag it out for seven days, the first round of the trial will be over?"

"Two people, seven days, he'll have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, right? His account has been frozen, and he has no money on him. Robbing citizens is against the rules of the trial. When he's hungry and thirsty, that'll be our chance... At worst, it will be easier to negotiate terms in that situation than it is now."

"Then...what if he breaks into a house and steals? Worse still, what if he goes through the trash can? Team leader, you probably don't know that there are many people in Chunming City who live on expired food thrown away by big supermarkets..."

"That's not the case... Doesn't this guy have any pride or self-respect as a hunter?"

"Reporting to the team leader, I think... he probably doesn't have it."

……

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Seeing the group of elite operators making way for him, Sun Hang nodded with satisfaction. He tied up the puppeteer's limbs with mycelium, then tucked the whole person under his armpits and walked out of the main entrance of the mall in a swagger.

Just as he expected, not only the back alleys, but the city defense forces of Chunming City have surrounded the entire shopping mall. Several heavy armored vehicles have directly blocked the entire road. Snipers wearing iron-gray camouflage cloaks can be seen everywhere on the rooftops of nearby buildings and the supporting frames of the upper city areas.

These soldiers had obviously received orders not to stop him, and as soon as they saw Sun Hang walking out of the mall, they all moved to the sides.

It just so happened that Sun Hang was wearing a plain white casual suit this time. Looking down from the air, one had a feeling of "thousands of troops avoiding the white robes".

Sun Hang walked straight through four blocks, and those elite operators and soldiers did not catch up with him... It seemed that they were worried that Sun Hang would "kill the hostage", so even the daily law enforcement officers and sheriffs in these four blocks were evacuated in advance, and the monitoring systems were all shut down according to Sun Hang's request.

In order not to cause panic among passers-by, Sun Hang had already untied the mycelium from the puppeteer's body, and changed the holding posture from tucked under the armpit to a princess hug - anyway, the girl was very weak, and Sun Hang was not worried at all that she would take the opportunity to escape.

The puppeteer seemed to have accepted her fate. She did not resist at all and let Sun Hang manipulate her... Sun Hang could not help but have a strange feeling: this girl was like a rag doll with life but without any emotions. She could neither speak nor cry or laugh. The only change in her expression was a hint of confusion in her eyes when Sun Hang locked onto her in the crowd.

"Hello? You really can't speak?"

"Can you give me some reaction?"

"I'm not a bad person. You know, this is just some crappy trial made up by those bored guys up there."

"I had no choice but to kidnap you. Besides, I didn't use any violence against you, did I?"

"Okay, I admit that it was a bit rough to use mycelium to drag you here at first, but I didn't know you were so fragile at that time. I thought it would be a tough fight."

"You didn't say this, leaving me alone to talk about it. It makes me very embarrassed."

Sun Hang glanced at the girl in his arms. She tilted her head and looked at the pedestrians and vehicles coming and going on the street expressionlessly without saying a word. "Are you really unable to speak or unwilling to speak?" Sun Hang asked again, "Do you mind if I check your memory?"

Finally, an expression appeared on the girl's face for the second time.

There was a hint of surprise and resistance in her expression, but she quickly returned to her expressionless state.

She whispered, "Is this...your ability?"

"So he's not mute?"

The girl stopped talking again.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent. By the way, you won't sue me for invasion of privacy, right?"

"All my records from the time I was born until now are in the archives of Tianshu Tower." The girl uttered a long sentence, which was rare for her. "I... have no privacy."

"It's boring." Sun Hang suddenly felt a little bored and simply changed the subject. "You should have guessed my plan. In the next week, I will have to trouble you to follow me. This is my first time in Chunming City. I am not familiar with this place at all. Can you be my guide?"

"Aren't you afraid that I will lead you into the trap?" asked the puppeteer.

"With you as a hostage, what do I have to be afraid of?" Sun Hang looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

The girl fell silent again.

"Is there a suitable place to stay overnight?" Sun Hang asked again, "My citizenship, bank accounts and all permissions have been frozen. If we can't find a place to stay overnight, we will have to sleep on the streets."

Puppet Master: "..."

"You can't take a shower for seven days? In this weather, you'll stink soon, right? And you might go hungry. I don't mind picking up food from the trash can, but I don't know if you mind."

Puppet Master: “I don’t mind.”

"Are you so stubborn? I thought you girls were all very clean." After saying this, Sun Hang put the girl down.

The girl looked up and was surprised to find that there was a Xiazhou Bank ATM in front of her.

"I want to borrow some money from you in cash." Sun Hang smiled slightly. "One thousand or two thousand is not too little, and ten thousand or twenty thousand is not too much for me. But the amount you lend me will determine the quality of our lives in the next few days."

"What if I say no?"

"Then I won't lend it." Sun Hang continued with a smile, "I choose to put it another way: robbery."

The girl's expression froze slightly, she took out a bank card from her pocket and inserted it into the ATM machine.

Five seconds later, the girl shook her head at Sun Hang: "My card has also been frozen."

(End of this chapter)