Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 128 Level Hunter
"Team leader, the other party refused..." the subordinate said weakly, "This hunter is his own boss. After obtaining the certificate of a second-level hunter, he founded a private monster handling company. We currently have a purely commercial partnership... We signed a contract with this company a week ago, hiring them to "hunt" hunters participating in the upgrade trial. But in this contract, it only mentioned that they should try their best to cooperate with our actions and not harm the lives of the trial participants. It did not mention that they must completely obey our command..."

"Damn it... These mercenaries are always the most disobedient!" The team leader cursed, "Tell them that the contract is void and that they should withdraw from the trial immediately. We will pay the penalty! Damn it, they can't do their job well and are just causing trouble!"

"We've already discussed it. The other party said that money is not the key, and he doesn't need us to pay for breach of contract... His purpose is just to see the target's ability." The subordinate couldn't help but lower his voice, "What happened in the mall has spread among the hunters. This is the first time that hostages have been taken as bargaining chips in all these years... In the eyes of those hunters, Sun Hang's behavior is equivalent to slapping them in the face..."

"Are you stupid? Didn't he hit the face of our Tianshu Tower? What does this have to do with these guys?"

"Team leader, don't you understand? From the current standpoint, Tianshu Tower and all the hunters in Chunming City are united." The subordinate explained, "In the eyes of those hunters, our performance is too 'cowardly', which is equivalent to making the hunters of Chunming City lose face... And the behavior of that hunter, in the words of the underworld, is called 'looking for trouble'."

"A bunch of reckless men! Don't they have any sense of the overall situation?" The team leader was so angry that he crumpled the paper cup on the table into a ball and threw it hard towards the wall.

"But this is not necessarily a bad thing..." the subordinate whispered, "We have tried our best to stop the hunter and fulfilled our responsibilities. If the puppeteer is really injured in the conflict, the responsibility will be borne by the hunter who disobeyed orders... Team leader, don't you agree?"

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A convenience store in Shuhe Lane, Yisu District.

"Has there been a strange corpse following us? I didn't even sense it at all... By the way, can you control the strange corpse even if it's out of your sight?"

“Only she can do this.” The puppeteer said softly, “The other ghost corpses have been recovered by the Tianshu Tower, but she is different… Even if I don’t control her, she will always follow me.”

"It seems that different types of skeletons have different characteristics and abilities..." Sun Hang muttered. For some reason, he couldn't help but think of the woman lying on the hospital bed that he had seen in the puppeteer's memory.

As the aura approached, a tall man wearing a black cloak and a "Steel Fork Unparalleled" mask appeared in Sun Hang's sight.

"You know him?"

"A fourth-level hunter, codenamed 'Overlord', the owner and main hunter of 'Xiang's Weird Object Hunting Company'." The puppeteer said, "He has worked with me on several missions in the North."

"Monster Hunting Company?" Sun Hang was slightly startled. "Aren't hunters under the jurisdiction of the federal government? Why does this company sound like a private organization?"

"One of the rights of a level hunter is that if they have worked in an official organization for five years and passed a special review, they can apply to leave the official organization and choose to retire or find another job. Some hunters will also choose to start private hunting companies. These companies mainly serve the powerful and the wealthy, and most of them also maintain a cooperative relationship with the Federation."

After the puppeteer finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Sun Hang, and found that the latter was staring at him in surprise. A trace of confusion flashed across his expressionless face: "What's wrong?"

"I'm just surprised...you actually spoke such a long speech in one breath." Sun Hang said.

"..."

"According to this meaning, as long as I pass this trial and work for another five years, I can regain my 'freedom'?" Sun Hang asked.

"Well, you just need to report to the Tianshu Tower regularly." The puppeteer nodded.

Sun Hang glanced out the window and saw that the other party had obviously spotted him and was walking towards the convenience store.

"Let's get back to the point. Is this guy strong?" "Strong."

"What are his powers?"

"do not know."

"You don't know? Haven't you worked together before?"

"I haven't personally witnessed the battle between him and the monster." The puppeteer shook his head. "He is the main force responsible for hunting targets. My responsibility is to clear the surrounding area of ​​the battlefield."

"Then how do you know he is strong?"

"During the three subjugation missions, the battle time did not exceed ten minutes."

"Hiss... sounds like he's a tough guy." Sun Hang glanced at the convenience store clerk who had no idea what was going on and said, "Then I'd better go out and fight him, otherwise this guy might smash this store."

The appearance of "Ba Wang" attracted a lot of onlookers... What surprised Sun Hang was that some passers-by actually recognized his identity. They shouted the code name "Ba Wang" and took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

Sun Hang had heard from Yang Qi a long time ago that powerful monster hunters with outstanding achievements all have many fans of their own, and the fanaticism of these fans is no less than that of star-chasers - some peripherals or souvenirs signed by top hunters can even be sold at incredibly high prices.

In the Xiazhou Federation, there is a very strange phenomenon: the farther away from the border and the lower the frequency of monsters appearing in the city, the less discrimination people have against the infected and hunters; on the contrary, in those places that are often hit by monster disasters, people tend to keep a distance from hunters.

In a city like Chunming City, it is difficult for people to personally feel the threat posed by monsters to their survival. In their eyes, monster hunters are more like superheroes with superpowers. They uphold justice and are omnipotent. In order to build the confidence of the people, the Xiazhou Federation will also carry out publicity and promotion in this regard.

But in border cities like Tianfu City, the situation is completely different.

Monster invasions are commonplace, and hunters are no longer "stars" who only appear on stage and screen. "Perfect heroes" only exist in beautiful promotional videos, but never in reality.

Every time there is an attack by a monster, there will be a large number of casualties, some of which come from the monsters and some from the hunters.

These victims will eventually become just numbers in the archives. To the entire federation, they may be insignificant, but to them, it is the end of everything.

Sun Hang suddenly understood why Tianshu Tower wanted to build a school dedicated to the study of strange things in Tianfu City.

Sun Hang pushed open the door and walked out of the convenience store.

And a few dozen steps away from him, "Overlord" also stopped.

A pair of black eyes looked up and down at Sun Hang through the peephole on the Peking Opera mask.

"Are you the guy who... kidnapped the Puppet Master?" asked Overlord in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)