America: The Cremator

Chapter 134: Four Women, Several Shows?

On the old road outside Castel, a tall and rugged Range Rover and a somewhat drab Toyota Camry are parked side by side.

Suron, Dania, and Hannah stood by the roadside. Dania watched Jesse and Cole walk away, then excitedly gave them a high-five, exclaiming, "Suron, Hannah, we did it! The Exorcism Society's first official job is done!"

Seeing her excited expression, Su Long raised his right hand and gave her a loud high five in mid-air. Hannah happily returned the high five.

After the high-five, she took out her phone, checked the time, and announced loudly, "From 11:00 AM yesterday when we accepted the commission, it's been exactly twenty-three hours!"

"Based on our previously agreed hourly rate, each of you will be paid $23,000 for this order! The money will be deposited directly into your accounts shortly!"

Upon hearing Dania announce the salary, Hannah jumped up on the spot, clenched her fists and raised them to her chest, letting out a cheer.

Dania leaned against the door of the Land Rover, arms crossed, watching Hannah's overjoyed expression, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes: "Hannah, how about working for my exorcism society?"

"I can offer you a base salary of two thousand US dollars per month, which will be paid on time regardless of whether there are any overseas assignments that month. If there are assignments, the hourly wage will be calculated separately," she added.

A base salary of two thousand US dollars! And you don't have to go on missions every day!

Hannah's eyes widened instantly, and she immediately shouted, "I agree!"

Surong stepped forward and patted Hannah on the shoulder, teasing, "Hannah, you really struck gold on this deal. Now you can finally keep your promise to treat me to that big meal?"

Hannah nodded vigorously, patting her chest to assure her, "No problem! I mean what I say, I'll treat you to a big meal as soon as we get back to Seattle!"

Upon hearing this, Dania immediately became interested: "Oh? Our usually stingy Hannah is actually treating us to dinner? I'm coming too, and I'll make sure you bleed a lot this time!"

Hannah's smile remained unchanged as she nodded generously, "Having earned so much from Miss Dania, it's only right that I treat her to a meal."

As she spoke, she took out her phone, skillfully found a number, and dialed it, asking, "Hey? Is this the Texas all-you-can-eat barbecue restaurant? Yes, it's me, Hannah. Is their free Boston lobster promotion still going on?"

A gruff male voice came from the other end of the phone, accompanied by the sizzling sound of grilled meat in the background: "Of course we're doing it, but the event is specifically for group meals of five or more people. How many of you are there?"

Hannah was stunned. She glanced at Suron, then at Dania. Including herself, there were only three people in total.

Seeing her troubled expression, Su Long asked, "What's wrong?"

"The owner said that we need to have at least five people order to get the free Boston lobster," Hannah sighed, looking quite disappointed.

Seeing Hannah's conflicted expression, Surong smiled and suggested, "Then we can invite two more friends to eat together."

Hannah's eyes lit up, and she immediately had an idea: "Then I'll invite Professor Stella and Captain Elena! They've always been very kind to me, so this is a good opportunity to thank them."

Upon hearing those two names, Su Long's eyelids twitched twice.

He suddenly realized an extremely strange phenomenon: Professor Stella, Captain Elena, and now Dania—all the women he knew so far had some kind of direct employment or financial relationship with Hannah!

Stella hired Hannah as a teaching assistant, Elena hired Hannah as a party support, and now Dania has given her a nominal position in the Exorcism Society. This girl is practically a walking NPC connection point!

In a multi-person play video, Hannah's interpersonal skills are so good she could be a host!

Hannah didn't notice Suron's strange expression. She quickly dialed Stella's number, chatted for a few minutes, then called Elena. She then happily put away her phone and gave a victory sign.

"All done! Professor Stella and Captain Elena have both agreed. They'll meet us at the barbecue restaurant at noon!"

"Let's go now!" Dania shook the car keys in her hand and turned to walk towards the Land Rover.

Suron and Hannah returned to the Camry, but this time Suron was driving.

He glanced at Hannah sitting in the passenger seat and said with concern, "If you're feeling tired, you can actually ride in Dania's Land Rover. The seats there are much more comfortable than this Camry."

"Su, it's because I'm too tired that I asked you to drive."

"How could I go and ride in a luxury car while leaving you alone in this beat-up little car as my driver?" Hannah shook her head and answered seriously.

Su Long raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing the words "small beat-up car".

He reached out and patted the Camry's steering wheel, his tone brimming with confidence: "How can you call this a beat-up car? This is a vintage model that has stood the test of time. Wait for me to show you how it's done; this car might just be able to blow up that Land Rover next to it."

"You know, there are no human victims, only meat trucks!"

After saying that, Sulong turned to look at Dania on his left.

She was sitting in the driver's seat of the Land Rover, one hand on the steering wheel, the engine already emitting a deep, powerful roar, clearly ready to set off.

Suron whistled loudly, "Let's go, Dania! It's time for an exciting race! Let's see who gets to the destination first!"

Dania paused for a moment, then understood what Su Long meant, and a wild smile appeared on her lips.

"Boom—!" The Land Rover's exhaust pipe emitted a deafening roar.

Su Long quickly rolled up the car window, turned off the air conditioning, and his eyes instantly became extremely focused.

He slammed his left foot on the brake and his right foot on the accelerator. The Camry's tachometer needle climbed rapidly, the engine emitted a slightly muffled roar, and the entire car trembled slightly.

"Hold on tight!"

With a low shout, Su Long abruptly released the brake and slammed his right foot on the accelerator, launching the Camry forward.

However, the Land Rover on the left let out a huge roar, its tires kicking up clouds of dust and gravel, creating a huge gap in just a few seconds, eventually leaving only a blurry black outline at the end of the winding road.

Su Long stared wide-eyed at the Land Rover's taillights rapidly shrinking and eventually disappearing completely from sight, his lips twitching uncontrollably.

A brief silence fell over the car, with only the old Camry engine still roaring at breakneck speed.

Hannah turned her head and looked at Suron, who was maintaining his "racing god" pose but with a blank expression. She couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter from the passenger seat: "Hahahaha!"

Su Longqian coughed twice and silently eased off the accelerator a little: "This car—it is indeed a bit sluggish when starting."

He looked at the empty highway ahead and sighed helplessly: "Forget it, safety first, let's drive slowly."

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When Sulong drove the old silver car into downtown Seattle, it was already past midnight.

They parked their car in the parking lot in front of that famous Texas self-service barbecue restaurant.

This is a restaurant with a strong Texas rugged style, with a huge bull horn decoration hanging on the wooden signboard, and a rich aroma of roasted meat wafting from the store.

The three of them pushed open the door and, guided by the waiter, walked through the noisy lobby to their pre-booked private room.

The private room has a moderate interior space and is decorated with a lot of dark wood and red brick elements. In the center is a sturdy round wooden table with a round charcoal stove embedded in the middle. The smokeless charcoal at the bottom is burning red-hot and emitting a steady heat.

Hannah tossed her handbag onto the chair, turned to look at Dania, and spoke with obvious eagerness.

"Danya, you absolutely can't miss their tomahawk steak and secret-recipe sausages! They'll be sold out if you go too late!"

Dania took off her windproof jacket, revealing a tight black vest underneath, and stretched her wrists.

"What are we waiting for? I could eat a whole cow right now. Let's go wipe them out!"

The two women hit it off immediately, opened the door to the private room, and excitedly ran towards the self-service food area outside.

The private room fell silent, with only the occasional soft crackling of burning charcoal.

Su Long wasn't in a hurry to get the food. He pulled out a chair, sat down, and relaxed against the back of the chair, feeling the warmth from the charcoal fire.

With a slight thought, the pale blue system light screen instantly unfolded on the retina.

His gaze skipped over the entries that didn't need upgrading for the time being and landed on the fifty experience points in the upper right corner.

Killing Wendigos, clearing out the demon rats in the mines, and burning piles of bones brought him an extremely large fortune.

Su Long shifted his gaze to the attribute panel on the left side of the light screen, a panel that hadn't been changed in a long time.

[Physical Fitness: 20]

[Agility: 20]

[Vision: 30]

【Charm: 20】

【Spirit: 20】

Looking at the five attributes, Su Long silently assessed his current state. He had no particularly outstanding strengths or obvious weaknesses, and his experience points were exactly fifty. If he distributed them evenly, each attribute could be increased by ten points precisely. However, other options flashed through his mind.

For example, should you put all fifty experience points into Constitution? Or should you move the twenty points you originally planned for Charisma and Spirit to Constitution?

Extreme physical strength is indeed tempting, but Su Long quickly dismissed the idea. His body is currently very healthy, and he has no hidden ailments that require him to improve his physique to repair.

More importantly, the "Berserk" attribute that comes with Lucas's brass knuckles provides a huge physical enhancement in battle, which greatly reduces his hard requirement for basic physique in regular combat.

On the contrary, his "Spirit Vision" attribute has been somewhat lacking recently. In the battle with Wendigo, the opponent used only dense fog and snow to forcibly obscure his Spirit Vision detection multiple times, putting him on the defensive. He must strengthen it again, as it is his core reliance for discerning the weaknesses of the strange.

As for "Charisma" and "Spirit," although they don't have a significant effect on actual combat, they are the criteria for judging "Intelligence Insight." When dealing with strange events, intelligence is often more important than pure force. If you want to gain more advantages in future missions, you absolutely cannot neglect these two attributes.

After careful consideration, Su Long decided to distribute the 50 points equally among the five attributes. So he stretched out his finger and clicked repeatedly on the light screen in mid-air, instantly clearing the 50 experience points in the upper right corner to zero.

As experience points were consumed, the numbers on the attribute panel began to fluctuate wildly before finally settling.

[Constitution: 30 (Strong!)]

Agility: 30 (Swift!)

[Spiritual Vision: 40 (The Eye of Death!)]

[Charm: 30 (Handsome!)]

[Spirit: 30 (Stable!)]

Immediately afterwards, the system displayed a series of dense prompts.

[Physical fitness enters a new stage, with significantly enhanced physical strength, increased muscle fiber density, increased explosive power, and a significantly faster recovery rate.]

[Agility enters a new stage: nerve reflexes are faster, dynamic vision is improved, precision in fine manipulation is enhanced, and the speed of limb dodging and coordination is accelerated.]

[Spirit Vision has entered a new stage, with a significantly increased perception coverage distance, reduced blind spots, and the addition of a new feature—Bullet Time.]

[Your charm has entered a new phase. Subtle adjustments to your bone structure and skin have refined your temperament, significantly increasing initial goodwill from strangers and raising the probability of receiving informational tips.]

[The mind enters a new stage, brain capacity increases, concentration improves, and resistance to various forms of mental pollution and hallucinations is further enhanced.]

As soon as the notification tone ended, Su Long felt a surge of heat originating from his heart and instantly washing over his entire body.

He sat in the chair, his body tensing up suddenly, his hands gripping the wooden armrests tightly, the wood creaking under the weight.

He could clearly feel that the muscles under his clothes were undergoing a dramatic reorganization and transformation.

The muscle fibers become thicker and tighter, like tightly wound steel cables, full of explosive power.

The slight fatigue left from the continuous battle was completely swept away in a few breaths. The heartbeat became slow and extremely powerful, and with each pump of blood, surging vitality was delivered to every cell in the body.

Immediately afterwards, a cool sensation came from deep within my brain, and the speed of my thoughts suddenly increased.

He could even clearly hear the conversations of guests at different tables in the hall outside the private room, and the crisp sound of knives and forks clattering against plates—all sorts of noisy information flooded into his brain, but he categorized and processed it extremely quickly, without the slightest sense of confusion.

Su Long loosened his grip on the armrest, raised his right hand, and moved his fingers. The flexion and extension of his fingers became smoother than ever before, which even gave him the illusion that he could easily catch a fly flying at high speed with his fingers if he wanted to.

A faint cracking sound came from his bones, and his facial features seemed to undergo some inexplicable subtle adjustment, making his features more three-dimensional and deep. His already rugged face now possessed a unique magnetism that was hard to look away from.

But none of these things shocked Su Long the most. What surprised him the most was the completely new changes brought about by his spiritual vision.

He did not actively activate his spiritual vision, but his eyes automatically captured the extremely faint energy flow in the surrounding environment. The rising heat from the charcoal stove appeared as a clear red trail in his eyes.

With a thought, he focused his attention on a tiny speck of ash falling from mid-air, and in the next instant, [Bullet Time] was triggered.

Suddenly, the world before Su Long's eyes slowed down. The falling ash became extremely slow, and you could even see its tumbling trajectory and irregular texture on its surface in the air. A waiter carrying a tray walked past the door of the private room, and his footsteps were broken down into slow motion frames.

Su Long watched all this with a satisfied smile. With this ability, he would have an absolute advantage in reaction when facing those strange creatures that excelled in speed.

Those fifty experience points were totally worth it.

Su Long withdrew his spiritual vision, and the slow-motion world before him instantly returned to its normal flow.

The heavy wooden door of the private room was pushed open from the outside with a creak.

Hannah and Dania entered one after the other, each carrying two large wooden trays.

The tray was piled high like a small mountain, with tomahawk steaks, thick-cut pork belly, bone-in lamb chops, and various prepared seafood, and even two Boston lobsters thicker than an arm.

"Sue! Look! We've swept all the signs from their shop!" Hannah excitedly slammed the tray down on the round table, causing sparks to fall from the charcoal stove beneath.

Dania put down the tray she was holding, grabbed the barbecue tongs next to her, picked up a thick slice of pork belly, and placed it on the bright red grill.

"Zi La Yi"

The thick layer of fat, upon contact with the hot iron mesh, instantly burst into a cloud of white smoke, filling the private room with a rich aroma of meat.

Before Su Long could speak, the sound of high heels clicking on the floor came from outside the private room.

Two tall figures entered the private room one after the other.

Stella was walking in front.

This university professor, who usually wears business suits, changed into a burgundy, tight-fitting halter dress tonight.

The silky fabric clung tightly to her graceful curves, perfectly outlining her slender waist and full breasts.

She casually draped a black trench coat over her shoulders, her wavy blonde hair cascading over her fair collarbones, paired with striking red lips, exuding a mature woman's unique languor and allure.

Elena followed closely behind.

The captain of the Black Mist Task Force usually dresses in a practical and tactical manner, but tonight he unexpectedly changed into a very aggressive and sexy outfit.

She wore a fitted black motorcycle leather jacket, the zipper open, revealing a black lace top underneath, with a hint of her deep cleavage.

Her lower body was covered by an extremely short black leather skirt, and her two straight and slender thighs were encased in semi-transparent black stockings. She wore a pair of studded high-heeled Martin boots.

She strode into the private room with powerful strides, exuding a striking contrast between cool and sexy.

Su Long's eyes twitched involuntarily as he looked at the four women who had appeared in the private room at the same time.

Dania wore a tight black vest, revealing her smooth muscle lines and exuding a wild and untamed aura.

Although Hannah was only wearing a simple sweatshirt and jeans, her extremely delicate face, combined with her youthful energy and the excitement of having just made a lot of money, made her radiant.

With Stella and Elena dressed in their finest attire, the scene became even more lively.

Su Long sighed inwardly.

They say three women make a drama, but now that four women are all at one table, how many dramas will they put on?

This barbecue I'm having tonight might not be easy to digest.