S-Class Judge: My ability is parasitism.

On this day, as usual, many of the workers went to work, but for Pan Yuan, it was simply a case of him asking for trouble.

"Old Gao, what happened? You can't take leave? I just bought some fish, and they still need taking care of them!"

"Isn't Xu Nuo at your house? He doesn't have to go to work. Sigh, I should have known better than to approve his leave. Another job is coming up." Gao Shen rubbed his forehead, looking like he had a headache.

"Come on! Last time, I almost lost my life carrying out that stupid mission of yours," Pan Yuan said irritably.

"What you're saying is ridiculous. People in our line of work are always on the verge of death. If you've chosen this path, you have to be prepared to die." Gao Shen said with a righteous expression.

"Fine, fine, I won't reason with you. Why should working people make things difficult for each other?" Pan Yuan waved his hand, indicating that the topic should end here.

Seeing that the two had stopped talking, the monkey got straight to the point:

"Captain, what mission do we have now? We've had quite a few cases lately, haven't we?"

"As you know, awakened beasts are different from us. They are infectious, and ordinary people infected by them will be assimilated. Their numbers are constantly increasing, so it's expected that there will be many cases. The only solution is to eliminate them all." Gao Shen said with a serious expression, explaining the implications.

"It's tough! It's like a pot of rotten apples spoiling the whole pot of porridge, until everyone is assimilated and turns into wild beasts." Zhang Wei could be considered an uncle to these young people, and all he saw was the difficult road ahead.

"Let's just take it one step at a time. Anyway, there's nothing we can do. We'll see what the organization does. We don't have any influence at all. We're just worrying about things that don't concern us." Ni Shihua belongs to the group of people who go with the flow. Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Worrying about it won't do any good.

"Now let me tell you about this mission. It's not in a rush, but it's a bit troublesome. Recently, young people, about your age, have been disappearing in Huaishui City. The police initially thought it was just a regular missing persons case, but the number of missing people is too large, and they are all young people, so they believe it's related to awakened beastmen, and thus handed it over to us." Pan Yuan briefly explained the case.

"Holy crap? What a coincidence!" Pan Yuan exclaimed in shock. It was like whatever he was about to encounter happened.

"Panzi, do you know something?" Gao Shen asked.

"This is absurd to say. Of course, I'm just speculating. Last night, Xiao Xu and I went for a walk and happened to come across a bar on the pedestrian street. A lot of young people went in, but there was no one in the bar. I guess it's probably related to this."

Ni Shihua stared wide-eyed at Pan Garden:

"I had dinner with Xu Nuo on the pedestrian street yesterday, and the bar owner across the street even tried to chat him up. Goodness, is she hunting for him?!"

Ni Shihua thought about it carefully again and suddenly felt something was wrong:

"You, Xu Nuo, pretending to be serious, asked you out to dinner, and you were actually picking up girls. I trusted you so much."

She looked furious. It was one thing for this beautiful woman like herself to invite Xu Nuo out to dinner, but he went to see that proprietress instead.

"I just took Xu Nuo in for a drink, and you misunderstood him? Wait a minute, why did you ask her out to dinner? Were you impressed by our little Xu's prowess?" Pan Yuan teased.

"I...I just apologized to him, you bastard Pan, what nonsense are you talking about!" Ni Shihua's face flushed, somewhat embarrassed.

"Wait a minute, my little Xu picking up girls doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, does it? And you said you weren't interested!" Pan Yuan continued to add fuel to the fire.

"No way, is Shihua about to fall into the quagmire of love?" Hou Hao raised his right hand, covered his chest with his left, and struck a greasy pose.

"You damn monkey, are you looking for trouble?! You're out having dinner with a girl, and he's trying to pick her up. That's so rude!" Ni Shihua was still fuming.

"Xu Nuo shouldn't be that kind of person. Pan Yuan, tell us what exactly happened," Gao Shen said, easing the awkward atmosphere.

"Well, Xu Nuo showed me a business card back then. It was given to me by the bar owner, who said it was for discounts, and..." Gao Shen glanced at Ni Shihua.

"Why are you looking at me? What else? Just say it!" Ni Shihua said with an annoyed expression.

"And, special services."

"He's really not serious. I even apologized to him." Ni Shihua turned her head away.

"Say it all in one breath, stop dawdling!" Gao Shen couldn't stand Pan Yuan's slow pace either.

"Xiao Xu just felt that there was something wrong with the proprietress, so he kept that business card just in case. The missing young man might be connected to this bar, and there might be more than one bar like this."

"Does Xu Nuo have a knack for attracting attention? He always seems to run into trouble lately. I'll have to call him back to work overtime and bring his business card with me." Gao Shen didn't hesitate and made a call right away.

"Hey, Xiao Xu, how was your rest?" Gao Shen's tone was clearly a little embarrassed.

Xu Nuo had a bad feeling when Gao Shen called:

"Captain, please just say what's on your mind. I'm listening."

"This case needs your help; you have to come here again."

Alright, I'm busy again, Xu Nuo replied:

"Wait for me a moment, I'll take a taxi there."

Xu Nuo arrived in just over ten minutes.

"Captain, you really don't treat me like a human being! What happened to the promised vacation?"

Gao Shen said embarrassedly:

"Isn't this a work requirement? Here's what I'll do: I'll apply to the organization for overtime pay for you. How's your rest? It shouldn't have affected you much, right?"

"What do you think? It's only been a day," Xu Nuo said irritably.

"You can't blame me, Captain. It's because Pan Yuan said you knew something about the case, so I invited you here." Gao Shen directly shifted the blame to Pan Yuan.

"Brother, I swear to God, you know I've always taken care of you. It's just for work. Don't let this old devil Gao fool you." Pan Yuan looked like he truly loved his brother.

"Alright, it's nothing. After all, this is our livelihood. With overtime pay, everything is negotiable," Xu Nuo said calmly.

"Ah, that's right. Everyone should learn from Comrade Xu Nuo. He's my right-hand man. Little Xu, did you bring your business card?" Gao Shen asked.

"Oh, I brought it." Xu Nuo lowered her head to take out the business card from her pocket and handed it to Gao Shen.

Just as he looked up, his gaze met Ni Shihua's.

Ni Shihua gave him a strange smile:

"What explanation do you have for this, Mr. Xu?"

"I've suspected that the proprietress has something going on for a while, but I was just being cautious. See, this is how it came in handy."

Ni Shihua rolled her eyes at him, as if to say, "See if I believe you or not."