North American wizards, starting as cooks, roam freely and without fear.

"YES!!"

Seeing the notification that popped up on his laptop screen, Li Heng clenched his fist tightly!

Since learning about the "New World" website from Dorothy and registering as a member, he has been meditating and practicing during the day and sitting in front of the computer at night to focus on the bounty tasks in the website's bounty category. He even turned down Dorothy's invitation to go out for a couple of drinks yesterday.

I just hope to get a suitable bounty mission so that my pockets can be a little fuller, and I won't have to go out every few days to entrap law enforcement and rob gangsters. Each time I rob, the loot I get is only a few dollars, a dozen dollars, or at most a few dozen dollars, not even a hundred dollars. In the end, I can only rely on selling the stolen handguns, knives... or even brand-name shoes and clothes to accumulate money and sell them.

It's heartbreaking to think about; he was a dignified wizard apprentice, and he's been driven to this state.

After four consecutive nights of waiting, he finally caught him.

"call..."

He let out a long breath, clicked "OK," and watched as the page redirected, displaying more information about the bounty mission, with the bounty column clearly showing a figure of two hundred thousand dollars!

"YES!"

Clenching his fist again, Li Heng's tense mind, which had been focused on grabbing the bounty, relaxed. But then he immediately thought of something and looked closely at the bounty information. When he saw that the reward amount didn't specify whether it was before or after tax, he couldn't help but frown.

North American taxes are the most outrageous ever. If this $200,000 is before taxes, he probably won't even get half of it after he finishes the bounty.

That won't do!

He usually settles his transactions in cash because he doesn't want to pay extra taxes.

He absolutely cannot tolerate having to pay taxes on this $200,000 exorcism order!

Suppressing his thoughts, he continued reading and discovered that the ID that posted the bounty was named "Carl Paranormal Research Association".

Upon seeing this, Li Heng paused for a moment, but then quickly realized what was going on and understood the situation. This ID was definitely not the name of the person involved, but rather that of a middleman or a company that specializes in handling such matters.

The process is roughly as follows: the company takes on the case, then transfers it to the "New World" website, asking other superhumans to resolve it.

Yes, this is indeed a way to make money. It seems that the money the parties involved gave to resolve the matter has already been ruthlessly siphoned off by this company.

He didn't think much of it, but he secretly thought that maybe he could start a similar company or something in the future, which would make making money much easier.

Perfect timing! With this middleman company, we can discuss the tax implications of this bounty with them.

Further down the page, it was discovered that the exorcism location... was actually within New York City, specifically in a villa in Manhattan's Upper East Side.

This saves a lot of trouble; I don't have to go too far.

Looking at the specific details of the reward offer, the homeowner discovered something unusual in his home one night about two weeks ago. He left the room immediately that night and invited a priest to handle the situation on the third day. However, the priest not only failed to solve the problem but also died inside the house.

Then, the homeowner got scared, contacted the "Carl Paranormal Research Association," and the story was posted on the "New World" website.

After reading all the information, it was pretty much as he had guessed. At the very bottom, there was an option to abandon the bounty.

Li Heng then recalled the things he had asked Dorothy about when accepting bounty missions on the phone yesterday.

He pondered for a moment...

He picked up his phone and dialed the number listed.

"Is it the 'Carl Paranormal Research Association'?"

"Where is this? And who are you?"

"You just posted a bounty in the 'New World,' and I accepted it. I'd like to ask, besides the details you wrote in the bounty, are there any other circumstances?"

"There are some, but it's not convenient to discuss them over the phone. You can come to our company to talk. When can you come?"

"Noon today..."

"OK, I'll send you the company address after I hang up..."

"OK..."

After hanging up the phone, I looked at the address that the other party immediately sent me.

Li Heng put down his phone, walked to the window, stretched, and looked at the sky outside, which was already turning white and dimly bright. He couldn't help but take a deep breath of the cold air.

People are happy when they are happy.

Once he secures this bounty, he'll have a lot more money in his pocket.

Then we won't have to rob those poor gangsters anymore, nor will we have to work in the kitchen.

Thinking of the kitchen...

He immediately thought of Oleg, Caroline, and his ex-girlfriend Max, who were still working at the Williamsburg restaurant.

Three months ago, he left without saying goodbye. The next day, Max called to ask why. He didn't say anything, so Max scolded him and then broke up with him.

After Max finished yelling, he only said one sentence: "Tell her to wait. I will definitely come back to find you." Then he hung up the phone.

He will definitely go back. If Max is waiting for him, he will not let her wait in vain; he will help her.

If Max doesn't wait for him, then so be it, and their relationship will end there.

I stood by the window and thought quietly for a while.

Li Heng turned around and walked to the small kitchen, where he began to make breakfast.

After breakfast was made, Jerry the mouse and Black the raven had both woken up and gathered around the table with their respective stainless steel basins.

One person and two witch pets finished eating.

Li Heng returned to his bed and began meditating.

One of the little ones was sitting on the sofa watching a silent movie with the TV on but the volume off, while the other continued sleeping.

Before we knew it, it was noon.

Before the alarm clock rang, the hamsters, who had been tasked with waking their owner, came to the window and woke them up.

Li Heng woke up from his meditation, glanced at the time, took a shower in the bathroom, and then prepared food for himself and his two pets. After eating, he changed into a black trench coat, black sunglasses, and a black mask, and then took his black-furred mouse, Little Jerry, and his even blacker-feathered raven, Big Black, out the door.

I took a taxi straight to Manhattan.

We arrived at the location of the "Carl Paranormal Research Association" company at exactly 12 o'clock.

"Mr. Li is very punctual..."

At the foot of a skyscraper, a young man with black-rimmed glasses and a somewhat nerdy, introverted air, who was a member of the "Carl Paranormal Research Association," saw Li Heng and immediately smiled and extended his hand, saying, "I am Harvey, a member of the association."

"Hello, Harvey, I'm Lee..."

"Li, please, the contract is ready..."

The two walked into the building side by side. Harvey said, "The client is in a real hurry for this bounty. You can ask me anything you want, and I'll tell you everything I know..."

"OK..."

Li Heng nodded and asked directly, "The information says the homeowner hired a priest to handle the situation, but the priest died inside the house. What level was that priest, and what was his strength?"

Ding...

Just then, the elevator bell rang, and the two of them stepped into the elevator.

Within close range.

With his keen senses, Li Heng suddenly smelled a familiar scent emanating from Harvey beside him. It was a special scent he had once smelled on members of the Black family: the scent of werewolves!