"Are you really so willing to hand over the case to some inexplicable bounty hunter who only cares about money?"
Sumner and Seto slowly walked out of the hospital, standing at the entrance, smoking silently.
"Then what do you want? This is a superior's order."
Seto's lips curved. With things developing to this point, he was happy to take it easy.
Seto William, he was almost fifty years old. Unlike the hot-blooded Sumner, he didn't like this kind of case, and he didn't want to take on this kind of case.
He had over twenty years of case-handling experience. He understood very well that such cases often ended with his hands stained with blood.
That feeling, he could never forget it in his life.
"I'm heading back first."
Sumner threw away his cigarette, stepped on it, grinding it hard, then got into his car and left.
He didn't know if he meant going home or back to the police station.
"Young man."
Seto watched Sumner's car gradually disappear down the street. He had partnered with Sumner for almost a year, all told.
He knew Sumner was still young and eager to prove himself.
This case was so complex, it was even less likely that he would give up.
On the surface, he might say he wouldn't interfere, but secretly, he would probably conduct his own investigation.
Hunter Association Headquarters.
"Someone reported that Ging Freecss's company is conducting human experiments?"
In the President's office, Netero, dressed in white, sat on a tatami mat, stroking his goatee with his right hand.
Bean stood beside Netero, holding a teapot and pouring tea for Netero.
"Who reported it?"
Netero picked up his teacup, blew on it, took a light sip, and asked.
"Tenjin Kōsuke, a 267th batch合格者, an investigative Hunter."
Bean replied, putting down his teapot and kneeling to Netero's left, asking seriously.
"How should this matter be handled?"
Netero glanced at Bean, lightly blew out a puff of hot air, took a leisurely sip of tea, and said, "There's no evidence. A groundless report won't do."
"Notify that..."
"Tenjin Kōsuke."
Bean, seeing Netero immediately forget the person's name, couldn't help but feel a drop of helpless sweat trickle down his forehead, and prompted him with lowered eyes.
"Hmm, just notify Tenjin Kōsuke and have him gather the evidence before we discuss it."
"He has already gathered people and gone to investigate in Pegerose."
"Is that so?"
"Then I wish him a safe return."
Netero leisurely took a light sip and said.
"I hope Mr. Ging Freecss is innocent."
Bean also picked up a cup of tea and took a light sip, his tone filled with emotion.
He had seen Ging Freecss more than once. Ging Freecss had been active in the Hunter Association before founding his company.
He was a leader who possessed both strength and courage, with immense personal charisma that made people unconsciously want to follow him.
"By the way, recently, Mr. Beyond Netero left the Ozma Federation and went to the Kakin Empire."
"And he has made contact with the Kakin Empire's royal family."
"President, are you aware of this?"
Bean brought up Beyond Netero. As Netero's son, Beyond Netero was also a focus of attention for many people, and Bean was one of them.
"The only thing that could make him leave his comfortable life is that matter."
Netero naturally knew his son's movements. Thinking of this, Netero's leisurely posture faded, and his expression turned serious.
"I think I must make a trip to the Kakin Empire."
Bean heard this, closed his eyes, and looked helpless.
The President was going out again. This time, he didn't know if it was for fun or for serious business.
But given the President's personality, it was probably the former.
Pegerose United Nations, Pattirus.
After the pandemic, Pattirus had gradually regained its status and atmosphere as an international city.
Many local residents went out for strolls, gatherings, and visiting each other. The entire city was lively again.
A few international tourists also came here. As one of the top ten major cities internationally, Pattirus's mayor, Robinson, immediately opened up tourism policies to quickly restore the economy.
This was also why Pattirus recovered so quickly.
"Pegerose has recovered to its pre-pandemic state."
Tenjin Kōsuke walked on the street, speaking in a low voice.
He was unshaven, wearing sunglasses, and his hair was messy, disguised as an uncle.
"As expected of a top ten international city. Though it has fewer people."
Beside him were three other companions: one woman and two men.
Krustie, slender, with grass-green long hair, dressed like a female idol.
Papa, a man two meters tall, obese, with a big belly.
Akutagawa Heiryo, a man wearing a cap, with red short hair, and wrist guards. From his attire, he seemed to be a boxer.
"Speaking of which, does that Ging Freecss really conduct human experiments, something so unethical?"
Krustie, carrying seven or eight bags, chewing gum, looked at Tenjin Kōsuke and asked.
"I don't know. I don't have definitive evidence."
"But their reaction was so strong, I think it's very possible."
"And the fact that Danica and Austin were captured by them is true."
Tenjin Kōsuke lowered his head.
"Then why did you report him to the Hunter Association for conducting human experiments?"
Akutagawa Heiryo mumbled, crossing his arms behind his head, looking leisurely.
"I just wanted to spread this matter within the Hunter Association, hoping that some curious Hunters would investigate the truth of this matter."
"Have you ever thought, if Ging Freecss really is conducting human experiments, and others go to investigate..."
"Wouldn't you be sending them to their deaths?"
Akutagawa Heiryo's words made Tenjin Kōsuke fall silent for a moment. He said in a deep voice,
"I can't worry about that much right now."
"Umbrella Corporation is powerful and mysterious internally."
"If they are truly secretly doing dark and dirty deeds, relying on just a few of us is too little. We are insignificant."
"We must involve more other Hunters."
Their purpose for this trip, besides finding and rescuing Danica and Austin, was also to find evidence that Umbrella Corporation was conducting human experiments.
The fat man, who had been silent, looked at Tenjin Kōsuke, patted his shoulder, and comforted him.
"Don't worry, even if other Hunters don't dare to get involved."
"But we are your brothers, and this concerns your reputation and lifelong happiness. It's impossible for us not to help you."
Tenjin Kōsuke patted the enforcer's hand that was on his shoulder, forcing a smile.
"I hope so."
He hoped Danica and Austin were not being abused, but were being held by Umbrella Corporation as leverage against him.
Tenjin Kōsuke thought to himself.
Time: 23:45.
Location: Outskirts of Scotland City, Umbrella Corporation Headquarters Base.
"Howl~"
Night fell. The usually sparsely populated and silent outskirts of the city became lively. Nature's wildness completely erupted at night. Howls of wolves and roars of various forest beasts continuously echoed, lingering in the forest.
Ordinary people in such an environment would probably be too scared to even walk. But Tenjin Kōsuke and his group navigated through the night, making their way to Umbrella Corporation's headquarters base.
"Damn mosquitoes."
"Slap!"
In the forest outside Umbrella Corporation's headquarters, Krustie slapped her cheek. A mosquito turned into a bloody mess in her palm.
"Bear with it."
Tenjin Kōsuke was also a little helpless. Even with their superhuman special abilities, mosquitoes were still an unavoidable "enemy" for humans.
They didn't take the main highway because they knew that road was built by Umbrella Corporation, and it would definitely have surveillance systems along the way.
So they took a different approach, traversing through the dangerous night forest to get there.
"Is that Umbrella's factory area?"
Akutagawa Heiryo looked at the map in his hand, then at the electrified fence in front of him, and asked.
"Mmm, it's clearly marked on the map."
Tenjin Kōsuke replied. They weren't unprepared.
"So what's our plan? Charge in? Infiltrate? Or...?" Papa looked at the armed guards holding rifles at the gate and asked Tenjin Kōsuke.
"Umbrella Corporation is a mysterious organization. They have many Nen users as guards. A frontal breakthrough is unrealistic."
"Then let's infiltrate. My ability just happens to be useful for that," The red-haired Akutagawa Heiryo clenched his fist. His ability could be used for combat, but also for sneaky tasks.
"Are you sure your girlfriend and Austin are being held here?" Krustie asked in a low voice.
"I'm not entirely sure."
"But my intuition tells me that what we're looking for is inside."
"Your intuition?"
Krustie rolled her eyes helplessly.
"Alright, I hope your intuition, great detective, is accurate."
The four nodded at each other. Now that they had made up their minds, it was time to act.
Immediately, the four silently approached the wall near the park's edge.
But what they didn't realize was that in the forest where they had just been hiding, an owl was perched on a tree branch above them, its red eyes glowing coldly as it stared intently at the four.
At this moment, Umbrella Corporation's cybersecurity department.
"Three men and one woman. Except for one who is a registered professional hunter, the other three have no relevant files. They should just be ordinary Nen users."
Riley sat in a chair, her eyes closed.
But the various screens and keyboard keys in front of her were operating independently, and dense data continuously flickered.
On one of the screens, the image of Tenjin Kōsuke and his four companions hiding in the forest appeared.
Every move was clearly visible.
"Tenjin Kōsuke, Japanese, Hunter Association, investigative hunter."
"Papa, Harlem, Tenjin Kōsuke's partner."
"Akutagawa Heiryo, Japanese."
"Krustie, Edimea United States."
Another screen displayed their nationalities, birthplaces, genders, occupations, relatives, and other relevant information, all available.
Riley's consciousness had split off a part at this moment, freely "roaming" within the network.
While organizing special information data from all over the world and from various eras, she simultaneously transmitted the information about the intruders' arrival to the company's security department.
And at the same time, she was also, according to Illumi's instructions, breaching the V5 organization's specially dangerous creature management agency.
Her mission was to steal the analysis research and containment methods for various dangerous creatures from the Dark Continent within this research agency, as well as a large number of confidential documents and records of the Dark Continent from the V5 organization.
"Good heavens, a three-meter high wall with an electric fence on top."
Akutagawa Heiryo looked at the electrified wire fence above him and muttered softly.
It had to be said, Umbrella Corporation was truly cautious. A three-meter wall was already very high, and with an electrified wire fence on top, no ordinary person could pass.
"However, for us, this is just a small case."
Immediately, Papa, the two-meter tall fat man, squatted against the wall. Tenjin Kōsuke retreated a few steps, then quickly sprinted forward, stepped on Papa's back, and used the force to leap into the air.
Like a high jumper, he easily cleared the wire fence.
"Thump."
Tenjin Kōsuke's feet lightly touched the lawn. He glanced left and right. No one noticed.
"Squeak squeak..."
He mimicked a mouse's squeak. Akutagawa Heiryo and Krustie successively climbed over the wall, rolled on the ground, absorbed the impact, and stood up easily.
Then, the three looked up at the wall outside, their expressions turning grim.
"Swish!"
A giant shadow appeared above the wall, descending towards the three like Mount Tai pressing down on them.
"Hmph~!"
The three formed a triangle, and together they steadily caught Papa, who weighed over two hundred kilograms, with a kick. But as they caught him, the three all grunted.
"Heh heh..."
Papa awkwardly scratched his head and chuckled.
"You need to lose weight, fat man."
Krustie looked at the fat man's obese body and complained.
"Shhh..."
Tenjin Kōsuke put his index finger to his lips, signaling them to be quiet.
The four looked at each other, said no more, and quietly lay in the shadows of the wall, completely sealing off their presence.
"Click."
The four all took out monocular thermal imagers from their pockets and began to scan the surrounding area of the park. They were a team of experienced hunters and naturally wouldn't act rashly.
Although as Nen users, their vision was much stronger than ordinary people's, at night, technology was more practical.
"Five, five, ten..."
The four used monocular thermal imagers to observe the security guard distribution inside the park. They found that every five people formed a small team, patrolling the park.
And in the distance, there were four small teams conducting cross-patrols, with tight defenses.
As for other places, they couldn't see them.
The park area of Umbrella's headquarters base covered over sixty acres, with more than ten buildings. Where to start was also a problem.
"That's it, Umbrella Corporation's headquarters office building."
Tenjin Kōsuke looked at the tallest building. As the leader of this operation, he had naturally done his homework. The intelligence work prepared for Umbrella Corporation's headquarters base was quite comprehensive.
He knew where the office buildings were and where the production areas were through special channels.
And now, the first thing they had to do was to infiltrate the nearest and least defended office building to search for Umbrella Corporation's confidential documents.
At this moment, inside the top-floor office of the company's headquarters building.
"Hmm?"
Pride, who was reading a book, closed it. He lightly tapped the coffee table in front of him. A screen descended from the ceiling, displaying the image of Tenjin Kōsuke and his four companions secretly infiltrating the park.
"That mosquito, as expected, came back smelling blood."
Pride looked at the familiar figure of the man on the screen, then thought of the Avenger soldiers guarding the headquarters. The corners of his mouth curved into a malicious smile.
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