Chapter 682 Hunter Guild Mission

"Why am I suddenly the center of attention? It's only my first day in New York County. If the First District didn't lack Night Wanderer-class demi-gods, I'd suspect someone was plotting behind the scenes..." Zhang Yuanqing muttered.

Ju Mang is Minister Vinnie's man, and he just had a fierce conflict with the CEO's nephew. With this background, Ju Mang was assassinated.

Then the CEO and his nephew are definitely the prime suspects.

But Vinnie shouldn't be that stupid. Even I can think of this as a frame-up. Wouldn't she think of that?

However, Vinnie and Sean are political enemies. Even if Vinnie knows it's a frame-up, she'll probably use the opportunity to investigate Sean Mead. So the mastermind's plan can still succeed.

"Should I lay low for a while? Capturing bounty hunters isn't very meaningful. They're just errand runners. Meaningless battles should be avoided if possible...

"I'll find an opportunity to contact Brady and control him with hypnosis to confirm if he issued the bounty."

He already had a reason in mind: visit him under the guise of an apology. If the other party refuses, he'll let Liang Jiang take action.

While Zhang Yuanqing was pondering, the phone in his palm suddenly rang. The caller was Catherine!

Here she comes! Zhang Yuanqing's eyes lit up, and he quickly put the bounty mission aside and answered Catherine's call.

As soon as the call connected, he heard sweet gasps and the crisp sound of high-speed basic attacks.

Then came Catherine's panting voice, flirting, "Have you been looking forward to my call lately?"

Zhang Yuanqing said coldly, "Speak. What's the mission?"

Catherine sighed, "You really are an unromantic blockhead. I deliberately called you at this time, thinking it would make you more deeply understand my charm."

Understand your charm? Then you shouldn't be calling. I suggest a video call... Zhang Yuanqing looked out at the night view of Manhattan, his eyes reflecting the bizarre neon lights:

"Tell me the mission!"

The sound of the bed shaking and high-speed basic attacks disappeared. After a few seconds, Catherine's calm voice came:

"The guild's higher-ups have acknowledged your contribution regarding the Pope's relics, but that Zhai Cai has already hidden himself. This matter can only be put on hold for now. So the guild's higher-ups have arranged a new mission for you. If you pass the assessment, you can join us."

After a few seconds of pause, Catherine said:

"Your mission is to assassinate Chief Executive Officer Sean Mead's son, Julian Mead."

Assassinate an eighth-level Ruler's son? Zhang Yuanqing said calmly:

"I need the target's level and class."

Catherine laughed:

"Sixth-level Wind Manipulator, with over 50% experience, belonging to the late Sixth-level. He's a formidable opponent for you, and the risk is high. In addition, he definitely has a lot of items on him, as well as Saint-stage followers.

"Julian works at the Heavenly Punishment headquarters. I received news that he will arrive at the New York County branch tomorrow night to attend a gathering."

Zhang Yuanqing frowned. What's the benefit for the Free Alliance in assassinating Julian Mead? Assassinating Ju Mang still has the possibility of intensifying conflicts. What good would assassinating Julian do besides angering Sean? On the contrary, it would make him put aside his grievances and join forces with Vinnie, which would be extremely detrimental to the Free Alliance.

"Why assassinate him?"

"Heh, you don't need to know," Catherine said with a smile.

Failed to extract information. This woman is very cautious... Zhang Yuanqing's mind raced as he said:

"No problem!"

Catherine laughed, "Let me give you, you unromantic blockhead, a piece of advice. Never try to carry out an assassination inside the New York County Bank headquarters building. That will only lead to your own demise."

Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred, and he took the opportunity to ask, "Why?"

"Do you think your dreamwalking ability is something that no one in the First District can restrain?" Catherine's tone became serious:

"The methods of evil classes are all strange and dangerous, difficult to guard against. It's not just you Illusionists who are special. If assassinations were that easy, the members of Heavenly Punishment would have died long ago.

"The New York County Heavenly Punishment branch is a major branch directly under headquarters. The number of Rulers officially stationed in New York County exceeds seven, equipped with a Ruler-class Rule item. That item can make all evil classes have nowhere to hide."

"What Rule item?" Zhang Yuanqing seized the opportunity to extract intelligence.

Catherine said with a smile, "This is valuable information. You need to pay points or money to exchange for it."

I can find out myself. It's more fun to freeload... Zhang Yuanqing's voice was cold and deep:

"Anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."

Catherine said with a grievance, "Are you really that unwilling to talk to me? You stinky man, I miss you so much I can't sleep all night."

Her voice was soft and aggrieved, with a hint of flattery.

Zhang Yuanqing felt a surge of pity and smugness in his heart. He wished he could immediately fly over, hug the woman on the other end of the phone, pin her down, and express his love with high-frequency thrusts.

The next second, he hung up the phone.

"Phew, she used charm on me again. The charm of Love Desire classes is really disgusting, completely unsolvable. But there's also one benefit: Catherine's interest in me is getting deeper and deeper. So before she gets me, her tolerance for me will be very high."

While complaining, he expelled all "infatuation" from his mind and calmed his emotions.

.........

The next morning.

Zhang Yuanqing took the elevator to the 104th floor, swiped his access card, and knocked on the door of Vinnie Berrent's office.

"Minister Vinnie, you were looking for me?" Zhang Yuanqing was called here by Assistant Emma.

Vinnie Berrent looked up and said indifferently:

"Be careful. Someone has put a bounty on you at the Hunter Guild. Don't leave the bank building recently."

She took out a piece of paper and handed it over.

Zhang Yuanqing took it and saw that the contents were a copy of the Hunter Guild's bounty.

This was within Zhang Yuanqing's expectations. Vinnie Berrent is the chief prosecutor of New York County Heavenly Punishment, a local emperor-level figure, with many intelligence channels.

The mission to put a bounty on Ju Mang was public. How could she not know?

"Who do you think wants to kill me?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

Vinnie read the document, saying:

"Someone who wants Brady dead; someone who wants to intensify internal conflicts within Heavenly Punishment; someone who wants to take the opportunity to strictly investigate Sean. Anyway, it can't be someone who wants you dead.

"The first is Brady's enemy, the second is an evil class, and the third is me."

Her tone was extremely calm, even frank.

"Can't it be Brady who wants me dead?" Zhang Yuanqing retorted.

"Of course Brady wants you dead, but he doesn't need to put a bounty on you. With the power of the Mead family, there are many ways to kill you. Hiring a sixth-level Saint as an assassin doesn't require going through the Hunter Guild." Vinnie answered every question.

"What about you?"

Vinnie still didn't look up, saying indifferently:

"I really want to investigate Sean, but sacrificing a sixth-level Beast King who obeys my orders to investigate Sean is a very uneconomical deal. Moreover, just because I investigate Sean doesn't mean I can bring him down.

"The benefits and the costs are not proportional. I wouldn't do this kind of business."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded repeatedly. That's what he thought too. In addition, his impression of Vinnie had improved a lot.

He didn't know what her working style was like, but her conversation style was swift and decisive, no nonsense, no riddles, no procrastination. She was very frank, saying whatever she had to say.

Sure enough, the women that the Demon Lord listed as key lovers, the women he truly liked, all had strong shining points and personal charm.

Just as Zhang Yuanqing was about to speak, he suddenly sensed a fluctuation in Vinnie's emotions, changing from the initial calmness to "This person is so annoying, why hasn't he left yet?" and "I'm busy, please leave quickly."

The next moment, Vinnie raised her head: "I'm very busy. If there's nothing else, please leave."

.......Zhang Yuanqing nodded and turned to leave.

Walking out of the Heavenly Punishment high-level office area, when he passed the Supervision Department's office area, he heard Yuan Ting holding black coffee in his left hand and a hot dog in his right hand, surrounded by a group of Heavenly Punishment members, both male and female.

Yuan Ting is the only Saint in the team who is not a member of a gang. Fu Qingyang deliberately selected him, not because Yuan Ting and Zhang Yuanqing have a good relationship, but because Yuan Ting's ability to collect intelligence is extremely strong.

It can be said to be a natural gift!

Zhang Yuanqing understood the boss's intention as soon as he finished reading the list a few days ago, so he allowed Yuan Ting to gossip freely during work hours.

"Yuan Shi Tianzun's private life?" Yuan Ting pretended to be thoughtful. (Yuan Shi Tianzun is Zhang Yuanqing's Lingjing ID)

Zhang Yuanqing stopped in his tracks.

"Yuan Shi Tianzun isn't particularly interested in women. Although he has a girlfriend, he's not particularly concerned about his girlfriend either. Instead, he stays with Fu Qingyang every day," Yuan Ting said:

"Yuan Shi Tianzun knows a lot of Fu Qingyang's private matters, and Fu Qingyang also knows his private matters. Fu Qingyang gives him all his good things, and he gives Fu Qingyang all his good things. I heard that Zhang Yuanqing gave Fu Qingyang a top-quality item comparable to a Rule item."

"Are they gay!" A young girl with blond hair and big eyes asked excitedly.

A chorus of "Wow" sounded around.

Yuan Ting thought for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't heard that... However, among the three female Saints in this aid team, one is Yuan Shi Tianzun's girlfriend, and the other two also have a crush on Yuan Shi Tianzun, especially Sun Miaomiao from our Taiyi School..."

Before the intelligence was extracted, our own secrets were sold out first... Zhang Yuanqing cursed in his heart and left.

I didn't tell anyone about sending the cloak to Fu Qingyang. How did Yuan Ting know? Does he have mind-reading powers? Is his ability to inquire about gossip a Rule?

Returning to the office area, Zhang Yuanqing poured a glass of warm water, turned on the computer, and logged in to the temporary account given by Heavenly Punishment to check Julian Mead's information.

Besides his Lingjing ID and level, he knew nothing about Julian Mead, including past records and personality.

If Julian is a good person, this will be difficult.

He entered Julian's name and was about to press the Enter key, but stopped again, because after Julian's death, Sean will definitely investigate. The Internet has a memory.

If Heavenly Punishment finds out that the newly arrived Ju Mang checked Julian's information, they will definitely ask him questions, or even investigate him.

At this time, Yuan Ting returned to the office area with a solemn expression and knocked on the doors of the Saints' offices one by one, saying:

"Gentlemen and ladies, I've inquired about some very bad news. Everyone, come to the meeting room."

A few minutes later, Guan Ya and others came to the meeting room and sat around the conference table.

Seeing that everyone was present, Yuan Ting shared his news:

"I heard that Julian Mead is coming to New York County tonight to attend a gathering. We're in trouble. You can ask me who Julian is now."

Red Rooster asked, "Who is Julian?"

Yuan Ting nodded in satisfaction, saying:

"Julian is Brady's cousin. He works at Heavenly Punishment headquarters. Didn't you beat Brady into serious injuries yesterday? This person posted on the Heavenly Punishment forum yesterday, saying that he would severely teach us a lesson and humiliate us at the gathering.

"Just now, I received definite news that Julian will arrive in New York County at 3:00 PM today."

Zhang Yuanqing's pupils constricted slightly.

He understood.

He understood why Catherine wanted to assassinate Julian.

Julian wants to make trouble at the gathering, to avenge his cousin Brady. Julian is a sixth-level Wind Manipulator. The Five Elements Alliance team can't be his opponent.

They will definitely be severely humiliated by Julian at the gathering, and then Julian will be assassinated.

This is to dump the dirty water on them.

As the temporary leader of the Five Elements Alliance team, Vinnie Berrent's position is self-evident. Then Sean, who has lost his son, will inevitably break with Vinnie.

The internal conflict within Heavenly Punishment will be successfully intensified. This is a great thing for the evil faction.

Everything is a great thing.

Tianxia Guihuo frowned, "What class is Julian Mead, and what level is he?" (Tianxia Guihuo is another member of the team.)

"Sixth-level Wind Manipulator, the specific experience is unclear, but I heard that he has been promoted to Wind Manipulator for two years, at least mid-stage, or even late-stage." Yuan Ting sighed:

"It's not easy to deal with. We can't beat him. I have a suggestion: let's just not attend the gathering. But I heard that the president of the American Goddess Association, the New York County branch, seems to be coming as well. That's the most beautiful woman in New York County. Our Chief Executive Officer Sean is one of her lovers."

Among the sixth-level peak Saints, those with techniques close to the Dao and Rule items are in the first tier, while those with ordinary items and no strong techniques belong to the second tier.

Julian may not have strong techniques, but as the son of an eighth-level Ruler, he may have top-quality items.

Maybe he's someone like Xia Zuo and Osmond.

Tianxia Guihuo and others frowned.

It's a pity that Catherine's plan has failed. Hidden within the Five Elements Alliance team is a sixth-level Beast King. Julian is just bringing humiliation upon himself. As long as we beat him up at the gathering, our motive for assassinating Julian will no longer exist... Zhang Yuanqing said: "It's not a big problem!"

Hearing this, everyone's brows relaxed.

Yuan Ting said suspiciously, "You say it's not a big problem, and it's not a big problem?"

"Before Yuan Shi returned to the Lingjing, he left us a lot of items, including the Yin-Yang Disc," Guan Ya explained. "So it's not a big problem."

Yuan Ting nodded, and then said with great interest:

"I also heard that Vinnie Berrent is the Demon Lord's lover. This chief prosecutor seems to have only dated the Demon Lord as a man, with the intention of getting married. That's why she had a big fight with Chris, because the Demon Lord wanted to get along with Vinnie, but later secretly climbed into Chris's bed. As for the women the Demon Lord slept with later, that was during Vinnie's imprisonment. After the Demon Lord died, she has been single, like Yin Ji. It seems that she still has lingering feelings for that scumbag."

"Hey, listen to me, don't go..."