Newspaper Boy

Chapter Seven The First Task

Chapter 658 The First Mission

Asano Ryo followed the female receptionist through the office area to the area where the Heavenly Punishment executives were located. This area had another receptionist - the office area of ​​the Heavenly Punishment executives was separated from the office area of ​​ordinary employees and required a special access card to enter.

The female receptionist who brought Asano Ryo over said:

"She is an intern sent by the Chizuru Group of Japan, a Level 2 Prosecutor, and she is here to report today."

"I know, Assistant Winnie notified me." The older and more mature female receptionist picked up the landline and dialed the assistant minister's phone, saying respectfully:

"Assistant Emma, ​​the new prosecutor has arrived."

After reporting, she hung up the phone, scrutinized Asano Ryo, and exclaimed:

"My God, a Level 2 Prosecutor, she looks like she's not even an adult yet. There aren't many such outstanding girls. No wonder Minister Winnie wants to see her in person."

The female receptionist who led Asano Ryo shrugged: "Yes, the information says she is 17 years old, but I think she looks only 15 years old. Well, Mongoloids are naturally young-looking. I didn't expect Japan to have such outstanding talents."

The two receptionists chatted as if no one else was around, completely disregarding Asano Ryo's feelings.

How impolite, baka... Asano Ryo kept her face stern, trying to look cold and mature.

Before long, a tall woman walked out from the depths of the office area in high heels.

She was around forty years old, with black hair and brown eyes, and the deep eye sockets characteristic of Westerners. Her features were not particularly beautiful, but very gentle, with light freckles on her cheeks.

She swiped her work card on her chest to open the access control, pushed open the glass door, and waved to Asano Ryo with a smile: "Come in."

Asano Ryo instinctively bowed: "Yes!"

Causing the two receptionists to snicker.

Emma gave the two a cold look, and the snickering stopped.

After Asano Ryo passed through the access control, Emma led Asano Ryo forward, saying:

"I am Assistant Emma to Minister Winnie.

"Minister Winnie is your direct superior, but you cannot contact her directly. If you have any work-related matters, you need to report to me first, and I will pass it on to the minister.

"I am not responsible for lifestyle issues, but you are still a minor, and we always have preferential treatment for minors, so you can ask me for help."

She spoke slowly and steadily, revealing the calmness honed in the workplace, and her attitude towards others was neither distant nor close, just right.

Asano Ryo followed Emma along the wide and winding corridor for a while, passing offices one after another, and finally stopped outside the deepest and largest office with a river view.

"Knock knock!"

Emma knocked on the office door, "Minister, our new colleague has come to report."

A cold and stern voice came from the office: "Come in."

Assistant Emma pushed open the glass door, smiled at Asano Ryo, and gestured for her to enter.

Winnie Berendt, Level 8 Thunder Mage... Asano Ryo took a deep breath, kept her face stern, and stepped into the office.

The first thing that appeared in front of her was a huge floor-to-ceiling window, outside of which was the densely flowing Hudson River, known as the economic lifeline of New Yue County.

On the right was a reception room, with high-end sofas, wine cabinets, and a bar. Western oil paintings and Chinese ink paintings were hanging on the wall, and potted plants were used for decoration by the wall.

On the left was a spacious large desk. Behind the desk was a woman wearing an exquisite workplace suit. She looked thirty years old, the most sensual and mature stage of a woman's life.

Her slightly curly chestnut hair was draped over her shoulders, with a high nose, deep eyes, and beautifully curved facial lines, outlining delicate and three-dimensional features.

Her skin was fair, as if covered with a layer of frost. Her long and straight eyebrows matched her deep eyes, plus the Westerners' less soft facial curves, which made her look cold and majestic.

Asano Ryo briefly forgot her beauty and felt like she was facing the stern teacher Long Qiyi, instinctively holding her breath and feeling a little restrained.

Winnie Berendt glanced at Asano Ryo, took out a copy from the pile of documents on her left, opened it, and said as she read:

"The information says that you used to be a member of Yuanshi Tianzun's gang?"

Hearing the four words Yuanshi Tianzun, Asano Ryo felt a burst of sadness in her heart, and the restrained emotions faded away. She lowered her voice and said, "Yes."

Minister Winnie keenly noticed her sadness and said lightly: "Did he tell you that he is the inheritor of the Demon Lord?"

Ah?! Asano Ryo was stunned, dumbfounded.

Winnie looked at her expression, already knowing the answer, and continued to ask:

"What is your position in the gang?"

Asano Ryo did not answer, it took a full minute to digest the news, and then she worded her words:

"The gang members have a very good relationship, and there is no clear class division. Although I am the lowest level in it, they didn't look down on me."

Winnie nodded nonchalantly, her eyes staring at her deeply:

"In The Way of the Extraordinary world, besides lovers and parents, the closest are gang members. Before Yuanshi Tianzun returned to The Way of the Extraordinary, did he explain anything or leave anything behind?"

After a pause, she said, "Like a portable speaker."

Asano Ryo looked blank: "I'm sorry, I don't know."

A flash of disappointment flashed in Winnie's eyes, and she asked again: "I hope you can provide a list of Yuanshi Tianzun gang members."

Asano Ryo subconsciously wanted to refuse, but fortunately she held back and bowed: "Minister Winnie, I hope to ask for their opinions first."

Winnie nodded slightly: "Reply as soon as possible, you should leave."

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"I want the audio of the Demon Lord and Winnie's insemination."

In the bedroom, Zhang Yuanqing held the Cat King speaker, like a believer making a grand vow.

The Cat King speaker lay quietly in his palm, ignoring him.

Silver Hair Princess by the bed, held up a small horn: "It said, equivalent exchange."

"I don't have audio of us doing that."

"It wants songs."

"Why do you know what it's thinking?"

"I don't know, intuition!" Silver Hair Princess said expressionlessly, her red eyes mournful, "Yuanshi Tianzun, I don't want to go back to the hat anymore, let me play outside."

Silver Hair Princess had been in Little Red Riding Hood for several days. Now that she had seen the light of day again, after learning that Zhang Yuanqing had come to this barbarian land overseas, the princess's ambition to travel the world rose sharply.

"I can use you when fighting, but not for daily life. You will scare people to death when you go out like this, and I haven't figured out how to make you appear reasonably, I'll talk about it later." Zhang Yuanqing refused outright.

Ignoring the sulky princess, he took out his mobile phone, intending to play music for an equivalent exchange.

At this moment, the doorbell rang.

Then, Annie's clumsy Chinese came from the living room: "Husband, the landlady is here."

The landlady? What is she here for? We already had dinner yesterday, there's no need to keep thanking us... Zhang Yuanqing grabbed the Little Red Riding Hood on the table and put Silver Hair Princess and the Cat King speaker back in.

He left the bedroom and came to the living room, seeing the landlady and Cao Qianxiu sitting on the sofa waiting.

Seeing him come out, the beautiful girl nodded slightly.

Zhang Yuanqing returned a smile, sat down opposite the mother and daughter, and said:

"Unfortunately, breakfast is over, otherwise I could invite you to have breakfast."

The landlady with slightly high cheekbones waved her hand and went straight to the point:

"Xiao Zhang, there is something I want to ask you. My daughter's academic performance is not very good. I want to ask you to help tutor her on weekends, 50 Federal dollars an hour, three hours a day."

Zhang Yuanqing agreed readily: "No problem, thank you landlady for giving me the opportunity to earn extra money."

The landlady smiled: "I'll give you a high school test paper tonight, I want to test your grades, I hope you understand."

"No problem!" Zhang Yuanqing joked with a smile: "As long as you don't ask me to teach foreign languages, everything else is okay."

After discussing the tutoring issue, the landlady took her daughter home contentedly.

Zhang Yuanqing looked at Annie wiping the dishes and said:

"Accompany me out for a trip. The trial mission given by the Hunter Guild is a bit strange. The rewarder only gave an address and asked to meet with the hunter to discuss the specific content of the mission.

"Annie, what do you think?"

Annie thought for a while and said, "It may be that the mission content needs to be kept secret and cannot be widely publicized, so we have to meet in person. Boss, you are a nobody now, so you don't have to worry about being schemed against."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded: "That's what I think too, then, let's go."

After Annie changed her clothes, the two went out together and happened to meet Cao Qianxiu carrying her schoolbag and preparing to go to school.

The three entered the elevator. Zhang Yuanqing glanced at the girl's beautiful profile and couldn't help but say:

"You are not a Fire Master, why are your academic grades so bad?"

Cao Qianxiu's expression was indifferent, "One, I don't want to study. Two, I don't have the talent to study."

Zhang Yuanqing was speechless for a moment.

There are thousands of human talents, and there are only so few courses in school. Poor grades can only mean that talent is not in those few courses.

So academic performance is related to intelligence, but not that strongly related.

Zhang Yuanqing said: "I understand, so I know how to formulate a teaching plan."

Cao Qianxiu turned her head, her bright eyes like lacquer staring: "How do you plan to teach?"

Zhang Yuanqing said: "I have a Scholar's professional item that can turn people into academic masters in the short term. I'll lend it to you during exams."

Cao Qianxiu's eyes lit up: "Scholar... I've heard of this profession. It is said that every Scholar has extraordinary wisdom and profound knowledge. They are good at making medicine and weapons. The world's top scientists are not as good as them. Very good, you are worth fifty dollars an hour."

Scholars are not as great as you say, the Scholars I know are all tightening screws... Zhang Yuanqing said: "I thought you would righteously refuse."

Cao Qianxiu shook her head and said seriously: "No, Thunder Mages can also have flexible bottom lines."

Zhang Yuanqing laughed: "You understand the bottom line."

The world where students and teachers smiled at each other and only the landlady was injured was achieved.

Cao Qianxiu smiled more on her face, "Well, I still don't know your The Way of the Extraordinary ID."

"Tongtian Jiaozhu!"

"Tongtian Jiaozhu... This name seems a bit familiar to me." Cao Qianxiu said: "Cao Fajuan, my The Way of the Extraordinary ID."

She is a native of the Free Federation. Although she has been learning Chinese since she was a child, she is not very familiar with the culture of her homeland.

"Judge?" Zhang Yuanqing scrutinized the girl.

Cao Qianxiu said with a serious expression: "My dream when I was a child was to become a judge like my father."

"Isn't your father running a restaurant?" Zhang Yuanqing was shocked.

Cao Qianxiu glanced at him, "My father's dream is also to become a judge."

Zhang Yuanqing: "........"

.........

At 10:30 in the morning, Zhang Yuanqing and Annie took a taxi to a famous restaurant in Queens.

Led by the waiter, the two disguised by illusion entered the private room booked by the employer.

The private room was not big, but the privacy was very good. An old white man with frost-white temples was sitting at the small round table. He was wearing a sophisticated suit, with a thick waist and big belly, and a round face.

His eyes were calm, and his temperament was extraordinary. Judging from his clothes and the watch on his left hand, he was a very successful man.

Two bodyguards in black stood behind the old white man.

His eyes wandered over the two people entering the private room. When he saw Annie, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he showed disappointment.

——Annie had a mediocre appearance and rough skin.

The old white man asked in a deep voice: "Which of you is Tongtian Jiaozhu?"

Zhang Yuanqing did not answer, but pulled out a chair and sat down. This action explained everything.

The old white man nodded slightly, his light gray eyes looked at Zhang Yuanqing, and said:

"The content of my mission is not suitable for public disclosure, so I can only invite you over. The travel expenses can be reimbursed by me."

"Compared to a two million deal, travel expenses are just a trivial matter." Zhang Yuanqing said in clumsy English.

As long as the other party doesn't speak at length, he can still handle simple communication.

The old white man said in a deep voice: "I want to hire you to kill someone."

He took out a photo from his pocket and placed it on the table.

Zhang Yuanqing took a closer look. The man in the photo had dark skin, thick lips, a bald head, a thin face, and tattoos all over his upper arms. His eyes flashed fiercely.

"I need more information." He looked at the old white man.

When the old white man took out this photo, Zhang Yuanqing sensed that the other party's emotions were filled with hatred, bone-deep hatred.

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ps: Fix typos first and then modify.