Chapter 682 The Hunter Guild's Mission
"How did I become the center of attention for no reason? It's only my first day in New York County. If the First District didn't lack a demigod in the Nightwalker profession, I'd suspect someone was plotting behind the scenes..." Zhang Yuanqing muttered.
Jù Máng is a member of Minister Vinnie's faction. He just had a fierce conflict with the Chief Executive Officer's nephew. Given this background, Jù Máng's assassination...
Then the Chief Executive Officer and his nephew are definitely the prime suspects.
But Vinnie shouldn't be that stupid. I can think of it as a frame-up, wouldn't she?
However, Vinnie and Sean are political enemies. Even if Vinnie knows it's a frame-up, she'll probably take the opportunity to investigate Sean Mead. So the mastermind's plan can still succeed.
"Should I lie low for a while? Capturing bounty hunters isn't very meaningful. They're just errand runners. I should avoid meaningless battles if possible...
"I need to find an opportunity to contact Brady and use hypnosis to control him, to confirm if he issued the bounty."
I've already thought of the reason: to visit and apologize. If he refuses, I'll let Ryosho take the lead.
While Zhang Yuanqing was pondering, the phone in his palm suddenly rang. The caller was Katherine!
Here she comes! Zhang Yuanqing's eyes lit up, and he quickly put the bounty mission aside and answered Katherine's call.
As soon as the call connected, the first thing he heard was sweet panting and the crisp sound of high-speed basic attacks.
Then, Katherine's breathless voice came, flirtingly saying, "Have you been looking forward to my call lately?"
Zhang Yuanqing said coldly, "Speak, what's the mission!"
Katherine sighed, "You're such an unromantic blockhead. I deliberately called you at this time, thinking it would allow you to more deeply comprehend my charm."
Comprehend your charm? Then you shouldn't call. I suggest a video call... Zhang Yuanqing looked at the night view of Manhattan, his eyes reflecting the bizarre neon lights:
"Tell me the mission!"
The shaking of the bed and the impact of the high-speed basic attacks disappeared. After a few seconds, Katherine's calm voice came:
"The guild's high-level executives have recognized your contribution regarding the Pope's relic, but Zhai Cai has already hidden himself, so this matter can only be put on hold for now. Therefore, the guild's high-level executives have arranged a new mission for you. If you pass the assessment, you can join us."
After a few seconds of pause, Katherine said:
"Your mission is to assassinate Chief Executive Officer Sean Mead's son, Julian Mead."
Assassinate an Level 8 Ruler's son? Zhang Yuanqing said calmly:
"I need the target's level and profession."
Katherine laughed:
"Level 6 Wind Master, with more than 50% experience. He is a late-stage Level 6. He's a formidable opponent for you, and the risk is also very high. In addition, he definitely has a significant number of items on him, as well as a Saint-level follower.
"Julian works at the headquarters of the Judgement. 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 of the Free Alliance assassinating Julian Mead? The assassination of Jù Máng had the potential to intensify conflicts, but what good would assassinating Julian do besides enraging Sean? On the contrary, it would make him put aside his suspicions and join forces with Vinnie, which would be extremely detrimental to the Free Alliance.
"Why assassinate him?"
"Heh, you don't need to know." Katherine said with a smile.
Attempt to extract information failed. This woman is very cautious... Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts raced, and he said:
"No problem!"
Katherine laughed, "Let me give an unromantic blockhead another piece of advice: never try to assassinate anyone inside the New York County Bank headquarters building. It will only lead to your own demise."
Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred, and he took the opportunity to ask, "Why?"
"Do you think that no one in the First District can restrain your Dreamwalker abilities?" Katherine's tone became serious:
"The methods of evil professions are very strange and dangerous, and difficult to guard against. It's not just you Illusionists who are special. If assassinations were that easy, the members of the Judgement would have died long ago.
"The New York County Judgement Branch is a large branch directly under headquarters. The number of Rulers officially stationed in New York County exceeds seven. They are equipped with a Ruler-level Law-based item, which makes all evil professions unable to hide."
"What Law-based item?" Zhang Yuanqing took the opportunity to extract information.
Katherine said with a smile, "This is valuable information. You need to pay points or money to exchange it."
I can find out myself. How happy is it to freeload... Zhang Yuanqing's voice was cold and low:
"Anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."
Katherine said with a mournful tone, "You don't want to talk to me that much? You stinky man, I miss you so much that I can't sleep all night."
Her voice was soft and mournful, with a hint of flattery.
Zhang Yuanqing felt a surge of tenderness and pride in his heart. He couldn't wait to fly over and hug the woman on the other end of the phone, press 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 the Lust profession is really disgusting, completely unsolvable. But there is also one advantage: Katherine's sexual interest in me is getting deeper and deeper, so before she gets me, her tolerance for me will be very high."
While he was complaining, he expelled all "infatuation" from his mind, allowing his emotions to return to calm.
.........
The next morning.
Zhang Yuanqing took the elevator to the 104th floor, swiped his access card, and knocked on the door of Vinnie Berent's office.
"Minister Vinnie, did you call for me?" Zhang Yuanqing was summoned by Assistant Emma.
Vinnie Berent looked up and said calmly:
"Pay attention, 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 looked at it. The content was a copy of the Hunter Guild's bounty.
This was what Zhang Yuanqing expected. Vinnie Berent is the Chief Prosecutor of the Judgement in New York County, a local emperor-level figure, with many intelligence channels.
The mission to bounty Jù Máng was public, how could she not know.
"Who do you think wants to kill me?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
Vinnie looked down at the documents and said:
"People who want Brady dead; people who want to intensify internal conflicts within the Judgement; people who want to take the opportunity to rigorously investigate Sean. Anyway, it can't be people who want you dead.
"The first are Brady's enemies, the second are evil professions, and the third is me."
Her tone was extremely calm, even frank.
"Can't it be Brady who wants me dead?" Zhang Yuanqing asked back.
"Of course Brady wants you dead, but he doesn't need to bounty you. With the power of the Mead family, there are many ways to kill you. Hiring a Level 6 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, and said calmly:
"I really want to investigate Sean, but to investigate Sean, sacrificing a Level 6 Beast King who obeys my orders is a very uneconomical deal, and it's not like investigating Sean will definitely bring him down.
"The benefits are not proportional to the costs, I wouldn't do such a deal."
Zhang Yuanqing nodded repeatedly. That's what he thought too. In addition, he has increased his goodwill towards Vinnie a lot.
I don't know what her working style is, but her conversation style is swift and decisive. She doesn't talk nonsense, doesn't make cryptic remarks, and doesn't dawdle. She says what she means, very frankly.
Sure enough, the women who can be listed as key lovers by Demon Lord and are truly liked all have strong bright spots and personal charm.
Just as Zhang Yuanqing was about to speak, he suddenly sensed a fluctuation in Vinnie's emotions, from the initial indifference to "This person is so annoying, why hasn't he left yet", "I'm very busy, please leave quickly".
The next moment, Vinnie looked up: "I'm very busy, just go out if you have nothing else."
.......Zhang Yuanqing nodded and turned to leave.
Walking out of the Judgement's high-level office area, when he passed the Inspection 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 Judgement members, both men and women.
Yuan Ting is the only Saint in the team who is not a member of the gang. Fù Qīngyáng deliberately picked him out, not because Yuan Ting and Zhang Yuanqing have a good relationship, but because Yuan Ting's ability to gather intelligence is extremely strong.
He can be called a gifted talent!
Zhang Yuanqing understood the boss's intentions the moment he read the list a few days ago, so he let Yuan Ting gossip freely during work hours.
"Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn's private life?" Yuan Ting made a thoughtful expression.
Zhang Yuanqing stopped.
"Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn is not close to women. Although he has a girlfriend, he is not particularly concerned about his girlfriend. Instead, he stays with Fù Qīngyáng every day." Yuan Ting said:
"Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn knows a lot of Fù Qīngyáng's private matters, and Fù Qīngyáng also knows his private matters. Fù Qīngyáng gives him all his good things, and he also gives Fù Qīngyáng all his good things. I heard that Zhang Yuanqing gave Fù Qīngyáng a top-quality item comparable to a Law-based item."
"Are they gay!" A young blonde girl with big eyes asked excitedly.
A chorus of "Wow" sounded around.
Yuan Ting thought for a while and shook his head: "I haven't heard about that... However, among the three female Saints in this aid team, one is Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn's girlfriend, and the other two also have a crush on Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn, especially Sūn Miǎomiǎo from our Taiyi Sect..."
Before the intelligence could be extracted, our own secrets were sold out... Zhang Yuanqing cursed inwardly and left.
I didn't tell anyone about the cloak I gave Fù Qīngyáng. How did Yuan Ting know? Does he have mind-reading abilities? Is his ability to gather gossip a Law-based ability...
Returning to the office area, Zhang Yuanqing poured a glass of warm water, turned on the computer, and logged into the temporary account given by the Judgement to inquire about Julian Mead's information.
Apart from his Spirit Realm ID and level, he knew nothing about Julian Mead, including his past record 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 the Judgement finds out that the newly arrived Jù Máng had checked Julian's information, they will definitely ask him questions and 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:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have found out some bad news. Everyone, come to the conference room."
A few minutes later, Guan Ya and others came to the conference room and sat at the conference table.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yuan Ting shared his news:
"I heard that Julian Mead is coming to New York County tonight to attend a party. We are in trouble. You can ask me who Julian is."
Red Rooster asked, "Who is Julian?"
Yuan Ting nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Julian is Brady's cousin. He works at the Judgement headquarters. Didn't you severely injure Brady yesterday? He posted on the Judgement forum yesterday, saying that he would severely teach and humiliate us at the party.
"Just now, I received confirmation that Julian will arrive in New York County at 3:00 PM today."
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Zhang Yuanqing's pupils contracted slightly.
He understood.
He understood why Katherine wanted to assassinate Julian.
Julian is going to cause trouble at the party to avenge his cousin Brady. Julian is a Level 6 Wind Master, and the Five Elements Alliance team cannot be his opponent.
They will definitely be severely humiliated by Julian at the party, and then Julian will be assassinated.
This is to throw dirty water on them.
As the temporary leader of the Five Elements Alliance team, Vinnie Berent's position is self-evident, so Sean, in his grief over the loss of his son, will inevitably break with Vinnie.
The internal conflicts within the Judgement have been successfully intensified. This is a great thing for the evil camp.
It's a great thing in all aspects.
Tiānxià Guīhuǒ frowned: "What is Julian Mead's profession and level?"
"Level 6 Wind Master, the specific experience value is unknown, but I heard that he has been promoted to Wind Master for two years, at least the middle stage, or even the late stage." Yuan Ting sighed:
"It's not easy to deal with. We can't beat him. I have a suggestion, everyone should just not attend the party. But I heard that the president of the Goddess Association's New York County branch will also come. She is the most beautiful woman in New York County. Our Chief Executive Officer Sean is one of her lovers."
Among the Level 6 peak Saints, those who have skills close to the Law and Law-based items are the first-class, and those with ordinary items and no strong skills belong to the second-class.
Julian may not have strong skills, but as the son of an Level 8 Ruler, he may have top-quality items.
Maybe he is another character like Sazo or Osmon.
Tiānxià Guīhuǒ and others frowned.
It's a pity that Katherine's plan went wrong. There is a Level 6 Beast King hidden in the Five Elements Alliance team. Julian is just asking for humiliation. As long as we beat him at the party, our motivation to assassinate Julian will not exist... Zhang Yuanqing said: "No problem!"
Hearing this, everyone relaxed their frowns.
Yuan Ting looked suspicious: "You say it's no problem, then it's no problem?"
"Before Yuánshǐ returned to the Spirit Realm, he left us a lot of items, including the Yin Yang Disc." Guan Ya explained: "So there's no problem."
Yuan Ting nodded, and then said with great interest:
"I also heard that Vinnie Berent is Demon Lord's lover. This Chief Prosecutor seems to have only dated Demon Lord, and she was going to get married, so she fought with Chris. Demon Lord wanted to get along with Vinnie, but he secretly climbed into Chris's bed. As for the women Demon Lord slept with later, that was when Vinnie was in confinement. After Demon Lord died, she has been single, just like Yin Ji. It seems that she still has feelings for that scumbag."
"Hey, listen to me, don't go..."