Hearing Gitis say "know," Shang Jianyao immediately became excited:
"Then do you know the sniper's whereabouts?"
You think an information broker is a deity, knowing everything... Long Yuehong couldn't help but mutter inwardly.
Gitis's eyes briefly lost focus, then returned to normal, maintaining her enigmatic smile as she said:
"If necessary, it's not impossible to know."
"What do you mean?" Jiang Baimian's expression became serious.
Gitis replied with a slightly ethereal voice:
"As long as you provide sufficient reward, I can help you find the sniper. Of course, I don't guarantee success."
"How much reward is considered sufficient?" Jiang Baimian didn't offer her own price.
Gitis thought for a few seconds and said:
"Ten Grand Knight gold coins, and I'll try to give you an answer within three days. Five Grand Knight gold coins, and there will be feedback within two weeks. One Grand Knight gold coin, and maybe there will be results in one or two months.
"You don't have to pay the reward now, just give a deposit of ten Knight silver coins. After I inquire about the relevant information, you can pay according to the importance of the news and how much time was spent."
In other words, after paying the deposit, if Gitis can find the sniper's whereabouts within three days, the "Old Task Force" will have to give her ten Grand Knight gold coins, and so on.
"Very reasonable." Although the "Old Task Force" doesn't even have three Grand Knight gold coins combined, Jiang Baimian agreed without hesitation. "Deal."
The sooner they know the sniper's whereabouts, the better, and as for money, with the strength of the "Old Task Force," are they afraid of not earning it?
As for whether Gitis can ultimately provide the corresponding information, Jiang Baimian isn't too confident, but in this matter, having one more option and a little more hope certainly won't hurt, at most losing the deposit of ten Knight silver coins.
If Gitis is indeed so well-informed to an extremely terrifying degree and really finds out the sniper's whereabouts, it would be a complete pleasant surprise for the "Old Task Force."
And compared to the value of this information and this joy, those ten Grand Knight gold coins mean nothing.
Jiang Baimian immediately took off her tactical backpack and took out a large handful of Knight silver coins from it, counting out exactly thirty for Gitis.
She reminded:
"The previous collateral can be returned to us."
The "Old Task Force" originally owed Gitis twenty Knight silver coins.
Gitis's eyes suddenly became bright, and after carefully counting the silver coins, she opened the drawer and took out Jiang Baimian's "United 202."
While Jiang Baimian was checking the gun, Shang Jianyao instructed Gitis, who was busy packing up the Knight silver coins:
"There may be a very powerful and terrifying organization behind that sniper. If you want to find his whereabouts, you must pay attention to your own safety and never expose your existence in order to get the information quickly.
"Be careful!"
Gitis, whose features were somewhat hard, was visibly stunned. It seemed that as an information dealer, she had never encountered an employer who specifically reminded her to be careful about her own personal safety.
Of course, words like "You be careful" and "Don't walk alone at night" are obviously not included.
Sometimes, Wei is a model of morality... Jiang Baimian sighed inwardly as she put the "United 202" back on her equipment belt.
After the "Old Task Force" went upstairs, Gitis fell back into her own world, sitting there with lifeless eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Ten Grand Knight gold coins, we're more than half short." Back in the room, Long Yuehong said with concern.
Most of the Hunter Guild's tasks are in Knight silver coins, and few involve Grand Knight gold coins.
"If we can really afford those ten Grand Knight gold coins, I would sell my blood to give the money to Gitis!" Jiang Baimian replied amusingly.
This would be a great thing!
The honest Genava reminded:
"According to various sources, the blood business in Gesterbourg isn't good.
"Official members of the 'White Knights' donate blood regularly, and there is little border defense pressure here, and not many bandits, so serious situations requiring blood transfusions are rare."
This is different from Initial City, where there are many black clinics with a high demand for blood.
And ordinary residents who are sick or injured and need a lot of blood transfusions often give up directly—although the "White Knights" uphold the knightly code and will provide some subsidies, the financial pressure is still very high for a family.
In short, Genava meant that in Gesterbourg, selling blood isn't a good business to make a lot of money.
"I'm just making an analogy." Jiang Baimian replied weakly.
Shang Jianyao followed up:
"If all else fails, we'll sell the nuclear bomb to that Grand Knight in Gesterbourg!
"That should be able to exchange for a lot of Grand Knight gold coins, right?"
Long Yuehong wanted to complain but didn't know what to say for a moment.
Jiang Baimian laughed and said:
"When selling the nuclear bomb, should we leave Old Ge in a hidden place outside, and then tell that Grand Knight that if he doesn't buy the warhead, we'll have our companion issue a command and detonate it remotely, and we'll all die together?
"Of course, if he buys it, for the peace and tranquility of the Ashlands, we'll still keep the warhead, and he can only retrieve it when he's forced to retreat, to scare people."
"..." Long Yuehong's mouth twitched.
The first keywords that came to his and Bai Chen's minds were:
Extortion!
"No," Shang Jianyao replied seriously, "What if that Grand Knight is an Awakened at the 'Mind Corridor' level, and his strength is 'Electromagnetic Interference'? In that case, the remotely issued command would be distorted and unable to produce the corresponding effect."
"You've actually considered the feasibility?" Jiang Baimian was both amused and exasperated.
She quickly summarized:
"The money problem is easier to solve. The ship will right itself when it reaches the bridge. On the contrary, the sniper's whereabouts are not easy to find.
"Well, let's patiently wait for news."
As dusk approached, just after the "Old Task Force" finished dinner and returned to the "Fire and Iron" hotel, they received a visitor.
It was Yergae, the Gesterbourg sheriff they had met before.
Yergae had changed into a thick woolen black coat, holding a pair of thin black gloves, and knocked on the door of the "Old Task Force's" room.
——In this season, the temperature in Gesterbourg is fine during the day, but still relatively cold at night.
After opening the door, Shang Jianyao showed a warm smile:
"Sheriff, do you want to hire us?"
Yergae coughed slightly awkwardly, and said as he entered the room:
"We didn't find any clues in the Mining Federation building, and Gesterbourg still has many things that need to be dealt with.
"So, we plan to put the tedious task of tracking down the sniper on the Hunter Guild. I'm here to hope you can participate as well.
"In this matter, no Ruin Hunters know the specific details better than you."
"What's the reward?" Jiang Baimian asked with a smile.
Yergae cleared his throat and said:
"One Grand Knight gold coin for finding a valuable clue.
"Five Grand Knight gold coins for directly locating the sniper's whereabouts."
He didn't mention the reward for capturing the target, because this is defaulted to be completed by the sheriff in cooperation with the local Knights, to prevent the Ruin Hunters from "legally" fighting within the settlement by taking this opportunity.
Five Grand Knight gold coins... If Gitis can really find the sniper's whereabouts within three days, our shortfall will only be two and a half Grand Knight gold coins... Long Yuehong quickly calculated in his mind, feeling that it was okay, and the difficulty of earning money wasn't too high.
Although the normal situation should be that they take on the task from Yergae first, and then buy information from Gitis at a lower price, earning a little difference, the "Old Task Force's" goal is not to obtain the bounty, but to catch the sniper, and they are willing to pay for it.
Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:
"No problem.
"Sheriff, please tell us the specific situation of today's investigation at the Mining Federation. This can effectively save everyone's time, isn't it?"
This was a matter of course, and Yergae didn't think it was excessive. He took out a stack of materials that he had prepared earlier from the inside of his coat and handed it to Jiang Baimian:
"This is the result of the investigation and the viewing report of the surveillance video."
As the "Old Task Force" had expected, there was no one carrying or carrying a longer box in the surveillance video taking the elevator, and no one in the building had tested for gunpowder residue. The anti-material sniper rifle, which was definitely more conspicuous, was also not found.
Moreover, the Gesterbourg peacekeepers also asked who the three people who left before they arrived were, and went to their doors to ask questions and search, finding nothing wrong.
After quickly browsing the report, Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:
"We need the complete surveillance video."
Yergae looked at Genava and nodded slightly:
"It's also ready."
He then took out a small storage chip.
After Genava completed the reading and copying, Yergae took back the information and the chip and went to the Hunter Guild to post the task.
"How is it, are there any traces of deleted surveillance footage?" After sending Yergae downstairs, returning to the room, and closing the wooden door, Jiang Baimian asked Genava.
Genava's analysis speed is incomparable to carbon-based humans. He had already output the results before, telling Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Shang Jianyao. At this time, he repeated the answer:
"No.
"There are no signs of interference either."
"It seems they did go through the stairs." Jiang Baimian thought for a few seconds and said, "Let's go to the Mining Federation building again now and ask people."
To prevent the clues from being cut off, she had to race against time.
"Okay!" Shang Jianyao couldn't wait.
The five members of the "Old Task Force" went downstairs and saw Gitis packing her things, waiting for her colleague to come and take over the shift.
Seeing this, Jiang Baimian casually asked:
"Any results yet?"
Are there any results in tracking down the sniper's whereabouts?
Gitis raised her head and suddenly showed that mysterious smile:
"There are."