Chapter 74

No matter how many times he came, Ackerman was very uncomfortable with the environment of the Truth Society.

In the life of a hunter, there is only iron and blood, fighting, animality, chaos, and madness. They are a group of beasts in human skin.

In the animalized state, even the human form cannot be maintained, only the deepest core called "human" remains.

And their lives are often more direct and brutal.

This is almost the exact opposite of the worship of intellectual and rational truth.

This office is located on the upper floor of the general building of the headquarters of the General Office of the Truth.

Clean and tidy, the field of vision is mostly composed of leather and glass, luxuriously decorated, and the layout is extremely rigorous, and there is not even a little superfluous part.

What makes Ackerman feel the most uncomfortable is that there is no taste here.

No matter how luxurious the decoration is, it can't cover up the coldness here.

Not just the buildings, but the people in front of them.

To be precise, most of the members of the Truth Society have a very bland and unified taste.

They live in strict accordance with the timetable stipulated by the standard, and spend every day in the laboratory or classroom without any extra activities, so they cannot be contaminated with other flavors.

Living in such an environment for a long time also makes them seem to have merged with the concept of "knowledge" and become somewhat nihilistic.

There is only a cold and persistent taste left.

The taste of "curiosity".

Ackerman did not pretend to be himself today. He was no longer the ordinary tired office worker in the bookstore, but a hunter in black with a pale complexion and a sinister expression.

He looked to be only about thirty years old, with a thin body and an indifferent expression. Many people said that he was like the bell ringer waiting for the dawn on the clock tower all night, with enough patience.

In fact, he does have enough patience when facing prey.

Andrew, the vice president of the Truth Society, sat across from him. It was rumored that he was a real outlier in the Truth Society when he was young, a playboy who was keen on hunting for sex.

The most famous incident is the elf great sage who had a crush on the Iris family, but died without a problem in the end.

Even though this guy was old, his deep eye sockets and high nose bridge still exuded masculine charm. He was dressed in a suit and looked like a gentleman, and his sea blue eyes were absolutely charming.

I believe that if he appears in the ball held by the nobles in the central district, he will also be favored by many ladies.

Andrew looked at the hunter on the opposite side with serious eyes, and said calmly: "If I remember correctly, just a few days ago, you were very eager to complete the certification for your promotion to the destruction level."

His heart was full of surprise, and he didn't know which link went wrong.

Only three or four days later, the hunter who had accepted the bounty and was full of ambitions turned around and chose to give up the mission...

He believed that Ackerman was really determined about this matter at the time, and he took action very quickly.

But such a short amount of time is only enough for the most basic investigation, right?

According to what they knew, Ackerman had already made the first test—“surrounded the bookstore a few times, and went into the bookstore.”

What's more, the standby ether monitors that have been activated have not captured large-scale ether fluctuations.

No, not to mention fluctuations, not even the slightest ripple.

And even from the perspective of personal perception, the bookstore is calm and calm, and it doesn't look like conflicts and frictions have occurred at all.

In other words... Although it was unbelievable, the hunter on the opposite side might have chosen to give up before he even started to act.

What exactly is going on?

It's impossible... He just entered the bookstore and chatted with the owner of the bookstore for a while. The owner of the bookstore just used words to make him lose his fighting spirit, right?

This is too ridiculous!

Andrew made the most reasonable consideration with his own rational thinking, and felt that there must be other unknown factors.

Ackerman nodded and admitted this: "Yes, I was really eager for ratings at that time."

Andrew frowned, and said as gently as possible: "Then why did you choose to give up now? Wilde is the easiest among all the current destruction-level bounties... I mean, if you refer to the overall difficulty of the task, it should be the easiest one. "

He added: "And the amount of reward he offered is quite high, and you were very determined to win it at that time..."

Ackerman looked at him and interrupted in a bad tone: "Vice President Andrew, I think the Truth Society shouldn't even have to ask why they gave up the mission? In the end, it doesn't matter to you It is necessary, and there is no such regulation.”

"You seem to be in a hurry."

"..." Andrew smiled and said, "That's right, but for the sake of the safety of the Nuojin area - you should have heard that Nuojin is not peaceful recently - we very much hope that someone can help solve this problem Dangerous."

Although he used a destroyer-level hunter, but without the other party's knowledge, he used his own will to make him the vanguard of the Truth Society to test the I-level area.

But... Now that the other party gave up directly, the situation became a little awkward.

The initiative is in the hands of the other party, and if he wants to persuade the other party to change his mind now, it seems that he has some other purpose.

I can only suppress the irritability in my heart and try my best to talk back.

"Then I'm sorry, I have no interest in maintaining law and order. This is purely my own reason."

Ackerman said slowly: "I think, Mr. Andrew should be very clear about my information, or you should be very clear about the hunter group. We only chase valuable prey, which is absolute egoism Or, beasts are best at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, aren't they?"

He is far more sensitive than Andrew imagined. Although the life of a hunter is full of killings, he does not only know killings.

What's more, he himself is a good disguiser.

If it was said that the fact that the truth would use him was just a guess brought about by the fact that the owner of the bookstore was too powerful, then Andrew's attitude, which is still very wrong even though it is well concealed, is a solid blow.

Ackerman sneered in his heart.

He wanted to establish the hunters' own organization, and in a way, he was the enemy of the Truth Society.

It seems that this group of arrogant and reckless guys don't know how powerful the owner of the bookstore is, and the owner of the bookstore seems to be very happy to sit on the sidelines, so let them be kept in the dark.

Andrew's heart skipped a beat, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages? Who is the victim?

He always felt that Ackerman was not referring to Wilde, but to something else.

And since it's not the owner of the bookstore, then it can only be their Truth Society... Did he notice something?

But it doesn't make sense, I just went to the bookstore and completely changed my attitude...

Wait, bookstore?

Did Ackerman know something from the owner of the bookstore? In this way, there is indeed a possibility of verbal rebellion in a short period of time.

He doesn't need to win over, he just needs to provoke.

But now he is full of doubts and can't continue to ask, he can only take a deep breath, maintain an elegant smile to face the cynicism: "Since you insist on this, I won't persuade you any more, and besides-you accept the news of the reward because it is used as evidence for evaluation , so it is public, and the news of giving up now will also be public, do you have any objections?"

Do you want to threaten him with your reputation?

Heh, as everyone knows, among scattered groups like hunters, a bad reputation is much better than no reputation at all.

He was unknown when he was a panic-level hunter before, and now he wants to integrate the hunters, and he needs a way to spread himself——

Truth Society, it really helped a lot.

Ackerman was so calm that he almost laughed out loud, stood up pretending to look ugly, and said through gritted teeth, "Of course I have no objection."

Then he strode out of the office with a gust of wind.

Andrew stayed where he was, and his smile faded away.

Looking at the empty office, he frowned more and more.

After a long time, he finally took out the communicator and dialed the number of the Intelligence Department of the Secret Instrument Tower.

If the owner of the bookstore not only saw that it was their use and temptation, but also provoked Ackerman to give up the mission directly, then in the end, he still helped Wilde.

If he is really friendly and "blindly" helpful as mentioned in the previous information, he should directly help Ackerman complete the task.

Instead of being like this now, not only did it not help him, but it even caused him to lose his own reputation - this consequence can definitely be predicted according to the power of the bookstore owner.

This has to make people wonder whether the position of the bookstore owner is biased towards Wilde.

"Hey?"

The voice who answered was not Joseph, but Andrew had the impression that it was Joseph's disciple, a knight named Claude.

He seemed to glance at the note or something: "Oh, Truth Society, President Andrew, do you need anything?"

Andrew whispered: "Where is Joseph?"

"The teacher asked for leave and went home. If you have anything to tell me, I will temporarily take over the intelligence department."

"Do you have the most complete file of Level I area No. 113 so far?"

"Ah, what a coincidence, this file has just been updated, but ahem... You know, the newer the information, the more valuable it is..."

There was still a hint of guilt on Claude's face.

He has not been able to open up new channels for funding like the teacher did without changing his face.

Andrew seemed to be used to it, and said without hesitation: "How much?"

How many times have I been cheated by the teacher!

Claude was dumbfounded, and continued in a hurry: "Uh, wait..."

He took out the "price list" that Joseph had prepared, but suddenly there was a beep on the computer next to him. Claude turned his head and found that it was the message from Joseph.

"Convert file No. 113 to a sealed level. The previous price list is invalidated. Do not sell it."

"Feel sorry--"

Claude looked away: "Mr. Andrew, this file is not for sale."