Trickster Hunter

Chapter 4 The First Mission

But the Investigation Bureau did not distribute nothing - after the induction training, each of Sun Hang and his team was assigned a single dormitory with a private bathroom, a smartphone that could not access the Internet freely, and a thin booklet.

The booklet briefly introduced some of the currently known strange things, but under the information of each strange thing, it was written in eye-catching red font: "All known strange things are in a state of constant change, and this information may have expired."

"Even if that's the case, at least it should tell us how to save our lives when facing strange things, right?" Sun Hang muttered softly, throwing the phone and the booklet on the single bed against the wall, intending to check the situation in the bathroom, just then, the new phone suddenly rang.

Sun Hang picked up the phone and saw that it was an email from the Investigation Bureau with the title "Task Notification".

"So soon?" Sun Hang glanced at the dormitory with a rather nice environment reluctantly, sighed, pulled open the neatly folded quilt on the bed, and lay on his back. He stretched comfortably first, and then opened the email leisurely.

"Task notification: Investigate the abandoned playground in the south of the city."

"Task time: 13:00 p.m. on May 8, 4719 in the lunar calendar (1 hour and 23 minutes before the task starts)."

"Task difficulty: tentatively set as E-level."

"Participating members: temporary investigators 0398, 0401, and 0420."

The numbers of the three temporary investigators were all underlined in blue font. Sun Hang clicked on the numbers of the other two, and their files immediately popped up.

0398 was the young woman Sun Hang had talked to before, and 0401 was the guy who asked several questions to Shouzhugan.

"What a coincidence." Sun Hang said in his heart.

Among the group of "colleagues" who received the induction training with him, only these two people had some impression on him.

However, except for the photos and numbers, the files of these two people were blank, and the contents were exactly the same as the information on the investigator's certificate.

He closed the files of the two people and continued reading.

"Mission information: In the past month, a total of sixteen people have disappeared in the south of Tianfu City. All of them are young women between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four. According to the investigation of the Public Security Bureau, after marking the last place where the missing people appeared on the map, it was found that all the marked points were around the abandoned amusement park in the southern suburbs.

The abandoned amusement park was built in the year 4699 of the lunar calendar. The initial operating rights belonged to the Tianfu City Ledi Tourism Company. The company went bankrupt due to poor management in the year 4703 of the lunar calendar. The amusement park changed hands several times and finally stopped operating in the year 4711 of the lunar calendar.

According to nearby residents, suspicious people wearing brown robes have entered and exited the abandoned amusement park recently, and there are two eyewitness reports that highly suspect "mysterious rituals related to strange things."

The Public Security Bureau's South City Branch has sent sheriffs to the abandoned amusement park for on-site inspections many times, but nothing was found until the third operation, the first Trainee sheriff Hu Lijun, who participated in the amusement park survey mission, disappeared unexpectedly during the operation.

The other sheriffs who were traveling with her did not notice any abnormalities before she disappeared. After her disappearance, they conducted a carpet search of the entire amusement park and found no clues.

[Note] Trainee sheriff Hu Lijun; Served in the Chengnan Branch of Tianfucheng Public Security Bureau; Gender: Female; Age: 22 years old.

Task requirements: Investigate the entire abandoned amusement park to confirm whether the disappearance of people is related to strange objects.

If you find traces of strange objects, please report to the headquarters of the investigation bureau immediately, and the headquarters will send experts to deal with it. "

"Tsk..." After reading the task information, Sun Hang couldn't help but frowned, "Even the sheriff can't find any clues, just relying on a group of "temporary investigators" who have not received any professional training... What virtue and ability are they?"

Before Sun Hang finished complaining, he received a second notification email.

"Temporary investigator 0398 abandoned his post and fled. The mission time is temporarily frozen. Please wait for other participating members."

Sun Hang reacted immediately after seeing this message.

It doesn't matter whether this group of people have received professional training. The key to the whole mission lies in 0398!

She fully meets the common characteristics of those missing persons in terms of gender and age... In fact, other people don't have to do anything, just keep an eye on 0398.

And 0398 obviously realized that he was used as the bait, so he chose to escape.

...

However, half an hour later, Sun Hang still saw the escaped 0398 in the lobby of the investigation bureau.

Her hands were handcuffed together with silver bracelets, and metal rings with positioning chips were put on her slender neck and ankles. Her originally clean face was covered with stains from nowhere, and her long curly hair with pink highlights was covered with a lot of dust and spider webs.

A soldier followed closely behind her, constantly poking her back with the butt of his rifle. Every time he poked her, 0398 reluctantly took a few steps forward.

Only after the three of them got into the car did the soldier remove the handcuffs from 0398's hands, but he did not remove the metal rings around her neck and ankles.

"You are not the first one to escape." The driver turned around and smiled at 0398, "but at least you are the one who is closer to success."

"Hehe." 0398 sneered and didn't reply.

Seeing this, Sun Hang moved a little closer and asked in a low voice: "Where did you escape from?"

Sun Hang had already checked the single dormitory. There was no window, only one door. The corridor outside the door was full of surveillance cameras. Unless there was a way to hack the surveillance network of the Investigation Bureau, there was no way to escape.

"I lifted the ceiling of the room and climbed out of the ventilation duct." 0398 said with a sullen face.

"Awesome." 0401 on the side gave a thumbs up.

"It's useless. I was caught back." 0398 said unhappily.

"It's just an E-level task. It shouldn't be too difficult, right?" 0401 advised, "As long as I can complete it, I can pay off one-fifth of my debt in one go... At least I'm luckier than those who get difficult tasks as soon as they start working."

One-fifth of an E-level task? Sun Hang was stunned for a moment. It seems that this guy owes a lot less money than himself.

"Tsk, that's hard to say." The driver stepped on the accelerator and talked freely, "I have sent many investigators who accepted E-level missions. They were alive when they went, but not even a piece of intact meat when they came back... Then the mission level might become D-level or C-level."

"...Master, can't you say something good?" 0401 said with a bitter face.

"Just the truth." The driver shrugged, "Then I wish you three can go and come back intact."

"Master, why does your blessing sound weird?" 0401 forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "You might as well share some experience with me, maybe it will come in handy when the time comes."

"I'm just a driver, what experience do I have." The driver said, "Besides, experience is useless against weird things."