Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 2 Temporary Investigator

"You have no other choice." The other party did not shy away from this.

As she said, Sun Hang had no other choice. He struggled to sit up, took the tablet, and took a look at the documents on the screen.

The letterhead of the document read “Temporary Investigator Employment Contract” in large letters.

Sun Hang's name had already been filled in the column for Party B. As for Party A, it was a unit called "Junshi Human Resources Company".

"Labor dispatch company? So... I'm just an outsourced temporary worker?" Sun Hang asked.

"Investigators are formally employed. If you pay off your debts and obtain citizenship, you can take the relevant selection exams," the other party said. "But now, you can only work for the Bureau as a temporary investigator."

"..."Sun Hang fell silent.

Although he lost his memory, he still knew what kind of work an investigator did.

More than two hundred years ago... or maybe three hundred years ago, a kind of thing called "weird creatures" appeared on the Xiazhou continent without any warning. They were like an irresistible disaster, devouring a large amount of human living space and compressing human activity area to about one third of the area before the weird creatures appeared.

Not only that, this proportion is shrinking every year - today, the area of ​​Xiazhou Continent still controlled by humans is less than 20%.

Although strange things are called "things", they do not have a fixed form - they may be living things, "dead things", or even a "phenomenon"... But no matter which one, strange things are extremely dangerous to ordinary people.

In addition, the "weird creature" also has the ability to infect things that come into contact with it. People call this ability the "weird virus". Most people who are infected with this "virus" will eventually become a "weird creature"... or part of a "weird creature".

Before the emergence of specific drugs to suppress "weirdness", this "virus" once raged among the people like a plague, and many people died from it.

An investigator, as the name suggests, is someone who specializes in investigating these strange things.

You can imagine how dangerous this job is.

Sun Hang felt that the person who signed this "indenture" would most likely never be able to pay back the money he owed until his death.

But for the Investigation Bureau, this is enough... After all, if a formal investigator dies in the line of duty, the Investigation Bureau will have to pay a huge pension. In comparison, temporary workers like himself are much more cost-effective.

"If I don't want to do this, what will you do to me?" Sun Hang asked, "Kick me out of the hospital, or directly kick me out of this city?"

"No, you can't be free until you pay off your debt." The other party took out a capacitive stylus and handed it to him. "The only choice you have now is what font to use when signing."

Sun Hang took the capacitive pen and thought for a moment.

Judging from the "remaining" knowledge in his brain, he should have been just an ordinary person before he lost his memory.

As an ordinary person, he knew about the existence of "weird things" and "investigators", but knew very little about the details - in this era, anything related to weird things can almost be regarded as a taboo topic. Except for a very small number of people with special interests, few people would take the initiative to learn about this thing.

Most people just hope that these things are as far away from themselves as possible, and it would be best if they never have any intersection with them in their lifetime.

"If I become a temporary investigator, what will you provide me? For example, intelligence, equipment or training." Sun Hang looked up at the other party and asked, "Even if the temporary investigator is just cannon fodder going to die, at least he has to play a role of some value. We can't let the taxpayers' money go to waste, right?"

"Everything you said will be there." The other party nodded and glanced at his watch. "It's getting late, sign quickly."

Sun Hang let out a long sigh and signed his name at the end of the contract.

The woman in the black suit put away her tablet, took out two certificates from her pocket and threw them to Sun Hang.

One of them was the Xiazhou Federation's temporary citizen ID card, which had Sun Hang's photo and name printed on it, but other than these two things, all other information, including gender, was blank.

Sun Hang took a look at the issuing unit of the certificate, which was the Population Management Bureau of Tianfu City. "So I am in Tianfu City now..." Sun Hang thought to himself.

Tianfu City is located in the southwest of the Xiazhou Federation, close to the border of human activity areas, and is a standard "frontline area".

The other certificate was a "temporary investigator certificate" issued by the "Tianfu City Abnormal Investigation Bureau". It also had Sun Hang's photo on it, but Sun Hang's name was not written on it. Instead, it had the number "Temporary Investigator 0420".

"Your code name from now on will be 0420," said the woman in the black suit. "Investigators are referred to by their numbers."

"What about your number?" Sun Hang looked at her and asked.

"I'm not an investigator." She stood up and said the last words, "You will be discharged from the hospital in three days, and someone will come to pick you up then."

The woman in the black suit left, and Sun Hang stared at the document in his hand, lost in thought.

This is a life-threatening job, and the mortality rate is much higher than that of extreme athletes who are on the verge of death every day.

It's not that he hasn't thought about running away...but the problem is that he has nothing now and has lost his past memories. In this unfamiliar place, even if he can successfully escape from the hospital, he has nowhere to go.

Although the laws of the various city-states in the Xiazhou Federation are not exactly the same, as special departments dealing with "weird creatures", the authority of the Investigation Bureau in each city is basically very high. They can even call on the army at will... Going against the Investigation Bureau is tantamount to seeking death.

That woman was right, I really had no other choice.

According to the contract, Sun Hang needs to complete one C-level task, four D-level tasks, or sixteen E-level tasks to pay off all debts. However, Sun Hang has no idea what difficulty and danger these ABCD task levels represent.

He reached out and pressed the pager on the bedside.

After a while, the female nurse in the pink uniform walked into the ward.

"Miss Nurse, can you do me a favor?" Sun Hang asked.

"Please speak." I have to say, the nurse's attitude is much better than that of the indifferent staff member just now.

"Can you help me borrow a device that can access the Internet, a mobile phone or a tablet will do, I want to check something." Sun Hang said.

The nurse did not agree immediately, and a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.

"...I don't even have permission to access the Internet?" Sun Hang frowned slightly.

"Mr. Sun, you just woke up from a coma. It would be better for you to rest more during this period." The female nurse's tone was a little apologetic and embarrassed. "Besides that, please try not to leave this ward unless it is necessary."

"Okay." Sun Hang nodded and lay back down.

This is not only a ward, but also a prison cell.

Sun Hang rested his head on the pillow that smelled faintly of disinfectant, staring straight at the ceiling light, and silently said in his heart: "...Change for me."

Nothing happened.

The light was still pale, and the unbearable stabbing pain deep in my brain did not appear.

"Is it... really just a coincidence?"

(End of this chapter)