Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 4 The first task

However, the Investigation Bureau did not distribute nothing - after the induction training, each of Sun Hang and his colleagues was assigned a single dormitory with a private bathroom, a smartphone without free internet access, and a thin booklet.

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

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

Sun Hang picked up his 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 with some reluctance, sighed, tore open the neatly folded bedding on the bed, lay on his back, stretched comfortably, and then opened the email leisurely.

"Mission Notice: Investigate the abandoned amusement park in the south of the city."

“任务时间：黄历4719年5月8日下午13时（距任务开始倒计时还有1小时23分）。”

"Mission difficulty: tentatively set at E level."

"Participating members: temporary investigators 0398, 0401, 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 is the young woman whom Sun Hang had spoken to earlier, and 0401 is the guy who asked Skinny Bamboo several questions.

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

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

However, apart from their photos and numbers, the files of these two people were completely blank, and the contents were exactly the same as the information on the investigators' credentials.

He closed the two people's files and continued reading.

"Mission information: In the past month, a total of sixteen people have gone missing 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 location of the missing persons on the map, it was found that all the marked points are around the abandoned playground in the southern suburbs.

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

According to nearby residents, suspicious persons in brown robes have been entering and leaving the abandoned amusement park recently, and there have been two highly suspected eyewitness reports of "mysterious rituals related to strange things."

The Public Security Bureau's Chengnan Branch sent sheriffs to the abandoned amusement park for on-site inspections many times, but found nothing until the third operation, when trainee sheriff Hu Lijun, who was participating in the amusement park inspection mission for the first time, unexpectedly disappeared during the operation.

The other sheriffs who were accompanying her did not notice anything unusual before her disappearance, and after her disappearance they conducted a carpet search of the entire amusement park but found no clues.

[Note] Trainee sheriff Hu Lijun; works at the Chengnan Branch of Tianfucheng Public Security Bureau; Gender: female; Age: 22 years old.

Mission requirements: Investigate the entire abandoned amusement park to confirm whether the missing persons incidents are related to strange creatures.

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

"Tsk..." Sun Hang couldn't help but frown after reading the mission information. "Even the sheriff couldn't find any clues. How can a group of 'temporary investigators' who haven't received any professional training do this?"

Before Sun Hang could finish his complaints, he received a second notification email.

"Temporary investigator 0398 abandoned his post and fled. The mission time is temporarily frozen. Other participating members are requested to stay on standby." Seeing this message, Sun Hang reacted immediately.

It doesn’t really matter whether these people have received professional training or not; the key to the entire mission lies in 0398!

Her gender and age completely match the common characteristics of those missing persons... In fact, no one else needs to do anything, just keep an eye on 0398.

And 0398 obviously realized that he was being used as 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 her slender neck and ankles were clad in metal rings with positioning chips. Her originally clean face was covered with stains from who knows where, and her long curly hair with pink highlights was covered with a lot of dust and cobwebs.

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 men got into the car did the soldier remove the handcuffs from 0398's hands, but he did not remove the metal rings around his neck and ankles.

"You're not the first one to escape." The driver turned around and said to 0398 with a smile, "But at least you're the one who came closest to success."

"Haha." 0398 sneered and did not 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 were no windows, only one door. The corridor outside the door was full of surveillance cameras. Unless there was a way to hack into the Investigation Bureau's surveillance network, there was no way to escape.

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

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

"It's useless. He was caught anyway." 0398 said unhappily.

"It's just an E-level mission. 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 missions right after they start working."

One fifth of an E-level mission? Sun Hang was stunned for a moment. It seemed that this guy owed a lot less money than he did.

"Tsk, that's hard to say." The driver stepped on the accelerator and said, "I've sent many investigators on E-level missions. They were alive when they left, but when they came back, there wasn't even a piece of intact meat... and the level of the mission might become D or C."

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

"It's just the truth." The driver shrugged. "Then I hope you three can go there safely and come back safely."

"Master, why does your blessing sound so weird?" 0401 forced a smile that was uglier than crying. "Why don't you share some of your experience with me? It might come in handy someday."

"I'm just a driver, what experience do I have?" the driver said, "Besides, experience is of no use against strange creatures."

(End of this chapter)