Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 5 Abandoned Playground

The headquarters of the Tianfu City Abnormal Investigation Bureau is located in the north of the city, while the target location is located in the south of the city. As the largest city in the southwest of the Xiazhou Federation, it took Sun Hang and his team more than two hours to cross the entire Tianfu City vertically.

The black SUV drove out of the city and sped along the highway in the southern suburbs. On both sides were desolate open spaces and some sparsely abandoned buildings.

Occasionally, you can see a few small villages with people, but they all look deserted - at the entrance of the village, you can only see some old people in simple clothes sitting on bamboo chairs basking in the sun, and occasionally a few preschool children stumbling by, followed by their grandparents holding bowls to feed them... As for young and middle-aged people, they are completely nowhere to be seen.

"Young people all yearn for big cities. For them, even if they get beaten up in a forest of reinforced concrete, it's better than wasting their youth in a small village like this." The chatterbox driver said as he drove, "How do you use that popular word on the Internet... ah, yes, 'rot'? They say that staying in a place like this will only slowly rot, so it's better to try your luck in the city."

We drove past another village. Most of the houses in this village had collapsed. Only two houses near the road were still occupied. There were undried clothes hanging on the clothesline in front of the door. A bald dog was lying on the straw pile nearby, enjoying the warm afternoon sun.

"After these old people leave, this place will really become a no-man's land." The driver sighed.

"Since this place is so desolate, why would someone build an amusement park here?" Sun Hang asked.

"The past is the past, and the present is the present." The driver sighed, "More than 20 years ago, this was the famous South City Economic Development Zone, and the land prices were even hotter than in the city center."

"Then why did it become like this?" Sun Hang asked again.

"What else could it be? A spooky thing." The driver said, "Although that thing has been solved, no one is willing to invest in this place anymore. Gradually, the southern suburbs have become a barren mountain."

"You're from another place, right? Everyone in Tianfu City knows about this." 0401 muttered in confusion, "Although I wasn't born at that time, when I was a kid I would make a lot of noise at night and wouldn't go to sleep, so my mother would always use this to scare me... Um, 0398, you should have heard about it too, right?"

"So what if I've heard of it?" 0398 said with a hint of impatience, "Instead of worrying about this kind of thing, you might as well think about how to save your life when you get to the mission site."

"Hey, I'm not the one who should be worried." 0401 suddenly showed a somewhat shameless smile, "You have all seen the mission intelligence. The missing ones are all young women. I, a grown man, am very safe. But you..."

"You can shut up. No one thinks you are dumb." 0398 said unhappily.

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As we get farther and farther away from the urban area, the ruins of high-rise buildings begin to appear on both sides of the road... From these ruins, we can vaguely see the prosperity of the southern city development zone, but now there is only dead silence.

Along the way, the most frequently seen thing is the big word "demolition" painted in bright red paint on abandoned buildings.

"Except for homeless vagrants and scavengers, no one wants to come here." The driver stepped on the brakes. "Even if the monster has been solved, in the eyes of the citizens of Tianfu City, this place has become a cursed place."

Not long after, the abandoned amusement park, which was the target location of the mission, finally came into the sight of Sun Hang and his team.

The first thing that catches your eye is the iconic giant Ferris wheel. The steel structure with a diameter of over 100 meters overlooks the entire amusement park from a high vantage point.

The plastic sheets wrapped around the Ferris wheel fluttered like tattered flags under the influence of high-altitude air currents. "It must have cost a lot of money to build this thing," Sun Hang thought to himself, "What a pity... I wish I could have some of this money."

At the entrance of the abandoned amusement park, there were seven or eight sheriff's cars parked, and a yellow and white cordon stretched along the outer wall of the amusement park. A sturdy, dark-skinned sheriff squatted on a stone, smoking a cigarette with a sad face.

There were more than a dozen cigarette butts scattered around his feet.

"This is Captain Huang from the field team of the Public Security Bureau's Chengnan Branch." A young police officer introduced him to Sun Hang and the other two. "The first three survey missions were led by Captain Huang..."

At this point, he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "That trainee sheriff...also disappeared right under Team Yellow's nose."

"Someone from the Investigation Bureau?" The sheriff known as Captain Huang threw away the cigarette in his hand, walked over and looked at Sun Hang and the other two, and finally focused his attention on 0398.

"I know what kind of people temporary investigators are, so I don't expect you to be of any help." Captain Huang said in a rough voice, pointing at Sun Hang and 0401. "What you two need to do is to keep an eye on her. No matter what happens, you must ensure that she is in your sight at all times. Do you understand?"

"I understand." 0401 nodded.

"I have an idea." Sun Hang suddenly said.

"What's your idea? Just tell me." Captain Huang glanced at Sun Hang and said, "Don't waste time."

"If you are worried about 0398 disappearing inexplicably, it would be better to handcuff her to someone else," said Sun Hang.

"That's a good idea. Let's handcuff you and her." Captain Huang frowned, but still took out a pair of handcuffs from his bag.

"I owe the Xiazhou Federation a lot of money. If something goes wrong on my first mission, the Federation will suffer a huge loss." Sun Hang said calmly, "That 0401, his debt is less than one-third of mine, so he is more suitable."

"That makes sense." Captain Huang nodded and walked straight to 0401.

"Fuck! You guy... do you want to fucking kill me?" 0401's expression suddenly changed.

"What are you yelling about? As long as you just follow us and don't run around, nothing can happen." Captain Huang was very strong. He grabbed 0401 who was trying to retreat and put a handcuff on his wrist.

The other handcuff was handcuffed on 0398's wrist.

0398 didn't struggle much, looking like he had accepted his fate.

"Let's go." Captain Huang picked up the riot helmet thrown on the hood, put it on his head, and said.

(End of this chapter)