Dream Travel

Chapter 281 Count me in?
“His situation is a bit special; he’s received the Star of Rota Medal,” the Demon Hunter team leader said somewhat awkwardly.

Since the military sent them to investigate this matter, the intelligence they provided was naturally very comprehensive, including some of Bai Mu's impressive 'background'.

Those publicly available resumes are so impressive that they're almost 'amazing'; heaven knows how this guy managed to do it.

Having settled in Rota City for less than a year, he received a bounty of over 30 million from the Golden City—he was the one on the wanted list.

Using the old methods with this kind of person is not appropriate. In addition, since he has an authorization certificate from the processing bureau, it would be better to conduct a proper door-to-door inquiry.

There's no situation where the Demon Hunter Corps and the Bureau of Destruction look down on each other; they're responsible for different things, and the Demon Hunter Corps isn't just dedicated to dealing with demons.

Or perhaps it was originally designed specifically to deal with demons, since that was when the most demons came. Later, as the number of dark creatures increased, the demon-hunting forces had to deal with more targets.

However, their responsibilities do not include matters involving unusual dreams. For matters related to unusual dreams, the relevant departments usually need to intervene.

Correspondingly, the Demon Hunter Squad will also get involved in matters related to dark creatures such as demons, as well as otherworldly dreams.

Therefore, their relationship is that of colleagues from different departments.

Bai Mu has an authorization certificate from the Bureau of Handling Cases, so strictly speaking, he's one-fifth of their colleagues.

With this connection, their visits to my door are no longer like interrogations to check my household registration, but rather a request for 'help'.

"Should I put on some makeup?" Iris Red asked, arms crossed.

Her teammate nodded: "That's a good idea."

"Let's go, to the Duel Cage."

"Well, let's just proceed as normal. We don't have much time for the investigation, and we might need to do some fieldwork," the team leader quickly said.

Since a primordial demon has attacked Rota City, we must demand an explanation.

Even if they can't get it through normal means, they'll still try to get it. Humans always want to prove that they are no longer the original humans.

The demons of the past have caused many uncontrollable disasters. Now that they can still cause trouble in human cities at will, wouldn't all of humanity's efforts be in vain?

"Hello, I am Iris Red, from the Demon Hunter Squad." Upon arriving at White Curtain's house, Iris Red went straight to the point: "There are some things I need to talk to you about."

"...Demon Hunter Squad? Come in." Bai Mu quickly sized up the red-haired woman in front of him.

The other person was about 1.75 meters tall, with lips and hair that were as red as his. He was the type of person that the enemy would want to capture alive if they saw him on the battlefield.

This woman seems a bit dangerous.

“I need to know more about the demon Luxenbra.” Iris Red didn’t pay much attention to White Curtain’s residence.

She wasn't interested in that; her main priority was to grab the information and leave.

"I don't know much about him... um, but if you're interested in him, could I come along?"

Iris Red frowned slightly and began to examine the white curtain again: "You're not kidding?"

"No, I was also attacked, so I'm planning to get revenge."

He wasn't particularly impressed with the Demon Hunters, but he wouldn't miss the opportunity to learn more about the demon Luxenbra by using their power.

“It’s not impossible.” Iris Red laughed. Their next mission was outside of Rota City, not in their local area, so some rules didn’t need to be followed as strictly.

Since Bai Mu wanted to get involved in this matter, she couldn't find a reason to refuse.

On her way here, she confirmed some information about Bai Mu. This guy had over 30 million heads, so his strength wouldn't be too bad.

Furthermore, the demon hunters updated their intelligence on the White Curtain, revealing that the White Curtain had held back its strength when dealing with the demons.

"But there's no payment; we didn't ask you to do this."

"The reward isn't that important; the main thing is being able to deal with demons."

“Oh~ I’m starting to have faith in you.” Iris Red’s smile widened a little more: “In that case, wait for my news.”

She then pressed for more details about the white curtain.

After thinking about it, Bai Mu called Lily and asked her about some things.

"The demon hunters are looking for me. Can I tell them about the demon ritual we encountered?"

"Bai Mu, you haven't colluded with the devil, so of course you can talk about it, but don't go into too much detail."

"understood."

White Curtain hung up the phone and left the bedroom to continue their discussion with Iris Red.

"The fact that this demon sent its tentacles here must be related to me."

"So you want to get involved in this just to solve a problem?"

Bai Mu nodded, and seeing what Iris Red was about to say, he preemptively added, "It is trouble, but this trouble arose after I dealt with the troubles in Rota City."

Iris raised an eyebrow slightly. She wanted to draw Bai Mu into her rhythm, but Bai Mu took the initiative first: "Tell me about it."

"To be specific, when I was shopping with the owner of the Dream Experience Store, we accidentally discovered a place where a demon ritual was being performed. After I dealt with the remnants there, I summoned a demon and killed it." Iris was not surprised by this. If the demon that Bai Mu killed was related to Luxenbra, then it was most likely a demon projection that he killed.

However, generally speaking, killing a demon projection wouldn't make the demon so obsessed with him.

Although most demons are petty, they also know how to cut their losses. Since someone has created a demonic ritual, the corresponding demon has most likely profited.

Losing a projection that cannot reach the defense agreement will not cause the corresponding native demon to suffer losses.

Unless Bai Mu did something else that made the original demon resentful, causing that original demon to specifically send demon followers over.

There are many types of devil worshippers. Some are simply people who worship devils, while others have actually come into contact with devils and made deals with them.

Others surrender their souls to demons in exchange for greater power; these people are not necessarily demon believers.

However, until their identities are further confirmed, they are all treated as followers of the devil.

The two demon cultists who appeared in Rota City belonged to the 'elite' among these beings.

Their normal power cannot reach the defense agreement, but the power generated after their souls are burned can.

Demon cultists who reach this level can guide primordial demons to project even stronger projections, though the price is the lives of those demon cultists.

Demons don't care too much about such trivial matters. Demon followers are also divided into different classes. The death of a few ordinary ones is of no importance to demons.

However, aside from a few demons who enjoy having fun, demons rarely do things directly without any benefit to them.

Arranging for demon followers to come to Rota City to cause trouble for Bai Mu means either that Bai Mu has done something to offend the demon, or that Bai Mu can bring enough benefits to the demon.

The original demon behind those two demon followers couldn't possibly be after money, could it?

"What exactly did you do?"

"I cursed at him."

“…Then you should have used very foul language.” Iris didn’t press the matter further, knowing that the White Curtain was attractive to the primal demon Luxenbra was enough.

As for the fact that she went shopping with the owner of the Dream Experience Store, she didn't bother to ask. If she could encounter a demon ritual while shopping, it must be something improper.

This kind of unconventional shopping trip usually takes place in a hotel.

"Alright, I've told you everything I can. I'm just waiting for your reply."

"Tomorrow or the day after." Iris didn't linger at White Curtain's place and left White Curtain's residence very decisively.

Outside his house, several burly men kept an eye on Bai Mu's house, ready to act at any moment.

They weren't worried about Iris, but rather about a sudden fire breaking out in White Curtain's house.

When something like that happens, they can still go over and try to mediate.

Upon seeing Iris emerge, the squad leader immediately went to greet him: "Why did it take so long? Is he unwilling to cooperate?"

As always, Alec Zorn wasn't worried about Iris Red's condition at all.

“He was very cooperative and wanted to work with us, so I agreed.”

"Iris! I'm the captain!" Elek's smile vanished. Everything else was fine, but having an extra, insignificant person in the team still affected their operations.

"He is the target of the primal demons."

"Is that so?" Eric pondered for a moment, then nodded. "That's acceptable."

"And we don't have to pay any fees."

"Hmm... that's normal, reasonable." Upon hearing this, Eric's expression returned to normal.

Their task was to handle this matter with the utmost efficiency, whether it was the follow-up investigation or taking effective action, and to complete it in the shortest possible time.

A primal demon is not so easy to kill, but in this matter, the demon-hunting forces of Rota City need to demonstrate their attitude and presence.

Tell that primordial demon that some things have consequences, and the best way to make it pay is to eliminate anything associated with it.

As for directly confronting the original demons, that's beyond the capabilities of a small team.

Most of the native demons are very powerful and can easily trigger the defense protocol to the intermediate level.

The behavior of that demon cultist before wasn't even a basic trigger; it was merely a warning and a mild suppression.

Due to the presence of the primordial demons, Rota City lowered the trigger threshold for the defense protocol, intending to first eliminate a wave of hidden demons.

This falls under the category of internal affairs tasks. As for external affairs tasks... well, there's not much to say. It's not an easy job, but since it's fallen on their shoulders, there's nothing they can do about it.

The military team in Rota City went to do this not only to express their stance on the child pinching, but also to conduct a qualitative investigation to the maximum extent possible.

This matter can be investigated and handled, but I never intended for them to kill that original demon.

Their goal was to warn the primal demon, not to draw its attention to Rota City.

(End of this chapter)