My profession is too unique.

Chapter 38 My Sister-in-Law's Husband [Wind Hunter]

His expression shifted slightly. He hadn't had much contact with Old Zhao. After a moment's thought, he asked, "What's going on?"

Hu Xiang sighed and explained in detail, "This happened yesterday. His wife woke up in the morning and found that Lao Zhao had hanged himself."

"Hanged?" Su Chen retorted.

“It’s definitely not suicide. Old Zhao had a good life and would soon become a professional. There was no need for him to commit suicide.” Hu Xiang said in a low voice, “Our people dissected his cerebral cortex and found damage. They suspect he was tortured before he died.”

"But he's just a lowly patrolman; he wouldn't know any secrets, perhaps..."

Su Chen understood Hu Xiang's meaning, picked up where he left off, and frowned, saying, "You suspect me?"

Hu Xiang tried to cover up the truth, saying, "It's just a guess, don't feel pressured. After all, he only spent a short time with you and said a few words. Even if it's because of you..."

"Possibly." Su Chen's expression hardened slightly as he thought of the spatial crystal.

Some things that happened that day were not explained clearly. For example, besides finding the Sacred Word Stone, did Su Chen find anything else?

This matter is something that almost only Hu Xiang might know about, but he is a second-tier professional and not easy to deal with, so they started by targeting other people.

Despite having this thought in his mind, Su Chen said, "Some madmen might target everyone I'm connected with in order to get revenge."

"You said it was Zhou..." Hu Xiang's heart skipped a beat, and he uttered a single word.

"Stop pretending, you probably think the same thing," Su Chen said, exposing his lie.

"Is it really necessary? Old Zhao, he's just a nobody..." Hu Xiang sighed.

Su Chen remained silent. Among all the information he had come across, he had never seen a space crystal, which must contain considerable value.

The desire for revenge for the murder of his son, coupled with the quest to retrieve the spatial crystal, provides the other party with a strong motivation to take action.

Su Chen's heart tightened. Zhou Xian was a third-tier professional. If he were to take action himself, Su Chen knew he wouldn't be able to withstand it.

But then he thought that since the other party had attacked Lao Zhao first, they probably wouldn't dare to attack him openly. He hadn't been cleared of suspicion yet, and Lao Yuan was keeping a close eye on him.

Old Zhao's death may simply be due to him gathering intelligence.

"Does the city patrol offer any compensation for this situation?" he asked.

"Yes, it will be treated as a sacrifice. His family will be taken care of, so you don't need to worry." Seeing that Su Chen still remembered to ask about this, Hu Xiang's expression relaxed a lot. He couldn't help but remind him, "You need to be careful lately."

The main reason for coming here is to remind Su Chen to buy something good.

This matter has been suppressed within the city patrol guards, and no news will be released.

Su Chen glanced at him. "You too."

"Me?" Hu Xiang couldn't help but be surprised.

Su Chen grinned, which sent chills down Hu Xiang's spine.

“You seem to have forgotten that, besides Old Zhao, there’s another member of the city patrol who seems to be on good terms with me.”

Hu Xiang was slightly taken aback, and his expression changed drastically in an instant.

Su Chen sighed, "When Lao Zhao got into trouble, you came to tell me right away. This kindness is truly touching."

"Stop talking." Hu Xiang's face turned a deep shade of liver. He was blinded by his own involvement, but after Su Chen's reminder, he finally realized what was happening.

"Your wife..." Su Chen said half a sentence before seeing Hu Xiang turn to leave, but he turned back as soon as he went out and they exchanged contact information.

"Keep in touch..." he said hurriedly before leaving.

“Spatial crystal…” Su Chen frowned. “It has already been swallowed, it cannot be spat out, and there is no way to explain it.”

The convenience of storage space is self-evident. "Oh, and there's also the shadow-avoiding cloak I keep at school."

That thing is at least a Tier 1 item; it's easy to sell for five thousand gold coins, so keeping it under the bed isn't safe either.

"Go back to school and get it during the day."

Su Chen skillfully pulled out a hair, stuffed it into the crack of the door, greeted Old Sun, and then went to Nanfeng Academy.

.........

call--
A fierce wind howled, black lightning crackled overhead, and a deafening roar echoed throughout the area.

“It’s the mechanical side…” Zhang Hongbo’s collar rattled loudly as he looked out at a dilapidated steel fortress. The part of it exposed on the wasteland was nearly a thousand meters high.

The surface is made of welded rusty metal plates, etched with countless pits and tears of varying depths, the dark red rust resembling congealed blood.

The metal door had long since vanished, leaving only a bottomless, dark entrance that exuded a chilling aura of decay.

"Let's gather information first..." Zhang Hongbo gave the order, and the exploration guards behind him filed out, carrying various instruments, and began to cautiously approach the fortress.

.........

As Su Chen left the dormitory building, he looked back. The Shadow Cloak had already been stuffed into his personal space, and there was nothing left to linger here.

"Brother Su, is it really you..."

Suddenly, a joyful shout came from the side. Su Chen turned his head and saw several excited guys.

"You...you...you are...Liu Liang?"

Under the expectant yet nervous gaze of the leader, Su Chen finally remembered his name.

Liu Liang breathed a sigh of relief. His underlings were standing next to him; it would be awkward if Su Chen really couldn't remember his name.

"What's wrong?" Su Chen asked, puzzled.

Liu Liang strode forward, not bothering to establish a connection, but instead whispered, "Brother Su, someone's been asking about you lately."

"Oh?" Hearing Liu Liang's words, Su Chen narrowed his eyes. "Who is it?"

"Uh, he's my sister-in-law's husband..." Liu Liang said somewhat awkwardly.

"Who?" Su Chen was completely bewildered.

“He’s Teacher Jiang’s husband…” Liu Liang explained.

Su Chen's face darkened. "Qi Chuan, right?"

“So his name is Qi Chuan…” Liu Liang scratched his head and said, “Anyway, it’s him. He’s been secretly asking us about you.”

“From the moment we met, he asked about everything, big and small, even what you ate.”

“But don’t worry, Brother Su, I’ll keep my mouth shut.” Liu Liang puffed out his chest. Su Chen looked him up and down and shook his head. “There’s no need. There’s nothing to hide. If he asks you again, you can name your price. This senior is rich but foolish.”

"Huh?" Liu Liang looked blankly at Su Chen as he left.

"Brother Liang?" A few underlings huddled up. "What did Brother Su say to you? He seemed a little unhappy."

Liu Liang raised his head and sneered, "You don't know anything. This just shows how close you are to Brother Liang. Would you give a stranger a hard time?"

The guards within the academy had mostly withdrawn. As Su Chen walked, he pondered, "Why is the aggrieved party still fixated on that matter? My strength has already been exposed; doesn't he understand?"

"Wait, could Zhou Xian be behind him...?" Su Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks, his face darkening slightly. "It's not impossible."

"My oh, my oh, what a strange connection we have..."

When he returned to the Supervision Department, it was already late afternoon, and he found Fatty Sun standing at the door waiting for him.

"Brother, you're finally back." Fatty Sun greeted him warmly.

"Brother Sun, is there something you need?" Su Chen asked politely.

"Inspector Yuan asked me to bring you something..." Fatty Sun looked around with his small eyes and pointed to the room.

"Okay." Su Chen opened the door, then abruptly stopped, looked down at his feet, and his expression became uncertain.

"What's wrong, bro?" Fatty Sun asked from behind.

"It's nothing..." Su Chen walked in with a normal expression. After Sun Pangzi came in, he closed the door familiarly and grinned, "Su Chen, a first-level inspector, on behalf of the Ministry of Supervision, I congratulate you."

"Congratulations?" Su Chen asked, puzzled.

"Yes, your 17th Patrol Guard unit caught up with an underground black market in the South District this morning and was awarded a third-class merit."

"Huh?" Su Chen was even more confused, then heard Fatty Sun continue, "In view of your outstanding performance, we have specially retrieved your [Wind Hunter] class information to grant you this title."

Su Chen suddenly realized that all this trouble was to give him the [Wind Hunter].

"I wasn't there, is that alright?" Su Chen couldn't help but ask.

“The key information was provided by you. You weren’t there because you needed to rest.” Fatty Sun frowned and said unhappily, “This is a collective honor, you deserve it.”

Su Chen remained silent; she had only made dumplings because of his jealousy.

With such a collective honor bestowed upon him, even his complete strangers from the 17th Patrol Team should have no objections.

As he spoke, Fatty Sun opened his silver bracelet, pulled out a virtual screen, and lines of text appeared.

[Discovered a Tier 2 Advanced Class - Gale Hunter. Can be promoted after fulfilling the promotion requirements.]

[One of the promotion requirements: Hunt down a second-tier professional without being detected by others.]

[Second promotion requirement: Reaching the master level in three F-rank body tempering techniques.]

They actually want to hunt down second-tier professionals?
Su Chen was surprised; even a lower-level second-tier profession was still second-tier.

The difficulty of advancing to a second-tier profession increases dramatically, and even the F-level body tempering technique requires reaching the master level, and there are three of them, but it is not difficult for him.

These are the surface-level promotion requirements. There are also implicit requirements, such as developing a career to 100% completion and ideally having the [Windwalker] as the first-tier career.

At the very least, it has to be a mid-tier, speed-oriented job, and there might be unexpected events during the job selection process.

However, it is easier to be compatible if it is a top-tier profession in the relevant field.

“Hunting a second-tier hunter…” Su Chen pondered, and he couldn’t let anyone else find out.

"After all, it's a second-tier advanced profession, so it's not easy," Fatty Sun couldn't help but agree.

“Yeah…” Su Chen said with a smile, “By the way, Brother Sun, don’t let anyone clean my room anymore.”

"Clean the room?" Fatty Sun was taken aback, then said with difficulty, "We don't offer that service, after all, it's not a hotel."

He thought it was Su Chen who had this need.

"Nothing better." Su Chen politely saw Fatty Sun off, but his expression immediately darkened.
Someone sneaked into his room; the hair that was stuck in the crack of the door had disappeared. He had used his spiritual vision to pinpoint the location before leaving, so it couldn't have been wrong.

“They also have people in the Ministry of Supervision.” Su Chen felt as if a large net had enveloped him, and his face turned grim. “Those who can sneak in quietly probably have high-ranking positions.”

"I almost forgot!" Su Chen suddenly stood up, his eyes shining. "I'm not alone anymore!"

"I'm a second-generation rich kid!"

"This is my teacher's territory, why would I back down?"

He hadn't quite adjusted to his new identity yet, and once he realized this, Su Chen rushed out of the room and stopped Fatty Sun at the elevator entrance.

"Brother Sun, I need to check the security footage. Someone entered my room!" Su Chen said directly.

The previously smiling Fatty Sun's expression changed slightly, and he asked in surprise, "Going into your room? How could that be? This floor has access control..."

"I'm sure I need to check the surveillance footage, but only for this floor. There shouldn't be any major problems," Su Chen emphasized.

“Hmm…” Fatty Sun’s expression changed. “There’s no problem. Come with me.”

The two arrived at the surveillance camera. Fatty Sun had someone pull up the video footage from outside his room. From the time he left until Fatty Sun knocked on the door, only a few people passed by, and no one entered his room.

Fatty Sun pulled him into the empty room next door and whispered, "This surveillance camera is just a standard model; it can fool many professions. If someone really enters your room, it might be difficult to find out."

"I'm going to take care of someone." Su Chen wasn't surprised; since the other party dared to come in, it would be difficult to find out.

But discovering his changed identity gave him a new idea.

"Who?" Fatty Sun was startled. He thought this guy was calm and collected in the morning, but he showed his true colors in the afternoon.
“Qi Chuan,” Su Chen uttered a name.

Brother aggrieved, the tide has turned; it's time to start accumulating interest on old and new grievances.

"Qi Chuan... wait a minute..." Fatty Sun fiddled with the virtual screen and quickly pulled up some information: "Qi Chuan, Level 1 Researcher in the Relics Research Department... became a Level 2 professional four months ago..."

"It really is second-tier, even faster than Jiang He..." Su Chen wondered to himself.

"Already married, and his wife is... Jiang He?" Fatty Sun hadn't paid much attention to the second-tier professional, but his expression changed slightly now. "This Jiang He, isn't she the daughter of Jiang Rong, the director of the Relics Research Department? Going against her husband..."

“The two of them no longer have any feelings for each other…” Su Chen explained, and then briefly recounted how he had provoked Jiang He in order to get into Nanfeng Academy.

Some key details were omitted, only stating that Qi Chuan had been causing him trouble because of this matter.

"Gulp... Brother, you're really something." Fatty Sun swallowed hard, his eyes practically bulging with jealousy.

(End of this chapter)