American Landowners: Starting with Hunting in Alaska

Chapter 100: Ten Points! Aruk: I feel like I've reached the pinnacle of my life… the pinnacle of others! (Bonus Chapter)

Blake spoke, his voice not loud, but it came through clearly.

"Come in."

Aruk, who had been frozen in place just a second ago, suddenly shuddered.

Without hesitation, Su Wei followed Blake's tall figure.

He could feel Aruk's curious gaze fixed on his back.

Sure enough, after taking only two steps, a large, fan-like hand landed on his shoulder and pulled him backward.

"brother!"

Aruk lowered his booming voice, his hot breath brushing against Suvi's ear.

"What does the old devil want with you? Don't tell me you're going bear hunting with him?"

His thinking was very straightforward.

Aside from major events like bear hunting that require the island's top hunters, he couldn't think of any reason why Blake would actively seek out a newcomer.

Suwei turned his head and looked at Aruk's anxious expression, then gave a simple answer.

"no."

"I went into the mountains with him yesterday."

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"Come over here now and register your points."

This answer puzzled Aruk even more than the suggestion that he was going to hunt bears.

yesterday?

With Blake?

Also—register points?

A barrage of words hit Aruk on the head, making his usually sharp mind, which was quite clever in the forest, feel a little inadequate for the first time.

He opened his mouth, wanting to ask more, but found that Suwei had already broken free of his hand and quickly followed Blake.

Blake pushed open the heavy curtain of the Fish and Game Bureau and walked in without looking back, his cold, hard back like a moving wall.

Aruk hesitated for a moment.

Ultimately, curiosity triumphed over his instinctive fear of the old devil.

He gritted his teeth, stiffened his neck, and followed.

Su Wei noticed footsteps behind him, but he did not turn around.

Blake, who was walking at the front, naturally noticed it as well, but he didn't react either, as if he were just following thin air.

This emboldened Aruk even further.

He knew that Blake and his father were old acquaintances, and because of this relationship, as long as he didn't do anything reckless, the old devil would usually ignore him, the loudmouth of the woods.

The three of them walked through the empty hall, one in front and two behind, and headed straight for the reception desk on the inside.

Sarah, who was organizing documents behind the counter, looked up when she heard footsteps.

When she saw Blake walking at the front, her hand paused slightly.

Then they saw Suvi following behind, and—Aruk with a strange expression.

Sarah's face showed a hint of surprise, but she quickly regained her composure.

"Blake." She closed the file, adjusted her rimless glasses, and asked, "What brings you here?"

Blake leaned on the counter with one hand, his tall figure casting a shadow that almost completely enveloped Sarah.

"Register him." Blake raised his chin and gestured to Suwei behind him.

Sarah's gaze fell on Suvi, then glanced at Aruk, who was craning his neck and looking at the scene with a dramatic expression.

"Register for what?"

"Assist the Fish and Game Enforcement Team in apprehending the wanted criminal, Garrett Hawke."

Blake, in a calm tone, said something that was enough to cause a sensation in the hunter community.

Charlie should have a record of this.

The words fell.

The air in front of the counter, filled with the smells of heating and disinfectant, instantly froze.

Sarah's fingers, which were adjusting her glasses, froze in mid-air.

Aruk, standing to the side, was completely frozen in place.

His eyes widened, his mouth opened unconsciously, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down, but he couldn't make a sound.

the wanted?

Garrett Hawke?

That former Marine Corps sniper with the $50,000 bounty?!

The island was abuzz with rumors that a madman was slaughtering deer in the U-shaped valley.

He was eventually subdued by the combined efforts of the law enforcement team and the mysterious hunter, and it turns out that the mysterious hunter was my brother?!

Aruk's mind went blank for a moment.

Sarah reacted much faster than him; she took a deep breath and her fingers immediately began to fly across the keyboard.

The encrypted operation report was quickly retrieved.

She scanned the pages quickly, and the more she looked, the wider her eyes widened behind her glasses.

In the report, Captain Charlie described Su Wei's performance in this operation with extremely high praise: exceptional calmness, and—precise marksmanship that was enough to end the standoff.

Sarah looked up, her gaze returning to the young man who still looked somewhat immature.

This young man, who was worried about the assessment not long ago, has changed so much in just a few days.

"Record confirmed." Sarah quickly composed herself and turned to Suvi. "Give me the license."

Suvi handed over his hunter's license card.

Sarah took the card, swiped it, and entered the information.

"According to the joint regulations of the Guild and the Bureau of Fishing and Hunting, cooperative hunters who assist in the capture of wanted criminals of Class C or above and play a key role in the operation will be rewarded with 5 to 20 hunter points based on their contribution."

Her fingers tapped the final confirmation key on the keyboard.

"Based on the overall assessment, your contribution is rated as 'Major'," and this time you will receive 10 points.

[Professional Hunter License (Lv1)]

[Points: 10/30]

Su Wei looked at the numbers that popped up on the computer screen. Compared to the more than three million US dollars, these 10 points were more concrete and real.

This was the first official military achievement he received after embarking on this path.

I need 20 more points to advance to level 2 Hunter.

He calmly considered his options.

However, Aruk, who was beside him, was on the verge of having his nerves burned off by the successive impacts.

"Ten...ten points?!"

An uncontrollable scream escaped his throat, his voice distorted.

He was just feeling smug about getting six points.

But now, Su Wei, his brother, has taken ten in one operation!

That's ten points!

That's enough for him to hunt down almost two adult black-tailed deer!

What made him feel even more dizzy was Sarah's next move.

After Sarah finished processing the card, she returned it to Suvi, then looked at Blake and sincerely praised him.

"Your apprentice is quite good."

Blake emitted a muffled syllable from his nose in agreement.

"Um."

In that instant, Aruk stopped breathing.

If "ten points" was a blow to the head, then the words "your apprentice" completely crushed him.

Black — The Old Devil — Level 7 Professional Hunter — The Legend of Kodiak —

The only apprentice?

Is he my brother Su Wei?

This information was so revolutionary that it completely scrambled to Aruk's mind.

He stood there blankly, glancing at Suvi, then at Blake, then at Sarah.

They seemed to be trying to find even the slightest trace of "this is a joke" on their faces.

However, no.

Blake still had that same unchanging icy expression.

Sarah had already lowered her head to process the next document, as if she had just registered an ordinary prey.

Su Wei simply calmly took back his license card.

"Alright, that's all done." Blake turned around, said no more, and strode toward the door.

Suwei nodded his thanks to Sarah and turned to follow.

Aruk only snapped back to his senses when the two figures lifted the curtain and disappeared outside the door.

Like a startled brown bear, he let out a strange, unintelligible cry and turned to chase after it.

"Suwei! My brother! Wait for me!"

The cold wind still blew in the parking lot.

Blake didn't get into his Raptor pickup truck directly, but stood by the car and waited for Suwei to approach.

His gray eyes, under the gloomy sky, resembled two sharp flints.

"Don't go anywhere these next two days," Blake said, his words carried away by the wind, but his tone remained as harsh as ever.

"Sleep at home, eat, and take good care of your health."

Su Wei nodded. Having just gone through a life-or-death confrontation, he was under immense mental strain and definitely needed a complete rest.

"Being a hunter isn't about a day or two of hard work," Blake continued, as if stating a rule. "It's about brains, patience, and a body that can keep you steady on your gun until you're sixty."

He paused, seemingly organizing his thoughts, which was unusual for him.

I will contact you in a week.

"Let's begin the real training."

After saying that, he stopped looking at Su Wei, opened the car door, and got into the driver's seat.

Just then, Aruk burst out of the gate, panting, and lunged straight at Suvi.

"My God! Su Wei! You little brat—"

Before he could finish speaking, the Ford Raptor's engine roared, abruptly interrupting him.

Blake rolled down the car window and, from a distance of more than ten meters, took one last look at Suwei.

"Don't let the bear fool you into becoming lame."

"And the antlers, just contact me when you have time to come and pick them up."

Before the words were even finished, the car window rolled up, the huge pickup truck made a rude U-turn, kicking up a cloud of snow powder, and drove away from the parking lot.

Only Suvi and the completely dumbfounded Aruk remained.

Aruk stared with his mouth agape at the departing taillights, then at Suvi, and it took him several seconds to finally react.

He grabbed Su Wei's arm with astonishing strength and shook him violently.

"You! You've become the old devil's apprentice?!"

"You even arrested that wanted criminal?!"

"You got ten points in one go?!"

With each question he asked, he shook the body more forcefully, as if trying to shake out the things that he couldn't understand from Suwei's body.

"My goodness! What the hell is going on?!"

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