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I was quietly doing exercises at my seat because it was the end of class, and the noise around me was a bit distracting.
"Did you hear? There was an explosion in the backyard last week. I just found out."
"Such outdated news, are you an alien? Everyone was discussing it last week."
"But I heard that Explosive source is not a car at all, it's something else!"
"Who said that? The news has always been talking about cars, but I've been keeping an eye on the hot search topics."
"Hey, how can you believe everything in the news!"
"Car, the Public security actually suppressed such a small matter." I muttered quietly, and my attention returned to the exercises. That's right, it's not really a car, but a monster that I hunted down, after all, I am a Monster Hunter.
"No, I can't focus on the exercises anymore. I should go out for a walk." My attention being scattered, I couldn't concentrate on the exercises. I adjusted my glasses and walked out of the classroom.
"Fortunately, the classroom is on the first floor, so I came to the entrance of the teaching building to get some fresh air.
"Um, is there something you need?" While I was still enjoying my break, a girl sat down on the steps next to me. It's strange, why is she sitting so close to me?
"I hope you can come to the small open space behind the building after school, there's something important."
"Oh, sorry, I have a girlfriend." I instinctively thought it was a girl trying to hit on me, but then I paid the price for my vanity.
"What does this have to do with me?" The expression on the girl's face was the most disdainful I had ever seen towards others.
Mocked harshly.
"Oh, what I meant was, my girlfriend will wait for me after school. Is there anything you need to tell me now?" Even though I don't actually have a girlfriend, I might as well keep up the act.
"Ask her to wait. My matter is not that complicated and will be over soon."
"So, since that's the case, just tell me now."
The girl's expression told me the answer, and the sound of the bell ringing for class also told me the answer.
She didn't stay long, ignoring me and returning to the teaching building.
"Now let's start the class, students," I sat in my seat still pondering the girl from just now.
The girl I don't know at all, and I haven't even seen her before. I don't have any impression of her face. She shouldn't be the one bothering me from that organization, right? It doesn't seem like a love confession either.
"Hey, are you in class? I'm calling you!"
I was brought back to reality by a shout, only to find the teacher looking at me with a frown.
"Ah, sorry teacher," I stood up and apologized without giving any more excuses.
"Really, I didn't expect you to be in such a distracted state too. Sit down and listen to the class properly."
Luckily, I can still manage to maintain a good image in front of the teacher. It's quite convenient to have the image of a bookworm.
After sitting down, I realized that it was pointless to keep overthinking, and I could only confirm it myself after school. After all, I still had to focus on my studies.
Without much thought, I went to the agreed-upon spot with the girl right after school.
Behind the school teaching building, there is a very desolate place. Students consider it the best place in the school to hide from teachers, so there are often two or three students doing things that are not allowed by the school. Although they don't go too far, after all, students may come here from time to time. It seems that I came at a good time, as there are four or five students secretly smoking here. They seem to be the notorious troublemakers in the school, and most students avoid interacting with them. There are quite a lot of weeds on the ground, and I hope they don't set the school on fire directly, after all, there are really a lot of weeds here, and they are quite tall, so it's really suitable for hiding. Similarly, there is garbage everywhere, and the dirty and messy environment means that no teacher would come here unless they also came to take a puff.
Fortunately, the space here is quite large, about 20 square meters, allowing me to avoid making eye contact with those guys smoking. I found a place where I could see the entrance and rested, waiting for that girl. Those students didn't notice me because there weren't many people around at this time after school.
"Let's go check out the backyard another day, there's nothing urgent anyway."
"Sure, they said there's a Gas leak, but I heard it's fake."
"Fake won't work! Where would there be gas in the wild mountains? I've always known, there are ghosts, monsters and such."
"Kid, still talking about monsters? The news all say it was a car. The uncle in the public security bureau said the car wreckage was all towed away. Your story is fake."
"I said 'take a look' doesn't really mean to actually take a look. Hey, call a few girls, this has caused many girls at school to discuss."
"Hey, that girl in the next class, oh my, what a figure! Just as great as Ringtones!"
"Do not make fun of my friend Suzune. Get lost!" The boys danced and frolicked.
Why do you think a serious girl like her would be interested in hanging out with you, a bunch of high school boys who are immature and vulgar? The topic is always about boring and childish things. But this incident has gotten way out of hand, with so many rumors. In the past, the public security always kept the information tightly under wraps, so it's really strange. As I was lost in my thoughts, the boys gradually left from here.
"Hey, that guy can't stand me up, I'm such a pure-hearted man." The usually bustling campus is now extremely quiet, with only the sound of my footsteps.
"What are you talking about?" A female voice came from behind, catching me completely off guard. I turned my head and the girl was also approaching me, undoubtedly the girl who asked me out.
"I remember I was always watching the movement at the door."
"Of course, you can't see me from the door."
"Ahaha, I see. There's no other entrance Here, looks like I'm late."
"Of course not, just two minutes later than me." Yes, I've been waiting for her at Here for so long, turns out she's been nearby behind my back.
"It's because you were waiting for the crowd to disperse just now, right? Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"
"If you were planning to leave me just now, of course I would have called out to you. Our conversation is meant for just the two of us." This guy speaks so coldly, without any extra expression.
"So, it's just the two of us now. Can you buy me a glass of juice, it's really..." As I was trying to get closer, the girl walked over lightly and unexpectedly, a second later, a sword appeared around my neck.
"What are you doing?" I didn't panic, because I immediately realized that her sword was drawn from a crack in space, which means...
"Can't you tell?" Yes, she is a Monster Hunter, probably a Public security Monster Hunter.
That's how it went, a chaotic exchange, and in the end, they agreed to meet again tomorrow afternoon.
"Y, over here," Xiao Xue waved to me.
"Is this also your hobby?" I was a little unwilling to approach her.
"What's wrong? Come over here." She had a strange expression.
"I mean, why do we have to meet at the bathroom door?" She leaned against the bathroom wall, and passersby thought she was being punished by the teachers to stand there.
"No choice, Here is closer to your classroom." Xiao Xue ignored the people around and walked towards me.
"Next timeJust wait for me directly at the door next time."
"bathroomThe entrance is very smelly, are you stupid?"
"I mean the school gate..."
"What? Next time just say it earlier," she muttered.
Who would have thought you were waiting for me in the bathroom...
"Instead of this, let's hurry up and go, it will make our classmates think I'm bullying you."
"Then come with me, backyard," she said, and walked away without looking back.
"Wait, are we going there? What are we going to do?" I hurried to catch up.
"Last time, it was you who slayed the monster that appeared in the backyard, right?"
"Indeed, it was. What's the matter?" I was indeed commissioned to investigate. The other party told me that someone had spontaneously combusted in the backyard, which was very unnatural, and they hoped I would investigate. It turned out to be just a fire-starting monster.
"That explosion wasn't just because of the demon."
"Shouldn't demon explosions be quite normal? It's just that this time it did cause quite a stir."
"I've said it before, when the public security inspected the scene, they found a man-made ignition source, and they don't know if it was caused by a person or a monster."
"Okay, okay, if you say the explosion is strange, what should we do?"
"You really are an amateur. A true Public Security Demon Hunter needs to investigate the scene, after all, we have the most contact with monsters."
I gradually caught up with her pace and walked to her side. "If you ask me to investigate, I won't know anything."
"I don't understand at all? Besides, we're partners. If you can't do it, I'm still here." Her pace was quickening, as if she couldn't wait.
" Xiao Xue, you're walking too fast. If you walk so vigorously, your legs will become thick."
"It's okay, after all, we've already arrived." She turned her head to look at me.
The distance from the school to the backyard is indeed only two blocks away. Plus, with her seemingly about to take off in her steps, we had already ventured deep into the backyard.
"What? Here is not where I dealt with that monster in the first place."
"Because Here is the real location of the explosion."
Looking around, there doesn't seem to be anything of interest except for a charred car.
"It's true, it must be because the monster exploded after I left," I thought. When I saw that the monster had no breath, I quickly left. After all, every monster will explode to some extent, and I don't have the equipment specifically designed to suppress explosions. I can only contain the explosion's range. Even though I say that, I was also very puzzled at the time. Clearly, I contained it, but a very large explosion still occurred.
"When you got rid of the monster, did you check the scene again? No, right."
"No, because of the explosion, the public security started investigating before me. After all, the public security is a professional organization, so I entrusted them with my civilian monster hunter work."
"Yes, the public security has found traces of your magical power, someone suppressed the explosion. But it's not a real Explosive source." This guy has been trying to talk non-stop in his own rhythm, as if rehearsing lines.
"Yes, the car in front of you."
I took a closer look and saw that the car had overturned, and its chassis was positioned directly at the spot where the monster had died. What a coincidence! And why does the wreckage of this car feel... " Xiao Xue," is this really an Explosive source? Huh? " Xiao Xue "?
"Hey, hey, I told you I'm nearby, what's the rush?"
"You're the one who insisted on us coming, can you be more reliable?"
"My Public security uncle said, don't get close, there are monsters. The explosion in the backyard might be caused by the monster."
"Oh, it's the group of students we saw in the wasteland yesterday."
"Ah, it's a monster!"
Is the quality of students nowadays so average?
"Everyone, step back a bit!" The five students hurriedly stepped back.
"Hey, I'm just a person, no matter how you look at it."
"However, didn't the public security say that the backyard is off-limits? How did you end up here?" A timid girl asked me.
It's really surprising that they managed to trick a girl into exploring. She does indeed look a lot like Shiori. But now I'm a bit troubled, after all, civilians are not supposed to know about the existence of monsters. The appearance of monsters is always explained as a human-made phenomenon.
"How is that possible? It is said that monsters can disguise themselves as humans. I saw a light wave on your right hand just now!"
What is this guy making up? But I do have special abilities that ordinary people don't have. This is something that developed later in life. Why does this guy seem to really know something?
"I was just standing at Here a moment ago, and I was wondering how you all got to Here. I even thought you were monsters."
"Of course, we sneaked in. You're the monster here!" Why does everyone suddenly think I'm a monster?
"I am too, I sneaked in too," I tried to get closer to them.
"Go away! Go away!" They started shouting and yelling.
"Oh, what a coincidence! How lucky!" I suddenly got flashed by a camera.
"Who are you again?"
"Reporters, kids, you've done a great job. I've been hearing you talk about some monster at the foot of the mountain, and I finally managed to investigate it! Ahahaha."
This reporter, knowing that Here was sealed off, still deliberately let the students in. Shameless.
"Hey! I'm not a monster, can you let me speak?"
"Shut up, my uncle is in public security and will come to teach you a lesson!" This guy really knows how to interrupt.
"Let's run, kids. I've already contacted the public security!" The students ran off without looking back, and the reporter flashed me a glance while running.
"Damn reporter, just wait until I sue you for violating my portrait rights." Suddenly it became quiet, leaving only me complaining in place.
Now it's troublesome. If the reporter really publishes that I'm a monster, my school life could be in chaos. After all, Public security has always been pressing, and there are definitely civilian witnesses in reality, so everyone actually knows about the existence of monsters with half belief and doubt. Everyone definitely won't treat me as a joke.
I looked back at the car and indeed it had exploded, but there were no signs of the airbag fragments. And, more importantly, didn't some students say that the car wreckage had been towed away? "Didn't you smell any gasoline at all? It's only been a few days, right?"
I looked towards the source of the voice, "Yeah, but there are quite a few flies."
"Hey hey hey, that's a bit disrespectful to your elders." The person standing in front of me is not Xiao Xue, but someone from Public security.
"Long time no see, Monster Little Brother."
"I didn't expect it was your setup, Watson."
"What do you mean?" The person in front of me is a senior manager of the Public Security Bureau, the Minister of Personnel of the Public Security Bureau, the leader of the investigation team, codenamed Watson.
"Are you pretending to be stupid or just as disgusting as ever, clearly you're a middle-aged man in his thirties."
"Don't underestimate the golden age of men. 30 is the prime time."
"Can we get to the point, or is your bodyguard going to say something?" Standing abruptly beside him was a capable-looking woman who appeared a few years younger than him.
"You've misunderstood. She just happens to work with me, right, Ting?"
The lady named Ting completely ignored the two of us.
Watson gave an awkward smile and said, "Don't worry, after all, I have to consider my own safety when meeting you."
"Oh? So you admit that you came to see me? What is your real purpose then?"
"Is standing and chatting not tiring? Let's walk and talk at the same time."
I also have a plan to fight back. I don't think I will lose, but I prefer to talk. The man in front of me, named Watson, is not to be underestimated.
"Let's go."
03
We continued to advance up the mountain.
"Can you two wait for me, uncle? I'm really feeling a bit out of breath."
"You're going to race with the old man at just over 30?" Ting seemed quite familiar with him.
"Why are you walking so fast? We're not in such a hurry."
"I don't want to see you."
"I don't want to get close to you," we both said at the same time, it seems that our impression of him is not very positive.
"My popularity is actually so low, it looks like it would be better to add more chicken legs to the lunch for my subordinates."
"I don't care about your management methods. That student just now, what is he to you?" What I want to ask is the boy who always calls me a monster, constantly guiding and hinting to others that I am the so-called monster.
"Wow, you actually figured it out? That's my son. How was his performance just now? He didn't rehearse at all, you know."
"Because your son looks so much like you, and those students must have been tricked by your son to be the witnesses."
"Very interesting. You can share more of your insights. I don't mind knowing how far you've analyzed."
"First, your son pretended to spread strange rumors about backyard to the other students, and deliberately told me about it in the vacant lot at school. Then, he brought the students to catch me in the act, making them misunderstand that I am a monster."
"Oh dear, you've still figured it out. My son is actually a member of the public security, although he's not a monster hunter."
"And that car, it's obviously from an earlier incident, as you mentioned. There's no trace of it left."
"Indeed, I had someone bring a car from the abandoned station yesterday."
"The explosion that day should also indeed have been a car explosion."
"Why do you say that?"
"The explosion of the car that day, how come the Public security all came to handle it so quickly? It seems that the monster that day was just pretending to be dead."
"Yes, after all, monsters are intelligent, so being a bit cunning is beneficial when dealing with them."
"Yeah, they actually made me miss a move, so that's why your public security mobilized on a large scale, right?"
"Yes, even the Public Security didn't expect you to arrive and defeat them first."
"But the Public Security's equipment is really average, their car was actually shaken and exploded."
"Ah, you're really good at mocking us. How did you manage to guess that our car exploded by accident?"
"The tire tracks. The tires on our Public Security car are custom-made, so the traces are very obvious," Ting also easily figured it out.
"How come it feels like you're all in cahoots?"
"You guys have been following me in the public security car several times, I can't believe you can't see through it."
"I knew we should have found a different place to perform," Ting couldn't help but complain.
"Okay, okay, we're here now. Stop mocking my plan."
"Helicopter, my presence is a bit too conspicuous, isn't it?" Not far from the mountaintop, in a spacious area, a helicopter stood out conspicuously.
"After all, this is a faster way to return to the Public Security Bureau, isn't it?" Ting seemed to have entered work mode, rudely blocking me from behind and forcing me to continue walking forward.
"I know, just go in, but don't step on my shoes." So I was half-forced to get into the helicopter.
"But when it comes to the plan, it seems that your presence is indispensable after all." As soon as I entered the helicopter, I saw a familiar face.
"Don't misunderstand, I was just pulled in to play a role." Xiao Xue sat across from me, looking out the window.
"Yeah, but it's a fact that Xiao Xue is your partner." Our Watson caught up with us and also got on the helicopter, sitting next to Xiao Xue. Then the door closed as if to watch over me, sitting next to me.
"Here they come again, it's about that matter."
"Yeah, but this time we used some adult methods. Please forgive our dirty tactics as adults."
"You've gone too far this time."
"No choice, this is how the adult world is. If you can't get it, you'll do whatever it takes," Watson sighed, seemingly accepting the fact that he had resorted to improper methods.
"First of all, Y is my partner, but I won't force my partner to join the Public Security." Xiao Xue interjected coldly.
"You two seem to have different opinions."
"Let's get going," Watson greeted the driver, preparing for takeoff.
"It's not that, Xiao Xue is indeed going to be your partner, and I just took advantage of that. Xiao Xue will be your good friend."
She was still looking coldly out the window.
"So you had Xiao Xue act out a little play, and then with the students and journalists, can I understand that you want to use my reputation to threaten me into joining Public security?"
"The journalist just happened to come out, I'm not that shameless yet."
"I see, your good son is quite good at adding fuel to the fire. Your son and the journalist seem to be a little too in sync."
"Ahaha, my son did indeed notice a reporter lurking around the mountainside." That's right, the reporter was set up. If the reporter was also one of their people, there would be no need for such a complicated plot. They could just write some rumors about me. Watson finished speaking and then put on a serious expression.
"Yang, although it's rude of me to say this, please join Public Security and become a Public Security Demon Hunter." He looked at me, his eyes filled with both request and threat.
"If you don't comply, what then?"
"You already know, don't you? Reporters and my son will sensationalize your fake news. Only with our intervention, your 'monster' label will naturally disappear."
His expression gradually became dangerous, starting to encroach on my personal space.
A loud knock on the window interrupted Watson's rhythm.
"Watson, I won't participate in such a shameless plan." She glared at Watson.
"I was rude, Xiao Xue, it's a professional habit. I was disrespectful to Y." He sighed and leaned back in his seat.
"I want to hear your answer, Yang. You are a smart person," he kept staring at me.
Watson took advantage of many things around this monster incident, used rather despicable means to set me up, and is still threatening me now, but I really seem to have no way out.
"Watson, I'm curious. In the past, you recruited me by mostly walking around and then sent people to brainwash me to join, harassing me time and again." That's right, this guy would occasionally send Public security personnel to harass me in order to persuade me to join Public security, saying that I am powerful and it's worth doing so.
"But why this time, at all costs, do you want me to join so urgently?"
Watson closed his eyes and sighed, "I just happened to make use of the existing conditions, I'm not so clever as to calculate so deeply."
"Get to the point. Your process is no longer important. Your next answer will determine my attitude."
He looked at me again, and I responded with a serious expression.
"Well, Public security received a commission, and I thought of you right away," he gave up being tough and relaxed, saying, "This commission is a bit tricky, so after seeing the backyard incident this time, I played a little trick."
"I didn't realize I was so unique. I've searched all over Public security and still can't find a suitable person to handle the commission."
"This commission is quite selective in choosing the right person, in various senses. Let's discuss the specifics at headquarters."
"You seem to assume that I will join, are you sure I will join Public security to help you?"
"Yang, I can guarantee that this incident can cause a big stir, and I can also guarantee that your involvement in today's drama will be as if it never happened." Watson started threatening me again. But he did have the confidence to say this to me. The rumors among students, along with the journalists' reports, will only add fuel to the fire. Maybe in the end, I will be portrayed as a major criminal.
"Watson, if this really blows up, his life might be ruined by you, and who can guarantee how the public opinion will spread?" It seems like the scenery outside the window has become boring, Xiao Xue glares at Watson and rebukes him, "Watson, if your affairs are passed on to my superiors, they will make you clean up your mess, so you better not do anything to him."
"Watson, so I know, you didn't intend to coerce me from the beginning, right?" I look at Watson's lowered head.
"What does this mean, Y, are you defending him?"
" Xiao Xue, calm down," I comforted the surprised Xiao Xue, while Ting beside me remained silent, maintaining a carefree demeanor.
"If the Public security repeatedly conceals the existence of monsters, I believe Watson wouldn't do such a serious thing. You are a smart person, Watson. If this acting is really a calculation, he would make it even more difficult for me to retreat. He could have done something more extreme, like directly attributing the explosion to me. After all, without the Public security device, my technique power can only suppress the explosion, or wait for a better opportunity, witnessing me doing something to the explosive car, and so on. Just imagining it, there are better plans."
"I didn't expect you to know this step, after all, it was a spontaneous thought, and time was running out," Watson sighed.
"Oh, I thought you were really going to make a big scene," Ting said mockingly.
"I haven't become that bad yet, the public would definitely be the first."
"It seems like you didn't scare me, Watson, but Xiao Xue really got angry at you." I looked at Xiao Xue, and she seemed to be embarrassed by her angry reaction and started looking out the window.
"Sorry, Xiao Xue, your reaction was unexpected for me. I didn't mean it sincerely."
"Old man, it looks like you've run out of cards," Ting added, "But I've also taken a gamble. Anyway, whether you go to the Public Security Bureau or not, I still have to invite you, Yang."
"Your son brought a Reporter with him, which was also a mistake." I awkwardly changed the subject.
"Sorry, I will handle it."
"Yang, do you want to join?" I didn't expect Ting to be interested as well.
"I will help you complete the task, but joining is still tentative."
"It's a real pity, you really are a talented person, Yang," Ting's tone was as cold as ever, but her eyes did express regret.
"Anyway, we've arrived at headquarters, Yang, let's talk slowly," Watson said, as the helicopter slowly landed on the helipad of a large building.
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