NOVEL NEXT Chapter 127 - 125, What's the Big Deal in Killing Someone_1
Chapter 127: Chapter 125, What’s the Big Deal in Killing Someone_1
Wu Heng picked up the letter and glanced at its contents again.
The first half introduced the situation in Black Stone Town, while the latter half appeared to probe a bit more personally.
Damn, Slyther isn’t trying to test me, is he?
Uh… then again, if it was Slyther on the other end, it probably wouldn’t be too bad for me.
He carefully folded the letter and set it aside.
Then he continued to the second letter.
The handwriting of the second letter was much cruder — clearly, Captain Autruck had written it.
It mainly talked about events happening in the town.
And he also confirmed the romantic relationship with Tulisa, the second team captain.
In reality, everyone already knew about it, only Autruck still believed he had kept it a secret.
He also specifically mentioned it to Wu Heng.
Wu Heng pulled out fresh letter paper from the drawer.
This time, apart from replying to Slyther and Autruck, he added an extra letter for Yuli.
He retold his accomplishments of killing the Ghost Hag and the Bloodthirsty Pervert to Yuli, as well as some delicious local food.
If she ever had a chance to visit, he promised to treat her with delectable meals every day, ensuring no repetition of the same dishes.
And his second letter was to reply to Autruck, congratulating him on finding love and requesting him to inform him when he plans to marry so that he could send his blessings.
And his response to Slyther, the content of the third letter, was even bolder.
He casually padded it out with recent events, saying he was looking forward to seeing Slyther soon and hoped that he could move up his plans to drop by.
As for the previous letter to Cavina, she had just been transferred to another town, and might not have settled down yet, a delay in her reply was normal.
He packed the three letters in envelopes, this time indicating the recipients correctly to avoid any mix-ups.
After sealing the envelopes with wax, he took them straight to the reception.
…
Elsewhere.
In a dim room in the Outer City Area, the door opened, and a figure cloaked in a mantle walked in.
Covered from head to toe, only a pair of narrow, elongated eyes were visible on his face.
He slowly walked in and sat down at the table.
This person who sat in the shadows across the table, after surveying him, said, “Fisher, when did you, an association captain, become so secretive?”
The man then pulled down his scarf, revealing a middle-aged face.
He said, “If I come to you, I need to be careful.”
“Hahaha!” The big man across the table laughed heartily. “We don’t welcome association captains here People may talk if the news gets out.”
“Well, I suppose a little disguise is beneficial for both you and me.”
The muscular man looked at him coldly and said, “Get to the point, what do you want? If it’s information you’re after, then you can leave.”
Fisher loosened his neck tie and looked toward other people in the room.
The muscular man also glanced at them and said, “You guys step out, and don’t let anyone else in.”
A few underlings immediately stepped outside, leaving only the two men in the room.
“Enough small-talk. What do you want?”
Fisher said directly, “I am here to arrange for you to kill someone.”
“I thought it was a matter of great importance. You’re making it sound so mysterious just to ask for a killing?” The man picked up a glass of beer from the table, took a sip, and then asked, “Who is it? Just spit it out!”
“A newly appointed captain of the association.”
The beer glass paused halfway to his mouth, he frowned at the man, “A captain of the association? That’s no small matter.”
The association was a massive entity, and local gangs rarely dared to mess with it.
Murdering someone from the association would surely put a price on their heads, and there would be no safe place left in the world.
A lifelong pursuit.
Clank~, clank~!
Two money bags were thrown onto the table.
“Two hundred silver coins as a down payment. When the job is done, I’ll give you four hundred more. Make sure to keep it quiet, no one should know about it. You can leave town and hide for a while afterward,” Fisher said.
Six hundred silver coins.
That was a high price even on the bounty list.
The man squinted at him and continued, “What’s his strength? How many people are with him?”
“He’s just been transferred here. He has two attendants. This is where he lives.”
After a brief silence.
The man gathered the money bags, “Fine, I’ll take this job.”
Fisher held onto his money-grabbing hand firmly, “Kill, leave no survivors, if he lives, none of us are safe.”
“Bullshit, we don’t leave survivors in our operation.”
“Good.”
Fisher let go of his hand, re-cloaked himself tightly, and left the room.
…
Deliver this message to the front desk.
Just as Wu Heng was about to leave, he was called by a staff member.
“Captain Wu Heng, the Butler wants to see you,” he said.
Wu Heng nodded and went straight to the Butler’s study.
After a gentle knock on the door, he pushes it open and enters.
“Butler, you wanted to see me?” Wu Heng asked.
The Butler was looking at the documents and replied after nodding, “What’s your Squad 12 been busy with lately?”
“Investigating warrant criminals.”
“Any leads?”
“Some clues, still under investigation…”
The Butler looked at him and continued, “Which fugitive are you investigating and what clues do you have? Let me hear it.”
Wu Heng promptly replied, “Ghost Hag on the bounty list, we found out they’re planning a gathering, trying to lure some merchant teams on the way.”
The Butler seemed surprised at Wu Heng’s answer.
Who would have thought, they were actually investigating criminals on the wanted list.
He didn’t ask any further and handed him a file, “Leave the Ghost Hag issue aside for the moment, let your team handle this, go verify the authenticity of this information.”
Wu Heng took a glance.
The task was to confirm the information.
Before he had a chance to look at the content, the Butler continued, “We’ve received information that a criminal has appeared in a deserted manor outside the city. Your team isn’t large, so just go confirm this information and report back.”
“A single criminal?”
“Not sure, they’ve gathered some people. Remember, don’t take risks, your task is just to confirm the information.”
“Okay, I’ll go get ready, we will set off immediately.”
“Hmm, off you go.”
Wu Heng left the room and went straight back to the resting area.
He had the staff go to Duke’s house to find him.
Before long, Duke came in shouldering his axe and gnawing on a grilled cake.
“Captain, you wanted to see me?” Duke said, spewing cake crumbs as he spoke.
“We’ve got a task, we need to leave the city. Do you need to prepare anything?” asked Wu Heng.
“No, I’m all set.”
“Ok, go register for a carriage, we’re leaving right now.”
“Oh, okay, captain.”
Soon, Duke had prepared the Association’s carriage, and they rushed out of the city.
The carriage galloped all the way.
Gradually moving away from the city.
Duke was driving the carriage, while listening to Wu Heng explain the task.
“Captain, that manor has been deserted for a long time, some people used to go there to dismantle some ironworks and bring them back, but nobody goes there now.”
“Oh, why was it left deserted?”
“I heard that the entire family of the manor owner was killed, and the house was completely burned down by a fire, so it was left deserted,” Duke bluntly said.
“How tragic!”
“Yeah.”
…
In the afternoon, the carriage arrived near the manor.
After settling the carriage, the two walked through the forest on foot.
After walking a distance, they saw the abandoned manor built in the middle of the jungle.
Thick vines had climbed up the four-meter-high wall, and the stone castle building in the center was half collapsed, with the remaining half also covered in vines and moss.
In the overgrown courtyard and the collapsed interior of the castle, Beastmen on guard could be seen.
It didn’t seem like a mere common criminal.
“Captain, there are indeed people, the information is true.”