novelhk Chapter 104 Jiang Han in Pain, Demon Hunter Master Lingling
Chapter 104 Jiang Han in Pain, Demon Hunter Master Lingling
Chapter 104 Jiang Han in Pain, Demon Hunter Master Lingling
The old man sitting at the bar listened casually to the glamorous young woman explaining why she wanted to commission a task. After she finished, the old man narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean, your husband might be a demon, going out to commit murder in the middle of the night?"
"Yes, I couldn't believe it at first, until this morning when I was washing my husband's clothes and found a lot of blood on them. I was so scared and didn't know what to do, so I came to ask you to protect my child." The young woman said, her face pale and her voice choked with sobs.
Mo Fan listened with amazement. Having been part of the city's demon-hunting team in Bo City for so long, he had never heard of a demon that could transform into a human. Jiang Han, on the other hand, listened calmly to the young woman's story.
"If your husband really were a demon, would you still be alive to come looking for us?" Old Bao asked pointedly.
The young woman choked back tears and said, "I don't know either. My husband seemed fine during the day. Please, sir, save me and my child." After saying this, the young woman burst into tears again.
Mo Fan walked over and asked, puzzled, "Then why didn't you call the police?"
"The police won't get involved in this kind of thing," the young woman sobbed, covering her face.
Lingling didn't comfort the young woman, but said calmly, "What you've said isn't enough to prove the existence of demons. If you think about it optimistically, your husband might not be a demon at all, just an ordinary murderer."
"Ordinary... what's so ordinary about it?" Mo Fan asked in shock.
Jiang Han glanced at Mo Fan and said indifferently, "Murderer. The little girl's speculation is not without reason. If her husband were a demon, she and her child would probably have become food long ago."
Jiang Han said this against his will. He knew that the woman and her husband were both demons, but he couldn't say it.
If his junior disciple hadn't come out to remind him, he'd probably be undergoing his tribulation right now. Not being able to spoil the plot is just too painful.
The young woman pulled out a large wad of cash from her bag and pleaded, "Please help me, I can pay you right away."
"I'm sorry, although we really want to help you, what you just said isn't enough to prove that your husband is a demon in disguise. We can't accept your request, but we can call the police for you." Old Bao took a puff of his cigarette and politely declined the young woman's request.
"Calling the police is useless. Why don't you send a demon hunter to protect me and my child? I can give you extra money."
As the young woman spoke, she pulled out another large wad of cash, which made Mo Fan's eyes light up. He thought to himself, "Take it! Take it now! This kind of commission is perfect for me."
Old Bao shook his head and said, "We can't find any demon hunters here for the time being. They're all on a big mission and haven't returned yet."
Old Bao's words made the young woman's face turn ugly. She hadn't expected that the long-established private hunting agency she had inquired about had no intention of taking her commission. Even though she was willing to pay more, they remained unmoved, which made the young woman very angry.
"How could you... how could you just stand by and watch me die? If... if anything happens to my family, I will never forgive you!" the young woman shouted as she stood up.
After uttering these harsh words, the young woman hurriedly got up and left the Qingtian Hunting Grounds.
Seeing the young woman's dejected appearance as she left, Mo Fan felt sorry for her and couldn't understand why Old Man Bao wouldn't accept her request. He couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you help her?"
Old Bao tapped his pipe in the ashtray and said, "Young man, you can't judge a book by its cover."
Jiang Han's lips curled up slightly as he smiled and said, "Are you saying this because she's pretty? Young man, you should know that beautiful women are like skeletons; the prettier a woman is, the more dangerous she is."
"Get lost. I just feel sorry for that woman. Didn't you just say that even if her husband wasn't a demon, he was still a suspect in murder? Wouldn't that make her and her current situation very dangerous?" Mo Fan cursed Jiang Han, then explained why he wanted Old Man Bao to take on that woman's request. Although Jiang Han's point was partly true, his main reason was that he felt sorry for the young woman.
"You didn't take her request? Is there some other reason behind it?" Mo Fan asked, resting his chin on his hand in confusion.
Old Bao didn't answer Mo Fan's question. Instead, he took out a letter of authorization from the bar and casually tossed it to Mo Fan, saying, "Take a look at this letter of authorization first."
Mo Fan took the letter of authorization to Jiang Han, and the two of them examined it together. The agreement was indeed very simple: the client requested that the Qingtian Hunting Grounds send demon hunters to protect him and his child, as the client suspected that demons were lurking in the place where he lived.
Most importantly, the power of attorney was signed this morning. After reading it, Mo Fan asked in surprise, "What's going on? This person's situation is somewhat similar to that woman's."
"Are you blind? Didn't you see the address written at the bottom of the agreement? I guess they're a couple, and it was the husband who came this morning to make the arrangements," Jiang Han said calmly.
"What? A husband and wife both entrusted the same task? Then who is the demon or the murderer?" Mo Fan said in shock.
"Who knows?" Jiang Han said, shrugging.
Old Bao chuckled and said, "Young man, you guessed right. This commission was indeed signed between that woman's husband and us. Lately, we've been dealing with nothing but boring commissions, but this one is somewhat interesting. Didn't you want to join our Qingtian Hunting Grounds? Then you can handle this commission yourselves."
"It's good to have work to do right away. Does that mean we can officially start working after we complete this mission?" Mo Fan was immediately excited when he heard that he and Jiang Han were to carry out this assignment. However, after thinking about how tricky the assignment was, he added, "We can't figure out who's telling the truth. This kind of assignment is a bit tricky."
"That's precisely why I didn't accept that woman's request earlier. Besides, didn't you read the note on this request? If something happens to the person who made the request, he won't hold us responsible; he only hopes we can protect his child. As for who's at fault between the couple, if we can resolve that, that's great; if not, so be it. The most important thing is to protect the child's safety," Old Man Bao said calmly.
"I understand, but you're really entrusting this task to us so easily, without even finding us a teammate or something." Mo Fan nodded, hoping the boss would arrange a pretty girl as a teammate for them, since the ancients had said that working together as a team makes the work easier.
"Here, those are your teammates," Old Man Bao said calmly.
But Mo Fan scanned the entire store and didn't see any teammates, except for the little girl looking at picture books. Mo Fan said uncertainly, "Um, you don't mean this little girl, do you?"
"That's right. Most of the commissions at our Qingtian Hunting Station are completed by individuals or pairs. Lingling's previous partner died while investigating a case for the Tribunal, so we had to recruit new demon hunters," Old Man Bao said casually.
Upon hearing what Old Man Bao said, Mo Fan instantly lost his composure and shouted, "You...you want us to take this little girl to hunt demons? Are you kidding me?"
Upon hearing Mo Fan's words, Jiang Han immediately turned his head away, pretending not to know Mo Fan, so as not to be embarrassed later.
Lingling glanced at Mo Fan with disdain and said through gritted teeth, "Look carefully, I'm the one taking you, a newbie, to hunt demons."
As Lingling spoke, she closed the picture book in her hand and took out a red ID card from her pocket. The ID card had a badge similar to a police badge on it, and four eye-catching characters on it: "Master of Demon Hunting".
(End of this chapter)