Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 87
Chapter 173 - Shanghai Enforcer Management
Mo Fan was feeling great as he left the library.
Although there was still quite a long way to go to his ultimate goal, he had already received quite a profit from winning the competition.
Dean Xiao clearly knew what Mo Fan needed, and so part of the resources were converted into something beneficial to Mo Fan so that he could get stronger.
Once Mo Fan became strong, he would no longer fear having no money, as money would just come in by itself. As Dean Xiao had just mentioned, once he was at the higher levels, they were all talking about more than just millions!
"My Fire is now the Rose Fire, which is worth more than twenty million in the market. The two million RMB I was given by the school is nowhere near enough to buy a Spirit Grade Lightning Seed, not to mention that the Lightning Seed is way more expensive… Perhaps I should use this money here to improve my living condition," Mo Fan said to himself quietly.
He no longer wanted to stay somewhere with no people around, especially after Xin Xia had entered a well-known school in Jiang Zhe. She had difficulty moving around, so he had to hire someone to take care of her.
Mo Fan even planned that when they got richer, he would hire a female bodyguard so that Xin Xia would not be bullied because of her gentle nature.
For now, due to the University's rules, he, like the other new students, had to stay in the student hostel.
In coming years, once he entered the main institution, he would have to get a place to stay. Everyone in the dorms might be living their own lives without interfering with one another, but there would still be some times where things could be very inconvenient. Just look at Zhao Manyan, who was always going out to get laid. With the hotels and motels located so far away from the school, he couldn't possibly bring the girls back to the dorms to have a one night stand...
Dean Xiao even gave Mo Fan an reasonable suggestion!
Pouring all of his attention into cultivating was a good thing, but combined with some practical experience in combat, his cultivating speed would speed up a considerable amount.
After witnessing the four Intermediate mages of the Dongfang Family getting wrapped up during the battle with Chao He due to their lack of combat experience, Mo Fan now viewed fighting much more seriously.
After all, what was the point of obtaining a high level or strong spell if a person knew nothing about fighting? As a result, after a series of brainstorming sessions, Mo Fan figured that he would pick up where he left off long ago... becoming a Hunter Mage once again!
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In school, he might be able to challenge the other students for more experience, but this was not enough by itself. A friendly match would always be a friendly match; everyone would compete with one another, but they would not go all-out in the fight. Unlike friendly matches, only people like hunter mages would get involved in a real battle where there was a chance they would be killed. Only by fighting non-stop, refining and honing one's ability, would one be able to improve themselves!
Even better, being a Hunter Mage would earn him some extra income!
And if possible, he hoped that his Lightning Element would be able to morph into a Spirit Seed. After all, the temptation of having his combat power doubled was way too attractive!
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"Mo Fan, where are you going? I've called out a few ladies from the Water Element, they are all extremely pretty, one of them is definitely your type! I can't deal with so many of them at the same time…." shouted Zhang Pinggu to stop Mo Fan as soon as he saw Mo Fan about to head out.
"I'm bored, so I thought that I should go the market to have a look," replied Mo Fan.
As much as he wanted to meet with the few ladies from the Water Element, he had long ago figured out that with Zhang Pinggu's appeal, the ladies he called out might not be as beautiful as he claimed. Mo Fan instead decided to head towards the Hunters Union.
If it had been the elegant Zhao Manyan stopping Mo Fan, he would probably have stayed back!
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The Hunter Union was located in the area of the Lu Family, where the few huge factions had each occupied a skyscr.a.p.er for themselves.
When Mo Fan arrived at the Hunter Union's skyscr.a.p.er, he headed straight up to the fiftieth floor.
The Hunter Union's main hall occupied this entire floor, with a total of fifteen elevators being used to sustain the incredible human flow here.
Around the main hall were all sorts of LCD screens, each filled with words and numbers that presented various bounties offered to the hunter mages in the hall.
One could say that the information collected in the Shanghai's Hunter Union was the largest and broadest of all the Hunter Unions. Even some of the oversea bounties would be occasionally be listed here, allowing the hunter mages to select bounties according to their own capabilities and preferences.
Because of his status as a student still in school studying, it was impossible for him to become a hunter mage active in the wilds.
He also prefered hunting within the cities. Given how large the area occupied by Shanghai was, there would be countless monsters appearing here. What was the point of being a city urban law enforcer in tiny Bo City? If he had a choice, he would definitely be the city urban law enforcer of Shanghai!
In that way, while he was hunting for demons and monsters, he would be able to not only cross paths with all kinds of beautiful ladies, but cultivate himself and even earn large bounties, so why not?
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"Sir, you will first have to acquire the veteran hunter title in order to become a member of the city beast hunting squad. According to the information you provided based on your experience in Bo City, you still lack a little bit in order to become a hunter of Shanghai," said the hunter assistant Mo Fan had chosen, very diplomatically.
"Then how do I obtain this title?" asked Mo Fan.
"You will have to complete enough assignments and tasks! We have a designated department that helps you record your results and settle them into contribution points for you. Once you have enough points, your title will be promoted automatically. According to the data you provided in Bo City, you are now only an intermediate hunter with 785 contribution points, you still have 9,215 points more to go to become an elite hunter!" said the woman.
What the hell!
That means that I'm still a novice that is not even close to being qualified as an enforcer!
" I feel that my capabilities could handle assignments with higher difficulties, are there any shortcuts?" asked Mo Fan.
"You have to acc.u.mulate the points slowly. The Hunter Union has to be responsible to our customers. We can't let those unqualified hunters accept assignments beyond their qualifications, because if they fail, we would not only cause more troubles for our customers, but also unnecessary losses for our hunters who are capable of completing those assignments!" replied the assistant.
"Alright, alright..." said Mo Fan as he laughed bitterly.
Seems like he thought things were easy; a high qualification was required to become a city enforcer. If he used a saying from the original world he came from, one required a PHD in monster hunting to become a city enforcer!
"However, may I suggest you join a private hunting organization?" suggested the assistant.
"Private hunting organization? What do you mean?"
"The Hunter Union permits well-known hunting squad or hunter masters to set up their own hunting organizations and attract customers. While these private organizations are much more expensive, they also have quite a high success rate of completion and efficiency."
Immediately, Mo Fan knew what the assistant meant.
The private hunting organizations were just like private detective agencies that served those in need!!
It would be extremely time-consuming for Mo Fan to start from the bottom level; if he joined one of these private hunting organizations, there would be no fixed requirements on the hunter titles. Other than that, he would not be required to search for suitable assignments within the information tsunami, and any work would be coming to him!
"Well well well. Private hunting organization it is! Recommend me a private hunting organization!" said Mo Fan enthusiastically as he slapped the table.
After watching the whole series of "Detective Conan", he felt that his chance has come!
First of all, he had to think of a phrase to introduce himself...
That's right! I am the handsome detective, Mo Fan, a professional in dealing with all types of problems! All the ladies will feel extremely hot whenever they hear my name!
Chapter 174 - Clearsky Hunter Agency
The woman was quite well qualified for her post, as she did not take long to find a private hunting organization for Mo Fan.
"The private hunting agency is called Clearsky Hunter Agency, one of the private organizations that have been around here for years. They are very well known, but no one knows why they take in people often, and why some of the hunter mages are not willing to join them," said the assistant.
"A well known organization, shouldn't there be many mages that would want to join them?" Mo Fan asked curiously.
"No idea, perhaps the leader of the organization had unrealistic demands for their members? Just so you know, the information and details of these private organizations are not completely known to us. If you wish to join them, we can give you their contacts and you can head over there directly for an interview," she replied helpfully.
"Fine, I wonder if the surname of the leader is Bao?" murmured Mo Fan to himself as he nodded to her suggestion.
After paying the agency fees, Mo Fan headed straight to the address of the Clearsky Hunter Agency provided by the assistant.
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What surprised him was that this hunting organization was not far away from the institution, which was a great convenience to Mo Fan.
Just imagine in a place as big as Shanghai, if he had to spend a few hours a day just to traveling back and forth from the places he stayed, studied, and worked, how would he have enough time?
After passing by Jing An Temple and a few busy streets, Mo Fan entered a street that had the appearance of the olden days.
At the end of this street, an old fascia could be seen swimming in the air against the wind.
Clearsky Hunter Agency!
What a huge name! Mo Fan thought, feeling that with this name, this organization would be able to complete all the tasks they accepted!
Mo Fan then walked closer and finally got a clearer look at the old shop that looked like an inn.
By the front door sat a little girl with twin ponytail hairstyle who was reading a story book with pictures while she swung her cute little legs.
Through the glass, Mo Fan saw no one in this inn, and everything seemed very organized...
"Are you here to commission a task? If so, the minimum price to commision a task will be three hundred thousand, and the pricing will be altered after we assess the difficulty of the task. We will not accept any task that worth less than that," said the little girl without raising her head. Her voice was beautiful, but the tone was extremely cold.
Three hundred thousand dollars!
Immediately, awkwardness struck Mo Fan and he did not dare to give the fruit sweet he took out from his pocket to the little girl anymore.
"Uhhh… I'm here for an interview, I believe the Hunter Union has written an introduction letter to you already. Are you the shopkeeper?" asked Mo Fan.
Duang!
Upon hearing this, the little girl finally put her book down, raised her beautiful face and looked at Mo Fan with wise eyes as she replied, "Are you sure you can handle it? You are so young!"
Duang!
Mo Fan's jaw dropped onto the ground.
My age is too young?
Why don't you look at yourself, little girl! You are at most only twelve years old!?
"Lingling, is there a customer?" and at this time, from the deeper part of the shop came an old man's voice.
"Grandpa, he is here for an interview but he is too young, I suggest that we reject him," Lingling replied to the old man before she continued reading the book in her hand.
"..." Speechless, Mo Fan looked at this little girl and he did not know if he should laugh or cry.
"Being young is very good! Young men tend to be not afraid of dangers, but if they die, then it would be a shame that they have yet to enjoy the even greater things in this world," said the old man.
"..." Hearing this, Mo Fan felt extremely awkward.
But since he was already here, Mo Fan did not want to get rejected at his first interview.
Just when he was about to enter the shop to talk about the interview with the old man, a lady who was walking hurriedly appeared at the junction of the street. It was obvious that she was looking for the Clearsky Hunter Agency. She, however, seemed to have failed to see the signs, and entered a few other shops recklessly.
"Grandpa, a rich target," the girl named Lingling said to the old man.
"How so?"
"A lady who dresses in the style of the rich and seems to be very nervous while her mentality is shaken greatly."
Mo Fan who was listening at the side had goosebumps all over.
What the hell? Is this a hunting organization, or a murderous shop with murderers!
As expected, the luxuriously-dressed lady entered this shop in the end and under the lead of Lingling, was led to the room where the old man listened to the lady's request, a tobacco pipe in his mouth.
Meanwhile, the now clueless Mo Fan had no idea what to do and just sat down somewhere close as he listened to what the lady was about to say.
Tsk tsk, they said that this kind of organization would attract young ladies like this one easily, see? There is already one right now on the very first day I arrived, so it is a must for I, Mo Fan, to become one of the members of this Clearsky Hunter Agency...
"You are saying that your husband, who is now ill, is probably a monster, and he goes out every midnight to commit foul play?" asked the old man, who squinted his eyes and appeared to be listening to the lady very seriously, but Mo Fan clearly saw the old man was staring at her cleavage.
"Yes, yes! At first, I did not believe this but this morning… This morning when I washed my husband's clothes, a piece of skin soaked in blood dropped out from his pocket…. I was once a nurse so I can differentiate between animal skin and human skin…" said the beautiful and curvaceous woman with a pale face as she recited what happened this morning.
Mo Fan, who was listening at the side, also felt slightly shocked.
Back in Bo City, Mo Fan learned that there would be different monsters that lived among people with their very own special methods, but he had never heard of any monsters like the husband of this lady.
He had never heard of any monsters that possessed the ability to turn into a human!
"If your husband really is a monster, you wouldn't be here to tell us about this anymore," replied the old man.
"I really have no idea either! He looks normal in the day, and I rushed here quickly after lying to him that I was going for a facial in the beauty salon. Mister, you have to help me! I heard that you guys could decimate whatever monsters. I can no longer differentiate if my husband is still my husband or not. My four year old child is still at home! I wanted to take him back to my parents to hide, but as soon as I brought this topic up, my husband's eyes turned red and thank heaven that I changed my idea right in time. I still have to go back tonight, or I'm afraid that my children will…" said the lady as she broke down into tears.
"Have you reported this to the police?" asked the old man.
"No, I know that they will refuse to look into this matter."
Lingling, on the other hand, looked at the crying lady and said calmly, "Whatever you said just now is not enough to be evidence that your husband has turned into a monster. Think positively, perhaps your husband is not a monster, but a murderer with a weird fetish to collect human skin."
After listening to the words of the young girl, Mo Fan immediately lost his voice.
Was that supposed to be more positive!?!?
Chapter 175 - Little Loli Partner
"I'm really sorry. Although we really want to help you, you should be calling the police with your situation," the old man softly rejected the commission.
"But reporting it to the police won't be of use… Could you assign a Hunter Magician to protect me overnight, I can pay you immediately," the young lady said.
"We don't have any Hunter Magicians here at the moment, they are all out on an important missions," the old man said.
The young lady's face turned increasingly ugly. She never thought that personally coming all the way to the Clearsky Hunter Agency, they would choose to not take her job. They were still indifferent even with the money put in front of them.
"You...how could you be so heartless. If...if something happens to my family, I will never forgive you, even if I become a ghost!" The young lady stood up, her face filled with pain.
After saying this, she quickly turned around and ran out of the Clearsky Hunter Agency in depressed spirits.
Mo Fan could feel this young lady was very dispirited and felt a bit of pity toward her. He couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you guys help her?"
Whether the lady's husband had really turned into a Magical Beast, or someone else's husband had killed someone, it didn't matter. According to her description, you could tell she was in danger. She was even willing to pay them now, yet why did the old man still not take her up on the offer?
"Little friend, you can't just look at the surface." The old man tapped his pipe.
"What, could it be that there's an ulterior motive?" Mo Fan rubbed his chin as he began to think over the matter like a detective.
"Look at this application." The old man quickly extracted a contract from beneath the counter before tossing it to Mo Fan.
Mo Fan was a bit baffled, but he opened the contract.
