Chapter 103: Empty-Handed White Wolf? Dream On

Other work? Su Xiao looked puzzled. Yoshitoki Washuu taking the initiative to contact him was definitely not a good thing.

"Bureau Chief, the situation at the 24th Ward entrance is critical right now. I might not be able to get away."

Su Xiao's refusal made Yoshitoki Washuu's expression on the other end of the phone somewhat ugly.

"Quasi-Special Bai Ye, I now appoint you as the captain of the 24th Ward reinforcement team. Lead thirty investigators to reinforce Special Class Arima. Now Special Class Arima is deep in the 24th Ward and needs reinforcements."

Su Xiao's expression changed.

If it were before he completed Main Mission (2), he could only obey the CCG's mandatory orders, but now he could complete Main Mission (2) at any time.

As for Main Mission (3), it should be a confrontation mission. Even if he were expelled from the CCG, Main Mission (3) shouldn't fail. A confrontation mission was nothing more than eliminating one side.

And once he was expelled from the CCG, the number of CCG-aligned contractors would become 0, and then what kind of confrontation mission would he execute?

Connecting these together, it meant Su Xiao had already broken free from the CCG's constraints.

If the orders issued by the CCG had benefits for him, he might do them, but he would never execute orders that were clearly thankless.

"Bureau Chief Washuu, forgive my incompetence. I'm 'not qualified' to serve as captain. I've truly failed your trust."

Su Xiao's meaning was very clear: it's too dangerous, and the CCG still wants to play the "empty-handed white wolf" game. I'm not going.

There wasn't even a mission prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise. Yoshitoki Washuu clearly wanted to use him for free.

"Quasi-Special Bai Ye, are you resisting orders?"

Yoshitoki Washuu's voice was somewhat cold.

"Bureau Chief Washuu, I don't know if you've heard a saying from my hometown: 'A general in the field is not bound by the orders of his sovereign.' The situation at the 24th Ward entrance is very dangerous right now. Once I withdraw, the ghouls are highly likely to break out of the 24th Ward, which will pose a huge threat to ordinary citizens.

As a ghoul investigator, I will not allow such a thing to happen."

Su Xiao's words could be described as righteous and full of a sense of justice.

Unfortunately, this wasn't his original intention. These words were said for Yoshitoki Washuu to hear, and also for the dozen investigators beside him to hear.

After these words, if Yoshitoki Washuu still forcibly transferred Su Xiao, it would leave an image in the hearts of these investigators that he didn't care about the life and death of civilians.

What did the CCG use to win people's hearts? It was protecting the safety of civilians.

It was true that Yoshitoki Washuu held great power, but he didn't dare to say that the life and death of civilians didn't matter. That would cause the beliefs of the ghoul investigators to waver.

This big hat of protecting civilian safety being put on him truly "smashed" Yoshitoki Washuu quite hard.

Even more shamelessly, Su Xiao also put the phone on speaker, under the pretext that the underground signal was poor~.

Yoshitoki Washuu noticed the hollow sound on the phone and guessed that Su Xiao had put it on speaker.

"Quasi-Special Bai Ye, I understand your concerns. I have already sent personnel to replace your defensive position. Please rest assured, those are excellent investigators.

The mission to reinforce Special Class Arima must be executed. Once the personnel I arranged arrive, you will lead them deep into the 24th Ward."

Yoshitoki Washuu's scene was handled very smoothly. He also heard that this Bai Ye investigator was a bit wrong; he wasn't the type of person full of a sense of mission.

Su Xiao walked toward the surface direction while turning off the speaker.

"If that's the case, then of course there's no problem."

Su Xiao walked faster and faster, soon arriving at the surface.

The reason he agreed was that the faction mission appeared again.

【Faction Mission: Reinforcement.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 5.

Mission Brief: Go deep into the 24th Ward to reinforce Special Class Investigator: Kisho Arima, and assist Kisho Arima in dealing with the primitive species.

Mission Information: CCG faction missions will not be calculated in the clearance evaluation.

Mission Deadline: 2 natural days.

Mission Reward: 15,000 faction contribution points.

Failure Penalty: CCG rank demoted by one level, demoted to Senior Investigator.

Although the faction mission appeared, Su Xiao didn't accept it immediately.

"Bureau Chief Washuu, I have something to trouble headquarters with."

Although 15,000 faction contribution points were precious, they didn't move Su Xiao. One could imagine that going deep into the 24th Ward at this time was absolutely full of dangers.

"Speak."

Yoshitoki Washuu's tone was clearly somewhat gnashing his teeth. CCG high-level management was used to ordering investigators around at will, but suddenly encountering a thorn like Su Xiao gave Yoshitoki Washuu a headache.

More importantly, this thorn Su Xiao had strength, and the CCG needed Su Xiao's combat power.

Besides Kisho Arima, other powerhouses in the CCG were not convenient to come forward in this matter. The identities of those powerhouses were too disgraceful; they were all...

"Bureau Chief Washuu, when I fought the Owl previously, I cut off one of his ghoul organs. I want to make this ghoul organ into a Quinque. A Quinque of this level, manufacturing it..."

Su Xiao didn't continue, and Yoshitoki Washuu also fell silent. After a long time, Yoshitoki Washuu was the first to break the silence.

"Can do. As long as you successfully reinforce Special Class Arima, you will get the Quinque when you return.

As a Quasi-Special Class investigator, you should indeed have a Quinque."

Yoshitoki Washuu's straightforwardness surprised Su Xiao quite a bit.

"Then thank you, Bureau Chief Washuu."

Hanging up the phone, Su Xiao found a large rock in the overgrown wasteland and sat down.

He was thinking about why Yoshitoki Washuu had agreed so readily. One had to know that manufacturing a Quinque, especially an SS-rank or SSS-rank Quinque, required very precious materials and a complicated process.

Perhaps, the CCG high-level management wanted to cultivate him into a thug like Kisho Arima? This possibility couldn't be ruled out.

The CCG's attitude, the major change deep in the 24th Ward, and Kisho Arima's move to arrive deep in the 24th Ward in advance were all full of suspicious points.

Su Xiao began to plan his actions.

First, use his current Quasi-Special Class investigator status to fish for benefits. The deadline for Main Mission (2) was still a few days away, which was enough for him to complete the faction mission.

Secondly, prepare to complete Main Mission (3). After completing Main Mission (3), he could return to the Reincarnation Paradise.

Finally, the hunting mission.

Thinking of the hunting mission, Su Xiao felt a pain in his balls. Not only was there no prompt, but he had been in Tokyo for so long and hadn't encountered that law-breaker 12470.

If the hunting mission didn't show "in progress," he would have suspected that "Law-breaker No. 12470" had already returned.

Su Xiao even suspected that the one-kilometer tracking range was fake.

Regarding the hunting mission, Su Xiao already had a "leave it to fate" mentality. Completing it was good, but there was no penalty if he didn't.

Su Xiao felt that the Reincarnation Paradise wouldn't let him fail to find "Law-breaker No. 12470."

Even if he didn't approach the other party, the Reincarnation Paradise would arrange missions to make the other party approach him.

While Su Xiao was pondering, dozens of CCG vehicles drove to the entrance of the 24th Ward.

Some familiar faces appeared: Juuzou Suzuya, Itsuki Marude, Iwao Kuroiwa, Akira Mado, and others all arrived.

There were also some investigators Su Xiao didn't recognize, among whom one female investigator was particularly eye-catching.

The female investigator walked side-by-side with Itsuki Marude and Iwao Kuroiwa. From this point, it could be seen that she was also a Special Class investigator.

"Bai Ye, it seems your injury recovery is not bad."

Itsuki Marude walked up and gave Su Xiao a bear hug directly.

"Still~, still passable."

Itsuki Marude's enthusiastic attitude surprised Su Xiao somewhat.

"Let me introduce you. This is Special Class Kiyoko Aura, a formidable female investigator."

It seemed Itsuki Marude and Kiyoko Aura were very familiar.

Kiyoko Aura was of medium build, around thirty years old, wearing a black suit, with her long blue hair tied up.

"Hello, I am Kiyoko Aura."

"Hello, I am Bai Ye."

The two shook hands, and Itsuki Marude coughed lightly and said.

"Bai Ye, just hand that Owl's ghoul organ to me. I'll send someone to deliver it to headquarters.

Bureau Chief Washuu should have told you, the reinforcement squad is ready and can depart at any time." ===== CHAPTER 104 =====