Chapter 1713

"Sir, this is not funny at all. I said it before, fortune telling death will bring bad luck."

As the female fortune teller spoke, she placed her hands on her lap. The wooden table covered with black cloth blocked her hands.

"Bad luck..."

Su Xiao looked up and down at this fortune teller. If the information on the roster was correct, this female fortune teller was named Joanna, an important member of the Ghost Ring. She was responsible for bribing officials and collecting intelligence. It could also be said that more than half of the important intelligence of the Ghost Ring organization would pass through here. This fortune-telling house was an intelligence transit station, preventing the Ghost Ring's intelligence organization from being wiped out in one go after problems appeared in the bottom-level links.

The reason Su Xiao came to find Joanna first was very simple: cut off this transit station, and the Ghost Ring organization would be deaf and blind within a few days. As for alarming the Ghost Ring, there was no need to worry about this aspect at all. Su Xiao's Blood Beast move had already beaten Sin half to death, which had already completely alarmed the Ghost Ring forces.

"I don't welcome..."

Joanna's words stopped halfway. A pitch-black muzzle was pointed at the center of her eyebrows.

Seeing Su Xiao holding D·Assassination, Joanna was stunned, and then she felt relieved in her heart. She knew a lot about firearms; only the peacekeepers in the city would be equipped with this thing, and its lethality was very limited.

Pfft, pfft, pfft...

Su Xiao pulled the trigger without hesitation, and three bullets pierced Joanna's skull.

Joanna made an unclear sound in her mouth, the luster in her eyes faded rapidly, and finally, she leaned against the back of the chair, dying very peacefully, twitching.

【You have killed Joanna.】

【Joanna is an ordinary ghost (two eyes). Because of her special status, you have obtained 1.2% of the World's Source.】

【You have obtained Secret Code · Witch.】

【You have interrupted the ghost organization's intelligence network. Estimated recovery time: 87 hours or more.】

As the shell casings hit the ground, Su Xiao looked at the D·Assassination in his hand and suddenly realized that this gun might play a crucial role.

Joanna was only a two-eyed ghost, and she held an attitude of almost ignoring firearms. One could imagine how stronger ghosts would view firearms. However, D·Assassination was not an ordinary firearm. Even if Sin was shot in the head once, although he wouldn't die, he would definitely have a concussion for a short while. This period of time would be enough to decide the outcome.

Joanna's corpse fell from the chair. Su Xiao had also considered capturing this ghost alive before, but after thinking about it, he felt the possibility was not high. Although this ghost was very weak, she was responsible for intelligence, which meant she was a spy among ghosts. Capturing such a ghost alive was no less difficult than capturing a thirteen-eyed ghost, and once a mistake occurred, God knows what changes would happen.

Just as Su Xiao was preparing to search the fortune-telling house, a faint fishy sweetness permeated the air. He subconsciously looked at Joanna's corpse. Joanna, who had been lying on the floor before, had already disappeared, turning into a pool of pitch-black liquid.

A faint feeling of dizziness came from his brain. Su Xiao took out a can of compressed gas from his storage space, took a deep breath, threw down an alchemy bomb, and walked out of the room.

Boom!

The sound of the explosion alarmed the civilians on the nearby street. Gus, who was sitting at a small stall eating grilled scallops, hurriedly paid the money. He didn't even have time to wipe the oil stains on his mouth before he ran to the front of the fortune-telling house.

"Gus, go notify the Seventh Unit and let them come to handle the aftermath."

"Understood."

Gus ran away quickly. There were no telephones or the like in this world. The most advanced communication was the telegraph, which was extremely expensive and charged by the word. Civilians mostly wrote letters.

Su Xiao took out the roster from his bosom. The addresses provided on this thing were not accurate. Without a certain status in Zul City, this thing was actually worthless. But once there was intelligence department assistance, one could find ghosts through the information on the roster. For example, the female fortune teller Joanna, her previous identity was a socialite.

As long as it was used properly, the roster was much more profitable than 5% of the World's Source.

"Reinhardt, go invite Sir Eddie to have lunch together."

Reinhardt was the high-collared priest. No one knew his full name, and no one knew where his hometown was. He was originally a homeless person who suddenly came to the Execution Agency headquarters one day and voluntarily ate the flesh and blood of a ghost.

"Mm."

Reinhardt was somewhat silent, perhaps because he had no lips. Just as he was about to leave, Su Xiao called him and said: "As for the specific location for the meal..."

Reinhardt was stunned and looked at Su Xiao with an inquiring gaze. Clearly, with his image, social interaction was destined to have nothing to do with him.

"Right at Sir Eddie's house."

"..."

Reinhardt nodded sullenly. Although he didn't understand why he had to invite Sir Eddie to lunch but still do it at the other party's house, wasn't this clearly trying to extort a lunch?

"Tell him there are five guests."

"Mm, understood, Legion Commander."

Reinhardt pulled his collar and walked away in silence. If it came to the ability to handle things among these three, Su Xiao trusted Reinhardt the most, followed by Hank. After all, this old man was somewhat mentally abnormal; otherwise, he would be ranked first.

As for Gus, he didn't have Reinhardt's steadiness, nor Hank's cruelty, but this little brother was very reckless. Perhaps even when fighting Sin, this little brother would dare to rush up with a stick. Life and death were looked down upon; if not convinced, just fight. The "honey badger" among the Awakened was exactly Gus. If it weren't for this personality, he wouldn't have so many scars on his face.

"Woof."

Xiang Bubu Wang appeared and gave a long yawn.

"Since Sin hasn't been here, that's easy to handle."

After Xiang Bubu Wang's patrol nearby, there was no scent of Sin around. This only explained one problem: Sin was still in a severely injured state. He didn't even dare to send anyone to notify Joanna. The traces of the Ghost Ring had already been exposed.

Sin was indeed stronger than Su Xiao, but if it came to post-battle recovery, Su Xiao completely crushed Sin. The battle had only ended nine hours ago, and Su Xiao's injuries had already recovered by more than 70%. Knowledge is power. The benefits of investing resources in alchemy were reflected at this time. As for Sin, if other ghosts didn't have similar "nurse" abilities, he could only hide in the dark to recuperate.

Just as Su Xiao was preparing to ask the Seventh Unit how the other names were being investigated, Hank walked over from a distance. On that old face full of wrinkles, he was smiling exceptionally brightly at this moment.

"My lord, is there reimbursement?"

Hank handed over a list. Su Xiao didn't pay attention at first, only thinking it was meal money. But upon seeing the amount of Gold Le on it, his eyelids jumped. 1,280 Gold Le was equivalent to the savings of an Awakened for more than 20 years, during which they also had to frequently hunt ghosts and take various subsidies.

"Bought some weapons. You know, I haven't hunted ghosts for several years."

Hank pulled open his collar, and one could vaguely see daggers, table knives, and other weapons inside his clothes.

"Go find Bonnie for reimbursement."

"Many thanks, my lord."

Su Xiao had received 20,000 Gold Le this morning. That's right, Madam Nancy agreed to the cooperation. As for why he went to find Bonnie to get the money, the reason was that the Gold Le was all in Su Xiao's office, and Bonnie couldn't possibly steal this money. After all, it was the Execution Agency headquarters, unless Bonnie had lived enough.

Around ten in the morning, Gus returned. The good news was that Sir Eddie "gladly agreed" to Su Xiao's invitation. The bad news was that Sir Eddie's house was a bit far, located in the suburbs of Zul City.