Chapter 59: Why Is My Career Panel in a 2D Art Style? Chapter 24

Seeing that Li Ang had no objections, Danika immediately put away the book on her lap, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat: "Let's go."

At this, Li Ang flipped over and sat down on the back seat of the pickup.

As Cole stomped on the accelerator, the pickup sped off in the direction they had come from.

The group returned to Frontier City without encountering any insect swarms along the way.

Not long after, Higgins, having received basic medical treatment, appeared in the interrogation room of the Public Security Bureau.

The interrogator was still Cole, while Li Ang, Danika, and Ma Kusi stood silently behind the one-way glass, watching the scene inside the room.

The blond man with limp limbs opened his eyes and glanced around, momentarily confused.

His memory still lingered on the moment he was defeated by Li Ang, the words "Are you really that strong?" still faintly echoing in his ears.

Wait—

Higgins snapped fully awake.

He looked down at the restraints on his body and sneered: "Give up. I won't say a thing."

At this, Cole said nothing, picked up a pair of pliers, and gave him a full set of services.

Yet Higgins merely stared coldly at the man torturing his body, even as excruciating pain drenched his temples in cold sweat.

Seeing his methods ineffective, Cole's eyes flickered with surprise—he rarely encountered such a hardened prisoner.

The interrogation expert did not continue with physical torture; instead, he turned his gaze to the red-light blinking camera in the corner of the ceiling.

"Director, could you bring his family here?"

But before Cole received a reply, Higgins rasped: "Good idea—but unfortunately, I'm an orphan."

Hearing this, Li Ang, Danika, and Ma Kusi fell silent, watching the interrogation room.

Cole was also taken aback.

As he pondered how to pry open Higgins' mouth, the man suddenly grinned, revealing gums streaked with blood: "But since you're so curious, I'll tell you."

"I—"

The blond man had barely uttered one syllable when his head lolled to the side, lifeless.

Seeing this, Cole froze, then turned pale, rushing forward to unfasten the restraints and begin emergency resuscitation.

After a long while, he stood up, his face grim, and looked toward the camera in the corner.

"Director—he's dead."

The observation room fell utterly silent.

Ma Kusi's originally deep red skin had darkened toward black-red; his expression was as gloomy as if it could drip water, and from his throat came two words: "Contract."

Hearing those two words, Li Ang furrowed his brow slightly.

This was the first time he had seen such a Contract—he had only read about it online before.

Danika, seeing the scene, muttered listlessly: "Vacation… ruined."

The only lead had just vanished; it was clear the Public Security Bureau's workload would only grow heavier, and her requested vacation would naturally be indefinitely postponed.

Yet the fact that Higgins had signed a Contract with someone carried its own implications—after all, not just anyone could access such a thing.

At least in Frontier City No. 66, only senior officials could access Contracts.

The Director of Public Security, the Director of the Caizheng Bureau, the Commander of the City Guard, and the City Lord.

Fortunately, though Higgins was dead, there was still Lei Mengde to interrogate.

Soon, the smuggler craftsman, now dressed in new clothes, was brought into the interrogation room.

Unlike his arrogant demeanor at the mine, Lei Mengde now cowered like a frightened quail.

Before Cole could even ask a question, he spilled everything he knew.

"Earlier, Higgins contacted us and asked us to eliminate you. Since you might trace it back to us, we agreed."

"But before Razor left, he said he had an emergency and told me to go alone—he didn't say where."

"I don't know anything else. I only handle mining fire crystals and refining them. Everything else is Razor's responsibility."

As if fearing this wasn't enough, Lei Mengde added: "Oh, and if you let me live, I'll work for Frontier City from now on."

In the observation room.

After a moment's thought, Ma Kusi stepped forward and spoke into the microphone: "Agreed."

Hearing this, Li Ang glanced at the Director of Public Security in surprise—he hadn't expected a 【Craftsman】-class cultivator to receive such leniency under these circumstances.

Looking at the job information for 【Apprentice Craftsman】 on his panel, Li Ang began to form a plan.