Blind Spot
Chapter 584: Investigate 536 Four

Chapter 584: Investigate 536 Four

Three days later.

Dunis Office.

Li Chengyi spun around in the boss chair over and over, listening to the sounds of office workers buying breakfast at the newsstand downstairs, feeling a moment of leisure and peace.

He again routinely sensed the location of the Floral Bead—it was still hanging in the air in the study of this very office.

It was precisely for this reason that he had decided to acquire this place and investigate the surrounding situation.

The Reverse Mark couldn’t be used here, and the summoning of the Floral Bead had also lost its effect.

The last lingering breath was right here, two meters ahead of where he sat.

That was the breath of Paine’s Floral Bead.

Li Chengyi suspected that there was an unidentified space or entrance to a Blind Spot here, but due to excessive concealment and some other special reasons, he couldn’t capture it.

But the breath was still here, the location was still here; all he needed to do was wait and investigate what had happened here in the past, and he should be able to find some clues.

And what to do during that wait?

Of course, it was to practice the Thousand Face Sword Canon and study the architectural summoning ability of the Evil Flower.

With twelve kinds of Flower Language Abilities within him, evolving all flowers to their Ultimate Form was his goal.

On the surface, taking on simple office commissions, getting to the bottom of this place could also serve as a simple diversion.

As for the monsters in the Common city... let’s wait until they reach the speed of sound before dealing with them.

"Boss, I brought my other daughter Alan over; we still need someone to help with cleaning. I thought leaving her alone at home wasn’t safe, so...."

Outside the combined study and office, Dunis entered with a calm and composed girl with black shoulder-length hair.

"No problem, ensuring the safety of my employees is one of the benefits I offer as a boss," Li Chengyi said as he turned in his chair to size up the two people who had just entered.

The tidied-up Dunis finally looked like a competent and calm middle-aged hunter again, with solid muscle lines that could give clients a strong sense of security and trust.

Overall, he would make a fine employee.

As for the other one.

Black hair and red eyes, pale skin; she looked like a coldly elegant beauty, tall and slender, about one meter seventy, her height giving her a tall and proportionate figure.

Dressed in a long tube skirt with a red base and black plaid pattern, and a white ladies’ shirt, she had a dark red collar flower pinned at the neck and a similar dark red hair clip on her head.

However, what was strange was that the girl’s gaze towards him was wary and contained rejection.

Rejection?

Li Chengyi was somewhat puzzled. In theory, he was her protector, so why feel rejection? How could such an emotion arise?

"Pleased to meet you, I’m Nilan Alte, and I appreciate your willingness to allow me to work here," said the girl, stepping forward and bowing earnestly to Li Chengyi.

"A salary of five thousand, including cleaning the three levels of the basement—is that okay with you?" Li Chengyi said casually.

"Leave it to me," Nilan affirmed.

"Good, you may leave now," Li Chengyi waved his hand.

The rest of the miscellaneous tasks could be arranged by Dunis; for now, he needed to understand this place better....

Pulling out a stack of newspapers he bought that morning, Li Chengyi began to take careful notes, summarizing the information.

There was no daily use of computers here yet; it was still the era when computers were just starting, so newspapers were still the most important way to acquire information.

’The old city redevelopment project officially starts today.’

’Federation Security Department Chief Rudy Bird arrives at Weida Company for a three-day food safety inspection.’

’The Beauty of My Hometown—Exploring the Ancient Relics of Ludian.’

’The national large-scale magic show Wings of the Sun will soon start ticket sales in our city.’

’The major 11·2 drug trafficking case was successfully cracked yesterday with all the suspects apprehended.’

Li Chengyi skimmed through the useful and useless news, stood up, and found a Federation map on the room’s bookshelf.

He opened it and located Ludian City.

Soon, an irregularly shaped city map resembling a lump of dough appeared before him.

Five districts, with the new and old areas in transition, were metabolizing for the entire city.

Last year’s statistics counted a total permanent population of 7,650,000 in Ludian, with three large agricultural counties surrounding and supporting it, providing the city’s food supply.

Putting down the map, Li Chengyi got up and walked to the window, looking down.

He casually took out a yellow crystal bead to fiddle with as he carefully recalled the records he had seen.

’Mingyuan Group has many people; if all of them tried to leave at once, it would definitely cause commotion and be likely noticed by the surrounding people.’

He straightened his collar, turned, and left the room, heading downstairs.

Then, pretending to stroll around, he walked to the old department store across the street.

Picking through the shelves, he grabbed a chocolate bar, and when he was paying, he sized up the old lady at the register.

"Sis, can I ask you about something?"

"What’s up?" The old lady, with her hair in curlers, was holding a small mirror and using an eyebrow pencil, didn’t look up and replied casually upon hearing his voice.

"Has there been any big commotion around here in recent years? Like a lot of people coming over or something?"

"Years? You think I can remember events from that long ago?" the old lady looked up and rolled her eyes at him.

But the moment she looked up and saw Li Chengyi’s face, her initially impatient expression softened.

"Well, if you really want the details, it seems like two years ago, a lot of people came here to film a movie or something, dressed all strange," she added.

"Filming a movie... Do you remember which movie company it was or their names?" Li Chengyi asked again.

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Meanwhile, outside the back door of the office, behind the iron fence, a glossy toad-eyed sedan slowly decelerated to a stop at the exit.

The car door opened, and two men dressed in black suits and top hats, wearing sunglasses that wrapped around their entire heads, stepped out.

"This the place?" The taller one asked as he looked towards the office, peering through his sunglasses.

"Yes. To think he could break free from the mental suggestion on the invitation, this former hunter must be quite capable."

"Heard this place was sold a few days ago to someone from out of town. Dunis himself didn’t leave, still working here," the tall one whispered.

"Let’s just take him too, according to the Sunlight Agreement, he broke the rules first, so we have the right to deal with his body and blood relations."

"Really... it’s been a long time since I tasted such quality blood... I can hardly wait! That wonderful fragrance..."

The two men casually pushed open the locked back door, the bronze lock crumbling in their hands like tofu, its presence utterly ignored.

Entering the back garden, Dunis had already sensed the commotion and, holding a pistol, peered down from the second floor.

The moment he saw the two men, his expression changed drastically, he held his breath, quickly turned around, and went looking for his daughter Nilan, who was cleaning the mop.

"Alan, get to the front door and find the boss quick! The New Moon people are here! Tell him to use any influence as soon as possible!" Dunis said urgently.

Nilan, seeing the gravity in her father’s face, dropped the mop and ran.

Bang.

At that moment, the glass door in the back garden opened, the wind chime hanging on it ringing crisply, a warning that someone had entered.

After sending his daughter off, Dunis took a deep breath, gripped his pistol tightly, and stood in the second-floor corridor, staring hard at the wooden staircase leading up.

Waiting for the others to come up.

"Hope nothing’s wrong... hope they’re in time!" He steadied his racing heart, recalling the battles he had fought against non-human entities when he was a hunter.

His blood seemed to heat up again, rushing and roaring through his body.

On the other side.

Nilan ran down the stairs, panting, and found Li Chengyi coming out of the small shop.

"New Moon people are here?" Li Chengyi blinked, "So what if they’re here? They surely wouldn’t dare to make a move in broad daylight, with so many people around."

"You... don’t know what New Moon is? What it represents?!" Nilan was taken aback, staring at him in disbelief.

"What? If they really make a move, can’t I just go back and handle them?" Li Chengyi said nonchalantly.

He had already sensed the approach of the two men. They were only slightly stronger than the average person. Like ants, not much stronger than Dunis.

And Dunis had a gun. If it really came to a fight, those two wouldn’t stand a chance against him.

This was also why Li Chengyi wasn’t worried.

"New Moon is a part of the Sunlight Council! My father inadvertently broke the rules before; according to the regulations, he can’t make any moves! Otherwise, it would count as resisting arrest!" Nilan was so anxious she was nearly up in flames, seeing Li Chengyi still appearing calm and composed.

"Can’t make any moves? Why?" Li Chengyi asked, puzzled.

"Because it would be illegal to move! We can only exert pressure from above on New Moon; they are part of the force supporting the Sunlight Agreement, representing order under the sun. To oppose them is to oppose the official stance, and both the police and the military would only be on their side," Nilan explained quickly, sweat appearing on her forehead.

"Okay, I got it. Dunis can’t move, right? Then I will," Li Chengyi said indifferently.

"It’s not about moving or not! Don’t you do anything reckless! If you violate the rules, you’ll also lose the protection of the official hunters! Do you even have any common sense?!" Nilan was infuriated.

Li Chengyi didn’t bother with her and headed straight back.

But he had only taken a few steps when he suddenly stopped.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go back, but those two men had suddenly stopped for no apparent reason and then quickly retreated, leaving the way they had come.

Turning around, he saw Nilan biting her lip, her face pale, looking towards a white sedan with gold trim parked by the roadside.

From the back seat of the car, through the glass, could be seen a purple-black ponytailed girl in a white dress. The girl, with a gentle and noble air, gave Nilan a thumbs-up sign from afar.

"Why are you looking at me? Get back there, fast!" Nilan, realizing she almost gave herself away, became angrily embarrassed and hurried back to the office.

If it weren’t for her dad insisting on taking her to apply for a job, why would she ever come to this place to clean?!

That stupid boss, thinking he had some ability, but when it came to actually taking action, he didn’t even dare to go through the door!