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Chapter 722 - 722 380 Hey are you listening Kid (4200)_1

Chapter 722: 380 Hey, are you listening? Kid (4200)_1 Chapter 722: 380 Hey, are you listening? Kid (4200)_1 Be it the Hong Li Empire or the Hong Li Federation, Florence is their capital. Boasting a history of over a thousand years, this ancient city isn’t outdated but rather brims with vitality, much like an old tree rejuvenated in spring.

Aside from some buildings of memorial significance or special structures, the districts of Florence undergo regular refurbishment. Infrastructure, wall finishes, underground water pipelines, smooth streets, all are maintained by dedicated personnel.

Florence is divided into seven districts. The first one, the heart of Florence, houses the Royal Palace of the Hong Li Empire. Occupying no small area, it’s the residence for the royal family. The second district, situated next to the central city, houses the Council Hall as its key structure. It’s the power hub of the entire empire, with ten upper council members and dozens of lower council members.

These council members are mostly high-ranking aristocrats, half of them being nouveau riche with financial backing, the other half being old aristocracy representative of feudalism.

The administrative buildings in the second district are quite centralized, serving the officials of the Imperial Capital.

The third and the fourth district are dominated by commercial streets. The third one is classier with libraries and museums as well as luxury goods stores such as jewelry shops and clothing boutiques. The fourth district is rather common with all sorts of shops. All of Pleasure Street in Florence is located here.

The fifth and the sixth districts serve as residential areas, covering the largest area, probably accounting for more than half of Florence’s city area. The seventh district is home to some special organizations, such as army barracks, a sanatorium, and the headquarters of the Dark Hunt Organization. However, there’s actually a hidden eighth district in Florence.

That would be the extensive underground sewage system.

Here hide all things filthy, and everything dark about the Imperial Capital lies here.

At five in the afternoon, as the sky grew dusky, a black horse carriage embarked from the metallic post at the station, gradually picking up speed on the broad main road.

Through the carriage window, Casio went over the Era of Retrospection intelligence he had gathered recently. Florence consists of seven districts, so where could the source of the Holy Springs Water be? Dark Hunt Organization Headquarters? No. In the Palace? The residential district? The commercial district? Or even not within Florence at all…

All of these possibilities were valid; the location of Holy Springs Water was well hidden. Only the Chief Inspector and the Holy Spring High Priest would know about it within the Dark Hunt Organization. The reason Casio was trying to uncover the Holy Spring’s location had a lot to do with the Holy Mark’s promising effect. He had never been the type to play by the rules, let alone the fact that three years from now, the Dark Hunt Organization would be obliterated, leaving the Holy Spring ownerless.

Rather than letting some mysterious force seize it, it was better for Casio to take possession. Casio’s death in the Era of Retrospection wasn’t a true death, so it wouldn’t hurt to be a bit more ambitious and a bit more greedy.

“Thrum, thrum…”

The carriage wheels rolled steadily forwards, with the carter guiding their direction by pulling on the reins.

The carriage rounded a corner and a piece of paper discreetly fell onto the ground.

A few seconds later, a shadowy figure emerged from the alley and picked up the slip.

An address on the outskirts of Florence city was clearly written on it.

After five minutes, four silhouettes waited silently in a concealed building. With a creak, the door opened. The middle-aged man nearest the door took the slip of paper and smiled after a brief glance over it.

“The kid does have some other forces behind him, as expected. I guess, it’s those old guys from the Dark Hunt branch divisions…” the middle-aged man said.

By ‘old guys’, he was talking about old hunters like Bloody Axe Herbert. Either due to age or injury, they had no choice but to put down their weapons. At least, they all once held the rank of Dark Gold level hunters in the Hunters Association.

Now retired, some of them became instructors, training qualified new hunters for the Dark Hunt Organization. Others became managers in the branches of the Hong Li Empire counties. They supported neither the Royal Family nor the Council, and they could hardly care about the internal intrigue within the Dark Hunt Organization.

These old hunters held no allegiance, they only supported the Black Mechanism Chief Inspector. Their sole and pure intention was clear: eradicate all dark creatures within human society, ridding it of all sin and disaster.

Bloody Axe Herbert was one such old hunter, only slightly more relentless. Despite his decline in strength and advanced age, he was still fighting on the frontline of the hunts, exhausting the last bit of his life energy.

The middle-aged man, a representative of the royal faction, speculated that these non-aligned old hunters seemed to be stirring. They appeared to be actively cultivating a potential Shadow Hunter candidate to wrestle for shares of power in the Hunter’s Association.

Bai Kui was nothing more than a Bronze level hunter, sure, posing no threat to the current competition for the Shadow Hunter quota. However, he could wait for the next opportunity. As long as Bai Kui didn’t join the competition, his qualification wouldn’t be consumed.

“These old guys can’t sit still anymore…”

The middle-aged man’s eyes flickered, planning to report his speculation to his superior shortly. For now, he needed to allocate tasks to the three assassins who he had specifically invited. These three assassins were not trained by the Royal Family, but were from an assassin organization named Shadow Sting. Each industry has its professionals, the job of assassination should naturally be left to the professionals. Besides, Bai Kui was after all a hunter of the Dark Hunt Organization, it wouldn’t be appropriate for the Royal Family to lay their hands on him.

It would cause a significant problem if discovered.

Glancing around the room, the middle-aged man noted all three individuals were Gold Medal assassins from Shadow Sting. All were Source Energy Users suited for assassinations, their strengths ranged from White Luminance level hunter to Dark Gold level hunter, certainly enough to kill a Bronze level hunter.