Life Game In Other World
Chapter 799: Freshly Killed ’Commission’ (Long - , Asking for Monthly Passes)

Chapter 799: Chapter 799: Freshly Killed ’Commission’ (Long Chapter, Asking for Monthly Passes)

A hazy white light filled He Ao’s field of view, and an unprecedented sense of exhaustion spread out from every limb and bone within him, engulfing his soul.

This weariness was like a mountain of millions of jin pressing down on him, rendering him unable even to twitch a finger.

Yet it was within this hazy white radiance that one phantom shadow after another began to emerge slowly from this pure white background, their faces already blurred, like nameless soul spirits.

These phantom shadows passed through He Ao’s body, bringing not a bone-chilling coolness but a warmth that seemed to soak every inch of muscle.

As this warmth gradually diffused within He Ao’s body, the mountainous fatigue melted away like ice thawing in a spring breeze.

He Ao moved his fingers slightly and felt as if he had "lightened" up.

Looking up ahead, those countless phantom shadows that had passed through his body were now converging in the white expanse ahead, forming into a ghostly, human figure.

A blurry image of a little girl in a long dress, her eyes tightly closed, gradually took shape in the white light.

When the last phantom shadow passed through He Ao’s body, He Ao felt as if he had completely recovered his mobility, while the little girl formed by the converging shadows had also taken complete shape.

The vague and ethereal long dress began to solidify into an opaque entity and then turned into a pure blood red.

"Alice?"

He Ao watched the little girl in the red dress taking shape before him, observed as the phantom shadows completely integrated into the little girl’s body.

The little girl opened her eyes and looked at He Ao before her, slowly spreading her hands wide. A blood-red paper butterfly emerged from her palms, unfolding its wings, and began to drift towards He Ao.

He Ao reached out to catch the butterfly.

At this moment, he vaguely understood that what he was facing was not "Alice," or at least, not purely "Alice."

Those soul spirits which had been "released" from the Inner Church, once the "Church Keystone," had left some "strength" in appreciation on He Ao before they returned to the world.

This strength ultimately gathered upon Alice’s paper butterfly, forming the shape he now saw.

Alice was the only one among these powers with some kind of lingering thoughts, and thus naturally became the dominance of these forces. The physical manifestation of these powers also took on the appearance of Alice.

He Ao had faintly felt some power lingering on him as he left the Inner Church, but he had not brought out the paper butterfly after leaving.

Now it seemed that those powers had not been stable yet, only now having fully formed into a stable shape.

The blood-red paper butterfly landed on He Ao’s fingertips and slowly drew in its wings.

And in that instant, the entire pure white world of brilliance shattered.

He Ao slowly opened his eyes and looked around him.

The first thing to catch his sight was a delicate and pretty face with golden twin ponytails stretching outward.

"Are you awake?"

Vili looked at He Ao and blinked, "I thought you’d sleep a little longer. How’d you feel now?"

Just as He Ao was about to speak, he felt an intense fatigue and weakness coursing through his body.

At the same time, a warm force came from his right shoulder, constantly repairing his body.

He turned his head to look at the blood-colored paper butterfly with unfurled wings on his right shoulder, then turned back to face Vili, "Feeling better now."

At this time, Vili too followed his gaze to the slightly solidified paper butterfly on He Ao’s shoulder.

She remembered very clearly that there had been no paper butterfly on He Ao’s shoulder just before.

However, she did not ask further, for it was normal for a Transcendent to have secrets. She turned her head to look at Lena beside her, "Look, your guest is here."

Then she stood up, "You two talk, I’ll go make you some milk tea."

Hearing this, He Ao looked at Vili with some surprise.

Lena also looked at Vili with some astonishment.

"What’s with that look? Do you think of me as a spoiled young lady who can’t do anything but extend my hand for clothes and open my mouth for food?"

Vili rolled her eyes, "I learned to make milk tea with Uncle Jeko when I was very young, a craft of nearly ten years, you should trust my skills!"

With that, she clapped her hands, puffed up her cheeks, and walked out of the inner room.

"She’s quite different."

Lena watched as the girl’s figure disappeared behind the door, then turned her head back to look at He Ao.

At least from what she knew, no heiress of a consortium would personally make milk tea, as that’s generally the job of a hired maid or a private chef.

"Yes,"

He Ao, watching the direction where Vili had vanished, also nodded thoughtfully.

Vili might be the city’s richest ’miss,’ but her upbringing did not resemble that of a ’miss.’

Then he turned to Lena, "How’s the situation with the Security Union?"

"Not great, but much better than we expected. Many in the Union hope to establish a ’covenant’ with you,"

Lena nodded lightly, briefly summarizing the current situation with the Security Union, then she continued,

"Your exploits from last night have spread throughout Wint City and even the entire Federation by now. I’m afraid the entire Federation’s upper echelon knows that a Fallen Angel mecha took down a Sky Behemoth.

"United Industries is now offering a fifty million federal coin bounty for you, and a ten million coin reward for anyone providing valid information."

"Aren’t you going to claim that bounty?"

He Ao rested the hand holding the IV stand on his leg, smiling at her.

"We bounty hunters have our own rules..."

She paused, then, tilting her head to look at He Ao, her waterfall of red hair cascading over her shoulder, "At least I have rules. I don’t make money that I shouldn’t."

"Have you actually made money working as a mercenary?"

He Ao looked at her curiously.

"A bit... I’ve made a bit,"

Lena’s words hesitated before she quickly changed the subject, "The good news is, from the intelligence I’ve received so far, your identity as a pilot hasn’t been compromised. The bad news is,"

She looked at He Ao, "Your wanted poster is plastered all over Wint City."

"The work of the Eternal Secret Teachings?"

He Ao pondered.

He had discovered during his battle with Levins that the Eternal Secret Teachings seemed to have already gotten hold of his information.

Although the Eternal Secret Teachings might not yet be able to confirm that those deeds were his doing, it did not prevent them from preferring to kill wrongly than to miss an enemy.

"Yes,"

Lena nodded, "Now the whole Wint City is theirs; they can post wanted notices wherever they want."

"So what exactly is the relationship between United Industries and the Eternal Secret Teachings? Do you have any information on that?"

He Ao continued to ask.

"Not sure, we hadn’t received any messages about it before,"

Lena’s expression turned somewhat odd, "Both have been plotting for too long in secret. It’s normal for the Eternal Secret Teachings to keep things under wraps, but it’s surprising that United Industries managed to do so as well, up until last night. Mid-level employees at United Industries still thought the Eternal Secret Teachings were their enemy,"

She continued thoughtfully, "At the moment, I suspect that only a very few decision-makers at the top of United Industries are actually associated with the Eternal Secret Teachings, and the ’covenant’ they’ve established may not even be known to the board of United Industries."

"Mm,"

He Ao nodded lightly. United Industries had even managed to deceive the Federal Bureau of Investigation, they had indeed kept things well-hidden this time. He looked at Lena again, "Is everything with the Federal Bureau of Investigation taken care of?"

"I’ve arranged for someone to work with the doctor and stabilize their injuries,"

Lena confirmed with a nod, "They should have established contact with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters by now."

"Thanks,"

He Ao expressed his gratitude quietly, then he looked at Lena thoughtfully and asked, "May I see the disc you used to enter the Inner Church last night?"

"Of course."

Lena stretched out her hand and handed He Ao the disc with the pointer, vaguely sensing that this visit from He Ao most likely had something to do with it.

"Thank you."

He Ao took the disc and placed it under the sunlight streaming through the window, examining it carefully.

The disc itself displayed a pale golden hue, covered in densely packed, twisted patterns.

At this moment, through He Ao’s Spiritual Vision, a twisted brilliance meandered around the outermost edge of the disc, forming a ’ring’ along its perimeter.

Within the ring formed by the brilliance, there was a profusion of convoluted and restless patterns, within which a kind of twisted light pulsed like breath.

Above the disc, a pale golden pointer was embedded.

When He Ao saw Lena take out this pointer last night, it was pointed upwards; now, the pointer had been moved a hundred and eighty degrees and pointed directly downwards.

"You said last night that this disc is very dangerous?"

Lena, standing to the side and watching him scrutinize the disc, asked with some confusion.

"Strictly speaking, the disc itself isn’t dangerous,"

He Ao put down the disc, looked at Lena, and chose his words carefully,

"It’s the contamination stored inside that is dangerous. It has stored the contamination you encountered in the Inner Church, but it can only store it once. If you use it a second time, the disc will burst under the pressure of storing too much contamination, and then the contamination will spill out."

"And then I would die?"

Lena glanced at the disc and asked cautiously.

"Mm, that’s the case for humans,"

He Ao nodded his head, "Of course, to be even more precise, you would become a creature contaminated by Eternal Radiance."

He scrutinized the disc in his hand, "The person who gave you this disc must have the ability to locate and even control to some extent the creatures contaminated by it, and he is most likely a high-ranking believer in Eternal Radiance."

"So this guy never planned to pay me?"

Lena’s face rarely showed anger as she propped her chin on her hand and stared at the disc in He Ao’s hands, "If you kill the hired, there’s no need to pay the bounty, bastard!"

He Ao smiled wryly, watching Lena, "So, was it the person who hired you to go into the Inner Church who gave this to you? Do you know who he is?"

"I don’t know,"

Lena shook her head, "He’s an old client of mine, we met through the ’black market.’ He paid up like normal the first few times,"

She paused slightly, suppressing her anger again, and cursed, "Bastard!"

"In that case,"

He Ao looked at her, "May I offer you a commission?"

"Hmm?"

Lena looked at him, puzzled.

"This person could be a high-ranking believer in Eternal Radiance, and the style of the patterns on this disc looks a bit like the style of Eternal Ancient Teachings."

He Ao contemplated the disc in his hands, speaking thoughtfully.

"Eternal Ancient Teachings?"

Lena was startled, "Didn’t they arrange for their people to enter the main church? Why would they hire me to go in?"

"That’s what we need to investigate,"

He Ao’s mind flashed through the trap process set by Eternal Secret Teachings; they seemed to know very well what the followers of Eternal Ancient Teachings wanted.

He pondered for a moment, then looked at Lena earnestly, "I want to commission you to send a message to your ’client,’ asking him to meet. I suspect he may be connected to the ’accident’ that befell my parents."

"According to the rules,"

Lena watched He Ao intently, "We shouldn’t reveal the identity of the client."

"He’s trying to get out of paying."

He Ao smirked.

"Done."

Lena responded promptly without hesitation.

After saying this, she paused and sighed, "It seems I’m really not cut out for being a bounty hunter. I won’t do it anymore; I’ll just focus on running my bar."

"Do you want this job’s commission then?"

He Ao looked at her.

"Yes!"

She responded without hesitation, then she stared at He Ao, "Speaking of which, what are you planning to offer as a commission?"

"Is your Talent Sequence the continuation of the ’Furious Man’? D-Rank?"

He Ao looked at her, pondering as he asked.

"How did you know?"

Lena was momentarily confused and looked at He Ao with some surprise.

"I guessed."

He Ao blinked.

Divine Sense could see the color of the energy inside a Transcendent’s body, and this color was the same as the glow in a Transcendent’s blood.

According to his current experience, He Ao guessed that all subsequent Talent Sequences derived from the same Level F Talent Sequence were likely the same color.

For instance, ’Talent Sequence 5: Furious Man’ is red, so the Furious Man-derived E-class ’Fighter’, ’Bull’, D-Rank ’Thug’, ’Martial Artist’, C-level ’warrior’, ’Hunter’, ’Martial Master’ are all red.

He Ao couldn’t be sure if his guess was accurate, but at least in the Talent Sequences he understood, this was the pattern.

At this moment, the energy within Lena was ’red’ in his field of view, so he made a ’guess.’

Among the three D-Rank Talent Sequences that followed ’Furious Man’, there were two that He Ao was quite familiar with.

In fact, based on the combat skills Lena had previously shown, He Ao had already made a ’guess’ about her Talent Sequence.

"My ability is ’Talent Sequence 50: Martial Artist’."

Lena didn’t hide it and straightforwardly revealed her Talent Sequence; she looked at He Ao, "So your ’commission’ is related to my ’Talent Sequence’?"

She wasn’t actually sure what kind of ’commission’ He Ao could offer, especially since she was well aware of Yiluo’s family situation.

"Hmm,"

He Ao nodded, "Talent Sequence 98: warrior, Secret Medicine, and rituals, though the Secret Medicine requires you to provide some auxiliary materials."

"Actually, if you really can’t provide a commission, you can also owe—it?"

Lena had intended to comfort ’Yiluo’, but upon hearing He Ao’s words, she was completely dumbfounded, "You have the main material for the ’warrior’ Talent Sequence? When? Where?"

"In the off-road vehicle’s trunk."

He Ao looked at her somewhat puzzled, "Didn’t you drive my off-road vehicle here?"

"That body?"

Lena felt her thoughts stiffen; of course, she had seen the item He Ao had placed in the trunk, "That person’s Talent Sequence is ’warrior’? You had it planned all along? Just killed a ’warrior’ to use as a commission?"

"Not just killed,"

He Ao emphasized again, "That was ’Swinte’ from the Eternal Secret Teachings. He attacked me, so it was self-defense. You can’t talk nonsense; you’d be legally responsible."

Lena: ¿

"Okay... okay then,"

Lena felt utterly dazed, the child’s way of doing things seemed different from what she had expected; she looked at He Ao, "So how do you plan to lure that guy out? He’s probably quite cunning and won’t come out easily."

"He’ll come out,"

He Ao put down the disc in his hands and looked deeper into the room, "Tell him that you know the whereabouts of the triangular wooden plaque with the eye engraved on it."