Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 412 - 50: The Red-Haired Witch

Jiang Yu briefly told the red-haired witch about the inner world and the surface world, and to Jiang Yu’s surprise, even though he only mentioned it briefly, the other party immediately understood what he meant.

"I get it... By the way, you’re not the one who noticed the inner world, it’s this little brother next to you?" The red-haired witch cast her gaze on Ling Xiao, then squinted slightly, "You’re not a Hunter?"

"No."

"But the gun hanging around your neck is a tool-type mysterious object... a piece of Deceitful Equipment? Are you a qualified possessor?" the red-haired witch asked.

Ling Xiao shook his head.

Sun Hang had said that the secret of the ’Godslaying Spear’ should not be disclosed to anyone, so Ling Xiao naturally wouldn’t say a word to others.

"So it’s a ’mysterious object tool’ temporarily borrowed due to mission requirements?" the red-haired witch asked again, "Can you tell me the name and ability of this gun... I can vaguely feel a slight threat from this thing."

Ling Xiao still shook his head.

"Alright, it seems this thing must involve some confidential information, so I won’t ask anymore." The red-haired witch was quite open-minded, "But can you let me down first... Although I don’t reject pain, I even somewhat enjoy it, the taste of losing freedom is quite unpleasant."

"I’ll let you down immediately!" Jiang Yu said, then drew his bow and arrow, instantly shooting and cutting the iron chains that were suspending the red-haired witch.

The latter fell heavily to the ground, uttering a sound that was hard to tell if it was painful or pleasurable.

"Are you alright?" Jiang Yu put away his short bow and asked worriedly.

"I’m fine, I’m fine." The red-haired witch waved her hand, "Nice archery, these iron chains have also been transformed by that thing, somewhat considered a tool-type mysterious object. I’ve struggled for quite a while but couldn’t break free, yet you managed to shoot it down so easily... Is this bow and arrow your special ability?"

"Sort of..." Jiang Yu nodded, "I practiced archery even before becoming a Hunter."

The red-haired witch stood up, pulling the remaining iron chains from her body while grimacing and making a "hissing" sound.

"It... it hurts a lot, right?" Jiang Yu looked at the flesh and blood stuck to the iron chains and felt a shudder run through him.

It was as if the torn flesh was his own.

"Actually, it’s not so bad... Once you get used to it, pain stops being pain and becomes pleasure instead." The red-haired witch gave Jiang Yu a slightly perverse smile, "Hehe, as long as you live long enough, you’ll eventually feel this way too."

"..." Jiang Yu instinctively took a half-step back, swallowing lightly.

"What attacked you?" Ling Xiao suddenly asked.

"I didn’t see it; I was ambushed. I was outside the factory checking traces when everything went black, and when I came to, I was hanging here," the red-haired witch said, "I also don’t know why that thing didn’t kill me... Maybe it plans to keep me as a reserve snack?"

"Reserve snack? Does that mean it might come back?" Jiang Yu was shocked, instinctively tightening his grip on the short bow in his hand.

"Who knows, maybe it’s lurking close by, using me as bait to lure and kill more people." The red-haired witch shrugged, tearing a small piece of flesh from her wound and casually throwing it into her mouth, "For all we know, we’re already in its trap."

"Ah?" Jiang Yu was shocked, "Then... what do we do now?"

"Pfft... I’m just scaring you." The red-haired witch couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter, "If it were really a trap, you’d be dead by now... We’ve been chatting for so long, and that thing hasn’t appeared, it’s most likely already gone."

"But... but what if... it really comes back..."

"That would be best." The red-haired witch rubbed her slightly numb wrist, a flash of anger in her eyes, "I’d love for it to appear in front of me right now."

"Can you beat it?" Jiang Yu asked.

"Whether I can or not, I have to try to find out," the red-haired witch said, "Maybe it chose to ambush because it can’t beat me."

"..." Jiang Yu pursed his lips, unsure what to say for a moment.

"By the way, what should I call you two?" the red-haired witch asked.

"My name is Jiang Yu, I’m a registered Hunter from Celestial City. He’s Ling Xiao, an agent from the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute’s Field Operations Department," Jiang Yu introduced.

"Real names? Not codenames?" the red-haired witch seemed slightly surprised.

"We’ve just joined... we haven’t thought of codenames yet," Jiang Yu replied.

"Alright... so don’t call me ’red-haired witch’ either, just call me Lilith," the red-haired witch, ’Lilith,’ said.

"Lilith? Is that your name?" Jiang Yu sized up the other party. From the hair color, facial shape, and green emerald-like eyes, the red-haired witch seemed to be of mixed race, but Jiang Yu couldn’t tell which races she was mixed with.

"It’s a name I gave myself... but the name on my ID card was also changed to Lilith long ago, so you can consider it my real name," Lilith said.

"Oh..."

"Speaking of which, Ling Xiao, you’re not of age yet, are you?" Lilith looked at Ling Xiao, "I know the situation in Shuzhou is tense, but they wouldn’t recruit minors, right?"

"I’m a reserve agent, currently in training," Ling Xiao said.

"Reserve, huh... By the way, have you ever been to Chunming City?" Lilith asked again.

"No."

"If you have the chance, I suggest visiting the headquarters at Dubhe Tower in Chunming City. Inside Dubhe Tower, there’s a lesser-known department called the ’Abnormal Ability Management Department,’ and the people there would probably be interested in you," Lilith said.

"Abnormal Ability Management Department?"

"You’re not a Hunter, nor are you infected, so haven’t you ever wondered where your exceptionally sensitive perception of space and time comes from? Even among Hunters, this kind of ability is very rare," Lilith explained.

"Abnormal abilities... just like it sounds? Is it what I think it is?" Jiang Yu couldn’t help asking from the side.

"It’s just as it sounds." Lilith walked up close to Ling Xiao, scanning him from head to toe with her gaze, "You’re not the only one who can attain extraordinary abilities without being infected by the mimetic DNA of mysterious objects. Some humans, though not infected, can also possess similar abilities... Some are innate, some awaken later, but no matter which kind, we collectively refer to them as those with abnormal abilities. I think you might be one of them."

[P.S. There should be another update later.]