Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 491 - 92: A Purely Professional Relationship (Part 2)

Chapter 491: Chapter 92: A Purely Professional Relationship (Part 2)

"Were you nearsighted before? Did you get laser surgery? I see you usually wear non-prescription glasses."

Sun Hang tried to steer the conversation away, but he failed this time.

"Later on, we met more people, saw a bigger world... It was then I realized that even such a brilliant sister wasn’t all that outstanding among a group of geniuses... As for me..."

Yang Lian trailed off here, a hint of sobbing seemed to creep into her voice.

"That’s reality, isn’t it? Otherwise, why would they say there’s always someone better out there?" Sun Hang wanted to reach out and pat her shoulder, but Yang Lian suddenly hugged him around the waist, burying her head in the crook of his neck.

"I’ve competed with my sister all my life, and I don’t want to compete anymore..." Yang Lian murmured softly, "But this last time, I should be the one who wins..."

"What did you win?"

"I want to get you before she does!" Yang Lian seemed like a different person, "Haven’t you always wanted a harem? I’ll fulfill that for you, you can do whatever you want!"

"Little sis, have you been possessed by something?" Sun Hang maintained his composure, "This doesn’t seem like your usual self."

"I’m tired, I’m really tired." Yang Lian’s body suddenly lost all its strength, collapsing softly onto the bed, facing up, with crystalline tears slowly sliding down from the corners of her eyes.

"I once read a saying, ’people’s breakdowns often happen in an instant’... Now I realize how true that is." Yang Lian whispered.

"Is it because your work pressure is too high?"

"If the ’Pesticide Plan’ fails, we’ll all die, won’t we?" Yang Lian said.

"Not necessarily." Sun Hang shook his head, "It doesn’t necessarily fail, and even if it fails, we won’t necessarily die."

"The Federation hasn’t arranged any evacuation plan at all, and both you and I know it... We have no retreat, no one in the entire Tianfu City has a retreat." Yang Lian said, "Don’t refute me for now, I know with your capabilities, even if the plan fails, you can still leave Shuzhou alive... But we’re different, especially my sister... she’s gambling, and the bet she placed on the scale is the life of every person in Shuzhou. If the plan fails, even if she has a chance to barely survive, I don’t think she would..."

Sun Hang quietly looked at the woman collapsing on the bed, saying nothing.

What she needed now wasn’t communication, but a listener.

"Have you ever done anything you regret?" Yang Lian suddenly asked.

"I’ve done a lot," she answered her own question, "I’ve signed more than one contract like yours... Sometimes, I feel like those people deserved it; and sometimes, I feel like they were just dust crushed by this cruel world... and I merely nudged the wheel that happened to roll over them."

"When I sleep, when I close my eyes, the events I’ve experienced in my life flash through my mind like slides, just like a revolving lantern before death... Sometimes I’ll have nightmares, dreaming of my hands covered in blood, my body soaked in thick blood plasma, the smell of blood so strong it nearly suffocates me."

Sun Hang really wanted to say, "Maybe it’s just a side leak from your period," but the words turned into, "Maybe you’re just under too much pressure, in this line of work, there are people with hands dirtier than yours."

"Damn, I really am a natural-born nice guy," Sun Hang couldn’t help but add another snarky comment to himself.

"I know many of them will die, I don’t want to send them to their deaths... But that is my job, I must complete it... And it’s their job too, even if they don’t do it, someone else eventually will." Yang Lian began to sob quietly, "Everyone will die... Everyone will die..."

"Yeah, everyone will die." Sun Hang nodded, "I’ll choose to die of old age."

"I don’t know how long I can live, maybe, this month’s time will be the end of my life... So, I don’t want to leave any regrets." Yang Lian said, "At the very least, I don’t want to be mocked by you as an old virgin after I die."

"If you die, you won’t be an old virgin, you’ll be a dead virgin." Sun Hang couldn’t help but quip.

"That dream... You actually knew about it, right?" Yang Lian’s voice started to tremble.

"Uh, if you’re talking about that dream... it’s indeed related to me..."

"Before I die, I really want to experience that feeling, that real feeling... But I don’t want to randomly find someone... better to have you than someone else, at least you’re more familiar."

"But, haven’t you thought about the possibility that I might not be interested in you at all?" Sun Hang’s tone instantly turned cold, "Miss Yang Lian, I’m not that easy-going."

Yang Lian was momentarily stunned.

But in the next second, Sun Hang’s indifference turned into a mischievous grin: "But, you know, when I do let loose, I’m not human anymore."

"W-wait—"

...

...

The next day, at 10 a.m.

Sun Hang glanced at Yang Lian, who was either sleeping or unconscious beside him, and rubbed his forehead with a bit of frustration.

He slightly underestimated the difference in physical endurance between ordinary people and Wang Xiyi.

This girl Yang Lian kept saying everyone would die in a month, but her own death nearly got moved up to last night.

The key issue is, it seems like she really doesn’t want to live, even when her body was on the brink, she kept making demands... as if she truly wanted Sun Hang to kill her.

Fortunately, her vital signs were still stable now, and the injuries on her body were healed after Sun Hang transferred some life force to her.

As for her emotional trauma... that’s hard to say.

But being able to vent is good, better than holding it all in until she explodes.

Sun Hang picked up Yang Lian’s phone to notify her workplace she’d be absent, then he got dressed and stepped out, only to see Shinkata Misaki sitting on the sofa in the living room downstairs, and their eyes met instantly.

"Ha, a purely professional relationship, right?" Shinkata Misaki said.

"Yeah, it’s really pure." Sun Hang deflected the verbal jab with a face thick as a brick wall and then nonchalantly retrieved a carton of milk from the fridge.

"That much noise, anyone not in the know would’ve thought the upstairs was under renovation." Shinkata Misaki continued the assault.

"The more noise, doesn’t it mean better performance?" Sun Hang countered, "That’s a good thing."

"By the way... was that part of her ’job description’?" Shinkata Misaki turned around, leaning her whole body on the armrest of the sofa, and whispered.

"Job description?"

"Technically speaking, it’s against the rules, but in Chunming City, those top-ranking Hunters, even if it’s for some exaggerated reasons, the Federation Government and Dubhe Tower will cater to them... and that includes women." Shinkata Misaki said.

"No, she’s an employee at the Anomaly Investigation Bureau, temporarily assigned to the Mysterious Creature Research Institute, and her sister is my direct supervisor." Sun Hang said.

"Sisters... Tsk, you’re quite something, huh." Shinkata Misaki clicked her tongue, "Though I’ve seen more perverted ones, want to hear?"

"No."

"Actually, this kind of thing is normal, many women end up with men they don’t like for money, power, or vanity... if I had to sleep with those potbellied old men, I’d choose you; at least you’re young and not bad-looking." Shinkata Misaki said, "The only downside is that being a Hunter’s woman may have a higher danger factor, it’s a life-risking gig."

"...I think you might have misunderstood something." Sun Hang rolled his eyes at him and inserted a straw into the milk carton.