General Hilliard Hanson reported the cause, process, and outcome of this incident one by one.
This incident was named the Spittel Incident, derived from the ancient writing in the ancient ruins.
Additionally, due to the contributions of King Bradley, Illumi, and others in this incident, through negotiation and discussion between the Hunter Association and the V5 organization, King Bradley's Hunter star rating was announced to be elevated to a two-star Hunter. As for Ginta, his Hunter star rating was also elevated from one star to two stars due to this incident.
As for Botobai Gigant, since he was already a three-star Hunter and could not be promoted further, he, like the others, received a large amount of wealth from the Peguruse government and relaxation of restrictions on certain policies in their respective fields.
As for Biro City, it was completely abandoned by the Peguruse government. However, the Peguruse government planned to build a military base – the Spittel Military Base – on the ruins of the ancient site to prevent the Spittel Incident from happening again, and at the same time, incorporate all areas around the ancient site into a military restricted zone.
The Spittel Incident was publicly announced by the Peguruse government and the V5 organization as an earthquake. It was quickly overshadowed by various international political news, and only the survivors of Biro City and a very small number of people kept it in their hearts.
As for King Bradley, because of his contributions this time, the local Peguruse government additionally allocated a piece of land to King Bradley's company. The location was in the central-western part of Peguruse, the southwestern part of Esmeralda State, and the southern part of Patilrus. It was near a third-tier city called Sgland.
Although the location was a bit more remote compared to Biro City, the local Peguruse government, to show their gratitude, also made the land five times larger than the previous one. After all, these were some uninhabited places.
Illumi and the three others took a flying ship to Sgland City, rented an SUV, and went to inspect the land allocated to them by the local Peguruse government. The local government was quite conscientious and found them a plot of land with relatively beautiful scenery. Funds were in place, and the company quickly entered into a busy construction phase. As for Illumi and the three others, they were temporarily staying in a four-star hotel in Sgland City.
After resting for a day, Illumi, King Bradley, and the other two gathered in the hotel room.
"Contact Ichshompe and ask him about the screening results."
King Bradley opened his laptop and immediately contacted Ichshompe. The other party still appeared as a cartoon character.
"The test is still in progress, but some results have already been achieved."
"Would you like to take a look?"
Ichshompe looked at Illumi. Seeing him nod, the screen flashed, and a world map of the Hunter world appeared.
The Special Talent Project was particularly important for future development.
First, a first-tier city in the western part of the Ozma Federation.
Ozma Federation, Vasilico State, Krstat City.
19:30.
"I'm back."
The door opened with a "click," and Andres entered his home carrying a backpack, softly calling out. His mother came out of the kitchen holding a bowl of soup. Looking like a housewife, she wore an apron, placed the ginger soup on the dining table, and smiled at her son. "You're back."
"How was school today?"
"It was alright."
Andres shrugged, pouted, showing an average expression, changed into his slippers, and walked into the living room, throwing his backpack on the sofa.
"Brother, welcome home~"
A girl with twin ponytails, wearing a middle school uniform, leaped up from behind the sofa, shouting with a smile.
Andres pretended to be startled. He ruffled his sister's hair, smiling dotingly. "Allison, hurry up and wash your hands in the kitchen. Dinner will be ready soon."
His mother helplessly glanced at Allison, calling her to the kitchen to wash her hands and eat dinner. Only three people ate at home. Andres's father was a police officer, a deputy captain. His work was so busy that he didn't have time to eat with his family. Andres had long been accustomed to such dinners with only three people.
After dinner, Andres returned to his room, sat at his desk, looking as if he was about to review his lessons.
"Brother…"
His sister's voice came from outside the door. Then, his sister Allison directly opened the door and peeked in. She tiptoed to Andres's back and began massaging his shoulders.
"What is it?"
Andres didn't even look, his face filled with helplessness.
Allison puffed out her cheeks, looking pitiful, and said sweetly. "Brother, can you accompany me to the Mithril Center this week?"
"Sigh, are you out of money again?"
Andres immediately saw through her little scheme. It was obvious why his sister would want to go shopping with him.
"Hehehe…"
Allison immediately beamed with joy, and her shoulder massage sped up a little.
"Here."
Andres smiled bitterly, took out his wallet, pulled out thirty thousand Jennys, and handed them to his sister.
"Brother is the best to me."
Allison had a bright smile on her face. She cheered, took the Jennys from Andres, and bounced out of the room.
"Bang!"
The door closed, and the room became quiet again.
Andres's smile instantly turned cold, completely different from how he was moments ago. He opened his laptop, skillfully accessed a hidden folder, entered the decryption password, and opened the file. His cold eyes stared at the laptop screen.
There were over a thousand photos in the file. If they were just photos, it wouldn't be a big deal, but the content of these photos was enough to make one feel scared. The person in the photos was a male student in a high school uniform, with an arrogant expression, dyed blond hair, looking like a punk.
The other photos showed the student's daily life: from leaving home in the morning to returning home at night, photos from school classrooms, restrooms, to hanging out in the suburbs and abandoned buildings. He had completely monitored this person.
Andres's face showed a hint of a sinister smile. He flipped through the student's photos one by one, until the last one, then performed a batch operation, deleting all the photos.
Only he knew what this action represented. It meant that the person in the photos was dead.
This was the tenth person he had killed this year, and it hadn't even aroused suspicion from the police.
Andres was a man who appeared amiable on the surface but was actually insane inside. Since last year, he had been secretly carrying out justice, killing those he deemed guilty, one by one. He tracked, monitored, planned, and disguised his actions as accidents. Every one of his murder plans was executed very successfully.
And those police officers who called themselves righteous were all fools, every single one of them. They simply didn't realize or sense that these weren't accidents but homicides orchestrated by him.
Of course, it wasn't entirely the police's fault for being foolish. Because Andres's father was a police officer, he was extremely familiar with police investigation procedures.
The blond student in the photos was a well-known troublemaker in their school. He hung out with unemployed hooligans from outside school, ambushing and robbing his schoolmates and classmates of their pocket money and lunch money. At school, he bullied his classmates and picked on the weak. He even sexually assaulted a female classmate, causing her to become pregnant and miscarry, ruining her reputation and forcing her to transfer schools.
But the school's handling of the matter infuriated him even more. The student was only given a disciplinary warning, and the girl who was assaulted actually forgave him.
The reason for all of this was that his father was a well-known wealthy businessman in society, and one of the school's directors, and he was that wealthy man's illegitimate son.
Therefore, he deserved to die!
Andres took a camera out of his backpack and looked through the photos he had taken. His breathing became rapid, and his eyes were filled with uncontrollable excitement. These were photos he treasured, photos of people right before they died. If exposed, he would be utterly ruined. Despite this, he saved them without hesitation.
"Phew…"
He took a deep breath, calming himself down.
"Next, it's time to find the next target."
Andres felt no remorse in his heart. The people he killed were scum. Since the law couldn't punish them, then he would, on behalf of the law, personally punish these wicked criminals.
"Oh, right, I haven't killed a woman yet."
Andres opened another folder. There were over a dozen photos, both male and female, all people he considered guilty.
"You're the one."
Andres paused the mouse over a blond girl. Her name was Arya. She was dressed fashionably, pretty, and lively. But Andres knew very well that this woman was promiscuous. While simultaneously dating three boys, she also used the money they gave her to date social outcasts like black and white thugs. In private, she also mocked the boys who dated her and spent money on her, calling them idiots and good-for-nothings.
So, she deserved to die too!
Murder was an art, and Andres never associated killing with being crude or brutal. He liked to elevate murder to an act of art, to recognize its beauty. Those who associated killing with evil were merely ignorant humans with shallow understanding.
For this, he privately taught himself many subjects: anatomy, surgery, forensic medicine, and so on, all to elevate the act of murder to the level of art. Andres was no less knowledgeable about human anatomy than any surgeon or physician. Of course, this was far from enough. He also diligently studied geography, physics, chemistry, advanced mathematics, and other subjects. Only by combining these could he complete his acts of murder, thus keeping the police completely at his mercy.
"Ding!"
Suddenly, an email appeared on his laptop without any warning, attracting his attention.
"Who sent me an email?"
Andres moved the mouse over the email, but then sharply raised his arm, his eyes wide. He realized something was wrong. He had two email addresses, and this one had never been revealed to anyone, nor had it left any trace on any website or forum. He shouldn't have received an email.
Could it be spam?
Andres thought of this possibility and felt a slight sense of relief. But he still cautiously moved the mouse. First, he disconnected from the internet, then closed all software, and finally opened the email.
First, there was a section in the universal language of the Hunter world. The general meaning was: Congratulations, you have been selected, standing out from a million people.
He was welcomed to participate in a special test. This test would change his life. If he was willing, please continue by clicking…
"Hmph, trying to act mysterious."
Andres curled his lip in disdain, but still clicked on it. He wanted to see what kind of test it was. After clicking, he found that it was a series of pictures filled with strange runes and some drawings, like random doodles by some artist, incomprehensible. But strangely, Andres was deeply absorbed, unable to pull himself away.
"No!"
Andres suddenly woke up. He sharply slapped his own face twice, turning it red.
"These pictures… they actually made me hallucinate!"
"How is this possible!"
Andres had also taught himself a lot about hypnosis and had even practiced it himself. He knew that some pictures could stimulate the brain and induce hallucinations. That was psychogenic hallucination. But he was different. He had deeply researched this area and had a certain resistance to hypnosis. Moreover, he had only been exposed to these pictures for an instant, less than a second, before falling into hallucination. This was too bizarre.
"Interesting."
Andres's lips curved. This test suddenly sparked his intense curiosity. He connected to the internet and clicked on the web address. The screen flickered, and the laptop screen turned completely black. A cartoon character appeared on the screen. He took out an envelope and slammed it onto his screen with a "bang."
Andres actually felt his laptop vibrate, as if the other party had actually slammed it onto his laptop.
"Welcome to the test. The game is about to begin."
"Are you ready?"
YES or NO.
Andres clicked "yes" without hesitation. He was already here; how could he choose "no"?
"Start quickly, start quickly…"
Andres tapped his legs under the desk excitedly. He was already impatient. For the next ten minutes, he correctly answered question after question, but the difficulty of the questions also increased. Some questions were even so difficult that they required him to answer in ten seconds.
"Reaction time test."
Finally, Andres reached the last question. A grassland appeared on the screen. There were various animals on the grassland: antelopes, leopards, lions, zebras, buffaloes, and other animals. Of course, there were also some smaller animals, such as wild rabbits, bobcats, armadillos, sparrows, and snails. He didn't know why there were sparrows on the grassland.
In the bottom left corner, there were two options: start and end. When the player chose start, many animals would rush out of the grassland. They would have various colors. The screen would prompt the player to choose an animal and a color. After choosing, they would immediately click end.
Andres clicked start.
"Bobcat! Green!"
In a flash, Andres clicked on the target among the rushing animals. His speed was so fast that an ordinary person would not be able to react at all.
"Bang!"
He clicked end and put down the mouse. 0.083 seconds!
Andres looked at the time on the screen, his lips curled up. There was no surprise. He was so outstanding; achieving such a score was only natural.
The screen changed, and a ranking appeared before him.
"What?!"
Andres, who had been full of confidence moments ago, saw this ranking, his expression drastically changing.
There were ten people on the ranking. He was in fifth place. He looked up the ranking, and the person in first place had a score of… 0.058!
This… this can't be a human!
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