Chapter 16: The Immortal Violator
Beini stared at the members of the Blood Gate Adventurers, Bubu Wang tracked the three brothers of Stan, Amu was responsible for Tohsaka Rin's safety, and Su Xiao finally had the time to deal with the violator. This hunting mission was somewhat special.
[Hunting Mission: Eliminate Violator No. 10777.]
Mission Brief: Use any means to eliminate the violator.
Mission Info: This violator is an external invading contractor. Due to the initial regulations, forced execution is not possible.
Mission Duration: Before leaving this derivative world.
Mission Reward: Gold Honor Medal × 7
Mission Penalty: None
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An external invading contractor, literally meaning a contractor who "smuggled" in from another paradise. Due to unknown reasons, they entered Reincarnation Paradise. According to the initial regulations, Reincarnation Paradise could not forcibly execute them, so Su Xiao had to handle the cleanup on its behalf.
Based on the intelligence Su Xiao had gathered over the past few days, this violator was becoming increasingly active. For the first two days, he didn't show his face at all, but on the third day, he made a tentative move, abducting a few female students for amusement before hiding again.
By the fourth day, this guy was getting bolder. If Su Xiao's intelligence was correct, he had captured at least a hundred civilians, regardless of age or gender.
By the fifth day, the guy was running rampant, probably believing there were no hunters in this world.
The violator's actions left Su Xiao puzzled. How could such a noob become a fourth-rank violator? And worth seven Gold Honor Medals?
Su Xiao seriously doubted that even a second-rank violator would act like this, recklessly capturing civilians in a derivative world. It was clear that the guy was cautious at first, but after grabbing a few female students, he grew bold. After that, his targets became indiscriminate, from an 80-year-old man to a little girl a few years old.
If Stan hadn't been holding Su Xiao back, Su Xiao would have already found that violator. Now, it was time.
Su Xiao leaped down from the rooftop, leaving Beini, who was licking her paws. As soon as he landed, he approached a manhole cover, lifted it, and jumped into the sewer, which was filled with a foul stench.
Murky sewage splashed. Su Xiao put on a gas mask and began moving forward according to the underground drainage network on his tablet.
Beep, beep, beep...
An electronic sound came from the tablet. Su Xiao didn't know the violator's exact location, only that he was hiding in the sewers. At least, the last image he got yesterday was of the violator jumping into a manhole.
Based on Fuyuki City's underground drainage network, Su Xiao began moving through the sewers. The drainage network looked dense, but most of it consisted of pipes. Only a dozen or so main channels could accommodate human passage.
As long as the distance between the violator and Su Xiao was less than one kilometer, the tracking function would activate. Given the size of Fuyuki City and the fact that the sewers compressed the search area, as long as the violator hadn't left Fuyuki City, Su Xiao had a high chance of finding him.
[Warning: Tracking function activated.]
[Violator's location locked. Simulated map generating.]
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A virtual three-dimensional map appeared before Su Xiao, with a slowly moving red dot on it—the violator.
With a bang, muddy water splashed under Su Xiao's feet. He disappeared into the sewer in a few steps. Following the markings on the map, he advanced several hundred meters through the sewers, turned six or seven corners, and a figure appeared in the distance.
It was a burly man with broad shoulders and a thick waist. He was carrying two people on his shoulders: one was a thin man with a bloody face, and the other was a girl in a short-skirted school uniform, similar to what Tohsaka Rin wore to school.
Hearing footsteps, the burly man immediately turned to look at Su Xiao. Seeing Su Xiao holding a long blade, he dropped the thin man and the girl from his shoulders and fled straight into the depths of the sewer.
Watching the burly man disappear into the distance, Su Xiao didn't give chase. He felt that the violator was insulting his intelligence.
D·Assassination appeared in Su Xiao's hand, its muzzle aimed at the thin man half-submerged in the sewage.
Pfft, pfft, pfft...
Seven consecutive shots rang out. The thin man, lying in the sewage, staggered repeatedly as bloody holes exploded across his body.
"Almost forgot, you hunters all have tracking abilities. This trick won't work."
The thin man stood up. His wounds healed at an astonishing speed, and his body was no longer thin. In the distance, the burly man who had been fleeing in panic collapsed to the ground and soon lost all signs of life. Although the violator said this, he wasn't actually trying to play dead to escape. He wanted to ambush Su Xiao while Su Xiao chased the burly man.
Sewage dripped down the violator's face. His appearance was ordinary, seemingly in his early twenties, of medium build. He was now sizing up Su Xiao.
"How about we talk? It doesn't have to be hostile."
The violator tore off his tattered shirt and walked slowly toward Su Xiao.
Pfft.
A bullet pierced through the violator's forehead. His head involuntarily tilted back, but in the next moment, his shattered skull rapidly regenerated, and the bloody hole in his forehead quickly smoothed over.
"Looks like we can't talk, huh? But you know, there are tens of thousands of aquatic creatures in this sewage."
Clang.
A blade aura slashed through the violator's throat. Su Xiao simultaneously put away D·Assassination and Dragon-Slaying Flash. The Soul Walker short blade appeared in his hand. Against an enemy with such insane regenerative abilities, Soul Walker was the perfect choice.
The blade aura passed through, and Cyan Steel Shadow energy surged into the violator's neck. The smile on his face faded as the stabbing pain inside his body told him that the light blue energy had already injured him.
The bloodstain on the violator's neck quickly disappeared. He bent down and plunged one hand into the sewage at his feet.
"Grant you life."
As soon as the violator spoke, various types of insects appeared in the sewage. Their sizes had been magnified dozens of times, most of them beetles.
"Sss!"
The insects let out hissing sounds. Conservatively estimated, there were several hundred of them, nearly blocking the sewer. As the violator snapped his fingers, these insects charged at Su Xiao.
"Kill them, go ahead. There are billions of these little things in the sewers. So, I'll take my leave."
The violator muttered softly, waved his hand dismissively at Su Xiao, and maintained a lazy attitude throughout. This wasn't arrogance; this guy simply didn't care whether he lived or died. If he died, so be it. If he could continue living, he wouldn't refuse either. This violator was indifferent to all life, including his own.
Clang!
The blade rang sharply. The violator instinctively turned his head, drawn by the scene before him. Dense, crisscrossing blade auras, at least several hundred of them, appeared, shredding all the insects to pieces.
Slash, slash!
Two cut marks appeared on the violator's neck and waist. Su Xiao had cut him into three pieces. At that moment, Su Xiao was already behind the violator, holding Soul Walker.
"Oh? Can't regenerate anymore."
The violator's head fell into the sewage. His two legs charged at Su Xiao, only to be met by a dozen slashing auras.
"Buddy, you're stronger than any hunter I've encountered before. Looks like you can kill me."
The violator's head spoke. Su Xiao's frown deepened. He still couldn't figure out what this thing was, but it was definitely not human.
"My head's over here. Cut this way..."
Crack. Su Xiao crushed the violator's head under his foot. This guy was a super chatterbox, even more talkative than the Death Omen he had encountered before.