Chapter: The Seventh Unit? Impossible, that’s just an intelligence and cleanup unit. Since they dared to kill a councilor, the empire would naturally dispatch its strongest mystical unit—the Execution Agency.
As the leader of the Execution Agency, Su Xiao was summoned by Harold without delay, even though he was in the middle of handling matters related to the Eye Chamber.
Perhaps, in the eyes of that contractor lurking in the shadows, Su Xiao would be bogged down by the councilor’s assassination case. Or so they thought.
However, Harold was no deadweight teammate. He immediately separated Su Xiao from the councilor assassination case, taking the matter onto himself while granting Su Xiao significant authority, handing over that key.
The meaning was clear: Kukulin, go deal with the Eye Chamber and the Ghost Ring. That’s entirely your domain. The power to act first and report later is only a minor privilege; that key is the real authority. In other words, Su Xiao could now access certain things in the basement of the Execution Agency headquarters—things that were extremely powerful and equally dangerous. Of course, the deepest-sealed item must never be released.
With a teammate like Harold, whose intelligence was not just online but blazing fiercely, Su Xiao’s pressure was greatly reduced. But this couldn’t offset one disadvantage: he was the second to complete the first ring of the promotion mission.
The earlier one completes the first ring of the promotion mission, the higher the intelligence and rewards obtained. Su Xiao’s acquired intelligence concerned the Eye Chamber, while the first-place reward remained unknown.
What was certain was that the contractor hiding in the shadows had switched factions, from the empire’s side to the Ghost Ring. Perhaps that was why they completed the first ring of the promotion mission at lightning speed.
Su Xiao had previously considered that during the promotion mission, he might come into conflict with other contractors. This was the style of Reincarnation Paradise’s missions: the strong advance, the weak perish.
Though brutal, compared to the second-rank promotion assessment, this method was far more acceptable. The second-rank promotion mission was a battle royale—air-dropping all contractors onto a massive island for survival, free-for-all combat, treasure hunting, and sieges by local native forces.
Now, the contractors were pitted against each other in terms of combat prowess, intelligence, and initiative. Only the victor could advance. As for forced execution upon mission failure, it was unnecessary; failure meant death, without Reincarnation Paradise needing to intervene.
Walking along the central district streets, Su Xiao faced a choice: deal with the unknown contractor first, or search for the Eye Chamber.
After much deliberation, Su Xiao decided to search for the Eye Chamber first. When he found the first Eye Chamber, the other party reacted like someone poked with a shovel in a sensitive spot, immediately coming out to kill the councilor.
If Su Xiao found five or more Eye Chambers, how would the other party react? Moreover, Su Xiao couldn’t figure out one thing: why didn’t the other party use physical means to destroy him? Killing him would likely be more effective than killing the councilor, right? Or perhaps, they were aware of his combat strength?
Furthermore, initially, the other party tried to bribe him off with 800,000 Paradise Coins. Someone who would do that hardly seemed capable of planning a councilor’s assassination without leaving a trace.
This led Su Xiao to speculate: could there be two contractors hiding in the shadows? One could summon “ghosts” and tried to bribe him with benefits? Or was this another layer of a trap?
As for the other, they were far more cunning—no negotiations, no trace, directly killing the councilor to hinder Su Xiao’s actions. If Harold had been cowardly and ruthless enough, Su Xiao would indeed face significant obstacles.
Unknown Contractor 1: abilities related to ghosts, fond of scheming, but not terrifyingly intelligent—a junior-level old yinbi, with decent combat power.
Unknown Contractor 2: a super-level old yinbi, everything else unknown.
As for the Ghost Ring leader, Sin, they were likely cooperating with these two contractors.
Having deduced this, Su Xiao had already walked to the front of the Execution Agency headquarters. Gus, Hank, and Reinhardt were waiting there in advance.
Without a word, Su Xiao led the three inside. As soon as he entered the main gate, he saw Lady Nancy approaching.
They passed each other, and a key appeared in Su Xiao’s hand.
[Tip: The Hunter has assembled the ‘Execution Agency Headquarters Basement Key.’]
With three keys in hand, Su Xiao entered an office on the fifth floor of the Execution Agency—Lady Nancy’s office.
A faint, pleasant fragrance lingered in the office. A mechanical whirring sound came, and with a rumble, the inner wall of the office slid open, revealing a steel-structured elevator. This elevator was the only passage to the basement. Su Xiao planned to enter there and retrieve some items.