Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 879 - 111: The Farmer and the Snake (Part 2)

"Someone actually managed to come out alive from Giant Hill," Ya Qiaoxi murmured, "It’s really unimaginable."

"Maybe she has some kind of trump card to save her life?" Candle Dragon said, "Shouldn’t you know the people of the Thorn Rose better than us?"

"What the hell do I know... I don’t even want to deal with this group of lunatics," Ya Qiaoxi said disdainfully.

"Since she’s appearing here and not in front of Nanhua Town, it means she’s also received news of the sky-high bounty," Candle Dragon said, "But in her current state, whether she can even make it to us is still a question... Is she planning to drag that body to participate in the hunt for the bizarre creatures?"

"There are more members of Thorn Rose than just this batch of people," Ya Qiaoxi glanced at Candle Dragon, "She doesn’t need to participate in the action. Just by staying near us, she can help Thorn Rose obtain firsthand accurate information... Besides, she has nowhere else to go other than finding us."

"Sun Hang, do we need to assist her?" Candle Dragon asked, "Judging by her condition, she might not last long."

Sun Hang didn’t have a chance to speak before Suyue, far off, suddenly collapsed to the ground, motionless.

Sun Hang thought for a moment, took a first aid kit out of his backpack, and handed the half-drunk bottle of water to Ya Qiaoxi: "I’ll leave this to you."

Suyue had just seen them, and Sun Hang saw the change in her expression clearly. Although her physical strength was seriously depleted, she wasn’t completely exhausted—it was obvious that her collapse was a performance for Sun Hang and them to see.

She was trying to elicit their sympathy... If Sun Hang and the others didn’t want to offer aid, even if she could barely make it to the edge of the collapsed area, it would be hard to hold on until her Thorn Rose comrades arrived.

Ya Qiaoxi gave Sun Hang a somewhat exasperated eye roll, took the first aid kit and half bottle of water, and walked toward Suyue.

...

Twenty minutes later.

The "comatose" Suyue finally slowly awoke. She glanced at Ya Qiaoxi, then at Sun Hang and Candle Dragon, and said with a very sincere tone, "Thank... thank you... This kindness, Thorn Rose... no, I will certainly in the future..."

"Don’t make verbal promises; I’m not expecting anything in return from you or your organization," Sun Hang jumped down from the boulder he was squatting on, walked up to her, and looked down at the scantily-clad woman lying on the ground, asking, "Why don’t you tell us how you managed to escape alive from Giant Hill."

"Our vehicle was wrecked, and everyone in it died except for me... I was also seriously injured; both my arm and fingers were broken at that time," Suyue said, "Perhaps because a human target is less conspicuous compared to a vehicle, those giants focused all their attention on the vehicles, and I sneaked out..."

"You’re lying," Sun Hang said indifferently, "No matter how fast you run on two legs, you can’t be faster than a car. Those giants could have turned around to crush you after dealing with the remaining vehicles. Furthermore, it’s a desert terrain, your running speed would have been severely impacted..."

As he spoke, Sun Hang suddenly picked up Suyue’s discarded tactical boots and shook them a few times.

Only a few sparse grains of sand fell out of the boots.

"And you didn’t run out of the desert in these boots... You wouldn’t tell me you escaped the giant’s pursuit in high heels in the desert, right?"

"The, the crash site was already very close to the exit of Giant Hill... so, so that’s why..." Suyue’s eyes began to evade.

"I suggest you tell the truth," Sun Hang said, "Anyway, Thorn Rose’s reputation is already bad, and I’m not interested in what you did; I’m simply curious why you were the only survivor."

Sun Hang had considered directly reading Suyue’s thoughts, but since Suyue was an infected individual, she would be aware if Sun Hang tried to read her mind. If Sun Hang wanted to avoid exposing his mind reading ability, the only option would be to kill her.

It’s nothing significant anyway; if he could directly ask her, there was no need to use mind reading.

"Alright... actually, I was rescued by another group of Hunters," Suyue sighed and said, "They drove me, wounded, out of Giant Hill."

"And then?"

"After being safe, those two male Hunters wanted to violate me, so I had to..."

"You killed them?" Sun Hang asked.

Suyue nodded.

"What did you use to kill them?"

"The pistol I hid in my bag."

"This seems to indicate they weren’t attempting to force themselves on you, but you had already agreed to something beforehand... If they were going to use force, you would surely resist, and they couldn’t have been completely unprepared. Two against one, especially two adult men against an injured woman, you might have had a chance to kill the first, but definitely not the second. You must have shot them when they were completely off guard," Sun Hang analyzed.

Sun Hang suddenly felt that if this moment was accompanied by the famous Detective Conan BGMs often used when uncovering motives, it would be perfect.

"I... I..." Suyue was at a loss for words.

"It was probably when you asked them for help, you made promises you couldn’t possibly keep," Sun Hang said, "Then after regaining safety, you didn’t want to fulfill those promises, so you found an opportunity to kill them both. Besides, I don’t think these two guys, having narrowly escaped death, would suddenly have such desires. Considering you weren’t driving but chose to walk, I boldly guess that the vehicle broke down, and when they were repairing it, you shot them from behind?"

"...Yes," Suyue nodded.

"These boots too are stripped off from those two unfortunates, right?"

"Yes."

"Tsk... a real-life farmer and a snake scenario," Sun Hang said, smacking his lips, "What did you initially promise them?"

"Everything," Suyue whispered.

"I guess they were just too greedy," Ya Qiaoxi said coldly, "If they hadn’t tried to save you, they wouldn’t end up being tricked by a woman they rescued right after escaping from Giant Hill... but in the end, those two got what they deserved."

"Deserved is a bit much... at least they were trying to save someone," Candle Dragon said, unable to watch anymore, "Maybe they weren’t after some reward but had a glimmer of genuine kindness?"

"No, when I said deserved, I meant for trusting a woman from Thorn Rose," Ya Qiaoxi picked up Suyue’s bag, found the pistol, along with two folding short knives, and threw them all into the car’s trunk.

"Need to cuff her?" Ya Qiaoxi looked at Sun Hang and the others.

"No need, you’ve confiscated her weapons, and she’s also seriously injured," Sun Hang said.

"Aren’t you worried about becoming the second farmer bitten by the snake?" Ya Qiaoxi said irritably.

"If she has that kind of ability," Sun Hang glanced at the pale Suyue.

In a place unnoticed by everyone else, a small piece of mycelium crawled onto Suyue’s body like a worm, sticking to her lower back.

"By the way, just received a message," Candle Dragon suddenly said, "Over in Liangzhu, a train incident happened."

"What?"

"An illegal infected person lost control in a carriage full of Hunters, impacting 27 Hunters, 16 mercenaries, and 19 related persons in the entire carriage, leaving only four survivors."

"Is this... related to us?"

"To some extent... these people were originally supposed to join this operation."