No matter how many times he came, Ackerman was very uncomfortable with the environment of the Truth Society.
In the life of hunters, there are only iron and blood, fighting, beastly, chaos, and madness. They are a group of beasts in human skins.
In the state of beastification, even the human form cannot be maintained, and only the innermost core called "human" is retained.
And their lives are often more direct and brutal.
This is almost the exact opposite of the worship of knowledge and the truth of reason.
This office is located on the upper floor of the overall building of the headquarters of the Office of the Truth Society.
Clean and uncluttered, with leather and glass in sight, luxuriously decorated, and laid out to the point of rigour, there is not even a single bit of excess.
What bothered Ackerman the most—there was no smell.
No matter how luxurious the decoration is, it can't hide the coldness that is revealed here.
Not just the buildings, but the people in front of them.
To be precise, most of the members of the Truth Society have a very bland and uniform taste.
They live in strict accordance with the timetable stipulated by the standard, and spend every day in the laboratory or classroom, with absolutely no extra activities, and no way to contaminate other flavors.
Living in such an environment for a long time also makes them seem to have merged with the concept of "knowledge" and become a little nihilistic.
Only a cold and persistent taste remained.
"Curiosity" taste.
Ackerman did not disguise himself today, he was no longer the ordinary tired office worker in the bookstore, but a black-clothed hunter with a pale complexion and a gloomy expression.
He looks only about thirty years old, with a thin body and an indifferent expression. Many people say that he is like a bell ringer on the clock tower waiting for the dawn all night, and he has enough patience.
In fact, he does have enough patience when facing prey.
Andrew, the vice president of the Truth Society, sat opposite him. It was rumored that when he was young, he was a genuine outlier among the Truth Society, a playboy who was keen on hunting.
The most famous incident is the elf great sage who secretly fell in love with the Iris family, but in the end he died.
Even if this guy is old, his deep eye sockets and high nose bridge still exude a masculine charm. He is a gentleman in a suit, and his sea blue eyes are definitely charming.
I believe that if he appears in the dance held by the nobles in the central district, he will also be favored by many noble ladies.
Andrew looked at the hunter on the opposite side, and said calmly: "If I remember correctly, just a few days ago, you were very eager to get your own rating to be promoted to Destruction."
His heart was full of surprise, and he didn't know what went wrong.
After only three or four days, the hunter who had accepted the bounty and was full of ambition turned around and chose to give up the mission...
He believed that Ackerman at the time was indeed full of determination on this matter, and he took action quickly.
But this amount of time is only enough for the most basic investigation, right
According to what they knew, Ackerman had already made the first test - "investigated a few times around the bookstore and entered the bookstore".
What's more, the backup ether monitor that has been enabled has not captured large-scale ether fluctuations.
No, let alone fluctuations, not even the slightest ripple.
And even from the perspective of personal perception, the bookstore is calm, and it doesn't look like conflict and friction have occurred at all.
That is to say... Although it is inconceivable, the hunter on the opposite side may have chosen to give up before he even started to act.
What exactly is going on
It's impossible... He just entered the bookstore and chatted with the bookstore owner for a while. The bookstore owner just used words to make him lose his fighting spirit, right
This is ridiculous too!
Andrew made the most reasonable consideration with his rational thinking, and felt that there must be other unknown factors.
Ackerman nodded, acknowledging it: "Yes, I was really desperate for ratings back then."
Andrew frowned and said as gently as possible: "Then why did you choose to give up now? Wilde is the easiest of all the current Destruction-level bounties... I mean, if you refer to the overall difficulty of the task, it should be the easiest one."
He added: "And his own reward is quite high, and you were very determined to win it at that time..."
Ackerman looked at him and interrupted in a bad tone: "Vice President Andrew, I think the Truth Society shouldn't even ask why it gave up the mission? After all, for you, it doesn't matter. It is necessary, and there is no such provision.”
"You—seem to be in a hurry."
"..." Andrew smiled: "That's right, but, for the safety of Nuojin area - you should have heard that Nuojin has not been calm recently - we very much hope that someone can help solve this hidden danger. "
Although he used a Destruction-level hunter, he used his own will without the other party's knowledge to make him the pioneer of the truth will test the I-level area.
But... Now that the other party gave up directly, the situation became a little embarrassing.
The initiative is in the hands of the other party, and now he wants to persuade the other party to change his mind, it seems that he has no purpose.
I can only suppress the irritability in my heart and try my best to make the words come back.
"Then I'm sorry, I have no interest in maintaining law and order, it's purely my personal reasons."
Ackerman said slowly: "I think Mr. Andrew should be very clear about my information, or in other words, you should be very clear about the group of hunters, we only chase valuable prey, which is absolute egoism The beast is the best at seeking advantage and avoiding disadvantage, isn't it?"
He is far more keen than Andrew imagined. Although the life of a hunter is full of killing, it is not just killing.
What's more, he is a master of disguise himself.
If it was originally speculation that the truth would use him, the owner of the bookstore was too powerful, then Andrew's attitude, despite his well-concealed but still very wrong attitude, was a solid hammer.
Ackerman sneered in his heart.
He wanted to build his own organization of hunters, and in a way, would be the enemy of the Society of Truth.
These arrogant guys don't seem to know how powerful the bookstore owner is, and the bookstore owner seems to be very willing to wait and see, so let them be so in the dark.
Andrew's heart skipped a beat, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages? Who is the harm
He always felt that Ackerman was not referring to Wilde, but something else.
And since they're not the bookstore owners, they can only tell the truth... Could he have noticed something
But it doesn't make sense. Just a trip to the bookstore completely changed my attitude...
Wait, bookstore
Did Ackerman know something from the bookstore owner? In this way, there is indeed the possibility of a short-term verbal reversal.
He doesn't need to win over, he just needs to provoke.
But now he is full of doubts and can't continue to ask, he can only take a deep breath and keep an elegant smile in the face of cynicism: "Since you insist on doing this, I will not persuade more, in addition - you accept the news of the reward, because it is to be used as evaluation evidence, So it is public, and the news of giving up now will also be public, do you have any comments?"
Do you want to threaten him with fame
Oh, as everyone knows, in a scattered group like hunters, it is much better to have a bad reputation than no reputation.
He had been unknown when he was a panic-level hunter before, and now if he wants to integrate hunters, he needs a way to spread himself—
The truth will be very helpful.
Ackerman was so heartbroken that he almost laughed out loud. He pretended to look ugly and stood up. He gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I have no opinion."
Then he strode out of the office with a gust of wind.
Andrew stayed where he was, and the smile faded away.
He looked at the empty office, frowning more and more tightly.
After a long time, I finally took out the communication device and dialed the number of the Secret Service Tower Intelligence Section.
If the bookstore owner did not only see that it was their use and temptation, but also provoked Ackerman to give up the task directly, then in the end, he still helped Wilde.
If he is really friendly and "blindly" helpful as mentioned in the previous materials, he should directly help Ackerman to complete the task.
Instead of this, not only did it fail to help him, but it even cost him his own reputation—a consequence that can definitely be predicted according to the power of the bookstore owner.
This has to make people wonder whether the bookstore owner's position is biased towards Wilde.
"Hey?"
The voice who answered the call was not Joseph, but Andrew had the impression that it was Joseph's disciple, a knight named Claude.
He seemed to glance at the notes and the like: "Oh, the Truth Society, President Andrew, do you need anything?"
Andrew whispered, "Where's Joseph?"
"The teacher has taken leave to go home. If you have anything to tell me, I will take over the intelligence department for the time being."
"The most complete file of the I-level area of No. 113 so far, do you have it?"
"Ah, what a coincidence, this file has just been updated, but, ahem... You know, the newer the intelligence, the more valuable it is..."
There was still a hint of guilt on Claude's face.
To open up new channels for funding like the teacher did, he couldn't do it yet.
Andrew seemed to be used to it and said without hesitation, "How much?"
How many times has this been tricked by the teacher!
Claude was stunned and continued in a hurry: "Uh, wait..."
He took out the "price list" prepared by Joseph, but suddenly there was a beep on the computer next to him. Claude turned his head and found that it was the message sent by Joseph.
"Convert File No. 113 to the preservation level, the previous price list will be invalid, and do not sell it."
"Feel sorry-"
Claude looked back: "Mr. Andrew, this file is not for sale."