Chapter 162 : Star Investigator
Chapter 162: Star Investigator
"Fine, I guess..."
Seeing how serious Miss Ai was, Han Su suppressed all the dissatisfaction in his heart.
How could he ever doubt Miss Ai's professional competence?
After working together for so long, he had always trusted her fairness, impartiality, and professionalism to the utmost...
Without rushing to check the second task, he first felt his own mental activity, and was immediately stunned:
40%!
Just catching a single fish had increased his mental activity by 4%?
Thinking back to how his value had barely moved after the initial activation, he couldn't help but marvel at how absurd the difference between a decade-long and a two-hundred-year scale truly was...
Then he checked the second task:
【B-Level Task: Proceed to Wutong Garden Residential Area to assist in the capture of a high-danger-level mysterious organization infiltrator.】
Good, another difficult B-Level task.
Han Su rushed to the scene and, with barely any effort, assisted the Disaster Management Bureau base's armed personnel in flushing out a hidden member of the mysterious organization. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a member of the Crystal Skull Organization.
This person was no slouch—nearly half of his skeleton had already crystallized. He possessed hypnosis, enhanced physical strength, and sensory cognition beyond that of normal humans.
Even under the barrage of firepower from the execution members, the man still tried to scale the wall and flee. Han Su, together with Hei Hu, cut him off in advance.
As the enemy launched a counterattack, Han Su deployed the Cross-Shaped Bronze Hand, grabbed the man's crystallized arm bone in one move, and with a slight force, crushed the bone with five fingers. He then activated his mental activity and resisted the pollution from the crystal light emanating from the enemy's eyes.
This time, his mental activity reacted differently.
He'd previously been spiritually invaded by a Crystal Skull member. That time, the invasion had succeeded in an instant, and it was only thanks to a bizarre spiritual corridor that he managed to counterattack and defeat the opponent.
This time, although the opponent's mental activity was still noticeably higher than his own, to successfully pollute him would require complete suppression of his mental activity.
By the clock, he was able to hold on for more than ten seconds.
In the middle of a fierce battle, even a few seconds mattered. Hei Hu seized the opportunity—an iron elbow strike smashed the enemy to the ground. The doctor hiding behind the wall fired a black bullet at him as well.
Looking at the fallen Crystal Skull member, Han Su felt a rare sense of satisfaction.
He faintly sensed that just this skirmish with a desperate opponent had pushed his mental activity even further.
Glancing at Hei Hu beside him, Han Su felt deeply gratified.
Hei Hu was no longer the same as before. He had not only received Zero Sequence Spell No. 2, 『Respond to My Limbs』, but also privately learned No. 8, 『Devil’s Kiss』, and No. 9, 『The Staircase into the Abyss』 from Han Su. His overall power had become highly complete.
With such an innate warrior's physique, reinforced by encrypted spells, the overall effect...
If he had to describe it, Han Su thought that even the three D7s who had ambushed him previously—when using only Zero Sequence abilities—were no match for Hei Hu.
Someone who had been on the battlefield and survived a headshot was bound to be different.
As for the doctor, Han Su hadn't short-changed him either—he had privately taught him Spell No. 6, 『All Things Obey My Will』, and No. 7, 『Becoming the Night Itself』. More importantly, he had shown him several other spells, allowing him to choose and digest them freely.
The captured Crystal Skull member, who had been shouting things like, "You dare offend the Crystal Skull? The gods will rain wrath upon you!" and "That monster will bring catastrophe to Qinggang!", was taken away, and Han Su couldn’t help but feel a bit curious.
The Crystal Skull was a deeply rooted and well-hidden mysterious organization in Qinggang. So why did they now sound like they had been driven into a corner?
And the "monster" they spoke of—was that referring to some abnormal figure in the Disaster Management Bureau?
There was no time to ponder—Miss Ai, who now seemed just as excited, had already sent a new mission.
"Still going?"
Han Su glanced at Hei Hu, who had just taken action and hadn’t even finished warming up. Steeling his resolve, he decided to continue.
Thus, he accepted another task:
【B+ Level Anomaly: Giant Infant Incident】
He arrived at the scene—an obstetrics and gynecology hospital in the southern district. The entire facility had already been locked down. The medical staff evacuated by the execution team all wore horrified expressions.
Han Su revealed his identity and, with the doctor and Hei Hu, entered the hospital. He discovered that the source of the anomaly was a baby born from a mother who was a secret follower, which had triggered a spiritual contamination crisis.
When he saw the baby, it had already grown over three meters tall.
Sitting on the ground, it babbled while stuffing every living creature it could reach into its mouth.
The mission objective was to seal its abnormally active spiritual traits, revert it to normal, and complete containment.
The difficulty lay in withstanding the contamination of its terrifying cries while traversing a 300-meter stretch and soothing it without harm.
Understanding the Bureau’s expectations, Han Su didn’t even use his electric baton. He walked forward, braving the crying. At one point, his spiritual power was so affected he almost sat down to grab a toy, but he endured and expelled the contamination.
When he finally emerged from the hospital, carrying the now-normal baby, he felt the incredible rise of his mental activity by a full 10% and found it almost unbelievable...
"So it's 57% now?"
No way. Even if tasks increased mental activity, wasn’t this a bit too fast?
Miss Ai quickly sent a message of encouragement:
【I’m so proud of Butcher’s performance!】
【Keep up the good work...】
【...】
【...】
"This is already his third completed task today..."
"And they’re all B-Level!"
Having just accepted his fourth mission, Han Su had no idea about the dumbfounded looks inside the Disaster Management Bureau.
Due to some covert internal discussions, the Bureau had long been brewing a smoke-free struggle.
Its manifestation: a backlog of missions and passive handling.
Qinggang frequently encountered emergency anomalies requiring investigators, and efficiency was key.
Now, temporary cases needing investigator cooperation had been duly dispatched. However, unlike usual, these investigators, due to some clever arrangements, were already preoccupied.
By claiming they were still handling their current assignments, they could refuse new tasks, leaving urgent anomalies in limbo. This would invisibly raise risk and pressure the Bureau.
No one expected that the very first rejected mission would be swiftly completed.
Seeing that it was Han Su who completed it came as no surprise. Most just scoffed and tossed it aside.
This rookie clearly intended to oppose the entire investigative corps.
So naïve, still so green.
But when he also finished the second rejected task, those who enjoyed spectating began to feel a bit surprised.
When the third rejected task showed as completed, numerous investigators were utterly shocked:
"Is this rookie insane? Three B-Level tasks in one day..."
"If he's so capable, does he plan to complete all the tasks none of us want to touch?"
"..."
"..."
Even Han Su was dumbfounded...
He never imagined that Miss Ai—so seemingly honest—could pull something like this.
On the first day, she had recommended sudden assignments—tough but manageable.
Starting from the second day, they were mostly difficult or backlogged tasks. Like the Ghost Truck, these had lingered unsolved due to various complications.
The task types were exceptionally diverse—tracing sources, sealing dangerous items, even supervising high-risk projects or eliminating specific high-danger anomalies...
But they were all too easy for him.
Tracing sources came with full data and analysis right in the mission file.
Forget the doctor—even he could instantly deduce how to handle them.
Sealing dangerous items? It just involved deploying personnel to lock down the area while Han Su went in and retrieved the object himself.
Supervising high-risk operations? He just had to show up, oversee the execution team, and if anything went wrong, he would step in and cover for the others to retreat...
...But nothing ever went wrong.
So during the entire task, he just ate a boxed meal at the intersection.
As for eliminating a highly dangerous anomaly...
...He didn’t even take action—the doctor handled it!
The guy merely reviewed the data, then used Han Su’s name to assign enough personnel and even requested special weapons. With zero casualties, they ground the target down wave by wave.
By the time Han Su arrived, the doctor was handing him the report to sign.
"?"
Han Su was almost touched—at least the guy remembered to have him sign it.
But after completing these tasks, Han Su's worldview began to falter:
This can't be right, can it?
Inside the Disaster Management Bureau, there were all kinds of tasks—some seemed extremely difficult and could cost entire squads their lives if mishandled. But with enough intel, they could be solved in half an hour without injury.
Some just needed an investigator to be present, while the real work was done by the execution or logistics teams.
On the surface, they were all high-level...
So was Miss Ai dumping all the currently easy-to-clear tasks on him?
Some even happened to help increase his mental activity?
"I really underestimated you, Miss Ai..."
After a few days of this, Han Su couldn’t help but reflect:
"And to think I believed you had already hit your limit..."