After killing Fukasaku Shinmei, Su Xiao immediately completed the main mission (2), and a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[You have completed the main mission (2): First-Class Investigator, and earned 1 attribute point, 1500 Paradise coins.]
[Main mission (3) has begun.]
Main mission (3): Final Battle.
Difficulty Level: Lv.4
Task Description: Engage in a decisive battle with the ghoul camp and eliminate more than half of their Contractors.
Task Information: Weed out the weak, let the strong survive, Reincarnation Paradise does not nurture Contractors without potential.
Task Deadline: 5 natural days.
Task Reward: Qualification to Return.
Task Penalty: Forced execution.
Main mission (3) is extremely brutal, demanding the elimination of half of the enemy’s Contractors within five days or face certain death.
This is an elimination mechanism; main mission (1) familiarized the Contractors with the Derivative World, main mission (2) tested their combat abilities and rewarded them, and main mission (3) is the selection of survival of the fittest, only the strong can survive.
The prompt from Paradise wasn’t over yet, Su Xiao’s act of killing Fukasaku Shinmei was exposed under the surveillance cameras, and the CCG headquarters would soon find out.
[Warning: Due to the Hunter killing a high-ranking CCG member, you have been expelled from the CCG, and your CCG Contribution Value has been cleared.] Thıs text ıs hosted at 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾·𝗇𝖾𝗍
[Warning: The CCG will dispatch investigators or ghouls to seek revenge, proceed with caution, Hunter.]
The prompt ended, and Su Xiao wasn’t surprised about being expelled from the CCG; he looked towards Arima Kishou.
"Are both the people we’re looking for here?"
Arima Kishou shook his head.
"Uncertain, one of them should be here, the other is in a special situation, whether we can find them is unknown."
After Takatsuki Sen regained freedom, the Shell of Ghoul Speaker appeared.
"I’ll block the investigators, leave the rest to you."
Takatsuki Sen stood in place, waiting for the approaching investigators.
"Bai Ye, find a ghoul named Donayto Prupra, ghouls usually call him Priest."
Su Xiao nodded in agreement and separated from Arima Kishou to check the cells holding the ghouls. By now, alarms were blaring everywhere, and the staff in the surveillance room were in chaos, their director having been killed by an active quasi-special investigator.
Donayto Prupra, a Russian ghoul, once ran a Catholic orphanage, SS-level, most people call him Priest.
In CCG’s records, the Priest is an SS-level ghoul, but in truth, his real power is at the SSS level, making him evenly matched with the manager in a fight.
The Priest consumed the children from the Catholic orphanage, didn’t gather ghouls around him, nor did he attack the CCG, which is why he was classified as SS-level.
The Priest was once the adoptive father of Amon Gangtarou, later, his identity was exposed, he was ’defeated’ and imprisoned in the Ghoul Detention Center.
Finding the Priest and rescuing him, Arima Kishou has reached an agreement with him, so he isn’t worried about the Priest not cooperating.
Su Xiao used the observation port on the cell door to search, one cell at a time.
The ghouls inside the cells turned their heads indifferently when they saw Su Xiao, their pupils dark and lifeless, indicating they are frequently tortured.
These ghouls were at least S-level, but in the Ghoul Detention Center, they became lab mice.
When checking the fifth cell, Su Xiao saw an old man with white hair and beard, deep wrinkles on his face, indicating he’s probably Russian by appearance.
The old man, sitting on the bed with his head lowered, opened his eyes and looked up at Su Xiao.
"Answer me, are you Donayto Prupra?"
The old man in the cell smiled, deepening the wrinkles on his face.
"That’s me, are you here to rescue me or to kill me?"
Confirming that the Priest was indeed in the cell, Su Xiao signaled for Arima Kishou, who quickly ran over, took a glance at the Priest through the observation port.
Su Xiao placed a piece of plastic explosive on the door, stepped back, and detonated it; this was provided by Arima Kishou.
The cell door blasted a large hole, metal fragments scattered, accompanied by a rushing wind.
The Priest walked out of the cell with a smile, like a kind old man.
Su Xiao didn’t think so, suspecting this guy might be an old fox, smiling on the outside while plotting inside.
"Since you’re here to rescue me, it means you already believe the intelligence I provided and have verified it."
The Priest remained calm, wearing long-sleeved clothes binding his hands. Arima Kishou, observing this, used ’Sounding God’ to cut open the Priest’s sleeves.
"Verified, I went deep there once, nearly died."
After rescuing the first target, once they save the second one, Su Xiao and others will retreat.
"I’ve been injected with Rc cell suppressor fluid, so the fighting is up to you, Arima. Haven’t you introduced your friend, he’s also our partner here, right?"
The Priest scrutinized Su Xiao, seemingly guessing his background.
"Bai Ye, a former quasi-special, very reliable in strength."
The Priest smiled and nodded at Su Xiao, not underestimating him for being a quasi-special.
"Let’s find the next collaborator."
Arima Kishou continued checking the cells with the Priest, while Su Xiao stood still.
"I have something to handle, if I’m not back in ten minutes, don’t wait for me."
After speaking, Su Xiao hurriedly ran to the upper level.
Su Xiao needed to retrieve something that belonged to him, that unknown-grade Kuingke.
"Quickly, it will be safe here for half an hour, but headquarters will send people soon."
Arima Kishou shouted at Su Xiao’s retreating figure, then continued to search for that collaborator.
Su Xiao was currently on the tenth underground level, as previously mentioned by Fukasaku Shinmei, the Kuingke was in a laboratory on the seventh underground level.
Three minutes later, Su Xiao reached the seventh underground level, where there were no cells, only many lab personnel in white coats coming into view.
These lab personnel stood behind a glass door, looking at Su Xiao with some fear. It seemed they had already received the notification about Su Xiao’s defection from the CCG.
Su Xiao pressed his hand against the glass door, it was sturdy, even stronger than bulletproof glass.
"This guy won’t come crashing in, will he?"
"Impossible, that’s glass fused with Quinque Steel and other materials, stronger than Quinque Steel."
"What’s he planning to do."
Dozens of lab personnel discussed, a watermelon-head hairstyle, black-haired with eyes covered lab member quietly retreated to the back, he was Earth Armor, the creator of Su Xiao’s Kuingke.
After sensing the glass door’s strength, Su Xiao gripped the handle of Dragon Slash with one hand, while the other hand pressed against the back of the blade, exerting full force to etch a shallow circular groove on the glass door with the tip.
After etching the circular groove, Su Xiao took a deep breath, charged forward, and slammed into the glass door.
A grinding wheel-sized hole was smashed out, and those lab personnel were stunned.
"Mister Bai Ye, please calm down, this is your Kuingke."
Earth Armor cleverly held a long box in his arms and stepped forward.
Su Xiao took the box; after confirming it was correct, he ignored the lab personnel and quickly ran back towards the tenth layer.
The new Kuingke, Su Xiao merely glanced at it, it was a long knife of green quality, made from the shop manager’s Kakuhou, and he hadn’t looked at the exact data, planning to examine it in detail after leaving the Ghoul Detention Center.
Although this knife was somewhat better than Dragon Slash, he wouldn’t switch immediately. Getting used to the length, weight, balance, and sharpness of a blade takes time.
A knife can’t be used just by getting it; it needs a period of adjustment, or it might lead to mistakes in battle.
Su Xiao had agreed to return within ten minutes with Arima Kishou, actually taking only seven minutes.
After returning to the tenth level, he found only Takatsuki Sen was fighting the investigators; Arima Kishou and the Priest were nowhere to be seen.