Hunter of Immortals

Chapter 240: Retaliation

Chapter 240: Retaliation

Shortly thereafter, the proficiency examination drew to a conclusion.

Unsurprisingly, everyone in Adam's group received close to full marks, with the exception of Shae.

The other examination participants were far too weak, and the only decent ones made the wise decision to avoid Adam and the others.

However, the examination didn't go completely without a hitch. The true challenge was getting Diana and the psychic mutant trio to rein in their emotions and avoid committing murder.

This wasn't much of an issue with Diana as her fearsome draconic appearance was enough to scare everyone into immediate surrender. However, the psychic mutant trio was quite adorable in appearance, and as a result, they weren't so lucky. In the initial phase of the examinations, they were frequently challenged, and unbeknownst to those challengers, they were extremely fortunate to have survived.

Thankfully, Adam had specially chosen this particular day to complete the purchase of the veterinarian hospital, so the three psychic mutants were in a fantastic mood. Positive emotions could allow a psychic mutant to partially control their negative emotions, so even though there were a few close calls, they were able to complete the examination without killing anyone.

That should be the end of that. We'll definitely be receiving high marks for the interview, and once I'm instated as a special psychic police officer, I'll be able to enact my plan.

To Adam, it was absolutely vital that he became a special psychic police officer.

Firstly, such a status would grant him enforcement rights, thereby making all of his actions supported by the law.

With the law on his side, many benefits would follow, the most prominent of which would be the assistance of Mechguard. Once he became instated as a special psychic police officer, Mechguard would become his ally, rather than an obstacle in his path.

Only with Mechguard's help could he begin to undermine those massive organizations, and the first organization that he had decided to target was the Compassion Company.

Adam had been tipped off to the suspicious nature of this organization by Principal Dwight. The Ark Learning Children's Fund took in orphans and provided them with tuition, yet this seemingly benevolent organization had been working for an extended period of time with the Compassion Company, which was not a very renowned medical institution.

It was theoretically a good thing that they would periodically send all of their orphans to have physical examinations conducted, but it was very suspicious that the brain examinations were always the most time-consuming segment of these physical examinations.

Principal Dwight had already developed an inkling that something wasn't quite right, one particular incident had virtually confirmed to him beyond a reasonable doubt that there was some shady business taking place behind the scenes.

Nine years ago, a child by the name of Tosei Ito had been sent to the school that Dwight was working at. During a regularly scheduled physical examination, it was discovered that something was wrong with Tosei's brain, and he was taken away.

The reason that was provided was that there was a tumor in his brain that had to be surgically removed.

Dwight had visited the Compassion Company on many occasions thereafter to visit Tosei, but he was turned back each time, and in the end, he was informed by the hospital that Tosei had died during surgery, but there was no body, nor were there any ashes.

This convinced Howard that something had to be wrong with this organization.

From the information that Adam had gathered, he determined that there was most likely some type of extremely shady secret between this medical organization and the non-profit organizations that were taking in orphans. There was a very good chance that the two parties were working together to select adapters to be made into blank slates, which was why Adam had chosen the Compassion Company to be his first target.

Adam also had other considerations for picking the Compassion Company as his first target.

Firstly, he had to pick on the easiest possible target. The Compassion Company wasn't exactly an easier target, but it was certainly not going to be as difficult to target as powerhouses like the Gaia Corporation and the southern congress.

Furthermore, what it was doing was completely illegal.

Most of the shady matters that the southern congress and the Gaia Organization engaged in skirted a fine line between the legal and illegal, and they generally wouldn't do things that were blatantly illegal, such as abducting children.

Even if they were going to engage in such activity, they would delegate such matters to people or organizations that they could cut off at any time.

These massive powerhouses were very careful in their dealings, and Adam had to be patient. For example, he could begin by uncovering the Compassion Company's illegal activities, then slowly begin attacking bigger and bigger targets over time.

"Finally! After hiding for so long, I can finally begin my retaliation!"

"What are you talking about, Adam? Should we go back to the hospital?"

"Let's go back. I wanna go see the animals after looking at all those disgusting humans!"

"You guys can go back without me. I have something else that I need to do for now, and I'll be back later tonight."

Adam was in a very good mood after the proficiency examination, and he immediately traveled straight to the pawn shop.

He already couldn't wait to begin enacting his plan.

……

Only after Adam's departure did the spy couple find out who he was based on recent news stories.

"I was wondering why he looked so familiar, he's the guy from the news! I knew he had to be a really prominent figure. Otherwise, there's no way I would've been defeated so easily." The man was trying to clutch at any excuse he could to justify his failure. "I've seen footage of the terrorist attack he was involved in on the internet. At the time, he was a mummy, and he was already really strong."

"I see." The woman nodded in response. I heard that among the people that were framed with him, there was someone from the psychic church as well. I'll see if I can find him and ask him for more details. He must be a decent guy, considering he chose to spare me from any injury during our battle.

……

Three hours later, in the pawn shop.

"Should I be calling you Officer Adam or Chief Adam?"

May was seated in her chair with her legs crossed, and large sections of her smooth skin were revealed through the splits on her cheongsam.

"You don't have to refer to me using any official titles. At the end of the day, I'm still an employee of the pawn shop," Adam said with a fawning smile. "You still have my indenture, and I still owe you money. You're the boss, while I'm the employee."

"When did you become such a smooth talker?" May pulled out Adam's indenture from a drawer before destroying it right in front of him. "You were such an honest and earnest guy when you first woke up."

"Everyone eventually changes. After experiencing so much, you can't expect me to still be the same person I once was," Adam replied. "Did you destroy my indenture because you want to cut all ties with me?"

"What are you trying to say?" May asked.

"The pawn shop has always been a privately owned organization, but it's always been collaborating with Mechguard. Now that I'm a part of the police force, we should be working together even more closely."

May remained completely unconvinced.

"You've gotten yourself involved in some very dangerous business. I don't want any part in that."

"Our relationship will be a purely collaborative one. Whatever it is that I get involved in, I won't drag you down with me, you have my word on that. All I want is information from you. The pawn shop has always dealt in information exchange anyway. I don't have any money to purchase information from you, but I can provide you with assistance in other areas thanks to my status as a special psychic police officer.

“However, in exchange, the information that you give me has to be more thorough and in-depth. Do we have ourselves a deal?"

A contemplative look appeared on May's face upon hearing this, and only after a long while did she finally nod in agreement.

"What do you want to know?"

"I want to know about the Compassion Company."