The Record of Unusual Creatures
chapter-119

Chapter 119: This Chapter Actually Reveals a Truth

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The conversation with Raven 12345 made Hao Ren understood a lot of things, including the entanglement between unusual creatures and humans, unusual creatures and demon hunters as well as the significance of demon hunters to the circle of Earth's civilization. Most of all, he had a vague grasp of what it meant to be an employee of the Space Administration.

"You have to learn to look at the problem from a higher perspective and realize that you’re a spokesperson of an advanced civilization," Raven 12345 said. "You have to put aside your prejudices and personal biases as a human. I’m not asking you to be just like us but, at least, you have to understand the concept of being a ‘senior guardian’."

"Perhaps one day I’ll work with the hunters too?" Hao Ren asked tentatively.

"You may have to cooperate with anyone at any time and you may have to be against anyone at any time. From the day you signed the agreement with me, you no longer belong to any faction other than the Xi Ling Empire. You will focus primarily on your job and task. Your race, camp, prejudice and personal relationships must become a thing of the past," Raven 12345 said. She stared into Hao Ren’s eyes. "You may not be absolutely impartial. There is no absolute justice in the world but, you must at least be ‘perfectly accurate’. This is of course what is written in the code of conduct for employees. If you keep digging into it, you could still find some loopholes. The upper level of the Space Administration and those guys in the Ministry of Military have studied the human civilization for 10000 year. They’ve tacitly long accepted some tolerable loopholes…"

Hao Ren broke into cold sweat and asked, "Is it appropriate for you to say so?"

Raven 12345 smiled and said, "Hehe, then don’t listen."

"What about those demon hunters you took away?" Hao Ren covered his forehead, sighed and asked another question regarding his concerns, "What do you want to do with them?"

"Nothing. I just want to find out about some of the changes in the world and teach them to behave. I’ll release them after their mindsets are corrected." Raven 12345 continued, "They won’t keep harassing you guys."

"Will there be other demon hunters?" Hao Ren was worried. "If these people go missing for too long... I’m afraid it will attract more demon hunters. These seven or eight of them have already given us a headache this time."

"Rest assured, demon hunters fight with creatures all day. So, it’s not a big deal if some of them go missing or die in the wilderness occasionally. They'll at most send a few investigators to examine the situation. You think your house is the center of the world with such a high sense of existence?" Raven 12345 laughed and waved her hand. She then continued, "And isn’t this business trip a good chance for you to get some peace? You can bring two companions along."

"I can only bring two?" Hao Ren was a little surprised. "I thought it’s going to be the same as last time, bring all of them along using company funds..."

"Didn’t you also bring two people along the last time?" Raven 12345 stared at him and said, "Don't you ever think about the disguised replacement of concept? Strictly speaking, this kind of primary task is usually done by the inspector alone. You’re a special case. That’s why I allow you to organize a team."

Seeing that Hao Ren did not utter a word, Raven 12345 explained slowly, "You’re going to carry out a task, not travel so, the quota given has to be limited. But after your personal spacecraft arrives, you can do whatever you like. Until then, as long as you have sufficient skills, no one will stop you even if you travel to a heliocentric system. Also, I suggest you bring along the siren girl. She’s gonna be useful for this task."

Hao Ren agreed that he did not take the ‘mission’ seriously and he had to correct it. Anyway, he would get his own private spacecraft sooner or later. He would just let those unusual creatures at home wait for another round. When he heard Raven mentioning the siren, he immediately remembered that he had yet to ask about the siren properly. "By the way, that Nangong Wuyue came here all of a sudden. Does she possess anything special?"

"No, nothing special." Raven 12345 waved her hand and continued, "Just an ordinary siren. I randomly picked one for you."

"Really?" Hao Ren looked suspiciously at her. "To be honest, although you usually look very unreliable, I think that every arrangement you make seems to have some... profound meaning. The earth is so big but there are only four tenants staying in my house so far. Everyone you've given me should have been carefully selected by you, correct? I can feel that they are different."

Raven 12345 nearly dropped the sugar jar in her hands on the ground. "The heck, when did you become so observant... What’s so special about them?"

"They’re all freaks in their respective species," Hao Ren said earnestly. "Lily is a husky among the werewolves, Vivian is a poor lady with the title of countess and Y’zaks is a moral pacesetter among the demons. I don’t believe that Nangong Wuyue is a normal girl. I would still be able to accept it if you told me that she’s a hairtail-turned-human."

"… Check your brain if you have time. The hole in your brain is bigger than mine," said Raven 12345 as she looked at Hao Ren strangely. "Anyway, take good care of those creatures I arranged for you. She’s just a young girl, don’t be so picky. Nangong Wuyue is definitely not a hairtail-turned-human. She is just an ordinary girl. The only thing that makes her different from the other sirens is that she has a father. I’m telling you, you better take her with you for this mission. The planet you are going to is covered with water everywhere. She will make things easier on that planet. The other one is up to you."

Hao Ren just nodded. At once, Raven 12345 said, "Anything else? If there’s nothing else then just get out of here. I need to deal with the problems in other planets."

When she finished her last words, Hao Ren felt the sky and earth spinning round. When it dawned on him what had just happened, he was already standing at the roadside, holding the telegraph pole. He saw an advertisement of a veteran doctor of traditional Chinese medicine that read something like, "My disease finally has a cure".

"She has to be guilty," Hao Ren talked to himself confidently. "I don’t believe that Nangong Wuyue is just an ordinary siren!"

"Of course, how many of them in your house is normal." The MDT’s voice came from his pocket. "Do you have any idea who’s going with you? This time you can only bring along two people. One is the siren and you can only pick one from the rest. There’s no room for discussion on the ‘ration’ from the empire. You don’t think of the loophole."

"I’ll discuss with them back home." Hao Ren looked at the empty highway and suddenly remembered his new employee benefits. "By the way, you already have the teleportation function, right? Let’s teleport back, now!"

"You read the instructions for quite some time. What the heck did you read?" The MDT shouted. "In the initial opening, there are only two default coordinates. One is God's office and another one is the nearest star port. Your home belongs to private housing which can’t be teleported to without being registered. Wait after we get home. I’ll register the place for you so we can use it next time... Hey, what are you doing? Put me down! What the heck? You’re throwing me again for no reason…"

"You, go home and take the coordinates. Then come back and pick me up." Hao Ren could not suppress his urge to try it and he said, "Can’t wait!"

The MDT was speechless.

In the end, Hao Ren took the bus back because he could not win the argument against the object in his pocket...

After Hao Ren stepped into the door, he only saw Y’zaks sitting on the couch and watching TV. Rollie was standing on the big demon’s head proudly and overlooking the living room. He was the most daring cat ever. He was still alive after sitting on a demon’s head… Hao Ren sat next to Y’zaks and took Rollie down. He then wiped his hands on Rollie. "Where are the rest?"

"The siren girl said she wanted to go downtown for karaoke. She won’t come back at noon. Lily is watching TV in the room. She wants to see ‘Animal World’ but I don’t want to. Vivian just took out the garbage and will be back in a minute."

Hao Ren saw the ‘Joint Information’ in Y’zaks’ hand and it was turned to a local recruitment advertisement page. He should have been reading it earlier. Hao Ren could not help but asked, "You haven’t given up looking for a job?"

Y’zaks scratched his hair sheepishly and said, "Last time, I had no experience. I later realized that there’s a thing called recruitment advertising after walking around the town blindly for a day. I want to collect more information and be well-prepared next time. By the way, what does ‘protection fee’ mean?"

Hao Ren started sweating after listening to Y’zaks. He could roughly guess what the process of Y’zaks’ job search was like…

At this time, the door opened and Vivian’s voice followed. "Landlord, you’re back? What about the mission?"

Hao Ren looked at them. Apart from Nangong Wuyue, the ‘designated quota’, the rest of them were there. Hence, he shouted loudly towards Lily’s room. "Come out, Doggie! We’ve got a great deal to discuss!"