The Record of Unusual Creatures
chapter-466

Chapter 466: Siberia

No one expected Nangong Sanba to have gone through so many incredible things in that short period of time. The goddess of luck had to be on his side, because it just so happened that he only went to challenge the vengeful spirit alone after Hao Ren and the rest came back from the other world. If he had been wounded two days earlier, even the most powerful occult skills on Earth could not have saved him. Nangong Wuyue was still in a different world at that time while Nangong Sanba’s movements required members of his family to lock on the right coordinates.

Regardless of the principle, it was not easy to explain how the demon hunters’ talents worked.

Hearing her brother’s encounter, Nangong Wuyue could not wait but ask, “Is the vengeful spirit still there? When did you fight with it?”

Nangong Sanba exhaled and said, “Yesterday. After the fight, I was wounded, but I was lucky to be able to escape into the wilderness. There, I held up for a night before setting up the needed array for spells and coming over to find you. The vengeful spirit should still be there. For some unknown reason, it looked like the vengeful spirit was trapped in that place.”

Nangong Wuyue suddenly got up. “I’m going!”

She glanced down at Hao Ren, feeling a little embarrassed. “Landlord…”

Hao Ren smiled when he saw the forthright siren suddenly becoming so prudish. He found it interesting, but he did not tease her. “I got it. Since I’m your guardian here, I’ll go with you.”

Nangong Wuyue nodded gratefully while Nangong Sanba glanced at Hao Ren with a strange expression on his face. “This is risky business. Furthermore, it’s my family’s business. You’re not obligated to be involved.”

Hao Ren rolled his eyes and said, “Unfortunately, this is also part of my job.”

The vengeful spirit was not just one of the otherworldlings on Earth, it was also one of the most mysterious, being only second to the siren. And like the siren, Hao Ren did not find any races who corresponded with vengeful spirits in the Plane of Dreams. So, he had been planning from the very beginning, trying to get his hands on a sample to study. He wanted to know exactly what it was. Unfortunately, he never met one before as the thing came and went like a shadow, very much like Raven 12345. It was not like you could simply go out and catch one.

However this time, there was a ready-made sample, Hao Ren had no reason to give up the opportunity. Not to mention his relationship with the Nangongs, even if without this relationship, he would still go just to check it out by himself. In case thing was done neat and tidy, he might earn a month or two bonus or a few cartons of golden apples from Raven 12345.

Nangong Sanba had not a clue what was on Hao Ren’s mind. He only felt that this strange landlord who was running an unusual creature shelter was surprisingly big-hearted, and even to the point of unscientifically kind. So he was very curious as what Hao Ren was up to.

His eyes began to dart between Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue the mantis shrimp, trying to pick up some subtle hints that might indicate the goings-on between them. Apparently he thought a man who could be as big-hearted as this was either he had some kind of orientation problem, or something was going on between him and his sister.

The siren maiden flung her brother to the back of the sofa with her tail, the latter facepalmed and mumbled in the back. :I haven’t said say anything yet!”

“It wouldn’t be my tail that wag you if you’ve uttered it.” Wuyue swung her tail. “Do you want to experience the windmill of your childhood? If you say that crap again I’m going to let you experience the ‘thrill’ of being spun at maximum speed.”

Nangong Wuyue quickly beg for her mercy. Meanwhile, Hao Ren felt hapless and a little hurt. “Am I that unworthy?”

The siren maiden’s face suddenly looked a little odd. “No, you’re not… Hey! You guys have got off the subject! Now let’s get back to business, all right?”

“There’s no much to do recently,” Vivian clapped her hands, while pushed Hao Ren who was now impetuous to a side. “The goddess hasn’t given us any new mission, there’s no hurry to explore The Plane of Dreams while things about Y’zaks has also been resolved, we’re are free. I’ve had a few encounters with the vengeful spirit before, it’s kind of a strange creature. Given the opportunity, I’d also like to take a look at it again. Sanba, you would lead us there, wouldn’t you?”

“You all are going?” Nangong Sanba looked at them, seemingly a little confused.

Hao Ren counted with his fingers and said, “Me; Vivian who has experience, must go; both of you Nangongs; oh, and— Lily, stop shaking me, I know you’re going too! All right?”

The husky maiden grabbed Hao Ren’s arm and swung it back and forth as if if Hao Ren did not agree she was going to tear his arm down. Her tail whirred like a whirlybird, she had become restless after a few days at home.

As soon as Hao Ren nodded, Lily lunged at him and about to lick him like a lollipop. Hao Ren was shocked. But fortunately, or rather unfortunately, just when Lily opened her mouth, a small bat slapped her on her face as Vivian pulled her back by the tail. “Show some self-restraint! Even if the whole world knows you are a husky, don’t forget that you’re in human shape right now!”

“Well, I’m not going to join you guys this time,” Y’zaks, as usual, waited for the hoo-ha to stop before he said slowly like a big brother. “I want to spend time with my child at home.” said Y’zaks as he patted Y’lisabet’s head dotingly.

Y’lisabet jumped to her feet. “But I want to go with Uncle Ren…”

“You haven’t done your homework for almost a week!” Y’zaks glared. “Don’t forget you’re a demon queen-to-be! When we first came to Earth, you promised obedience. If you nag again, I’m going to send you back and let those aunts and uncles to school you!”

Y’lisabet compressed her mouth, building up her emotion, then looked at Hao Ren with a tearful look. “Uncle Ren, if I cry would you help me?”

Hao Ren shrugged. Y’lisabet turned to Vivian. “Vivian, would you help me?”

Vivian rolled her eyes and said, “This time, your dad is right.”

Y’lisabet sighed. “Then I’m not going to cry, you people aren’t that fun.”

Becky looked at Nangong Sanba, then Hao Ren, and Nangong Wuyue. Suddenly, she raised her hand hesitantly and asked, “Although I don’t understand a thing of what you guys said, but looks like you guys are going to an exploration?”

“It’s not really an exploration,” Hao Ren waved his hand. “We’ve some business to attend… local defense matter.”

“Could I tag along?” Becky showed an eager face, then made a sword-drawing move and wielded her right hand in the air. “Look, my skill has become rusty!”

Hao Ren frowned. “What are you going to do there? It’s not like you would get paid.”

The only driving force in life of Becky was money, Hao Ren thought. Now the mercenary had volanteered herself, it made him felt like the sun was rising from the west.

Becky smirked as she scratched her head. “Look, I’m a mercenary, I’m not going to stay home, it bores me to death!”

Hao Ren knew that the mercenary part of Becky’s blood was slowly fermenting after doing nothing at home for so long, probably that had let the maiden start to feel her skill becoming rusty. So he agreed to let her come along. Nangong Sanba watched with amazement at these people who volunteered to go hunting the vengeful spirit so casually. “Do you guys think this is a game? I had a few encounters with that vengeful spirit, it’s a powerful variety, the kind which even experienced demon hunters would find it hard to deal with. You guys would rather go looking for trouble than having a peaceful life at home?”

Hao Ren sighed in my heart; peaceful my foot! After all his recent experiences, hunting the vengeful spirit in Siberia seems like a vacation already.

The next day, they had arrived on the desolate frozen plains of Siberia.

Hao Ren had thought of to take this opportunity to request from Raven 12345 reimbursement of a few plane tickets, and long with a few hundred thousand bucks for operation funding. But before he could do so, the MDT had remonstrated: since a global teleporting machine and a transport had already been given to him, it was too much to ask for reimbursement under such circumstances, the goddess might get mad if he did it. So Hao Ren had no choice but thought the better of it.

They used the MDT to teleport themselves across the border into Siberia. Though the funding was no more, truth be told, it was much faster than taking the plane.

As the light of the teleportation faded, and they recovered from their short-term intense dizziness, Nangong Sanba eyeballed Hao Ren and asked, “It seems you really have a lot of secret gadgets, eh?”

Hao Ren tossed the MDT in his hand, he thought to himself: oh, come on, this thing is more like a brick…

Nangong Wuyue nudged her brother and told him quietly, “Let’s not ask too many questions.”

“That’s okay. I would tell everything as soon as he decides to move in,” Hao Ren smiled, as he pulled his coat close to his body—it was not that he needed the winter wear, but to let him blend in in the minus thirty-degree environment. “Now let’s go and find where that vengeful spirit hides.”