Chapter 1578: Chapter 1578: Interrogation “Kid,” the gang youth had already distanced himself from He Ao, his hand placed behind his back, “looks like you’re up to no good.” But He Ao simply lowered his head, gave him a glance, and asked quietly, “Which way to the elevator?” “Are you fucking pretending to be dumb on purpose?” The gang youth suddenly drew a pistol from behind him, and his two companions behind him also pulled out their guns at the same time, “Kill him!” At this moment, there were no other people around He Ao. When He Ao was stopped, and the gang youth’s face first showed a stern expression, the people originally moving in and out around here had already paused and backed away far. It seemed this wasn’t the first time such an event occurred. He Ao let out a soft sigh. The three of them pulled the trigger almost simultaneously. He Ao stepped forward, passing by the gang youth, his hand sweeping across the youth’s neck. With a casual twist, a crisp sound accompanied as the gang youth’s body limply fell to the ground. By this time, He Ao had already reached behind him, grabbing the slides of the pistols from his two companions, redirecting the barrels. The sound of two shots rang out almost simultaneously, and the barrels, which originally faced forward, now pointed at their companions. The two gang members stared wide-eyed as they watched each other collapse, blood splattering from their bodies. He Ao held the slides, leaving the two pistols in his hands. Then he tossed both guns up, catching the grips simultaneously, then racked them back and forth in the air. Accompanied by two crisp sounds, the two shells lodged in the slides simultaneously popped out. His current physical fitness was more than twice what it was last night, and these three were not even as tough as the two assassins from the crowd last night. A boy not far away instinctively exclaimed, only to be immediately covered over the mouth by his mother behind him. He Ao glanced at the three bodies on the ground, then moved forward directly, entering the rust-covered building entrance. At this moment, the gang members who had been watching from the outskirts suddenly awoke from a dream. “Someone’s attacking! Someone’s attacking!” Panic-stricken shouts quickly spread across the plaza in front of the building. These gang members were mostly young people; although they were in a gang, they were actually involved in the low-level dirty work and had never really killed anyone. Seeing the three original ‘bosses’ guarding the door lying on the ground, covered in blood, they were all flustered. He Ao had already entered the building and was moving swiftly along the dim corridor. This headquarters building wasn’t entirely occupied by the Black Wolf Gang. On the contrary, most were ordinary tenants, with the Black Wolf Gang making up only a small portion. However, the Black Wolf Gang controlled the place, collecting rent from tenants while selling contraband to them and occupying certain floors to form fixed strongholds. The internal situation of the building was busier than He Ao had expected. Various small shops were staggered open, like a bustling mall. But at this time, it was not a busy period, and there weren’t many people in the shops. At this moment, with the gang members’ shouting, one shutter after another was quickly pulled down. Clearly, these ‘shop owners’ had rich experience in handling such situations. He Ao did not go deep into the mall but quickly headed inward along the corridor beside the entrance. Meanwhile, strings of text were flashing in his field of view. Those were reminders of ‘approval’ being granted. He Ao’s ‘bounty’ application had just been submitted. For more chapters visıt 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⚫𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⚫𝕟𝕖𝕥 The Bounty Hunter Association’s bounty approval efficiency was very high, seemingly with a dedicated main control computer processing similar content. Almost the moment the approval notice appeared, He Ao saw the ‘bounty’ entry at the top right change from 300 to 550, then to 780. This was the internal bounty display of the bounty hunter. Relative to rapid approval, these ‘bounties’ needed to reach a thousand to be withdrawn. If you bust your ass and can’t earn a thousand federal coins, it’s tantamount to working for this organization for free. It seemed like a crooked idea of Note Intelligence, or maybe the other sponsoring conglomerates; He Ao felt he had gotten a grasp of the rhythm of this Bounty Hunter Association. Collecting his thoughts, He Ao raised his head, looking down the corridor, a burly middle-aged man with a scarred face was quickly stepping out from behind a shop, pointing a gun at He Ao. With the sound of a shot, He Ao retracted his right hand, glanced at the information boxes flashing in his field of view. The bounty was only 200; as fierce as he looked, he was not as valued as the three at the entrance. The chaotic noise around was still ringing, but only three minutes had passed in total, and the Black Wolf Gang had not completely reacted. Quick response, emergency maneuvering, high organizational nature, those are matters for the military or military-type organizations; of course, cult organizations with higher purity can also possess these attributes. But very obviously, the Black Wolf Gang didn’t touch any of these attributes; it was purely a small-time local gang, with a base full of uneducated, undisciplined gangsters. The middle-aged man just now actually counted as a key elite. Of course, given some time, they should still be able to organize, at least have a leader leading a group over. But at this moment, He Ao had already reached the elevator and pressed the button to go up. The elevator wasn’t on the first floor at this time; he waited a little. As the elevator arrived, he turned around and glanced at the empty corridor behind him; no one showed up, seemed like they wouldn’t come. The elevator door opened, and a middle-aged woman carrying a medical kit stepped out. He Ao turned sideways, giving way for her. “Thanks.” She thanked instinctively. “You’re welcome.” He Ao smiled and nodded, stepping into the elevator and pressing the button for the seventeenth floor. With a short delay, the elevator doors closed. The middle-aged woman exiting the elevator looked up, only to see a dozen or so gang members rushing in, blocking the corridor. A burly man stepped forward, looking at the middle-aged woman, asking harshly, “Where did he go?” “In, in the elevator!” The woman tremblingly pointed at the elevator behind her. At this moment, the elevator had already begun to ascend. “Damn, we are late! What a pity!” the big man shouted, then immediately turned his head to yell, “That guy went up, quickly remind the people upstairs!” Whether it was an illusion or not, the middle-aged woman vaguely sensed that there was a trace of ‘relief after disaster’ kind of ‘gratitude’ in the big man’s voice. Standing in the elevator, He Ao watched the floors rapidly jumping upward in his field of view. At this moment, his glasses were showing a new text prompt. [E-level bounty hunter promotion task challenge progress: 0/1] This was what Reid mentioned as the additional ‘benefit’ from registering as a bounty hunter through the Abnormal Investigation Association, directly allowing entry into the E-level promotion phase. And this prompt appeared right after He Ao settled with the three gatekeepers and earned the first ‘bounty.’ The promotion task requirement was simple, ‘capture’ or ‘execute’ an E-level criminal. The elevator stopped, but it wasn’t the 17th floor; it was the 12th floor. Someone outside pressed the elevator button. He Ao turned his body sideways and stood behind the elevator buttons. As the elevator doors opened, a barrage of bullets poured down into the cabin like a rainstorm. The thick steel plates were directly penetrated, revealing a dense array of holes. The fierce barrage continued for a while before gradually subsiding. After a brief silence, seemingly following some ‘instruction,’ a man holding a rifle cautiously peeked inside. From his perspective, the elevator appeared empty, so he turned his gaze to the position of the elevator buttons. And there he saw He Ao standing behind the cover of the buttons. He Ao looked at him, smiled, and then gently pressed the close door button. Instinctively, the man raised his gun, opened his mouth, and was about to shout. But in the next instant, his throat filled with gushing blood, preventing any sound from emerging. A sharp folding knife had already pierced his neck, leaving only splattering blood and wide-open eyes. He Ao lightly pushed forward with the hand holding the folding knife, pushing the man’s body out of the elevator, then raised his head to look at the figures outside the elevator door. Besides this peeping man, there were a total of four others: a burly man with a machine gun modified onto his arm and three gangsters armed with rifles. As He Ao saw them, they also saw He Ao. However, He Ao was faster. Before they could fire, He Ao had already pulled out the folding knife from the man’s neck. His figure moved forward, passing through like an illusion. Accompanied by four splashes of blood, He Ao returned in front of the man with the machine-gun-modified arm, retrieved the folding knife, and gripped the man’s arm, twisting it violently. With the sound of metal twisting, the key parts were torn apart, and the machine gun on the arm was dismantled, along with the bullet chain hanging on the man. “Borrowing this for a bit.” He Ao held the machine gun, returned to the elevator, and looked at the corpses outside the door, eyes wide open, slowly falling backward. He extended his hand out of the elevator door, opened it, and crisp clattering sounds hit the ground. Those were the bullet casings he had just grabbed in his hand. These were the bullet casings that had just been flying around, falling around him in the elevator. Of course, his body couldn’t be bulletproof, but Divine Sense could. At this moment, the elevator doors finally closed, and the elevator continued its ascent. This elevator was unexpectedly well-built, still operational after such events. Strings of numbers flashed across He Ao’s field of view. +190, +350, +200, +230, +220 Bounty Hunters, truly a lucrative career. Immediately after, another message popped up, [Your total bounty this month has exceeded 2000 federal coins, entering the monthly F-level Bounty Hunter leaderboard top 10000, current rank 9261, please keep up the good work.] Wait, there’s a leaderboard? Only entering the top ten thousand with a monthly income of two thousand, clearly, making money is the exception. The ‘exception’ still totals ten thousand, just how many people has this organization deceived into buying their overpriced glasses? The gang members behind didn’t seem as quick to react as those on the 12th floor; this time, the elevator smoothly reached the 17th floor. The 12th floor might be a main base for the Black Wolf Gang, but this actually saved He Ao some trouble. Accompanied by a crisp sound, the elevator doors slowly opened. “As soon as he opens the door, we’ll throw them all inside, blow him up, hahahahaha!” Loud laughter erupted from outside. The elevator doors slowly opened, and over a dozen gang members with grenades appeared before He Ao. Their muscles already tense, ready to throw the grenades at any moment. And then they saw He Ao with the machine gun equipped with a fresh bullet chain in his hand. The rapid gunfire rained down the narrow corridor like a sudden downpour, with splattering blood falling around like raindrops. He Ao clamped down on the trigger, finishing off a string of bullet chains, and then without hesitation, threw away the machine gun in his hand, jumping towards the other side of the corridor. The 17th-floor elevator was located at the intersection of a T-shaped corridor. The ambushed gang members stood facing the elevator in the vertical corridor, while He Ao directly jumped into the horizontal corridor on the side. Some gang members who weren’t killed immediately realized the situation and leaped to either side, but their speed was no match for He Ao’s. As He Ao leapt, violent explosions echoed behind him. These were the grenades with their pins pulled, dropped on the ground, exploding, and not just one; some hit individuals released their hold on the grenades. The fierce heat wave brushed against He Ao’s body, even including laser grenades. If not for He Ao’s quick reflexes, hiding behind a row of iron benches between the hallways, his back would have been scorched. However, the iron bench in front of him was also melted by the laser, splitting in two. The gang members at the explosion’s center, in this fire, fell into complete silence. If they had thrown the grenades faster, it would be He Ao wrapped in flames now. But before He Ao could fully stand, a figure suddenly dashed through the blazing flames, flying towards He Ao. He raised his hand, and a micro electromagnetic cannon abruptly launched from his palm. The projectile struck the wall beside He Ao, accompanied by an explosion, blasting a hole in the wall, passing through a storage room behind it, and crashing through the building’s outer wall, shooting out. Thick smoke and dust quickly spread. The figure in the air didn’t slow, charging towards the center of the smoke and dust. He raised another hand, gathering brilliant laser energy within. And in that instant, a hand suddenly burst from the smoke, clamping down on his neck, with a squeeze, crushing the alloy around his neck, snapping the cables in his neck. Then this hand grabbed his neck, dragging his body, and slapped it against the wall on the other side of the corridor like swatting a fly. The roaring sound exploded on the wall, with cracks spreading along the heavy wall. He Ao’s hand exerted force, crushing the fragile alloy around the intruder’s neck. [Bounty: 1600 federal coins] [Bounty Requirement: Capture or Execution, Violence Permitted] [Crime Record: Organized Murder, Reckless Driving, Trafficking of Illegal Drugs, Group Violence, Illegal Arms Dealing, Assault on Police] “Tell me, why are you trying to kill me?” He Ao quietly gazed at the person pinned against the wall, asking.