"Boss, he refused..." the subordinate said timidly. "That Hunter is his own boss. After obtaining his Ranked Hunter certificate, he founded a private anomaly disposal company. Our current relationship with them is purely commercial... A week ago, we signed a contract with this company, hiring them to 'hunt down' the Hunters participating in the Rank Advancement Trial. But the contract only stated that they should cooperate with our operations as much as possible and not endanger the trial participants' lives. It never said they had to obey our command completely..."
"Fuck... These mercenaries are always the most disobedient!" the team leader cursed. "Tell them the contract is void. Make that man withdraw from the trial immediately. We'll pay whatever penalty there is! Fuck, they can't do a damn thing right and only know how to cause trouble!"
"We've already spoken to him. He said money wasn't the issue, and he doesn't need us to compensate him for breach of contract... His only goal is to see what the target is capable of." The subordinate lowered his voice. "What happened at the mall has already spread through Hunter circles. In all these years, this is the first time someone has taken hostages as bargaining chips... To those Hunters, Sun Hang's actions were basically a hard slap across their faces..."
"Is he an idiot? Wasn't it Tianshu Tower's face that got slapped? What does it have to do with those people?"
"Boss, don't you understand? In the current situation, Tianshu Tower and all the Hunters in Chunming City stand together." The subordinate explained, "In those Hunters' eyes, we acted too 'cowardly.' It was equivalent to making every Hunter in Chunming City lose face... What that Hunter is doing is called 'coming to reclaim face,' in street terms."
"A bunch of brutes! Don't