Business Has Come

After hanging up, Tang Miao turned and headed back to Qingtian Hunter Agency.

But by the time he returned, the client had already left, along with a deposit of three hundred thousand. He had earned a hundred and fifty thousand right off the bat!

When Old Man Bao saw Tang Miao return, he smiled. "Kid, not bad. You've got a job as soon as you arrived. But let me give you a word of advice: the waters in this city run deep. Just do what's within your duty. Don't delve too deeply. It won't do you any good."

"Don't worry, Old Man Bao. I'm not stupid enough to earn a living I won't survive to enjoy," Tang Miao replied. He then looked at Ling Ling. "Where's the person we're supposed to protect?"

Ling Ling was quite pleased with Tang Miao's attitude. As long as they went hunting Demon Beasts, she wouldn't have to go to school and sit around bored. She had completely mastered everything covered by nine-year compulsory education. All she needed now was to wait until she turned sixteen.

She then pulled out a photograph of a beautiful girl. The other party seemed to be a student. Judging by her age, she should have been around seventeen or eighteen.

"Those breasts... Ahem, this girl is still a student, right?" Seeing the look of contempt in Ling Ling's eyes, Tang Miao hurriedly corrected himself.

Ling Ling nodded before saying, "She's a student at Tianxing Magic High School. She's usually on campus, so we can go straight there. She should be in class right now!"

"Okay." Tang Miao nodded, then pulled Ling Ling out of Qingtian Hunter Agency.

Old Man Bao watched Tang Miao and Ling Ling leave, still somewhat worried. After all, judging by what the client had said, it seemed that the troublemaking entity might have been created by people who preferred to remain hidden.

If his guess was right, he was genuinely afraid Tang Miao wouldn't be able to handle it. He sighed and muttered, "Sigh... I'm getting old, I'm getting old, yet I still can't stop worrying." After walking out the door, he locked it and left.

Two hours later, Tang Miao and Ling Ling arrived at Tianxing Magic High School. The person they were protecting was named Liu Ying. She was a third-year student at Magic High School, which was considered one of the top magic high schools.

The school had more than sixty thousand students... It could practically rival a university in enrollment despite being only a high school.

The campus was always brimming with youthful energy. Not every student was like them, having already experienced all kinds of terrifying Demon Beast incidents while still in high school.

They had never experienced the terror of Demon Beasts or been tainted by society. The entire magical campus retained a sense of purity, with everything filled with hope and anticipation.

Once Tang Miao and Ling Ling entered the school, they were completely stunned. The place was simply too large. They only knew the girl's name and had no other information about her.

Fortunately, Ling Ling was a computer genius. She pulled out her laptop and tapped away for a while. After searching, she finally found some clues.

The two of them immediately headed toward the girl's classroom, and just as they were looking for her, they happened to run into two familiar faces!

"Sister Mu, look! It's that pervert~!"

The two approaching them were Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao, whom they had met once before.

Hearing Ai Tutu's way of addressing him, Ling Ling looked at Tang Miao with even more contempt. Tang Miao said helplessly, "Hey, Big Rabbit, watch your mouth. I'm not deaf!"

The two girls walked over. Mu Nujiao asked curiously, "Why did you come to our school?"

Although they weren't familiar with each other, they had met once before. Since Ai Tutu had come over and been so rude, Mu Nujiao had approached to ask about it.

Hearing Tang Miao's nickname for her, Ai Tutu froze and asked in confusion, "How do you know my nickname?"

Tang Miao ignored her and looked at Mu Nujiao. "I'm Tang Miao, and this is Ling Ling. We're here to find someone named Liu Ying."

Ai Tutu watched Tang Miao warily before saying, "Why are you looking for Liu Ying? She already has a boyfriend!"

She now understood why Tang Miao had called her that, but she didn't really mind it. After all, she had the goods, and that was something many women could only dream of!

"We were entrusted by her father to protect her..." Tang Miao didn't hide anything and directly explained the whole situation. Ling Ling had initially wanted to stop him, but after Tang Miao indicated that it was fine, she stopped trying.

After all, this was their school. These two girls might be able to help them.

Mu Nujiao knew Liu Ying. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Liu Ying is like us. Even though it's summer vacation, she still comes here every day to study magic. I heard that after the summer vacation, she'll be going to Europe to study. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything unusual."

Ai Tutu nodded as well. "Yeah, nothing special has happened to her lately... Oh, right! She recently got a boyfriend. He's pretty handsome, but he's an ordinary person."

Mu Nujiao rolled her eyes at Ai Tutu as if scolding her for revealing someone else's private affairs.

Tang Miao asked in confusion, "Has she always had a boyfriend?"

Ai Tutu stuck out her tongue, but she still immediately answered his question. "No. I think they only started dating a few days ago?"

Only after she finished speaking did she realize something was wrong!

Why was she answering whatever Tang Miao asked?

Mu Nujiao also looked at Tang Miao helplessly and somewhat baffled. She was puzzled because it was strange for Tang Miao to be asking about this.

Tang Miao looked at Ling Ling. "When did her father say he noticed something unusual?"

"Over the past few days."

Ling Ling had already noticed something amiss while Tang Miao was questioning Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu.

"I think that if things are really as her father said, then either this girl's been exhausting herself every night, or she's run into a monster!"

Ai Tutu took a disgusted step backward and said, "You pervert, what do you think about all day!?"

Mu Nujiao and Ling Ling also looked at him with contempt. Tang Miao shrugged and said, "I'm just considering the possibilities. Take me to meet her. If we follow her tonight, we'll know."

Mu Nujiao hesitated, seemingly unconvinced. "Were you really entrusted with this?"

Tang Miao knew about these two girls' embarrassing past, which was why he dared ask them for help. Yet they had actually begun to doubt him!

Did they think he was the kind of man who picked every wildflower he saw?

The problem was, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't dare go after women he knew! Ling Ling knew Tang Yue, after all. If they ever chatted until everything came out, wouldn't he just be asking for trouble?

"I... You should know me, right?" Tang Miao rolled his eyes at Mu Nujiao, then looked at Ling Ling. "Show these two idiots your Hunter's certificate."

Ling Ling pursed her lips at that. Their protection missions were supposed to be carried out in secret. They shouldn't let other people know, especially strangers, to avoid unnecessary trouble. Still, she pulled something resembling a police badge from her pocket and placed it before the two girls.

She felt that although Tang Miao was a rookie, he shouldn't trust everyone he met, should he? Besides, there was clearly something wrong with this girl's situation.

The two girls stared at the badge in confusion. When they saw the emblem clearly, they both froze!

"Hunter Master!?"

Who would have thought that such a tiny little girl was actually a Hunter Master!?

The hunter badges issued by the Hunter's Alliance could not be forged. They even contained bound identity information. The badge the little girl had produced was indeed genuine. The problem was that the two girls simply couldn't believe that a ten-year-old girl could be a master who had hunted countless Demon Beasts.

Still, the badge was real, so naturally the two girls could no longer doubt them. Besides, they knew Tang Miao—or rather, as long as they were students or members of certain clans, they had more or less heard of Tang Miao.

Mu Nujiao's family had even invited Tang Miao over before...

"Now, can you two take us to find her?"

Tang Miao might have been a pathetic hunter, but with Ling Ling around, wasn't leveling up a piece of cake?

Mu Nujiao nodded. "All right. Follow us."

Ai Tutu, meanwhile, followed beside Ling Ling and asked her one question after another. The little tsundere, however, barely paid her any attention.

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