"Ch-Ch-Chairman?" Du Jiashi nearly stuttered.
He stared at the person standing before him in utter shock.
Of all the Contract Anomalists who had joined the Aberration Association, who had not heard of the Chairman's great name?
When newcomers were guided by the instructors in the training rooms and the older members, they would more or less hear about it from them.
How great and formidable the Chairman was.
Without the Chairman, there would be no Aberration Association, nor would there be Contract Anomalists.
They would have been forced—or left with no choice but—to voluntarily become Anomaly Tamers.
They would use their bodies to suppress Weirds, consuming their lifespans.
They would spend their brief lives fighting the Weirds within their bodies, as well as other Weirds.
Brilliant yet fleeting.
Like shooting stars falling one after another, bursting forth with their brightest light in the instant before they fell.
Even if it came at the cost of their lives.
They had no choice but to do so.
After Weirds appeared.
The weapons humanity had once been proud of—even believed capable of destroying the entire world—and every dazzling crystallization of human technological civilization had been declared useless.
Ordinary weapons simply could not harm Weirds.
Du Jiashi and many other newcomers who had joined the Aberration Association had wondered about it as well.
How had the Chairman, all by himself, discovered the way to become a Contract Anomalist?
Even though they had already become Contract Anomalists, they were actually still confused about how to form contracts with Weirds, how to choose Weirds, and how Weirds chose them.
Sometimes, they chose the Weirds.
Other times, the Weirds chose them.
Some chose powerful ones and succeeded in forming contracts.
Others chose weaker ones and failed instead.
But regardless of whether the Weird was strong or weak,