Shinji and his companions walked through the woods, heading for the Land of the Docks.
The Land of the Docks had the largest film production complex in the entire Shinobi World, along with all sorts of related companies, large and small. Celebrities and performers were practically everywhere.
Of course, they were not going there to chase celebrities.
According to the intelligence provided by the Bounty Station, five popular actresses had already died in "accidents" in just one month.
Quite a few film studios and talent agencies were getting anxious. They wanted the killer found as soon as possible so they could put an end to the panic and get back to making money.
The Five Great Nations, however, had little interest in this sort of commission.
Only after people who had accepted the job from the Bounty Station began disappearing in the Land of the Docks one after another did anyone realize just how deep these waters ran.
In truth, the people at the Bounty Station did not care what had really happened.
But they had to provide an answer. They could not let the Bounty Station's reputation in the underworld suffer.
That was how the commission had eventually landed in Shinji's hands.
They had already agreed on the payment, too. Even if the killer turned out to be some ordinary small fry, they would still offer one Cursed Object as compensation rather than make him work for nothing, and the monetary payment would be made as usual.
If the killer proved to be something more, they would pay two Cursed Objects, but he would have to bring the corpse back for examination.
After all, those people were not all fools.
Their cooperation rested on a bridge of the flimsiest trust. Whichever side broke it first would face the other's