Hu Yunting wandered around Nightmare Town all morning, seemingly doing nothing but looking around at everything in town.
Near noon, he arrived at the entrance to the town's Public Security Team headquarters.
The Public Security Team had a spacious courtyard. The entrance looked rather old, its two yellow wooden doors tightly shut. Hu Yunting walked up and knocked with the door knocker.
With a creak, someone opened the door from inside.
A group of uniformed Public Security Team members sat in the courtyard eating barbecue. Two stoves stood beside them, with fragrant meat skewers turning over the heat. The scene was lively.
"An outsider?" the Public Security Team Captain said, his expression stiff. "Are you here to report a crime? There's no need to come here. Just shout my name anywhere in Nightmare Town, and I can arrive at any time."
Hu Yunting replied, "I'm not here to report a crime. I'm here to apply for a job."
"A job?" The Public Security Team Captain shook his head. "We have no plans to recruit anyone."
Hu Yunting walked into the courtyard, nodded lightly to everyone, then said, "There are a lot more outsiders in town now. You must be under much greater pressure to maintain order... you all look very busy."
The Public Security Team Captain looked at his men busily brushing oil onto skewers and fanning the flames and adding firewood, then silently nodded in agreement.
"I don't need an official position. Just give me a title in the Public Security Team... and a little compensation, and I can patrol the town and fight crime for you. I'm definitely the strongest of the outsiders. I can handle plenty of things without you having to get involved," Hu Yunting said.
"That is indeed a good proposal." After considering it, the