The Death List Novel - Chapter 332
Chapter 332 Crossed Plot Lines
“Mr. Qin Lun, we’ve already received that person. We’re waiting for you at Club 3!” The gang deputy who had been sent earlier pushed open the door and walked in. He stood behind Qin Lun and whispered.
“En, very good. I’ll leave this place to you. After detonating all of it, destroy this stronghold.” Qin Lun’s eyes lit up and he stood up from the monitor screen. The only trump card in his hand was Coolapika. Since he had already captured a brigade member, then tonight’s plan would be considered a great success.
Qin Lun took out a felt hat and put it on his head. He put up his collar and walked out of the house. However, he did not leave the alley where the house was located. Instead, he arrived at Curly Tail, where there was a tall and sturdy fence.
This fence was the back wall of the building in the neighboring block. Qin Lun flipped his left hand and the black iron hook chain hung by his side. With a shake of his hand, he grabbed onto the top of the fence and jumped over. After passing through a building, he left the block where the cemetery building was located, and the gunshots in his ears immediately disappeared.
Just as he was stepping onto the ground, several police cars sped past the main road in front of Qin Lun, and the sirens and lights sounded. The Phantom Brigade had besieged the cemetery building for half an hour, and York City’s military and police system had long been in chaos.
Actually, they couldn’t be blamed for arriving just now. On one side was a powerful gangster organization, while on the other side was an extraordinarily powerful Thief. If they wanted to interfere in the war between the two, the local military and police in York City were truly unable to catch them. It was already quite good to be able to rush over to rescue the innocent people.
Qin Lun lowered his felt hat and waited for the police car to pass before heading towards a small hotel across the street. This small hotel was the property of a local gang boss and was taken over by the representative of the “Ten Old Man”. However, even he himself did not know what it was used for.
Most of the assets belonging to the gangs had underground shelters. Qin Lun had the Ten Old Man arrange a total of seven or eight places, disrupting the label. Until the last moment, no one knew which hideout the youth would use.
Seeing Qin Lun walk through the main door, the gangsters disguised as lobby managers immediately silently handed him a bunch of keys. Qin Lun nodded at him, took the key and went upstairs.
After arriving at the second floor, Qin Lun used the key to open an unremarkable guest room at the end of the corridor. However, as soon as he opened the door, a cold light shot straight at him.
“Dou!” Qin Lun looked at the trembling fruit knife on the doorframe and unhappily greeted the man in the guest room, “Hey, Rand, I kindly told you to avoid the battlefield. Just treat me like this!”
“Hmph, it’s weird that you have good intentions.” Rand’s face darkened as he took a bite of the freshly peeled apple and said indifferently, “Tell me, what exactly are you looking for me for? Didn’t you say that the well water doesn’t violate the river water?”
“Don’t tell me, you won’t think of it?” Qin Lun didn’t say anything clever to Rand, who was also a murderer. He directly asked, “Has your main line been completed?”
“I’m done. I’ve obtained the Hunter’s License!” Rand hesitated for a moment and chose to tell Qin Lun the truth. After all, there shouldn’t be a direct conflict between him and Qin Lun’s main plot. “However, my main mission is too little. I plan to use the remaining time to complete another side plot.”
Rand was quite dissatisfied with the arrangements the Broken Star System had made for him. Ordinary apostles would be overjoyed as long as they could complete the main mission in the mission world. Only perverts like Rand and Qin Lun would be picky. They felt that there weren’t enough dangers and the rewards for the mission weren’t generous enough.
“Your side story is in York City?” Qin Lun rubbed his chin noncommittally.
“En!” Rand’s eyes flickered as he probed, “I heard that you have a deep relationship with the local gangs?”
“Yes, you know that I joined the Dark Beast Organization. The Dark Beast Organization is actually the backstage force of the gangs all over the world.” Qin Lun said indifferently and shut his mouth tightly.
Rand stared at Qin Lun and stopped talking. The latter only looked down at his fair fingernails, as if there was a beautiful flower growing on them. Immediately, the room fell into a strange silence.
“There must be some overlap in our mission plot. What do you want?” Rand remained silent for a while before finally taking the lead.
“Let me see your side story!” Qin Lun raised his head and said with a smile.
“Bullshit, why don’t you show me the mission first!” Rand rolled his eyes in disdain.
“Mine is the main line, yours is the side line. The importance is different!” Qin Lun waved his hand indifferently. “We signed a soul contract. Besides, you don’t think our mission is in direct conflict. Of course, you have to show some sincerity first.”
Lan De’s expression was uncertain, but he finally sighed and revealed his side story. Qin Lun was right. If the main line was not completed, the punishment in the starry sky would be extremely heavy, but the side mission would not be punished. The two could not be compared.
However, the reason why Lander was willing to display the mission first was because he had a request from Qin Lun. Although Fireworks had successfully completed the main mission, in reality, the side story he had received was the most important reward for him.
The process of Rand obtaining the Hunter’s License was rather tortuous, but it was still a shocking one. The difficulty of the mission was not high, and the rewards were certainly not great. However, after he became a hunter, he discovered that the system of spiritual will was the most worthy reward to pursue in this world.
However, he was different from Qin Lun, or rather, he was different from all the murderers. Fireworks Rand killed people by bombs and arson. He had not seen many bloody scenes before. There was no such thing as Joey’s heart of slaughter or Hansen’s will to fight that came out of the battlefield.
Therefore, it was extremely difficult for Rand to obtain the ability to read. Perhaps the Broken Star System had calculated this point, so it gave him a side story about the ability to read. This side story is very strange, asking Rand to go to York City to find a “Zoroastrian” bronze statue of Ahura Mazda.
Logically speaking, it wouldn’t be difficult for someone like Rand to find something when there was a location and a target. However, Rand was no ordinary person after all. He had a vague premonition that there would definitely be hidden difficulties in this mission.
As soon as he received the mission, he rushed to York City at all costs. He had originally thought that this item would be harder to find, but he had only just asked a few people about the whereabouts of the Ahura Mazda bronze statue. This was an antique item that was about to be auctioned at the auction.
Rand arrived in Yorkson on September 2. When he learned about the bronze statue, he immediately decided to sneak into the auction house tonight and steal the bronze statue.
Half a day in York City, he already knew that the auction was organized by gangs all over the world.
Originally, the best choice was to wait for the bronze statue to be auctioned off before robbing it halfway, so that it wouldn’t have to face the gangs from all over the world. However, Rand had a faint worry. He was afraid of having a long night’s sleep, so he would rather offend the gangs than make a move during the auction.
“Hahaha!” After Qin Lun finished reading Rand’s mission, he burst into laughter.
Rand was right to worry. All of the items in the auction had fallen into the hands of the Phantom Brigade after the destruction of the Dark Beasts. In other words, no matter how early the fireworks were, it was impossible for him to find the Zoroastrian Ahura Mazda bronze statue at the auction.
“What are you laughing at?” Rand’s face darkened. “Where’s your main mission?”
He saw a battlefield-like gunfight near the cemetery building. He knew that things were definitely not that simple, and his plans were likely to have fallen through. Otherwise, he wouldn’t give up and follow the gangsters sent by Qin Lun to this small hotel.
Qin Lun rolled his eyes. Rand’s current mission target was in the hands of the brigade, but that didn’t mean that Fireworks Rand had to be on the same side as him. One had to know that Rand was also a Meteor Street thug to conceal his identity. As long as he sold the Hunter Squad to the brigade, it wasn’t impossible for him to obtain the bronze statue.
“To tell you the truth, my main mission is a slaughter mission. There are two opposing factions. I cannot show you the contents of the mission until you are on the same side as me.” Qin Lun chuckled and said, “However, I am confident that I can help you obtain that bronze statue. The condition is that you sign a soul contract with me and fight against my enemies together.”
Rand narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin Lun silently.
Qin Lun knew that it was impossible to make Rand attack with words alone. He smiled and flipped his hand. He removed the Earth Dragon Lizard leather armor from his body and threw it at him. “If you fail to obtain the bronze statue in the end, then this leather armor will be considered compensation paid by me.”
“Purple-gold leather armor?!” Rand’s pupils shrank as he stroked the leather armor in his hand and fell into deep thought. He could tell that the Earth Dragon Lizard Leather Armor was worth at least 200,000 to 300,000 broken crystals. Even if it couldn’t be compared to the system of spiritual power, it indirectly proved Qin Lun’s sincerity.
“How is it?” Qin Lun asked with a smile.
“Alright, it’s a deal!” Seeing Qin Lun’s sincerity, Rand decisively tossed the leather armor back to him.
The apostle master was not dead, so he could not use this leather armor, and it was impossible for him to even put it into his storage space. If Qin Lun died, this thing would only be taken away by the shattered starry sky. The Bloody Magic Cube might not be able to draw out the leather armor.
After signing a new soul contract with Rand, Qin Lun secretly smiled and told the main mission and the truth.
After listening to Qin Lun’s narrative, Rand’s face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. Just from the strength of the Phantom Brigade and his background in Meteor Street, he knew that he had been tricked by the youth.
Without signing a soul contract to join the Hunter’s camp, he actually had many ways to obtain a bronze statue from the brigade. After all, to the brigade, it was just an antique that wasn’t very important.
Of course, this also meant that he had to be hostile to Qin Lun. From this aspect, the current choice was not unacceptable. Rand was just not angry that Qin Lun was using him.
“Haha, you’re scared!” Qin Lun looked at Rand provocatively.
“Hmph, having a brigade like this is really enjoyable. However, being tricked by you is different!” Rand said bluntly with a gloomy face, “I told you beforehand that I have my own methods and will not listen to your orders.”
“Whatever, whatever!” Qin Lun smiled and said, “However, do you want to come with me to see the members of the brigade that we just captured?”