Other than investigating murder cases, the Detective Department also issued missions to capture wanted criminals. Even in Sky Mist City, there were still criminals. Grey was sure that there were probably more criminals than anyone thought.
Of course, there were rewards for bringing in wanted criminals, dead or alive. But the thing was, the criminals were also cultivators. Many of them were strong, and some were even from inhuman races. Grey had not met any inhuman race yet, but he felt that he might very soon.
As Grey looked through the criminal wanted list, he saw someone that looked easy to find. He burned the appearance into his head and decided to go hunting criminals later at night.
After going through all the documents, he entered a meditative state while sitting cross-legged and started to cultivate. When he woke up from his semi-conscious state, he saw the Captain sitting opposite him, with her foot resting on top of the desk while she leaned back in her chair.
She brought out a lollipop and put it in her mouth when she saw Grey open his eyes. When he fully came to his senses, he was shocked—or rather, stunned.
Ever since he advanced to the sixth level of Qi Accumulation, his perception and mental strength had risen. As long as someone was within a twenty-meter radius of him, he would absolutely know it. Yet, the Captain was sitting down casually, and he hadn’t noticed.
She could have attacked and I wouldn’t know it! Cold sweat ran down his neck, and he started to be wary of the Captain. She was much stronger than she was letting on. The Captain seemed to be able to read his mind and smiled bashfully, but to Grey, that was the smile of a shark.
He sat up properly and looked at the Captain nonchalantly, who was still sitting opposite him like she was the boss.
"How may I help you, Captain?" His voice was calm and cool, but there was an edginess that betrayed his nervousness.
"I just wanted to check if you had come back because I really needed you to read these files, especially the rules and regulations. You would also need the current wanted criminals list in case you chance upon any by accident." She uncrossed her leg and sat down normally.
"How long have you been sitting down here?"
"Not too long. I wanted to leave as soon as I came, but... Anyways, these wanted lists can be handled by anybody. Just because you’re the Vice Captain doesn’t mean that you can’t participate in such missions!"
Grey nodded his head at her words. Besides, he was in a financial mess as of late and needed money for many things. Catching a few thugs here and there would help greatly, and the pay was actually very decent.
One wanted criminal had a bounty of eight spirit stones on their head. It was much more than both his monthly salary and his bank account. But if you captured the criminal alive, the reward went up to ten spirit stones.
But since catching criminals was harder than killing them, people normally went for the first option. So after a lot of thought, he decided to hunt a wanted criminal later in the day.
After seeing the Captain leave, Grey’s expression turned complicated. He couldn’t figure anything out about the Captain.
Not giving much thought to her, he glanced outside before checking the time. It was a little late. He had spent at least four hours cultivating. Although his cultivation base was no longer stagnant, it would take a long time before he eventually reached the next level.
With a soft sigh, Grey took off his Detective Agency badge and properly put his hat over his head. Seeing his long hair reach his shoulders, he would make sure to cut it when he came back.
Without any hesitation, he walked forward toward the area that Sky Mist City did not focus on. The Captain had told him to avoid this place because there were some strong cultivators in the Foundation Establishment realm who stayed there. It was okay to avoid them and not cross their paths, but if he mistakenly did something to provoke them, he would be in a lot of trouble.
That was why he only picked criminals who were known to be loners and had no gang or any sort of backing.
Among them, three were inhuman, and the last one was a human cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Accumulation. The three inhuman races had cultivation levels at the eighth level of Qi Accumulation, but their fighting prowess was low and their intelligence lacking, which made them good targets for him.
Because of his low cultivation base, he couldn’t attempt to capture criminals of higher cultivation levels that would pay more.
With the dim glow of the street lamps and Grey’s detective hat hiding most of his face and hair, he looked somewhat inconspicuous. After walking into the dangerous area, he felt as if he was being scanned by several divine senses at once. His expression turned cold, and he ruthlessly released his aura toward the probing divine senses.
They slowly retracted and vanished. With a cold expression, he walked deeper into the area. This late at night, civilians had already settled into their homes and gone to sleep, leaving the streets desolate and empty. But to Grey, this was a good thing, as there would be no collateral damage.
He silently blended into a corner and waited patiently to see if he could find any of his targets, but several minutes went by, and he didn’t even see one person. He waited for another half hour, but when no one walked down the street, he decided to change locations.
Barely a few minutes after he changed locations, he saw an inhuman running lightly down the street. His gaze was wary and scared at the same time. If not for his slightly orange skin and lack of ears, Grey would have thought he was human.
Before the inhuman even got within five meters of Grey, Grey had already picked up his scent. Unlike normal humans, inhuman races smelled very odd. Although he wasn’t one of his original targets, Grey recognized him.
This inhuman was charged with rape and gang murder, as well as plundering casinos and restaurants. The reward for his head was nine spirit stones. If he brought him in alive, it would be twelve spirit stones.
Only a sharp glint appeared in Grey’s eyes before he decided to attack. At that moment, he wished he had ranged weapons and spells, but without further ado, he brought out his dagger, and as soon as the inhuman cultivator passed his location, he attacked.
In silence, Grey moved like the wind. His body swayed, and in a second, he was already in front of his target. The inhuman cultivator was first shocked before turning furious and angry. He attacked as well. His cultivation was at the seventh level of Qi Accumulation, so he was confident that he could defeat Grey easily.
A silent gleam appeared in his eyes as he looked at Grey. He knew someone who bought bodies. He could sell Grey’s body after killing him. Without any hesitation, he erupted with speed. His right hand seemed to grow larger as muscles bulged out. A strange, evil face appeared on his shoulder and cackled loudly.
The inhuman cultivator’s fists reached Grey in a short amount of time, but Grey reacted as if he had already expected this and calmly dodged. His dagger seemed to disappear, and when it appeared again, blood spurted out, and the inhuman cultivator let out a small groan.
He bit his lips to endure the pain and continued attacking, punching harder with each strike. But Grey was like a serpent—he always managed to dodge while cutting his opponent repeatedly.
After a while, green fog came out of the inhuman cultivator’s mouth, but Grey simply released some of his dark gold sword aura. From the green fog, a slight groan could be heard. The fog didn’t advance toward him; instead, it flew back into the inhuman cultivator’s mouth.
The inhuman cultivator was shocked. At that point, he no longer wanted to fight Grey and focused on escaping. Despite his higher cultivation base, he was still losing to Grey. Worse than that, the small being inside the green fog was injured. If it died, he would suffer severe repercussions.
But how would Grey let him leave so easily? He didn’t seem surprised in the least and simply gripped the dagger and spun toward the retreating inhuman cultivator.
The inhuman cultivator heard a whooshing sound and tried to dodge. In the end, the flying dagger was too fast and pierced his throat. He fell to the floor, pain and agony written all over his earless face. He cried loudly, but Grey was unfazed.
Grey dug out his dagger from the still-living inhuman cultivator and sharply beheaded him. After cutting off his head, green fog rushed out of the corpse. Within it was the inhuman cultivator’s soul, wearing a scared, shirtless expression. It didn’t even look back as the fog flew into the distance.
Grey rushed forward slightly, and a bottle appeared in his hand. With another movement, the green fog and the barely illusory inhuman soul were trapped within the glass bottle.
"This should be useful for refining poison," Grey said quietly.
He picked up the head and put it into his storage bag. He also collected the items found on the inhuman cultivator’s body. Sky Mist City allowed them to take whatever belongings were found on criminals.
Deciding to check them later, Grey walked toward the Detective Agency. His eyes were calm and cool as ever. The only signs of what had taken place were the blood on his hands and the pavement.
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