Chapter 660: Chapter 660: Overtaking on a Bend
It was at the same moment.
The Dragon City Team.
The mission that Huo Ziping and the others received from the Clerk included two aspects.
First, they were to organize the “Changes in the Personnel” and “Missing Residents List” of Derry Town for the past ten years, search the houses of the missing residents, and at least confirm the actual situation of twenty residents who had changed or gone missing.
Second, they were to capture a fugitive wanted by the town hall.
The fugitive was an original resident who had severely violated the laws of Derry Town.
He had killed other residents, ignored the warnings of the town hall and fled, he was an extremist with powerful abilities, and there was absolutely no chance of negotiation, only a fight to the death upon meeting him.
The tasks were to be carried out simultaneously.
Hence, Huo Ziping made a decision.
He let Gongsun Hao, whose combat power was second only to his, and Dr. Ma Taotao, who was adept at organizing files, stay by the Clerk’s side, tasked with sorting out the documents and investigating the situation of the missing residents.
He himself set off on the journey to capture the fugitive with Yu Wu.
Once completed, they would receive a collective household registered by the town hall.
During this period, however, something happened… something that unsettled Huo Ziping.
There were many fugitives wanted by the town hall, including some who had not been captured for over a hundred years. They just needed to choose any one of them from the fugitive manual to capture.
In the list of fugitives, there was Mary Shaw whom Huo Ziping and the others had first encountered in the tunnel!
They had encountered her before, and they also had data files of Mary Shaw.
Thus, Huo Ziping decided on his target… Once Mary Shaw was killed, one of the requirements of the [Fate- Basic Requirements] would be met, as long as they continued to obtain the permanent residence certificate normally.
The basic requirement of this Other Chapter would be considered 100% met.
The team could leave the Fate Space and return to Dragon City at any time… Of course, to obtain the final treasure, they must explore deeply as residents.
After deciding on the fugitive to capture,
Because of his own curiosity and considering some follow-up plans, the Dragon City Team continued to go through the fugitive manual, trying to find information about the clown on it… However, they did not get any relevant information.
“Strange, Pennywise should be on it, right? After all, he should have escaped from Derry Town.”
Just then, Yu Wu heard the static noise in the archives- “I’m here…”
Immediately, Yu Wu took out a white book of captured people from the file cabinet.
[Clown-Pennywise] was in there.
However, the detailed capture data and all kinds of files about the clown were crossed out by densely packed lines… Only one sentence was left on it.
“The clown has been captured by the Clerk and is locked up in the deepest part of Derry Town due to the above reasons.”
“The secret of the clown may involve the foundation of Derry Town.
Fortunately, [Mary Shaw] also knows some secrets about the clown, let’s get ready to go.”
“…Captain, have you figured out how to deal with Mary Shaw’s ‘tongue-pulling’ yet?” Yu Wu was still a little scared when he thought of this puppet old woman.
“Yes.”
The Clerk also prepared a special vehicle for capturing fugitives for them. The vehicle, by virtue of its plate number, would not be attacked by any normal residents, and could to some extent lower the external perception of the vehicle.
Just as the two of them got in the car,
A surge of black and purple light suddenly exploded from the direction of the hospital in Derry Town, even dispersing the clouds.
This burst of void energy made Huo Ziping and the others break out in a cold sweat, and a slight impurity pattern appeared in the corner of their eyes.
“A team of minions? No… we have confirmed that only our team and the Holy City team are here, could it be that there are beings like minions among the residents of Derry Town? Luckily, we didn’t encounter any.”
“Captain… the static noise from the minions is weakening, he seems to be dead.” Yu Wu said in a low voice.
“Could it have been done by Nicholas and his people?”
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Just then, terrifying sounds of palms hitting the ground echoed from the town hall, and hundreds of arms climbed out along the wall, carrying the Clerk’s body, personally heading in the direction of the hospital.
“I hope they’re ok…”
Huo Ziping had a good impression of Han Dong. Although the two teams might have conflicts of interest later on, he did not want Han Dong to die like this.
After that, the two of them drove an old-fashioned Lincoln car heading for the mysterious tunnel hundreds of kilometers away.
The car maintained a speed of 60 mph, driving on the asphalt road outside Derry Town… suddenly, they heard the rumble of engines from behind.
A farm truck used for carrying goods appeared in the rearview mirror.
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The person driving the vehicle was the mechanical scarecrow that Huo Ziping had seen at the farm.
There was also a scarecrow child licking a lollipop sitting in the passenger seat.
“This is…”
Huo Ziping immediately entered a combat-ready state.
But right ahead there was a sharp turn. Yu Wu, who had just learned to drive, had to slow down… but the farm truck behind them sped up and drifted right past them.
It seemed that they could still hear the high-speed car chase music playing in the farm truck.
“That is… Nicholas?”
When they were overtaken,
Huo Ziping immediately saw the ‘gravely wounded and unconscious’ youth lying in the haystack…
Seeing this situation, Huo Ziping had already put his right hand on his waist, ready to stage a car chase drama.
To rescue Han Dong from the scarecrow.
However, Yu Wu, who had heard Han Dong’s snoring from amongst the multitude of static, stretched out his hand to stop the captain’s offensive behavior.
“It seems he is asleep… The scarecrow does not have hostile intentions.
Captain, this captain from the Holy City is much smarter than we thought, it seems he made contact with important residents in the farm area in advance.
The farm owner aka the scarecrow, seems to be the person in charge of Derry Town.
Originally, our early departure from the farm seemed to be a result of Nicholas deliberately urging us… They are likely to have returned to the farm after we left.”
Huo Ziping nodded slightly and moved his hand off the hilt of the sword.
“Speaking of which, things indeed seemed a bit strange in the farm. Hmm… Let’s deal with their issue once we get the permanent residence certificate.”
While Huo Ziping and Yu Wu were discussing the plans in the car,
They were suddenly overtaken again.
The vehicle that overtook them was not even a motor vehicle, but a clean handcart, drifting perfectly on the road… carrying a corpse in the cart.
Frightened, the two of them immediately applied the brakes.
Upon taking a closer look, there was nothing in front of them.
…
In the farm truck
Han Dong was peacefully enjoying post-battle rest under the protection of Director Sam, and he could just enjoy his sleep for the entire journey.
Before getting into the car, Han Dong also learned from Sam that his two team members had already mined enough ore and were forcibly arranged by Sam to return to the farm in advance…
Next was time to enjoy the spoils.
Han Dong was ready to evolve the ‘Faceless Skull’.