Chapter 63: The Hunt In The Forest Beneath The Night Sky (1/2)

Chapter 63: The Hunt In The Forest Beneath The Night Sky

The message automatically deleted itself after display. It was untraceable. It looked like these people had made full preparation before they came.

An hour. Cillin’s opponent had left him with no additional time to prepare at all. It was also three days earlier than the time Coy Behind The Smile had told him.

After returning to the accommodation, he took out his modified hoverboard and left a timed voice message on the answering machine. If he did not return after a specific time, the answering machine would tell Knight what he should do. Cillin did not bring his communicator with him either. It was too easily exposed.

A muffler was installed in his modified hoverboard. The energy installation was improved as well. Cillin rode the hoverboard and vanished into the darkness, heading towards the location marked on the map.

At a certain accommodation in Sector D of the ten trade Sectors, Coy Behind The Smile sat very indecently on the chair while speaking on the communicator.

“I’ve already sent out the news. He should know what to do.”

The reason Coy Behind The smile and Eight Claws had participated in the Sector Championship was purely for fun’s sake. Although Hunters would not normally participate in such contests, Eight Claws and Coy Behind The Smile were really bored out of their wits, plus they were also rather curious by the news of Shadow X prior to the event launch. And so they registered for the tournament. However, they did not expect that they would receive a mission to transmit codes, and they were even more surprised to find out that the legendary Shadow X was actually one of their own.

Coy Behind The Smile and Eight Claws had never planned to perform too well in the Sector Championship in the first place. It’s just that their luck was too good that all the opponents they ran into weren’t strong; not even the students from military academies. That was why the duo was able to become one of the remaining thirty two contestants of the tournament. Even without the mission, they did not plan to continue further. It wasn’t a Hunter’s way to expose their true capabilities in front of everyone’s eyes. They didn’t care for the extent Cillin wanted to fight either.

The person on the other side said something, and Coy Behind The Smile sat up straight with a frown.

“Didn’t you say that it is three days later… alright, I’ll keep an eye out for him at the Sector Championship platform. If he still hasn’t shown up before tomorrow’s match then he’s probably… alright. Got it.”

“What is it?” Eight Claws looked at Coy Behind The Smile, sitting like a statue after the call had ended.

Coy Behind The Smile sighed, “Something happened over at our employer’s side, and the assassination was brought forward. The exact situation is unknown. The hidden contacts arranged by the commander in Seven Lights could not contact Cillin either.”

“Judging from their habits, if he still hasn’t shown up during tomorrow’s last-16 match, then logically speaking, he will never show up again. If he does show up, it would mean the disappearance of the ‘Black Thorn’ killer organization from the killer leaderboard forever.”

“Yeah… but just how likely is that latter situation?”

Coy Behind The Smile didn’t say anything.

When Cillin arrived at the edge of the forest zone between the commercial trade zone and the entertainment zone’s Sleepless City, he retracted his hoverboard and stored it and his jacket into the ring. He ran into the lush forest.

Deep inside the forest, there were three men dressed in black whispering about something. Beside them was Theresa, both hands and feet tied while laying on the ground. Her hair was a little disheveled, she had dust and grass stains all over her, but her eyes had not lost its spirit yet. She had only suffered some bruises, and everything else was still fine. The ‘Black Thorn’ would not silence her yet until they found Cillin.

Theresa also knew that it was better for her to act obedient right now. If these people found out that she was pulling any little tricks on them, they would kill her without hesitation.

She did not expect that those people from the Douance Family would contact the ‘Black Thorn’, the killer organization who was almost on their last legs already. After their failed assassination on Cillin during their last mission and and consequent pressure and attacks from many sides at once, the Black Thorn’s remaining strength was no longer sufficient for them to float around the killer leaderboard any longer. However, the competitors within Aiflon’s family had lent them a helping hand when they were about to eliminated completely.

Although she wasn’t sure about the details, even Theresa could guess that this matter was definitely related to a deal between the Black Thorn and those few people from the Douance Family. Without their interference, the Black Thorn alone would’ve found it difficult to infiltrate onto Planet Seven Lights.

“Brown Thorn, how’s it going?” Someone said.

Theresa lifted her eyes and looked. She couldn’t see the person’s face clearly in the night, and he was walking really quickly. But Theresa did not hear any walking sounds whatsoever. It was like watching a ghost drifting back and forth.