Cheng Sui picked up the file, his brows furrowing more and more as he read. He looked at Ye Sheng and asked, puzzled, "The mission target is in the suburbs of Chicago, and the college is also in Chicago. Wasn't he monitored before?"
"The hidden base of Hybrids is quite large, and Cassell College can't find all of them, so this situation occasionally occurs," Ye Sheng explained.
Cheng Sui looked at the victim's photo in the file, somewhat puzzled. "Then why didn't the college immediately dispatch Executive Department Specialists to kill him when he killed the first person? Why wait until now?"
"The main reason is that this person's actions are irregular and his methods of committing crimes are cruel and swift, making it difficult for Executive Department Specialists to block his movements."
"What about the less important reasons?" Cheng Sui pressed further.
Ye Sheng fell silent, and Sakatoku Aki also lowered her gaze and looked away. Nono, however, seemed unconcerned, continuing to eat her crème brûlée.
After a moment of silence, Ye Sheng slowly began, "You know, Cassell College has had one and only one purpose since its inception: to slay dragons.
But slaying dragons is a dangerous task, and students without combat training cannot fulfill this duty. So, the school offers practical combat courses to train students. However, the training from practical combat courses is clearly not enough for those A-rank elites, so..."
Ye Sheng paused, trying to find the right words.
Cheng Sui completed what Ye Sheng had left unsaid: "So, to a certain extent, the school chooses to 'raise' these Dangerous Hybrids to train the so-called elites when necessary."
Ye Sheng sighed and nodded, acknowledging Cheng Sui's statement.
Nono chewed her crème brûlée, her expression unchanged. She came from a large Hybrid family in China and was long accustomed to such matters.
Waving a small silver spoon, she added, "Didn't Senior Brother Ye Sheng just say it? The purpose of Cassell College is to slay dragons. One of the most important reasons the Board of Directors is willing to give the school so much money every year is that the school can continuously supply them with front-line talent for dragon slaying."
Nono's slender fingers tapped the mission target's photo: "Since the goal is to slay dragons, the lives of ordinary people are, of course, irrelevant. Do you think the Executive Department Specialists who are busy dealing with Dangerous Hybrid incidents every day are doing it because the Board of Directors wants to protect civilians? In reality, it's to prevent Hybrids from being too conspicuous. Otherwise, if the world knew the truth, it would affect the Board of Directors' grand dragon-slaying enterprise.
The reason Hybrids and humans are so peaceful now is because the Hybrids' biggest enemy is the Pure-blood Dragon race. If one day the Pure-blood Dragon race is completely wiped out, who do you think those Hybrid families will target next? The Board of Directors has already begun to gradually control the world, let alone after successfully slaying dragons."
Sakatoku Aki gently placed her hand on Nono's hand, wondering what this girl had experienced to be able to speak such words so calmly.
Nono smiled, holding Aki's hand, and continued, "The Headmaster is a sufficiently pure person; he only thinks about slaying dragons. Everyone at Cassell College is also very pure, thinking about saving the world or protecting those around them.
The most detestable are those at the top who indifferently observe all of this. Senior Brother Cheng, you haven't participated in those family events hosted by Hybrid families; each one of them flashes their Golden Eyes as if displaying jewelry, it's absolutely repulsive."
Ye Sheng clapped his hands, trying to dispel the somewhat heavy atmosphere: "Alright, alright, let's discuss the mission first."
Cheng Sui nodded. The Board of Directors and other dragon-slaying families were still far from him. He wasn't a saint, nor did he possess the noble sentiment of saving the world; he was just somewhat surprised by Cassell College's approach of 'raising' Dangerous Hybrids to a certain extent.
Ye Sheng spread out a map of Chicago and drew a circle on it with a marker: "According to intelligence from the front-line Executive Department Specialists, we can confirm the target's primary activity range is in the northwest district of Chicago."
Ye Sheng took out a photo from the file; it was a picture of an abandoned factory:
"The target was last seen in an abandoned factory in the western suburbs of Des Plaines. As the dragon blood erosion becomes more severe, his behavior will gradually align with that of dragons. We suspect he has now made this factory his lair, and any creature entering it will be attacked as an intruder."
"So, I need to actively enter the abandoned factory and kill him? The Headmaster really trusts me, to let me go deep into the enemy's lair." Cheng Sui chuckled self-deprecatingly.
Ye Sheng thought Cheng Sui was worried about his safety, so he added, "Although the Headmaster said you should complete this mission alone, Executive Department Specialists will surround the entire abandoned factory. If you encounter danger, you can immediately evacuate the factory, and the Executive Department Specialists will cover you."
Cheng Sui didn't explain, but asked, "What about his other information, like Kotodama?"
"Based on the victims' bodies, we speculate his Kotodama is Deep Blood, number 47. Its effect is to make the caster toxic; all bodily fluids, including sweat, saliva, and blood, become highly poisonous. Because he has lost control, we suspect his Kotodama can now remain active at all times, so you must be careful when fighting him."
Highly poisonous, huh... that's a bit troublesome.
Cheng Sui stroked his chin and asked the question he most wanted to know: "Are there surveillance cameras inside the abandoned factory?"
Ye Sheng was slightly taken aback, wondering why Cheng Sui would ask this question, but still answered, "This factory has been abandoned for a long time, and all surveillance cameras are no longer functional."
Cheng Sui nodded in satisfaction. No cameras, then he could fight with confidence.
[The Third Hokage, considering you have been a Ninja Academy teacher for a long time, and to help you adapt to the upcoming mission in the Land of Wind, has dispatched you to execute a mission to pursue and kill a rogue Ninja.]
[Mission: Successfully kill the Konoha rogue Ninja]
[Mission Completion Reward: Medical Ninjutsu: Mystical Palm Technique]
Seeing the system prompt appear in his eyes, Cheng Sui's smile grew even wider.
It seems the system has classified this "rogue Ninja" as a medical Ninja, and the reward is the practical Mystical Palm Technique.
It was a bit regrettable that the system didn't attribute this reward to Sandaime; otherwise, he could have gotten something from the Third Hokage.
Ye Sheng looked at the increasingly intense smile on Cheng Sui's face, feeling a chill.
He was going to kill a Dangerous Hybrid, yet his junior brother acted as if he were a Dangerous Hybrid going to hunt ordinary people.
Nono curiously flipped through the file: "From the information, this Dangerous Hybrid hasn't stopped hunting, which means civilians could be killed every minute."
Cheng Sui stretched his neck, his bones cracking loudly: "Don't worry, I'll set off tonight to take care of him."