Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 132 Intermission
The Overlord's movements suddenly slowed down. He struggled desperately, trying to shake off the serpentine water streams, but to no avail.

Soon, one of the snake-like streams of water crawled onto his face and entered his mouth.

The Overlord's body froze, and then he began to twitch violently as if he had been electrocuted - this state lasted for about ten seconds, and his tall body fell to the ground with a loud bang, raising a large cloud of dust.

"died?"

"No, I'm just frozen." Zhulong looked at Sun Hang, "Are you cold? Do you need me to lend you my scarf?"

Sun Hang glanced at the thick wool scarf. A thin layer of frost was already covering the fabric, and the chill it emitted was far greater than the surrounding air...Wrapping this thing around his neck would probably only have the opposite effect.

"Forget it. It always feels a bit annoying for a man to lend his scarf to another man." Sun Hang refused directly.

"Haha, that's right." Zhulong laughed heartily - compared to his cold and gloomy abilities, his personality is actually quite cheerful and sunny.

The two chatted for a while before the special forces of Tianshu Tower arrived in a hurry. Dozens of soldiers in black clothes and armor rushed into the alley and cordoned off the scene with a blockade. Then, a helicopter descended from the sky, and two soldiers in heavy power armor stuffed the immobile Overlord into a coffin-like container and lifted him onto the helicopter.

A researcher with disheveled hair and a white coat that had obviously not been washed in weeks hurried over. After looking around the scene, he fixed his eyes on Sun Hang and Zhu Long.

"You are Sun Hang, the registered hunter of Tianfu City, right?" the researcher came over and asked.

"It's me." Sun Hang nodded.

"Well, due to this sudden incident, the Tianshu Tower has decided to suspend the first stage of the upgrade trial." The researcher said, "But the trial will not be cancelled. The specific resumption time is tentatively scheduled for three days. During these three days, you can move freely, and your wanted order will be temporarily sealed, but your personal account will not be unfrozen until the entire trial is over. If you have any needs during this period, you can directly contact us or the Tianshu Tower offices set up in various districts, is that ok?"

"There is a problem." Sun Hang said seriously.

"Uh, what's the problem?"

"My account has been frozen. I have no money for food and no place to live. It would be fine if I were alone, but I have to take a girl with me. I can't let her pick up garbage and sleep on the street with me, right?" Sun Hang said.

"Tianshu Tower will provide you with temporary accommodation and daily necessities. As for the puppeteer, we will take her back..."

"No, she is my hostage. Even if the trial is suspended, I will not return her to you." Sun Hang refused. "Can you guarantee that you will return her to me after the trial is restarted?"

"This... this is of course impossible." The researcher said somewhat embarrassedly, "The puppeteer belongs to the No. 1 Institute. We need to communicate with them about her stay or departure..."

It is obvious that this guy is just a messenger and the decision-making power is not in his hands.

"Don't talk nonsense. I know very well that as long as I hand her over, you will have ten thousand reasons not to return her to me." Sun Hang said, "I also know that you have no power to decide anything. So, I don't need you to provide me with any temporary housing or living supplies. Just give me some cash. You can ask the federal government to reimburse you for this money anyway."

"what?"

"Hurry up, take out all the money you have on you and give it to me!" Sun Hang said viciously, like a bandit who was robbing people on the road. "This..." The researcher searched the pockets of his white coat, but only found two ballpoint pens and a small piece of chocolate that had been in his pocket for who knows how long and had melted and deformed. "I...I usually don't carry cash."

"Why are you so rigid?" Sun Hang couldn't help but scold him, "Have you been stupid because of your research? Don't you see that there are shops everywhere on this street? Why don't you just find one, scan the payment code, and ask the owner to give you a discount?"

“Um…I…I didn’t bring my cell phone either.” The researcher stammered.

"Scan your face, buddy!" Sun Hang pointed at his face. "What era is this? Don't you have yet to activate the facial recognition payment function?"

"Forget it, forget it. Don't embarrass him." Zhulong walked over with a smile and said, "The researchers of Tianshu Tower have a special status. They must sign a confidentiality agreement before joining the company. Members' information, especially facial recognition data, are federal secrets. Ordinary private financial institutions are not allowed to register. Even if you let them scan their faces, they won't get anything."

"There's this matter?" Sun Hang couldn't help but frown, "Who will make up for my lack of living expenses?"

"I'll make it up for you, I'll make it up for you." Zhu Long laughed, took out his wallet from his pocket, took out a thick stack of banknotes and handed it to Sun Hang, "I was on vacation, and I just took out this money to spend. I haven't even warmed it up in my hands yet. Since you need it, you can use it first."

"Thank you very much." Sun Hang took the stack of bills, which still smelled of fresh ink, without hesitation and stuffed it into his pocket.

Although he did not count how many there were, judging from the thickness, there should be at least seven or eight thousand.

"The incident has come to an end," Zhu Long looked at the soldiers who were busy cleaning up the scene, "There is nothing for us to do now. Otherwise, I would like to invite you two to have a drink at a nearby tavern. Would you do me the honor?"

"I don't drink." The puppeteer said in a low voice.

"That pub also has non-alcoholic drinks." Zhulong added, "In addition, their Japanese-style yakitori, which is used to accompany wine, is also very unique. I recommend that you try it."

"I have no problem. It's up to you." Sun Hang turned and looked at the puppeteer.

The puppeteer nodded.

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. Please wait for me for a moment."

After Sun Hang finished speaking, he quickly ran back to the convenience store, took out four bills from the stack, and stuffed them into the hands of the shivering clerk who was hiding behind the cash register.

"The federal government should compensate for the store's losses. This is the money from that bottle of Coke," said Sun Hang.

"Ah? Oh...what?" Holding four hundred-dollar bills, the clerk looked at Sun Hang blankly - what happened in these few short minutes was so shocking to an ordinary person that his brain has not yet come to its senses.

"No big deal. When your boss asks you about it, just blame it on the federal government."

(End of this chapter)