I was transported from Lobotomy Corporation to another world.

Noelle was somewhat surprised to see Reed accept four high-risk commissions at once. "Four commissions right away! Isn't that too much for Reed? And one of them is to wipe out a succubus in a residential area!"

"There are so many listed above, it probably won't be enough to wipe them all out in seven days!"

The others in the association were also shocked and began to discuss it.

"Is this guy crazy? I've seen people take on four jobs before, but taking on four high-risk jobs is just too outrageous!"

Even top experts wouldn't dare take on four of these types of cases at once...

"Especially that quest number 1, one of my brothers went with a team to do it and hasn't come back yet..."

Reid told Noelle that he could do it and then turned to leave the association.

"Wait a minute..." A deep voice sounded in Reed's ear, and a leather glove heavily covered in black substance was draped over Reed's shoulder.

Upon hearing the sound, Reed looked to his right.

Red didn't look at the other person's true face, but rather at the mask they wore.

Reed looked at the other person's somewhat unusual mask with a puzzled expression. "How do you have a gas mask...?"

The person in front of me was wearing a trench coat, leather gloves stained with black oil, a reusable brass jar on their back, and two strange rectangular devices strapped to their arms.

What's even more striking is that he's wearing a modern gas mask, something Reed, who's been in this strange world for so long, knows.

There are no such things as gas masks in this world; at most, there are those breath-proof masks similar to those worn by medieval quack doctors.

The man paused for a moment after hearing the term "gas mask"...? It's more like a fire mask.

Is this thing fireproof? Reed didn't dwell on that question. "Why are you taking pictures of me?"

The man's voice was numb and devoid of emotion; Reed could tell it was so numb that even his normal tone of voice had become inhuman…

"I just heard...you accepted that quest to eliminate the succubus, I want to team up with you..."

Reed hesitated a bit. To be honest, saying he'd finish it within seven days had been a bit pretentious.

But to wipe out the monsters in a residential area, even with four arms and four thin swords, I probably couldn't manage it all...

It would be better to have some people help kill monsters, but then the gold coins would be split equally, and you would get fewer gold coins yourself…

Although he knew the answer to some extent, Reed still asked, "Why do you want to team up with me for more commissions?"

Upon hearing this, the man's voice suddenly crackled with barely suppressed rage: "Because I'm going to slaughter all those succubi!"

Reed was stunned when he heard this; most people accept commissions undoubtedly for the reward.

But the numb man in front of me, wearing a gas mask, suddenly spoke with anger that didn't seem fake; this man truly intended to do what he said.

Now Reed was a little curious. "Why? Did those succubi offend you?"

The man's body trembled with rage, but he merely adjusted his gas mask without responding.

Reed didn't insist but handed the commission to the other party. The man at the front desk stained his thumb red and then pressed his thumb onto the commission.

Reed didn't get a reply from the other party, but he learned the gist of it from the onlookers around him.

And the people talking around them were trying to keep their voices down, although their voices were still perfectly audible whether they were being hushed up or not…

"Oh my gosh~ Isn't that the arsonist? What's he doing here?!"

"Let's go, this guy's a high-risk individual, he's even wanted by the authorities..."

"What are you talking about? Who is this guy?"

"This guy is nicknamed 'The Arsonist,' and just like his nickname suggests, all the jobs he takes are related to succubi..."

"Yes, yes...! It's said that this guy's hometown was invaded by succubi, and his entire family was raped and murdered."

"Only this person was left alive, and then he went on a killing succubus mad every day..."

"Isn't this a good thing for most people... to avenge themselves by killing succubi?"

"What a load of rubbish! This guy's gone mad! He wants to destroy everything related to love!"

"This guy has gone mad... I saw him burn a couple alive last night."

Noelle silently moved 5 meters away from Reed, afraid that this arsonist might mistake her and Reed for a couple.

This guy is practically a lawless arsonist, intolerant of any love...

Listening to the conversations around him, Red looked at the arsonist who stood there numbly with a scrutinizing gaze.

"You're probably not deaf, are these people telling the truth...?"

The arsonist didn't try to deny it; instead, he calmly nodded. "I did it. Let's hurry up and finish this job..."

Reed watched the arsonist stride away, seemingly oblivious to the danger, and said, "Sorry, I don't want to team up with a lunatic like you."

The arsonist stopped in his tracks upon hearing this, and the face wearing a gas mask turned to look at Reed.

"It doesn't matter, I'll go even if I don't team up."

"I only teamed up with you to get money for fuel, and since you refused... I don't care."

The burly man at the front desk reminded them, "The person who puts their fingerprint on the request form is already part of the team..."

Before the burly man could finish speaking, Reed tore off the red mark left by the arsonist's thumb and casually tossed it on the ground.

"Look closely, there's no red mark on the paper." Reed pressed the commission paper against the burly man's face, then took back the commission paper and turned to leave with Noelle.

After the arsonist and Red left, the burly man slammed his fist on the table and cursed loudly.

The people drinking at the scene burst into laughter, and the previously serious and quiet atmosphere vanished...

Noelle watched the arsonist walking in the distance. "Should we do the second request first? We'd better stay away from this guy..."

Reed: "When did you start thinking of me as so weak?"

Noelle quickly waved her hands and shook her head. "No, Reid is very strong and capable! What I mean is, let's choose other commissions to do first."

"This madman might suddenly go insane or mistake us for succubi or something..."

Reed: "So that's what you're worried about. If you go crazy, just kill him."

"And what if this guy really wipes out all the succubi in a residential area? Those 30 gold coins can't just disappear like that."

Noelle blinked. "Reid thinks that madman can take down the succubus's lair...?"

Reed cracked his neck. "Didn't you hear what the others were saying? This guy specializes in killing succubi, he definitely knows more than we do."

"And he didn't feel any fear or tension; he might have been numb, doing it with the mindset that if he died, he would just die."

Noelle recalled her previous experience; her body had become strange after she inhaled some powder…

Reed looked at Noelle, who was blushing and fidgeting, seemingly reluctant to go. "I'll get you a room. You can stay with this dog. I can go by myself. Taking you along would just be a burden."

"Woof woof woof! Woof woof!" Body, who had been holding back for so long, finally couldn't take it anymore. Not calling him by his name was one thing, but calling him "lump of a dog" was awful!

After Red kicked Body mercilessly, Body let out a soft, pleading sound [behaved].

Noelle was delighted to hear Reid's arrangements, but outwardly feigned reluctance, "Ah~ Reid isn't taking me? But it would be terrible if Reid got hurt~"

Reed leaned back slightly in disgust, then gently pushed Noelle's face away. "Stop pretending, your sticky tone is disgusting..."

"Haha, just kidding. Reed, watch out!"