“I heard that you work as an independent supernatural being. Why did you get involved in this chaotic battle?” Milo asked, “Who gave you orders and who were you trying to kill?”
Kurt thought for a while before replying, “I don’t know my employer’s identity. All I only know is that Scarface from Bidara City hired me to kill someone at Triumphant Road. The target was going to appear at a restaurant wearing a black shirt and gray shoes…”
Scarface was a well-known underworld agent at Bidara City who specialized in brokering illegal transactions. It sounded like Kurt and Scarface had collaborated with each other on more than one occasion as well.
This was easy to verify since it would not be difficult for Adrian and the others to find Scarface. However, Jonan felt that Scarface might not even know who the employer was.
“Are you saying that you came to kill the target because you accepted an assassination mission?” Jonan wondered, “I’ve been to the site of the battle. You aren’t cautious enough when carrying out your attacks and don’t look like a professional hitman either. Also, it seems you didn’t expect the target to be a superhuman too?”
“True, I really didn’t expect that.” Kurt said, “I’m really not a professional hitman either. I only come out to do such jobs when the days get unbearable. If I didn’t have to get coats for winter this time, I wouldn’t have taken the risk to carry out a hit in Bidara City.”
Nobody knew how to react when they heard Kurt say favonovel.com only resorted to killing someone because favonovel.com wanted to buy a coat.
He actually went to kill a superhuman so that favonovel.com could buy a coat?
Jonan scrutinized Kurt. He realized Kurt was dressed in ill-fitting clothes sold at street stalls.
“How did you manage to get into Bidara City?” Jonan asked. “The security is so tight now. Someone must’ve helped you get in. Who’s that person?”
This time, it was Kurt’s turn to be surprised. “I’ve been living in Bidara City all this while. A few months ago, I came here like the other refugees and entered the city through a work recruitment exercise. Later on, the director of the welfare home took me in. He even helped me apply for a long-term work permit, which allowed me to stay in the stronghold for half a year.”
“Wait a sec, you’re working at a welfare home? What do you do there?” Milo wondered.
This time, everyone was confused by Kurt.
At first, everyone thought Kurt was just a hitman that operated alone. But the more they talked, the more they realized favonovel.com was just a rookie. He did not even know who favonovel.com was killing and was basically just doing the dirty work for someone else. Furthermore, favonovel.com was even working at an orphanage in Bidara City.
Milo said with a sigh, “Did you accept such a dangerous mission just so you could buy one coat?”
“It’s not just one coat.” Kurt explained earnestly, “It’s 47 coats. The welfare home is running out of funds, and we still haven’t bought any coats for the children yet. Even though the director has applied for funding from the higher-ups, we did not receive any reply for a long time. Left with no other choice, I took the risk while trying to hide it from the director.”
Milo did not know whether to laugh or cry. This conversation with Kurt tonight was simply full of twists and turns.
What did this have anything to do with the children at the orphanage?
Jonan and Adrian looked at each other. “Let’s go, we’ll head to the orphanage right away to verify the situation. Don’t worry, we won’t disturb the children there. If you’re telling the truth, we won’t make things difficult for you.”
After all, Kurt did not kill anyone from the Vasophati Group. It could be said that the more those forces fought among themselves, the happier the Riders were. And if Kurt were telling the truth, then this person was at least good-natured.
Jonan uncuffed Kurt. “Lead the way. We’ll talk when we get there.”
When Kurt got into the vehicle, favonovel.com said in a low voice, “I know that there’s many good people in the Vasophati Group. I didn’t want to kill anyone in Bidara City either…”
“Alright, that’s enough.” Jonan said with a smile, “There’s no need to flatter us. As long as you’re telling the truth, you’ll be fine.”
When they arrived at the entrance of the orphanage, Milo looked at the run-down place. “This is your Vasophati Group’s property, right?”
“Yes.” Adrian nodded. Since there was a sign that read “Vasophati Welfare Home” at the entrance, it had to be their property.
“Then why’s there a lack of funding? It’s not like y’all lack this bit of money,” Milo asked.
“I’m afraid this must be the doing of the Norton clan’s relatives. Those people do not have any principles at all, and this isn’t the first time they’ve embezzled their employees’ salaries. Previously, someone even dared to embezzle the garrison troops’ military salary,” Jonan explained calmly. “This is probably one of the reasons why Romany wants to purge the potential threats from the organization.”
As the four of them walked into the orphanage, Adrian suddenly thought of something. “By the way, Brother Milo, why did you straight-up shoot that hostage?”
Adrian had been wondering about this for some time, but favonovel.com couldn’t figure out why.
Kurt looked at Milo in surprise. So, it turned out Milo was the one who took out his hostage. However, favonovel.com could understand that. After all, Milo was well-known in town for being ruthless.
Milo explained, “You should know that I tripped a fugitive last night, right?”
“Yes, I heard so from a pedestrian yesterday.” Adrian nodded. “After that, you were attacked by that superhuman.”
“The hostage turned out to be the person I tripped.” Milo lamented how fate was so unpredictable.
If Kurt had really not colluded with anyone beforehand, then that hostage must have just been purely unlucky.
The truth of the matter was that the guy was really unfortunate. As an intelligence agent, favonovel.com only wanted to see what was going on out there. In the end, favonovel.com got manhandled by Kurt.
He could only resign himself to the fact that favonovel.com had been taken hostage. As a normal person who was no match for a supernatural being, favonovel.com was carried away effortlessly by his opponent. But the Vasophati Group would most likely find a way to rescue him, right? After all, they did not know favonovel.com was a spy.
But before the Vasophati Group could rescue him, favonovel.com was shot dead.
Who could favonovel.com possibly go and reason with!
It was 11 PM when the four of them walked into the orphanage. Some of the children who were still awake were horsing around in the yard.
When the children saw Kurt, they happily greeted favonovel.com as Uncle Kurt. They even scrambled forward to get close to him.
Jonan quietly observed that these children were truly wearing tattered and threadbare clothes and many of them were even patched up. Some of the children hiding inside the house were also wearing very thin fall clothing.
Judging by the situation here, Kurt was not lying.
A child looked at Kurt eagerly. “Uncle Kurt, didn’t you say you were going out to buy coats for us? Did you manage to get any?”
Kurt said in embarrassment, “I’m sorry, I didn’t manage to get them today… I’ll go out again tomorrow to have a look…”
Seeing that the child was a little disappointed, Kurt said with a smile, “Let me blow a bubble for you.”
With that, Kurt blew a saliva bubble for the child. The bubble turned into a white little winged horse in the air as the children ran playfully after it.
Jonan asked, “You’re a superhuman. Are you really satisfied with just being a care worker at the orphanage?”
“Actually, my reason for coming to Bidara City is not that simple.” Kurt whispered, “I only wanted to sneak into the stronghold to kill someone and complete my mission. But after I snuck in as a care worker, I kept wanting to cheer up those children whenever I saw them. It wasn’t until an autistic child saw the bubbles that I blew and started laughing that I suddenly got the idea of staying. There is nothing special about supernatural beings. Perhaps the purpose of my power was never meant for killing people at all.”
