Chapter 274 - Chapter 274: Chapter 247: Move-In

Chapter 274: Chapter 247: Move-In

“Thank you, Miss Mag, and may Miss Mag forever be beautiful,”

Tao Yu waved at Miss Mag with a beaming smile, grateful for the help that saved him a lot of trouble.

At this moment, Tao Yu’s task watch displayed information for five new bounty tasks.

These tasks were not the kind you take and then complete; rather, anyone who completed them could turn them in.

Actually, the highest reward in the task hall currently reached a million and was for a high-ranking partner who had fallen into the worship of the Evil God, possessed great strength, and had slain the former captain of the Inner City’s sheriff team.

However, there were no additional messages about that task. Ever since the Heretic God Follower had killed the sheriff team captain, he hadn’t shown his face again. No one knew whether he was in the Abyss or the real world; he might have even entered the grey mist, so the task was left unresolved.

…

Most of the tasks that continually increased in reward amount were like this, without the slightest clue, at most, there was an old photo with little to no reference value.

Tao Yu, on the other hand, had specifically kept these five tasks because, although the most expensive was only 180,000, they all had some detailed information or a recent area of activity.

One even had the Outer City as the location of activity.

“The Outer City sure has good confidentiality measures. Lived here for so many years and somehow never heard of a serial killer among us.”

Tao Yu shook his head as he looked at the task.

‘Bounty for Serial Killer Number 11: A sheriff suspected of having gone mad due to absorbing a Skill and who has committed repeated and bloody crimes, likely needing to kill one person every day. During the incident in the Inner City, he already had killed over thirty victims, and he has now been hiding in the Outer City for five years. Based on the way some corpses were treated, it is clear he continuously carries out these bloody crimes. The last victim he mutilated was found two days ago, in the East Gate District…’

A serial killer who had been killing in the Outer City for five years, and yet Tao Yu, who had lived in the Outer City for eighteen years, hadn’t heard even a whisper about him, made him rather speechless indeed.

But upon further reflection, the guy only killed one person every day, which, compared to the basic situation in the Outer City, perhaps wasn’t too surprising. The daily emergence of Awakened individuals easily made up for it, plus there were those killed by the grey mist’s monsters at night, barely causing a ripple.

“It’s really time to move to the Inner City. Although the Inner City is chaotic too, at least the place I’ve rented nearby is better, much better than the Outer City.”

Tao Yu felt a bit melancholic. The reward for this bounty task was 120,000. Five years ago, the sheriff named George already had considerable strength, belonging to the main insect-type hybrid inlays, adept at disguise, assassination, and Dexterity.

Moreover, his madness was due to absorbing a high-pollution powerful Skill, and it was suspected that needing to kill might be a side effect. Over these five years, two teams had encountered him; the first team was made of two mid-level partners with four junior partners, who suffered heavy casualties.

The second team consisted of all mid-level partners. They had one person injured in an ambush by the perpetrator, who then escaped. It was specifically noted that a long-established mid-level partner called Wilderness Hunter was in the second team, but they were also unable to apprehend him.

“Senior partners have also searched but didn’t find him. Since he never showed his face, he probably isn’t simply mad, but quite cunning.”

Tao Yu browsed through the intelligence and made some assessments.

Since the last discovery of a body was two days ago, this case was still worthy of investigation, but first, he had to get his family into the Inner City…

…

“Move, move to the Inner City?”

After calling his family back for a short family meeting, Tao Yu’s words once again rendered them speechless.

When he returned, Tao Yu had briefly mentioned it to Tao Long, but it was just a passing remark at the time, and they hadn’t expected that within a few days, the place would already have been rented!

“I said, this is charged to the company’s account, there’s no need to pay.”

Tao Yu shifted the concept slightly.

“Inner City! Brother, are we really moving to the Inner City?”

Tao Shi, who often roamed outside, was the most excited at the scene.

“Yes, the place has already been rented. It would be such a waste if you guys don’t move there, especially when I’m off to the Abyss. It’s money spent every day.”

“Let’s move!”

At this point, Tao Long couldn’t raise any other objections. He only wanted to take the furniture with them.

“Hey, what are you bringing? My friend has already arranged for a set to be delivered to us, much better ones. Just pack the essentials, and let’s go.”

“Maybe my wife and I should stay here.”

Tao Tong hesitated. Now that he had regained the use of his legs and was still working at the sheriff team, he didn’t need to be looked after, and it seemed normal to live separately.

It was a great blessing to have his legs restored.

“What are you thinking? I’m counting on you to hold the fort when I’m not around. What if my family gets bullied when there’s no one at home?”

Tao Yu didn’t use any other reasons to persuade him, instead, he directly put the responsibility on his third brother, effectively cutting off any rebuttal.

To refuse now would seem as if he was trying to shirk his responsibilities.

Furthermore, once the third brother was restored, he indeed became the second strongest in the family after Tao Yu.

Well, there might be a significant gap between first and second, but he was still suitable for holding the fort.

Demonization brought about an acceleration. With the existing enhancements from Dynamic Vision and firearms, and now with Inner Strength, his capabilities were indeed formidable.

“Now that you’re familiar with things, I will teach you some new skills.”

Tao Yu was ready to start imparting the Muscle Changing and Bone Forging Scripture to them, taking it step by step…

…

Having a partner package, Tao Yu’s arrival with his family didn’t cause any additional ripples.

His parents had dealt with society for decades, and although they were somewhat nervous, they did their best not to show it.

It was only the third brother’s wife who seemed a bit nervous about coming to the Inner City, while Tao Shi appeared somewhat excited.

“Don’t worry, all the formalities have been completed. You now have the standard residence status of Inner City citizens,” Tao Yu reassured them, urging them not to be so tense, before leading them straight back to the rental property.

The door to the rented room was open, with people moving various decorations inside in a constant stream.

Panda and Zhang Lei were outside, giving orders and doing a colorful job of it.

The sight of so many people helping with the move also caught the attention of several neighbors, many of whom watched curiously from the sidelines.

Upon seeing Tao Yu and his family, Panda’s eyes brightened, and he came over with a smile

“Brother Tao, uncle, aunt, if you have any issues in the future, just get in touch with our company’s office. All these pieces of furniture are from the Abyss, free of charge.”

Panda personally brought a few movers over and began to cram the Las Vegas furniture into Tao Yu’s rented room.

He also brought along the newly appointed head of the Dada Company’s current world office, Zhang Lei.

Zhang Lei, an Outsider himself, with Grade A talent, was brave and combative. Now that he had entered the Inner City, he was quite suitable for this position.

Moreover, Zhang Lei’s family was part of the sheriff’s office, so whether it was Uncle Hu’s side or Tao Tong’s, there was another layer of relationship—a natural closeness.

“Uncle, aunt, Brother Tao, rest assured. I will mainly be staying in the current world handling some company errands. If you have any issues, just talk to me,” Zhang Lei said with a broad, assuring smile, taking charge of everything.

He knew Tao Yu had acquired Gang Qi!

At least a direct connection to a senior partner!

Not to mention, he was in the new Development Zone and so young, his future was boundless!

Now that they saw Panda and Zhang Lei’s attitude, the family got a real sense of the scope of Tao Yu’s influence and understood his status in the company’s ‘division of profits’!

“Good, good, all good children,” Tao Long said, not quite knowing what else to say. Tao Yu let them settle into the house for a while, letting them arrange the furniture, and then turned to his third brother

“Brother, you’re working with the sheriff’s office now, do you have any new clues or insights about that serial killer Assassin Eleven?”

“Assassin Eleven? Truth be told, I didn’t even know there was such a character in the Outsider city. But today, while I was on duty, I heard that our South City had a death. The cause of death was determined to be murder, likely by his hand. But I heard Uncle Hu say we shouldn’t bother too much about it—it’s always been something we don’t pay much mind to…”

Tao Tong’s words made Tao Yu nod in understanding.

The Outsider sheriffs’ indifference made sense. Even though the deputies were well-trained and theoretically could surround and shoot the assailant with a small team, it was very difficult because the killer always hid in the shadows.

If they were ambushed instead, the killer could wipe out an entire squad.

So it always ended up with just cleaning up afterward, at most just to put on a show of force, since it wasn’t worth the sheriff’s office spending so much effort over one person a day!

While the deputies represented the strongest force in the Outsider city, they had plenty of other duties, including maintaining the balance between the various gangs and fortresses and ensuring overall stability.

In comparison, daily gang fights had more impact than a single killer.

And Assassin Eleven still possessed some rationality and didn’t actively target the deputies, so both sides were in a state of ‘live and let live.’

“Though we don’t intervene, we have to report any information on him to the task hall ASAP. They’re probably still doing an autopsy now. Want me to take you there?”

“Sure.”

“You’re not eyeing the bounty mission, are you? This guy is troublesome; even mid-level partners have stumbled over him.”

Tao Tong, aware of his limited perspective, could not help but caution his brother. After all, as family, his primary concern was safety.

“I have an idea of what I’m doing. Just casually inquiring…”

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