#781 - Bounty Hunter (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"Yes!" Hogg responded loudly, then curiously asked, "Master, who do you think that guy hiding in the shadows and peeking is? With the personality of house-elves, they generally don't cause trouble on their own. I'm afraid he's being directed by his master, right?"

It's not surprising that Hogg would think this way. House-elves have always been known for being timid, cowardly, and loyal.

Even Dobby only awakened his personal will after years of Anduin's education, but even so, he's usually amicable.

Therefore, it's hard to believe that a house-elf would jump out and cause trouble on his own initiative.

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"Very likely." Anduin agreed with this, "But to know for sure, we need more intelligence support. You and Dobby go investigate first, and I'll keep a close eye on those three brats."

Hogg nodded upon hearing this. He knew that his boss was probably going to use his usual 'monitoring trick' again.

After Hogg left, Anduin pondered for a moment, but didn't continue processing the official business at hand. Instead, he dressed neatly and entered the ranch space through the Room of Requirement.

Immediately afterwards, Anduin went straight into the research building on the ranch and walked deeper inside.

After opening an experimental door with multiple locks, dozens, even hundreds, of human-shaped experimental tanks with glass facing appeared before Anduin.

However, most of these experimental tanks were empty at this time. Only a few contained naked human-shaped creatures immersed in nutrient fluid.

And these remaining human-shaped creatures, upon discovering Anduin, immediately widened their eyes and looked at him with a pleading expression.

But they seemed to have lost all their strength at this moment, unable to move even a bit in the nutrient fluid, unable even to open their mouths to make a sound. The only thing they could do was slowly squirm like maggots while constantly blinking.

"Sigh…" Anduin sighed, "There's only 1 female human, 2 male humans, 1 male werewolf, 1 fairy, and 2 grindylows left in the spare materials. With only them, it's completely insufficient for the consumption of the Deathly Hallows experiment."

After considering for a while, Anduin could only shake his head helplessly, "It seems I still have to go back to the 'old place' to pick up another batch of goods."

Then he turned around and left the room, ignoring the conscious human-shaped creatures.

After re-closing the experimental door, Anduin followed the stairs of the research institute to the next floor and opened another door.

Inside the room, a circle of Rooms of Requirement was standing like flower petals. Each door had a sign above it, with the names of different countries written on it.

Obviously, these Rooms of Requirement could lead to various different countries.

However, since these were all privately set up by Anduin, crossing borders through these Rooms of Requirement was actually illegal. In fact, the Ministry of Magic of any country would not tolerate the existence of a passage that could freely enter and exit their country.

This would undoubtedly increase their security burden greatly. Therefore, Anduin rarely used this method to enter and exit other countries, and normally used the Leona to travel.

But what he was about to do now could not be known by the Ministry of Magic of other countries.

Anduin took out a black trench coat and put it on, then took out a faceless mask similar to the Silver Spears Club's, except his was black.

After putting on his equipment, Anduin went straight to the Room of Requirement with the name 'America' on it.

After passing through the door, he appeared in an opaque room. This was Anduin's safe house in the United States, with almost no other function other than placing the Room of Requirement. The entire room didn't even have doors or windows.

Therefore, Anduin didn't stay here. An Apparition immediately left the spot.

When he reappeared, he was in a pine forest far away from people. Because the United States was in the dusk at this time, the obliquely shooting sunlight cast long and thin shadows of the trees and Anduin.

After landing, Anduin took out a communicator from his body and transmitted some content.

After half an hour, just as the sun was about to set, two Apparition trails of black smoke fell from the sky and landed not far from Anduin.

Immediately afterwards, a man who looked thirty years old, with some Oriental blood, and a middle-aged man with brown hair and a thick beard appeared from the Apparition.

"Lister, David, long time no see." Anduin took the lead in greeting after seeing the two.

The two who arrived did not respond to Anduin's greeting immediately, but cautiously looked at each other, and the younger Lister spoke first, "Grim Reaper, haven't you left the United States for a long time? Why did you suddenly appear here?"

"Is there even a need to think about it?" David beside him smiled contemptuously, "Of course he sneaked in, otherwise how could we not receive the news with our authority? After all, he's the famous Mr. Grim Reaper…"

"What? Still bearing a grudge against me for snatching your prey? The famous Mad Dog David in the bounty hunter world wouldn't be so petty, would he?" Anduin looked at the bearded man in front of him with a sneer.

"How dare I!"

David put on a flattered look, not knowing if it was real or sarcastic.

"You are a legendary figure in our industry. It's an honor to be snatched by you. Those were just a few dark wizards worth more than a thousand Galleons combined!"

"Alright! Stop with the sarcasm…" Lister, who was more introverted, glared at David, "Aren't you afraid of making the Grim Reaper unhappy and killing us in a fit of anger? With his strength, you and I are afraid we can't even escape."

"Oh dear!" David slapped his thigh in surprise, "If it weren't for our 'Battlefield Magician' waking me up, I would have gotten into big trouble!"

Then David put on a flattering expression and pretended, "Lord Grim Reaper, you won't mind my little offense, will you?"

Anduin looked at the two of them singing a duet, and couldn't help but roll his eyes speechlessly.

Why are these two idiots still the same as before?

The Lister and David in front of him were two colleagues Anduin met when he was touring the Americas and working as a bounty hunter. Later, they gradually became familiar and can be regarded as half of his friends.

Among them, David is known as a mad dog, but his personality is actually very cheerful and friendly to friends, but he usually likes to joke with others, and he is always surprised, but when he is a bounty hunter, he will occasionally behave very extreme, often killing people when he is unhappy, which is also the origin of his nickname.

The other Lister is much more stable than David. He also has a very strong sense of justice. Although he usually doesn't talk much, in Anduin's eyes, it's just a sign of being a pervert. He is famous for being unscrupulous in battle, and he has no scruples about using magic or Muggle weapons.

"Alright, I came to the United States on purpose, not to joke with you." Anduin said with a straight face.

"Okay, okay, I'm relieved to see that our Grim Reaper is still the same as before." David shrugged helplessly.

"So what are you secretly back in the United States for? With your status, the Magical Congress shouldn't stop you from entering the country, right?" Lister also asked seriously, then raised his eyebrows curiously, "Could it be that you are being chased and are here to escape?"

"That makes sense!" David also echoed, then pretended to scan the surroundings, "You don't want to divert the trouble, do you? Let us be your shield?"

"Have you guys made enough trouble?" Anduin was speechless to these two guys at this time.

"Okay, okay." David waved his hand with a smile, "But are you going to settle the cost of summoning us two first? It's 10 Galleons per person, and Lister and I are both very busy!"

Anduin didn't show any surprise when he heard this. He took out two small bags very skillfully and threw them at them. These bounty hunters have always recognized money but not people. They charge for everything they do.

Many people can even do things like stabbing their employers in the back or working as criminals. The two in front of them are already considered to be the more principled ones in the bounty hunter group.

The two took the money bags, carefully weighed them, and then looked at him with a smile.

"Speak, what's the urgent matter? You usually don't contact us in this way." Lister asked first as a representative.

"How is the situation in the United States recently? Is it still as chaotic as before?"

"What? You don't want to run here to steal business from us again, do you?" David looked at Anduin with some vigilance, then stretched out his hand very naturally, "Information fee, 10 Galleons."

He glanced at the other person speechlessly, and then Anduin honestly threw out two money bags. According to the rules of the road, he was asking two people, so the reward was naturally paid in two shares, even if one of them didn't say a word later.

"You should know that the United States has never been peaceful." After receiving the reward, Lister fulfilled his duties in a very disciplined manner.

"Especially after you left, the Purifiers and the vampires of the Camarilla have shown signs of rising. Recently, several cases of Muggles being attacked have occurred in the eastern part of my activity, and all the victims have lost all their blood."

"After preliminary investigation, it should be determined that they were all done by the Camarilla. We guess it should be the Tzimisce family. After all, the Lasombra family has been almost wiped out by you. Of course, the Magical Congress has also issued a reward for this, and the reward is quite tempting."

David on the other side also added, "The western part of my activities is mainly the Purifiers causing trouble. They attacked a wizarding community, and in the end, 5 people were injured and 2 died. The local community has issued a large reward for this."

After speaking, David glared at Anduin, "Speaking of which, it's all your fault for killing their deputy leader back then, otherwise the Purifiers wouldn't have re-emerged to cause trouble."

The Purifiers in David's mouth are a group of American terrorists. These people were actually a group of mercenaries in the early years.

However, after their organization expanded, many of them began to become greedy for profit. In the later period, regardless of whether they were criminals or not, as long as they could exchange them for rewards, the Purifiers would choose to hunt them down.

And they indulged in brutal acts that did not match the task. These Purifiers were happy to see bloodshed and torture, and even began to sell wizarding compatriots.

Later, after the incident was exposed, they attracted a large-scale encirclement and suppression by the Magical Congress. The people who remained began to hate all wizards because of hatred. Whenever they had the opportunity, they would launch actions similar to genocide against the wizarding community.

"Don't blame everything on me." Anduin ignored David's complaint and just said to himself, "I'm not here to the United States for any reward, but to make a deal with you."

"Oh?"

David and Lister looked at each other and looked at Anduin with interest, "What deal?"

"After you capture the target." Anduin looked at the two of them calmly, "Hand them over to me, and I will provide a higher reward than the Magical Congress and the local community."

The lack of experimental materials was imminent, and the only idea he could think of now was to buy those criminals from the local bounty hunters in the United States, which would save time and not bear any consequences from the official side.

"You want to intercept?" David raised his eyebrows in surprise, but he didn't ask why the other party did this.

Because there are many similar things here. In addition to the Magical Congress, many individuals and institutions will issue rewards separately.

"Price? Requirements?"

Lister on the side didn't even question it, and directly asked the price on the spot. Anyway, for the justice in his heart, those criminals were all evil people who were not worthy of pity, and it would be great if they could sell them for a better vacation.

"Human wizards, vampires, werewolves, alive, and keep their limbs intact, no matter the gender or age, I can pay you twice the official reward, and there is no limit to the quantity." Anduin said simply.

"Only alive? And you have to ensure that the limbs are intact…" Lister pondered for a moment, and at the same time exchanged opinions with David, and then bargained, "Your requirements are too harsh, we want 5 times."

"Deal!" Anduin himself knew that the requirements he put forward were relatively strict, and he didn't want to struggle too long on the money.

"Okay!" David rubbed his hands excitedly, "Let's say in advance, as long as the target meets the standards, it doesn't matter whether we capture it ourselves, right? Even if I buy it from other hunters, it counts."

"No problem!" Anduin nodded, "Moreover, if you encounter enemies that you can't solve, you can contact me in advance for help, and the reward will be paid after the prey is captured."

"Oh, it seems you are in a hurry." David saw Anduin's eagerness, "But you dare to say that, and there is no limit to the quantity, aren't you afraid that we will sell you bankrupt?"

"Then I look forward to your good news, but you pay attention to your bottom line, I don't want to see anyone taking civilian wizards to exchange money with me."

Anduin glanced at the two of them coldly, and then an Apparition disappeared in place.