Hunter 81: A Mysterious Appearance

"Completing main quest 3 should also count as completing main quest 2." Lin Jiu pondered, thinking the probability was high. This meant that if he did nothing and just killed the ultimate evolved Kars in the last few days, it would be equivalent to completing two main quests.

So this meant he had plenty of time to hunt down the contract Violator this time

However, he wasn't clear about his current situation. He squeezed to one side, then suddenly exerted force towards the enlarged gap on the other side. The layer of solidified lime wasn't thick, and cracks immediately appeared.

"Captain! There's movement from the stone statue here!"

A person wearing a white coat exclaimed in front of a display screen, seeing cracks appear on the surface of the human-shaped stone statue in the image.

"Hm? Aren't we experimenting on the Pillar Men over there? What's going on with this one?"

A muscular man in a military uniform strode over to the screen with an arrogant gait.

"We don't know, we didn't do anything!"

The researcher said anxiously.

"Old man, you don't know what this is?"

The military man pushed an elderly person fixed to a wheelchair to the transparent glass.

Behind the transparent glass was a stone wall with an embedded statue holding a sword. At this moment, the statue was trembling, and cracks appeared on its surface as if something inside was trying to break out.

"I don't know what this is. It shouldn't be related to the Pillar Men. But the creature inside seems to be reviving."

Speedwagon said, looking at the room behind the glass.

Crack!

Crack!

The statue completely shattered, and a figure leaped out. It was a very handsome Asian face, wearing clothing from an unknown dynasty. However, it was certain that it had little to do with those super-ancient naked men nearby.

"Our machines can't even detect how many years these materials are from the present. It's just ordinary lime, unbelievable!"

Stroheim shouted.

Lin Jiu flexed his hands and feet, looking at the stone wall behind him and the broken stone pieces on the ground. This was a special entrance arranged by the Reincarnation Paradise, probably to separate him from the other contractors.

In front of him was a soundproof glass, behind which was an old man restrained in a wheelchair and a blonde crew-cut military man. The location was self-evident - a German research base. The old man was none other than Robert E. O. Speedwagon, the founder of the SPW Foundation, and the blonde military man was naturally Rudol von Stroheim of Germany.

"This guy isn't a primitive man, right? Why don't you try to communicate with him."

Speedwagon spoke up.

"Hmph! Judging by his appearance, he might be some backwater local. We'll draw some blood later and study it, that should be enough!" Stroheim snorted coldly.

Lin Jiu walked to the glass and knocked on it, feeling its hardness. It was no less than an alloy. As expected of a German research base, German bone technology was indeed world-class.

"What is this guy trying to do? He doesn't think he can get out, does he? Our specially made glass is as hard as 30cm thick aluminum alloy! Hahaha!"

Stroheim laughed proudly upon seeing the man's actions inside the room.

Lin Jiu felt that he could deform the glass with a full-force kick, but his foot would also be badly injured. So he drew out [Dawn Shadow] and made two slashes to cut open the glass in front of him.

"You... how is this possible!"

Stroheim looked at the sword in the other's hand, wondering how such a backward iron product could easily slash through their specially made glass.

"Can someone tell me what's going on here?"

Lin Jiu asked calmly, looking at Stroheim as several soldiers raised their weapons, ready to fire at any moment.

"Who are you? How do you speak our language?"

Speedwagon in the wheelchair spoke first.

"Me? A ghost hunter, you can call me Red. As for the language... I'm not an ancient person."

Lin Jiu had already thought of his identity - a ghost hunter who kills undead creatures.

"Not an ancient person?!"

Stroheim stared vigilantly at Lin Jiu and said, "The ghost hunter you mentioned hunts vampires, right? If you're not an ancient person, why did you become a statue?"

"There was a bit of an accident. And... why should I explain to you."

Lin Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Stroheim with a hint of killing intent.

"This is German territory!"

Stroheim didn't back down either, taking a gun from one of his subordinates.

"You... you guys look!"

Speedwagon, who was trying to ease the tension between the two, was looking fearfully at the room next to Lin Jiu, where a huge pillar stood.

"You dare to mess with something like this?"

Lin Jiu, acting like a professional ghost hunter, looked coldly at the blood-spurting pillar in the room next to him.

"Hmph! Just a primitive man! German technology is the best in the world!" Stroheim had sensed from these few exchanges with Lin Jiu that the other's manner of speaking indeed wasn't that of an ancient person.

This was a German military base. If Lin Jiu hadn't demonstrated the ability to easily break through the special glass, he would have been dealt with on the spot. In Nazi territory, how could there be any good people?

"It's awake! Captain, that Pillar Man is awake!"

A researcher in a white coat shouted excitedly yet fearfully.

The blood spurted from the base of the huge pillar, after a while, the statue on the pillar slowly regained its flesh color, transformed into a human shape, and fell to the ground.

"You know what's going on with this guy, right?"

Stroheim made an exaggerated expression, then looked at Lin Jiu and asked.

Lin Jiu pointed to the ventilation duct above, gesturing for them to be careful.

"Could it be..."

Stroheim wasn't stupid and immediately thought of the loophole in this special room, pressing his body against the glass. But he saw that the Pillar Man was just stretching his muscles on the spot, with no other movements.

Stroheim wouldn't let his guard down, because the last guy who stretched had already broken the glass and was next to them. His confidence in this room, which he thought was perfect, was not as strong as before.

"You know what this thing is? Hurry up and tell us!"

With Stroheim's shout, several guns were raised again, pointing at Lin Jiu.

Lin Jiu's figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared next to Speedwagon, while the guns in the hands of the soldiers who had raised them were already broken in two.

He didn't kill anyone because it wasn't appropriate to turn hostile yet... no. After all, he wasn't a bloodthirsty person.

"An undead race from super-ancient times, and the stone masks that create vampires were made by a genius born from this race," Lin Jiu revealed a bit of information.

Seeing the guns broken in two, Stroheim became wary. As the other party turned to share information, clearly not intending to turn hostile for now, he chose to ignore the small conflict just now and continued along with the conversation: "Made by Santana?"

"You mean him? He's just the weakest existence among them."

While Lin Jiu was speaking, he had already noticed that Santana had disappeared from the room. He had left the room through the ventilation duct.

While Lin Jiu was still wondering when Stroheim had named the Pillar Man, the researchers were already frantically reporting Santana's disappearance.

A distorted figure drilled down from the ceiling above, striking a standard JoJo pose, facing everyone. Then he raised his hand, pointing at Lin Jiu and said, "You understand my race, so you should obediently submit!"

"My nickname is the Undead's Nightmare! Professional ghost killer for twenty years."

Lin Jiu said as he slowly drew out [Dawn Shadow].

From the corner of his eye, he saw a man behaving strangely, wearing a German soldier's uniform, sneaking over. It was obvious that JoJo, Jonathan Joestar, had arrived.

However, he decided to deal with Santana in front of him first. Lin Jiu consumed 25 points of mana to use [Black Scout] to investigate the other's information.

[Pillar Man: Santana]

Health: 100%

Strength: 22 (18)

Agility: 21 (17)

Stamina: 25 (22)

Intelligence: 14

Charisma: 7

Skill 1: Undead Race (Passive). Tenacious life force, recovery speed increased by 500%. Immune to most physical attacks with strength lower than one's own!

Skill 2: Blood-thirsty Body (Active). Can regenerate severed limbs and recover quickly by consuming blood (recovery speed related to the quality of blood consumed).

Skill 3: Flexible Physique (Passive). Extremely flexible body, capable of unimaginable movements!

Skill 4: Rib Blade (Active). Extend ribs outside the body for attacks, each rib can rotate independently and adjust direction freely.

Skill 5: ???

Skill 6: ???