The Takuma Desert, located on the border of the Republic of Batochia, has a large temperature difference between day and night. The temperature during the day can reach more than 80 degrees Celsius, and at night it can drop to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

The entire desert covers an area of two million square kilometers, except for some settlements on the outer edge, and the interior is completely uninhabited, and only some animals and monsters that have adapted to the climate here live in the central area.

Despite these harsh natural conditions, poachers venture here every year across borders in search of a rare bird called the Crystal Bird.

The color of this bird's feathers is like black crystal, crystal clear, dazzling, and is listed as one of the world's seven most beautiful colors, and is loved by the rich and collectors. However, their numbers are extremely rare, according to incomplete statistics, there are only more than 200 left in the world today. Therefore, every time someone finds one, it can be sold for a sky-high price at an underground auction.

Since one-third of the crystal birds are found in the desert, countless people have died in the desert for huge profits. Like wheat that has been cut, it comes one after another.

Dozens of kilometers away from the desert front, there is a small lonely shop.

A tall jeep pulled up from the road, stopped in front of the shop, and from the car stepped a tall man with a thumb-sized birthmark on his forehead.

As soon as he pushed open the door of the small shop, the wind chimes on the door made a crisp collision sound, and the boss sitting in front of the cash register glanced at him and ignored him, burying his head in the mobile phone.

The man looked inside the store, and he felt a pang of discomfort from the worn walls to the grease floor. Suppressing the disgust in his heart, he took a few bottles of water from the dusty shelves, estimated his itinerary, and then took out a few large bottles of filled water, and hugged them together in front of the cash register.

"How much do these cost?"

The proprietress looked up, and from her appearance she could tell that she was a very shrewd middle-aged woman, and she didn't look at what the man had chosen, so she raised a finger.

The man somewhat understood what she meant, frowned, took out a stack of 10,000 denominations, threw it on the table, picked up the water he bought and was about to leave.

At this time, the proprietress spoke:

"I mean 100 million."

The man was stunned, then slowly turned his head and asked with an unkind face: "For this little thing, do you want 100 million?" ”

"Who let me have a store for these dozens of kilometers." The proprietress smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "You can also not buy it, there is another one a hundred miles ahead, which is cheaper than mine." ”

The man narrowed his eyes, as if thinking about something, but the proprietress still looked at him with fear. In the end, the man still didn't make any trouble, maybe he didn't want to make trouble, he took out his wallet, threw the whole wallet directly, and the proprietress couldn't close her mouth happily, counting the money in the wallet with a smile.

Just as the man turned around again and was about to leave, the proprietress stopped him again:

"Wait a minute, you have to give me 100 million."

The man turned around, this time his eyes were full of anger, and his whole body also erupted with a solemn momentum, and the wind chimes outside the door directly made a series of violent crashing sounds. Just when the man had murderous intentions, the proprietress took the lead and smiled: "I have to keep it a secret for you!" ”

"You're here to poach the Crystal Bird, aren't you?" The proprietress glanced at the jeep outside the door, and her tone was full of affirmation, "I can see that the Hunters Association has designated the crystal bird as a key protection object, as long as someone poachs the crystal bird, once it is found, it will be killed on the spot!" ”

"There's an office of the Hunters' Guild a few dozen miles from here, and I don't think you want them to know about it, do you?"

The proprietress talked eloquently without changing her face, as if she was not affected by the man's momentum in the slightest. Only then did the man realize that the qi he exuded did not work on the proprietress of the boss, and the other party mentioned the Hunter Association, the man couldn't help but hesitate a little, and he was not sure whether to fight with a person who didn't know the details for this money.

In the end, the importance of this mission made him dispel this idea, and he glanced deeply at the proprietress and the man threw another card: "There is just 100 million in this, and the password is six zeros." ”

The proprietress happily took the card and swiped it on the POS machine, and after confirming the arrival, she smiled and signaled that the man could leave.

After putting the water in the car, the man walked back to the store and looked down at the proprietress with a deep gaze: "You are a smart person, I hope to make a smart choice." ”

"Well, I've never met you." The proprietress looked very good, the man nodded, and then drove away.

"Whew!" After the jeep walked away, the proprietress suddenly collapsed, and the whole person lay on the table panting: "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death!" He was almost about to do it just now, but fortunately he was bluffed by the old lady! ”

"But I was deceived by my mother," she said to herself, a smug emotion flashed in her eyes, "If he knew that I could only read the basics and nothing else, he would definitely vomit blood in anger!" Hey, fortunately, I put in a lot of hard work when I first learned [Entanglement], otherwise it would be really not easy to fool this kind of master! ”

She glanced at the direction the man was leaving, squinted her eyes and pondered: "But this person is really strong, just standing there makes me feel like I saw the teacher at the beginning...... This kind of master also came here, could it be that there is really a trace of a crystal bird here? ”

She began to recall the large number of strangers who had passed by during this time, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was possible, and a wave of chagrin suddenly came to her heart. If she had really found the trail of the Crystal Bird here, she should have done it a long time ago. Compared with the crystal feathers that cost tens of billions at every turn, the high-priced water she sold by robbing while the fire was burning was a joke. And in terms of familiarity, how can those outsiders be familiar with the terrain here?

The more the proprietress thought about it, the more unwilling she felt, her eyes rolled, and in the spirit of not being able to get it and not allowing outsiders to earn it, she immediately picked up her mobile phone and planned to report it to the Hunters Association.

She was about to dial the Hunters' Guild when a black-haired boy of sixteen or seventeen walked in.

"Excuse me, did you see a man driving a jeep with a birthmark on his head?"

The young man asked politely.

The proprietress reacted quickly, put aside the matter of notifying the Hunter Association for the time being, and planned to slaughter this kid first, judging from the young man's clothes, he should be a rich man.

Thinking of this, she snorted in her nose and held up a finger as usual.

"Oh, 100 million?"

The boy simply threw his bank card over, this time it was the turn of the proprietress to be surprised, just a piece of news, she originally wanted to say 10 million, who knew that the other party's understatement was 100 million. However, if you have money and don't make money, the proprietress still quickly rowed away 100 million, and then snorted in the direction where the man left before.

The young man took back his card, politely thanked him, and was about to walk out of the store, the proprietress thought of the young man's generosity, and shouted in a ghostly voice:

"Wait a minute!"

The young man looked back at her, still looking kind.

"You still have to give me 100 million, and I'll keep it secret for you." The proprietress gritted her teeth and said.

However, this time she was disappointed, and the young man did not simply throw the card over as before, but thought quietly for a moment, and suddenly patted his head:

"Oops, you reminded me!"

The young man looked at her with a smile on his face, and his tone was extremely gentle: "It should be kept secret, because I don't want people to know that I have been here." ”

"Still, I have a better idea than giving you hush money."