The anesthetic fluid in the tranquilizer is extracted from a low-level runestone beast called the anesthetic frog.

Only one needle is needed, and it is enough to make an ordinary person completely unconscious for three months.

Some rune beasts in the wild, if they accidentally swallow a tranquilized frog, even if it is a behemoth like a glazed cow, they will be in a coma for a day and a night.

At this time, the narcotic bullets fired by the runes of the investigation team at the Flame Crystal Beast were already countless.

Not to mention the Flame Crystal Beast, even if it was a fourth-level rune stone beast, it wouldn't be able to hold it at all.

Soon, the Flame Crystal Beast's movements became sluggish.

It let out a reluctant snort from its nose, shook its body a few times, and finally fell to the ground.

This third-level rune stone beast finally passed out.

Seeing this scene, Dong Ze and the others on the shuttle were finally relieved.

"Finally...... It's over......"

The blood wolf let out a sigh of relief, turned back to Dong Ze and said: "Dong Ze, my blood wolf has been hunting in the wild for five years, and this time is the most dangerous one, is it your kid's luck, or my luck?" ”

Dong Ze laughed for a while, but he touched the injury on his stomach again, and he grinned in pain.

Firefox saw Dong Ze's discomfort, so he said: "Dong Ze and Xiao Rou are both injured, let's land quickly and let the people of the investigation team send them back to Huangshi District." ”

"This is landing!"

The skinny monkey controls the shuttle and lands on a relatively open meadow.

After subduing the Flame Crystal Beast, the Shuttle of the Investigation Group also landed one after another, and most of the Talismans of the Investigation Group were preparing for the work of transporting the Flame Crystal Beast.

And Qiu Hai led two deputies to see Dong Ze and the others.

"I have a question."

The two parties were still more than 20 meters apart, so Qiu Hai asked, "Who is the young lady who contacted me?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and when they looked back, they saw Xiao Soft, who was still tied with a wooden stick in his hand, and said weakly: "It's me." ”

Qiu Hai had already come to everyone at this time, he smiled slightly, and said to Xiao Rou: "Congratulations on completing the bounty task, after returning to the city, remember to go to the task management area to receive your one million honorarium." ”

"Huh??"

Xiao Rou's face was full of astonishment, and she couldn't understand what Qiu Hai said at all.

The mountain tiger and the thin monkey slapped their thighs in pain after a short period of stunnedness.

"Damn, I thought the Flame Crystal Beast was discovered by us, I'm so happy!"

"Hey, that's a whole million, if you say no, it's gone, it seems that we really don't have this life......"

The blood wolf didn't say anything, just looked at the already unrecognizable shuttle behind him in distress.

This time in the wild, the scavenging beast was not destroyed, not to mention, but also lost the shuttle, the previous glass cow sold money, I am afraid that it is not enough for the maintenance cost of the shuttle.

Xiao Rou seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said, "The Flame Crystal Beast was not discovered by me, it was discovered by Dongze and them. ”

The mountain tiger and the thin monkey are in a daze again, the so-called ups and downs of life, but that's it, right?

"You can handle the matter of the honorarium privately, I'm just a notary," Qiu Hai said, "You should all be injured, right?" I'll send a shuttle to escort you back to the Yellowstone District first, the matter of the Flame Crystal Beast seems to be more complicated, wait for you to recover, and then we will think about it in the long run. ”

After all these things, everyone was not in the mood to stay in the wilderness, and everyone was eager to return to the safety of the city as soon as possible and take a comfortable hot bath.

The medical staff in the investigation team had already come over with a stretcher at this time, Dong Ze's body was fractured in many places, and Xiao Rou's condition was also very bad, and the two were directly sent to the shuttle.

Qiu Hai seemed to be very busy, and after explaining some things, he returned to the Flame Crystal Beast to command.

Since the blood wolf's shuttle still needs to be brought back to the Yellowstone District, only the Firefox is the only one who accompanies Dongze.

The shuttle slowly ascended, and a sense of exhaustion spread between several people.

However, Lao Zhou suddenly asked, "Miss Xiao Rou, Xiao Li...... Where is he? ”

Xiao Rou was already very tired, but after hearing Lao Zhou's words, she instantly became energetic.

In a small, mosquito-like voice, she said, "We...... We got lost in the Giant Wood Forest and encountered a scavenging beast, Xiao Li...... Eaten by a scavenger. ”

"That's ......"

Lao Zhou smiled miserably, his already wrinkled face seemed to have become even older.

He said to himself: "Xiao Li's child, young and vigorous, I expected him to suffer a loss, but I didn't expect that just by suffering a loss, there would be no chance to learn to behave." ”

"I'm sorry......" Xiao Rou felt extremely guilty.

"No, it's not your responsibility," Lao Zhou sighed, "The captain is also dead, at the hands of those weird talismans...... When I return to Yellowstone, I will definitely investigate this matter...... I'm going to avenge the captain! ”

Dong Ze was lying on the hospital bed, so tired that he couldn't open his eyes at all, but in his pocket, there was a extinguished cigarette butt.

……

When Higashizawa woke up, it was already the next morning.

The walls of the wards were painted white, and the sunlight filtered through the curtains, leaving a pleasant shadow on the floor.

It's a safe city, you don't have to sleep in a cramped sleeping bag, you don't have to worry about being taken by runebeasts in your sleep.

Tozawa closed his eyes again, and he was ready to enjoy the morning.

However, there was a commotion outside the ward.

"Captain Qiu, I made it very clear, we were attacked by the Mystic Talisman in the Giant Wood Forest, and our captain died at their hands, why don't you want to accept this matter?!"

"As I said, I took someone to investigate overnight last night, but I didn't find anything, I suspect that you have hallucinated by eating the poisonous mushrooms in the Giant Wood Forest by mistake."

"Hallucinations? That's my captain, my comrade-in-arms, how could I hallucinate?! ”

"You need to rest now...... You two, take Lao Zhou back to the ward! ”

"Bastard, Qiu Hai, did you get along with those guys? Lao Tzu told you, if you don't care about this matter, I will investigate it myself, if there is any problem investigated by Lao Tzu, you don't want to escape! ”

Lao Zhou's voice became farther and farther away, obviously taken away by Qiu Hai's deputy.

Higashizawa opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, his face a little gloomy.

It seems that the black-faced man's power is not simple, and he hunted himself in the Giant Wood Forest with such fanfare, and even led to the death of one of the leaders of the investigation team.

However, the strength of the other party was able to make Qiu Haidu so jealous, and he was willing to take the risk to hide the truth of this matter for him.

Don't think about it, the corpses of those black-faced people in the Giant Wood Forest should have been cleaned up by now, even if Dong Ze and them return to the Giant Wood Forest, they won't find any results.

but

Dong Ze also has one piece of evidence, or a clue.

That is, the cigarette butt that the last black-faced man smoked.

(End of chapter)