Chapter 153: Formal Work
Elena and I went back to the midnight bar again, Sam didn't expect us to complete the task so quickly, I told him the whole story in detail, but when he heard that Elena had almost broken all the wax figures in the wax museum, Sam's expression was extremely ugly.
"My God, do you know that this entrusted task was sent by the wax museum, and you actually broke all the wax figures, how do you let me deal with that side?" Sam said, covering his forehead.
"Well, the situation was critical, and those wax figures were all resurrected by that evil spirit." I explained.
"Oh my God, how much does this have to be compensated, you listened, you never took on this task, it wasn't done by our Demon Hunter Association, understand?" Sam said solemnly.
"Yes, yes, we get it." Do you have to lose money by breaking wax figures? Even if you sell me and Elena, you can't afford to pay for it, and the best thing to do now is to die and not admit it.
"You weren't caught on camera, were you?" Sam asked.
"Probably not, right?" Elena whispered.
"Alright, the bonus for this quest is gone, but it's also a testament to your abilities, congratulations on becoming a witcher." Sam laughed.
"First tell me all your specific information, as well as your monster hunting beast, I'll register it for you." Sam came to the computer and crackled.
"Okay, here's for you." Sam threw me a small black badge in the shape of a shield, with two crossed swords engraved on it, and a silver five-pointed star underneath the sword.
"This is a demon hunting badge, this badge has many uses, you can show it to the police when necessary, and it can exempt you from many unnecessary charges, of course, provided that you are innocent." I understand what Sam meant, I didn't expect the police to know the Demon Hunter Badge, it seems that the Demon Hunter Association is indeed powerful, and it can make the police recognize the existence of the Demon Hunter. After all, witchers tend to appear at the scene of evil spirits, and with this demon hunting badge, presumably the police will not be looking for trouble.
"You are now a one-star hunter, and the conditions for upgrading to a two-star hunter are to complete tasks within five three-star, two-star to three-star to complete five four-star tasks, three-star to four-star to complete five five-star tasks, as for five-star, then you can't just complete the task, it is only those who need to make outstanding contributions to the Witcher Association will be awarded a five-star witcher."
After listening to Uncle Sam's explanation, I have a general understanding of the basic requirements for the witcher's ascension, I'm not actually interested in the ascension, I'm only interested in bonuses, but for now I'm not going to take on the task again, because I'm going to work at the Los Angeles Police Department the day after tomorrow, and after the work is familiar and stable, it's not too late for me to take on the task to make money.
After tossing all night, in the end, the prize of 30,000 US dollars has not been received, I can't help but be a little disappointed, Elena is even more regretful, saying that I would not have broken those wax figures if I knew earlier, and I can only comfort her a few words, isn't it only 30,000 yuan, and it will be enough to do a few more demon hunting tasks in the future.
At this time, the sky is almost dawning, and I think that I will go to the police station to report the day after tomorrow, so I will finish everything together today.
Elena and I stayed at the midnight bar until dawn, and then went straight to the airport customs and retrieved my lost salute, but what distressed me was that the five thousand dollars in the gift box were gone, and then the salted duck eggs and pickles I brought were also missing, and when I asked the customs police, they didn't know anything, I think these things were either taken by the guy who took my box, or let the customs police take them.
No matter how I lost something, I can't find it, but fortunately, the documents and bank cards and other important things are inside, and I am content.
I called my mom with the box and told her that the box had been found, but my mom was a little embarrassed, probably thinking that she couldn't do anything I begged her to do.
Then I chatted with my mother on the phone, and my mother said that she would come to the United States next month to send Xia Yutong to study, and asked me if I was free to meet, and I said that I was not sure, and I would contact me then.
After hanging up the phone, I went back to the apartment with Elena, and took my bank card to find a place to exchange it for $10,000, and of course I didn't have to continue to live in a broken apartment if I had money.
In the afternoon, I took Elena to rent a two-room apartment not far from the Los Angeles Police Department for $2,000 a month, which is a bit expensive, but fortunately I can afford it at the moment.
After all this, we moved in that evening, this apartment is not bad, you can move in directly, the furniture and appliances are all available, and the decoration is very good.
The happiest person is, of course, Elena, which means that she doesn't have to sleep on the couch anymore and has a room of her own, which makes her very happy.
Since I moved, I decided to make a phone call to tell Francis, this guy from the province will go to the old apartment to find me again, after dialing the phone, Francis this guy seems to be very busy, and he is really working overtime to deal with a case, I told him about the move, he said that he would come over another day to recognize the door, and at the same time told me to go to the Los Angeles Police Department tomorrow morning to find him, so that he can take me to go through the formalities, and then I can officially work in the archives.
The location of my newly rented apartment is close to the center of Los Angeles, the whole building has a total of 36 floors, and the apartment I rented is just on the 18th floor, because in the eyes of foreigners, 18 is an unlucky number, because Westerners believe that there are 18 floors in hell, so many people don't like the number 18, and because of this, I only spent half of the rent to move in, otherwise the rent in this area is at least 3,000 US dollars per month.
After a night of silence, the next morning, after breakfast, I let Elena move freely, I got dressed and went out.
The Los Angeles Police Department was just two blocks away from my apartment, a fifteen-minute walk away.
The Los Angeles Police Department has a total of 10,000 police officers, more than 3,000 civilians, and has jurisdiction over 1,230 square kilometers, covering a population of more than 3 million.
Looking at the tall 36-story office building of the Los Angeles Police Department, I swallowed my saliva, I didn't expect that one day I would be able to work in such a place, it all seemed like a dream.
There was a steady stream of people entering and exiting the police station, mostly police officers in police uniforms, and I took a deep breath and walked to the gate of the police station, and before I could enter, Francis's voice came from behind me.
"Yo, Meng, my brother, why did you come, I've been waiting for you here for a long time." Francis held twice as much coffee in his hand and handed me a cup.
"I've been waiting." I laughed.
"Let's go, I'll take you in, and help you with the formalities by the way." Francis is not wearing a police uniform today, but wearing jeans and a leather jacket, at this time I saw his badge, which said "Fight the Crime and Drug Enforcement Department" and so on, presumably he is no longer an undercover agent and has been transferred to the crime and drug enforcement department to become a police officer.
If you want me to say that Lao Mei's efficiency is really bad at home, I will let us go to the personnel department to report, and then let us go here and there, just going through the formalities will be busy all morning, and after everything is in order, Francis took me to my job, the archive room.