Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 17 Chapter 16 Necromancer
The registration system for mercenaries was far more complicated than Zhuang Xuteng thought.

"In addition to being an intermediary, I am also your mercenary guarantor. Your real name and identity information will be placed with me. I will only announce it if you cause a big incident and the intermediary including me thinks you need to be responsible. Your real information. You usually use other names when you receive commissions."

Lucy pointed at herself and said, "I keep your information, so you have a little need to protect me. Your information, and the information of other mercenaries who chose me as a guarantor, they are not kept with me, but It's in a very safe place. If I'm murdered and some other requirements are met, that information will be released."

Zhuang Xuteng frowned and scratched his head.

"I don't quite understand, do you? Let me put it more bluntly." Lucy said: "The middleman takes a cut of the mission, and of course he is also afraid of being killed by mercenaries who are looking for money, so they need some security guarantees. Personal mercenaries If the information is important, it’s actually not that serious, but you can’t completely ignore it, so it becomes a kind of just right guarantee.”

Zhuang Xuteng nodded and closed his mouth tightly.

"Oh, I forgot to give you the signal." Ge Gongdao patted Zhuang Xuteng's thigh and said, "You can talk now."

"I understand." Zhuang Xuteng said.

Lucy narrowed her eyes.She noticed that Zhuang Xuteng liked to read cartoons, and worried that his intelligence might not keep up with his age, or that there was a hint of cynical risk hidden in his character.Although Ge Gongdao recommended and guaranteed her, she did not dare to rest assured.

"Do you really understand? For the sake of safety, let me explain clearly." Lucy said: "If the middleman is in danger, the mercenaries guaranteed by him will come to the rescue, so that everyone will not know their identity information .Although the mercenaries guaranteed by each intermediary are different, in general, the intermediary and mercenaries can achieve a balance through this method."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said, "But the mercenaries don't know the information of the middleman, so they are not equal."

"In my opinion, middlemen only match up tasks, but mercenaries have guns in their hands, and guns are the stronger side. You see, different results can be interpreted from different angles." Lucy said: "No one can Don’t expect the law or PCPD to mediate the problem. And after the gods leave, we don’t have the power responsible for karma on top of our heads, so we can only..."

Ge Gongdao snorted, and interjected: "Karma is like a liar's conscience."

Lucy ignored Ge Gongdao, and continued to say to Zhuang Xuteng: "The rest is to take care of each other and restrain each other."

"Now I fully understand." Zhuang Xuteng nodded vigorously and asked, "My only request is not to implicate my family, even when things get bad or out of hand."

"I'll give you this guarantee, but I'm just a weak woman after all, and I can't fight against the whole world." Lucy breathed out, put down her cigarette, handed him a form, and said, "Fill in your information here , don’t lie to me. Also, think of a name for yourself.”

"Detective." Zhuang Xuteng patted the comic book in his pocket and said, "I've always wanted to be a detective."

"This name doesn't work, the PCPD will trouble you. There are also some individual letters, such as V, D, etc., which have been used by some legendary mercenaries or middlemen, so it's best not to choose them. Most It’s best not to give yourself some silly names, such as being called a fool, a rookie and so on.”

"Then let me think about it." Zhuang Xuteng thought about it.

The first thing that came into his mind was Pink Skull, which sounds mysterious and dangerous, and it is quite suitable as a nickname.However, he was worried that the characteristics of the "pink skull" were too obvious. Both Hill and Dr. Booker had seen the pink skull, and if they heard it and made an association, it might bring unnecessary risks.

At this time, a term emerged from his mind: Necromancer.

Pink skull, is that you?this is your name

Zhuang Xuteng asked questions in his heart, and vaguely heard the shadow follower's response.Its voice was weak, as if a dying person was struggling against fate.

"The prestige of the lord of the dead is now in your hands. I hope you can..."

The voice in the front is like a dream chanting, but the voice in the back cannot be heard.Zhuang Xuteng was a little worried, and hurriedly asked: "Since it is famous, will it be well-known and attract unnecessary attention?"

After a few seconds, I finally gave a weak answer: "Those who know my reputation don't exist anymore."

"I use the name you choose, what benefits will you give me?"

Maybe he was pissed off, or maybe he really didn't have the strength to reply, the pink skull responded him with silence.

"Don't you have an idea?" Lucy urged, "If you can't think of one, I have a suggestion, how about a bookworm?"

This is a metaphor for Zhuang Xuteng's love of reading comic books.He shook his head and said, "I think of one called Necromancer."

"This name is okay. No one uses it now, and even if someone used it before, it hasn't become famous, at least not legendary." Lucy thought about it carefully, nodded, and then asked: "Purely out of curiosity, I wonder what you mean by this term, psychic or wizard?"

"It's a necromancer, the name can have an abbreviation, N·E·C."

"This name is gimmicky." Ge Gongdao said, "I'm your partner, and I call you by your name the most. Every time, uh, thorn, it's not only troublesome, but also delays things."

"Did you pronounce it that way on purpose?" Zhuang Xuteng was almost amused, and said, "Use Naike, it's pronounced faster."

"Okay, I think Necro is much better. Necromancer, sounds like goosebumps."

Lucy chuckled, and after asking which two words it was, she slowly said: "Nike also means that there are helpless people who refuse to admit defeat and are still working hard. This is a good code name. It seems that you did not study in vain. .”

"I didn't think so far, it's totally a coincidence." Zhuang Xuteng quickly filled out the mercenary registration form in front of him, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "What is Dao's registration number?"

It was obviously a common question, but Lucy laughed unexpectedly: "Haha, you finally asked! Let him tell you, pure unlucky bastard!"

Ge Gongdao snorted and said, "It's nothing ridiculous, it's just bad luck. My mercenary codename is White Wolf——I wanted Black Wolf, but I was snatched away..."

"Get to the point!" Lucy said.

"At that time, I had just completed my registration. Before I could complete the first entrustment, my guarantor intermediary was killed. He was handing over the task at the time. Judging from the scene, it was probably another mercenary he registered as a guarantor. , so this satisfies the conditions for knowing the details of the mercenary." Ge Gongdao spread his hands and said, "So I became well-known on the third day of becoming a mercenary."

Lucy went on to say: "It doesn't make sense to re-register and name it later, he can only use his real name. After some ups and downs, so far, he has done well, and many people are willing to call him Brother Dao."

"Not bad? I'm almost as good as a rookie now."

"This is just a temporary setback." Lucy said to Zhuang Xuteng: "N... Naike, learn more from him. Every mercenary who can take on the task by himself has his own hands. Brother Dao's experience and knowledge are more than ordinary people That's enough for you to learn for a while."

"I will study hard." Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said.

"It's enough if you have the heart! The registration form is finished? Let me take a look." Lucy glanced roughly, and said, "It's best not to leave the specialty here empty. Um... can you drive?"

"Yes, but I don't have a driver's license." Zhuang Xuteng said, "I have driven trucks and forklifts in factories."

"Not enough, you need to be able to drive a high-speed vehicle or a locomotive." Lucy said, "Well, let me test your physical talent and ability, which will be good for your future development. The cost of a light test usually costs 400 euros. But you are lucky, I happen to have a set of testers in my hand that I want to sell, and I need to see if it is easy to use, so you will be a tester, and you don’t need to pay for it.”

Just as Zhuang Xuteng was about to agree, Ge Gongdao hurriedly said, "Isn't that right? Naike is the tester, you have to pay him!"

"No money." Lucy raised her legs and said, "You like comics. I take any books and comics on the shelf here as a reward for you. I can also help you pay attention to tasks suitable for novices, especially It’s the kind of training that comes with it, what do you think?”

"Quickly agree!" Ge Gongdao hurriedly urged.

"Thank you, Miss Lucy." Zhuang Xuteng said quickly.

"It's really nice. I'll call it like that from now on."

Ge Gongdao laughed, and was immediately kicked by Lucy, and then no matter how Zhuang Xuteng asked him why, he shook his head and did not answer.After a while, Lucy took out a silver aluminum suitcase from the inner room, put it on the table in the middle of the sunken living room, and opened it.

"Why use a polygraph?" Zhuang Xuteng didn't quite understand.

"A lie detector? This is not a lie detector." Lucy was confused and asked, "Have you seen this thing?"

"The PCPD used it for me during the interrogation. It had to be attached to the body with wires, including the wrists, ankles, neck, and heart, and there were eight more on the head." Zhuang Xuteng probably understood where he was wrong, and said: "This Not a lie detector, right?"

Ge Gongdao rubbed his chin, and said: "This is the PY5B type special ability detector, Lucy, to tell you the truth, PCPD has indeed used this thing for us. Naike, did they test your ability at that time?" ?”

"I didn't say anything." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and said, "If this thing can measure special abilities, then it should be able to detect that I have a zombie physique, and I should be questioned in depth, right?"

"You have a zombie physique? Why didn't you indicate it in the information?" Lucy pinched her waist and asked.

"I don't want to take on zombie jobs anymore, that's tantamount to handing over my life, so I didn't write it."

Ge Gongdao patted his leg and said, "Your idea is right, you should really make such a determination. Destiny is important..."

"Don't talk nonsense, your wise words are all copied from others." Lucy looked at Zhuang Xuteng and said, "PY5B shouldn't be able to measure your physique, what does this mean?"

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