Trickster Hunter

Chapter 15 Choices and Decisions

"I will not take the initiative to sacrifice the people in that village." Sun Hang replied calmly.

"Why?" Yang Qi asked after staring at him for a few seconds.

"There's no reason." Sun Hang shook his head, "You only asked me to make a choice, and you didn't ask me to explain the reasons. I can only tell you what choice I would make in that situation."

"...Very good, congratulations, you successfully passed the assessment." Yang Qi clapped her hands gently, "Now you are an official monster hunter."

"So, the standard answer to this question is to choose human nature?"

"That's right... As an infected person, the hunter has the power to rival the monster, but he also becomes an extremely dangerous time bomb. The infection process of the monster virus has a 'threshold'. When you are infected When the process is below the threshold, your dominant consciousness is still human, but when the infection process breaks through the threshold After that, you will completely lose control... and even become a new kind of strange thing," Yang Qi explained, "But this infection process is different from conventional viruses, and we have not yet understood what behavior will cause it. Change, all we can do is to help the hunters as much as possible and keep their 'humanity'."

"You probably understand." Sun Hang nodded, "You want to take advantage of the power of the infected, but you are also afraid that the infected will lose control, so you come up with such a test process. But there is one thing I don't quite understand. What will you do during operation?”

"Of course we have to sacrifice the people in that village and eliminate the monsters." Yang Qi said, "Assuming that the ideal conditions are really there, we won't have any hesitation."

"Wouldn't this be contrary to the purpose of the test?"

"No, it's not contradictory. This kind of decision is left to the rear commanders, not the hunters on the front line." Yang Qi shook her head, "The commander can do whatever it takes to complete the mission, but the hunter cannot.

"For hunters, maintaining their own humanity and clear self-awareness is always the highest priority. And this choice of disregarding life will gradually dilute your self-perception as humans... If this continues, you In the end, they will become the opponents of the disaster and become the disaster itself," Yang Qi said.

Seeing Yang Qi's serious look, Sun Hang felt completely calm in his heart.

There was no deeper reason why he chose "human nature", it was simply because it was the "right answer".

Yang Qi's previous words could no longer be said to be hints. They were simply explicit instructions to guide him to make that "rational" choice.

This means that the other option is most likely the correct option.

What's more, the risks involved in the two options are not equal.

If Sun Hang chooses human nature, and then Yang Qi tells him that he made the wrong choice, he will at best be considered a weak waste.

And if he chooses rationality, if he makes the wrong choice, then in the eyes of the other party, he is likely to become a weak human being who may lose control and turn into a monster at any time.

The former will not be able to become hunters at most, but they will more or less have a chance of survival; while the latter will probably be "disposed" of them immediately...

"By the way, there's one thing I'm curious about." Sun Hang suddenly asked, "About my amnesia, I only remember that my name is Sun Hang, I don't remember anything else... But, you guys How did you know my name?"

Sun Hang clearly remembered that the first thing he heard after waking up was the nurse saying, "Mr. Sun, you're awake."

"Since you have become a monster hunter, this thing can naturally be returned to you." Yang Qi said, taking out a plastic evidence bag from the pocket of her white coat. The label on the evidence bag has been It was torn off, and a necklace that seemed to be made of stainless steel lay quietly inside the bag.

"This was found at the rescue scene." Yang Qi said, "To be precise, at that time, it was hanging on your neck."

Sun Hang took the bag, opened it, and poured out the necklace. The pendant under the chain was an oval metal nameplate, the style was very similar to the identification plate used by Xiazhou Federation soldiers.

But compared to the detailed information recorded on the military identification plate, this metal nameplate only has two Chinese characters - "Sun Hang" etched by laser.

"We have investigated this brand. It does not belong to any army in any region of the federation, nor does it belong to any organization or group with public registration information. We have also searched for the name Sun Hang in the archives of the entire federation. There are many people with the same name. , but there is no file that matches your number," Yang Qi said.

Sun Hang turned the nameplate around, then picked it up and looked at it from different angles under the light... But no matter what observation methods he tried, he couldn't get any more information.

This is a simple piece of stainless steel, rolled into this shape with a lathe, and then engraved with his name on it... Even the edge of the nameplate has not been polished smooth, and it has an obvious burr feel to the touch.

"Not only your name, we also entered your DNA data, facial features and other information into the archives, but we still found no such person." Yang Qi said, "According to my judgment, before you lost your memory, there was a high probability that you were engaged in It’s a gray job that walks the line between legal and illegal.”

"For example?" Sun Hang glanced at her and asked.

“Private military contractors without a legal business license… are also known as mercenaries.” Yang Qi said.

"A mercenary's dog tag doesn't have to have only one name, at least it has to have a blood type." Sun Hang said softly, "It's even possible that this is not my real name..."

"The name is just a pseudonym, you can call it Sun Hang, or something else." Yang Qi said indifferently, "If you don't like this name, you can always change it to one you like... Oh, by the way, if you really want to change your name, it's best to tell me before noon tomorrow, so that when you create a new identity file for you, you can use the new name directly."

"No, let's just say Sun Hang." Sun Hang said, "Speaking of which, can't we trace its origin through the production process of the nameplate?"

"We've tried all the methods you can think of." Yang Qi sighed, "Instead of relying on such a small piece of iron to figure out my past, it's better to hope to restore my memory."

"Okay, let's not talk about this matter for now." Sun Hang put on the gray uniform jacket issued to temporary investigators and stuffed the metal nameplate into his pocket. "I think it's time to talk about my debts, the scope of work of the weird hunter, and the salary and remuneration."