“Hmm... looks pretty serious.”

Li Ang absentmindedly tapped his fingers on the table. According to the American news programs on TV, as of now, two former CIA directors, one cabinet member, two deputy chiefs of staff, three high-ranking agents, one supervising special agent, and several special agents (some retired for over a decade) had met with misfortune.

The manner, location, and time of death varied.

Normally, the deaths of intelligence personnel wouldn't be reported as news, but this case was too bizarre.

All the deaths had occurred within a month, spanning multiple states. Some victims were even attacked in public places, their heads suddenly exploding without warning while they were buying goods.

The sensitive identities of the deceased, coupled with the serial murder aspect, made the case highly publicized, causing a great stir in America.

Many believed that a hostile force was targeting these intelligence officers in a revenge operation.

Initially, American intelligence agencies tried to imply that all the deaths were caused by a supernatural object capable of spreading memes, in order to save face.

But during a press conference held by a spokesperson, another federal judge, politician, and former high-ranking intelligence official were attacked.

The American intelligence agencies were incredibly embarrassed and infuriated by this. While maintaining silence to the outside world, they intensified their investigation. Within a few days, they had screened out tens of thousands of suspects.

"Whether the killer is an aberrant disaster or a transcender, he's in trouble now."

Li Ang thought casually. America has a short history of only two hundred years.

Their accumulation in the transcendental realm is not much, completely unable to compare with secret organizations such as the Yihui Society, the Clock Tower, the Inquisition, and the Knights Templar.

But they have other aspects to supplement—the Native Americans in the United States recorded a considerable number of supernatural events in the form of myths, legends, totems, poems, and poems passed down from generation to generation.

America drove out and slaughtered Native Americans, occupied their territory, and established towns and villages. Now, based on Native American records, they are entering the deep mountains and old forests to search for the existence of transcendental elements.

According to some posts on the player forum, the historical Native Americans feared all supernatural forces other than the spirits of their ancestors.

They usually adopted a blind and deaf attitude towards transcendental elements, never attempting to contact, understand, explore, or study them,

Only those particularly dangerous forces were treated with vigilance and recorded.

This led to the modern American intelligence agencies, which explored the deep mountains and old forests based on Native American materials, suffering many losses, losing a considerable number of people, and paying a huge price to obtain gains.

In addition to excavating Native American historical legends, American intelligence agencies have also gained a lot from some scientific research data from World War II and its aftermath.

After World War II, America's Operation Paperclip took in many German scientists and established secret research institutions.

According to a secret report from the U.S. Department of Justice that was recently exposed, Operation Paperclip has been continuously expanding its personnel, increasing its budget, and adding projects since the 1950s.

By the 1970s, they had made major breakthroughs in several fields such as supersonic missiles, serums to stimulate human potential, and brain intervention technology. Their relationship with the American CIA, FBI, and DARPA was even more intertwined.

In fact, the American intelligence agencies in the real world were not the first official institutions to study supernatural forces (the earliest can be traced back to the German Third Reich),

But they are definitely the official institutions that have lasted the longest, invested the most, and are the largest in this field.

It is precisely because of these long-term operations that America's catch-up in the supernatural field has not fallen behind too much.

The overall strength of the players is not too bad compared with organizations such as the Special Affairs Bureau and the European Heavy Industries Group.

The murderer (single or an organization) who murdered many powerful people and publicly slapped the American intelligence agencies in the face will face the persistent pursuit of American intelligence agency players in the foreseeable future, until death.

"Hmm..."

Li Ang looked at the TV program, raised his eyebrows, and casually turned off the TV.

If it were before, he might have to worry and be anxious for a while, fearing that these intelligence agencies would find the Special Affairs Bureau, use the new criminal investigation system to investigate this case, and as a result, pull out the carrot and bring out the mud during the investigation, thereby threatening himself.

But now...

Li Ang glanced at his right hand. On the back of his right hand, covered by gloves, his unique divine mark was slightly hot, providing him with a constant stream of power.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, how many divisions does he have?

After seeing the transmigrator penguin Aquili, Li Ang's mentality calmed down a lot. He sat quietly behind the cashier for a while. Soon, Mule, wearing a horse head mask, reappeared.

"I'm sorry, I encountered a little trouble in the real world, and it took a little time."

Mule walked in, nodded apologetically to Li Ang, and pulled Laura's right hand.

The latter wore a smaller purple unicorn mask, not revealing her face, but Li Ang keenly noticed that her mood was not good.

"It's okay."

Li Ang nodded indifferently, put down his crossed legs, "How do we sign the contract?"

"Just apply for a labor contract from the game plaza."

Mule smiled and pulled out two scrolls from the void, "I have already applied, take a look."

She spread one of the scrolls on the cashier counter in front of Li Ang. Li Ang glanced roughly. This was indeed a labor contract produced by the system.

The contract stated the scope of responsibilities and rights of both parties and the form of payment, and emphasized that the contract would be monitored by the power of the system itself. If the contract was breached, the system would impose penalties and enforce it.

The system's "enforcement" is much more decisive than in the real world. There will be no malicious breaches of contract or refusal to execute.

Moreover, in order to prevent someone from maliciously abusing labor contracts, forcing others to sign them, and carrying out breeding-style exploitation,

The system also stipulates that both parties signing must maintain independence, rationality, and sobriety in their minds and bodies, and not be under duress or threat—attempts to coerce or trick others into signing contracts will also be severely punished by the system,

In the most serious cases, the perpetrator may even be directly thrown into a nightmare-level script task with a mortality rate of nearly 99.999%.

"Like other stores in the plaza, we sign a 6-month contract each time, and renew it every 6 months, right."

Li Ang flipped through the contract, put his palm on the paper, and a pen provided by the system quietly appeared in his palm, "The remuneration is also calculated according to the average level of other stores.

A fixed salary of 225 game coins per week, plus personal extra labor income—you can get a 10% labor commission for every customer you bring in.

Is that okay?"

Mule looked at Laura, who nodded silently. A slight voice came from under the purple unicorn mask, "Yeah."

The new sign girl doesn't seem very active.

Li Ang spread his hands indifferently, anyway, this is an employee introduced through nepotism, as long as it doesn't affect the normal operation of the store.

"I've signed it."

He signed his contract, and Laura also signed hers under Mule's gaze.

"Then from today onwards, you are my employee." Li Ang smiled, "Do you want me to say something encouraging?"

"Ah?"

Laura was obviously still immersed in her low mood. Hearing Li Ang's words, she looked up in confusion.

"Work hard, strive, and struggle. Your hard work will allow me to drive a Maserati and live in a luxury house sooner;

Tired? It's right to be tired! Comfort is for the rich;

I worked hard for more than ten years to have such a life, a huge foundation, loyal employees, and countless high-end business partners. The employees of the enterprise are not used for exploitation. I, as the leader, lead well, and they will naturally pay decades of loyalty and allegiance.

Work hard like me, and maybe your children will be able to see the back of my children on the starting line."

Li Ang said solemnly, took out a black round top hat and a monocle from somewhere, and put them on himself, looking like a capital tycoon.

"How is it, don't you feel a lot happier and more motivated for work?"

Li Ang said with a smile, rubbing the beard of the dragon head mask.

"...Yeah."

Laura looked up at Mule, and a slightly awkward but polite voice came from under the mask.

"In short, just work hard here."

Li Ang clapped his hands and stood up, "The cashier's job is actually quite simple,

You write your player information on the customer registration form at the cashier, customers who need it will take the initiative to add you as a friend, and what you have to do is just send me the more valuable customer registration information through the friend link.

As for the specific working hours... just look at it, anyway, it is mainly completed through the friend link,

There are no rigid requirements for you to come to the store in person."

After all, it's just a cashier position,

Li Ang couldn't possibly exploit his friend's sister too much. After briefly introducing the work process, he let Laura sit behind the cashier to familiarize herself with the business.

And Li Ang himself walked to the operating room behind the Immaculate Furnace with Laura.

"Thank you for this."

Mule nodded gratefully. According to her understanding of Li Ang, although the other party's thinking often deviates from that of normal people, he has never made a mistake in serious matters and has a strong professional ethics and contract spirit.

Now that Laura has become his employee, she has new protection for her personal safety.

Even if Mule herself is captured or even killed by the intelligence agencies one day, Laura... won't be liquidated, right.

Li Ang waved his hand casually, "It's okay, it's a small matter."

Mule didn't argue any more, took out two items from the backpack bar and held them in her hand.

One of them was a lantern-shaped pumpkin. The inside of the pumpkin was hollowed out, and the surface was carved to present the shape of a Halloween ghost. A ghostly blue ghost fire burned in the middle, flickering on and off.

The other was a handheld vacuum cleaner.

The vacuum cleaner was light blue overall, with all the necessary parts such as the assembly brush, throat tube, and motor, but without a power cord.

[Name: Headless Horseman's Pumpkin Head]

[Type: Magic Item]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Effect: Summons a ghostly Headless Horseman and orders him to attack a designated enemy. The Headless Horseman cannot be destroyed or killed, and any attempt to destroy the Headless Horseman's ghost will revive him. The Headless Horseman can be maintained for a maximum of 30 minutes. After summoning him for 5 minutes, an enemy must be designated for the Headless Horseman to attack, otherwise the ghost will disappear. The Headless Horseman wields an iron spoon. The attack power and attack frequency are equivalent to that of a healthy, untrained 35-year-old adult male. Except for the moment of attack, he will not have physical contact with the outside world]

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[Consumption: 500 points of psionic power, 200 points of sanity]

[Cooling time: 24 hours]

[Usage conditions: Horsemanship level is higher than or equal to intermediate]

[Remarks: A long, long time ago, the Headless Horseman rode his war horse and galloped in the mist-filled valley, waving a magic sword and spear, turning all intruders into the same as him. Until one day, a cunning thief named Odulang stole his weapon and stuffed an iron spoon into the sleeping knight's hand]

[Remarks: Be careful! Be sure to summon the Headless Horseman when there are enemies around, otherwise he will attack the only living thing in sight with a spoon—that is, you. It's not fatal, but it really hurts]

"I bought this thing from the auction house at a low price."

Mule smiled helplessly and introduced: "Since this equipment does not have personal binding restrictions, I tried it before.

Um... how should I say it,

Even among all the weird equipment, this thing is considered very outrageous.

The summoned Headless Horseman can never be killed within the 30-minute summoning limit, and will continue to attack the target until the time limit expires.

It sounds very powerful, but this attack power...

It's exactly the same as described in the system. It's just an ordinary middle-aged man holding a spoon. He can't even break a steel plate in 30 minutes.

It can only be used to harass the enemy and anger them—in this regard, this item is quite effective."

Mule rubbed her palms awkwardly, "But you just need perfect quality items, right?"

"Um..."

Li Ang's gaze lingered on the item remarks for a while. He often opened such inexplicable things, so he wasn't surprised, "What about the other one?"

Mule showed the item description of the light blue handheld vacuum cleaner.

[Name: Blood-Sucking Vacuum Cleaner]

[Type: Magic Item]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Effect: Remotely absorbs 30% of the blood of all flesh and blood creatures within the cone-shaped range in front of you, and can also be effective on stagnant blood]

[Consumption: 400 points of psionic power]

[Cooling time: 10 minutes]

[Usage conditions: Possess the blood of the vampire race]

[Remarks: When facing high-level life units, the blood-sucking effect will be weakened. The blood-drawing effect can also be effective on the alien's engine oil, plasma, essence, etc.]

[Remarks: The Blood-Sucking Vacuum Cleaner keeps your vampire aristocratic mansion as clean as ever after a carnival feast]