Chapter 81 Higher Perspective

The conversation with Raven 12345 enlightened Hao Ren in many ways. It covered the intricate entanglements between aliens and humans, aliens and demon hunters, and the significance of the demon hunter community to Earth's civilization. But most importantly, he vaguely grasped the meaning of his role as an employee of the Time and Space Administration from this conversation.

"You must learn to look at problems from a higher perspective, realizing that you are the spokesperson for a high-level civilization," Raven 12345 had said. "Set aside your human prejudices and personal emotional biases. We don't expect you to be like us, but you must at least understand the concept of a 'high-level guardian.'"

"Perhaps one day I will cooperate with the demon hunters?" Hao Ren asked tentatively.

"You may cooperate with anyone at any time, and you may fight against anyone at any time. From the day you signed the agreement with me, you no longer belong to any camp other than the Empire. You will only have 'work needs.' Your race, camp, prejudice, and personal feelings must become a thing of the past," Raven 12345 stared into Hao Ren's eyes. "You may not be able to achieve absolute justice, and there is no absolute justice in the world that everyone recognizes, but you must at least be 'accurate.' Of course, this is what it says in the employee handbook. If you study hard, you should still be able to find loopholes. The upper echelons of the Administration and those guys in the Juntong Department have been studying mortal civilizations for ten thousand years, and they have long tacitly approved certain tolerable loopholes..."

Hao Ren broke out in a cold sweat, "Is it appropriate for you to say this?"

Raven 12345 chuckled, "Then don't listen."

"How are the demon hunters you took away doing?" Hao Ren sighed, rubbing his forehead, and asked about another matter of concern. "What do you need them for?"

"Nothing, just to understand some changes in this world, and by the way, teach them how to be good people. After their values are corrected, they will be sent back," Raven 12345 said, "They won't continue to bother you in the future."

"Will there be other demon hunters showing up?" Hao Ren asked worriedly. "If these people disappear for too long... I'm afraid it will attract more demon hunters, right? Meeting seven or eight of them this time was already a headache."

"Don't worry, demon hunters are fighting aliens all day long. It's not a big deal for them if a few people die in the wilderness and go missing. At most, a few observers will come to investigate. Do you think your home is the center of the world? Where does that high sense of existence come from?" Raven 12345 waved his hand with a smile, "Besides, isn't this a good opportunity for you to go on a business trip to avoid trouble? You can take two people with you."

"Only two people?" Hao Ren was a little surprised when he heard this. "I thought it would be like last time where the whole family could go on public funds..."

"Didn't you take two people last time too?" Raven 12345 glared. "Don't play word games with me. Strictly speaking, these primary missions are completed by the inspector alone. I'm only organizing a team for you because of special circumstances."

Seeing that Hao Ren didn't say anything, Raven 12345 slowly explained: "This is a mission, not a tour. The number of public-funded places must be limited. But after your personal spaceship is allocated in a while, you can do whatever you want. As long as your skills are in place, no one will stop you even if you drive the spaceship to the Sun for a tour. Also, I suggest you first bring the siren girl from your house. She will be of great use."

Hao Ren thought about it and realized that he was not taking the word "mission" seriously enough. This must be corrected. Anyway, his personal spaceship would be in his hands sooner or later, so the abnormal creatures in his house could wait another round. At this time, hearing Raven mention the siren, he immediately remembered that he hadn't carefully inquired about this matter: "By the way, Nangong Wuyue came quite suddenly. Is there anything special about her?"

"No, no," Raven 12345 waved his hand, "Just an ordinary siren, randomly picked and thrown to you."

"Really?" Hao Ren looked at the other party with great suspicion. "To be honest, although you usually don't look reliable, I think every step of your arrangement seems to have a hidden... meaning. The Earth is so big, but my house has only had four tenants so far. Everyone you arranged for me should have been carefully considered, right? I can feel that they are different."

Raven 12345 almost dropped the sugar jar in his hand: "When did you become so敏锐... What's so special about them?"

"They are all freaks in their respective races," Hao Ren said very seriously, "Lily is a husky among werewolves, Vivian is a penniless vampire with a countess title, Izhaks is a moral model among demons. I don't believe Nangong Wuyue is a normal girl—if you tell me now that she is a hairtail that has become a spirit, I think I can still handle it."

"... Take some time to look at your brain. Your imagination is bigger than mine," Raven 12345 looked at Hao Ren with a strange expression, "Anyway, you should take good care of the people arranged for you, especially since she is a girl. What are you picking and choosing? Nangong Wuyue is definitely not a hairtail spirit. She is just an ordinary little girl. The only thing that distinguishes her from other sirens is that she has a biological father. I'm telling you, it's best to take her on this mission. The planet you're going to is full of water, and it will save a lot of trouble to bring her along. As for the other one, it's up to you."

Hao Ren had just nodded when he heard Raven 12345 throw out a sentence: "Then there's nothing else, right? If there's nothing else, hurry up and get out. I need to deal with the problems of the world on other planets."

As soon as these words fell, Hao Ren felt a burst of dizziness. When he came to his senses, he was already standing by the road, holding onto a telephone pole with an advertisement for an old Chinese medicine doctor, looking like "My illness is finally cured."

"She's definitely guilty," Hao Ren said to himself with certainty, "I don't believe Nangong Wuyue can be a normal siren!"

"That's right. How many normal people are there in your house?" the data terminal's voice came from his pocket. "Have you decided who to take? You can only take two people this time, one is the siren, and the other can only be one person. The Empire never leaves room for 'quotas.' Don't think about loopholes."

"I'll talk about it when I get back and discuss it with them," Hao Ren looked at the empty road and suddenly remembered his new employee benefits. "By the way, don't you have spatial teleportation function? Let's teleport back this time!"

"So what did you see after reading the manual for so long?" the data terminal shouted. "The first time you activate it, there are only two default coordinates, one is God's home, and the other is the nearest starport. Your home is a private residence and cannot be teleported because it hasn't been registered. You have to wait until you get home for this unit to register it for you before you can use it next time... Hey, what are you doing? Put this unit down! Why do you want to throw it again for no reason..."

"Go home and record the coordinates yourself, and then come pick me up," Hao Ren's playfulness was uncontrollable. "I can't wait!"

Data Terminal: "..."

In the end, Hao Ren still took the bus home because he couldn't win against the nag in his pocket...

As soon as Hao Ren entered the house, he saw only Izhaks sitting on the sofa watching TV. "Gun" was standing proudly on the great demon's head, looking down on the entire living room. This should be the most daring and carefree cat in history. Hao Ren sat down next to Izhaks and picked up "Gun" to wipe his hands: "Where are the others?"

"The new siren girl said she was going to the city to sing and won't be back for lunch. Lily is watching TV in her room. She wants to watch Animal World, which I can't watch. Vivian just went out to take out the trash and will be back in a while."

Hao Ren saw a copy of *United Information* next to Izhaks's hand, with the local recruitment advertisement page open. He must have been looking at it just now. He couldn't help but ask: "You haven't given up on finding a job?"

Izhaks scratched his hair embarrassedly: "I didn't have any experience when I went last time. I wandered around for a day before I realized there was such a thing as a recruitment advertisement. I'm going to collect more information and be prepared next time I go out. By the way, let me ask you something, what does 'protection fee' mean?"

Hao Ren broke out in a sweat when he heard this. He could roughly guess what Izhaks's job search process was like...

At this time, there was a sound at the door, and Vivian's voice followed: "Landlord, you're back? How was the mission?"

Hao Ren saw that everyone except Nangong Wuyue, the "designated candidate," had arrived, so he yelled towards Lily's room: "Doggy, come out! Let's discuss important matters!"