CHAPTER 1070: CHAPTER 1072: SCAPEGOAT

"Wen, I seem to have rediscovered a long-lost passion."

"Zhuang, you are absolutely right."

A tall and a short young man walked down the street in Pengbei City, diligently searching for clues related to superpower users.

They are Tao Wen and Li Dazhuang.

After clearing the Abyss Eye, Li Dazhuang and Tao Wen formed a small team, roaming the Capital District.

Under the guise of adventure, it’s actually tourism.

The bad luck once surrounding Li Dazhuang has vanished, so they are no longer as unlucky as before. They’ve wandered for quite some time without finding a suitable way for their adventure.

Later, upon receiving orders from the Hunter Association, they came to support at Pengwan Island.

They knew there were many powerful monsters here, so they subconsciously felt nervous, and this nervousness gave them an indescribable thrill.

Their misfortune-filled experiences before acquiring their Supernatural Power made them enjoy the pursuit of excitement, so under pressure, they actually adapted better.

Pengwan Island is located on the southeastern coast of the Capital District. About half a year ago, a new secret organization suddenly appeared here.

This organization is called:

’Yuriano’

No one knows who leads the organization, nor its manifesto.

They seemed to be a gathering of monsters that posed no threat to the Hunter Association.

So initially, the Hunter Association didn’t pay much attention to them, especially with major events like the Qing Ridge Plateau incident and the Cicada Ancestor incident at the time, so Pengwan Island was never prioritized, which gave Yuriano the opportunity to grow rapidly.

By the time the Hunter Association finally felt this organization was becoming quite large and wanted to clear it out, they found it troublesome.

This organization actually possessed a Catastrophe-level containment item!

The name of this containment item seems to be ’Yuriano.’

Yuriano is a huge castle built from boulders, existing simultaneously on every mountain of Pengwan Island, yet also nonexistent.

Monsters affiliated with Yuriano can enter this giant castle on any mountain, while Demon Hunters from the Hunter Association can’t find the entrance to this castle.

Even when they occasionally spot the castle, they cannot reach it.

Thus, despite the Hunter Association’s absolute superiority in force, they remain unable to complete a purge of this secret organization.

Evading a purge from the Hunter Association without a hitch made Yuriano notorious, attracting countless monsters and fugitives from the Hunter Association, all eager to join this emerging organization.

Egger spent a hefty sum to have Zhu Pengpei hide him, due to his awareness of Yuriano’s magic.

Although the Hunter Association couldn’t deal with Yuriano, they couldn’t allow this organization to grow indefinitely either, so they dispatched numerous young Demon Hunters to Pengwan Island to hunt monsters and fugitives.

Yesterday, Tao Wen Li Dazhuang captured a fugitive known as ’Torture Monk.’ This fugitive liked attacking Demon Hunters and torturing them, a bona fide pervert.

That battle benefited them greatly, so they wanted to find another monster with similar power to act as their punching bag.

After walking for a while, they didn’t see any monsters but instead encountered a newly awakened superpower user.

This superpower user set up a booth under an overpass, holding four small sticks in each hand, with a spinning plate atop each stick, balancing them skillfully.

This acrobatic feat could be performed by ordinary people too, failing to prove he was indeed a superpower user.

But soon this young man gave the surrounding audience a lesson, his hands slipped, and all eight plates scattered in different directions.

Seeing these ceramic plates about to shatter on the ground, some people even covered their eyes, worried about shards piercing them.

Yet none of these plates broke; some bounced on the ground, some bounced off trees, and even some changed their falling routes due to the wind.

Ultimately, these plates all returned to the small sticks in his hands.

This unreasonable trick astonished the crowd, who each pulled out their wallets, throwing bills of one, eighty cents, at most five, onto a plate in front of the man.

The man smiled broadly as he picked up the money, just about to nearby grab some soup dumplings, when Li Dazhuang and Tao Wen grabbed him and took him to a corner.

The man shivered and said to them, "Wha, what do you want?"

"Please, don’t rob me. I’m just a lousy performer, making money with skill yet earning less than a beggar. If you’re robbing someone, rob King Beggar in the underground passage over there. That old man earns hundreds a day, over ten thousand a month."

"Stop rambling, we wouldn’t rob you."

Li Dazhuang glared at him irritably. "Who would want your little money, it’s not even enough for my game credits. You must be a newly awakened superpower user, come with us for an assessment, you might become part of the Hunter Association if you’re lucky."

"Why should I go with you..." The man said, shrinking his neck.

"Because of this!"

Tao Wen grabbed a plate and poked three holes in it swiftly.

"Please, don’t act aggressively, I’ll go with you..." the man said.

Recruiting newly awakened superpower users was also part of their task; though the reward isn’t as lucrative as defeating monsters, even a fly represents a piece of meat, they wouldn’t let this man slip away.

The three walked towards the local association’s residence, and Li Dazhuang asked curiously, "You can make plates flying in different directions return simultaneously to the sticks in your hands. What exactly is your ability?"

The man’s face stiffened for a moment. "Could I not say?"

Tao Wen snatched another plate, poking it swiftly...

The man was on the verge of tears, he was indeed very poor, and these plates were precious assets.

"Alright, I’ll confess, just stop ruining my plates."

"My name is Yuan Liang, and my ability is called ’Scapegoat’..."

After he finished, there was two seconds of silence before Tao Wen and Li Dazhuang burst into laughter, seemingly seeing a lush green plateau growing on Yuan Liang’s head.

"Stop laughing!"

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..."

Yuan Liang sighed; if he only had some other ability, he wouldn’t rely on street performing to make a living.

"My ability isn’t what you think. It’s about catching any circular objects within my sensory range, so it’s called Scapegoat."

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..." The two laughed simultaneously.

Yuan Liang, angered, picked up two broken plates and threw them far away, trying to demonstrate his ability to them.

As a result, the two plates flew out, but neither flew back.

There were only two sounds of breaking and two screams...