Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 693 11: "Spiderman

"If you think I'm an imposter, feel free to call the Anomaly Investigation Bureau of Chunming City," Sun Hang said. "As for the report hotline number, I forgot it. Maybe you can look it up online? I'll wait for you."

"No... that's not what I meant..." The office lady (OL) waved her hands repeatedly, trying to explain, "I... I just wanted to ask, since a Mysterious Creature Hunter is here... does that mean there's a... mysterious creature in our company?"

Her voice gradually trailed off, as if she was afraid of being heard by the mysterious creature that might exist—who knows, it could be hiding next door.

"Not on your floor," Sun Hang continued to stare at the flowing trail of black mist on the ceiling, saying.

The OL followed Sun Hang's gaze up to the ceiling. She couldn't see the black mist formed by the materialization of negative emotions, but she understood Sun Hang's gesture—she immediately lowered her voice and asked, "The mysterious creature... is it upstairs?"

"Not sure, I'm just conducting an investigation," Sun Hang shook his head.

"Do I need to inform our boss... by the way, is this office building going to be locked down? Do we have time to evacuate, or do we need to wait until your investigation is over to leave?" the OL threw out several questions in succession.

"No need, try not to spark any panic before we confirm whether the mysterious creature is actually hiding in this building," Sun Hang said. "You don't need to notify the boss either, and I don't need any cooperation from you. Just pretend you never saw me."

"Okay, okay." The OL nodded frantically, then weakly asked, "So... none of us will be in any danger?"

Sun Hang was about to answer "I don't know," but considering that people might do something dumb in extreme fear, he just said, "As long as you all don't leave this floor, you should be safe."

"Good, good." The OL hurriedly replied, "I'll stay in the office now, even solving bathroom needs in the office..."

Sun Hang imagined for a moment the office lady in the black skirt dealing with bathroom issues inside the office and then shook his head: "There's no need for that... from what we know so far, at least your floor is safe."

"But, but the pipes of the restroom are connected to the upper and lower floors..." The OL muttered in a low voice, "I've heard some mysterious creatures move through the building's sewage pipes and might suddenly pop out of the toilet when humans are using it..."

"And then get a face full of crap?" Sun Hang looked speechlessly at the imaginative OL, "From the intelligence I have, this mysterious creature shouldn't be interested in eating crap..."

Sun Hang's words abruptly halted as he noticed the flow speed of the black mist suddenly slow down.

Was the mysterious creature full, or had it sensed his presence and was getting ready to run?

"I'm off," Sun Hang said to the OL, turned, and swiftly but silently ran up the fire stairwell.

The OL left standing there looked dumbfounded at the slowly closing fire door at the stairwell entrance, a hint of fear surging in her heart—the mysterious creature Hunter had been talking with her just a second ago but seemed to turn as if confronting a great enemy the next...

If there's really an unexpected situation, would this floor be unsafe already?

Should she take this chance to leave the company quickly?

Should she inform the other people in the company... but, once it causes public panic, would the Public Security Bureau and the Anomaly Investigation Bureau hold her accountable... would she be thrown in jail?

She heard that in women's prisons, the more beautiful the prisoner, the easier they are bullied. Wouldn't she be doomed then?

While the OL was wandering in her thoughts, her legs had involuntarily brought her back to her desk in the office—as the personal secretary to the company boss, she had her own office, although it was just a small compartment of merely eight square meters, separated by frosted glass from the general work area, naturally without a lounge or restroom.

The moment OL sat down, an unusual feeling emanated from her bladder.

This made her nerves instantly tense up, and she frantically tried to erase the feeling from her mind, but the more she focused, the stronger the feeling grew.

She had no choice but to cross her legs, trying hard to suppress the urgent urge to urinate.

"Can't go to the restroom, can't go to the restroom... the restroom is too dangerous... what if the mysterious creature really emerges from the sewage or water pipes..."

Suddenly, the OL realized a problem.

What if the mysterious creature Hunter never returned, what would she do?

Just... hold it in indefinitely?

At that moment, she felt a blackout swallow her consciousness.

...

Meanwhile, Sun Hang was sprinting wildly up the fire stairwell—based on the direction of the black mist's flow, the floor where the mysterious creature resided shouldn't be low. Sun Hang rushed directly to the nineteenth floor, where the manifestation of negative emotions transitioned from vertical to horizontal movement.

"It's on this floor," Sun Hang said to himself, "there should be no mistake."

From the first to the seventh floor of this office building were commercial areas, with numerous companies and organizations leasing office spaces from the eighth floor upwards. Some niche stores like board game shops, escape rooms, or theme-based shops were also established within this building.