One shot hit, and the werewolf, who was already seriously injured, was knocked to the ground by one shot.
Looking at the werewolf knocked to the ground, Tang Jiumin slowly moved forward. When he saw the werewolf's huge body, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
In less than a few seconds, the gunshot wounds on the werewolf's body began to squirm, and new flesh began to grow in some places.
The werewolf was half lying on the ground, reaching out and trying to pull out the short spear behind him, throwing it to the ground, coughing out blood while retreating.
First burned by flames, then hit by a short silver spear, and finally bombarded by bullets, the werewolf was seriously injured.
More importantly, however, the werewolf is slowly returning to his human form.
As the werewolf slowly regained its human appearance, human skin began to emerge, and the other party turned out to be a woman of about thirty years old.
Click.
Tang Jiumin quickly pulled the pump to replace the bullet, walked up to the woman with the shotgun in hand, and pointed the muzzle at the woman's head.
"Please forgive me. The night of the blood moon has passed. I will not hurt people in the town again. Please let me go. I will leave the town immediately and never come back."
The woman kept begging for mercy.
It's obvious that she knows her identity as a werewolf.
A frail woman, now barely clothed, begging for mercy.
But Tang Jiumin was unmoved.
The cold muzzle of the gun was always pressed against the woman's head.
"You lied. You had no way to leave this town. I guess you should have left the town before. Tell me what happened?"
"Yes, yes, after I turned into a werewolf for the second time five years ago, I wanted to leave the town. I didn't want to hurt others. Please, I don't want to become such a monster at all."
The woman kept begging for mercy, her body had completely transformed into a human form, she was completely naked, and she no longer had any werewolf features.
However, Tang Jiumin ignored the beautiful scenery in front of him and continued to press the woman's plea for mercy:
"Tell me what happened."
"I, I don't know. I wanted to leave the town last blood moon night, but I don't know why. Not long after I left the town, before I even left the wilderness, I was captured by a werewolf. I tried It’s been like this many times, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
"Please, spare me, spare me..."
"I see, poor woman, what's your name?"
"Erza, sir, Mr. Gunner, please spare me."
Tang Jiumin opened his mouth and gently asked the woman's name. The latter seemed to feel the hope of living and answered quickly with a trembling voice.
However, the woman did not notice that the gentle-voiced man in front of her had no emotion on his face.
"Ms. Erza? I understand."
"Thanks......"
boom--
After Tang Jiumin finished speaking, he directly pulled the trigger without waiting for the woman in front of him to speak.
Shot at close range, the woman's head was instantly turned into pulp by shotguns.
At the same time, a system voice sounded in Tang Jiumin's mind, indicating that the number of werewolves killed had changed from six to seven.
Tang Jiumin looked calm, took out a white blanket from the system backpack, wrote the woman's name on it, and covered the body in front of him.
During the whole process, his expression remained as expressionless as ever, as if he was dealing with flowers and plants instead of corpses.
After doing all this, Tang Jiumin turned around and left without looking at the corpse on the ground.
However, after walking out for a while, Tang Jiumin frowned, because a lot of time had passed since he chased the werewolf. He had killed the werewolf, but what was going on with Liu Ziyun?
Logically speaking, Liu Ziyun was faster, but there was no system notification sound for a long time.
He searched for a while along the direction Liu Ziyun chased, but still found no trace of Liu Ziyun. The surroundings were very quiet, even the initial howling of wolves was gone, let alone the sound of gunshots.
Tang Jiumin was confused and had no choice but to set off for the town center. This was the plan they had agreed on from the beginning. After splitting up to pursue each other, if they could not determine the opponent's location, they would go back to the town center and wait.
As a result, after returning home, as soon as Tang Jiumin approached the tent, he saw Liu Ziyun sitting outside the tent with a depressed look. Not far away from him, Chen Min and others were sitting together, discussing something with complicated expressions.
Seeing Tang Jiumin return, Liu Ziyun raised his head and opened his mouth, his face full of apology.
"What happened? You came back before me? Where's the werewolf? What happened!"
Facing Tang Jiumin's inquiry, Liu Ziyun suddenly covered his head, feeling annoyed:
"I caught up with the werewolf and knocked him down quickly, but, he gradually returned to his adult appearance in front of me. He was still an old man."
"I was stunned for a moment. It seized this opportunity and ran away. When I caught up with it again, the old man who had only recovered half of his body encountered a group of gunmen and was killed by them."
After saying this, Liu Ziyun's head was almost inserted between his legs, and he was obviously too embarrassed to face Tang Jiumin.
An accident, such an accident occurred at a critical moment?
Tang Jiu Min was furious. He grabbed Liu Ziyun and roared in great disappointment.
"Liu Bodhisattva, Liu Bodhisattva! Do you know what this means? Now, we have killed seven werewolves, but eight were left alive."
When the others saw this scene, they were so shocked that they didn't dare to express their anger. They couldn't imagine that Tang Jiumin would question Liu Ziyun like this.
"Maybe... maybe this system won't be so cruel. After all, we have killed so many werewolves, and our performance is not too bad. It will give us a way to survive."
Liu Ziyun gritted his teeth and evaded his eyes while speaking. Obviously, he couldn't convince himself.
"We have another way."
While the two were talking, Chen Min rushed into the tent at some unknown moment, dragged a person out, and threw him in front of everyone.
The person he dragged over was none other than the criminal Xu Wuqiang.
"Look, this guy is a rapist and a murderer. If we kill him, we can complete the mission!"
"Officer Liu, you are a police officer. The crimes this man committed are definitely worthy of being shot. He will die sooner or later. Why not kill him now?"
It was not easy for Chen Min to drag such a big man. His voice suddenly became louder and softer when he spoke, and he was panting.
Liu Ziyun frowned unconsciously and followed the direction of Chen Min's finger and looked at Xu Wuqiang. The other person's face was pale now and he was pleading.
"Please, I don't want to die. I will never do anything bad from now on. Please spare me..."
"Don't let me die in this damn place. I haven't met my family yet..."
"You can't do this!"
"I kowtow to you, I kowtow to you..."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Even though his hands were tied, Xu Wu was so stubborn that he knocked his head on the ground and begged for mercy.
Seeing this scene, Liu Ziyun felt a little uncomfortable.
"This man did commit a felony, but it is not up to me to convict him, but to the court."
"The execution is not carried out by me, but by the state. This is a foreign country... We shouldn't let him die here..."
"Tang Jiumin, think of another way. You know this trial best. Do you have any other ideas?"
At the end of the sentence, Liu Ziyun still looked at Tang Jiumin and asked with his eyes wide open, his tone full of uncertainty but also a hint of hope.
Looking at Liu Ziyun with this expression, Tang Jiumin's face turned gloomy and he sneered in his heart.
When Liu Ziyun was 'killed' before, he did have a trace of respect in his heart, because he was indeed a pure policeman, an extremely selfless devotee, and an idiot.
But it doesn't mean that he likes this kind of person, because this kind of fool with his own principles will always have various accidents and is the most unstable factor.
However, just when the atmosphere was at a stalemate, bursts of cheers suddenly came from outside.
what happened?
Several people looked outside and saw groups of bounty hunters moving in groups, with cheers erupting from time to time.
Tang Jiumin casually stopped the bounty hunter who was passing by.
"What happened?"
"The night of the blood moon is over! The mayor is back now and is ready to pay us patrol bonuses!" the bounty hunter replied very relaxedly.
"You mean, the mayor is back? Are you sure?" Tang Jiumin was extremely surprised, and he confirmed again.
"Really, I didn't lie to you."
The mayor actually came back, just at this moment when all the werewolves were killed.
Tang Jiumin stepped aside to let the bounty hunter leave, with a look of contemplation on his face.
He looked back at Liu Ziyun, who was about to come over and ask.
"I think I do have an idea."
"What solution have you come up with?" After hearing this, Liu Ziyun perked up and wiped his face hard.
"I'm not particularly sure. I need to go for further confirmation."
"How sure are you?"
"About 30%."
"Only 30%?" Liu Ziyun heard this and quickly asked: "Do you need help? I'll go with you."
Tang Jiumin shook his head and looked at Liu Ziyun, his tone extremely serious.
"I don't need your help with this matter. I'll go there by myself, and you can take the people here and wait for my news."
"Also, Chen Min is right. If we fail to complete the trial mission, the system will probably kill us, so if I fail, you must kill him."
After saying that, Tang Jiumin pointed at Xu Wuqiang, who looked frightened, with a cold expression:
"Otherwise, everyone will die, and they will lose their lives because of your stubbornness."
At this point, Liu Ziyun could only struggle and nod.
"I see."
However, Tang Jiumin shook his head. With Liu Ziyun's character, it was hard to say whether something would happen or not, but it would have nothing to do with him at that time.
He took out a pocket watch from the system backpack and threw it to Liu Ziyun.
"Did you see the time on your pocket watch? The trial ends at twelve noon. If there are thirty minutes left and the trial task is still not completed, don't hesitate to kill him and let others live."
Liu Ziyun held his pocket watch tightly and nodded slowly.
"I see."
Tang Jiumin left quickly.
Liu Ziyun looked at Xu Wuqiang, dragging him with his right hand back to the tent.
Others looked at Liu Ziyun's back as he returned to the tent with nervous expressions on their faces, but they also relaxed a little because of Tang Jiumin's repeated warnings before leaving.
It was an accident when they shot Liu Ziyun before, because they wanted to shoot the werewolf, but they also shot Liu Ziyun when they shot.
But if they were asked to shoot directly at a person with the purpose of killing, they still couldn't do it.
This is true even for Chen Min.
I'm afraid only Liu Ziyun and Tang Jiumin can do that kind of thing.
And it is difficult for them to overcome that obstacle psychologically.
A group of people looked at each other with complicated and happy expressions. However, no one noticed that Xu Wuqiang, who was dragged back to the tent, had a sharp stone in his hand.
After Tang Jiumin left the tent, he followed the other bounty hunters and rushed towards the center of the town.
It is said that the mayor has arrived.
Soon, he came to the square in the center of the town. Standing on the high platform was a middle-aged man with a cheerful look, speaking enthusiastically to the people below.
"Everyone, it seems that my choice this time is very correct. With your protection, Yue Howling Town can be restored to a calm and peaceful environment."
"The night of the blood moon is over! We killed twelve werewolves. This is an unprecedented record. You are the bravest bounty hunters!"
Twelve? The woman he killed has completely recovered her body.
How could he be recognized as a werewolf!
Unless someone knows who the dead woman is through the name on the white blanket.
Tsk, it’s really revealed.
It's you, the mayor of Moon Howling Town, the monster who has been hiding in the dark.
Tang Jiumin mingled among the crowd, looking at the mayor who was beaming with joy, and continued to think about other things in his mind.
I learned before that for more than 20 years, the same midwife was responsible for delivering all newborns in the town, so before returning last night, I made a special trip to visit that midwife.
The other party told him that she knew all the people born on the night of the blood moon in the past twenty years.
On this blood moon night, one person was born; on the last blood moon night, three people were born, and on the previous two blood moon nights, two people were born each.
In other words, there are two fifteen-year-old werewolves in this town.
Tang Jiumin carefully investigated the names mentioned by the midwife and found that one of them was the son of a gun shop owner, who often helped his father manage the gun shop, and the other was the daughter of a small town sheriff.
Tang Jiumin looked at the high platform and frowned slightly.
Now, he felt that he was inseparable from the identity of the mayor.
Special werewolves like the mayor must feed on ordinary werewolves, otherwise they cannot survive. So, the werewolves have been killed, how can the mayor be so calm?
If it's about life, probably not.
But the fact is that the current mayor is very calm. Even though there are no werewolves who have truly activated the werewolf bloodline and there are no werewolves who have reached the age of eighteen, he still leads the townspeople to celebrate.
Tang Jiumin pondered deeply. He couldn't understand what the mayor was thinking, but he knew his purpose.
Special werewolves can only survive by using werewolves as medicine and sucking werewolf blood.
The other party's only purpose is this, so if we look at it from the perspective of consequentialism, the current calmness can only be because he feels that it is not difficult to accomplish this.
The mayor has a way to obtain the so-called werewolf blood to keep himself alive.
The werewolf's bloodline is activated at the age of eighteen, and fifteen is the age closest to activation.
There must be something in his hand that awakens the only two unawakened werewolves in the town.
Sheriff or gun shop?
Two possibilities lay before him.
Two roads were also laid out before him.
One way is to find a way to follow the mayor after the celebration to see where he ended up, but the fate of the wolf catcher is a lesson learned from the past. With the strong strength of the wolf catcher, coupled with a shotgun and special silver bullets, he still died.
This method is too risky, and death is likely to be waiting for him.
It's not necessary. In this case, it's better to go back and deal with the criminals.
He is not a dedicated person and does not want to take too many risks.
The other way would require him to go to the sheriff or a gun shop in advance to wait.
Another choice.
A gun shop or the Sheriff's house?
Tang Jiumin was caught in a dilemma. He didn't know how to make a choice, because time was running out. If he made the wrong choice, he had no chance to change the outcome.
He was keenly aware that maybe killing the mayor would change the outcome of the trial mission.
Because Tang Jiumin didn't completely believe Liu Ziyun.
