Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Yu Xuan?"

Tang Chen held the private phone tightly in his hand and asked with a slightly trembling voice.

There was a burst of noise coming from the other end of the phone, as if one was in the middle of a thrilling battle.

"I'm very busy. If you have something to say, please tell me quickly." The other party's tone was cold and stiff, revealing an undisguised fatigue and irritability.

Tang Chen took a deep breath and tried to make his voice sound calmer:

"It's like this. I'm Tang Chen, who gave you a commission on behalf of the Hunter Association some time ago. We have already transferred the 1000 million deposit to your card as agreed. It has been a while since the commission was issued, and I don't know when you can complete the task..."

He chose his words carefully, fearing that he might anger this person accidentally.

However, before Tang Chen could finish his words, he was interrupted rudely by Yu Xuan's impatient voice:

"Why are you rushing me? Xia Nantian is not a character that can be killed casually! I'm telling you, I'm killing him, what am I doing? Wait a little longer! Don't be impatient, don't be impatient~"

After saying that, Yu Xuan hung up the phone without hesitation, leaving Tang Chen holding the phone blankly, with a look of shock and confusion on his face.

Tang Chen stood there like a sculpture, unable to put down the phone in his hand.

After a long time, he slowly lowered his arms as if waking up from a dream, grabbed a bag of salt beside him, and smashed it to the ground.

The salt bag burst and white crystals splashed everywhere, as if symbolizing his inner anger and helplessness at the moment.

"This is a scam!"

Hunter J’s attitude was very clear: if Yu Xuan failed to complete the bounty on him, then Tang Chen’s mission would not be considered over.

Accordingly, the poison Z that was promised to be given to Tang Chen naturally could not be obtained.

In fact, when Tang Chen first received Yu Xuan's call, he heard the sound of fierce fighting coming from the other end of the phone and naively thought that this guy was carrying out other bounty missions!

But the question is, why do we always hear similar noises of fighting every time we call?

If it were someone else, Tang Chen would not have the time to tolerate such a weirdo, but facing a powerful figure like Yu Xuan, he would still choose to give in a little.

After all, firstly, he was no match for Yu Xuan; secondly, he couldn't even afford to provoke Xia Nantian; not to mention his terrifying and intimidating boss, Hunter J.

In such an environment, what else could Tang Chen do? He really felt so helpless and desperate!

“Dongdong——”

At this moment, a crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded. A hunter whose rank was slightly lower than Tang Chen hurried forward to open the door and said respectfully:

"Master C, we have just successfully captured an undercover agent. According to Master J's instructions, please go to the interrogation room immediately."

Hunter C, this is the code name Tang Chen earned through his outstanding abilities and skills in the Hunter Association.

"I understand."

Tang Chen quickly calmed down and nodded in response.

He walked out of the room and stepped into this mysterious place - the base camp of the Hunter Association. This place is located deep in a secluded island, and only hunters who have reached a certain level are qualified to set foot here.

Since the Hunter Association is able to place spies into the Alliance, the Alliance will naturally not sit idly by and will definitely conduct the same espionage work against the Hunter Association.

Although there are various disputes and conflicts within the association, when faced with external threats, they will still unite closely and fight against foreign enemies together.

Looking back to the past, when Tang Chen, the former candidate for the Alliance King, joined the Hunter Association, he encountered countless overt and covert attempts.

After walking along the winding passage for a while, Tang Chen and the lower-level hunter finally arrived at the entrance to the basement.

The heavy iron door slowly opened with a series of sharp and piercing metal friction sounds, revealing a dark and narrow staircase leading to the underground.

On the walls of the stairs, damp water droplets slid down the mottled wall, and the dim light cast swaying shadows on the wall.

Walking down the stairs, a cold breath hit me in the face, and the air was filled with damp and moldy smells.

Tang Chen couldn't help but frowned: "It's not like our association is short of money, can't we just decorate this place? It's not auspicious at all."

The lower-level member's mouth twitched, but he said nothing.

This is a cruel basement used to interrogate people! What else do you want to say about good or bad luck?

The chains and hooks hanging on the walls hint at the brutal interrogations that once took place here.

In the interrogation room, under the dim light, an iron interrogation chair was placed alone in the center, surrounded by circles of wire mesh with barbed wire wrapped around it.

Next to the interrogation chair, various interrogation tools were arranged in an orderly manner, from electric shock devices to ropes, from scalpels to syringes, each of which revealed coldness and ruthlessness.

The surveillance screens hanging on the wall show every corner of the basement to ensure that there are no blind spots.

In the corner, an old tape recorder was turning quietly, playing low noises, adding a weird atmosphere to this gloomy space.

There are no windows in the interrogation room, only a heavy iron door leading to the outside world. The chain and padlock on the door appear particularly heavy, as if telling the secrets and crimes here.

The basement seemed a little dark and damp, and there was a depressing atmosphere in the air.

At this time, there were already several people standing there, among whom were two or three subordinates who were trying to use various means to exert psychological pressure on the man who was tightly tied to the interrogation chair.

Hunter J would naturally not appear in such a place full of blood and filth, as she has always hated these things.

Therefore, whenever such matters needed to be dealt with, Hunter J would always arrange for Tang Chen to be in charge.

However, the situation at this moment is somewhat unusual...

Tang Chen's eyes fell on the man in the corner who was wearing a black windbreaker and had an unshaved face. A hint of doubt appeared on his face.

This man is Hunter T, one of the only two top hunters in the entire Hunter Association. With his strong strength and unique personality charm, he enjoys a high reputation in the association.

Once upon a time, the Hunter Association was divided into two factions, led by Hunter J and Hunter T, which lived in peace and non-aggression with each other.

However, recently Hunter J has taken drastic measures to forcefully recruit many hunters who had originally remained neutral.

What is even more puzzling is that for some unknown reason, Hunter T actually and unconditionally joined Hunter J's camp.

Now, the entire Hunter Association has completely fallen into the hands of Hunter J.

What was Hunter T doing here? Was he really sent by Hunter J to monitor his work progress as he thought?

But it's just interrogating an undercover agent, there's no need to send out two cadres!

“Hunter C?”

Hunter T recognized the person in front of him as Tang Chen at a glance, so he nodded slightly, greeted him, and prepared to turn around and leave.

"Hunter T, why are you here?" Tang Chen asked hurriedly when he saw this.

"Oh, no particular reason, I was just wandering around. It's been so boring staying at the headquarters all this time, and there's nothing interesting to do."

Hunter T replied nonchalantly, shrugging casually before turning around and leaving the scene without looking back.

Tang Chen didn't pay much attention to Hunter T's actions, because at this moment all his attention was focused on the undercover agent tied to the chair.

However, Tang Chen didn't know that the moment Hunter T turned his back to him, the originally calm expression on his face suddenly became extremely distorted and hideous, as if he was suffering from some extremely painful torture.

"Master C, this guy must be from the Alliance!"

At this moment, a subordinate suddenly shouted in astonishment.

"We have hypnotized him with a hypnotic tapir and put him under extreme psychological pressure, but we still couldn't get any useful information out of him..."

Tang Chen lowered his head, looked at the man with a struggling expression on the interrogation chair, and teased.

"Don't worry~ We still have a lot of interrogation methods that we haven't used yet! Relax, after all, our Hunter Association has carefully summarized ten levels of torture. Who knows how far you can hold on?"

Tang Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and quickly changed his role, revealing a playful smile and said.

"For example, the pain of a severed finger in the first level." He continued in a cold tone: "That is really a life worse than death!"

"There is also the mark of the third level..."

"The fifth level of water torture..."

"The honey trap in the tenth level... huh?"

However, just as he was about to mention the last level - the beauty trap, suddenly, a strange feeling came over him.

For some reason, when he mentioned this word, he noticed that the man in front of him who was tortured beyond recognition seemed to have found some kind of goal. The expression of pain and struggle on his face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a kind of determination he had never had before.

Could it be... I am hallucinating? Tang Chen pondered secretly, but this strange feeling still lingered.

......

"Are you still a human being?"

Tang Chen stared in horror at the man in front of him who had endured torture that was unbearable for ordinary people but remained calm, and his voice couldn't help but tremble.

As time went on, each torture was inflicted on the man mercilessly, but shockingly, these inhumane punishments did not seem to have the slightest effect on him.

On the contrary, he always maintained his rock-hard determination and moved forward step by step towards the tenth level.