Old Yao took a sip of his beer, shook his head, and chuckled.
The sight of Xu An reminded him of someone...
That once extraordinary talent, equally arrogant, equally unruly.
Even at his peak, Xuanmao couldn't overshadow that person's brilliance.
What a pity...
Ultimately, Taipei became that person's lifelong prison.
"Old Yao...over here!"
Xu An called out.
Two tables were brought in, and a banner was unfurled, thus setting up a recruitment booth.
The banner read in large letters, "Welcome to the Night Watch!"
To Xu An's surprise, there was another recruitment booth not far away.
Wu De, Yang Xin, and others are shouting enthusiastically.
"The mercenary group is hiring...the mercenary group is hiring!"
"We have our own team. You can join our team, form your own team, or apply to join other teams!"
Wu Dezheng shouted.
"Brother An!"
"Haha, Brother An, you've actually started hiring?"
Cao Meng and Master Li, taking a break from their busy schedules, rushed over, excitedly looking at Xu An's recruitment booth.
"Uh, weren't we telling you to evacuate?"
Xu An looked at Master Li and said in astonishment.
"You didn't leave either, so I don't think anything serious will happen!"
Master Li chuckled and plopped down in Xu An's chair.
"Hehe, I won't leave unless my master leaves!"
Cao Meng had a loyal, sycophantic look on his face.
Just as the group was chatting, one of the students glanced at Xu An's recruitment booth.
"Night watchman?"
"Heh, only an idiot would become a night patrolman these days. Everyone knows that being a night patrolman in Taipei is just suicide."
A boy is hugging his girlfriend, looking disgusted.
"Young man, what you're doing... is a bit unethical!"
"Recruiting night patrolmen now? Isn't that just tricking these ignorant students into dying? You're committing a heinous act!"
A middle-aged woman holding Buddhist prayer beads glared fiercely at Xu An, then hurriedly pulled her daughter, who wanted to join the night patrol, away.
"Your awakening of your talent is thanks to the merit I accumulated by releasing ten thousand cockroaches and a thousand poisonous snakes, which I then prayed to Buddha for. You mustn't do such a thing."
"Night watchmen? Before, night watchmen lived a life of luxury and had nothing to do. Now it's so dangerous."
"Don't worry, don't worry, if you don't go, there are other people on the night patrol who will go. We won't miss you."
The woman pushed her way through the crowd while nagging at her daughter.
"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by that, you old woman?"
"What do you mean that hiring night patrolmen is a sin?"
"If no one takes the night patrol, who will guard Taipei?"
"Who doesn't know that the night patrol is the last line of defense for a city? Why aren't they going? They're all just cowering here like tortoises!"
Cao Meng put his hands on his hips and angrily cursed at the woman.
"Go ahead and try if you dare!"
"We're not going!"
The older woman said angrily.
"Fine, I'll go!"
"Brother An, sign me up! Sign me up now!"
Cao Meng was provoked and shouted.
However, the surrounding crowd silently retreated, moving away from their recruitment point.
The woman was right; being a night watchman now is tantamount to going to your death.
Nobody's stupid; if they can survive, who would willingly choose to die?
hehe……
Lao Yao took a big gulp of wine and lit a cigarette.
"Hehe, kid, you saw that?"
"At times like this, even a night watchman...wouldn't act like a dog."
"The captain doesn't let you go on missions because he's protecting you."
"We don't even have a lot of people who don't want to go on missions, and that's not allowed."
Old Yao took a deep drag on his cigarette.
Most night watchmen have bad habits such as smoking or getting drunk.
There was no other way; they lived a life of constant danger, the immense pressure suffocating them.
"Xu An... Xu An!"
Wu De squeezed through the crowd and ran towards them.
Compared to the deserted recruitment point for night watchmen, the recruitment area for mercenaries was much busier.
It's not just students, but also many people from the community.
"Xu An!"
"Join our mercenary group."
"The mercenary headquarters has arranged for many vehicles to pick up the team from Taipei and leave."
"As long as you join, you'll have a chance to evacuate!"
Wu De excitedly told Xu An.
"The situation in Taipei is already extremely precarious. If we wait any longer, we'll all be doomed!"
Wu De looked at Xu An intently.
Xu An had saved them during a previous trial mission, so he wanted to help Xu An.
"No, I'm a night watchman."
Xu An smiled helplessly, knowing that Wu De meant well.
"Xu An!"
"Wake up! What do you get for being a night watchman? Money? Or power?"
“Look at those mercenary groups, they keep all the money they earn and can do whatever they want.”
"To say nothing of the distant past, the alumni from the previous two graduating classes were all members of mercenary groups."
"Now, he has a big villa, luxury cars, and five female celebrities who serve him at home. Five of them! And they were all former third-tier female celebrities."
“Spiritual beings are inherently superior to ordinary people! Those rich young ladies of the past, as long as they haven’t awakened, are just playthings, resources, no different from ore or livestock in the mountains.”
"And look at the night patrolmen, they're still going on about not being able to lay a hand on civilians, protecting civilians..."
"I'm so bored, so incredibly annoyed."
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