"Are you sure you are in the right shape to get back on the field? you can stay behind and rest up for maybe a month?" Aletta glanced at Jason as she offloaded the necessary supplies into the trunk of the vehicle.

"After enduring two weeks of a forced bed rest and bland tasting soup, I am as fit as I can be" Jason swiftly replied.

Ever since his near death experience, the siblings had begun to treat him like a soft porcelain doll, scared that if they were not careful, he might break. Against his wishes, he was forced to a two weeks home arrest bed rest. As if to make matters worse, his diet was changed to that of a vegan!

Two weeks! Two darn weeks he spent drinking herbal soup and eating nothing but greens! those two weeks were the worst experience of his seventeen years of being alive.

He never wanted to experience that again!

"Are you sure?" Aletta remained uncertain.

"Yes mom" Jason teased..

Noticing Aletta still remained skeptical, he continued.

"I swear, I am really alright. As much as I hate to admit it, those greens as well as the soup helped" he lied shamelessly.

"So, can you give me my daggers back?" he added after a small pause.

"It's already loaded in the trunk. You'd have to wait till we arrive at our destination" Aletta stuck out her tongue as she returned back to the house to carry more boxes of supplies.

"Damnit!" Jason cussed as he leaned tiredly against the headrest of the vehicle passenger seat.

Out of instincts, he opened the System panel. For the past weeks, this was the only effective routine that could kill his boredom for just a little bit.

—[HOST INFO]

—Name: Jason Chris

—Alias: J.C

—Titles: None

—Race: ¢§%£~¥€^¢¥√£€^^¢¥ππ√€^¥

—[COMBAT]

—Charm Stats: Locked

—ARMOR

—Locked (100,000 mystique coins to unlock) ( 69,768 more Mystique Coins to unlock)

—[Missions]

—None

—[Mystique Coins]

—30,232

—[Tools]

—Void Vial (fully awakened)

—Sprite Pupil (fully awakened)

—Daggers Of Cain (lv1) +

—[Inventory]

—Void Vial

—Sprite Pupil

Ever since, his little trip to the Phantom Plane and back, he had noticed that Sofia seemed to have disappeared. No matter how many times he called out to her, he never got a response..

At first, he thought that she was just messing with him, but after realizing the mystique coins reward he got from defeating the Dark Wraith remained completely intact, he finally realized that something was wrong. As much as Jason wanted to argue, he felt empty inside following the disappearance of a certain ghost girl. The only time he had felt this empty was back when he watched the corpse of his father burn into ashes on a pyre.

"Damnit. What's wrong with me?!" he cussed as he hurriedly wiped his eyes that were rapidly turning misty.

He was just missing the presence of a rather annoying ghost, it wasn't enough to turn him into a pathetic crybaby!

Now that he thought about it, ever since he returned back from the Phantom Plane, he noticed that his body seemed to be gradually changing. The first change he experienced was a bizzare clarity.. it was like as if his mental capacity had experienced a suddenly boost. Sometimes if he focused keenly enough, he could even see the movement of tiny insects from afar. However this strange vision honing seemed to pop up at random, he had zero control over it.

The second change he experienced was the fact that he could now wear the Sprite Pupils for a much longer time frame without experiencing any headaches. The first time he tried the Sprite Pupils on, he could only wear it for fifteen minutes tops, before he would begin feeling those little headaches. And the cool down lasted for over half a hour.

However after his return from the Phantom Plane, he could now wear the Sprite Pupils for over an hour, with the cool down lasting for just fifteen minutes!

Although he had no idea what brought about the sudden improvement, he was ecstatic about this development. After all if he were to be completely honest, he hated the fact that he could only previously use the Sprite Pupils for a very small limited time.

Bang!

The trunk of the vehicle slammed shut for the final time as the two siblings boarded the driver section of the car, with Aletta being in charge of the wheels..

The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.

"So, what monster are we hunting next? a Vampire nest? a Werewolf pack?" after the long house arrest, Jason's fingers were already itching for some serious action.

"Calm down" Stephen chuckled, finding Jason's ecstatic attitude somewhat amusing.

"Although there are gigs posted on the Hunter forum, a majority of them are a long way from our location. I doubt we'd be able to make it there before other Mystique Hunters clear it all up " Stephen explained as he clicked on a couple buttons on the car dashboard.

'Ransom' by Lil Tecca began to play while Aletta started the ignition.

"Now that I think of it, who even posts these gigs and how do you guys even get paid. Like, does the public make a contribution or something like that?" Jason finally thought of a crucial question mark that he had been ignoring for quite some time.

"The public makes a contribution? forget making a contribution. If they learn of the existence of we Mystique Hunters and the Monsters we hunt, they are going to freak out" Aletta huffed as she twirled the wheels around, causing the car to make an expert drift.

At that moment, the image of Daisy waving goodbye towards them reflected on tht mirror, waving until the car drove off, leaving only a trail of dust in its wake.

"So, you mean to tell me you guys are on a covert mission.. like Spies? that's kinda awesome" Jason mused.

"Spies? well.. you can put it that way" Aletta shrugged.

"As for who releases the gigs and how we get paid, we have no idea. Only the fact that the V.A.N.G.U.A.D Corp is in charge of those miscellaneous stuffs. As for freelance Hunters like us, we just complete the missions and get the paycheck " Stephen commented casually.

"Speaking of Pay checks, how's the reimbursement for our last mission going?" Stephen tilted his head towards Aletta's direction.

"I received a mail just two nights ago to collect the cash.." Aletta replied, her eyes pinned on the road.

"You mean the one where we fought the Dark Wraith?" Jason chirped in.

"Where you almost died? yep " Aletta nodded.

"And I take it we are currently headed to where we'd receive the cash?"

"Yep "

"Cool.." Jason licked his lower lips in anticipation.

Now that he thought about it, he was currently running low on cash, considering he spent a majority of his cash on clothes shopping.

"How much do you think we are going to get?" Stephen brought up the question that was about to pop out from Jason's lips.

"Well.." Aletta trailed as she paused to make some calculations.

She continued.

"Considering it was a gig personally given to us by the Corp, and the fact that it was a B-rank threat.. I'll say about fifteen thousand dollars or more. And it would make sense considering the credit limit of my identification badge is twelve thousand dollars. However I am not too sure, since this is the first time we managed to successfully clear a B-rank Hunting gig "

Jason was about to boast about the fact that he was the one who made this possible when suddenly a notification came from the system.

—[A Malevolent has been detected!]

—[A level 18 Malevolent has been spotted!]

—[You have Unlocked two Missions!]

—[Main Mission #1: Defeat the Malevolent]

—[Over the course of half a month, you have experienced a rollercoaster of experiences, from having your first monster kill all the way to returning back from the Phantom Plane. If you can sense it, so can the system as well. You are currently undergoing a metamorphosis.. as for what you'd end up becoming, only time will tell. However as the Host of the Ultimate Mystique Hunting System, you don't have the luxury to worry about your own personal problems. A Malevolent has been detected.. using all the skills and weapons in your arsenal, you have a responsibility to take it down!]

—[Mission Reward: 52,800 Mystique Coins]

—[Side Mission: Survive This Altercation]

—[The current you with your base battle ability is comparable to a 3 stripes C-rank Mystique Hunter at maximum. Going up against a B-rank Malevolent means certain death. However you are unlike any regular Mystique Hunter because you have something they don't.. The Ultimate Mystique Hunting System!]

—[Leverage on your special abilities at your arsenal and survive this altercation with the Malevolent]

—[Mission Reward: 5,180 Mystique Coins]

—[Good luck! You would need it!]