"Planning to start from the cooperative hunters' side, huh...?"
Luke looked at the documents and rubbed his chin.
The so-called cooperative hunters referred to work contracted to the Hunter Association by governments or corporations, which would in turn be delegated to association hunters.
The association paid fixed compensation to cooperative hunters based on the risk and difficulty of the tasks.
And everything was handled by the examination department, the one responsible for reviewing the jobs, missions, and hunters who accepted them.
This department had been criticized by Morel and Knov for being rigid in thought and detached from reality, caring only about performance and contribution to the association.
Cooperative hunters, who often lingered in this area, were generally considered weak in combat.
But in the future, Ging Freecss also pointed out that some members of this group were elite agents cultivated by Pariston Hill.
They existed as special forces, balancing internal power within the association.
These hunters also strengthened the real power base that Pariston once relied on when he held the Vice-Chairman position.
"Because this kind of contracted work from the government or enterprises ensures that regardless of the result, the association will guarantee a certain pay based on risk and difficulty..."
"So some hunters only choose this kind of work, and are ridiculed as hunters who only depend on association mediation, shortened as cooperative."
Luke was familiar with cooperative hunters.
These guys were cultivated by Pariston to stabilize his power and secure his seat as Vice-Chairman.
And also to keep Netero tied to the Chairman position, allowing Pariston to hold true power.
During this time, they acted both as opportunistic hunters and as trainees honing their ability.
"So, even cooperative hunters might be crouching tigers and hidden dragons."
"And then he plans to use the association's examination department to create trouble for me, huh..."
When suitable jobs came from the government or enterprises, hunters would apply in droves.
The examination department reviewed their abilities and personalities, selecting suitable recipients for the assignments.
From the authority and influence visible in this department alone, one could see how much real power it held and how much benefit could be extracted.
Morel and Knov's evaluation of their rigid thinking might not really be rigid; it was simply that the benefits were so great they refused to change anything.
Using their current authority to secure personal gain… this was human nature; no one could avoid it.
However, if they were to become tools for Pariston's schemes…
"Pull up the intelligence on the leaders of the examination department."
Luke gave direct orders to the House Robot. "Especially information on bribery, corruption, and records of bending the law."
Inside this headquarters building, every action left a trace.
No matter how well they hid it, before the House Robot, everything was exposed.
Thus, after Luke gave the orders, the House Robot quickly presented the relevant intelligence.
"Garcia, is it?"
Looking at the highest leader in the examination department, Luke felt a bit of familiarity.
After thinking carefully, a look of realization flashed through his eyes:
"So it's him."
Garcia first appeared in the hunter movie The Last Mission.
He was a high-ranking official in the Hunter Association.
Later, because he acted without Chairman Netero's knowledge to eliminate the descendant of the Shadow organization, he was hunted down and killed by the resurrected leader of the Shadow Organization, Jed.
The Shadow Organization referred to the underground dark unit that once existed within the Hunter Association.
They were responsible for handling missions that could not be publicly executed.
But because their later actions became too extreme, Chairman Netero purged them.
Not only were their mission records sealed, but even their existence itself was also sealed.
Originally, only the members of Shadow were purged.
Their descendants and families were mercifully spared by Chairman Netero.
However, Garcia, hiding this from Chairman Netero, collaborated with Pariston; he accepted requests from high-level government officials from various countries.
Under secrecy, he captured every descendant of the Shadow Organization.
Countless descendants were apprehended.
They were all imprisoned in the Kanan Prison Camp, suffering inhumane treatment.
And the Black Report contained evidence of this.
The so-called Black Report recorded many hidden truths and dark secrets of this world.
Once revealed to the public, it would absolutely cause an uproar, possibly even sparking a new world war.
Thus, the document had been sealed away in the deepest part of the Hunter Association.
And then… it was detected by the House Robot, which shared its secrets with Luke.
In this building, there truly was nothing it could not uncover.
So Luke carefully read through the hidden truths of this world, and the unknown dark sides of the Hunter Association and V5.
This also gave him more ideas and choices to better handle internal affairs in the future…
"... Let's start with Garcia first."
Luke decided on his target immediately. "Since he wants to work with Pariston to deal with me..."
"Then in self-defense, I can only strike first..."
Garcia has long been bound tightly to Pariston due to the matter of eliminating the descendant of the Shadow Organization.
Between Luke and them, they were already in a state of complete hostility with no room for reconciliation.
And the simplest way to deal with such a person was to bring out solid evidence and hit him with a fatal blow, making him unable to raise his head again.
As for how to handle him afterward… The Hunter Association had its own internal court for such matters.
As long as the evidence was handed to the right person, someone would naturally take care of it.
And that right person…
Aside from Beans, there was no second applicant.
During this period, the House Robot and Beans had been working together with remarkable coordination!!
When Luke followed Mizaistom Nana to handle the homeless man's murder case, the matters and work on the Hunter Association's side, especially those of the Vice-Chairman, had not stopped.
At first, even though Beans knew that Luke had already left, he still subconsciously continued sending documents that required approval and processing to the Vice-Chairman's office, just like how he did with Chairman Netero.
Although Chairman Netero never really read any of the documents or the content of the affairs, he almost didn't even glance at them, the Hunter Association had internal rules: any important matter had to be reviewed personally by the chairman.
Even knowing that Netero would not give any response, Beans still insisted on following this internal rule.