I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 88: If I Could Turn Back Time, I Never Would Have Done Something So Stupid

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: If I Could Turn Back Time, I Never Would Have Done Something So Stupid

"You’re caught stealing, yet you’re this arrogant? You even pulled a knife to threaten me. I’ve never met anyone like you," Lin Li said with a slight smile, though there was no humor in his eyes.

"Cut the crap and get the hell out of here," the skinny thief threatened, his eyes glinting menacingly at Lin Li.

"Skinny Monkey, shut your mouth!" the crew-cut man snapped. He looked at Lin Li’s calm expression and seemed to realize something.

His expression suddenly grew tense. The right hand clutching the Spiritual Longsword trembled slightly, his palm slick with sweat.

"Boss, what’s with you...?" The subordinate, having been yelled at by the crew-cut man, turned to look at his boss and called out.

He felt deeply wronged. ’Why would Boss yell at me like that?’

’Skinny Monkey? The nickname certainly fits him,’ Lin Li thought, looking at the gaunt thief.

The crew-cut man ignored his subordinate’s hurt feelings. Too nervous to explain anything, he took a deep breath and said to Lin Li, "Is this van yours?"

Hearing the crew-cut man’s question, Lin Li shifted his gaze from Skinny Monkey to him. A faint smile touched his lips as he said, "What do you think?"

"..." Although Lin Li hadn’t explicitly confirmed it, the crew-cut man could tell from his attitude. The owner of this van was none other than the young man in camouflage.

’Camouflage clothes, a Spiritual Weapon, a backpack... That’s the standard three-piece kit for a certain type of person.’ With a quick turn of thought, the crew-cut man guessed Lin Li’s identity.

"You’re an Exotic Beast Hunter!!!"

"Huh? Boss, you’re saying this kid is an Exotic Beast Hunter?"

Skinny Monkey, who had been feeling wronged after his boss yelled at him, was now completely terrified. Hearing that the young man he’d just threatened with a dagger was an Exotic Beast Hunter, he nearly jumped out of his skin.

Unlike the crew-cut man, who was a First Rank Initial Stage Cultivator, the subordinate nicknamed Skinny Monkey was just an ordinary person.

But with the internet being what it is today, he still knew a thing or two about Exotic Beast Hunters.

To become an Exotic Beast Hunter, you first needed to have the strength of a Tier One Peak, and then go to the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild to pass the certification exam.

That meant if this young man was an Exotic Beast Hunter, he had to be a Cultivator with the strength of at least a Tier One Peak.

The thought that this young man was an Exotic Beast Hunter—someone with at least Tier One Peak strength who dared to fight ferocious Mutant Beasts in the wilderness—made the thief named Skinny Monkey’s hand, the one holding the dagger, begin to tremble uncontrollably.

’Fuck, I actually threatened an Exotic Beast Hunter—someone who fights Mutant Beasts for a living. I’m so screwed...’

It was no wonder the crew-cut man and his subordinate were so panicked and afraid at the thought of facing an Exotic Beast Hunter. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

After all, the danger they posed as petty thugs was nothing compared to the ferocious and terrifying Mutant Beasts of the wilderness.

If a fight broke out, this Exotic Beast Hunter could easily beat them to a pulp.

If he didn’t hold back, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Lin Li’s faint smile vanished, his face becoming expressionless as he spoke to the two trembling thieves.

"You two have some real nerve. I’ve been busy in the wilderness all day. I’m a little hungry, so I pull over on my way back to the city to grab a bite, and you take the opportunity to mess with my car."

Upon learning that the young man was an Exotic Beast Hunter, Skinny Monkey—who just moments before had arrogantly threatened Lin Li with a fruit knife—went deathly pale.

Trembling, he looked to his boss beside him and cried out, "Boss..."

Unfortunately, the crew-cut man, usually unflappable and full of clever ideas, was in no better shape.

The crew-cut man’s face was also ashen, and beads of cold sweat dotted his forehead.

He tried desperately to calm his nerves, but to no avail.

Normally, the two of them shouldn’t have been this terrified of Lin Li.

But as luck, or misfortune, would have it, the two thieves had seen a news report about Exotic Beast Hunters just that morning before heading out.

The report was about a thief, bold as brass, who had been operating in the suburbs near the wilderness a few days prior. He specifically targeted off-road vehicles parked on the side of the road.

A little thought was all it took to figure out why these off-roaders were parked on deserted roadsides near the wilderness.

Their owners were, of course, Exotic Beast Hunters who went into the wilderness to hunt Mutant Beasts.

This thief, who specialized in hitting Exotic Beast Hunters’ cars, had some serious guts. Of all the people to steal from, he chose them.

After a few successful jobs in a row, the thief let his guard down.

Then, one time, while in the middle of robbing an off-road vehicle, the thief ran right into a team of Exotic Beast Hunters returning from the wilderness. The car he was robbing happened to be their ride.

The Exotic Beast Hunter team had just suffered a setback in the wilderness and were already in a foul mood. When they saw someone daring to steal their vehicle, their rage exploded like a grease fire, flaring several meters high.

The result was that the thief, caught red-handed, was surrounded and beaten by the members of the Exotic Beast Hunter team.

If another team of Exotic Beast Hunters hadn’t happened to pass by on their way back and quickly gotten out to intervene, the thief probably would have been beaten to death right then and there.

While reporting on the story, the news anchor had even shown a picture of the thief, who had been beaten so badly he’d been sent to the ICU.

The sight had terrified the crew-cut man and his subordinate; the thief had been beaten absolutely brutally.

And now... Just this morning, they had watched the news about the thief who was beaten and sent to the ICU for stealing an Exotic Beast Hunter’s vehicle.

And that very evening, they had gone and done the exact same thing as the man in the report. This was practically a death sentence.

’Oh god, how could this be happening? We’d already decided we would never steal from Exotic Beast Hunters.

I guessed the weapon in the passenger seat was a Spiritual Weapon, but I never in a million years would have thought the owner of this van was an Exotic Beast Hunter!!!

Don’t all those Exotic Beast Hunters who dare to hunt Mutant Beasts in the wilderness drive off-road vehicles? Who the hell drives a van?!’

The crew-cut man’s thoughts were in chaos. If he could turn back time, he would never have tried to steal from Lin Li.

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