Becoming a White-Haired Witch in a World Full of Anomalies

Chapter 79 : Anomaly Purgers

"Name?""Bai Ling."

"Age?"

"18."

"Please introduce yourself."

"Uh, I'm called Bai Ling, a refugee from E City."

"Then why do you choose to join our company?"

"Uh, of course it's because your company looks very capable!"

"Very good, young lady, you have good judgment."

"Fill out the employment application and go back to wait for notification."

【Is it like this again?】

This was the fourth company Bai Ling had interviewed with today. Even though she revealed her identity as a B-grade contracted anomaly user, none of these companies hired her. Moreover, since communication equipment was temporarily unusable, there would be no actual notification.

"Really strange. Are the standards for A City companies all this high?"

At this time, at the interviewer's location:

"Phew, finally got rid of her."

"Didn't expect that even at this critical moment, D Company is still sending spies to infiltrate us. If some company hadn't put her on the non-recruitment list, I almost would have hired her just now."

"She looked quite normal. Didn't expect she was D Company's new human."

"Something called Hanging Gardens? Quite interesting. Too bad I've never seen their base. Really want to see a company flying in the sky."

Unable to find work, Bai Ling fell into self-doubt. Under this eternal night, food was scarce and prices skyrocketed. Even Su Wanying's family fortune couldn't sustain so many people's expenses, so Bai Ling wanted to come out and find a job to get some supplies.

Moreover, with the last complete opening of the Blood Witch's seal, plus the effect of Silence, the current Blood Witch was like a little girl with her mouth taped shut while holding a bag of candy. Bai Ling could directly use the candy the little girl dropped on the ground, but if she wanted more candy, she'd need to snatch it from the little girl's hands, which the little girl naturally wouldn't want.

So Bai Ling's actual usable power level might be even less than before. After all, previously using power didn't require snatching candy from the little girl. In this chaotic world, it was hard to protect herself. The current priority was to join a company and strengthen herself. Chi Xiaoyu and Su Wanying, as Investigation Bureau personnel on file, wouldn't be hired by any company.

Although the current Investigation Bureau wasn't in power, it didn't mean it had disbanded. They were active in the shadows, and Chi Xiaoyu and Su Wanying naturally joined them too.

"Would joining other companies count as being a spy?"

"Probably not. Lin Bai who joined the Anomaly Investigation Bureau is already dead, and they can't find out who I am anyway!"

Just as Bai Ling was walking aimlessly through A City's streets due to not being hired, two little lolis suddenly grabbed her clothes. Their faces looked very similar, but their hair and eye colors were different.

"Big sister, are you looking for work? You can come to the office our parents run."

"Office?"

"Yes, yes, it's for taking bounty missions. Those companies won't do these low-paying jobs. Our office is short-staffed recently. Big sister, come take a look."

The two lolis' pitiful expressions made Bai Ling feel bad about refusing, so she agreed.

"Then, then I'll go take a look."

"Yay! Let's go then. I'm called Xiaolan."

"I'm called Xiaohong."

"I'm called Bai Ling."

The two lolis each held one of Bai Ling's hands and led her to a small room in a building. The furnishings were somewhat plain, and even the lights in this office were dim, feeling like they could break at any moment.

"Little Blue, Little Red, you're back?"

The little lolis puffed up their cheeks in dissatisfaction and made a series of humming sounds.

"We told you not to call us those names!"

"Haha, sorry about that."

The middle-aged man scratched his head apologetically.

"Who is this?"

"This is Big Sister Bai Ling."

"Big sister, this is our father, the office manager. Go interview quickly."

"Oh oh, a newcomer! Immediate employment, no interview needed!"

"What?"

"Hooray!"

The lolis pulled Bai Ling toward the interior of the office.

"Wait, isn't something wrong here?"

Soon Bai Ling had two bounty notices, a strange-looking doll anomalous tool, and some survival supplies stuffed into her hands.

"Good luck, newcomer!"

"From now on, you're an Anomaly Purger."

"Wait?"

Standing on the street, Bai Ling was somewhat confused. She was hired and officially started work just like that? I don't even know the office's name.

"Let me see, this is..."

Opening the bounty in her hand, it described: I have three cats, one big and two small. Recently my washing machine has been making strange sounds, and one of my cats disappears every so often.

I suspect the washing machine has become a monster. It started after that barrier appeared. Whenever I close my eyes, I can hear it. Now there's only one cat left at home. If all the cats get eaten, will it eat me next?

"The washing machine became sentient?"

Bai Ling found the bounty poster's address and knocked on the door.

"Anyone there?"

"Hello? I took your commission. Are you still alive?"

Knocking and brick sounds kept coming from inside the room. After a long while, a pregnant woman with severe dark circles opened the door and looked at Bai Ling listlessly.

"Anomaly Purger?"

"Uh, yes!"

"Come in."

Bai Ling followed the pregnant woman through the door to the balcony, where a washing machine riddled with holes sat.

"Is this the washing machine you mentioned?"

"Yes, I just destroyed it!"

Bai Ling stepped forward and knocked on the washing machine. She didn't sense any anomalous aura and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Bai Ling standing aside without moving, the pregnant woman began to doubt the young person's professionalism.

"Madam, is it possible it's not the washing machine's problem?"

"How could that be? It's definitely this washing machine. Look at my dark circles. Whenever I close my eyes to try sleeping, I hear sounds like a washing machine spinning before long. My last cat is gone too - it must have been eaten by the washing machine! It's made my whole mental state terrible."

Hearing the pregnant woman so certain, Bai Ling looked around her room. If she kept many cats, where were the litter boxes? This room had nothing cat-related, but there were many baby supplies.

"Madam, let me check other things."

"Fine."

Bai Ling shined a flashlight around the room and found nothing abnormal until the light hit a photo. In the photo were a middle-aged woman and man holding two children together.

"Um, madam, where's your husband?"

"Husband?"

Hearing this word, the woman suddenly held her head and crouched down, muttering to herself.

"Husband? I think I have a husband? Right, where is my husband?"

"Where are your children?"

"Right, I should have two children. Where are my children?"

"Also, you said whenever you close your eyes, the washing machine makes strange sounds?"

"Right."

"Then close your eyes now."

The pregnant woman obediently closed her eyes.

After she closed her eyes, there was another pair of eyes on her eyelids - blood-red eyes greedily looking at Bai Ling. Her belly made spinning sounds, grinned with a smile, and had some meat fragments still at the corners of her mouth.

"White and fragrant cream cake, hello there."