Tende didn't receive any uniforms or the like at the lighthouse.

He had initially thought that The Vigilant would have a proper uniform, but it turned out they didn't care about what they wore.

The Vigilant only cared if what they wore was "useful".

For some of The Vigilant, flashy clothes might even be considered "useful".

After all, looking good could also be useful.

Tende received a custom-made revolver and a slightly worn handsaw from Kerim.

The revolver was similar to the one Tende had tried out that night, so the handsaw caught his attention more.

The handle of the handsaw was wrapped with burlap straps, and the material of the saw blade felt heavy, definitely not the bright stainless steel kind.

These two weapons in Tende's hands were all he received from The Vigilant.

Oh, and a few silver bullets.

Silver bullets, not mercury ones.

But these bullets were a one-time gift, Kerim made it clear that if Tende wanted to use them in the future, he would have to buy them himself; The Vigilant's money didn't come out of thin air.

Lighthouses all over offer The Vigilant a special purchase service for specific items, and they even buy Image phenomena that The Vigilant thinks can be sold to lighthouses.

If it's a very practical prop, The Vigilant will keep it for their own use.

This is what they call, "Only an Image phenomenon can defeat an Image phenomenon."

No matter how one improves themselves, they will always have a limit.

There might be sharpshooters or strongmen, but that alone won't be enough to eliminate Image phenomena.

After all, they are filled with things that are irrational, and it's impossible to reason with or apply science to Image phenomena.

Although some Image phenomena may appear relatively scientific, upon closer examination, they still seem absurd.

"These two weapons are what beginners of The Vigilant are equipped with," Kerim said shyly.

But Tende didn't know what she was shy about.

"Let me first explain about this gun. It's a revolver specifically designed to use silver bullets."

"Some Image phenomena have their own 'rules', such as the recipients you encountered last time, who were weak against silver products."

You might be able to find clues to why they are weak against silver in certain religious stories or other rumors.

But if you really delve into it, you'll find that it all stems from absurdity.

They are weak against silver because the stories say so.

Tende even suspected that Image phenomena might have some degree of connection to people's imagination.

But Kerim and Sigmund didn't go into too much detail, so he could only guess.

"As for this handsaw, it's specifically used to hack large monsters."

Weapons like daggers or swords are weak against large monsters, but the handsaw is excellent.

"Most of the mysterious monsters of Image phenomena can be hurt by this handsaw as long as they have a physical body," Kerim pointed to the fierce-looking handsaw, explaining.

It's obvious that this handsaw is not a regular weapon.

But Tende didn't mind, he collected these weapons and covered them with his coat.

"These weapons won't pass security checks easily," Tende muttered.

"That's indeed a problem, but there's always a way," Kerim wholeheartedly agreed with Tende's statement.

Firearms are allowed with a license in Layton City, but knives are controlled items.

Guns can be used, but knives can't? There's definitely some human confusion involved in that."There is one last thing, I'll introduce you to your partner for this mission," Kerim said to Rode after paying for the "rookie equipment" and hurriedly led him to the next location.

At that place, a young man in his late teens sat on a long bench, seemingly lost in thought. He was dressed all in black - black coat, black belt, black shoes. His hair and eyes were also the same black color as Tende's.

But he wasn't of Asian descent. Wow, he's such an edgy teenager.

"He is The Vigilant, who teamed up with you to defeat the Granters last time," Kerim said, waving towards the young man.

"Teamed up" meant that the young man handed himself a gun. When the young man noticed Kerim waving at him, he seemed somewhat happy. But once he saw Tende standing behind Kerim, his face fell.

Oh, Tende seems to understand what this young man is thinking.

"Introduce yourselves to each other," Chris tried to bring the two closer, seemingly unaware of the young man's changing emotions just a moment ago.

"Tende," Tende simply stated his name, with no further explanation.

"Bernie." The other person did the same, even more succinctly than Tende, not even bothering to mention his last name.

This young man's full name was Bernie Gna, and he was a newcomer who was attracted to The Vigilant's ideology. But Tende thought it was more like being lured in, rather than being attracted. Especially when Tende heard that he still had to buy some things himself, he felt even more convinced that The Vigilant was just fooling him into joining.

Poor kid, when he heard the name The Vigilant, his eyes lit up with anticipation.

Going back to what was said, Tende actually often couldn't remember so many foreign names. If it were Chinese names, he could remember hundreds.

Since he entered, he already had to remember three names, which was too difficult.

It reminded him of the pain when he used to remember a bunch of foreign names as a sheriff.

"Don't you need to get to know each other a bit more?" Kerim, seeing that the interaction between the two abruptly stopped, felt a bit anxious.

Although she wasn't good at breaking the ice, she still planned to make an effort to improve the stiff relationship between the two.

But Kerim misunderstood, Tende had no ill will or dislike towards this barely adult kid. It was simply his way of speaking.

Compared to his overly rich inner thoughts, the words he actually said were few.

Maybe it was because of his bad throat.

"We will get to know each other in the upcoming missions," Tende spoke up when he saw Bernie remained silent.

"Since we've already met, let's skip the small talk and start investigating the relevant things," Tende handed the file in his hand to Bernie.

Since Bernie was his partner for the upcoming mission, he needed to familiarize himself with everything inside. Although Bernie had been in contact with Granters longer than Tende had, Tende believed that knowing as much as possible about the "enemy" he would face wouldn't hurt.

"I'm familiar with the Granters, don't need this," Bernie rejected Tende's good intentions and pushed the file back.

"Is that so?" Tende wasn't angry, and casually took the file back. When he used to bring in new recruits, they were always like this.

Oh, no, this time he was the recruit.