Chapter 300: The Eve of the National Campus Beast Tamer League
The Beast Tamer Center's examination area was huge. Even though it was packed with students from every Beast Tamer high school in Hanggang, there was still plenty of empty space.
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At this moment, all kinds of voices filled the examination hall.
"Damn, we came this early and there are still so many people!"
"I'm used to it. Wasn't it like this last year too."
"The school really, though, insisting on scheduling physicals in the same time window. Couldn't they have notified us earlier?"
"This isn't something the school can decide, right?"
"Look, the people from Holy Water High are here."
At a glance, everyone in the examination hall wore school uniforms, though the styles and colors varied, making it easy to tell which school someone was from.
At times like this, those with ugly uniforms or from lower-ranked schools might not say anything, but they still felt some gap in their hearts.
The students from Holy Water High became the center of attention.
High schoolers were usually still simple, their emotions showing on their faces.
As students from the top-ranked Beast Tamer high school in Hanggang, they might look no different from ordinary students at school, but once outside, their pride was on full display.
Even Jin Jin Feifan straightened up a bit.
"I heard there's a first-year at Holy Water High who made it onto the third-year school team. Don't know if it's true or not."
"I heard that too. Seems like it's the Beast Tamer of the Flame Listener Dog."
"Yes, yes, yes! I know about that too! It's a girl, and she has another Treasure Seeking Demon! And supposedly a third beast too!"
"You heard too? Where did you hear it?"
"On that high school forum. I paid 68 Alliance Coins for the info."
"What?! 68! I paid 666!"
At this moment, the big sucker who had paid 1000 Alliance Coins checked the time on her phone, then turned to Qiao Sang and said, "After the checkup it should be right around mealtime. Let's go eat later, my treat."
Qiao Sang said with some remaining conscience, "No need. You spent 1000 on my info, so I should treat you."
Xu Xu Yixuan refused, "1000 is nothing, really. Don't worry about it."
If only you knew that 1000 went into my pocket, I wonder if you'd still say that... A helpless expression crossed Qiao Sang's face. "If you're going to insist, then I want to eat at that Wanhe Restaurant on Qiaopu Road."
"Sure!" Xu Xu Yixuan agreed readily.
Beast physicals were done in groups of five, and the Beast Tamer had to accompany them.
On one hand, beasts were more cooperative with their Beast Tamer present. On the other, it was to prevent substitution fraud.
Within the same species, many beasts looked similar.
Unfamiliar people couldn't tell them apart just from the photos on the info cards.
This also let some people with ulterior motives find a loophole—they'd rent a beast that looked like theirs to pass the physical in its place.
After such substitution cases appeared, the higher-ups quickly came up with countermeasures.
Namely, the Beast Tamer had to go to the examination site and summon their beast in front of the doctor.
People went in one by one. Everything went smoothly, with no substitution fraud or doping scandals.
At 10:15, it was finally Qiao Sang's turn.
Inside the examination room.
"You can summon now," the doctor said.
The next second, a row of star arrays lit up, one green star array particularly eye-catching.
Everyone's gaze fixed on the beast in the center.
The boy standing at the edge couldn't hold back and blurted out, "Holy shit! Green?!"
Even among third-years, there weren't many in the whole country, right?!
He had never thought green star arrays could be so dazzling!
Another boy exclaimed, "Damn! A Flame Listener Dog?!"
"Ya."
Ya Bao was used to such attention. It looked around at the surroundings, then turned and called out to its Beast Tamer.
The corner of Qiao Sang's mouth twitched. Just as she was about to speak, the invisible Xiao Xiao Xunbao had already tacitly removed the ring and pulled out those futuristic sunglasses from inside.
In everyone's view, a pair of black sunglasses simply appeared out of thin air.
Qiao Sang took the sunglasses and handed them to Ya Bao.
Ya Bao didn't take them with its claws, but rather used telekinesis to put them on with exaggerated coolness.
The entire room fell silent.
After a few seconds, the doctor was the first to break the silence: "The sunglasses need to come off. We need to examine the eyes."
Qiao Sang: "..."
Ya Bao: "..."
The examination process was quick. Beyond letting the doctor check the beast up close, it was just a scan in the space pod detector.
This space pod detector could check almost everything—bones, muscles, blood, etc. —and could detect potential hidden issues and diseases early. It could also monitor and evaluate items not listed in routine examinations.
It was considered one of the more advanced examination devices currently available.
Normally a beast's checkup took at most ten minutes, but for Qiao Sang, just the pre-scan examination took ten minutes before even getting to the space pod scanner.
"Doctor, is there a problem?" Qiao Sang asked worriedly, seeing the doctor stare at Ya Bao for so long without speaking.
"Ya..."
Ya Bao's body tensed, showing a nervous expression.
"It's nothing. I've just never seen a Flame-Attuned Hound before and couldn't help looking a little longer," the doctor said reassuringly.
Qiao Sang: "#%¥&!"
Compared to Qiao Sang's irritability, Like Ya Bao appeared much more composed.
"Ya..."
So it was yet another person captivated by its handsome appearance.
The few people who had already finished their examinations didn't leave, instead standing nearby and watching silently.
They had long since figured it out.
If there were no surprises, the girl who had contracted the Flame-Attuned Hound before them was the one still hanging on the hot posts of the forum—that post had actually been true! This was an perfect opportunity to gather intelligence!
Although they couldn't beat the people from Holy Water High, selling the intelligence to others was still a business opportunity!
Right at that moment, the doctor looked up and said, "Those of you who have finished your examinations, get out. Don't take up space here."
Everyone: "..."
Several people reluctantly pushed the door and left. Qiao Sang, however, took nearly half an hour longer than them to come out.
As soon as she went out, she discovered that the people from Holy Water High were all waiting for her outside.
"Why did you take so long to come out? I've been waiting for you forever!" Xu Xu Yixuan stepped forward and asked. Behind her were all the team members from Holy Water High who had come for the physical examination, including Wang Yao and others.
"You've all finished your examinations?" Qiao Sang asked.
"Yeah."
"Just waiting for you."
"We finished a long time ago."
"Of course, why were you so slow? You didn't find some problem, did you?"
Everyone spoke one after another.
The examination center had more than one examination room. During the time Qiao Sang was being examined, the rest of the people from Holy Water High had already finished their examinations.
Qiao Sang felt a bit of a headache when she recalled the scene in the examination room.
That doctor hadn't just examined Like Ya Bao for a long time; examining Little Treasure Seeker and Lubao had also taken considerable time.
Especially examining Lubao—their eyes staring at it were like lasers.
If she hadn't later had Lubao perform a Healing Soundwave, who knew how long they would have had to wait before getting out.
"It's nothing. The doctor just got carried away with the examination," Qiao Sang said.
Everyone: "???"
That night, a post appeared on the front page of the Zhehai Province High School General Forum.
#Shocking! The news was actually true! The true face of the new member of Holy Water High's third-year team revealed! #
Clicking in, it was a side-profile photo of a girl with her hair in a ponytail, the background being the examination room.
Qiao Sang sat in front of the computer, looking at her own photo and thinking to herself: I have to say, it was actually taken quite well...
After browsing the forum for a while, Qiao Sang suddenly remembered something, picked up her phone, and dialed a number.
Very quickly, the call connected.
"Hey, Mom, I have a match tomorrow."
End of Chapter
