Chapter 86: The Biggest Case

This kind of medical spray can only heal external wounds; just spray it on the wound.

Qiao Sang chose to treat first the Magnetic Ferret she had brought back up the mountain. If the other Magnetic Ferret—the one that had struck her with lightning—woke up first, she might end up getting zapped again.

Because this medicine doesn't work as instantly as a healing skill, the Magnetic Ferret only came to after 15 minutes.

When the Magnetic Ferret woke up it was still a bit dazed, and once it realized what was going on it anxiously looked to the side.

Turning its head, it immediately spotted its mother still unconscious on the ground.

Seeing that the other's wounds had all been medicated, the Magnetic Ferret breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did it notice the human beside it.

"Mag."

"Mag mag."

The Magnetic Ferret anxiously explained itself to Qiao Sang.

With Fire Tooth Dog acting as translator, Qiao Sang quickly figured out their relationship—mother and son.

Just as she was about to speak, the other Magnetic Ferret also woke up.

Fire Tooth Dog immediately went on guard.

Events proved the caution was warranted; the mother Magnetic Ferret nearly the moment she opened her eyes began searching for Qiao Sang's position.

Just as the lightning on her body was spreading and about to strike again, flames also coiled around Fire Tooth Dog.

A great battle was about to erupt.

At that moment, Qiao Sang grabbed the slow-to-react Magnetic Ferret beside her, hugged it up, and held it in front of herself as a shield.

"Don't fire lightning! Let's talk this out!"

The mother and son Magnetic Ferrets exchanged glances—one bewildered, the other anxious and furious.

The next second, the lightning on the mother Magnetic Ferret's body dissipated.

Fire Tooth Dog instantly froze. That works too?

"Quick, explain to your mom." Qiao Sang said to the Magnetic Ferret in her hands.

5 minutes later.

The mother Magnetic Ferret looked at Qiao Sang full of apology.

It was clear the misunderstanding had been cleared up.

"Alright, since you've already found your family, we won't disturb your reunion any longer." Qiao Sang said to the Magnetic Ferret.

Next she still had to keep looking to see if there were any wild pet beasts; if she still couldn't find any after another half hour, it would be time to head back.

The Magnetic Ferret nodded gratefully, but the mother Magnetic Ferret stepped in front of Qiao Sang.

"Mag mag!"

"Mag!"

Fire Tooth Dog once again took on the role of translator.

It turned out the mother Magnetic Ferret wanted to offer tree fruits as a reward.

Qiao Sang had been about to refuse, but on second thought she agreed.

Tree fruits liked by wild pet beasts were surely fruits imbued with all kinds of energy.

Although on a mountain in a rural town she couldn't expect any valuable tree fruits, as long as it was a spirit plant, none were useless.

If it had been planted by a person, they definitely wouldn't have planted it on a mountain with wild pet beasts like this.

Setting aside soil issues, there were temperature issues, when to fertilize, balancing the tree's vigor—all required human attention.

There was also suppressing the top to promote budding.

Tree fruits basically pursue branching out, lush foliage—only then would the fruits be the most plentiful, and easy to pick.

Suppressing the top to promote budding was precisely to achieve this goal: to prevent the tree fruit from concentrating all its nutrients at the treetop, one needed to suppress the growth at the top, then help other positions bud, letting the nutrients be diverted to other branches—only this way would the tree fruit's growth be ideal.

Ordinary fruit trees already required so many considerations, and tree fruits imbued with energy needed even more careful cultivation; they would absolutely not be so casually planted on a mountain anyone could come to.

Since they were wild tree fruits, Qiao Sang had no more reservations.

The mother Magnetic Ferret led the way; after walking for 6 minutes she plunged headfirst into the thicket.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, then followed.

……

Qitang Town.

Police station.

A young man of twenty, his face full of puzzlement, said: "Even if it's confirmed the person entered Zhejiang Province, shouldn't they have gone to Xianglin? How did they end up in our Hanggang?"

Sitting across from the young man was a round-faced middle-aged woman. Hearing this, she said: "The route has all been traced. After shaking off surveillance, the person holed up near Ming Alley. Because he was handsome, a female college student secretly took his photo, then she posted it in a group chat for others to see, and that's how the police noticed him."

The middle-aged woman laughed as she said this: "Sometimes being handsome isn't necessarily a good thing."

The young man frowned slightly and said: "The photo was even taken, yet this Zhou Xianjing has escaped until now without being found."

Nowadays surveillance is everywhere; wherever you go and whatever you do basically leaves behind identity information.

Pet beasts' information is all registered at the Beast Control Center; even if you send a pet beast to do something, it should be flagged in the first instance.

As a C-rank Beast Tamer, and a handsome guy at that who could match him blow for blow, even if he hid in some mountain area he should have been noticed by the locals.

But after all these days there's still no news.

Plastic surgery? A sex change?

Could he have contracted a Mud Mud and smeared it on his face?

But the records say he only became a C-rank Beast Tamer a year ago; all his pet beasts' data is on file, so he couldn't have contracted a fifth pet beast that quickly.

Unless he's hiding in some godforsaken mountain corner where not even a soul can be seen.

But then what about food and drink?

A Beast Tamer doesn't just have to look after themselves—they also have to consider their pet beasts' diet.

He remembered the file on that person stating two General-rank pets, one High-rank pet, and one Mid-rank pet.

The food and drink for these four pets couldn't just be sorted out anywhere.

The middle-aged woman picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, saying: "Anyway, he's already seriously injured, and his pets are all wounded too. He won't dare go to a hospital, so he'll be caught sooner or later."

"You don't need to worry either. That guy won't make it to our place. Qitang Town is full of people, and the place is tiny. Ye Ranran went on a blind date one moment, and the next moment everyone on three streets knew about it. If he dares show up around here, believe me, the vegetable-selling Sister Wang in town would find out before we police did."

Ye Ranran, sitting beside the middle-aged woman, was momentarily stunned.

She hadn't even said a word, and she still got caught in the crossfire?

"His arrest is only a matter of time, but I'm afraid he might do something desperate and attack civilians." The young man said worriedly.

A C-rank Beast Tamer is no small fry. If we can't find his hideout in advance, evacuate the civilians, and set up a covert perimeter, innocent people will definitely get hurt.

"Guangbei, you've been at our bureau for two years now. What's the biggest case you've come across?" The middle-aged woman asked.

Zhang Guangbei was slightly taken aback and replied: "Isn't it this case?"

The middle-aged woman shook her head and said: "The higher-ups only told us to keep an eye on this person, not that the case belongs to us. Even if Zhou Xian comes to our Qitang, we'd still have to report up and let them send someone. Our bureau doesn't have a C-rank Beast Tamer to fight him."

"The biggest case is always the one you're dealing with right now. The biggest case you're facing now is the theft this morning — a freshly captured wild pet was stolen, and the surveillance cameras didn't catch a thing. Aren't you even curious?"

The young man's thoughts were successfully redirected. He argued: "It's obvious that Magnetic Rat ran off on its own. That guy too — a pet he caught on the mountain escaped and he expects us police to help find it. I wonder if this escaped Magnetic Rat will attack ordinary people in town."

……

Yellow Bright Mountain.

Qiao Sang stared at the scenery before her, momentarily stunned.

If it weren't for the Magnetic Rat leading the way, the thick undergrowth blocking the view would have made it impossible to tell there was such a place on this mountain.