Chapter 595: Intermediate Investigator

After eating one and a half large apples, the watermelon rind's digestion speed exceeded Zhang Jie's imagination.

At that moment, the little thing still had its mouth open, waiting for Zhang Jie to feed it.

Helpless, Zhang Jie could only take out a large apple and put it in; a creaking sound came, and the watermelon rind began to gnaw again.

"Hmm... take a bath, go out for a bit."

"It's normal that apples aren't filling; go out and buy something to eat, since I haven't had a meal."

After washing off the stench all over him, Zhang Jie glanced at the watermelon rind still chewing on the apple, thought for a moment, and threw in the last remaining apple as well.

Zhang Jie didn't know what the watermelon rind liked to eat, but it probably ate anything, after all it could even eat its own rind.

"Let's buy... cat food or dog food should work."

"If we're talking about nutritional balance... maybe pig feed would work too?"

Thinking this, Zhang Jie decided to buy some cat food after all, since pig feed would be going too far....

He bought some fresh fruits and vegetables, meat products as well; he was quite well-off now, cough... although he couldn't afford supernatural items, buying some high-end ingredients was enough.

After stuffing his motorcycle full, Zhang Jie thought for a while, then turned around and bought an extra-large storage box half a meter high and one meter long.

This would be more than enough as a little nest for the watermelon rind.

After paying a driver to transport the goods, Zhang Jie returned home first; but upon entering, he only saw a small storage box with its lid flipped off.....

This little thing ran out!

Pa—lie....

A sound of something sticky falling to the ground came; Zhang Jie tugged at his mouth, wondering if his newly raised pet had just met its end like this?

Following the sound, he saw the watermelon rind lying on the ground with a look of utter despair, a ring of water stains around it, as if it had fallen out.

This little thing, though disabled, was determined; its only hand dragged its body forward repeatedly, targeting.... the fruit Zhang Jie hadn't finished eating!

"I'm done with you..."

Helpless, Zhang Jie put the thing on the ground, pinched its body with his hand, and placed it back into the storage box.

"This little thing has grown quite a bit."

From initially being only as wide and long as a finger, the watermelon rind had grown to about half the size of a palm, yet it still looked sticky.

Seeing Zhang Jie, the watermelon rind opened its little mouth again, using its newly grown fourth finger to point at its own mouth.

"Hah."

Zhang Jie now genuinely took interest in this ugly-cute little thing, especially that little action of opening its mouth—it was simply... too fun.

Seeing Zhang Jie had no reaction, the watermelon rind doubtfully closed its mouth, tilted its head to look at him, then seemingly intending to remind him, opened its mouth again and pointed a finger inside.

"Alright, alright, I'll feed you now."

Zhang Jie tore open the cat food package, picked up a piece, and stuffed it into its little mouth.

Gaba gaba....

The watermelon rind had strong teeth, chewing the cat food directly; after two bites it lifted its head, still wanting another, so Zhang Jie simply found a small plate and filled it up for it.

Watching the little thing eat with relish, Zhang Jie covered the box, letting it eat first.

Flopping onto the sofa, Zhang Jie took out the phone that Huang Mao had given him, which was that supernatural item.

"Mission?"

Zhang Jie fiddled with it for a while, thinking how to activate it; as supernatural power flowed in, the phone screen lit up abruptly.

"Scanning....."

"High-value target detected!"

"Initiating a series of missions! Goal: become a Legendary Investigator!"

Zhang Jie:????

"What's going on?"

The supernatural power inside the phone was completely exhausted in an instant; unlike a mere reduction, this time it was all gone!

In other words, no one can use this supernatural item anymore.

The only master can be himself: Zhang Jie!

"First stage mission activated!"

"As a future Legendary Investigator, how can you be so lax!"

"Please train yourself in place! Goal: one thousand push-ups!"

"Failure penalty: permanent loss of one supernatural ability!"

"I'll go to your damn dam!"

Zhang Jie threw the phone away like a lunatic and began doing push-ups in place.

"What kind of mission is this!"

Time ticked by second by second; the figure bobbing up and down finally stopped upon reaching the target, panting heavily.

Given his physique, this amount of exercise was barely manageable; any more would be unbearable.

"Congratulations on completing your self-training! Your physique has grown stronger!"

"As a future Legendary Investigator, how can you do something as stupid as taking a vacation! I won't allow it!!!!"

"You, who picked up the watermelon rind, inexplicably also got from Huang Mao a phone that issues you missions, issuing some strange tasks; if it weren't for the sake of gaining supernatural power, you'd never bother with these boring things."

"However, this isn't a bad thing; your physique has indeed improved a bit, and the feeling that effort brings reward is still quite nice; the only downside is that this thing has disturbed your perfect vacation....."

"The next day....."

Xu Sheng looked at Zhang Jie, who came to work resentfully, utterly bewildered.

"Hey bro, aren't you on vacation? Why did you come to work voluntarily?"

Zhang Jie stared at Huang Mao with resentment, shaking the supernatural item.

How else could it be? That thing you gave me! It's insisting I come to work!

Pff....

Zhang Jie could only discuss with Chang Ban, postponing his vacation by a few months, and glumly started cleaning up abnormalities.

Furious, Zhang Jie this time faced ferocious abnormalities—not to mention E- and D-level ones—he even tore apart a C-level abnormality in front of everyone.

For a moment, everyone stared in shock at this young man.

Look at your ability... this junior investigator position is really overkill for you.

When I get back, I'll suggest to the higher-ups that you be promoted to intermediate investigator.

Zhang Jie blinked, feeling great—being an intermediate investigator means he can lead a team; although it's just a squad, it's enough to stand out.

Chang Ban laughed and patted Zhang Jie on the shoulder.

I have high hopes for you—starting tomorrow, you'll be the squad leader, taking charge of Huang Mao and Qiu Yu.

It's perfect that you three know each other; I'll also assign you a trainee investigator.

Great! As an intermediate investigator, I'll have greater authority to investigate that forbidden land.

He now has the ability to lead a team on his own, the qualification to enter the forbidden land alone for exploration, and the qualification to purchase more supernatural items.

This counts as.... a big step forward!