Chapter 1015: Boss

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Half an hour later.

Beast Center, accommodation area.

Room 708.

"This Baowuwu is?" Mikayla stared at Baowuwu with a face full of doubt.

"Wuwu..."

Baowuwu felt a mysterious sense of pressure and silently shifted behind the human Dr. Zhang Taitong had entrusted it to.

"It's like this, after I entered the research institute..." Qiao Sang rattled off the conversation she had with Dr. Zhang Taitong.

Mikayla pondered for a moment and asked: "So you're planning to go to Xihan City next?"

Qiao Sang nodded: "There are still nine days before the Mingzhu Flower is delivered. I figured I don't have anything else important to do during this time anyway. Going there could be considered training for an ordinary Tamer, given the reputation of the Ten Great Ghost Cities."

Mikayla asked: "When?"

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said: "Tomorrow."

After a pause, she added: "Dr. Zhang Taitong even specifically found someone to lead us, saying that person clearly knows where Baowuwu came from."

To that end, she had even added that person's contact information.

"Alright." Mikayla said.

"Then we'll go together tomorrow morning. You don't need to worry about the tickets."

This level of efficiency... Qiao Sang gave a heavy "mm" in response.

Then she thought of something, looked around, and asked: "Where is Teacher Flauda?"

"He has already left." Mikayla replied before returning to the main topic. 

"So, the other evolutionary possibility Dr. Zhang Taitong researched involves Ghost-type pets absorbing positive emotional energy from the things they care about most?"

He left so fast... Qiao Sang thought with a sigh before nodding at the second half of Mikayla's sentence: "Yes, that's right."

She paused and added: "However, only a small portion of Ghost-type pets can absorb this energy. I don't know if Little Treasure can do it."

Mikayla's gaze fell on Little Treasure. "If you want to know if he can, just give it a try."

Qiao Sang turned and looked at Little Treasure as well.

Little Treasure blinked his eyes.

"Is there anything you have particularly wanted to do in your heart but haven't been able to?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Xun xun..."

Having overheard the entire conversation at the research institute, Little Treasure naturally knew what his Tamer's question implied. He reached into his circular ring, pulled out the mobile phone he had bought for himself, and gave a cry: "Xun xun!"

He wanted to get a SIM card!

Little Treasure had wanted a card for a long time. Once he had one, he could play any game he wanted and would no longer have to secretly use his Tamer's phone to receive verification codes.

Qiao Sang: ......

"What is the Ghost Ring King saying?" Mikayla asked.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment. "He said he wants to get a phone card."

Mikayla was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Then let's get him one."

Little Treasure's eyes immediately brightened as he looked at his Tamer.

Qiao Sang was silent for two seconds, then said to Little Treasure: "Let's go to a nearby business hall."

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure's eyes instantly brightened a notch. Then, a blue light flashed, and he teleported away with his Beast Tamer.

About five minutes later, Qiao Sang and Little Treasure returned to the room.

Little Treasure excitedly turned on the phone that now had a SIM card inserted.

At that moment, Qiao Sang said: "Try to absorb it."

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure was stunned for a moment. After realizing what his Beast Tamer was talking about, he put down the phone and began to try hard to sense and absorb.

"Xun xun..."

Half a minute later, he shook his head honestly.

Gangbao suddenly looked at Little Treasure with eyes full of sympathy.

Qiao Sang spread her hands.

Gangbao showed an "I knew it" expression.

"Xun xun?"

Little Treasure blinked his eyes, confused.

"Give the SIM card back to me." Qiao Sang said slowly.

A bolt from the blue!

Little Treasure took a step back in disbelief.

He hadn't even started playing yet, and he already had to give it back?

"Hurry up." Qiao Sang urged.

"Xun xun..." Little Treasure reluctantly took out the SIM card and handed it over.

Qiao Sang took it and put it in her pocket. She turned to Teacher Mikayla and said:

"I feel that Little Treasure doesn't need to be in such a hurry to try absorbing this energy. His racial limit is Emperor-level. If he really succeeds in absorbing this energy during the next stage and evolves into a completely different form because of it, then he might lose the path to evolve into an Emperor-level pet."

Once a pet evolves into a new form, every subsequent stage becomes an unknown.

The evolution path is unknown, and whether further evolution is even possible is also unknown. Having Yabao and Gangbao, Qiao Sang felt a deep sense of dread regarding the difficulty of future evolutions for a new form.

Mikayla pondered for a moment and said: "You could try letting the Ghost Ring King absorb this energy just to explore which direction its absorption tends to go. If it's a direction you don't want, you can simply stop him from absorbing it further."

Although Qiao Sang felt it was unlikely for Little Treasure to be able to absorb this energy, she still nodded.

"I know."

Mikayla had no other business and got up to leave.

She had only taken two steps when she suddenly remembered something. She turned to look at Baowuwu and asked: "Do I need to go buy some energy pills suitable for it to eat?"

When her gaze fell upon it, Baowuwu's body instantly tensed up.

"No need." Qiao Sang shook her head. 

"Dr. Zhang Taitong gave some energy pills and tree fruits it usually eats."

"Good." 

Mikayla urged, "Then go to bed early tonight and wake up early tomorrow morning."

"Understood." Qiao Sang nodded.

Mikayla turned around.

"Wuwu..."

Baowuwu let out a sigh of relief.

Yet in the next second, Mikayla suddenly turned her head back again.

Baowuwu's body tensed up once more.

This time, Mikayla didn't look at it, but instead looked at Gangbao and said, "You should also prepare to let the Steel Sword Falcon practice with the Skill Stone."

Having said that, she walked out of the door.

I really did forget about that... Qiao Sang thought to herself.

"Gang Zhan..."

Immediately after, Gangbao's voice transmitted into her mind.

She had forgotten too...

Qiao Sang and Gangbao looked at each other, and Qiao Sang said: "Then we'll practice after we come out of Xihan City?"

"Gang Zhan." Gangbao nodded, expressing agreement.

"Xun xun~"

At this moment, Little Treasure sidled up to his Beast Tamer, cautiously glancing at Big Brother Yabao and Lubao.

Actually, there was one more thing he really wanted to accomplish, but it felt like something that couldn't be done.

"What is it?" Qiao Sang asked.

Little Treasure used his eyes to signal his Beast Tamer toward the direction of Big Brother Yabao, Lubao, and Qingbao.

The corner of Qiao Sang's mouth twitched: "You wouldn't be wanting Yabao, Lubao, and Qingbao to call you Big..."

Before she could finish, Little Treasure covered her mouth with his paw.

Qiao Sang: ...

Yabao, Lubao, Gangbao, and even Qingbao all looked over.

Little Treasure's body stiffened, and he silently let go of his paw, looking at his Beast Tamer with a face that pleaded, Don't say it, don't say it.

Qiao Sang coughed and said: "I know you still want to become large so that Yabao and the others will call you Big Brother, but this isn't something that can be achieved overnight..."

"Xun xun..." Little Treasure felt like an arrow had pierced his heart, yet at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yap yap." Yabao gave a comforting cry, suggesting that being small has its own advantages, like his current size.

Even if his body were large, he could still wear a miniature bracelet... Little Treasure didn't feel comforted at all.

He knew that even if he couldn't actually change his size, he still wanted to work hard toward developing in a larger direction.

"Wuwu."

After listening, Baowuwu floated to Little Treasure's side and patted his shoulder, letting out a kind cry to say that he wasn't alone.

As it spoke, it gestured to compare the difference in their body sizes.

Little Treasure: ...

I am General-level, are you?

"Wuwu."

Baowuwu finished comparing and let out another cry.

Even though I'm not much bigger, at least I am bigger than you.

Little Treasure: ...

He didn't want to talk anymore.

Indeed, it seemed currently that the thing Little Treasure cared about most was becoming the Big Boss. However, this was likely just a passing interest. If he truly could absorb energy, would this fleeting enthusiasm mean it only works best the first time? Once he hears it too often later, he might not feel that surge of emotion and thus couldn't absorb it... Qiao Sang pondered seriously.

Actually, it was worth a try, but this "Big Boss" sentiment would likely need to be sincere. Otherwise, it would be sensed and couldn't be absorbed, just like the Ugly Night Flower earlier...

Qingbao might be able to try it, but getting Yabao and Lubao to sincerely call Little Treasure "Big Boss" seemed like an impossible task...

"Lu Di."

Just as she was thinking, Lubao suddenly let out a cry.

Big Boss.

"Lu Di?"

Just as Qiao Sang was preparing her words to ask why Lubao suddenly called Little Treasure "Big Boss," Lubao looked at the drifting Little Treasure and let out a cry, asking if he could absorb that power now.

The room fell silent.

Little Treasure stopped drifting and looked down at Lubao in a daze.

So that was it... Qiao Sang was first stunned, then looked at Lubao with a face full of emotion.

She never expected that Lubao would actually take the initiative to call him Big Boss just so Little Treasure could absorb that energy, this was exactly what Little Treasure wanted to feel most at this moment.

She was wrong, she used to think Lubao’s emotional intelligence was about the same as Yabao's...

Qiao Sang looked at Little Treasure and said: "Quick, try to feel it."

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure closed his eyes and began to try hard to sense it.

Time passed bit by bit.

After tens of seconds, Qiao Sang finally couldn't help but ask: "Is it working?"

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure opened his eyes and shook his head with a look of disappointment.

Lubao closed her eyes and stopped looking at Little Treasure.

Even this doesn't work? Is it because Lubao didn't mean it sincerely, or because Little Treasure simply cannot absorb that energy at all?

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure drifted to Lubao’s side and gave a cautious cry, asking if she would still call him Big Boss in the future.

Lubao opened her eyes, gave Little Treasure a cool glance, and her body began to emit a visible chill.

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure was startled and immediately teleported over ten meters away, letting out a cry to say he was just joking.

Lubao closed her eyes again, and the chill dissipated.

"Xun xun..." Little Treasure breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yap yap..."

Yabao looked at Little Treasure, then at Lubao, finally realizing why Lubao had suddenly called him Big Boss earlier.

"Qing qing..."

Qingbao looked at Little Treasure and shook her head.

What a waste. He actually missed such a good opportunity to be the Big Boss. If he could have absorbed it, she probably would have followed suit.

Then she thought of something and looked at Lubao.

Even though she usually keeps a cold face, her heart is actually so kind.

Lubao kept her eyes closed quietly, as if she had never spoken earlier.

No one noticed that on the bedside table, the pet egg with purple patterns gave a slight wobble.

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The next morning.

Qiao Sang did a simple wash and went to the airport with Teacher Mikayla.

Along the way, the rate of people turning their heads to look was nearly ninety percent or more.

Qiao Sang remembered something and sprinkled some Insensitivity Powder on herself and the pets.

The turn-around rate instantly plummeted to zero percent.

Baowuwu was very obedient the entire time, quietly following beside them.

Flights in the Zidia Region do not allow uncontracted pets to board, but pet eggs and pets carried by B-level or higher individuals are exceptions.

After checking the Beast Tamer badge and confirming her identity, the staff quickly cleared them through.

Three hours later, the plane landed smoothly.

Qiao Sang and Teacher Mikayla got off the plane and headed straight for the location set on their phone's GPS, the second underground level, where they boarded a special pet designated to pick them up.

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