Beast Taming: Starting From Zero-Chapter 664: No. 98
Very soon, it was as if he had caught a scent, and floated off in a certain direction.
Qiao Sang followed Little Treasure through the bustling crowd, arriving at a waiting area where the public benches were all occupied.
Everyone there looked exhausted.
Even when an unfamiliar ghost-type pet beast appeared nearby, people only gave it a glance before sinking back into their own worlds.
"Xun xun."
Little Treasure opened his eyes with a serious expression and picked up the emotion energy collection bottle his beast master had handed him earlier.
Then he sniffed lightly. An invisible energy surged out from above everyone’s heads and floated in the direction of Little Treasure.
Just as the energy was about to be inhaled through his nose, Little Treasure channeled energy through his body. The invisible emotions changed direction and flowed into the bottle instead.
Qiao Sang watched closely. After the energy was drawn out, the people on the bench first looked dazed, then as if they suddenly remembered something, they either checked the time or began chatting with family nearby.
So this is the reaction after negative energy is extracted… She was still thinking when she saw Little Treasure catching another scent and floating off again. She quickly followed.
Meanwhile-
At the Augustwood Tournament Institute.
Viewers watching the live stream began discussing the scene.
"This isn’t good, is it? Absorbing emotional energy from so many people at once, it’s easy to absorb positive emotions by mistake."
"They’re in a hospital. Of course it’s all negative energy."
"Not necessarily. My wife was giving birth and I was in a pretty good mood when I was there."
"I once accompanied a friend to the hospital and was pretty cheerful, he had hemorrhoids."
"I kinda wanna vote for her number now."
"Don’t! You’re just guessing the pet absorbed the wrong energy. I’ve never seen a ghost-type like this one before, I want to see more."
Qiao Sang had no idea that Little Treasure’s mass absorption of emotional energy was sparking a debate among viewers. At this moment, she was standing about three meters from a consultation room.
The door was wide open, and many people were gathered around it.
The noise inside was loud enough to be heard clearly even by someone with normal hearing.
Smack!
A slap on the table, followed by a man’s furious shout:
"Why are you slapping the table at me? What does a crowd have to do with my follow-up appointment? I waited two hours! You didn’t ask me a single question! Didn’t even look at the scans, just started writing prescriptions! So what exactly is wrong with my mother, did you even say?!"
Then came an older voice:
"I’m a doctor! Are you questioning my professionalism?!"
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure looked excited and was about to float over to absorb the energy when Qiao Sang called out:
"Wait."
"Xun xun?"
Little Treasure turned with a confused look.
"Invisible this time." Qiao Sang instructed.
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure chirped, then vanished.
Half a minute later, the man’s voice lowered:
"Doctor, I just want to know what’s wrong with my mom."
The older voice softened as well:
"Your mother was exposed to a Poison Spatter Scorpion. The air it exhales contains toxins that irritated her respiratory tract..."
"Xun xun~"
Just then, Little Treasure floated back over, shaking the bottle in its hand.
"Let’s continue." Qiao Sang said.
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure chirped, then sniffed left and right.
There were people with negative emotions all over the hospital, including in the obstetrics department.
Qiao Sang stood at the door and overheard a pregnant woman talking with her family.
"I told you I wanted a pain-free delivery!"
"Relax, I told the doctor just that." The family member reassured.
"Bull! I saw the paperwork. You just asked for an epidural, that still means I have to push for hours myself. What I want is a Fetal Therapy Xixi! I want it to take the baby out for me painlessly!" The woman snapped.
Fetal Therapy Xixi... Qiao Sang listened at the door, and the pet's data flashed through her mind.
That species of pet beast was quite popular with women on Chaosu Star. Nearly every OB-GYN department in the Upper Ten and Middle Ten Districts had one. Supposedly, if its belly touched a pregnant woman’s stomach, the baby would be transferred into the pet’s belly and then safely "spit out" from its mouth.
Completely painless, with no harm to the mother.
But many families refused to let mothers use Fetal Therapy Xixi, saying a child should never be born through a beast’s body.
Little Treasure floated in invisibly.
A minute later, he floated back out.
Looks like there’s a lot of negative emotion in there, absorbing’s taking longer, Qiao Sang thought.
Over the next hour, Little Treasure hardly stopped. Every time it finished absorbing one person’s emotions, he immediately found another.
At this rate, making the top three shouldn’t be hard… Qiao Sang leaned against a wall, watching it absorb another dose of negative energy into the bottle, deep in thought.
Just then, a heart-wrenching cry echoed from downstairs.
Qiao Sang followed the sound to the end of the hallway and looked out the window.
She saw a well-dressed middle-aged man downstairs, sobbing with his head in his hands, as if something unbearable had happened.
A woman nearby, also looking out the window, saw Qiao Sang noticing and gossiped:
"That guy’s got it rough. A wild pet beast suddenly appeared at home and scared his twin kids so bad they both fell from a height. Neither made it."
No wonder he's crying like that… Qiao Sang sighed inwardly.
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure floated over after finishing another absorption.
The woman noticed the ghost-type pet approaching and immediately fell silent, scooting away a few steps to keep her distance.
Qiao Sang was still watching the crying man.
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure chirped, indicating he had finished and was ready for the next target.
"There’s one right there." Qiao Sang pointed toward the man.
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"Xun xun?"
Little Treasure looked where its beastmaster pointed, then tilted his head, confused.
That human had no negative emotional energy?
Qiao Sang: ???
Crying like that and you’re telling me there’s no negative energy?
"How about you float a bit closer and sense again?" Qiao Sang suggested.
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure obediently nodded and went invisible before floating down.
Soon, he floated back up.
"Xun xun~"
He raised two little claws, tips together to show a tiny gesture, indicating the man only had a little bit of fear-related emotional energy.
Qiao Sang: ???
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Meanwhile-
At the Augustwood Tournament Institute.
Half the stream screen had switched to Qiao Sang’s footage, and more viewers were now paying attention.
"This ghost-type pet isn’t working. It can’t even sense negative energy properly."
"It definitely can. It’s been absorbing nonstop for an hour."
"Then how come it can’t sense this one?"
"Maybe it got numb from sensing too long."
"Sigh, poor guy. Lost both kids in one go."
"Where’s the mom? Haven’t seen her."
"I know the guy, he’s the CEO of a listed company. Divorced ages ago, kids stayed with him. Life’s unpredictable... never thought something like this would happen."
"What did the ghost pet say again?"
"It said the man only had a little bit of fear." A viewer with a ghost-type pet answered.
The audience fell silent.
A few seconds later, someone broke the silence:
"Under normal circumstances, if someone loses two kids… would fear be the main emotion?"
"…Maybe." Someone replied uncertainly.
"Could be fear, but only fear? That’s suspicious." Another said.
"There’s something off about that man."
"Could the ghost-type have sensed it wrong?"
"We’ll know once contestant No. 113 checks whether her pet absorbed anything incorrectly."
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At Fordebert General Hospital.
Crying like that, and only a trace of fear? Is that possible? Is that normal?
Qiao Sang pondered, then called the police and explained the situation.
"You’re saying that just because your ghost-type pet only sensed fear, you think the man’s suspicious?" The dispatcher confirmed.
Qiao Sang replied, “Yes. In a case like this, having only that one emotion is abnormal.”
"Couldn’t it be a problem with your pet?" The dispatcher’s tone turned impatient.
"The man just lost his twin kids, and you’re suspecting him? Miss, allow me to remind you, don’t call the police on mere speculation."
Then the call ended.
Qiao Sang calmly put her phone away.
It was just a guess, after all. Other than reporting it, she couldn’t do much.
"Let’s continue." She said.
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure Seeker nodded and sniffed the air.
Suddenly, a masked medical staff member approached and said:
"You’re not allowed to collect emotional energy in the hospital. Please put your pet away."
Qiao Sang stared at the exposed eyes of the person and smiled: "No. 98?"
The medical worker froze, then let out an awkward chuckle:
"Didn’t think you’d recognize me."
She took off the mask, it was the friendly black-haired woman from backstage earlier.
