"Ha, I've arrived at my stop. I don't have time to argue with you." The man with a square face said, turning to get off the bus.
Standing to his right, a young man was holding a plastic bag.
The man with the square face pushed past the young man and hurried toward the back door of the bus.
Qiao Sang noticed that as he reached for the young man's shoulder, he didn't touch anything else, but the plastic bag made a rustling sound.
"Fire Tooth Dog, use Spark on his waist!" Qiao Sang commanded directly.
The Fire Tooth Dog tensed up, ready to spring into action. It had been annoyed with this human for a while. If its Beast Master hadn’t been holding it down, it would have used all its skills on him by now.
Now that it had a command, it gathered its energy and shot it out.
Typically as small as a baby's fist, the Spark now grew large enough to fit in an adult's palm.
"Stay still!!!"
A sharp, shrill scream echoed through the entire bus.
The passengers were startled; the person stepping on from the front door stumbled back onto the platform in shock.
"Driver, close the door!" Qiao Sang shouted at the bus driver.
The driver, seeing the scene in the rear-view mirror, stared blankly for a moment.
Before him stood a more than two-meter-long white hydra with eight tentacles, and with its appearance, a multitude of items fell off its tentacles.
"Driver, close the door!" Seeing the driver was still frozen, Qiao Sang shouted again.
"Oh, right!" The driver finally snapped back to reality, fumbling to press the button to close the doors.
With the doors now shut, Qiao Sang turned her focus back in front of her.
What is this?
Even after cramming for knowledge lately, a poor student like Qiao Sang couldn’t recognize this extraordinary creature.
Turning to a female student beside her, she asked, "What is this?"
"It's my phone!"
Qiao Sang: "…"
"And mine!"
"My Shasha fruit!"
"The necklace I bought for my girlfriend is in there too!"
"My height-increasing insoles!!!"
One by one, the passengers on the bus excitedly claimed their belongings.
The man with the square face looked darkly at everything happening around him.
Everything was too sudden. The injury to his Eight-Tube Coral prevented him from getting off the bus in time. Now, the door was closed, and the stolen items had all fallen out.
It was all this girl's fault!
He cast a resentful glance at the girl with the Fire Tooth Dog. If it weren't for this dog being with her, how could he have slipped up this time!
Now, it was too late. A bus full of people was staring at him. If he wanted to run away, he would have to damage the bus, which would surely hurt the passengers inside.
He knew the difference between theft and assaulting citizens; the former would only get him a fine and a month or so in prison, while the latter could lead to years or even decades behind bars.
Now he could only sit still and wait for the police to come and arrest him.
Seeing the man with the square face’s expression turn gloomy, Qiao Sang put away her strange creature, which she still didn’t know the name of, ready to give up.
"Everyone, quickly hold him down so he can’t escape!" Qiao Sang shouted.
She punched out, and the man instinctively took two steps back. The crowd saw this and thought he was trying to flee, so everyone swarmed and pinned him to the ground.
Someone shouted, "You still dare to hit people?!"
The crowd immediately became furious. Caught in the act of theft, he still had the audacity to be so arrogant?
Fists and feet started flying.
"I didn’t!" the man with the square face roared.
But unfortunately, no one was listening to him. His voice was soon drowned out by the sound of hitting. Qiao Sang contributed eighteen kicks before getting tired and sitting down to the side.
After an unknown amount of time, the crowd finally dispersed.
The man lay motionless on the ground, battered and bruised. There were claw marks on his face, and his square face had turned into a puffed-up bread bun, making it impossible to recognize his original appearance.
The Fire Tooth Dog managed to push through the crowd, its wet eyes blinking at Qiao Sang.
The two locked eyes knowingly and smiled.
Someone called the police, and the squad car arrived shortly.
The three officers struggled to verify the badly beaten man's identity, but luckily he still wore a Beast Master badge on his chest.
The police scanned the badge and confirmed the man's identity.
"Who discovered him stealing?" one of the officers asked.
"It was her!" the female student said, pulling Qiao Sang's hand up.
Surrounding passengers nodded in agreement.
The questioning officer approached Qiao Sang warmly and said, "We need you to accompany us to the police station to take a statement."
Qiao Sang hesitated, "My mom is waiting for me to come home for dinner."
The officer smiled, "It'll be quick. You're helping the community by doing this. Just call your mom and let her know; she won't be mad at you."
Qiao Sang shook her head, refusing, "All the people in this bus are witnesses; call them instead. I really need to get home first."
The officer continued, "This man is named Chen Jianhui, a habitual offender. We have been trying to capture him for a while. You discovered him, so you may claim the reward of 50,000 alliance coins."
Qiao Sang was taken aback. There was such a good thing?
She straightened up and said, "I must take the statement; when are we going?"
The officer: "…"
Just as Qiao Sang followed the officers to the police car, the female student tugged on her sleeve, "I'm Bai Yunmiao. Can we add each other as friends?"
"Of course." Qiao Sang smiled and took out her phone to add her.
…
When Qiao Sang returned home, it was already 8:48 PM.
Fortunately, she had called the police on the way to explain her whereabouts, so she was greeted by her mother's gentle inquiries.
"You came back so late; you must be tired. Hurry up and eat. I've just reheated the food in the pot."
Qiao Sang was already hungry; the five skewers of lamb she ate hours ago hadn’t filled her at all. She sat down at the table and dug in.
"Fire Tooth Dog must be hungry too. Come here, I specially made you a nutritious dinner." Her mother said, bringing a special energy meal for the Fire Tooth Dog.
Qiao Sang felt that her food had lost its flavor. She stopped, looking over anxiously.
The Fire Tooth Dog didn’t notice Qiao Sang’s gaze. It barked at the energy meal before happily devouring it.
Qiao Sang sighed in relief, glad that her worries didn’t come true…
After she finished eating, she noticed the Fire Tooth Dog had already finished its energy meal, wagging its tail as it waited for her.
Qiao Sang was a bit surprised.
Did the Fire Tooth Dog’s appetite grow larger than usual?
She didn’t dwell on it. She carried the Fire Tooth Dog into her room and turned on the computer to look up information about the extraordinary creature she saw on the bus but didn’t know the name of.
Since she didn’t know the name, she could only search by its appearance features.
【Does anyone know what this white creature with eight tentacles that can become invisible is?】
There were millions of extraordinary creatures in this world, and many shared similar characteristics.
After about ten minutes of searching, Qiao Sang finally found the answer she was looking for.
【Eight-Tube Coral】
(End of Chapter)