LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 35: “Danger Assessment”
BANG!
The door was opened harshly, startling the officer in the room.
A young girl in a white shirt and a black pencil skirt sitting behind a cold black desk immediately lifted her head to see the intruder.
Who is so bold to act like a rogue at the bureau??
Well, the intruder was actually a middle-aged man around 1.8 meters tall.
His body was huge, like a bear.
Not to mention that his skin was a healthy wheat color, a textbook image for a cool, handsome uncle.
But the handsome and imposing uncle immediately strode to the left while bowing politely to the person behind him.
"Young master, please come in."
John, the newly-minted "bodyguard" and "butler" of a "young master", got into the role quickly.
Even after such a fuss and John himself was still catching his breath, he seamlessly got into the role that they had discussed before.
Charlie, who was still panting loudly, was taken aback for a moment, but he also tried to get into his role—
Just act like his usual self, withdrawn and shy.
"T-thank you, uncle John..."
Charlie let John carry his backpack and entered the room with Neo.
When the young girl, the staff of the bureau, saw the shy and introverted Charlie, she didn't notice the boy's messy state at all.
Her eyes were instantly drawn towards a tiny slime hiding inside the boy's chest pocket.
She had seen countless slime pets from South Commercial Street's slime dungeon, but she had never seen such a tiny one!
And it's also golden!
What kind of rare mutated slime is this?
Apparently, the girl didn't know the commotion outside.
The incident had not been spread widely on the internet just yet, so the girl was really clueless.
When the girl saw Neo, her eyes instantly brightened, but out of professionalism, she quickly asked Charlie to sit on the chair in front of her table.
The young girl didn't have a second chair in the office, so John had to stand at the corner.
Charlie sat down, but his butt had just touched the chair when the young girl suddenly asked a few questions in a row with a sharp voice!
"Can you tell me when you found your slime? The exact date, month and year."
"I assume this slime is from the South Commercial Street's dungeon zone because you specifically come to my room— "
"Tell me the detailed location where you pick the slime inside the dungeon. Was the slime in the middle section, or at the back?"
"How was its condition when you first saw it?"
"Is this slime aggressive? Has it ever tried to attack you or other humans?"
"What does it eat? Does it eat slime corpses or other food such as rocks, weeds and so on?"
"Has it ever eaten a human corpse?"
"Have you named it? Tell me."
Charlie nervously answered the youth girl's questions one by one based on John's instruction in their "group chat".
With John's help, Charlie smoothly answered a set of questions.
But this wasn't the end.
"Okay, now, we have to conduct a few tests to estimate its degree of aggressiveness and other potentially dangerous behaviors."
Neo instantly fidgeted around, looking visibly nervous, but John quickly gave him several instructions.
[Lil ancestor, just make sure you don't show any interest in slime corpses or human beings— ]
John paused, as if recalling what Neo had done in the commotion just now and whether it would affect their current assessment.
Then, he started to lecture the slime with a worried face.
[Remember, even if this girl stabbed you with a knife, you can't attack her or pounce on her. Just dodge or pretend to be scared!]
[Alsp, it's better not to use a skill,] John added.
Even if many people had already seen Neo's uniqueness before, judging from this girl's reaction, she shouldn't have known about the incident yet.
It would be best if they could complete the registration before the news spread further.
Under John's various instructions, Neo quickly calmed down and waited for the young girl to start the test.
Just like what John said before, the young girl took out a slime corpse and a tube of human blood from the drawer.
Neo was put on the table, close to these two "food", and the girl observed his every movement, trying to see whether the slime was interested in eating any of these two "food".
After all, those beasts who liked to eat their own kind or liked to drink human blood would definitely be aggressive and dangerous.
As expected, the golden slime didn't even look at the slime corpse nor the human blood.
Instead, it tried to stick onto Charlie's palm tremblingly.
He showed resistance all over his body!
The girl immediately patted her chest in relief.
A cub was indeed much more docile and easy to tame compared to adult beasts, which was why many hunters liked to smuggle out beast cubs.
After the girl was sure that Neo wasn't interested in these two types of "food", the girl took away the slime corpse and the human blood.
The previous temptation test was done very quickly, and now, there was only one last test—
Practical test.
Just like what John predicted, the girl tried to attack Neo with a knife, but Neo forcibly restrained his instincts.
Instead of attacking, he just dodged clumsily.
"Chiiii— chi! Chi chi!"
The slime screamed in a milky voice as it crawled tremblingly towards Charlie, burying its head deep into the boy's palm.
It even hugged Charlie's thumb with its little hands while its little "feet" scurried around in panic.
Seeing Neo's extreme reaction, the young girl, who had tested countless wild slimes before, both adults and cubs, couldn't help but feel guilty.
"Sorry, sorry, did I scare your slime?" The girl quickly put away the dagger while lamenting in her heart.
Now she looked like a bad witch who bullied children!