Chapter 36: “Zombie Attacks”
Charlie was also shocked at Neo's realistic oscar-worthy acting, thinking that the slime had a PTSD because of John's two knife attacks before.
He quickly put the slime on top of his head and continued to coax it with a gentle voice.
"There, there, Neo, don't cry, don't cry. You're okay..."
Seeing the slime "cry", the girl further consolidated Neo's image as a docile and somewhat cowardly slime.
Little did she know that the "docile and cowardly" slime had eaten at least six slime corpses, devoured the slime who wanted to eat it, ate the hunters' daggers and even tamed two awakened hunters.
Oh, just half a few minutes before, it silenced a bunch of beasts and humans, even earning four beasts' submissions in front of a crowd of hunters.
This slime was the least "docile and cowardly" slime in its entire race!
After such a fuss, the girl started to prepare for the official license.
"To register the pet and get an official license, you need to pay this amount of money…"
The girl quickly showed Charlie a QR code for payment.
However, it was John who strode over from the corner with a grim face, while Charlie did nothing, just like their agreements before.
John swiftly took out his phone and scanned the QR code.
BEEP. Payment successful.
John didn't look at his bank account and decisively returned to the corner with a stern face, as if he felt nothing about losing such a large sum of money.
However, deep inside, the man was actually crying tears and blood.
Ah! His savings for a few months are gone, just to register this ancestor!
If he was unlucky and the guards caught him, he would also have to pay for the damaged wall, floor and windows.
John suddenly changed from a little rich man to a pauper in a few minutes.
He immediately swore that no matter what, today, he had to go to Hunter Shopping Street.
He had to sell the dungeon's spoils he just got for money!
— Ten minutes later —
The girl took Charlie's citizenship card, scanned it, and after making sure everything was good, she returned Charlie's citizenship card with a smile on her face.
"Okay, it's done! If the patrol guards outside want to check the status of your pet, you can just let them scan your citizenship card."
"O-okay, thank you..."
Charlie took back his citizenship card and exchanged a few more pleasantries with the girl before standing up from the chair.
John, who was standing at the corner, immediately moved to open the door for the "young master", letting the boy leave first while he followed behind.
Once the trio left the room, Neo subconsciously sighed in relief.
Finally, it's done!
The registration just now only took fifteen minutes, but by the time they returned to the small lobby, all the hunters involved in the incident had been arrested, leaving the charred wall, floor and some broken windows.
The guards were also nowhere to be seen, maybe they were checking the surveillance video.
Thinking about this, the three people became even more eager to leave this place, so much so that Neo didn't have time to return to the backpack and stayed inside Charlie's pocket for the second time.
However, along the way back to the elevator, the people at the corridors and the 12th floor's lobby couldn't help but look at the two hunters, as if they recognized them.
"Are they the two people…on the internet…"
"Yes, these two…the golden slime…"
"That one in the pocket? The mutated slime who can use the system special effects…"
"Ahhh it is actually real! It's so cute!"
"Hey, Reo is still the cutest, okay? It is the masterpiece of our Slime City's Dungeon's Research Institute."
"Yeah, yeah, maybe that video is just hype or edited. I don't believe a beast can use the system special effects and even subdue other beasts."
"That's too fake, right? Only idiots will believe such a fake video."
"What did you say?? That golden slime is a natural mutated slime, and it is real! The video must also be real!"
"Yes, it's not like a certain pet beast of the month who is a man-made hybrid slime. Who is the fake now?"
"You— your fart golden slime is the fake one!"
"No! It's yours!"
Several young people argued about who was better, the slime Reo or a certain golden slime.
Hearing the discussion, Neo secretly spat at the hybrid slime's photo on the LED screen, the so-called "Slime City's Beast of The Month".
Heh. So your name is Reo.
He will remember this name.
Reo, you're such disgrace to the slime race, unlike him, who must be the pride of the race!
Neo lifted his chin arrogantly while swaggering away with his two tamed hunters.
But, wait. What video and the internet these people are talking about?
Neo had a bad premonitions about this, but the two hunters didn't have time to check their phones and were busy walking past a lot of hunters.
Along the way down to the first level, even when Neo was hidden well inside the pocket, many people would take a second look at the little slime.
A few young hunters who were up-to-date immediately recognized Neo from the gradually viral video on the internet, but John, Charlie and Neo didn't even know about this.
"That's the "viral" slime! It's cuter than in the video!"
"Let's take a pic! Ahhhh it is looking at me!"
"Can it really use the system's special effects like in the video? I wanna see…"
"Don't believe that video. It might be edited."
"But the slime is real…I saw it peeking out of the pocket."
"Wait, the people are leaving! Quick! Chase them!"
"Hey, hey, don't push!"
"Calm down, calm down!"
Seeing a surge of crowds like zombies, John quickly acted as a reliable bodyguard and blocked everyone who made a fuss.
"Go, go, don't block the way!"
"Damn it— why are you guys so crazy??"
"Fck!"
"U-uncle John! Help! Ahh—"