Wednesday's Quest [End]

Mickey sighed in thought as he opened his eyes.

'When can I get an spirit crystal vein in this place? I can not believe a million spirits coins only replenished 2 units in my jindan.'

Chirp... chirp... chirp...

X's chirping echoed in his ear, and he looked at the tributary of the Symphony River with a smile.

In X's talons was a fish flipping around, trying to regain its freedom.

"Bring it here for me."

As the blood raven got closer, Mickey was finally able to see the profound fish his bird had managed to catch.

This fish was a grotesque specimen. Its jaw muscles bulged like those of a pit bull, and its serrae gleamed with a menacing golden hue. The gill plate shone with a dull silver sheen. But it was the fish's other features that truly set it apart: razor-sharp teeth jutted out from its mouth, a fist-sized eye glared from its forehead, and, most strikingly, it had no fins whatsoever.

Mickey smiled.

"X, you lucky bastard! To think you got a silver-gold piranha on your first hunt."

The silver-gold piranha is not picky with its food, and it is not edible. Its bite strength is like that of a wolf back on Earth, and most small fish fall prey to its might.

The thing that made Mickey smile is that it is common even in the outside world and is rarely sought after.

The young bird got closer, and Mickey finally noticed the bruises on its body. They were not life-threatening but would make X unwell for the following days.

X reached Mickey and had already sensed what he wanted to do with the fish.

Mickey willed his Qi in his Primeval World from his jindan towards the 'Beast Tame' grimoire.

The book felt something amiss and started hopping away, but the yellow Qi got to it and started relentlessly assaulting it.

The grimoire shivered as it got hit again and again until it exploded.

A purple light formed and floated out of the Primeval World. It came out between Mickey's chest and flew to the forehead of the silver-gold piranha.

The profound beast's body shook, trying to resist the force invading its body, but at the elementary realm, it did not have the mentality to refuse Mickey's control.

The silver-gold piranha was successfully tamed!

The reason why the 'Beast Tame' grimoire tried to offer resistance was because it did not want to die, since it is one of those consumable grimoires.

Mickey put the piranha in a jar of water, and the beast willingly agreed to his will.

Before X could land on his hair, Mickey took out the grimoire he was sitting on. It was pink and had plenty of pages. It resembled a girl's diary.

It was the Enlargement Grimoire!

The moment the wind rattlesnake died, it got away from its body and tried to run away, but Mickey managed to catch it after a few minutes.

He could not let it go to another profound beast. It was the unwritten rule: winner takes all!

Mickey pressed the grimoire towards X's neck, and it started to shrink in size. Mickey let it go, and since X did not feel any pain, he let it be.

After a few seconds, there was a pink tattoo on the blood raven's neck, and unfortunately, it was transcribed 'x.'

X had now become the new owner of the Enlargement Grimoire!

At a prison near the eastern edge of Acoustic City, a slightly obese man could be seen walking with cuffs on his hands. He had bruises on his face from all the beatings he was getting from the other inmates. The white stripes on his prisoner uniform were no longer visible.

The prison guards did not even attempt to stop the bullying; they did not want to offend such figures. Who knows when someone might stab you in the back?

The prisoner walked past a small path with a prison officer behind him.

The man entered a brightly lit room where the other inmates were talking to their friends and family. He received deadly glares, but he just shrugged them off as he went straight to a pink-haired pretty boy with dark circles under his eyes.

Seeing his friend pick up the telephone, Chi Di felt his heart skip a beat.

"Min Yize! I heard you recovered your memories, but how come do you look like that? Who did this to you? Let me file a complaint about how the prison officers are not taking care of their inmates."

The former police agent just sighed at this naive brat.

"Shouldn't you be taking care of yourself more? When was the last time you had a good meal? You are originally scrawny, but look at you now; you are bones."

Hearing his friend's voice, Chi Di let out a few tears as he looked down in shame.

"It is all that guy's fault!"

Min Yize scowled at Chi Di's declaration. He knew if it were not for that stupid case, he would be out there enjoying his freedom. That was all he needed to hear to know there was no progress in the case.

This was the first time someone had paid him a visit since he got imprisoned, and he did not want to make it sad.

He forced a smile.

"How is the boss?"

"..."

The mood grew heavy again. Chi Di's silence meant that their boss was still in critical condition.

Originally the two did not talk a lot, and for a few seconds, a moment of awkwardness was between them.

"Do you remember that case of a missing high school girl we failed to find leads on because the southern squatter camp was burnt to ashes?"

Min Yize raised a brow.

"Yeah, we never found her ashes because the record said that everyone who died that night was a squatter resident. Didn't we just say that she got burnt because we could not find a lead to her kidnapper?"

Min Yize finally realized what Chi Di was trying to tell him.

"Don't tell me that these cases are connected?"

Chi Di nodded with an expressionless look.

"Yeah, at first, I found it hard to believe. However, after connecting the pieces, I figured out that Lee Yan did die that night. The kidnapper used her to avoid suspicion."

Min Yize's face turned pale from fright.

"Don't tell me!"

"Yes, we are dealing with a serial killer."

Min Yize did not say anything. He knew that the police only had the numbers of squatter residents, not their names.

Chi Di had a helpless smile as he presented the inmate with another piece of jaw-dropping news.

"Someone has a lead on our guy."

Min Yize almost jumped from his seat as he shouted,

"Do not keep me waiting! Tell me who?!"

However, Chi Di's next words were like a bucket of cold water being poured on him.

"The person who killed our first suspect."

The men stayed silent, and only their breathing was heard.

'I hope our guy is killed by the new killer.'

The two were once great police agents, and the thoughts in their minds were not fitting for their previous status.