CBS no. 138

Chapter 5

No Sukhavati can have a pet store (1)

Translated by Rook of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Under the expectations of a group of busybodies, Jinyu began to thoroughly check and heal the winged tiger named Xiaolu that had yet to undergo any changes since it was nicknamed Xiaoer.

After gravely checking Xiaolu from head to tail, Jinyu could confirm that the arteries and veins faintly glowing green were in fact it's blood vessels. And the source of the light should have been Xiaolu's blood itself.

But what was strange to Jinyu was this. If it was the blood, then every blood vessel should be glimmering. Yet, within the winged tiger Xiaolu's body, the blood vessels glowing lightly green took up only 70% of its body. Even considering its organs, there were two or three organs that were entirely gray and dull. It was as though from the beginning, it couldn't receive any green and glowing blood.

"Tsk, as expected, being a newcomer is just trouble... I don't even have a general idea or anything to compare against." Jinyu looked at the winged tiger's expression. It looked rather resentful and gloomy. As his first experiment, could this cute and stupid Xiaoer give him more experiment materials?

But in the instant when the winged tiger Xiaolu's jade green eyes met Jinyu's eyes, that tiger that was trash but still not stupid immediately shivered hard and then started sobbing and crying as he hugged Jinyu's leg, pitifully howling and moaning— "In future, I will be your slave, your dog! I will fight for you, carry your things, scare others, earn money for you!! So boss, please please don't use me as an experiment... I have an owner and a partner, I don't want to die so early!!"

A sliver of a crazy smile appeared on Jinyu's face, "You think being an experiment for me means you'll die?"

Xiaolu gave a full-body shiver. Even if he didn't die, he might lose his skin... although the man before him looked even more fragile and weak compared to his owner's weakest and most fragile woman, he had a kind of aura that attracted beasts. But when that aura and that strange expression and smile combined together, beasts felt like they were facing a monster! A big monster! One that couldn't be beaten and had to be obeyed!!

But although Xiaolu felt like this in his heart, on the surface, he shook his head energetically. He wasn't that bad off yet! "I didn't mean that, I, I mean, boss, don't you want a research partner? At night, beside the huge pile of trash in Anjie, there are lots and lots and lots of abandoned beasts who don't have an arm or a leg... When that happens, you can research to your heart's content, boss!! Really!!"

Hearing this, Jinyu's mouth couldn't help but twitch. This idiot had a, "you die, I'm not dying" attitude to others. But that wasn't accurate. What it said just now wasn't a lie. Although he was still unfamiliar with this world, but this hunter society, this chaotic world where rich nobles still lived, the filth and cruelty of every era should be present here as well. And the darkness that usually couldn't be found in a normal era would likely be found in abundance here.

Although until now, he still hadn't seen any truly upsetting things in this extremely chaotic and dark place, just because he hadn't seen it didn't mean it didn't exist. After all, the more something was against human nature, the more it avoided the light.

"At night, there are really abandoned and dying beasts gathered at the rubbish pile?" Jinyu's eyes were cold. Maybe it was a problem inherited from the last generation. Since he was young, he had grown up with all kinds of animal companions, and after surviving in the darkness that was society, he cherished animal companions even more.

Animals had straightforward feelings. If they liked someone, they liked someone. If they didn't like someone, you could beat them into submission or use treats to make them like that person. If they liked another animal, unless they were really desperate, they wouldn't go up to bite it. If they didn't like another animal, they would turn their backside on them or bare their teeth. They wouldn't dig a hole to trap them.