Chapter 128: red target

The boy with the buzz cut froze on the spot.

Xu Yajie turned his head and looked at him sympathetically, thinking that it was bad luck to be caught red-handed for calling Zheng Baolong by his nickname; he probably wouldn’t have a good day today.

“Shi Gaofeng, repeat what you just said!” Zheng Guoping walked in and roared.

He was so angry that he didn’t notice Qiao Sang’s presence immediately.

“Teacher, listen to my explanation.” Shi Gaofeng said, steeling himself, “Zheng Baolong is indeed referring to you, but it’s a respectful title for you.”

“The inspiration comes from the Volcano Tyrannosaurus. Don’t you think its majestic appearance and powerful aura are very similar to yours?”

“Look, your current awe-inspiring demeanor is exactly like it.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

What a talent, this flattery.

However, the Volcano Tyrannosaurus has a fiery temper and flares up easily, so the nickname Zheng Baolong was obviously based on his personality, and this teacher, rumored to have a bad temper, surely knew it himself.

Just as she thought Teacher Zheng was about to explode.

Zheng Guoping snorted coldly and said, “What happened just now? What do you mean by ‘can’t control’?”

Qiao Sang: “…”

Shi Gaofeng brightened and immediately replied, “It’s Xu Yajie. His Power Head Duck still can’t control a Water Gun compressed to twice its normal power.”

Xu Yajie: “…!”

“Is what he said…”

Zheng Guoping turned to look at Xu Yajie, about to scold him, but then he saw Qiao Sang standing in the middle.

He was stunned for a moment, recalling the student mentioned by the Vice Principal and Qin Wen.

Self-awakened, two Pets, Fire-type, Ghost-type, extraordinary energy values, Fire Fang Dog evolving into an unprecedented new form…

Zheng Guoping unconsciously straightened up, wanting to leave a good impression on this genius girl.

He softened his tone, asking in a voice even lower than usual, “You must be Qiao Sang, right?”

Everyone present, including the other girl who hadn’t spoken, was stunned.

After being tormented by Zheng Baolong for a whole year, when had they ever seen Zheng Baolong so gentle?

Could this actually be one of his unknown daughters?

The three of them looked at Zheng Baolong, then at Qiao Sang, and quickly dismissed the idea. With Zheng Baolong’s genes, he couldn’t produce such a beautiful daughter.

After Qiao Sang calmly conversed with Zheng Guoping for a few moments, the day’s training finally began.

“From now on, Qiao Sang will train with you all. She is a new student, and if she doesn’t understand anything, you, as her seniors, can teach her when I’m not around,” Zheng Guoping said.

Xu Yajie and the others were startled. A new student?

Before they could think much more, Zheng Guoping continued, “Peng Huan and the other three haven’t returned from their mission yet, so never mind them. I’ll first talk about your mission’s situation this time.”

Xu Yajie and the others stiffened, no longer able to ponder the issue of a new student.

Zheng Guoping picked up the tablet in his hand, frowned tightly after a few glances, and said discontentedly:

“Shi Gaofeng, how did you handle this mission? I just asked you to perform liposuction, and such a simple mission still received complaints and bad reviews?”

Shi Gaofeng said aggrievedly, “Little Berry really carefully controlled the amount of fat it absorbed. The woman’s weight, when measured at the end, was exactly 10 jin less as she requested. But then she looked in the mirror and said her chest got smaller, and then she gave a bad review.”

“Berry Berry.”

Beside him, the Prickly Berry, mostly purplish-red with grayish-white limbs and a rounded body, nodded repeatedly.

Qiao Sang: “…”

So this was the mission they had to do…

Zheng Guoping said sternly, “That’s because you had the Prickly Berry continuously absorb fat from the same area. According to the mission publisher’s request, you should have had the Prickly Berry’s bristles simultaneously pierce different areas to absorb fat to varying degrees.”

“This way, you can both complete the mission and train the Prickly Berry’s control ability.”

Qiao Sang suddenly realized, so this was the true purpose of this mission!

“And Xu Yajie, I told you to go underwater and create a wave, to give the mission publisher an opportunity to embrace the girl he liked. How could you not control it, and instead directly push the mission publisher onto the shore?” Zheng Guoping said with a grim face.

Xu Yajie and the Power Head Duck lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

“Wang Yao.” Zheng Guoping looked at the tablet, nearly having a vein pop out: “The mission publisher said you completed the mission, but during the final confirmation, you beat up his Long-tailed Snake. Why?”

Wang Yao nervously looked at her Big Flame Sparrow, gritted her teeth, and said, “Because the Long-tailed Snake kept flicking its tongue, and Little Flame thought it was Taunting, so it attacked.”

Qiao Sang looked curiously at the Big Flame Sparrow next to her, which was yawning. Is its temper that fierce?

Zheng Guoping took a deep breath, reminding himself not to get angry on the first day in front of Qiao Sang.

After his anger subsided a bit, Zheng Guoping said in a cold voice, “It’s been so long, and you still can’t control your Pet’s behavior.”

“Although it’s a Fire-type Pet, the Big Flame Sparrow is the first Pet you contracted, and you’ve been together for a whole year. This new student, Qiao Sang, also contracted a Fire-type Pet as her first, but it’s only been two months since her contract, yet she never experiences situations like the Big Flame Sparrow.”

The amount of information revealed in this sentence was substantial.

First, the contract with the Fire-type Pet was two months ago, but new students uniformly undergo awakening a month ago, which indicates that this new girl self-awakened.

And two months ago…

Wang Yao and the others turned their heads in a daze to look at the Pet whose name they couldn’t recall.

There was no way this could be a Beginner Pet…

Yabao proudly raised its head.

Qiao Sang, however, felt a bit uneasy under the gazes of the others.

Wasn’t this just making her a target for animosity…

…

After scolding them for a few minutes, Zheng Guoping finally felt a bit better.

He operated the tablet for a few moments, and the training ground’s floor began to move from the middle to the sides, then a rock-composed area rose from below.

Qiao Sang couldn’t help but exclaim, as expected of Hanggang City’s top Beast Master High School.

It was known that building such a training ground required a large sum of money, and ordinary Beast Master High Schools would not casually waste the funds allocated by the education bureau for construction.

Qiao Sang looked at the new area, seeing that the middle of the ground was covered with rocks, and at the very front were six fixed red targets, only about 10 centimeters in diameter.

From the left side of the ground, which was Qiao Sang’s position, these red targets looked even smaller than coins.

“Xu Yajie, you go first.” Zheng Guoping came to the red target side and called out his name.

Shi Gaofeng gloatingly patted his shoulder in sympathy.

Xu Yajie stepped forward with a bitter expression.

Qiao Sang didn’t understand why he looked so troubled; in her opinion, it should just be using a skill to attack the red targets opposite.

Although the distance was a bit far, looking about 35 meters, and there were rocks as obstacles in the middle, the targets were fixed, so there should be no problem as long as the skill’s power and attack range were large enough.

But the next second, Qiao Sang was completely dumbfounded.

She saw Xu Yajie’s Power Head Duck stomp its two feet, clench its claws into fists at its sides, open its mouth, and a Water Gun, far narrower than normal, shot out rapidly.

Then it sprayed onto Zheng… Baolong’s face…

The entire training ground fell completely silent.