Chapter 1467
A monster that eats exhaust fumes? Brilliant!
Just when Kirino Makio was about to suffer misfortune, his prophecy came true.
It wasn't a slow, leisurely premonition; rather, it felt like a blender running at full speed had been shoved into his head, and with a whoosh, images were slammed directly into his brain.
Deep underground, a huge nest is writhing.
Decades of accumulated exhaust fumes from vehicles coalesced in the darkness, transforming into a monster.
It has a bizarre, upside-down body shape like a two-tailed monster, with two long whip-like tentacles swinging back and forth in its lair, and strong acid liquid spewing from the opening on the upper part of its body, corroding the surrounding rocks with a hissing sound.
It was hungry.
It smelled the odor of car exhaust on the ground.
Kirino Makio suddenly opened his eyes, his glasses askew to his ears. He scrambled out of the dormitory, running and shouting down the corridor.
"A monster! There's a monster! It eats exhaust fumes! It's acidic! It has tentacles! In northern Kanto! In Ritoma City!"
The commotion was as loud as if the dormitory was on fire.
Cui Ming was eating a steamed bun in the cafeteria when he heard this. He put the bun down on the table and slowly wiped his mouth.
"Eating exhaust fumes?"
He touched his chin and narrowed his eyes.
Kirino Makio slumped in his chair, panting heavily, his face covered in sweat.
"It's...it's a monster born from decades of accumulated vehicle exhaust...called Littlemarus...its main weapons are strong acid and long whip tentacles..."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Cui Ming cautiously.
"Brother Cui...should we evacuate in advance? Or deploy firepower?"
Cui Ming did not respond.
He sat there, his fingers tapping lightly on the table, his eyes darting around, clearly deep in thought.
Kirino Makio didn't dare to disturb him, so he could only shrink into his chair, holding his teacup and sipping it slowly.
After a long while, Cui Ming suddenly spoke.
"Ingesting exhaust fumes..."
The corners of his mouth slowly curled up, a smile that sent a chill down Kirino Makio's spine.
"We can try to see if we can turn this guy into one of our own."
"what?"
Kirino Makio spat out a mouthful of tea.
"Beat them to death first, then arrest them when they're almost dead!"
Cui Ming slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and his eyes flashed with a light that Kirino Makio was very familiar with.
That was the look in Cui Ming's eyes when he saw a target that could be used to attach explosives.
"Think about it, it eats exhaust fumes, isn't that great! There are more and more cars now, and exhaust pollution is so serious. If we could recruit it and put it in an industrial area, it would just eat exhaust fumes, wouldn't that be a living air purifier!"
Cui Ming became more and more excited as he spoke, and began pacing back and forth in the cafeteria.
"Moreover, it has strong acid, tentacles, and its combat power is not bad. Once we subdue it, we can just put it at the entrance of the base, and who would dare to cause trouble?"
Kirino Makio was stunned.
He had foreseen so many future possibilities, but this was the first time he had ever seen someone want to capture a monster and keep it as an employee.
"But... Brother Cui, that guy has strong acid and two long whip-like tentacles, it's hard to catch..."
"That's why we have to beat them to death first!"
Cui Ming waved his hand, full of vigor and high spirits.
"Beat it until it has no temper, beat it until it trembles at the sight of me, and then throw some car exhaust fumes at it to tempt it. It will have no choice but to obey!"
He turned to look at Kirino Makio and patted him on the shoulder.
"Xiao Tong, you've done a great job this time! Once I bring that guy back, I'll give you the top credit!"
Kirino Makio opened his mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.
Looking at Cui Ming's determined expression, he sighed inwardly.
It’s over.
That monster is in for a rough time.
Those who are targeted by Cui Ming never have a good ending.
They either get blown to bits or tricked into thinking they're one of their own.
Kirino Makio picked up his teacup and silently took a sip.
Forget it.
At least this time he won't get slapped.
He touched his face and breathed a sigh of relief.
Cui Ming had already rushed out of the cafeteria, shouting as he ran.
"Victory Team! Prepare to attack! This time we're not killing the monsters, we're capturing them alive!"
"The Living Air Purifier Project is officially launched!"
Kirino Makio was the only one left in the cafeteria. He watched Cui Ming's departing figure and shook his head.
“Litemarus…”
"Hopefully you can take a beating..."
"Otherwise, it wouldn't even have the chance to be used as an air purifier..."
He sighed and poured himself another cup of tea.
Life with a government job is just that simple and unpretentious.
And it's boring.
But...
"Xiaotong, don't rush! We'll continue training you after this is all done!"
"No!!!!"
The area where Litmarus was located was quickly cordoned off. Yellow and black police tape was laid out in circles, and TPC patrol cars with flashing lights drove back and forth in the abandoned industrial area, while a mechanical female voice repeatedly broadcast from a loudspeaker, "Unauthorized personnel, please evacuate immediately."
However, there are four mischievous kids.
The four teenagers hid behind several wrecked cars, peeking out and looking at the patrol cars and uniformed personnel with mischievous glints in their eyes.
"Look! Another car is coming!"
"It's from TPC!"
"Let's shoot that one down!"
"Use the drawn bow! Shoot him!"
The leader of the mischievous kids pulled a homemade slingshot out of his pocket, stretched the rubber band out to a very long length, and aimed it at the black SUV that had just come to a stop.
The car door opened.
Cui Mingxian got down first, dressed in a black combat uniform with equipment clipped to his waist, and his sharp eyes scanned the surrounding environment.
Daigo followed closely behind, holding a detector in his hand, muttering, "Instructor, the nest that Mr. Kirino mentioned should be located underground here..."
Before he could finish speaking...
Whoosh!
A dark shadow shot out from behind the wrecked car, heading straight for Cui Ming's face.
Daigo's pupils contracted: "Watch out!"
Without even turning his head, Cui Ming raised his right hand with lightning speed and pinched it between two fingers.
Snapped.
He held the pebble firmly between his fingers.
Cui Ming glanced down, without even frowning.
Daigo quickly came over and saw that it was a stone fired from a slingshot; his expression changed.
"Instructor, calm down! Don't kill him! He's a child!"
Cui Ming raised his eyes and looked at the wrecked cars. A smile slowly curved his lips into a shape that sent chills down Daigo's spine.
"Do not worry."
He held the pebble between his fingertips and flicked his wrist slightly.
"I'll show them what a lion's fangs are all about."
Whoosh! ! !
The pebble shot through the air at more than three times the speed it had come from, its precision as if it had eyes.
"Awooo—!!!"
A piercing, distorted scream came from behind the wrecked car.
What followed was chaos and confusion.
"Waaaaah! My butt!"
"Run!!"
"Help me!!"
Four mischievous kids tumbled and crawled out from behind the car. The one in the lead was clutching his backside, his face covered in tears and snot. He had long since thrown away his slingshot. The other three didn't even dare to look back and ran away as fast as they could.
Cui Ming dusted off his hands, his face expressionless.
Daigo stared wide-eyed, nearly dropping the detector in his hand.
"Instructor...you..."
"Don't worry, you won't die."
Cui Ming straightened his cuffs, his tone as calm as if he were saying that the weather was nice today.
"It's just a bruise on my butt that hurts for three days."
He paused, then added.
"It's much better than being whipped into mincemeat by a monster's tail."
Dagu: "..."
In the distance, the brat who was running around clutching his bottom was still howling.
"Mom—!!! There's a bad person!!!"
Cui Ming ignored him and turned to walk into the blockade.
"Let's go, Daigo, we need to get down to business."
"That child..."
"Serves you right."
Cui Ming didn't even turn his head.
"If anyone dares to point a taut bow at TPC again, it won't just be a matter of three days of sore buttocks."
Daigo looked at the instructor's cold back, then glanced at the limping brat in the distance, and silently swallowed.
Then he quickly followed.
He silently lit a candle for the four children in his heart.
Why mess with anyone?
He angered Cui Ming.
This is like trying to light a lantern in an outhouse.
Are you looking for death?
Woo woo woo.
The mark on that child's buttocks must be swollen up to the shape of a lion's tooth.
Daigo didn't dare ask.
He was afraid to ask, but Cui ordered him to give it a try. (End of Chapter)