The Beast Tamer Is A Slime

John grinned at Charlie and just like a certain slime, he also wagged his non-existent fox tail. 

Charlie's eyes immediately widened at John's suggestion and he was about to refuse, but John quickly interrupted in one breath— 

[I'll pay for any expenses needed to register the ancestor. You only need to lend your name to register. That's not a bad deal, isn't it?] 

After all, it was strange for a cool guy like him to keep a slime as a pet...

But if it was this guy Charlie…

However, Charlie reacted strongly at John's sudden idea.

[Wait, wait, uncle, that's not fair! What if I attract attention because of this? I-I also have to be responsible for my registered pet! If Neo made a mess— ] 

John quickly tried to persuade the boy.

[No, no, you can do this, young man— ] 

While the two hunters were bickering about Neo's ownership, Neo himself had already paused his transformation skill. 

There was still around thirty minutes left in the countdown, so he kept it for emergencies. 

With just one click, without any other annoying special effects, Neo slowly returned to his true state— 

A cute palm-sized golden slime. 

Neo let out a sigh of relief as he stretched his small hands, trying to climb out of the cylinder tube. 

Finally, he can move freely! 

Being a cockroach isn't that fun. It's so suffocating inside the cylinder tube, okay? 

The slime had already climbed out of the cylinder tube by himself and soon, it also crawled out of the backpack, heading straight toward John's palm. 

John seemed to have sixth sense and immediately transferred the little guy to Charlie. 

[Oh yes, let's set up our character identity. You pretend to be a young master while I am your bodyguard, how is it?] 

[WHAT?? I'm not even suitable to play the character of a young master— ]

Charlie, who was still arguing with John, suddenly felt something slippery and cool on his palm.

The young man paused and slowly looked down, only to see a slime melting into a slime pancake. 

....

The slime was already on his hand. 

It was too late to refuse! 

Charlie was defeated and had no choice but to accept John's arrangement. 

Charlie couldn't help but pout and show a dejected smile while John was smiling from ear to ear. 

[Good, good, good. Anyway, just follow my guidance. You will be fine!] 

John patted Charlie's shoulder with satisfaction and was about to drag the boy into the room when someone across the quiet corridor suddenly called out John's name in a loud voice. 

"Hey, John! It's you! We met again!" 

The person who called John immediately waved at John enthusiastically, but did not intend to come to the small corner at all. 

John, Charlie and Neo subconsciously looked at the direction of the voice and saw someone they were familiar with. 

A short black-haired young man with a sinister face, resembling a cheap villain. 

He still had a smug grin on his face as he beckoned at John, as if John was his cat. 

Who else would this be other than Tom? 

John twitched his lips and tried to ignore the young man's call, but the young man kept calling him persistently, so much so that other people passing the corridor couldn't help but look over. 

John's current location was deserted enough with only one or two passersby, but Tom's loud voice instantly gathered five to ten curious hunters. 

They were not that far from the small lobby where Neo saw the LED screen showing the "Pet Beast of The Month". 

That small lobby was an interaction of four different corridors, making it a place with the most traffic. 

Some hunters hanging around the corridors were attracted by Tom's random shouting and slowly gathered around him. 

Then, they all looked at the two hunters at the end of the corridor with curiosity. 

These crazy hunters who liked to seek excitement could smell some drama between these people. 

There's tea! 

"John! John! Here! Hello~ can you see me?"

Tom kept calling, and John's temple immediately throbbed so badly. 

Fck this brat! 

John didn't want to attract more attention to their group, so he and Charlie quickly crossed the corridors to the small lobby. 

Of course, Neo only had time to hide inside Charlie's chest pocket and couldn't to the cylinder tube. 

The two hunters crossed the corridor within just a few minutes. 

Once they were only a few meters away from Tom and the crowd of hunters, John immediately tried to smile at Tom, looking polite. 

"Oh, hi, Tom. I was too far from you before, I didn't see your face clearly."

John tacitly tried to brush off his obvious action of ignoring Tom, and Tom himself also "didn't care". 

It was just that, the two sidekicks behind Tom, who were holding one pet carrier each, couldn't help but mumble loudly. 

"Tsk. As expected of a country bumpkin from World District 9. He doesn't even know basic manners."

One of the two sidekicks, a young man who dyed his hair orange, openly mocked John, while the other one with green hair quickly tried to become the "good cop". 

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be like that. This brother— " 

The green-haired youth looked at John's not-so-young face and immediately changed the way he addressed the man. 

"Um, this uncle doesn't know our young master's true identity, so it's normal to be ignorant."

The young man emphasized the word "uncle" heavily and then looked at John as if he was a pitiful guy who knew nothing about the world. 

The other hunters around, some of them from other cities and some from Slime City, subconsciously frowned at the two young men's words. 

They were also the natives of World District 9 or at least had moved and lived here for a long time! 

Aren't these two brats indirectly looking down on them? 

How dare these three brats with traffic light hair mocked all of them with a few casual words?! 

Presumptuous!