My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome

Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Meeting Luo Feng Again (Please Recommend, Collect, and Invest)

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Riiiiing~”

Su City’s Abnormal Administration Bureau family building.

Exhausted by the two explosion cases, Chen Zhenglong was awakened by the urgent ringing of the phone not long after he had fallen asleep. His wife grumbled something impatiently and turned over to face the inside of the bed.

He turned on the bedside lamp, put on his coat, gave his wife an apologetic look, and walked onto the balcony with his phone. @@novelbin@@

“Speak up, where did it explode this time?”

Chen Zhenglong’s tone wasn’t very friendly. With no progress on the two explosion cases and an immense amount of effort and resources wasted, combined with a severe personnel shortage, the recent accumulation of various cases at the Abnormal Administration Bureau felt like a heavy mountain pressing down on him.

The officer on the other end of the call seemed caught off guard, and after a long silence, cautiously asked, “Captain Chen… you already know?”

Still a bit groggy, Chen Zhenglong didn’t catch on immediately and replied impatiently, “Know what? Spit it out.”

“Yes, sir! Report, Captain Chen. We received a report from a teacher at Su City University’s combat training department. There was an explosion at ** Mountain, and a student is missing.”

“It’s just an explosion… hold it off until… wait, what?! Another explosion?!” Chen Zhenglong’s eyes widened, and he couldn’t help but raise his voice.

His wife inside seemed to wake up, muttered something again, and Chen Zhenglong remembered he was home, quickly lowering his voice to ask for more details.

“Damn!”

Chen Zhenglong hung up the phone, leaned on the balcony’s windowsill, his face grim, feeling like he was being screwed over.

The case itself wasn’t particularly complicated. The teacher at Su City University didn’t know much either, just that some suspicious individuals had infiltrated the training ground, then a student went missing, and later there was a massive explosion on ** Mountain.

But when Chen Zhenglong asked for the missing student’s name, he felt a deep sense of dread—once again, it was Shao Zifeng. He had appeared near the first explosion in the old town, was seen at the scene of the second “Former Chang’an Residence” explosion, and now was connected to the third explosion.

Chen Zhenglong was now extremely troubled because, according to his information, Shao Zifeng was from a sister unit of their Abnormal Administration Bureau. Two units, one in the open and one in the shadows, guarded the city. Although their philosophies differed and he disapproved of the other unit’s methods, they were equal entities, and his Bureau had no jurisdiction to question their people.

He had reported that unit’s actions to his superiors multiple times, but every response was “read, no reply,” as if his superiors tacitly approved of their behavior.

Frustrated, Chen Zhenglong scratched his head, leaned against the windowsill, lit a cigarette, and took a deep drag. The flickering red glow stood out sharply in the dark night. After a couple of puffs, he paused, looked into the room at his sleeping wife, and extinguished the cigarette.

Chen Zhenglong stared blankly at the night sky, his frustration growing.

“Riiiiing~”

The shrill ringtone of his phone rang again. Without looking, Chen Zhenglong answered it directly, “What now? Say it all at once.”

The person on the other end seemed taken aback by Chen Zhenglong’s tone, hesitated for a moment, then let out a small laugh.

“Captain Chen, you know?”

“It’s you!” Chen Zhenglong recognized the voice and his anger flared, but mindful of his sleeping wife, he still lowered his voice to shout.

“No need to be so harsh, being angry is bad for your health. Besides, aren’t you curious why I’m calling you in the middle of the night?” The person on the other end seemed unfazed by Chen Zhenglong’s attitude, their tone still relaxed.

“Speak! I don’t have time to waste with you lunatics.” Chen Zhenglong took a deep breath, fighting the urge to hang up.

“Holy Origin Society. Interested?” After saying this, the person seemed to recall something and added, “Come alone, don’t alert anyone from your Bureau.”

“You mean…”

…

Chen Zhenglong hung up the phone and rushed to the bathroom to freshen up. After quickly getting dressed in his uniform, he could barely contain his excitement. The Holy Origin Society had recently become his nightmare, with no clues found despite all his searches.

Opening the bedroom door, Chen Zhenglong turned to look at his sleeping wife. He opened his mouth to say something but ultimately couldn’t bear to wake her. A rare softness appeared on his face, and he gently closed the door behind him.

…

Shao Zifeng opened his eyes and stared blankly at the pure white ceiling. The soft beeping of machines echoed in his ears. For a moment, he was lost, immersed in the philosophical questions of “Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?”

“Yo, you’re awake.” A magnetic male voice sounded nearby, somewhat familiar.

Shao Zifeng turned his head to look. His vision blurry, he vaguely saw the silhouette of a man sitting not far away, smiling at him. He seemed familiar. Who was he? Shao Zifeng struggled to process it with his sluggish brain.

“Don’t recognize me? It’s me, the one who talked to you about dreams.” Seeing Shao Zifeng’s confused expression, the man’s smile faltered slightly, his smile becoming somewhat stiff.

“Dreams?” Shao Zifeng muttered in confusion. Where had he seen this person? A strange sense of familiarity washed over him. Almost there, it felt like something was about to surface!

He carefully examined the figure before him. The blurry silhouette gradually became clear—a white coat without a single wrinkle, narrow-framed gold glasses, hair impeccably combed, and a slightly pretentious seated posture.

“Luo Feng?” Shao Zifeng hesitated and called out.

Seeing that Shao Zifeng had recognized him, Luo Feng’s face softened slightly. Clearing his throat to maintain his demeanor, he crossed his legs and calmly adjusted his slightly wrinkled sleeve.

“Dust explosion, killed a third-tier pet beast. Kid, you’re something else. You’ve really impressed me.”

He had to admit, Shao Zifeng’s performance had impressed him. When he first saw the armadillo lizard, he was indeed moved by its talent. After all, rare pets usually didn’t have poor potential, and he had personally witnessed Qiuqiu’s battle.

But after reading Director Zhao’s evaluation report, he had lowered Shao Zifeng’s level of attention to a dispensable degree because a pet beast with such low potential, no matter how rare, wouldn’t concern him too much.

When Shao Zifeng called him last night, he was surprised and had even prepared an excuse to politely decline. Unexpectedly, Shao Zifeng had delivered a big surprise instead.

“Just lucky.” Shao Zifeng weakly smiled and tried to sit up when a wave of intense pain swept through his body. Cold sweat instantly covered his forehead, and his face turned even paler.

“Don’t move if you don’t want to be crippled. You really got lucky this time.” Luo Feng stood up, adjusted his appearance, and pushed his glasses. “All right, rest up. I have a lot of matters to handle. If I didn’t know the Abnormal Administration Bureau was compromised, I wouldn’t dip my hands into this mess!”

“Hey, I…” Seeing Luo Feng about to leave, Shao Zifeng quickly called out.

Luo Feng turned back, “Also, you did well this time. Think about what you need.”

…

Not far from Shao Zifeng’s ward was a special room.

Half of this room was built underground, with the aboveground part made of a large piece of special glass. Standing in front of the glass, one could clearly see the scene inside. The underground portion was covered with a special alloy said to withstand a full-scale attack from a fifth-tier pet beast for ten minutes.

Chen Zhenglong stood outside the glass wall, his gaze intense as he stared at the person inside the room, whose entire body was wrapped in bandages and connected to tubes linked to the machines surrounding the bed, monitoring the patient’s vital signs in real-time.

Chen Zhenglong had been standing there all night, watching the person inside, seemingly afraid they’d disappear. His bloodshot eyes couldn’t conceal his inner excitement.

“Yo, Captain Chen, not taking a break?” Luo Feng, coming out of Shao Zifeng’s ward, saw Chen Zhenglong and paused for a moment, not expecting him to still be there.

Chen Zhenglong glanced at Luo Feng before continuing to stare at the person inside the room, replying with a hint of sarcasm, “You lunatics actually care about people?”

“Not necessarily, but the next operation will require Captain Chen’s cooperation. If something happens to you, it will complicate things.” Luo Feng, unfazed by Chen Zhenglong’s sarcasm, pushed his narrow-framed gold glasses thoughtfully in response.

Momentarily taken aback, Chen Zhenglong frowned in confusion, “Operation? What operation? The Holy Origin Society’s hidden piece is right here. Isn’t it enough to wait until he wakes up?”

“Of course not. We’ve already gathered all the necessary information. Now Captain Chen just needs to issue a warrant for Pei Yong’s arrest and deploy all Abnormal Administration Bureau agents to search the city. Leave the rest to us.” Since further cooperation from the Abnormal Administration Bureau was required, Luo Feng didn’t mind revealing part of the plan.

Chen Zhenglong, silent at first, seriously pondered the significance of this plan.

Suddenly, like an enraged lion, he glared at Luo Feng, his bloodshot eyes fixed on him as he enunciated, “You want to use his wife as bait!”

Luo Feng calmly met Chen Zhenglong’s furious stare, wordlessly confirming his suspicions.

“Have you thought about what kind of consequences such aggressive tactics might cause? Pei Yong deserves to die, but his wife and unborn child are innocent. You lunatics!!” Chen Zhenglong erupted in anger, almost ready to tear someone apart.

“So what?” Luo Feng calmly responded, his gaze unwavering, devoid of any emotion.

“So what? So what! Ha, of course, you lunatics who stop at nothing to achieve your goals wouldn’t care about the consequences. Just like three years ago, when you watched my comrades getting killed! You wouldn’t care about anyone’s life!” Chen Zhenglong, furious, gave a bitter laugh as memories he didn’t want to recall resurfaced.

Three years ago, fresh out of the military, Chen Zhenglong and several comrades were assigned to the Su City Abnormal Administration Bureau. During a sudden terrorist attack, Luo Feng and his organization, trying to expand their results, ignored their ability to intervene and watched Abnormal Administration Bureau officers fall in a bloodbath.

Among them was someone Chen Zhenglong regarded as a brother, the former captain of Su City’s Abnormal Administration Bureau, Xue Qigang.

“We only care about the results, not the process. Our mission is to protect Su City from destruction. The extent of the sacrifices along the way is irrelevant to us.” Responding to Chen Zhenglong’s accusations, Luo Feng calmly pushed up his glasses, void of any guilt.

“Fine, sacrificing as much as you want isn’t my concern. I, Chen, will not accompany you any further.” Looking at the calm Luo Feng, Chen Zhenglong gradually regained his composure, turned, and prepared to leave.

“Superior’s commission letter: until the Abnormal Administration Bureau’s hidden piece is eradicated, Captain Chen Zhenglong is required to fully cooperate with our operation and follow our commands. Here’s the document.” Luo Feng’s voice stopped Chen Zhenglong in his tracks.

His entire body went rigid as he turned back to see Luo Feng holding an official stamped commission letter. A flicker of pain passed through his eyes.

…

“All personnel to the conference room immediately.”

Staff from all departments of the Abnormal Administration Bureau paused their work and quickly gathered in the fourth-floor conference room.

Following behind a few senior colleagues, Xiao Li wondered why Captain Chen was calling a meeting at this time. He felt anxious. Since contacting Pei Yong yesterday, there had been no news from him.

With rumors of a third explosion spreading in the Bureau today, he couldn’t shake a bad feeling.

Upon entering the conference room, the atmosphere felt oppressive. The usually hot-tempered Captain Chen was now sitting at the head of the table, exuding a calm demeanor. While he showed no emotion, the low pressure he exuded made Xiao Li feel even more suppressed.

“Is everyone here?”

Chen Zhenglong looked around as if trying to memorize each face. According to the gathered intelligence, a traitor from the Holy Origin Society was among those he worked closely with daily. It was something he found hardest to accept.

Holding the remote control for the projector, he turned it on, displaying Pei Yong’s ID photo. “This man attacked students from Su City University at Wutong Mountain yesterday but failed. He is now wanted on suspicion of being connected to the organization we’ve been investigating. All of you, drop your current assignments, form teams, and search the entire city. Find this man.” Chen Zhenglong’s voice was authoritative and determined.

Abnormal Administration Bureau agents exchanged glances, then stood up uniformly and saluted, “Yes, sir!”