Three minutes passed before a response came through:
["I’m already on my way, it’ll take about ten more minutes. I’ll contact you once I arrive."]
Qiao Sang gave an "ok" hand sign and put the phone down.
...
Meanwhile.
Beast Taming Center.
Third floor detection hall.
Fauler looked at his phone, deep in thought without saying a word.
"What’s wrong?" McCarthy asked upon seeing this.
Fauler put down his phone and inquired, "If the person with the ghostly magma is really the child who performed Spatial Movement on the Lava Beast last night, do you think you could beat her?"
"What are you talking about? She’s just a child, how could I possibly..." McCarthy’s words trailed off abruptly as he remembered the terrifying Pet Beast that had burst out of the volcano the previous night.
"Is she really just a child?" Fauler continued to ask.
McCarthy chuckled dismissively, "What else could she be? She looks underage."
"But her Pet Beast isn’t something an underage should have," Fauler mused.
McCarthy paused for a moment, "You mean..."
"There are some Pet Beast Skills that can change a person’s appearance," Fauler said gravely. "The one we saw might not be her true appearance."
At this, McCarthy’s composure faltered, turning grave.
Indeed, he remembered a piece of news from a year ago about a man who fell in love at first sight with a girl during his travels, pursued her desperately, and finally, on the last day of their trip, won her over. They started a relationship.
However, it was always a long-distance relationship, during which the man transferred at least a million in funds, but then was abruptly dumped without having seen her face again.
Unable to bear it, he went to the police, claiming fraud, though his real intent was just to see the girl one more time.
The police investigation revealed that the girl was actually a 48-year-old man, cursed by a Spectral-type Pet to temporarily take on the appearance of his daughter.
The 42-year-old man had chosen to travel because he was too ashamed to let acquaintances see his altered appearance.
Upon learning the truth, the deceived man was initially enraged but then chose to forgive after finding out that the appearance was that of the offender’s daughter.
The older man was touched and introduced his own daughter to him.
The two married six months later, becoming quite the sensational story.
Fauler continued on his own accord:
"It’s too dangerous to work or trade with someone whose true appearance you don’t even know. It’s better to avoid face-to-face contact as much as possible."
McCarthy nodded, agreeing fully.
"I need to use the restroom," Fauler said as he stood up and left.
He went down to the lobby, handing a square-shaped box to the service center attendant:
"Please hold onto this for a moment, and if someone comes asking for it and hands you something similar, give this to her."
"Certainly, sir," the attendant took the box and nodded.
Fauler turned and walked about ten meters away to the wall before speaking into thin air:
"When she arrives, keep a close watch, and if you don’t feel anything from the item she brings out, immediately take the Shadow Dynasty Pearl and leave."
"Xun Xun," a voice answered from the air.
Fauler glanced towards the service center’s direction, then picked up his phone. After waiting a few minutes on purpose, he finally sent a message:
["Do you have half a pound of the ghostly magma?"]
...
Qiao Sang looked at the new message and sent a reply:
["Yes"]
Fauler responded quickly: ["The item you asked for is now at the service center in the lobby on the first floor. Hand over the ghostly magma to one of the staff members there and say someone just left a box; they’ll give you what you want in return."]
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