Lin Zhou’s behavior was practically stating explicitly that the Lin Group had sent people to deal with him.
Although the Lin Group’s influence in Jinling was considerable, compared to the nation’s violent law enforcement agencies, they were but a mere bug.
If Chi Hong chose to directly report this, it would bring immense trouble to Lin Xia.
Lin Xia had quite a few enemies out there as well.
If he was targeted by a law enforcement Beast Tamer organization, it wouldn’t be a simple matter to resolve.
There were many people out there waiting for his downfall.
“Oh?
CEO Lin says Lin Zhou is spouting nonsense?”
“And this isn’t some Old Li’s pet beast?”
Chi Hong looked straight at Lin Xia and took a few steps forward.
“Hehe.” Lin Xia let out two gloomy laughs and said, “The child was scared silly earlier, his mind isn’t clear.”
“Name a price…”
Chi Hong flashed a grin and answered without hesitation, “I’ll sell it to you at the price you stated earlier, and I’ll pretend nothing happened.”
“Are you crazy?
You actually dare to ask for three million?” Upon hearing this, Lin Zhou was having none of it.
He stood up again, his face full of anger.
“I told you to shut up!”
“If you had half of Chi Hong’s brains, you wouldn’t still be a useless piece of trash today!”
Lin Xia was furious.
Standing up, he snatched the ashtray off the desk and hurled it.
The ashtray smashed right at Lin Zhou’s feet, causing him to freeze in place.
“Huu…” Lin Xia let out a long sigh.
To the secretary standing by the door, he said, “Take him away, and transfer four million to him.”
“I hope you can be satisfied with this price.”
“I’m very satisfied.” Chi Hong nodded and left the office.
Not long after Chi Hong left, Lin Xia slammed a fist onto the desk and said with a gloomy expression, “Old Li failed.
This kid isn’t right.
Stay away from him for the next couple of days.”
“Don’t cause trouble for me.
In a few days, I’ll find professionals…
to finish him off.”
“Brother, why don’t you do it yourself?” Seeing an opening to speak, Lin Zhou immediately asked.
“That’s why I’m telling you to use your brain more!” Lin Xia scolded again, “Who knows how many people out there have their eyes on me, and I’m supposed to handle this trivial matter myself?”
“Even if it’s a clean job, it will leave traces.
If we get targeted, am I supposed to risk the Lin Group just to throw a tantrum at a kid?”
“The blame lies with that useless Old Li!
He couldn’t even handle this trivial matter properly, and made me lose face in front of a kid!” This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Lin Zhou sat down awkwardly, not daring to make a sound.
Lin Xia calmed his emotions a bit and made a phone call.
“Old Li failed.
Go handle his corpse properly; don’t leave any conspicuous traces.”
“Where?
Can’t you look into it yourself!?”
“If you’re going to ask me everything, then just pay me your salary!”
After unleashing a torrent of curses, Lin Xia violently smashed his phone to pieces.
He seemed to have a very bad temper.
Especially when not in front of outsiders, Lin Xia made absolutely no attempt to hide it.
“Four million, meow!”
“We’re one step closer to conquering the world…
no, meow, one step closer to becoming rich, that’s not right either, meow, we can already be considered rich, meow!”
“In that case, should we go traveling, meow?
Challenge Gyms or catch powerful…
pet beasts?”
Meowth asked.
It was actually a Pokémon with its own opinions; not only would it offer suggestions, it would also analyze the suggestions given by its companions.
“It’s not time yet.
I still have to go to school.”
“You don’t really think a kid can just go traveling and become the best in the world, do you?”
Chi Hong said with a smile.
The worldview was different now; going traveling with a cat and a dog was far too risky.
In his memories, both his grandfather and his parents were Super Beast Tamers who had surpassed the S-Rank, yet after entering a forbidden zone, they all vanished without a trace.
“At the very least, I need to unlock one of the members of my regular party before I have the confidence to go to that forbidden zone and see what the situation really is.”
Thinking up to this point, he cast a glance at Meowth walking beside him and gave a soft smile.
The regular party he was referring to naturally did not include Meowth.
In the game, Meowth’s base stats were a mere 290 points; it was purely an early-route tier.
“Meowth, do you think we should stay in a hotel or rent an apartment?” Chi Hong asked.
“Do you even have to think about that, meow?” Meowth hopped in front of Chi Hong, waving its two paws, and said, “A hotel, of course, meow.
No cleaning, no cooking, in short, there’s absolutely no need to do any chores, meow!”
“You’re right.”
“Furthermore, the security measures in a hotel are relatively good too, with surveillance cameras everywhere.”
“Alright!
We’ll stay at the Chaoyang Group’s hotel chain!” Find the original chapter at novelping.com.
Chi Hong nodded and decisively raised a hand to flag down a taxi.
Inside the taxi, there was an advertisement for a pet beast battling event.
If one participated and won, they could receive a cash prize.
This was an event held in almost every city; larger companies would fund and host such events to attract traffic.
However, the money earned this way wasn’t much.
The real big earner was actually…
Chi Hong’s eyes narrowed slightly as he thought of a path that could rapidly increase his strength and bring in quick cash.
Of course, it was also very dangerous.
“If I can’t decide for now, I just won’t make a decision yet.
Let’s leave the decision up to which pet beast I unlock tomorrow…”
Chi Hong had four million on him.
If he only wanted to be a regular citizen, his life could already be considered worry-free, but compared to the original assets of the Chi family, this four million wasn’t even a drop in the bucket.
If he wanted to become stronger and uncover the truth behind the forbidden zone, he truly needed money and influence at this stage.
He couldn’t really just feed his Pokémon instant noodles every meal, could he?
This world had many precious ‘fruits’ that could further unlock a pet beast’s potential.
There was no reason for him to pass up these enhancement resources.
First, he casually bought a few new sets of clothes.
After finding a hotel, Chi Hong paid for a month’s room fee in one go, then took Meowth and Mightyena out for a massive feast.
They didn’t stop until Meowth’s stomach became as round as its head.
“I’m so full, meow.”
“Meowth’s happy life is about to begin, meow.”
Meowth rubbed its belly and leaned against Mightyena, its face full of contentment.
Mightyena was also lying down with a satisfied look on its canine face, and soon dozed off.
Late at night, both Meowth and Mightyena were sleeping soundly, but Chi Hong got up and walked to the bedside.
His movements were very light, and the fast-asleep Mightyena didn’t smell any other scents, so it didn’t wake up.
“Based on the only two unlocks so far, the first was Chao Xia’s Fire Wolf corresponding to my Mightyena.”
“The second was that Humanoid Cat unlocking Meowth.”
“What’s been demonstrated so far is that Pokémon with corresponding biological forms are unlocked.”
“Canines and felines.”
“Then, if I want to do that dangerous job, the Dark, Psychic, and Ghost types would be more suitable.”
“I have four million.
Two million should be enough to hire a relatively formidable assassin…”
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll go take a look…”
Chi Hong put on a black hoodie, donned a cap and a mask, and left the hotel after recalling Mightyena into its Poké Ball.
As for the carefree Meowth, it was still sleeping heavily!
Chi Hong didn’t intend to wake it up, letting it rest well.