Chapter 48: To find out what happens next, Qian Qi, please wire the money!

"Little System, have you realized something very serious?"

Qian Qi’s little face turned solemn for once. It seemed she was about to discuss a serious matter.

The System listened patiently: [What do you want to say?]

"That senior who helped Chen Tong assassinate me actually has a contracted beast!" Qian Qi's tone carried a faint trace of righteous indignation.

[?] The System slowly generated a question mark. [And so?]

"And so?!"

Qian Qi clutched her sack tightly, took a step forward with her right leg bent, pointed her hands alternately at the unconscious Beast-Taming Department senior lying on the ground, and said with grief and indignation:

"Open your eyes and look! Even scum like him has a contracted beast, yet a chosen transmigrator like me, peerlessly beautiful and generous, and equipped with the strongest golden finger system in the universe, doesn't have a single one!"

Her voice rose and fell with dramatic flair, and she exaggeratedly asked, "Is this reasonable?!"

It was completely unreasonable!

"My noble and peerless, erudite Lord System! I understand, this is your test for me!"

Qian Qi spoke with rich emotion, lightly stroked her chest, and declared loftily, "You are waiting for the right moment. As long as you confirm that I possess the talent to make money for you, you will bestow upon me the great talent of beast taming!"

With a sliding lunge, she dropped to one knee, held the system interface high with both hands, and said with a devout, trembling voice, "Now that moment has arrived! Come forth! I am willing to bear the grace of your great wisdom, become your most loyal believer, and offer up the most dazzling money in this world to you!"

Come forth! My beast-taming talent!

Come forth! My contracted beast!

The System: [...]

For a moment, the System was speechless, wondering what kind of creature it had bound itself to.

Meanwhile, Qian Qi's small hands held high above her head tightened almost imperceptibly around the sack.

She had flattered and boasted this much; if the System didn't have one or refused to give her one, she was going to put a sack over it, stomp on it fiercely a few times, and throw it into a stinky ditch.

Silence fell over the scene as the two engaged in a fierce mental battle within their minds, fighting countless psychological wars.

Finally, the silent System slowly typed out a line of text.

[Actually, anyone can tame beasts.]

If the powerful masters of the world were to see this sentence, it would undoubtedly cause monstrous waves. After all, ever since the appearance of beast tamers, it had been an accepted truth that only those with beast-taming talent could contract magical beasts.

But Qian Qi, being a novice, didn't understand. She only knew that her System was immensely powerful; apart from being a bit expensive, there seemed to be nothing it didn't know.

"So? How do I contract a magical beast?" Qian Qi asked with wide, expectant eyes, purely wanting to contract a beast to protect her property.

Setting aside the reinforcement of external weapons, the power inherent in a person's own body was the ultimate truth. Under absolute defense and heavy punches, all fancy tricks were mere floating clouds.

And in the absence of absolute defense and heavy punches, fancy contracted beasts were naturally the gods forever~!

[Make the magical beast initiate the contract application.]

In the night, the system interface silently displayed faintly glowing white characters. Who would have thought that on such a calm and ordinary night, the method to change the destiny of the world and humanity would be born in such a mundane way.

[The lower the rank of the magical beast, the fiercer and more bloodthirsty it is, harboring the desire to kill upon seeing humans. The higher the rank of the magical beast, the smarter and more intelligent it is, disdaining to submit to humans.]

This resulted in no magical beast being willing to voluntarily contract with a human. After all, who would voluntarily make their food their master?

Imagine treating a piece of pork on a cutting board as your master, fighting and killing for it every day, and likely losing your life over the slightest carelessness—would you be willing?

Not even a fool would be willing.

[Therefore, for an ordinary person to make a magical beast bow its head, there are only two methods.]

The System paused. [To find out what happens next, please make a payment, Qian Qi~＾ｖ＾]

Qian Qi, who had been staring intently at the panel: ???

Qian Qi wore a speechless expression that read, "You've got to be kidding me, bro." "System, what kind of relationship do we have? You want money for a small problem like this?"

The System flickered: [Sleepy, going to sleep ＾＿＾]

"Don't!" Qian Qi immediately caved—no, wait, she was a person who knew how to adapt to circumstances. She hurriedly hugged the System and said with grief and indignation, "Fine! How much?"

The System fell silent once again.

Qian Qi's alarm bells instantly rang. "System! Forget it then! That's money I just earned; you surely don't want to take all of it, do you? I need to eat too!"

The System, which was currently calculating how much Qian Qi had earned today and how much profit it could skim off: ...

[Don't be so stingy.] The System explained while calculating, [This is a method that allows ordinary people to tame beasts; charging a bit more is completely normal.]

Otherwise, did she think it introduced the defense fruit to her for a mere 100 bucks because it was a sucker?

Naturally, that was to cast a long line to catch a big fish!

After reserving Qian Qi's major-transfer fee and orphanage-transfer fee, the System said considerately, [I'll wipe the remainder for you: 1 million, and you can unveil the secret known to only one person in the entire world~＾ｖ＾]

Qian Qi gritted her teeth. "Wipe the remainder again, 100 thousand."

[Deal~] The System flashed a huge, beaming smile. [Pay up!]

Qian Qi's heart skipped a beat. A deal? Just like that? It didn't even haggle with her?

When things are abnormal, there must be a demon afoot. She cast a suspicious glance at the System and said cautiously, "Are you trying to scam me? You're not going to take the money and run, are you?"

[How could that be? What kind of relationship do we have? Isn't it completely normal to give you a discount?] The System mimicked Qian Qi's tone and said with feigned maturity, [We'll be seeing each other often in the future; show a little trust, hmm?]

Qian Qi: ...

Half-believing and half-doubting, Qian Qi transferred 100 thousand yuan to the System.

Upon receiving the money, the System stated quite cheerfully, [The first method is playing the emotional card: living with a magical beast for a long time until you are genuinely recognized and relied upon by it. Only then might the other party initiate a contract application.]

However, this method sounded extremely difficult from the start. Just the requirement of living with a magical beast for a long time was impossible for an ordinary person to achieve.

After all, magical beasts eat people!

Qian Qi went straight to the second method. "What about the second one?"

[The second one? We'll talk about it later.] The System smiled blandly. [For the sake of saving you money, it is recommended that you first go to the magical beast storage room to shovel poop for the beasts~＾ｖ＾]

Qian Qi: ...

Qian Qi: ???

What—? Shovel poop—?

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Early in the morning, Qian Qi snapped awake from a near-death sleep.

She had just had a nightmare in which she shoveled three tons of poop for magical beasts, and Senior Chen Tong, in order to escape his gambling debt, leaped headfirst into a cesspool and drowned.

Qian Qi's tender young soul suffered trauma. She opened the campus forum and frantically tapped out a post: #Mind-blowing revelation! A certain well-known senior of the Beast-Taming Department ran away to do *this* to pay off his 5-million-yuan debt to Tycoon Qian Qi?!#

Phew~ Her injured soul was instantly healed.

Ignoring whether anyone would read the topic, Qian Qi closed her optical computer, got up to wash up, put on her elderly-style outfit, and prepared herself for action.

Starting today, she was going to infiltrate the inner sanctum of the Beast-Taming Department!

As for how to infiltrate the inner sanctum of the Beast-Taming Department, it naturally started with Grandpa Sun, the gatekeeper!