STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer

Dilapidated building:

Daniel Stone was looking at the dilapidated building with frustration. He was waiting for Brother Jeremy's return. It's been some time since they have contacted Instructor Jacob.

He had told them to wait a little longer. This type of investigation usually takes time. The rat beasts are not waiting for others to find them.

They might have to spend more than a day here.

"I don't feel good. Instructor Jacob is underestimating the underground passage dug by the rat beasts," Daniel Stone turned around and said to Betsy Lowe.

He thinks only Betsy Lowe can convince their instructor with a logical argument.

Sigh!

Betsy Lowe let out a sigh.

"Let's not anger the elder. If he says so, we should wait and watch. They have decades of experience. There must be truth in their words."

"Besides, we are not in the wilderness but in the middle of the city, surrounded by residential buildings. Our Department Representative is not a stupid person."

"If he thinks there is a danger he can't handle, then he will return for sure," Betsy replied to Daniel Stone.

At this time, they had made a makeshift camp here. Betsy looked at him before going inside her tent. Since they were going to spend the night here, she decided to take a rest. Not to mention, the staff from the City Administration were helping them as well.

Daniel frowned. He didn't know; he thought everyone was making a mistake. He remembered the solemn expression of Jeremy before going inside this building.

"I hope Brother Jeremy is alright," he said to himself.

Then he started to patrol the area.

...

New place:

It didn't take long before Jeremy found a yellow path. It was man-made. The yellow path filled his mind with many doubts.

Jeremy furrowed his eyebrows. He then started walking along the yellow path and found a warehouse.

Earlier, he was confused about his current location. But the scene in front of him gave him a terrific chill down his spine.

Scream!

There was a loud disturbing noise coming from the warehouse. He couldn't be more familiar with the noise. It was the rat beasts making these noises.

Gulp!

He gulped down his saliva again. He had never expected the current rat beast problem to be connected to humans. He was even expecting a Tier-4 Corrupted Rat beast behind the intrusion earlier.

But it was related to humans. Now he was finding it difficult to digest the information.

"Damn, the beasts are making f@cking noise!"

"When are we going to release them?"

Two black-clothed people made an appearance. They were part of the patrol teams.

"We have to wait for an order from the boss," one of the guards replied.

Both were disturbed by the loud noise. They couldn't help but raise complaints to each other.

Then they walked past the warehouse to patrol the other side.

Jeremy, who was observing them silently, was shocked to the core. He realized that the warehouse was connected to humans. But he didn't expect someone to place patrol guards there.

Buzz!

The unknown beast egg shook again. The movement was stronger. He thought that the attraction came from the warehouse.

Swoosh!

He walked out and started moving towards the warehouse. He had already spotted a door there. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the door.

Creak!

Fortunately, the door was unlocked. He opened the door to enter inside.

Screech!

The next second, he heard the noise of the rat beasts increase. He immediately shut the door behind him and began to look at the rat beasts.

They were all locked inside their cages. These caged rat beasts varied from Tier-1 Rat Beasts to Tier-2 Rat Beasts.

Jeremy frowned. He then swept his eyes across the room before finding a wooden desk and a table. There was a huge square box on the desk.

Right upon seeing that box, the unknown beast egg started to shake again.

Swoosh!

Jeremy's eyes lit up. He dashed towards the spot. He stood before the desk and removed the box cover. Inside the box, there was a red liquid bottle.

Buzz!

The unknown beast egg's movement had become stronger. Now he confirmed that the unknown beast egg was attracted by it.

But he was still doubtful. How could this red bottle attract the unknown beast egg from this far?

He then picked up the bottle and removed the cork. The red scent wafted out of the bottle.

Screech!

The next second, it made all the rat beasts inside the cage go crazy. They were trying to break out of their cages. Seeing that, Jeremy was shocked to the core.

He didn't expect the other beasts in the cage to go crazy. This red liquid was not ordinary. When his attention returned to the liquid bottle, he saw that the bottle was half empty.

"What happened?" he asked himself.

Then he found out the unknown beast egg was sucking the red liquid inside the bottle in the form of energy. He spotted a red energy entering his body.

"This?" Jeremy was taken aback.

"What's going on?"

"These beasts are going crazy!"

Jeremy heard voices coming from outside. His expression changed drastically. He placed the red bottle in his storage ring before leaving.

When he stepped outside the warehouse, he heard the noise coming from the patrol guards. There was only one entrance to the warehouse.

They had to walk across before coming here.

Swoosh!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he left the place and started going back toward the sinkhole.

Not long after, the two patrol guards arrived. They opened the warehouse door to go inside. Then they saw that the rat beasts were still making noise inside their cages.

Other than that, they didn't find anything else.

Then the patrol guards, unaware that someone had already stolen the catalyst liquid for their experiments, continued on.

Shortly afterward,

Jeremy returned to the familiar underground passage. It was a pity that he couldn't investigate the place further. The signs of human involvement showed just how dangerous it was.

With his Tier-1 power, he was not expecting any turnaround.