The bus moved smoothly, and at the same time, the sun was setting, the golden hues that adorned the surfaces of the skyscrapers gradually fading away.
"Jiyang station, we have arrived. Passengers who wish to disembark, please take your personal belongings and exit from the rear door," the electronic announcer's voice suddenly rang out.
At this stop, the number of passengers on the bus abruptly increased, filling not only the seats but also leaving five or six people standing.
Three minutes after the bus resumed its journey, Fire-Toothed Dog unexpectedly turned its head towards the passenger next to it and barked.
Sitting beside Qiao Sang was a female student wearing the uniform of the thirty-seventh Beast Taming High School, who had boarded the bus at the same stop as Qiao Sang.
The female student glanced at Fire-Toothed Dog but didn't say anything, simply moving slightly to the side.
Qiao Sang turned Fire-Toothed Dog back towards herself and asked, "What's wrong?"
Fire-Toothed Dog looked at the female student.
"Ya?"
It tilted its head, seemingly just as confused.
"That behavior can scare people, you know?" Qiao Sang said, petting Fire-Toothed Dog's head.
"Ya,"
Fire-Toothed Dog crisply barked in response and turned to look out the window, once again admiring the scenery.
Seeing this, the female student gave Qiao Sang a friendly smile and said, "I'm fine."
Qiao Sang glanced at the more than ten centimeters of additional space between them and was about to say something.
At that moment, Fire-Toothed Dog turned again and bared its sharp teeth at the female student with a fierce expression.
The female student was startled and instinctively thought to stand up.
"Can you put that Fire-Toothed Dog away? What are you going to do if you frighten someone else?" a male voice expressed discontent.
The speaker was standing right beside the female student.
Qiao Sang looked over and saw a man with a square face wearing a gray tank top.
"Yes, indeed, clearly this Fire-Toothed Dog hasn't been tamed properly," the aunt sitting next to them promptly added.
"The rest of us on this bus, please, put it away," another voice chimed in.
Hearing everyone's comments, the female student also looked at Qiao Sang with hoping eyes, wishing for her to put Fire-Toothed Dog away.
Qiao Sang frowned and ignored them.
Although she hadn't been bound to Fire-Toothed Dog for very long, she knew exactly what kind of creature it was—it was a good child.
Besides, Fire-Toothed Dog had been on the bus before without any issues.
"What's wrong?" Qiao Sang asked Fire-Toothed Dog, facing it towards herself.
"Ya."
Fire-Toothed Dog arrogantly turned its head away, choosing not to look at Qiao Sang.
It had heard the surrounding people's words and thought its own Beast Tamer would also blame it.
"Fire-Toothed Dog," Qiao Sang grasped its head, holding it with both hands so that it was forced to look at her.
The eyes of Fire-Toothed Dog were wet, both defiant and aggrieved.
Qiao Sang stared into its eyes and said earnestly, word by word, "I trust you, and you should also trust me. If something is wrong, you can tell me. You know that I understand what you mean."
Upon hearing its Beast Tamer's words, Fire-Toothed Dog immediately became agitated.
"Ya Ya Ya!"
"Ya, Ya."
"Ya Ya Ya Ya, Ya!"
Fire-Toothed Dog barked while gesturing with its little paws.
Qiao Sang confirmed with it, "Are you saying there's something that appeared on her and then suddenly disappeared?"
"Ya!"
The Fire-Toothed Dog nodded vigorously.
"So that thing suddenly appeared and scared you, huh?" Qiao Sang stroked the Fire-Toothed Dog's head.
"Ya." The Fire-Toothed Dog buried its head in Qiao Sang's arms and whined pitifully.
The female student sat beside them, stunned for a long while.
So this is what the Fire-Toothed Dog is like…
It's actually quite cute…
Maybe for my second contract slot I should try contracting a Fire Attribute Beast...
"It's alright now, it's alright." After calming the dog, Qiao Sang turned her head to the female student and said, "You heard everything just now."
The female student snapped back to reality, unsurely said, "Are you saying that something suddenly appeared on me?"
Qiao Sang nodded.
"But..." the female student hadn't finished when a voice directly interrupted her.
"You listen to her making up nonsense there. She just doesn't want to take back the Fire-Toothed Dog and is looking for an excuse. I'm warning you, hurry up and take back the Fire-Toothed Dog or if someone gets hurt, let's see how I deal with you!" The square-faced man standing beside the female student said viciously.
"Yeah, hurry up and put it away. If someone gets hurt, it'll be too late then." The aunt sitting next to her chimed in.
"Put it away, we all feel uneasy." Another person added.
"I don't think this girl looks like she would lie. It wouldn't be a wild Spectral Series Extraordinary Creature on this bus, would it?" A different voice emerged.
The noisy voices on the bus instantly quieted down.
When talking about the most eerie Extraordinary Creatures, the Spectral Series tops the list. All ghostly events become plausible when linked to Spectral Series Extraordinary Creatures.
Things like objects inexplicably disappearing, or a room suddenly losing power and becoming cold are all minor incidents.
Spectral Series Extraordinary Creatures are unpredictable and have quirky temperaments.
Take the Possessing Spirit, for example.
It likes to attach itself to different people. The possessed individuals remain conscious but can't control their own bodies, forced to watch themselves perform all sorts of bizarre actions.
Long jumps, dancing, diving are all tolerable, but if it's a Possessing Spirit that likes streaking, that's truly a stroke of bad luck.
The ones who have a love-hate relationship with Possessing Spirits are certainly those at the police station.
The Possessing Spirit doesn't just possess the living; it also loves to possess the dead. Two years ago, unexplained bodies would appear out of thin air in front of Guang City's police station now and then.
Some had been dead for a day, a year, even ten years. Among them was even Lu Baiqian, a beauty from a high-profile missing person case three years ago.
The police reviewed the surveillance footage and saw the Possessing Spirit manipulating the corpses to the front of the police station.
At first, they had no clue until the Possessing Spirit emerged from the bodies, revealing its short stature, and that's when they discovered it was behind it.
The police did love that the Possessing Spirit mysteriously helped them find bodies they couldn't locate.
But as for hate, well, those bodies that had been dead for just a day or two were also brought by it, which is nothing but pure contamination of the crime scene of a murder case.
Then there's the Ghost-absorbing Lantern, which appears beside people who are lost, guiding them in the right direction, but it requires a certain amount of vital energy from their bodies in exchange.
It might seem like a Spectral Series Extraordinary Creature that understands the concept of trade, but that's not really the case.
Recently, a woman in Nankou City came out of a bar late at night and was waiting for a taxi by the roadside. She might have been swaying a bit from the walk or had a befuddled gaze from the drinks.
The Ghost-absorbing Lantern just deemed her lost…
Before the taxi arrived, it forcibly took her home and then absorbed her vital energy, making the woman wake up the next day, look in the mirror, and think she had been drained dry.
The behaviors of Spectral Series Extraordinary Creatures are simply too numerous to record.
It's okay if you encounter one that just likes to play pranks. But if you come across a malevolent wild Spectral Series Extraordinary Creature, you wouldn't even know how you died.
Suddenly, everyone on bus number 66 felt endangered.