Chapter 817: Premiere
Chapter 817: Premiere (Combined)
Unlimited Credit Card?
Steel Treasure quickly associated this term with something card-like.
Lately, its Beastmaster had been going out shopping and paying with that card, and it had been watching closely.
So, that must be the Unlimited Credit Card.
"Steel Slash."
Steel Treasure thought for 0.5 seconds, then called out, showing an "I understand" expression.
If they were short on money, they could actually skip buying the Beast Care Oil. It felt its feathers were already good enough for the Coordination Competition.
How considerate Steel Treasure was... Qiao Sang felt a wave of emotion, and the earlier pain of spending money disappeared. She said confidently, "I just lost my Unlimited Credit Card, but I still have enough money to buy the Beast Care Oil. Go ahead and get it."
Recently, she had been stockpiling supplies and going out every night to treat Terminal Patients. Some families of Terminal Patients even contacted her through Starlink, allowing her to not only earn back the investment but also save a considerable amount.
If used wisely, continuing to pamper Fangy and the others would be no problem.
"Steel Slash."
Steel Treasure stared at its Beastmaster for two seconds and nodded.
Pampering them was one thing, but some expenses should still be cut. At least, Grade B Energy Recovery Serum couldn't be consumed like water anymore. The Points earned from Battles could easily cover the costs... Qiao Sang sipped her water and glanced through the glass wall at Fangy's training.
Seeing the ground littered with empty bottles of Grade B Energy Recovery Serum made her heart ache again.
At that moment, her mobile phone vibrated.
Qiao Sang pulled out her phone and saw a message from Sylvia:
[The movie with Ghost Ring King in a cameo role is premiering tomorrow.]
A movie premiere? Qiao Sang's eyes lit up, and she shouted:
"Treasure Seeker!"
"Xunxun..."
The next second, Treasure Seeker appeared, its body emitting a chilling aura.
Qiao Sang's lips twitched. "Did you go fight Lulu again?"
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker shivered and nodded.
Qiao Sang remembered the main matter, cleared her throat, and shared the good news: "The movie you filmed is premiering tomorrow."
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker was initially stunned, then its spirits lifted, and it excitedly did a backflip in mid-air, the chilling aura vanishing instantly.
"Xunxun~"
Then it seemed to think of something and floated over to its Beastmaster, rubbing against her cheek in a coquettish manner.
It wanted to go see the movie~
Qiao Sang smiled. "Of course, we'll go together tomorrow. This is your first movie, after all."
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker, upon hearing this, happily floated around in mid-air several times.
Three seconds later, it enthusiastically challenged Lulu again.
Beast Care Oil, movie tickets... The news that the movie was about to premiere lifted Qiao Sang's mood. She pulled out a chair at the dining table, sat down, and opened her shopping and ticketing apps, buying the Beast Care Oil and movie tickets.
After completing the purchases, she silently canceled the password-free payment.
Steel Treasure was fine, but Treasure Seeker had been using her mobile phone to buy all sorts of random things lately. It was best to cancel it...
...
3:03 AM.
In an empty alley, dozens of Ghost-type Companion Beasts were huddled together, pushing and shoving.
On the walls on both sides, some Ghost-type Companion Beasts only showed their heads.
They were cackling, "Jie jie", "Lian lian", "Gui gui", as if they were arguing.
"Xunxun!"
At that moment, Treasure Seeker, wearing a black cloak, appeared at the top, calling out.
The entire alley fell silent in an instant.
Dozens of Ghost-type Companion Beasts looked up with eyes filled with respect and admiration.
Treasure Seeker thoroughly enjoyed such gazes.
"Xunxun?"
A Ghost-type Companion Beast with a deep purple body and a single large eye called out, asking if the Leader had any plans for today.
"Xunxun."
Treasure Seeker took out its Beastmaster's mobile phone and lit up the screen.
There, prominently displayed, was a movie poster titled "Beastmaster Freak."
Dozens of Ghost-type Companion Beasts looked at the poster, their faces filled with confusion, unsure why the Leader was showing them this.
"Xunxun~"
Treasure Seeker called out with a hint of pride, indicating that it was in the movie, which was set to premiere tomorrow.
The Ghost-type Companion Beasts immediately showed expressions of shock, awe, and admiration for their Leader.
The scene became momentarily chaotic.
"Xunxun."
Treasure Seeker waved its hand with authority, signaling for quiet.
The alley fell silent once more.
"Xunxun~"
"Xunxun~"
Treasure Seeker called out twice, expressing its hope that they would all go see the movie tomorrow.
"Guiui!"
The Ghost-type Companion Beast with a deep purple body and a single large eye was the first to respond, assuring that it would definitely support the Leader's movie.
"Jiejie!"
"Lianlian!"
"Mengmeng!"
The other Ghost-type Companion Beasts quickly chimed in, eager to show their support.
"Xunxun~"
Treasure Seeker looked at them with satisfaction, then took out its mobile phone and called out, indicating that the Leader would buy them movie tickets right away.
Dozens of Ghost-type eyes lit up with anticipation.
They had never had movie tickets before.
"Please enter the payment password."
Looking at the six empty spaces below the text on the mobile phone screen, Treasure Seeker hesitated for a moment, then shut off the phone, its expression turning serious.
"Xunxun."
"Xunxun."
After a moment of thought, it decided that this would be a good opportunity for training. Tomorrow, when you go to the cinema, make sure no humans notice you.
"Guiui!"
The Ghost-type Companion Beast with a deep purple body and a single large eye called out again, promising to complete the mission and not let the Leader down.
"Jiejie!"
"Lianlian!"
"Mengmeng!"
The other Ghost-type Companion Beasts, not wanting to be outdone, quickly forgot about the movie tickets and called out, assuring that they would also complete the mission.
"Xunxun~"
Treasure Seeker looked at everything before it, managing its facial expression to keep from laughing out loud.
...
The next day, Qiao Sang woke up to see Treasure Seeker looking at her with a pout.
"What's wrong?" she asked, yawning.
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker pointed to the mobile phone on the nightstand, which was currently charging, and called out, asking why everything now required a password.
Qiao Sang glanced at it, her tone dangerous.
"Did you play with my mobile phone last night?"
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker's body stiffened, and it quickly shook its head, denying it.
Qiao Sang stared at it silently.
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker soon gave in, its expression guilty.
It couldn't help but show off the movie to its little brothers because it was about to premiere.
"What do you want to buy?" Qiao Sang didn't press further, instead picking up the mobile phone and opening the shopping app.
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker sighed. It had intended to buy movie tickets for its little brothers.
Qiao Sang: "..."
Qiao Sang put down the mobile phone and couldn't help but confirm, "You mean those wild Ghost-type little brothers?"
“Xunxun~”
Treasure Seeker nodded.
Qiao Sang's lips twitched as he explained, "Wild beast companions don't have ID Bracelets, so even if they buy movie tickets, they can't enter the cinema."
“Xunxun……”
Treasure Seeker paused, sighing for 0.1 seconds for the Little Brothers, but quickly perked up again.
The Little Brothers had their ways to get into the cinema.
…
7:05 PM.
The cinema.
The screening room.
Audience members trickled in, finding their seats.
The last row.
“Xunxun……”
Treasure Seeker stared at the big screen with a tense expression.
“Ya Ya.”
Fangy sensed Little Brother's emotions and patted Treasure Seeker's shoulder, signaling not to be nervous.
“When will Treasure Seeker appear?” Liu Yao asked.
“I'm not sure,” Qiao Sang thought for a moment. “But it should be in the early part of the movie.”
She remembered the Director saying that Treasure Seeker had a scene before the protagonist became a Beastmaster.
“I never thought the movie would be released before you left the Supernest,” Birit remarked.
“Neither did I,” Qiao Sang smiled.
“Ding ding.” In the air, Adinix's voice indicated that the movie was about to start.
All the lights in the screening room suddenly went dark.
The audience fell silent instantly.
At this moment, Treasure Seeker seemed to hear its own rapid heartbeat.
However, as time passed, Treasure Seeker's expression gradually turned to disappointment.
Why hasn't it appeared yet...
Just then, its Beastmaster's voice rang out, “Look quickly.”
“Xunxun……”
Treasure Seeker understood something, and its heart rate sped up again.
On the big screen, the lost protagonist seemed to hear something and slowly looked up.
A familiar figure slowly drifted by, turning its head to glance at the protagonist with a seductive look before drifting away.
The protagonist remained in place, eyes wide with amazement as the gray-gold figure disappeared.
“Xun!”
Seeing its own scene, Treasure Seeker suddenly became excited and accidentally called out, but quickly covered its mouth.
As Treasure Seeker covered its mouth, strange sounds began to echo through the screening room.
“Jie jie jie……”
“Meng meng meng……”
“Gui gui gui!”
Many audience members were startled by the Scary Faces and let out cries of alarm:
“What's that sound?!”
“It sounds like Ghost-type Companion Beasts laughing?”
“Whose Ghost-type Companion Beasts are Invisiblized? They're so scary!”
“Could it be wild Ghost-type Companion Beasts?”
“Don't scare me. There were several different Ghost-type Companion Beasts' voices just now….”
The audience was so startled by the sudden Ghost-type Companion Beasts' laughter that they lost their focus on the movie.
“Xunxun……”
Treasure Seeker watched as most of the audience members stood up, no longer paying attention to the movie, and couldn't help but look helpless.
Qiao Sang turned and saw Treasure Seeker's expression, remembering its morning mention of movie tickets and the Little Brothers, and understood what was happening.
“Lulu, Healing Waves,” Qiao Sang whispered.
“Bing bing~ bing bing~ bing bing bing~ bing bing~”
Lulu started singing without a word.
Invisible sound waves rippled out.
The audience members gradually calmed down and began to analyze the situation rationally:
Although there were many Ghost-type Companion Beasts' calls, they hadn't attacked or caused any trouble for a long time. It seemed they were Bonded Beast Companions, just Invisiblized.
With that thought, the audience members sat back down and resumed watching the movie.
“Xunxun……”
Treasure Seeker let out a sigh of relief at the sight.
Birit, who had been watching, suddenly said, “Your Ghost Ring King doesn’t seem to be affected much by the Healing Waves anymore?”
Qiao Sang replied calmly, “Is that so?”
Birit: “…”
…
An hour later.
The group emerged from the cinema.
“Xunxun~”
“Xunxun~”
Treasure Seeker floated around happily in the air.
“Hey! Look! Isn’t that familiar similar to the one in the movie?” A passerby, who had also just left the cinema, pointed up excitedly.
“Xunxun…”
This comment immediately made Treasure Seeker feel like a star. It took off its Ring, quickly retrieved a black cloak, and draped it stylishly over its back.
“Treasure Seeker, you’re doing great. You’ve got real performance talent,” Liu Yao praised as he walked ahead.
Just two scenes… Birit hesitated, then remembered something and said, “You go back first. I’ll take Qiao Sang to the Beastmaster Center to pick up a mission.”
“Alright.” Liu Yao nodded, then asked hopefully into the air, “Are you coming with me?”
“Di.”
Adinix’s voice echoed from above.
“Xian.”
Skyglow Bat translated.
Liu Yao sounded disappointed, “I’ll head back then.”
With that, he walked away.
Steel Treasure slowly grew larger.
“What mission is it?” Qiao Sang asked, flipping onto Steel Treasure’s back.
Fangy was generally averse to anyone other than Qiao Sang getting on her, but Steel Treasure didn’t have any particular reaction.
Over the past month, every time they went to the Beastmaster Center, Birit had ridden Steel Treasure.
Birit skillfully climbed onto Steel Treasure and said, “Someone wants a familiar with high-temperature Fire Skills to melt a piece of Flame Ink Gold. The reward is 10 grams of Flame Ink Gold, which is a primary material for some rare fire-type potions. You have Flame Kiru, so you’ll need it eventually.”
Qiao Sang’s Unlimited Credit Card had just expired, and he couldn’t resist the lure of rare materials that didn’t cost him anything. He immediately straightened up and said, “We should hurry. If someone else takes the mission, it’ll be too late. Steel Treasure!”
“Steel Slash.”
Steel Treasure let out a call, flapped its wings hard, and shot up into the sky.
“Xunxun!”
Treasure Seeker, still posing, quickly activated its Blue Light and followed.
…
Half an hour later.
Qiao Sang came out of the Beastmaster Center, puzzled, and asked, “Why isn’t this mission limited to a certain number of people?”
“Because the melting point of Flame Ink Gold is very high,” Birit explained. “Probably several groups have tried and failed to melt it, so they removed the limit.”
Qiao Sang nodded, understanding. “That’s why you only mentioned this mission after the movie.”
Birit smiled, “This is the first movie Ghost Ring King starred in. I figured you’d watch it as soon as it came out, even if you missed the mission, so I didn’t mention it beforehand.”
“Xunxun…”
Treasure Seeker, overhearing this, looked over, clearly moved.
No, that was the old me. Now that I don’t have the Unlimited Credit Card, I’m actually quite interested in this mission… Qiao Sang felt Treasure Seeker’s gaze and held back his thoughts, smiling, “You know me well.”
“Xunxun~”
Treasure Seeker floated over and happily rubbed against its Beastmaster’s head.
Birit checked the time on his wristwatch and said, “It’s not too late. You can head to the mission location now.”
(End of Chapter)
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