You were given the authority to tame beasts, not to raise unspeakable animals.

"Father……"

These two words do not appear to be produced by vocal cord vibration.

It's like being 10,000 meters below the surface of the ocean.

Two huge, slimy bubbles squeezed against each other under pressure and eventually burst.

The sound didn't travel the usual route through the eardrum.

It drilled directly into the depths of Chen Mo's brain.

Chen Mo sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed.

My gaze fell on the bed covered with a sheet of black, oil-like substance.

The original round, jelly-like shape is no longer visible.

In its place was a small body that already possessed a ferocious and menacing appearance.

The main body is still an indescribable mass of soft flesh.

Two translucent fleshy wings were unfurling behind it.

The sticky fluid hanging from it dripped onto the bed sheet.

A small, dark, damp stain appeared.

More than a dozen thick tentacles extended from its lower abdomen.

The suction cups open and close.

It left corrosive marks on the floor.

The most noticeable part is the head.

The skin and flesh where the single eye used to be rolled up.

It split into three compound eyes arranged in an inverted triangle.

In each eye burned a purple, chaotic starlight.

[Evolution successful!]

[True Name: Cthulhu, the Great Old One (Large Form, Stage 1)]

[Status: Extremely happy/Looking for a hug]

[New Skill Added:]

[1. Mental Pollution Aura (Passive): Anyone who looks directly at a divine body loses 10 sanity points per second.]

[2. Dream Stealth: Allows free entry into the dreams of lower beings, weaving nightmares or stealing secrets.]

[3. Advanced Mimicry: Since you don't like tentacles, I'll become what you like.]

Chen Mo looked at the thing on the bed that was wriggling happily.

This thing is trying to rub three strange eyes onto his face.

Even if it's him.

His facial muscles twitched involuntarily.

If you were to take this face out...

I'm afraid we haven't even reached the school yet.

As soon as I went downstairs, I was met with several rockets.

"Too flashy."

Chen Mo reached out and stopped the tentacle that was trying to crawl into his arms.

The touch from my fingertips was icy cold.

It possesses a unique resilience characteristic of gelatinous substances.

"Change your approach. Can you be a little more low-key?"

Xiao Hei's movements stopped in mid-air.

All three eyes simultaneously conveyed a sense of grievance.

But a father's orders are absolute.

Its massive body began to shrink rapidly.

The bones made a series of fine, cracking sounds.

The black gelatinous substance was reshaped like kneaded clay.

A few seconds later.

A small, jet-black cat with glossy fur appeared on the bed.

It's about two months old and still a bit chubby.

Blinking her big eyes.

It has a very pleasing appearance.

"Meow~"

Her voice is sweet and cloying.

She even tilted her head and rubbed against Chen Mo's hand.

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow.

This camouflage technique is so realistic it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

The gaze slowly moved downwards.

Chen Mo's expression froze.

Under the cat's belly.

In addition to its normal four legs.

It also has a thick, black leg covered in suckers.

It was blindly groping around on the floor uncontrollably.

A five-legged cat?

"Take that one back."

Chen Mo pointed to the extra limb.

Xiao Hei looked down.

It seems they only just discovered this flaw.

The tentacle leg twitched reluctantly twice.

It made a wet, squelching sound.

It tucked into the bristles on its belly.

Although her belly looked bulging.

Occasionally, it will move around a couple of times as if it were pregnant with an alien.

But at least on the surface, it is a normal four-legged creature.

"It'll have to do."

Chen Mo picked it up by the scruff of its neck.

It felt heavy in my hand, like I was carrying a piece of lead.

"Remember, you're only allowed to meow outside. No talking. And absolutely no sticking out your tentacles to scare people."

"Meow!"

(Yes, Father!)

……

The auditorium of Linjiang No.1 Middle School.

The air was heavy and solemn.

Thousands of students lined up in a square formation.

Tension and awe were written on everyone's face.

On the high platform in the center of the auditorium.

There stands a three-meter-tall angel statue.

Beneath the statue.

Several priests dressed in pure white robes are holding scepters.

Looking down at the group of young beast tamers below the stage.

His eyes held the usual arrogance.

"This is a routine check."

The head of the teaching department held the microphone, his voice trembling slightly.

"A high priest specially dispatched by the Vatican will perform a baptism of holy light upon you. This is partly to remove any residual radiation from the abandoned beasts that may remain in your bodies. And partly..."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the direction of Class C.

"It's also to identify whether any heretics have infiltrated our sacred campus."

The so-called heresy.

It refers to those who have been corrupted by the power of the abyss and whose minds have been twisted.

Chen Mo stood at the end of the line, holding the black cat in his arms.

He could sense it.

When the little black cat in his arms saw those glowing objects...

The urge to eat is surging.

His saliva had already soaked a small patch on the front of his school uniform.

"Hold on."

Chen Mo warned in a low voice.

"It's not time to start the banquet yet."

The team is advancing very quickly.

Most students felt warm all over after being bathed in the holy light.

Some light-type beasts even let out comfortable cries.

Until it was Chen Mo's turn.

The priest in charge of this baptism ceremony was a middle-aged man with a hooked nose.

He wore a silver cross medal on his chest.

That's the mark of a second-level priest.

Seeing Chen Mo walk up.

The priest rolled his dead fish eyes.

His gaze lingered on the black cat in Chen Mo's arms for a second.

He then revealed his undisguised disgust.

This is about the story of this good-for-nothing making a contract with an unknown soft-bodied creature.

It had already spread throughout the entire Linjiang City.

This filthy thing.

In the eyes of the Vatican, they are nothing but walking garbage.

"Chen Mo? F-level Chaos Attribute?"

The priest didn't even bother to look at the roster, and just snorted coldly.

"Hold your filth tighter, don't get the altar dirty."

Chen Mo remained calm.

"Your Excellency, all beings are equal. Even trash has the right to yearn for the light."

"Ha, yearning for the light?"

A cruel smile appeared on the priest's face.

"Then let's see if your trash can bear the Lord's grace."

He raised the scepter.

The originally gentle, milky-white holy light became dazzling and scorching.

Since it has the property of chaos.

Then let's wash it thoroughly with high-purity purifying light.

Even if you don't die, you'll be skinned alive.

"Holy Light - Purification!"

hum!

A beam of light several times thicker than those of its predecessors.

A sharp sword, almost tangible.

It struck Chen Mo and the cat in his arms from above!

The students in the audience gasped in surprise.

Gao Hao sat in a wheelchair with bandages wrapped around his body.

Seeing this scene, his eyes were filled with pleasure and malice.

"Burn him! Burn this monster!"

however.

The expected screams did not occur.

The beam of light fell.

Chen Mo stood in the light.

His expression was calm, and he even squinted his eyes comfortably.

The black cat in his arms was even more eerie.

It did not dodge.

Instead, it tilted its head back and opened its mouth.

That was an extremely awkward movement.

It was as if a black hole had appeared out of nowhere in the center of the pillar of light.

The holy light that was originally shining directly.

It twisted and bent the instant it got close to the cat's mouth!

sizzle...

That's a sound similar to the sound you make when you slurp down the bottom of a milk tea bottle.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands of people in the audience.

That purifying light was powerful enough to scorch ordinary beasts.

Just like noodles.

The cat kept eating it, one bite after another.

It was sucked into my stomach with a slurping sound!

[Ding! Low-purity light energy detected.]

[Converting into general experience points... +100... +200... +500!]

[Xiao Hei's satiety level has increased. Current mood: This drink is a bit hot, but very sweet.]

"this……"

The priest's cold smile vanished.

Instead, there is an incomprehensible bewilderment.

He felt the light element within his scepter rapidly draining away.

It was as if it had connected to a bottomless abyss.

No matter how much he outputs, that little black dot will swallow it all!

And that cat was hiccuping!

This is hardly a baptism.

This is clearly feeding!

"Stop! Stop!!"

The priest roared in terror.

It desperately tried to cut off the energy output.

But that suction force was extremely domineering.

It stubbornly absorbed the last trace of light.

Only then did they disconnect, still feeling unsatisfied.

Click.

The crystal scepter in the priest's hand was overdrawn due to energy depletion.

A fine crack appeared on the surface.

The entire hall fell silent.

Only the black cat stuck out its pink tongue.

He elegantly licked the whiskers around his mouth.

It let out a satisfied "Meow~"

Chen Mo looked at the priest, who was covered in sweat and had a deathly pale face.

"My lord, thank you so much."

Chen Mo bowed sincerely.

"It seems my cat has a strong affinity with Buddhism... oh no, it has a great capacity for enlightenment. It has never eaten this much before."

The priest's hands were trembling.

He pointed at Chen Mo.

His lips trembled as he tried to say something.

But he found that he couldn't understand what had just happened at all.

That was holy light!

That is the holy light that subdues all evil!

Why would a cat drink it?!

"Next."

Chen Mo didn't want to give the other party time to react.

Holding a cat.

He turned and walked off the platform as if nothing had happened.

What is left for everyone.

There was only an unfathomable silhouette.

……

On the way home from school.

The setting sun dyed the entire city blood red.

Little Black was sleeping soundly in the backpack.

Clearly, that afternoon tea in holy light sustained it.

Chen Mo was in a good mood.

Not only did I get free experience points.

It also publicly humiliated the Vatican.

just.

His good mood vanished when he reached the bottom of his building.

The entrance to what used to be an old and dilapidated residential area.

Yellow warning tape has been put up.

A heavy armored vehicle, entirely black, without any license plates.

Like a lurking steel behemoth.

It stands blocking the entrance to the building.

The car body is emblazoned with a silver six-pointed star emblem.

In the center is a vertical pupil pierced by a sharp sword.

[Federal Bureau of Abnormal Biology (ABCD)]

Beside the car door.

That hook-nosed priest who got the short end of the stick in the auditorium during the day.

He was standing humbly next to a man wearing a black trench coat.

The priest's hand was still wrapped in bandages.

With his other hand, he pointed firmly at Chen Mo, who had just turned the corner.

That look in his eyes.

It was as if I had seen my father's killer.

"Sir, that's him!"

The priest's voice was shrill and piercing, cutting through the evening breeze.

"That cat...that's definitely not an ordinary mutated creature! I vouch for it in the name of the Holy See, it's an S-class heretic!"

The man in the black trench coat turned around.

Under the brim of a hat.

They were a pair of cold, gray eyes.

His holster was already open.

His slender fingers rested on the specially made gold-plated revolver handle.

My gaze traveled over a distance of several tens of meters.

They accurately locked onto Chen Mo... and the seemingly ordinary canvas bag on his shoulder.

"Chen Mo, is that right?"

The man in the black trench coat spoke, his voice low and hoarse.

"Come with us."

"Your cat is suspected of violating Article 1 of the Convention on the Safety of Human Beings: Prohibitions against Non-human Beings."

Chen Mo stopped in his tracks.

He slowly slipped his right hand into his pocket.

He gripped the newly issued magic crystal card tightly.

In my mind.

The all-knowing eye has quietly opened.

On the retina.

A line of scarlet data was jumping wildly above the man in the black trench coat's head.

[WARNING! Extremely dangerous!]

Race: Human (Cyclic Modification)

【Occupation: Codename "Hound" / Heretic Arbiter】

Chen Mo smiled.

There was no panic.

Instead, he gently patted the little black dog that was still snoring in his backpack.

"Looks like dinner's sorted out."