Ch. 17 - This is What You Call Politically Correct
It's Perfectly Normal for my Slime to beat up a Dragon, Right?This chapter is broken. Please report this on discord.
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Wang Meng and the others were discussing, planning their vacation arrangements.
They were all academic overachievers, so the three-day holiday could only be spent nose buried in books they were studying.
Beast Taming Dojos were one of society's educational institutions.
Because they contained higher concentrations of heaven and earth spiritual energy, countless students competed to enter, all wanting to seize the chance to raise their Beast Tamer level.
"Chen Pi, what about you? What are your plans?"
"Me? Planning to interview for a summer job."
Chen Shu thought for a moment and decided to use these three days to check out Xu Xiaoyu's family company.
"You've really got a good attitude." Wang Meng said.
Chen Shu's cultural subject grades went without saying - absolute last place.
His Beast Taming subject strength was likewise rock bottom in the class.
He was basically writing himself off.
Chen Shu yawned, not bothering to explain further.
He'd always had a casual personality, and now with the system, he'd become even more carefree.
The world didn't need him to save it, and he had no blood feuds to avenge. Taking it slow was just fine.
"Chen Pi!"
The dark-skinned Li Yuan suddenly appeared at the Beast Taming Class 5 doorway.
Chen Shu's expression froze. He hadn't expected his former homeroom teacher to come looking for him.
"Old Li, what's up?" Chen Shu crossed his hands behind his head, speaking casually.
A previous dynasty's sword can't execute a current dynasty's official, after all.
He was Beast Taming Class 5's person now.
"You little brat asking for a beating!"
Li Yuan fiercely smacked Chen Shu's head, not having time for extended arguments.
He asked seriously: "Did you get into trouble? People from the Spirit Suppression Bureau specifically came looking for you."
"Spirit Suppression Bureau?"
Chen Shu suddenly jolted alert. The Spirit Suppression Bureau's intimidation factor was much stronger than the old police stations.
"They're in my office right now."
The two hurried toward the office.
They saw Zhang Dali sitting with a man in a black t-shirt, apparently having a pleasant conversation.
Seeing Chen Shu arrive, Zhang Dali stood up and said:
"Uncle Wang, this is my best friend, Chen Shu—you can just call him Chen Pi. You should have seen it! The situation that day was incredibly dangerous. That wanted criminal had a face full of violent features, and his contract spirit was even more vicious. But Chen pi and I were moved by the cries for help."
"The two of us don't have any other advantages - we're just model citizens through and through!"*
[Translator's Note: The original Chinese is '根正苗紅' (gēn zhèng miáo hóng), an idiom meaning "from good revolutionary stock." Here, the characters use it ironically to mean they are inherently good and heroic.]
"We practically didn't hesitate at all. The two of us charged right up and beat that guy to a pulp. The scene was utterly bloody."
Zhang Dali's face was flushed with excitement, spittle flying, accompanied by occasional twitching.
"Alright, alright!"
Wang Qian shook his head, looking completely exasperated.
"I've watched you grow up since you were little. Don’t you think I know what kind of kids you are?"
His gaze turned to Chen Shu, with admiration in his eyes.
"It must have been this young hero who took the lead, right?"
Options appeared before Chen Shu's eyes again.
[Option 1: Lower your head and respond humbly.]
Completion reward: Small amount of Beast Taming Power
[Option 2: Point your nose to the sky and grunt lightly.]
Completion reward: Randomly upgrade one of your contract spirit's skills or talents
[Option 3: Put your hands behind your back and say with a soaring tone: "Uncle Wang, your judgment in one word is - fucking accurate!"]
Completion reward: Golden Slime all attributes +10%
Chen Shu thought briefly and decisively chose the third option.
Although the first two rewards were quite good, compared to the third, they weren't enough.
Chen Shu looked at Wang Qian, then suddenly turned around, hands behind his back, gazing out the window.
"Uncle Wang, your judgment is, in a word: spot-on. Absolutely spot-on."
Chen Shu recalled that day, his tone incredibly passionate.
"That thug that day was really too arrogant. In broad daylight, under the clear sky, he actually dared to cause trouble right in front of me. If this can be tolerated, what cannot be tolerated? Uncle might tolerate it, but aunt sure as hell can't!"
"I whipped out a urea bag and slapped it right over that guy's head, then followed up with some righteous judgment. A few big slaps and the guy was totally dazed..."
"Stop! Stop!"
Wang Qian's expression turned strange, unable to stop his mouth from twitching.
"You two really did grow up together."
Were these two just purely sick? Their thought processes were like aliens.
The hundred thousand yuan reward should be enough for them to get checked at a major hospital.
"What I wanted to ask is - how did you locate him at the time?"
That day the wanted criminal had only summoned his contract spirit while hiding himself in the crowd.
Never mind two students - even experienced Beast Tamers couldn't quickly identify him.
Unless a contract spirit had relevant detection skills.
"He was ugly and had an evil look on his face. One glance and you could tell he wasn't a good person."
Chen Shu said with complete sincerity.
He couldn't exactly say the system gave him guidance - that the guy was glowing red and practically blinding him.
"That's your reason?"
Wang Qian's eyes bulged in disbelief.
Could you be any more casual about this?
"What if it wasn't him? Wouldn't you have beaten up the wrong person?"
"No problem, we put a bag over his head. He couldn't see us clearly."
Wang Qian: "..."
Li Yuan: "..."
Their behavior was even more casual than they'd imagined. They actually just guessed blindly? And even had an escape plan ready?
"Regardless, you still saved Xu Xiaoyu. She's the daughter of renown Potion Company. If something had really happened, the Spirit Suppression Bureau would have been busy again."
"Here's the Spirit Suppression Bureau's hundred thousand yuan reward."
Wang Qian had completely lost any desire to ask further questions.
These two were completely a case of a blind cat catching a dead mouse.
He'd thought Chen Shu's contract spirit had comprehended some godly detection skill.
But now it seemed that wasn't the case at all.
At the same time, he'd learned from Li Yuan that Chen Shu's contract spirit was a slime—a type of contract spirit with an extremely small possibility of comprehending high-level skills.
"Uncle Wang, isn't there any city-wide news coverage?"
Zhang Dali looked dissatisfied. He had no interest in the hundred thousand yuan reward, but he was obsessed with becoming famous.
"A Level 9 Beast Tamer wanted criminal doesn't warrant it. Unless it's Black Iron rank. If you really want it, you can pay for a media interview yourself."
"..."
Wang Qian stood up and left the office.
With the college entrance exams approaching, the Spirit Suppression Bureau would be busy preventing anyone from causing trouble.
Though the city appeared calm on the surface, that was because of protection from various official organizations working in the shadows.
"Teacher Li, could you arrange a school-wide announcement?" Zhang Dali asked pitifully.
If he couldn't become famous city-wide, at least he wanted to be famous once at school.
"You guys actually caught a wanted criminal?"
Li Yuan felt like he was listening to Arabian Nights. These two had actually saved the grade's top student Xu Xiaoyu and captured a Level 9 Beast Tamer?
"No need to doubt it, Old Li. It was absolutely not a coincidence!" Zhang Dali said, courting death.
"Hm? What did you call me?"
Li Yuan's expression suddenly turned stern, his fierce appearance making Zhang Dali shudder.
"Teacher Li." Zhang Dali lowered his head.
"You don't need your three-day exam holiday. Go home and copy the history knowledge ten times!"
Li Yuan said sternly.
I might not be able to handle Chen Pi, but you think I can't handle you?
Zhang Dali's head immediately drooped down.