City C (10th Zone):
Sunset Human Settlement,
Jeremy collected his thoughts and asked, "So what now?"
Otto felt awkward, but he replied by saying, "If you want, you could go out and patrol alone. I'll give you a special badge with permission. No one here will question you."
Hearing that, Jeremy felt it was a good deal. He said, "Okay, I'll do the patrolling alone."
Otto sighed in relief. Then he took out the badge and paper. He had already made the preparations. Seeing that, Jeremy was stunned.
He started to doubt whether the in-charge was also part of the hostile teams. He received the badge and the paper.
He looked at the badge and saw the symbol of the Beast Taming Association. So it's not fake. The old man wouldn't dare to fake it.
Then he checked the paper. His name was written on it as a special patrolling officer. After confirming it, he put the things inside his leather jacket.
He then stood up to leave. He felt something was wrong with the in-charge, so he didn't want to spend more time there.
But before going, he received the map of City C, the wilderness, and the Human Settlement. In case he got lost, he could use it to come back.
Jeremy left the office. After coming outside, he took out the map to check the place. He saw that the human settlement was a small place.
He could patrol the whole place in a few hours.
Jeremy then put the map back. Then he started leaving. He decided to go around the settlement's border first. There were people who watched him on his way back.
But he didn't feel any hostile intentions again. Still, he started to think that the in-charge's decision might be related to the teams.
Soon, he exited the human settlement. He walked a few hundred meters away from the place. He started using his eye ability to scan the surroundings.
He wanted to see whether anyone was following him or not.
A few minutes later,
He was sure that he was out of the human settlement. Right now, he was between the border and the human settlement.
A vast wilderness stretched across the border. Jeremy recalled the route on the map and started following it.
Meanwhile,
These teams wanted to enjoy the struggle of the City A Beast Tamers.
Time passed,
By noon, Jeremy was doing the solo patrol. He had covered one side of the borders. But he had yet to come across any corrupted Beasts.
Not even the lower-tier beasts were lurking in this area. As he continued walking along the path, from time to time he used his eye ability to monitor the place.
"Cry!"
Suddenly, he heard a cry from someone. Hearing that, Jeremy paused his footsteps. He heard the sound again. It was the cry of some woman.
He quickly found the location where the sound was coming from. It was coming from the land outside the border. The place looked like a desert forest.
The land was dry, but still, the place was dangerous. Jeremy started rushing towards the place the next second.
In a shot, he crossed the border and entered the desert forest. There were tall trees and bushes, but there were wide gaps of land between them where the sunlight reached the ground.
"Cry!"
The cry sounded again. Hearing that, Jeremy was sure of the direction this time. He continued charging toward that place.
Swoosh!
He crossed the open land and came to an area where the land was a little sunken and covered with dry leaves of the trees.
Three women were tied up, and they were unconscious on the ground. Ahead, a person wearing a hoodie was carrying a woman on his back.
The woman's mouth was not covered. She was the one shouting for help. Jeremy's eyes turned cold.
He didn't expect to come across a dangerous situation so soon. That too, a criminal. Upon seeing that the person was wearing a hoodie, Jeremy used his eye ability.
His vision zoomed in on his back. He saw the same back again. It was the same person who had shown hostile intentions towards him.
A hint of anger appeared in his eyes. He was right, something was wrong with this person. He was committing a crime right now.
Jeremy took out the handgun. He started covering the bullets with starlight. He then aimed at the person's leg. Using his eye ability, he set a precise aim.
Bang!
The next second, he pulled the trigger. A silver bullet shot from the handgun. It sped through the air with a booming sound.
Puchak!
In a flash, the bullet reached the target and went through it.
Aaaahhhhhh!
A torrent of blood gushed forth from the criminal's leg. He put the woman on the ground. His face was contorted in pain. But he turned back to look at the attacker.
Then he saw the person was none other than the Beast Tamer from City A. He was shocked. He was exposed right now. He couldn't move his leg.
Even if he tried to flee, he would still be attacked.
On the other hand, Jeremy came toward him and saw that the criminal was a Tier-3 Beast Tamer. The woman on the ground was unconscious but unharmed.
The person in the hoodie was a middle-aged man.
Jeremy turned toward him and asked, "Why are you kidnapping these women?"
Hearing that, the middle-aged man smiled. He gave up the idea of fleeing. Right now, he stood defiant. He wasn't answering anything.
Seeing that, Jeremy knew it wouldn't be easy to make him answer.