Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger

"Advisor Chen is really liked by Pet Beast," White Fern remarked upon seeing the scene.

Nie Li nodded gently.

"Captain, do you know Advisor Chen’s nickname online?" White Fern suddenly asked.

Seeing Nie Li’s puzzled expression, White Fern covered her mouth and chuckled, "Advisor Chen is fondly called ’Chen Momo’ by many netizens, because whenever he encounters a pet beast, he takes the initiative to pet them, giving many netizens the chance to interact with Advisor Chen face to face."

"And no matter what type of pet beast it is, Advisor Chen always shows the most sincere and joyful smile when he pets them."

She paused and lowered her voice, "But I heard Advisor Chen has never touched snake pet beasts."

Chen Yuan, unaware of White Fern discussing him behind his back, saw the stray cats beginning to eat, and turned to Nie Li, "Captain Nie, let’s have Captain Luo bring over that Nightmare Shadow Cat now."

"I think it’s time for the truth to come out."

After a while,

Luo Xian led his team over, first instructing the members to seal the entire building, then walked briskly to the sleeping children, wiping non-existent sweat from his forehead: "This is truly wonderful."

"Indeed, truly wonderful," Chen Yuan nodded.

The other law enforcement members also showed smiles, happy for the children’s safety and for not having to stay up late working.

With a sigh of relief, Luo Xian asked in bewilderment, "Advisor Chen, what on earth is happening here?"

This Nightmare Shadow Cat captured these children, yet did not harm them, and judging by their physical conditions, they had not suffered any mistreatment.

What was the Nightmare Shadow Cat aiming to do?

"Let it explain itself," Chen Yuan maintained a safe distance from the Nightmare Shadow Cat and smiled slightly, "Reveal the reasons, or your dilemma, for capturing these children."

"You wouldn’t want yourself and these poor cats locked away for ideological education, right?"

The Nightmare Shadow Cat’s eyes were profound, it glanced deeply at the stray cats eating on the ground, then suddenly let out a raspy meow: "Meow....."

Controlled by a spirit-type pet beast earlier, it hadn’t spoken, but now it uttered its voice voluntarily.

Just as Chen Yuan speculated, the Nightmare Shadow Cat had its reasons for capturing these children.

This was a meticulously planned act of revenge.

The Nightmare Shadow Cat was born into a human family, pampered and lacking nothing in its luxurious life.

But when the female owner became pregnant, everything changed.

It was sent to another family, its quality of life sharply declined, and after falling ill once, it was abandoned.

The Nightmare Shadow Cat then drifted on the streets, becoming a stray cat.

After the Spiritual Energy Revival, it evolved into a Nightmare Shadow Cat and gathered a group of stray cats, taking an abandoned neighborhood as its base, sheltering more and more stray cats.

Yet, their living conditions didn’t improve, becoming worse with more injured and disabled stray cats joining.

The plight of these stray cats wasn’t much different from its own, some were briefly sheltered by capricious humans then abandoned, some were abandoned at birth, others even faced unimaginable abuse.

Their experiences enraged the Nightmare Shadow Cat, it decided to seek revenge on humans.

It targeted the family that initially raised it, capturing the child’s previous owners under the cover of night.

It was because of the former owner’s child that it was cast out.

In the following days, it targeted people who had abandoned stray cats, capturing their children.

It wanted these people to feel the pain stray cats once endured.

"But you didn’t harm them, instead treated them well."

"Those stolen deliveries were for feeding the children, right?"

"The toys outside were for the kids to play with, weren’t they?"

Chen Yuan crouched, his eyes piercing, staring directly at the Nightmare Shadow Cat.

The Nightmare Shadow Cat didn’t respond, its gaze infinitely complex at that moment, finally lowered its head deeply.

It couldn’t bring itself to hurt them.

Seeing the innocent faces and pure, untainted eyes, its anger vanished long ago.

The suffering it once endured should not be transferred to these children.

"These stray cats are quite pitiful too," White Fern whispered.

Chen Yuan suddenly stood up, his eyes revealing neither joy nor sadness, yet his voice was steady and strong: "Captain Luo, contact the parents of these children and have them come over quickly."

"Right or wrong doesn’t concern me, but the fact these stray cats haven’t harmed the children shows they haven’t gone astray."

"In that case, maybe we need to change our approach to resolving this incident."

Luo Xian paused, then looked at Chen Yuan’s towering back, with a barely detectable hint of respect in his tone: "Advisor Chen, how do we resolve it?"

Chen Yuan chuckled, "Captain Luo, there’s a saying that we should make more friends."

He paused, the smile on his face grew wider: "I think if you could have a group of informants casually monitoring the city’s streets and alleys, missions might become easier in the future."

"All you need to provide is a warm, wind-tight environment and some insignificant food."

"Feeding these stray cats should be quite easy for you."

Luo Xian’s eyes brightened: "Advisor Chen, you mean..."

Chen Yuan did not reply him, instead crouching once more in front of the Nightmare Shadow Cat, gazing into its flickering eyes, his lips curling: "So what about you guys?"

"Do you want to seize this opportunity for shelter and food?"

"Chirp."

"Howl."

Upon hearing this, Spark turned its head away, Cola shook its head.

The room fell into a strange silence in an instant.

The Nightmare Shadow Cat lifted its head, long gazed at the smiling human in front, then turned its gaze to the stray cats eating on the ground.

No one knew what it was thinking at that moment.

"Meow."

After a long time, the Nightmare Shadow Cat nodded.

Chen Yuan smiled, retrieving a business card from his pocket, placing it in front of the Nightmare Shadow Cat: "If anyone bullies you in the future, bring this card to the Association building and report my name."

"Remember my name, Advisor of Baokun City Beastmaster Association, Chen Yuan."