Chapter 15: Seeking a Defeat

However, this competition is after the high school entrance exam, and the registration period hasn't even started yet, so it's impossible to participate now.

Other large and small battle training venues also have restrictions.

Underground beast battles, which are specifically for gambling and entertainment, don't require beast masters to reach a certain level.

These types of competitions have low entry barriers, and E-level beast masters can participate. However, those who join such underground battles are often from all walks of life.

Before the match, participants must sign an agreement, and the life or death of the beast is not considered during the battle.

In official competitions, if one side's beast loses its fighting ability, the referee will promptly terminate the match, and there are specialized medical teams on standby to treat the beasts.

Underground beast battles are different; such matches only end when one side's beast master concedes.

Those who come to these matches are tough people and gamblers.

Some don't care about their beasts' lives because their beasts have no potential, some are looking for quick money, and some purely seek the thrill of violence.

In short, this is not a place for a middle school student like Qiao Sang.

Hu Yagou is still too young, and Qiao Sang doesn't want to expose it to such a brutal competition right away.

According to Qiao Sang's original plan, after the high school entrance exam, she would first train Hu Yagou's speed and stamina, and then practice controlling its special moves once the basic training is complete.

The golden finger can help Hu Yagou gain points quickly through battles, but if its physical condition doesn't keep up, it won't be able to control its energy and won't be able to perform at the level of a beast of its rank.

To improve quickly in a short time, she can't take it so slowly.

Only through battles can Hu Yagou's combat ability be rapidly enhanced.

What Qiao Sang wants is a controlled battle, not a fight to the death.

Besides official beast battles and underground beast battles, there are training halls, clubs, and exchange meetings in various regions where beast battles can take place.

Training halls recruit every six months, specifically to help beast masters train their beasts in designated special moves, but it's not the registration period now, so she can't enter.

Clubs require money, and Qiao Sang doesn't have any.

Exchange meetings are only for those who have been invited after making a name in official competitions.

Most people usually spar with their friends, but Qiao Sang doesn't know anyone whose brain domain has awakened, let alone those who engage in beast battles.

After summarizing all this, it turns out that there is no place in Hanggang City where Hu Yagou can have a proper battle.

Can she just randomly pull someone off the street and say she wants to have a beast battle?

If she pulls a D-level or higher beast master, she might not even know how she died.

Qiao Sang paced back and forth on the street, thinking seriously.

Five minutes later, she carried Hu Yagou and walked home.

Qiao Sang got home, took off her school uniform, changed into casual clothes, and then went to her room. She wrote a few words on a piece of paper, tore it out, and put a roll of tape in her pocket.

Then she put on her backpack and left.

...

Next to Hanggang No. 37 Beast High School, South River Park.

"Student, do you want some barbecue?" An auntie at a stall called out at the park entrance.

Qiao Sang checked the time: 16:27, about an hour before the high school lets out.

"Ten skewers of lamb, please." Qiao Sang approached the barbecue stall.

"Do you want it spicy?" The auntie asked with a smile, seeing a customer.

"No, thank you." Qiao Sang shook her head.

"Are you from this school? I don't think I've seen you before." The auntie chatted while working.

"No, I'm here to wait for someone." Qiao Sang replied.

"I see, such a pretty girl, I wouldn't forget if I saw you." The auntie laughed.

Qiao Sang smiled politely.

She had been praised often since childhood, feeling shy at first but becoming numb to it as she grew up.

Five minutes later, Qiao Sang took the lamb skewers and gave one to Hu Yagou, who was almost drooling.

"Ya!"

Hu Yagou happily barked, took the skewer with its paws, and started eating.

"What's your beast's name? I've never seen it here." The auntie couldn't help but ask, staring at Hu Yagou.

There is a vast gap between beast masters and ordinary people, dividing them into two worlds.

The situations they face after nine years of compulsory education are vastly different.

However, in this society, although beast masters have a higher status than ordinary people, ordinary people are also divided into different classes.

Those with power, those without, those with money, those without, those who run small businesses, and those who work for others...

These power and money are determined by birth.

If one doesn't have these from birth, it's difficult for ordinary people to come into contact with information about extraordinary beings after nine years of compulsory education.

Even though information is widely spread and all channels broadcast it, ordinary people don't have the time or energy to understand it.

They struggle just to make ends meet.

The auntie in front of her clearly belongs to the lower class of ordinary people.

"It's called Hu Yagou." Qiao Sang replied.

"Ya." Hu Yagou barked when it heard its master introduce it.

The auntie laughed. "It's so well-behaved. My son is in middle school too. I'll buy one for him when he graduates."

Qiao Sang hesitated to speak.

Actually, this is true; her Hu Yagou is quite well-behaved despite being a bit mischievous...

"Ya."

Hu Yagou looked up at Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang handed another skewer to Hu Yagou.

Hu Yagou happily took it.

In the end, the ten skewers were divided: Qiao Sang got three, and Hu Yagou got seven.

Qiao Sang sat down on a nearby leisure chair.

From here, she could see the entrance of Hanggang No. 37 Beast High School, and the position was just right; students passing through South River Park on their way home would see her.

Qiao Sang put down her backpack and taped the paper from her pocket onto it.

[Beast Battle, Seeking a Defeat]

There was a small line of text at the bottom right.

[50 Alliance Coins per Match]

This was the plan Qiao Sang thought of after much consideration.

If you want to find F-level beast masters, the best place is a high school for beast masters.

Cultivating a mid-level beast takes at least 1-2 years, so the beasts of high school freshmen and sophomores are mostly still at the beginner level.

The 50 Alliance Coins were purely for fun; Qiao Sang didn't expect anyone to battle her for such a small amount of money.

Qiao Sang just wanted to attract their attention. For these high school students who have just become beast masters, this would be a form of entertainment, and someone would surely be willing to battle her.

The reason she chose Hanggang No. 37 Beast High School is that it is the closest school to her home district.

Changing into casual clothes and leaving the district was to avoid running into anyone she knew.

After all, writing "Seeking a Defeat" outside someone else's school is quite embarrassing...

Qiao Sang sat quietly on the leisure chair, holding Hu Yagou.

Although Hanggang No. 37 Beast High School hadn't let out yet, there were still some people in South River Park.

When they passed by Qiao Sang, they couldn't help but turn to look.

The content on the backpack didn't seem to match the image of this young girl.

"Ya!"

Hu Yagou barked, showing its teeth when it saw people looking.

Well, with this Hu Yagou, it matches...