125: Chapter 125 Business is done, time for personal matters.
The centrifuge was highly efficient.
In less than a minute, that green mass had been broken down into two parts: one was a brownish-green mucus, and the other was a tiny amount of earthy-yellow crystals.
The moment he saw those crystals, Li Yu froze.
He took out the box containing the crystals, opened it, and sniffed; a faint, fishy stench wafted out.
There was no mistake; it was them!
Previously, when Supervisor Chen tried to win Li Yu over, Li Yu had ridden away with his bicycle and pried two bags of yellow crystals out of the bike's pedals. The scent was exactly the same.
Supervisor Chen was a clever man. Li Yu guessed that after realizing the items were missing, he was afraid the matter would implicate him, so he hadn't reported it.
After all this time, those two bags of yellow crystals were still in his possession.
But this shouldn't be...
How could this stuff appear in the company's materials?
Li Yu picked up the other box containing the mucus and handed it to Zhou Ya: "Compare this and see which material it came from."
"Okay!"
Li Yu's arrival had given Zhou Ya a sense of security, and her voice sounded much stronger. She took the box and turned to get busy.
"Hey, what are you people doing? Can't you see my Beast is still vomiting blood?" Liu Yiming shouted.
Li Yu glanced at him, and the anger that had barely subsided flared up again instantly. He snatched Chen Qing's sword once more.
"Bullying my people? I'm going to hack you to death, you turtle bastard!"
Everyone was terrified and rushed to stop Li Yu again.
Liu Yiming was also scared and scrambled to hide among his team members. At this moment, they weren't Beast Tamers; without their Beasts, they were just ordinary people. If they were really slashed by some madman who had appeared out of nowhere...
If they were lucky, they'd get treated on the spot; if they were unlucky, they'd be buried on the spot.
"You, don't be impulsive! It's clear they didn't cure my Beast and even made its condition worse. It's only right that I hit them, isn't it? If it were you, you'd hit them too, right?"
"I'll hit your grandfather!"
Supervisor Song and Li Meng hurriedly tried to stop him.
"Father Li, calm down, calm down. It's more important to cure the Beast first. Don't cause a breeding accident, it will implicate Zhou Ya."
"That's right, Brother, let's cure the Beast first."
Chen Qing muttered: "Why is it my sword again? A scalpel is more discreet, the wound is smaller, and it bleeds faster."
"That makes sense!" Li Yu turned to grab a scalpel, scaring Liu Yiming into backing away even further. Supervisor Song and Li Meng looked at Chen Qing with bitter expressions.
"Ancestor, please say a little less!"
"Oh."
After much persuasion, Supervisor Song and Li Meng finally managed to calm Li Yu down.
Seeing that Li Yu had calmed down, Liu Yiming felt he was back in control. He straightened his back, walked over, and said: "Well? Why aren't you treating my Beast yet? If you can't cure it, I'm going to file a complaint against you all."
"Shut up!" Supervisor Song turned and roared like thunder, scaring Liu Yiming into shrinking back again.
"I was just sleeping today, got injured by my own Beast, had to beg and plead to get so many Breeders back to work overtime, and I still have to cater to a living ancestor. Now you kid are here making my job even harder!"
Supervisor Song unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his wobbly, large belly.
"What, you want to spar with me? Or does your Earth Battle Group want to arm-wrestle with Bright Moon Company? Speak! Which is it!"
"I..." Liu Yiming was intimidated by this aura and said timidly: "I want to cure my Beast."
"Attitude! Get your attitude straight!"
"Yes! Great god, please spare me, please must help me cure my Beast!"
"That's more like it." Supervisor Song nodded in satisfaction, buttoned his shirt back up, and turned to Li Yu with a face full of smiles: "Father Li, shall we get to work? Don't lower yourself to the level of this brat. Later, I'll have the company send a warning letter to the Earth Battle Group."
Li Yu scratched his head and said: "Uh... alright, let's get to work."
After saying this, Li Yu grabbed the Steel-tailed Long-haired Monkey, placed it on a surgical table, and began to work.
Li Meng and Chen Qing gave Supervisor Song a thumbs up.
"Old Song, you're the best!" Li Meng said.
"Obviously!" Supervisor Song looked proud.
"I found it!" Zhou Ya suddenly raised her voice, drawing everyone's attention.
"Speak." Li Yu said without turning his head. He was still busy working, treating the Steel-tailed Long-haired Monkey's internal injuries.
Supervisor Song, Li Meng, and the others all turned their questioning gazes toward Zhou Ya.
Zhou Ya's face was flushed with excitement. In her hand, she held the shell of a cone-shaped plant that looked like a bamboo shoot.
She said: "I just compared all the materials used, and this poison spirit bamboo shoot has a 99% match with the extracted substance."
"poison spirit bamboo shoot?" Supervisor Song frowned, asking with some confusion, "But the poison in this thing is very weak. Even if there was a mistake in the ratio, it's impossible for such a strong rejection reaction to occur."
"The answer is simple." Li Yu's voice drew everyone's attention. His hands didn't stop, his eyes were focused, and he didn't forget to explain, "This poison spirit bamboo shoot is fake."
"Fake?!" Supervisor Song and Zhou Ya exclaimed.
Li Meng, Liu Yiming, and others were full of confusion.
No one noticed that when Zhou Ya took out the poison spirit bamboo shoot, Chen Qing's expression changed for a split second; she seemed to recognize the item.
Li Yu continued: "Zhou Ya's treatment plan has no issues; the problem lies in the poison of this poison spirit bamboo shoot. It's full of synthetic toxins—complex and dirty. Even a healthy Beast would lose half its life if it consumed this."
Once these words were spoken, Supervisor Song's expression changed drastically. He looked at Zhou Ya. He didn't need to ask; from Zhou Ya's stunned reaction, he knew that these materials had been obtained through the normal process from the company's warehouse.
The only possibility was that there was a problem with the warehouse.
Thinking of this, cold sweat instantly soaked his shirt, and his back felt a chill. But soon, he realized there were others present, steadied himself, and regained his composure.
"Father Li, how is the situation? Can you handle it?" Supervisor Song chuckled.
"When I handle things, it's guaranteed."
"That's good. That's good..."
Li Yu's treatment didn't take long; in about 10 minutes, the Steel-tailed Long-haired Monkey's internal injuries were healed.
He then concocted a dose from the existing materials and injected it into the Steel-tailed Long-haired Monkey. Its mania was alleviated, and the effect was even better than Zhou Ya's operation.
"Alright, take your Beast back." Li Yu looked at Liu Yiming and said expressionlessly, "Don't let it get wet for the next few days."
"Got it."
Liu Yiming walked over, raised his hand to reverse-summon, and the Steel-tailed Long-haired Monkey was retracted.
He turned to leave, but Li Yu suddenly called out to him.
"Wait."
"What else is there?"
"Business finished, time for personal matters."
Liu Yiming looked at Li Yu in confusion, only to see Li Yu smiling as he launched an attack with zero-frame startup.
Slap—
A loud slap landed on Liu Yiming's face. The heavy force caused his cheek to deform and tremble, and his body spun one and a half times before crashing heavily to the ground.
Before he could even cry out, Li Yu rushed up and delivered two more kicks, landing squarely on his wrists.
"Ah! F*ck! F*ck! You bastard, you're courting death! You dare to offend the Young Commander of the Earth Battle Group? You're dead... Ah... it hurts like hell!"
Liu Yiming screamed, rolling around violently while cursing. But the next second, his body was lifted off the ground, dragged up by Li Yu.
Li Yu glared at him and said in a deep voice: "Hitting my friend, hitting my sister—this is returning the favor."
"If you're not happy, that's fine. Tell your dad, my name is Li Yu, and tell him to bring it on!"