72: rat teeth

Sitting in his seat, Shi Yan finally had time to carefully observe his surroundings.

The seat was just an ordinary wooden stool, with a light red round table in front of it, and three white papers on the round table—this was the entire interior setup of the Management Office.

The inside of the Management Office was spotlessly white, though in some corners, faint dark red bloodstains could still be seen.

Directly above the main entrance of the Management Office hung a deep red plaque, with five large black characters “No. 3 Management Office” carved in its center.

Through the main entrance, he could see strange creatures coming and going on the street outside.

He hadn't encountered any provocations similar to before on his way to the Management Office, perhaps because this road's Management Office was well-managed, or because his current level was higher.

Shi Yan rested his left elbow on the light red round table, supporting his head with his left hand, observing every creature passing by the main entrance with a strange gaze; it was a pity he was currently on a mission, otherwise he could have easily taken a few.

Not long after, Shi Yan encountered his first dispute of the day.

“You…”

“I’ll just…”

Sharp shouts drifted faintly into the Management Office from the main entrance; the sound was extremely peculiar, like the continuous friction of two balloons.

Shi Yan pricked up his ears and listened carefully; the owners of the voices seemed to be on the street to the right.

If it weren't for Shi Yan's high physical attributes at the moment, and the extreme distinctiveness of the sound, he wouldn't have been able to hear it at all.

The voices grew louder, and Shi Yan roughly understood the content of their conversation, though it was all meaningless, just some vulgar insults.

A few minutes later.

Two rat-men, clutching each other's throats, walked into the Management Office, continuously cursing at each other as they walked.

These two rat-men looked extremely similar, both with black fur, bodies identical to ordinary humans, but with rat heads; however, they could be distinguished by their clothing.

“Rat One, I’m going to…”

A rat-man wearing blue overalls cursed loudly, extreme anger visible in its two black eyes, while its furry hands frantically shook the other rat-man’s neck.

“Rat Ou, I’ll take your wife…”

The rat-man named Rat One, wearing a black shirt and white shorts, spoke with a mocking smile on its face, while its hands also gripped Rat Ou’s neck tightly.

Upon hearing this, Rat Ou’s expression grew even more furious, as if flames were flickering in its two black eyes.

For some unknown reason, even though both their necks were being tightly clutched, their voices seemed completely unaffected.

Shi Yan’s posture remained unchanged, still supporting his head with his left hand, but a hint of boredom appeared on his face; he was completely uninterested in whatever was happening between these two rat-men, he was only interested in skills, but what good skills could these two useless rat-men drop?

As for what exactly happened, Shi Yan could roughly guess from their conversation.

He tapped the table with his right hand, attracting the attention of both rat-men.

“What do you want? Speak one at a time.”

Shi Yan’s faint voice rang out, and instantly, a chilling killing intent enveloped the entire Management Office.

The Management Office fell silent immediately, the rat-men’s cursing abruptly ceased; their mouths hung open, unable to utter any sound, their black fur stood on end, and their clutching hands unconsciously lowered.

“You first.”

Seeing this, Shi Yan withdrew his killing intent and pointed his right hand at the rat-man on the left wearing the overalls.

“Reporting, my lord, this vile rat over there slept with my wife!”

Rat Ou raised its right hand, pointing at Rat One, an angry expression reappearing on its face.

Shi Yan shifted his gaze, looking at Rat One.

“My lord, I didn’t! It’s Rat Ou who is incompetent and couldn’t satisfy his wife, so his wife came to me herself!”

Rat One trembled all over under Shi Yan’s gaze, immediately pointing at Rat Ou and shouting loudly, its face full of an wronged expression.

“Is that so.” Shi Yan’s face remained bored.

“Nonsense! It was clearly you…”

Rat Ou roared with a ferocious expression.

An extremely cold chill generated from an unknown place, and the sudden drop in temperature interrupted Rat Ou’s words, then lightly brushed over Rat One’s body.

Crack, crack.

Accompanied by sounds of freezing, Rat One instantly froze into a large block of ice, still with its wronged expression on its face.

Because Rat Ou was too close to Rat One, some of the black fur on its body also froze into ice.

“Alright, this dispute is over.”

“You there, bite your finger and make a fingerprint.”

Shi Yan tossed a white paper in front of Rat Ou.

Rat Ou came to its senses, looking incredulously at Rat One, frozen into a block of ice beside it; although it was happy that Rat One was dead, seeing its fellow clan member die so tragically, a chill couldn't help but rise in its heart—Rat One’s level was even higher than its own, yet it died so decisively in front of this human, what if it were him…

“Thank you, my lord!”

Rat Ou, ignoring the ice on its body, quickly kowtowed to Shi Yan several times, then bit its finger and pressed it onto the white paper; the white paper instantly turned into specks of white light and dissipated into the air.

Rat Ou wasn't surprised by this sight; it had heard its friends and neighbors talk about these things before.

Shi Yan waved his hand at Rat Ou, signaling that it could leave; Rat Ou also wanted to leave quickly, to get away from this terrifying human, so it turned and walked away.

“Wait.”

Shi Yan suddenly called out to Rat Ou.

“My lord, is there anything else?”

Rat Ou turned around with a stiff expression.

“You forgot about it.”

Shi Yan pointed at Rat One, which was frozen into a block of ice.

“I understand.”

Rat Ou nodded, enduring the chilling cold from the ice block, and carried it out of the Management Office.

Watching Rat Ou’s receding figure, a cold smile flashed across Shi Yan’s face.

Who was right or wrong in this dispute, and what exactly happened, none of that concerned him, or rather, he was too lazy to investigate; he just needed to provide a seemingly unproblematic result.

Shi Yan’s posture hadn’t changed throughout, only his right hand moved, and he resolved a dispute.

Perhaps no one was more suited for this position than him.

A faint black rhomboid crystal floated where Rat One had been frozen.

Shi Yan got up and walked over to touch it.

The crystal transformed into wisps of warm current that flowed into his body through the point of contact.

After the warm current dissipated, Shi Yan summoned his ability panel.

Ability: Rat Tooth

Looking at the newly appeared skill on the ability panel, Shi Yan showed no surprise; what good skill could a useless rat-man drop?

Moreover, just by its name, he knew this skill was useless.

A message entered Shi Yan’s mind.

Rat Tooth: The upper and lower rows of teeth can transform into teeth like a rat’s incisors.

Hmm, as expected, it was useless.