STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer

5th Zone, City A

Jeremy Night and Melinda rejoined the group near the public square. The two Tier-5 Beast Tamers, Frey and Theo, had been strolling around the place earlier.

They didn’t expect the Team Leader, Melinda, to return so quickly. Upon seeing Jeremy Night, they started looking down on him even more. They assumed the Team Leader had rescued the kid.

Jeremy Night ignored their gazes. Instead, he observed the area around him. The public square was always filled with people.

He doubted anyone would appear here, but he also thought about the identities of the suspects. It was possible for criminals to have dual identities.

They were all wearing the uniform of the Red Moon Chamber. He thought the attire would definitely attract attention.

Even if the team weren’t looking for them, he believed the members of the illegal gang would definitely be monitoring them.

Melinda was speaking to her team. No one was looking at him. His gaze turned sharp, and his senses heightened.

Suddenly, he felt a pricking sensation at his back. Someone was watching him with a piercing gaze.

He turned around and casually moved toward the street hawker’s side. He sat down and ordered some noodles. The street hawker was an old man who immediately started preparing the food.

Frey noticed Jeremy Night. Upon seeing his actions, she said, ”Leader, look at him. You are seriously discussing things here, but he sat down to have food.”

Theo and the other two Tier-5 Beast Tamers saw this as well. The image of Jeremy Night in their minds fell drastically.

Melinda raised her eyebrows. She knew Jeremy Night wouldn’t do anything without a reason; she had already seen those corpses in the underground tunnel.

In a way, Jeremy had done his work already, so she didn’t take Freya’s words to heart.

”Don’t mind him. It’s his first mission,” Melinda said.

Hearing that, Freya had no words to retort. Theo and the other two Tier-5 Beast Tamers became silent. Though they disliked the newcomer, they didn’t have a credible reason to target him.

”Humph,” Freya coldly snorted to herself.

The five of them continued their discussion. Although Melinda was talking seriously about the mission, in her heart, she had decided not to hunt down the criminal members anymore.

They had already handed over enough corpses to the city officials. It was proof that they had done their work. The underground tunnel in the park had already been marked as a suspicious place by the officials.

So, while she was putting up an act outside, the other members were reacting seriously.

On the other hand, Jeremy received his bowl of noodles. He was happy.

While eating the food, he started paying attention to the gazes around him because the piercing sensation on his back hadn’t left.

Someone was still watching them, specifically, someone was watching him.

At first, he thought someone was watching the group, but then he realized the gaze never left his back. After finishing the food, he paid the hawker and walked up to Senior Melinda.

”Senior, I’m going back to the organization. I’m feeling unwell,” Jeremy said to Melinda.

This immediately stunned her.

”This?” Melinda uttered, confused. She had thought Jeremy would accompany her until the end of the mission.

She then looked at Frey and Theo and understood something. These two were insulting him, and Frey was acting particularly rude.

What’s more, she thought, Jeremy Night is still just a young kid. Perhaps he simply didn’t like the team members.

”Okay, you can leave. The criminals are Tier-4 Beast Tamers; your life would be in danger,” Melinda made an excuse so the team members wouldn’t complain.

To her surprise, they agreed.

”Let him go. He will only be a burden to us,” one of the Tier-5 Beast Tamers said. Since the newcomer was leaving voluntarily, they didn’t have to target him anymore.

The third Tier-5 Beast Tamer agreed as well, and Theo and Freya were happy. They didn’t expect the newcomer to leave on his own.

Jeremy nodded to Melinda before departing. He was actually headed toward the source of that piercing gaze. The gaze had lingered for so long but had vanished just now. Perhaps, seeing him approaching, the person decided to withdraw.

Jeremy was taking a gamble. If the person truly intended to target the Red Moon Chamber, they would target him because he was the weakest in the team. Whoever it was, they would appear before him soon.

He moved through the crowd before reaching another street. Then, he walked along the footpath slowly, wanting to see if the gaze would reappear.

Not long after, he felt it again. This time, someone was looking at him from the front. His gaze fell on the path ahead, but he could see residential areas on both sides.

The gaze was coming from above, which meant someone in one of the buildings was watching him.

It was going to be tricky. He couldn’t attack or kill illegal members in a residential building. He could only give up for now. However, the information would be useful to Sister Melinda, so he took out his device and started typing.

After sending the message to her, he put his device away and resumed walking. He planned to find an aircab soon to return to the organization.

Ten minutes later, just as he thought the gaze would be gone after leaving the residential area, he felt it on his back again. It had never left.

Jeremy understood the person was following him. His earlier theory was right: the person would target the weak link first.

He had yet to find an aircab, so he randomly asked a passerby about any abandoned buildings nearby.

The passerby saw his uniform and, having watched the news online, knew the Governor had commissioned Beast Tamers to search the city.

The passerby didn’t hide any details and revealed information about the abandoned buildings in the neighborhood.

Jeremy thanked them. He hadn’t expected them to be so honest, realizing they must have been following the news closely.