The next day.
Sky Control Pet Beast Arena.
Though there was still about half an hour before the official matches began, the stands were already packed with a sea of heads.
Humans and Pet Beasts alike excitedly discussed the contestants they supported.
"Do you think Huang Hailu will send out his ace Pet Beast today?"
"Zzz!"
"I think so too! This is a match to enter the top twenty-seven, after all. There's a high chance B-rank Pet Tamers will run into other B-rank Pet Tamers."
"Zzz!"
As the roughly twenty-centimeter-tall, mostly white, ball-shaped Pet Beast kept talking, the spectators seated nearby began to feel drowsy.
One spectator with stronger willpower turned around and said unhappily:
"Can you make your Sleepy Ball stop talking?"
Sleepy Ball was a Psychic Type beginner Pet Beast whose voice naturally made people sleepy.
"Sorry, sorry." Sleepy Ball's Pet Tamer manually muted it.
Sleepy Ball: "..."
Elsewhere.
"Do you think Qiao Sang will send out Clear Hidden Fairy again today?"
"She's about to enter the top twenty-seven. Probably not."
"Sigh, aside from Clear Hidden Fairy, I really want to see Qiao Sang send out Steel Sword Falcon. It's the first time I've ever seen such a cool bird-type Pet Beast."
"You might actually get your wish there. It's at least a General-level Pet Beast." The man speaking remembered something and suddenly laughed. "Speaking of Steel Sword Falcon, I still want to laugh whenever I think about how it had only one feather left after that match."
The moment he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill on his head. Instinctively, he reached up to touch it and found only something sticky.
A bad feeling rose in the man's heart. He grabbed at it, then lowered his head to look.
It was all hair.
"Who was it?!