"Let's make it tomorrow morning."
After settling the terms of the wager with Liu Yu, Xu Ran turned to Zhou Hong, the Lion-Dragon Beast's Beast Tamer. "I need to receive a rather special group of guests for the rest of tomorrow, so I'm afraid I won't have time for you then."
"How about eight tomorrow morning, after my Boarding Shop opens?"
"Sounds good!" Zhou Hong nodded quickly.
He was even more eager than Xu Ran to have his Contract Beast regain its confidence through grooming and get back into peak condition as soon as possible.
"Boss Xu, I'll leave my Lion-Dragon Beast in your hands." Zhou Hong spoke with a sincere expression.
"Rest assured. I'll give it everything I have." Xu Ran's expression grew a little more serious to make his stance clear.
He had staked the next year of his life on this. He had no choice but to take it seriously.
He really was going all out to raise his profile as quickly as possible.
Even for him, solving this Lion-Dragon Beast's problem would not be easy.
Fortunately, not easy did not mean impossible.
"I'd like to see just what you can do tomorrow," Liu Yu said from the side, his expression somewhat sinister.
At this point, there was no way to fully salvage the Cosmos Boarding Shop's reputation. In that case, he would stake a year of this fellow's freedom and teach him the price of butting in so recklessly.
As for the possibility of Xu Ran winning, Liu Yu had never even considered it.
Growing clipped fur back through grooming? Did he really think grooming could do anything?
After leaving his shop's address, Xu Ran took the Three Little Ones and said his goodbyes.
Meanwhile, as onlookers spread the word, what had happened inside the Beast