The Zoo

While waiting, the boys kept pestering Fujiwara with questions, saying things like, "If Uncle goes out, we're sure to win!" "Uncle is the legendary racing god!" "These little devils from Shark Devourers will definitely submit to Uncle!"

Fujiwara irritably placed the food in front of them. "You kids should sort out your own problems. I'm not going to clean up your messes. Besides, I'm good with cars, not your kind of kid motorcycles!"

The food was served, and the boys finally stopped making a fuss, rubbing their hands together with drool in their mouths. "Although Uncle used to run a tofu shop, his cooking is absolutely comparable to some five-star chefs!"

Fujiwara, hands on his hips, chuckled, "I'm very confident in my culinary skills!"

Jilan listened silently, then asked the Steel Gate Rikishi with some curiosity, "What do they mean by 'Hundred Demons' and 'Shark Devourers'?"

"Ah, that's just a small group of local kids who don't do anything productive. All they do every day is ride their motorcycles to race against kids from the next city. But because Oumagadoki City doesn't have any powerful Pro Hero, they've always been outmatched. But they never learn their lesson and keep challenging us."

Jilan nodded to indicate that she understood and remained silent.

After finishing her meal, Jilan returned to the Sakihara Inn. This time, Mrs. Qiyuan didn't say anything about pedophilia. Instead, she warmly led Jilan to the hotel's open-air hot spring, allowing Jilan to relax properly.

When Jilan, wearing a bathrobe, lay on her bed and took out her phone, she saw that the class chat group had exploded, with everyone excitedly sharing what they had seen and heard.

Asui works with a captain at the beach; Kirishima encounters Tetsutetsu from Class B at his work site; Uraraka follows the combat hero Gunhead, and senses a gentleness in him that doesn't match his appearance...

Jilan sighed helplessly. Everyone else had already met their Pro Hero, but she still didn't even know what he looked like...

Jilan didn't regret coming all this way. After all, if he were in a big city, he would definitely be stuck in traffic on the street and wouldn't be able to enjoy this kind of leisure.

Just then, a message suddenly came into Jilan's phone; it was from Camie Utsushimi.

The money has been received.

Jilan went to the bar's basement again over the weekend. It was someone from the Soul Band who called Jilan and asked him to go. Their purpose was simple: to give him money.

Camie Utsushimi is the planner; she found people to organize everything, from the venue to the staff. The Soul Band is just performing. Logically, she should be able to get seven or more shares of the money, but surprisingly, she chose to split it 50/50 with the Soul Band. And it's not pure profit, but ticket revenue.

The Soul Band discussed it and decided to take one of the five portions and divide it equally between Jilan and Tong, with the rest being one portion for each of them.

Jilan was somewhat surprised. Although he had given Soul Band a lot of help, he had only spent a day or two training with them. Even after going on stage, he only sang a few songs before suddenly leaving. Even though he had prepared a lot of Kyoka Makoto for the concert, he only received one share of the money. But he, who had suddenly joined, was able to get half a share.

Jilan originally came to work with the mindset of getting a free job. When he heard Kyoka Makoto say this, he initially wanted to refuse, thinking he couldn't just take what was offered to him. However, Kyoka Makoto was very firm, believing that it was what he deserved, and saying that without him, the concert wouldn't have had such a great stage effect.

Seeing that everyone else nodded in agreement, Jilan didn't refuse any longer and accepted the money.

Furthermore, Camie Utsushimi, there will be a share of the profits once the records produced are sold.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Jilan boarded a bus heading into the mountains. She was the only passenger on the bus that morning, and after talking with the driver, she learned the exact location of the zoo.

The bus didn't go directly to the zoo, so Jilan had to walk a bit after getting off the bus before she finally saw the zoo hidden in the mountains.

The gate is arched, with the words "Oumagadoki Zoo" written in artistic font on it. The walls are decorated with cute cartoon images of giraffes, lions, and other animals, giving it a comfortable feel. However... the entrance is lifeless, lacking any of the vitality and energy a zoo should have.

The gate was not locked, and the zoo should be open for business, but there were no cashiers standing in the small hut at the entrance.

How strange... Jilan thought to herself as she gently pushed open the gate, picked up her luggage, and walked into the garden.

He had already checked out of the Qiyuan Inn and now needed to carry his luggage with him. If this wasn't where the Pro Hero Mad Rabbit stayed, he would have no choice but to take all his belongings back to the city.

Is anyone there?

As Jilan walked past a pond, a seal poked its head out and looked at Jilan timidly; as she passed a large tree, a giraffe chewed on a leaf and lowered its head to watch Jilan; as she passed a high platform, an eagle perched on it, looking down at Jilan...

For some reason, Jilan always felt that there was something strange in the way these animals looked at her, as if they had their own thoughts.

Principal Nezu is an animal with a unique Quirk, capable of clearly conversing with others in human language. When this animal first appeared, it caused Vibrate in society, with many believing that they deserved to be treated with normal and equal respect by humans.

Many equality activists held marches and speeches, and some animals shared their experiences. After several years of struggle, these Quirk animals have been recognized as intelligent beings in society and enjoy the same human rights as ordinary citizens. For example, even the principal of U.A. High School is now an animal.

However, such animals are still a minority. Most animals have not undergone mutation. Apart from artificially bred animals such as pigs, cattle, and sheep, wild animals, although protected by humans from poachers, do not enjoy human rights and are still observed by humans in zoos.

"Mr. Cheetah, it's already opening time, so please hurry up and eat the food I've prepared for you!"

A woman's voice came from around the corner ahead of Jilan. He walked over and saw a woman dressed in what looked like park work clothes holding several pieces of meat, stuffing them into the mouth of a spotted animal.

That's a cheetah! But the woman in front of Jilan didn't seem worried at all about it attacking her. She was cleaning up clutter very close to it while complaining.

"Mr. Cheetah, you had another race with the zookeeper last night, didn't you? I'm glad you can get motivated, but you always relieve yourself anywhere after a race. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about me, your zookeeper..."

Jilan suddenly spoke up from behind her, asking, "Miss, are you a staff member of the park...?"

"Hey!?" The woman, who was focused on cleaning, suddenly heard a voice behind her. Her pores opened in fright, and she quickly turned around. However, because she was wearing large plastic shoes, she lost her balance when turning around and accidentally knocked over a small bucket of animal feces next to her. The feces landed squarely on the face of the cheetah that was lying next to her, devouring meat.

The cheetah stopped eating and slowly turned its head toward the employee.

When the employee realized he had caused trouble, his first thought wasn't to leave, but rather to frantically grab a rag and frantically wipe the cheetah's face while repeatedly apologizing.

The cheetah shook its head, shoving the rag aside, and opened its mouth wide towards her.