Chapter 36: Plateau, Gambling with Luck, Provocation

After finishing reading the report, the Green Patrol Captain tossed the papers onto the table and said, "These bastards could have returned in the morning and filed this report, but they chose to wait until the last minute to give the impression that they tried their best to fulfill the mission assigned to them… what a joke."

"Summon Squad C; I'll lead them tonight. There's no reason to drag this issue until tomorrow morning. By then, that serpent will have evolved into a Mutant Beast, and we'll only have more problems—especially with the stack of complaints about natural resource destruction and the decline in the number of certain species in the southern quadrant of the Perennial Forest."

"Yes, sir, immediately." The guard saluted briefly and left.