Ke Meng was slightly relaxed since it was the first time he talked to an official, and the officers were pretty friendly.
There was no sense of confrontation like, ‘I’m arresting you for I know something is wrong about you’. There was no intention of seizing as well.
Ke Meng understood that humans with ill intentions would take advantage of such a strange item if it was wandering around out there. They would cause disasters in society.
However, the officials did not assume that he was a bad guy, which made him feel warm inside.
After all, not all citizens were sick at heart. Good samaritans like Ke Meng used the special item for justice.
“That plush toy is indeed quite unusual. It’s actually my pet,” Ke Meng nodded and said.
He had posted Glutinous Ball’s review video on the internet. If the officers saw his video, they would know that Glutinous Ball was a canine pet that could be enhanced.
Instead of lying, he would rather be honest from the beginning to reduce the distance between them. It would be more convenient for them to work together in the future.
Not only that, but he would also obtain more and more review items if he was given review missions in the future. It would be easier and harmonious to be on the same side with the officials.
“I have a review video on B Site. It’s the video about my fluffy pet. It’s going up soon,” Ke Meng said.
“What’s your account name? Can I follow you?” Officer Luo was no longer as anxious upon noticing that Ke Meng was willing to tell the truth.
The most irritating person was the kind who was stubborn. If something was to really happen, not one person but a group of people would be harmed.
They could only reduce such disasters after a thorough understanding of the special item, registering it, and assessing its risk, as well as monitoring its coordinates closely. Otherwise, the entire society would be in a mess, turning into a dark society. Nobody wanted to live in such a nation.
Ke Meng showed his B Site account to Captain Luo. He followed him, then looked through the videos Ke Meng had posted before.
There were food vlogs, daily vlogs, and some boring unboxing videos.
The old videos had very few views, but the two latest videos had many views. They were a cat and a glove unboxing video.
“Are you going to post about your fluffy pet online?”
“I just want to show and explain things to people. I’ve no other intentions,” Ke Meng said.
“Explain things… Indeed, explanation is needed. There are rather many special items appearing lately. It’s bad that people are uninformed. It raised the possibility of accidents.”
When looking through history, ignorance and being blinded were backward behaviors. Meanwhile, open-mindedness and freedom would promote development.
Many special items had yet to be recorded by the officials in Koi Continent. If the people were alert, as well as going to the officials themselves to register the items, the situation would be much improved.
Even if they did not register themselves while all they did was being alert, the risk control on the country’s side would be much easier.
After all, the network was well-developed nowadays. There were surveillance cameras all over the streets and alleys. It was a piece of cake for the officials to see whatever problems there might be.
They could focus on the monitoring when they located the special item’s coordinates in order to raise their emergency response capability.
Ke Meng brought the officers upstairs. They saw a round, fluffy ball in the living room as soon as the door was opened. It was motionless.
Captain Luo took a good look at the golden, fluffy ball with his glasses. It looked like a plush toy no matter how he looked at it. He would not realize it if Ke Meng did not say that it was his pet.
“What characteristics does your pet have? Have you tested it?” Captain Luo said while signaling his underling to use his phone to take a video for documentation.
“It has Enhancement skill, which allows it to grow four to five meters tall. It can break a tree with a slap when it’s been enhanced,” Ke Meng said.
The information had been filmed as the materials for his video, so there was nothing that Ke Meng should hide.
Captain Luo nodded. It was no wonder that it could stun the fugitive. With this pet, indeed, it could suppress an adult on the physical level.
“High risk,” the staff responsible for recording typed that in his phone.
“Is it controllable?”
“It only listens to me since it recognizes me as its master. It wouldn’t dare to go west if I asked it to go east,” Ke Meng said.
“Glutinous Ball, roll to the east.”
Glutinous Ball rolled for a little to the east. It was very obedient.
The officers looked at each other and said nothing.
“Can we do a more detailed test? We need to record it in our files. You can only keep this pet after a special file in the national network is recorded,” Captain Luo explained.
There were strange pets in Koi Continent too. They were pretty much controllable, as long as their owners did not misguide them.
“Where will you do that?”
“At the Special Affairs Investigation Bureau,” Captain Luo said.
It was the first time for Ke Meng to hear about this bureau. He had never heard of it before.
“Is it new?”
“It was established five years ago, but we didn’t announce it to the public. Only people who are involved in special cases, people in the industry and special item owners know.”
Captain Luo paused. “You’re also a supernumerary special item owner now. The Koi Continent monitors all owners’ activities in public. Your understanding is much appreciated.”
Ke Meng showed his understanding. It made sense.
In this time and day where everybody owned a smartphone while technology companies were developing 5G and the internet of all things, it was easy for the officials to monitor his whereabouts.
“I have some special items at home too. They are a cat and a glove,” Ke Meng said.
The two items were also the review items in his videos.
He had filmed the review items for the mission assigned by the system in the beginning. It would be inappropriate for him to hide them now.
“You have three?” Captain Luo was surprised. He had never expected Ke Meng to have so many special items.
‘So Mr. Ke’s latest two videos are the reviews of special items.’
He did not expect Ke Meng to be so passionate about reviews.
It was very lucky for an ordinary person to obtain a special item by chance, let alone obtaining three consecutively.
“You can keep them if you have the ability to control them and not let them harm society.” Captain Luo knew why Ke Meng had mentioned the two special items. He gave the answer Ke Meng was looking for instantly.
That was the Special Affairs Investigation Bureau’s grace, as well as the Koi Continent’s grace.
“They’re controllable,” Ke Meng guaranteed.
“No matter what, we’ll bring them to the investigation bureau to a test and record them in our special affairs file.
“If you’re unwilling to do that, and in case you’re worried that we’d capture you, you can pick a venue of your own. People from our bureau will send someone over for the test,” Captain Luo said.
To be honest, Ke Meng was eager to see what the Director of Special Affairs Investigation Bureau looked like.
An hour later, Ke Meng arrived at the Special Affairs Investigation Bureau.
The bureau was located at Whale City’s technology development zone. There were technology companies everywhere around. Skyscrapers were included in the many buildings, while the roads beneath the buildings were broad.
There was no sign of the investigation bureau hanging at the entrance. It was the company plaque—Special Affairs Services LLC.
Ke Meng looked to his left and right. He saw armed soldiers guarding the door.
In this nation with a strict gun ban, having soldiers’ guarding was a sign in the Koi Continent. This was a secret military base.