"You're too loud. From now on, when I'm on your head, don't roar so loudly, understand?" Seeing the black bear's human-like eyes, Takeru spoke calmly.
Hearing Takeru's voice, the black bear thought for a while before understanding Takeru's meaning. It was about to roar to show it understood, then remembered not to roar loudly, so it gave a small whimper.
"That's better. Hurry up, head that way!" Seeing the bear so intelligent, Takeru urged it again, simultaneously pondering. It seemed the world's mutation not only gave beasts power but also granted them intelligence. Most importantly, they seemed able to understand human language simply.
Hearing Takeru's urging, the black bear quickly charged forward. To avoid discomforting Takeru with its running, it tried its best to reduce the amplitude of its movements while running, preventing the Takeru on its head from being displeased and cracking its skull open...
After running for a while, although the bear didn't know Takeru's destination, it didn't dare slow down, still running hard.
"Almost there ahead." Soon, in Takeru's perception, a giant python was swallowing a deer. It was the third monster with a powerful life magnetic field Takeru had sensed earlier.
Simultaneously, the python feeding noticed the huge commotion caused by the bear's running and warily looked in the bear's direction.
Before long, the giant black bear and Takeru appeared in the python's perception. Sensing the malice Takeru carried, the python raised its head and hissed in Takeru's direction.
"Alright, you wait here." Seeing the target, Takeru jumped down from the bear's head, then spoke calmly to it.
Hearing Takeru's words, the bear thought for a moment, then nodded and sat down, watching Takeru.
"Hiss!" On the python's side, seeing Takeru walking towards it so boldly, it hissed a few times, trying to scare Takeru away.
But facing its intimidation, Takeru's expression didn't change and he still walked straight towards it.
Seeing Takeru ignoring its warnings, the python's eyes turned fierce. It then lunged at Takeru, intending to swallow him whole with its gaping maw.
However, smelling the foul odor from the snake's mouth, Takeru naturally had no intention of being a guest in its stomach, even if it couldn't penetrate his defense.
So Takeru lightly jumped, his figure disappearing from the python's attack range at even greater speed. The next moment, Takeru's figure appeared high in the air.
"Rankyaku!" In mid-air, Takeru delivered several kicks in succession. Several white slashing waves quickly shot towards the python's body. In the blink of an eye, the python was severed into several sections.
"Too weak." Looking at the python easily cut into five sections by his Rankyaku, Takeru spoke softly.
'Perhaps because I was too strong?' Watching the python's five severed sections, including the head, still twitching, Takeru thought somewhat narcissistically.
Then, Takeru focused his gaze. One severed section of the python's head seemed pulled by some force, floating in the air, then compressed by some power. Soon, the giant python head became a mass of pulp, completely lifeless.
After doing this, Takeru nodded with satisfaction, then walked towards the black bear again. The bear, understanding, lowered its head. Then, Takeru leaped onto its head again.
"Alright, big guy, head this way." After handling everything, Takeru slightly sensed the shadow clones' locations, then directly spoke to the bear.
Hearing Takeru's words, the bear quickly started running.
"Oh, I'll give you a name. From now on, you'll be called Kokuo." On the bear's head, Takeru suddenly thought of something, patted its head, and spoke. (T/N: The bear's name is Little Black, so I changed it to Kokuo.)
"Roar!" Hearing Takeru's words, the bear quickly let out a soft roar.
"Good, it's decided. It seems you like this name." Sensing the bear's reaction, Takeru showed a slight smile.
Because the bear's intelligence seemed quite good, Takeru planned to adopt it. He didn't get to keep the eagle before, so he'd raise a bear now.
As for potential problems, Takeru believed the Ability Institute would handle them. Moreover, as long as Takeru could ensure the bear wouldn't harm ordinary people, they might even be pleased to have an extra combat asset like a mutated black bear.
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Meanwhile, after Takeru left, Yukino and the others quickly decided on team compositions: Yukino, Ui, and Yui as one team, and Umaru, Taihei, Sylphin, and Rikka as another team. After deciding, both teams began the island clearing operation.
With continuous coordination, everyone became more adept at clearing. Of course, there were dangerous moments. For instance, Sylphin, ultimately lacking experience, was scratched by a mutated leopard.
However, because Taihei blocked the damage at the critical moment, she avoided life-threatening danger.
In contrast, Yukino, Ui, and Yui, though only three, all had very good strength, cooperated in amazing tacit agreement, and cleared the enemies with ease.
During Takeru's absence, they killed nearly fifteen mutated animals, meaning this island harbored a significant number of mutated creatures.
Suddenly, everyone noticed a huge tremor in the surroundings and tensed up. Soon, in Yui's sight, a giant black bear appeared.
Sensing the aura it emitted, clearly not on the same level as the ones they dealt with before, she became nervous. Ui, her eyes sharp, hid, ready to assassinate at any moment.
Then Yukino and Yui exchanged glances, quickly gathering magic, preparing to strike first. As the bear approached, they simultaneously cast Fire Bullets at it.
Just as the Fire Bullets were about to hit, they seemed to crash into a special barrier and dissipated, leaving the bear unscathed.
"A magic-using black bear?!" Seeing this, Yui exclaimed in shock. Even Yukino wasn't as calm as before.
"No, it's Takeru-nii!" Just as Yukino was about to call for help, Ui's voice quickly came over. Clearly, Ui, who had stealthily approached, noticed Takeru on the bear's forehead. The others hadn't seen Takeru earlier due to tree cover and the oppressive presence of the bear.
Hearing Ui's words, the two quickly dropped their guard. Not far away, Umaru and the others naturally noticed the commotion and hurried over, just in time to see Takeru jumping down from the bear's head.
"So, how's the hunting going, everyone?" Scanning everyone, Takeru asked with a light smile.
"Mhm, going well. This is...?" Hearing Takeru's words, Yukino hesitantly pointed at the black bear behind him.
"This is Kokuo, my newly tamed pet! Come, Kokuo, say hello to everyone." Hearing Yukino's question, Takeru smiled and spoke.
Hearing Takeru's voice, Kokuo obediently came before everyone and let out a small roar, as if greeting.
"So cool!" Seeing the bear so obedient before Takeru, Sylphin's eyes seemed to sparkle as she spoke excitedly.
"Ta-Takeru! It... it won't suddenly eat us, will it?" Compared to Sylphin's thick nerves, Yui looked at Takeru blankly.
"Don't worry, it won't." Hearing Yui's words, Takeru chuckled.
Hearing Takeru's confident reply, everyone didn't know what to say and could only nod blankly.
"Oh, right. It's getting late. Have you all eaten?" Suddenly, Takeru checked the time and asked.
"No." Everyone shook their heads. They had been nervously fighting and naturally hadn't thought about eating.
"I see. Then let's have something to eat and rest." Seeing everyone somewhat fatigued, Takeru suggested.
No one refused. Then everyone quickly cleared an area for a temporary resting spot. Sylphin seemed very curious about Kokuo, constantly touching it.