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Chapter 861: Biotamers
We followed her out of that hangar bay with the turtle lumbering along behind me.
There were a few armoured guards who followed along but all of them were maintaining a wide distance from us, clearly unwilling to get any closer to the turtle that was behind us.
I was quite cautious as I kept an eye out on our surroundings, wondering if this woman was leading us to a trap.
Though if she was, I wondered just what kind of trap she had prepared that might help her deal with the turtle behind me.
We eventually reached what looked like an industrial cargo elevator which we stepped onto with that woman.
A few of the guards also followed along, occupying the spots that were furthest away from the turtle as possible, which wasn’t really that hard to do considering the platform was big enough to fit a small ship on it.
The lift started its descent as the large doors closed shut, my stomach lurching from the sudden movement.
I decided to speak up as I turned towards the woman, "Don’t suppose you’ll tell us what’s going on?"
She gave me a side eye before looking forward again, "You shall see soon enough."
Tsk...
I turned to my girls and both of them gave me reassuring looks.
If it really came down to a fight, then we would not be outgunned anyway.
I settled myself to wait as the lift continued its descent.
Just as I was wondering how deep we were going to descend, the elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open slowly.
I believe we were not at the bottom most level of the station and it looked like this place was meant to be some kind of storage area but had been changed to some kind of zoo or something.
The hall was a wide open space with various large rooms meant to be warehouses but have now been turned into animal exhibits where the walls and doorway had been converted to a see-through glass.
In each of these enclosures was some kind of creature and while some of them looked familiar, most of the creatures here were completely alien to me.
The interesting part was that the enclosures weren’t just solid metal but each of them seemed to have been designed and decorated to feature the creature’s habitat so it was made to look both natural and also comfortable for the creature inside them.
Right now, the place seemed to be empty aside from guards that were patrolling around as well as what looked to be animal handlers feeding and taking care of the creatures inside the enclosures.
I looked at her with a raised eyebrow and she stepped forward to gesture towards the hall in front of us.
"What do you think?" She asked, as if she had just finished explaining to us her entire plan.
I raised an eyebrow, "What do I think? I don’t even know who you are or what this place is. What do you think I am thinking?"
She turned to me and frowned, "Hmm... That’s odd... I thought for sure if you were able to control that creature, you would be somewhat like me... Are you not a Biotamer?"
I blinked at her as a new term was just thrown at me that I have never heard before.
"What’s a Biotamer?" I asked.
She stared at me for a moment before frowning, "You don’t know? How did you manage to control that creature then? Are you not even aware of your capabilities?"
"Look lady, I’m just here to deliver it because apparently you ordered for it to be smuggled here. What are you even talking about?"
She narrowed her eyes, "Which family are you from?"
Eh? Wait... Does she already think that I’m a Psionic?
I shook my head, "I’m not a noble."
"I’m not asking if you’re a Noble. I’m asking which family are you from?"
Oh... So not a noble family but just a family name or something?
But even then... What am I supposed to say here?
Amber came to my rescue, "We came from the Outer Colonies. We aren’t from here. We’re not from any family in particular."
The teal haired roman looked even more confused before she pointed at me, "You... Really never heard of a Biotamer before?"
"No? This is the first time I’m hearing that term. What the heck is that?"
She turned to the side and gestured to one of the armoured guards, "You there... Bring Seraphim here."
The guard seemed to freeze up as though he was just ordered to do something impossible or something.
Nevertheless, he quickly ran off and the woman turned back to me, "Is this your first time being able to control a creature like that? Be honest with me."
Lea spoke up in my stead, "I don’t see why we need to tell you anything. Our job here is to deliver the creature, not to tell you our life story."
The woman scoffed, "Fair enough... I suppose I have been quite unreasonable so far... Let’s start again then."
She took a moment to straighten herself and somehow, it felt like the atmosphere around her changed slightly as she gestured to herself.
"Yuki Nakamura. Eldest of the Nakamura Family of Biotamers. Current head of Nakamura Security and also your client for this job."
Err... Does she want me to introduce myself here or something? I guess we’ve already come all this way at this point and they also know my ship too so might as well...
"Tera... Mercenary," I answered her without going into any other details. Especially not introducing Lea and Amber to her either.
If that bothered her, the teal haired woman did not show it.
Instead, she nodded at me, "Tera, I see... Interesting name."
Right then, we heard a bark from a dog which was then followed by a scream.
We turned in the direction of the scream to see the guard that had ran off earlier returning in a full sprint with what looked like a golden retriever running behind him.
I would have thought the dog was looking to play with the guard if it wasn’t for the fact that it was snarling and biting at his heels.
After everything that I have learned about dogs, I would be assuming the dog to be something that would make everyone panic and run for their lives.
Then again... I guess this guard was technically running for his life right now.
The Yuki woman scowled at the sight, "Seraphim... Over here."
Surprisingly, the dog actually stopped and changed its direction to run over to her, only to stop to start sniffing in my direction.
The woman seemed to take offense to that and spoke in a more firm tone, "Seraphim. I said over here."
The dog took a moment to sniff again before it eventually plodded over to Yuki’s side.
Both Lea and Amber were now watching the woman closely, their hands on their weapons and their bodies tensed.
It took me a moment to realise that they were like that because they were expecting the woman to command the dog to attack us.
On the other hand, I was just trying to hold myself back from going to pet it.
Yuki gestured at the dog beside her, "I assume this is the first time you’re seeing this, right? I am able to command the dog here to do my bidding with just my words alone. That’s the power of a Biotamer which I believe you possess as well."
I raised an eyebrow, "What kind of power is that?"
"It’s a power that allows us to control certain creatures. Every Biotamer has specific creatures which they are able to control. Yours seem to be that creature in particular."
Hmm... Is it though?
I looked at the golden retriever that hadn’t stopped looking at me the entire time.
I reached out my hand towards it, "Over here girl~ Come here~"
She scoffed, "It’s no use, Seraphim obeys only m--"
The dog immediately ran over to me and started panting, her tail wagging excitedly.
I went ahead to start patting the dog, rubbing its cheeks and head which eventually led to the dog rolling on her back to present her belly to me.
Naturally, I transitioned to giving her belly scritches, prompting the dog to let out a whine of happiness as its tail continued to wag behind it.
It even gave a happy bark as though to encourage me so I scratched at it even faster, making its tail wag faster as a result.
So cute~ And it’s also really fluffy too~
I peeked at Yuki to see the woman staring at me with eyes as wide as saucers, her jaw hanging open as she beheld the sight of me patting her pet dog.
Sorry Yuki... But it seems like your dog likes me too.
Just let me pet her for a while more ok?