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1943  The Grade 12 Demon Ape

Now with one leg out of the portal, the Red Cross Ape roared once more, beating its chest with its left hand and stomping the rod with its right. And like any animal trying to show its dominance, the Red Cross Ape's aura spilled over to the entire group aggressively and yet naturally. Everyone who sensed it could feel how crazy and stifling the sensation was. There was no doubt about it. This Demon was at least a Grade 10 and above. As if Jin was able to hear their thoughts, he proudly scorned the group with his gaze, particularly at the Sinhua reporter. "Grade 10? Looks like you never see enough of the world. The Red Cross Ape is at least a Grade 12." Jin folded his arms as his pet stood behind him and continued to roar. And like its master, his gaze was only on one particular person.

"A Grade 4 Demon Exorcist taming a Grade 12 Demon?! That is totally unheard of! In fact, it's impossible! Are you risking the lives of every single person in this facility?" The Sinhua Reporter said and Jin smirked. (He loved that his Panda mask was only covering half of his face as they could see how proud he could be to demean the reporter even further.)

"Cross, Sit." One command from Jin suddenly turned the ferocious beast into something of a puppy. The Red Cross Ape placed his weapon at the side and sat beside Jin while still staring menacingly at the Sinhua Reporter. "Cross, play dead," Jin said once more and it pretended to get shot by a huge cannon. Holding its hand on its chest, as if to depict the wound that he had received. The Red Cross Ape huffs and puffs giving its all to show that he was playing dead. But even when his actions were convincing, his eyes were not.

For it was still staring at the Sinhua reporter as if waiting for the chance to pounce on it and kill it. The rest of the group could also see that the Red Cross Ape did not mean any harm to them at all and they all slowly backed away a little despite knowing that that mysterious Grade 4 Demon Exorcist had everything under his control. Just as the reporter wished to do the same, the Red Cross Ape who was supposed to be played dead, gave a loud grunt. Of course, it scared the shit out of the reporter as he knew that there was no way it was able to defeat a Grade 12 Demon on its own. Even when he tried to look at the Demon Exorcist Teacher that he had tried to pick on for help, the teacher's eyes averted away. "There is no helping you." It was what the teacher had implied as he too also felt that this mysterious Grade 4 Demon Exorcist was definitely not a Grade 4 at all. There was no way a Grade 4 could control a Grade 12 at all, it was totally not feasible for that to happen. "Alright. Alright. Enough of the threatening to that poor man. I think he learned his lesson." Jin said as he tapped at the Red Cross Ape when he took out a huge watermelon from his storage watch. Instantly, the Red Cross Ape quietly and gratefully took the watermelon. The Demon Exorcist Teacher was astonished. Even when dealing with lower Grade Demon Apes, there was never an instance where the Ape would stoop lower to receive his food. They all have a prideful nature that cannot be extinguished. Red Demon Apes were the proudest apes in their family species and yet this particular Demon Exorcist not only tamed a variant Red Ape, but a high grade too. So, it would undoubtedly be the most prideful demon that could have ever existed in the Ape family. That was why the Demon Exorcist Teacher literally wanted to take his teacher's title out and worship this particular Demon Exorcist as his new teacher. "What are you guys looking at him like this? I thought you all wanted a Demon to look at and take pictures with, right? Well, now is the chance. Go ahead and stand right beside it." Jin said and the group 'graciously' rejected the offer. "Oh no no no. I insist! I had expended effort and chi to bring this Red Cross Ape out of its house. At least let it do some things before going back. How would you feel if you were being called out and subsequently pushed back?" Jin said and the Red Cross Ape also beckoned the group to come forward and have a photo. At first, it was showing a friendly face but the reluctance in the group was so high that it got fed up and gave an angry face. By roaring once more, it showed a more forceful beckon. And everyone had decided to push the Sinhua reporter forward to be the scapegoat.

"Do remember to take a good picture! Our JODE academy needs your help for publicity!" Jin said and subsequently after the reporter took the photo, a few adults decided to take the risk. In their minds, there was nothing to lose since this was a dimensional instance and the Chancellor had reassured them that the training would be tough especially because this school was a part of the dimensional instance. All deaths are meaningless when they can be revived over and over again. With that feeble concept of protecting their sanity, they went close to the Red Cross Ape to touch it. Unexpectedly, the Red Cross Ape smiled even though those adults within the tour group would never foresee that Jin was the one behind the scenes telling the Red Cross Ape to give the widest smile possible. For a Demon Ape, its acting was relatively fluid and Jin was also pleasantly surprised by it. There was no way you asked Peppers to do this without controlling her with sufficient incentives and punishment. Jin knows very well that the Red Cross Ape was really working its best to give the entertainment value that Jin wanted to bring across. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Perhaps it felt guilty for all the food and drinks that it had been consuming without doing a single thing after being defeated. And when it finally could prove useful to its master, it would do what it could to make sure that the debt he had incurred be repaid. However, I would not lie that I did feel a tad disappointed with the current situation. What he wanted was more of a fight that could bring glory to his master and not scare a group of useless humans who could only complain.

Still, a job was a job and it attempted to do as well as it could. So, once the first batch of adults had taken the photos, the rest continued to do the same as well. Only through subsequent groups, the people in the tour group were more open and decided to take a little more daring photos with the Red Cross Ape. Subsequently, the Grade 4 Demon Exorcist tapped on the shoulder of the teacher which he saved. "I leave him to you for this entire tour."

That statement itself scared the teacher out of his wits as he knew that it was impossible for him to control a Grade 12 Red Cross Ape. All the red flags were there and the teacher literally went to his knees to beg the Demon Exorcist to not play such a game with him. "Hahah. I am joking. Besides you are the tour group's guide. I cannot possibly ask you to handle him." Jin said as he clapped his hands and shouted if anyone wanted any last pictures before he returned the Red Cross Ape home. After all, the Village Chief of Qiu Lian must be panicking to see that the Red Cross Ape was out of his sight.

When everyone was satisfied and there were no more 'one last picture' moments, the portal opened and gave way for Jin's pet to return to where it was supposed to go. It was at that time the Grade 4 Demon Exorcist walked against the flow of the tour group and told the teacher to not worry about the group. "You should do fine after this incident." However, the Demon Exorcist teacher did not let Jin go. "Wait! Are you one of the contestants for the subsequent JODE exhibition?" "Perhaps?" Jin shrugged his shoulders and gave a short smile before leaving. He also tapped on his shoulder to show some good luck but the teacher felt that this was not the end that he would see this Grade 4 Demon Exorcist. But at the same time, he questioned his existence for he knew the circle of Demon Tamers were extremely small. To have a person of this calibre would surely be known among his peers. Yet when he circulated the Red Cross Ape picture to his group. All he had was just one question asked repeatedly. "Who is he?"