Please be my partner (1-610).

Summary

Sa Li Mu informs Mei Lun about the recruitment changes in the Velo City Special Affairs Bureau and their partnership. Mei Lun introduces himself as a Beast Tamer, showcasing his contracted animals, Spike and Hong Lian. They discuss communication tools provided by the Bureau, which allow for discreet messaging. After a lunch where they experiment with cooking techniques and discuss Hong Lian's blood manipulation abilities, they head to the Bureau headquarters. There, they review E-level incident files and decide to take on the case of a mentally disturbed painter, Mr. Ni Ya, who claims his daughter is missing. Sa Li Mu applies for a C-level Transcendent item, the Crystal of Intelligence, to help investigate the painter's memory. They arrive at Mr. Ni Ya's residence, where he expresses desperation over his missing daughter.

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