Chapter 401 Evasion

Defeated by a single country kid without him ever moving an inch—a country kid at that! This was a

humiliation Soldier couldn't bear.

But he wouldn't dare lead his crew against Daniel again. He was no fool. Soldier knew full well that

they could fight a hundred more times and still end up whooped. They simply couldn’t beat Daniel,

the country kid.

So he needed an excuse, a story to spin.

“Lady, you can't blame me and my guys," Soldier said. "We all got badly beat by the Tiger King.

We’re still licking our wounds, which is why we couldn’t take down this country kid. Give us time to

heal, and it won't need to be a group thing—one of us could knock the stuffing out of him!”

He couldn’t admit defeat—that was a man's last stand of defiance.

Beauty, of course, recognized the nonsense Soldier spouted, but she didn’t call him out on it. She

needed this story to set up another challenge for Daniel.

She had come to Spirit Animal Valley because the Tiger King had escaped, and it was now out of

control. If the Tiger King got away, she couldn’t explain it to Kind.

After all, Beauty was the head honcho of Spirit Animal Valley.

Looking at Daniel with a mischievous smile, she said, “Being a tough guy means nothing these

days. Fighting doesn’t solve anything. You might be tough, but with just a gun, I could easily take

care of you.”

"Beauty, you've been talking a lot. Are you trying to challenge me? Don't hold back—I'm ready for

anything."

"I’m not giving you a challenge, I’m offering you an opportunity. You want to go with Jessica to New

York for my grandpa’s birthday bash, right? If you make yourself useful today, I’ll have a word with

grandpa for you."

Beauty’s words sounded nice, but she definitely didn’t mean it. Speak well of this country kid to

Kind? She figured not bad-mouthing him was already doing him a favor!

"Come on, Beauty, we've had our close moments, we're tight. Stop beating around the bush. What

do you really want me to do?"

"Didn’t you call the Tiger King just a big kitty cat? Here's your chance: go catch that big cat and

bring it back."

"The big cat got away?"

"Yeah!"

Beauty nodded, visibly annoyed.

"That beast is just like you—untamable and not a shred obedient! I've been treating it to the best

food, even hired a team to look after it, and it still ran off. When we catch it, I'm going to whack it

with a big stick until it understands. We’ll see if it ever tries to run away again!"

"Whacking a tiger’s behind? Not the best idea, but you two do share something in common."

Daniel said this with a laugh, but Beauty instantly sensed the jab.

"This country kid, so gutsy, how dare he backhandedly insult me?"

"You’re the one who's like that beast, not me!"

"I'm not! Because I'm no tiger."

"You little country punk, you think you can insult me with your roundabout words!"

"I admit I did insult you, but I definitely didn’t try to hide my intention!"