"What are you doing!"
Seeing Captain Chen staring at him intently, Feng Yuan stepped back a few paces and said discontentedly, with Xiao Ji in his arms glaring fiercely at Captain Chen. Captain Chen glanced at Xiao Ji in Feng Yuan's arms and said
"That's the special mutated Eggshell Chicken, right? Fine, I'll send you back later."
"Ji?"
Just then, Captain Chen's phone rang. After stepping aside to take the call, he said to Feng Yuan,
"I'm afraid I'll have to send you back later."
"What's happened?"
Yun You looked at Captain Chen with some confusion, while Feng Yuan whispered,
"Not finding any of the G Organization members doesn't necessarily mean they're behind the poisoning incident."
"You dare to eavesdrop!"
"Ji!"
"No."
Captain Chen glared at Feng Yuan and, remembering Feng Yuan's status, shook his head helplessly and said,
"It's too early to say now—just wait here, I'll send you back after I'm done with things."
Watching Captain Chen walk away, Feng Yuan sighed after looking at the Cotton Orchid Spirit Beasts that were herded into the house and said,
"Let's go search for the source of the poison."
"Eh?"
"Let's go~"
Yun You reached out to stop Feng Yuan, who was running towards the stream with Xiao Ji in his arms. After putting Xiao Ji down and turning around, Feng Yuan waved his hand and called out,
"Hurry up~"
"Really... don't wander off."
Seeing Feng Yuan getting farther away, Yun You followed him with a resigned wave to the others nearby. A Cotton Orchid Flower, surrounded by white tufts of cotton and capped with dark red blossoms, drifted out and headed in Yun You's direction. Cen Chudie, carrying Ah Ling in her arms, was startled at the sight of the drifting flower and hastily followed.
"Next, we need to search this area..."
"Captain, what's going on over there?"
While Captain Chen was assigning tasks to the team members, one of them caught sight of Feng Yuan and others running past and said with surprise. Captain Chen glanced over and cursed under his breath,
"Dammit! Everyone, follow them!"
"Yes!"
"Little Rock! Stop them!"
"Roar!"
A magical stoneman with ancient magic patterns all over its body appeared in front of Captain Chen and pounded the ground with both hands, causing sharp stone spires to shoot up from the ground in front of Feng Yuan and Xiao Ji, blocking their way.
"Who's there!"
Feng Yuan tightened his grip on the Sickle as he turned around and saw Yun You, Cen Chudie, and several special service team members approaching from behind. His grip loosened, and the Sickle dissipated with the wind,
"Why did you all follow me?"
"What are you doing! Especially you! Weren't you told to wait in the manor!"
After catching up to the three, Captain Chen let loose a torrent of scolding at Feng Yuan. Xiao Ji hid behind Feng Yuan, trembling, while the Dreaming Dragon Baby yawned and floated directly onto Ah Ling's head, coiling itself around her. Ah Ling's body, which had been floating in the air, was pressed down by the weight of the Dreaming Dragon Baby before it drifted up again. The Dragon Baby's eyes lit up mischievously. Delighted by the game, it would occasionally float up high and then press down hard.
Ding~~
"Meanie!"
Cen Chudie, upon noticing the Dreaming Dragon Baby bullying Ah Ling, shouted angrily and reached out to grab it. When the Dreaming Dragon Baby evaded her hands every time, Cen Chudie glared fiercely and walked past Captain Chen, who was still criticizing Feng Yuan. Seeing Feng Yuan looking completely deflated, Cen Chudie smiled slightly and pretended to be angry as she said,
"Feng Yuan! Look at what your Dreaming Dragon Baby has done to Ah Ling!"
Looking at Cen Chudie as if she was his savior, Feng Yuan skirted around Captain Chen and slipped over to Ah Ling, whispering to the Dreaming Dragon Baby,
"Finally saved~ You did a good job~"
"Proud?"
"Enough, come here. Don't bully Ah Ling anymore."
"Proud!"
The Dreaming Dragon Baby looked resentfully at Feng Yuan and deliberately floated high up before plunging down, pressing Ah Ling close to the ground. Ding~~~ Seeing the disobedient creature, Feng Yuan extended his hand to try to grab the Dreaming Dragon Baby, but it agilely avoided capture,
"Come back!"
"Proud!"
Seeing the Dreaming Dragon Baby look so smug, a flicker of light flashed in Feng Yuan's eyes,
"Proud?!"
The Dreaming Dragon Baby was inexplicably caught by Feng Yuan and began to struggle vigorously. Feng Yuan pulled it away from Ah Ling and said somewhat helplessly,
"Alright, stop picking on Ah Ling."
"Arrogant!"
"Playing the victim won't help, just go to sleep obediently."
"Arrogant!"
Realizing that pretending to be pitiful and looking at Feng Yuan was useless, Dreaming Dragon Baby discontentedly floated over to Feng Yuan's shoulder and viciously stamped its paws a few times before curling up unwillingly to sleep.
"Aren't you going to explain what exactly you plan to do!"
A voice that made Feng Yuan's hair stand on end rose from behind him. Feng Yuan stiffly turned around and, staring at Captain Chen, said with a beaming smile,
"Isn't this just about trying to deal with the source of the poison～ehehehehe～"
"Just you? Do you have any idea what the consequences would be if you were taken away by the G Organization? You're almost an adult! Can't you stop being so reckless!"
"That... I probably won't run into anyone from the G Organization, right..."
"Just because you say so? Do you think you can predict the actions of that bunch of lunatics!"
"Ji..."
Seeing Captain Chen scolding Feng Yuan again, Xiao Ji hurriedly hid behind Yun You, occasionally poking out her head to glance at Feng Yuan. After a while, when Captain Chen felt he had scolded enough and his tone had softened a bit, he said,
"I just saw you guys seem to be running towards a target, do you have a lead on the poison source?"
"No!"
"Hmm!"
Seeing Feng Yuan's defiant attitude, Captain Chen glared at him. Beside him, Yun You chuckled and said,
"That's enough, Captain Chen is just worried about you. After all, you're of special status, and the one who would be most seriously injured in case of an accident is you."
"Tch! It's not like I haven't driven away the G Organization before, they're just so-so. I don't know where the source of the poison is. I'm just having Xiao Ji follow the pollution trail upwards to investigate."
"Xiao Ji?"
"Ji?"
Hearing her name being called by Captain Chen, Xiao Ji tentatively peeked out from behind Yun You with a tremble and responded. Seeing Xiao Ji's timid demeanor, Captain Chen said with an amused tone,
"What are you hiding for, you've done nothing wrong."
"Ji?"
Seeing Xiao Ji hesitantly step out from behind Yun You, Captain Chen squatted down, looked at Xiao Ji with a smile, and said,
"Can you track the pollution path of the poisonous power?"
"Ji?... Ji～"
"Then can you lead us to the source of the poison?"
"Ji～"
"Then lead the way."
"Ji..."
Seeing Xiao Ji looking at Feng Yuan, somewhat at a loss, Captain Chen thought for a moment and then seriously said to Feng Yuan,
"This situation is special. You lead the way with Xiao Ji, and if we run into something, don't you dare stick your head out! Just hide behind us! Don't act rashly if this happens again!"
"Okay～"
"Xiao Ji, lead the way～"
"Ji～"
"Release all Spirit Beasts that can be let out!"
As the team members formed a protective circle around them, keeping a vigilant watch over the surroundings, they followed Xiao Ji's guidance to search for the poison source. After a while, Xiao Ji suddenly pointed deep into the woods,
"The poison source is not somewhere upstream?"
Surprised, Captain Chen said. Watching Xiao Ji nod confidently and point deeper into the woods, Captain Chen looked at the shallow stream on the ground and said,
"Wait a second, I need to report to Captain Yan first."
After a while, Captain Chen put away his phone and said,
"Move! Keep going."
"Sickle! Clear a path ahead, and be careful!"
"Squeak!"
"Eh～a Stray Samurai Monkey? Captain Chen is quite impressive, huh."
Watching a white ape, as tall as a person, carrying a long sickle and keenly observing their surroundings, Feng Yuan admired. Xiao Ji in his arms, upon hearing Feng Yuan's praise, wiggled as if challenging the creature. Sensing Xiao Ji's movements, Feng Yuan quickly held Xiao Ji tight and softly said,
"What are you doing? Don't think you can handle it. A Stray Samurai Monkey, with evolutionary advancement beyond its rank, is not something an Ordinary Spirit Beast can compare with. It could knock you down in a minute."
"Ji!"
Xiao Ji looked at Feng Yuan indignantly. After a while, the group followed the stream to the entrance of a cave. Seeing the traces around the cave, Captain Chen hesitated for a moment and took out his phone.