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"Attention all units! Target is stable, prepare for trapping! Position one, prepare tranquilizer gun! Position two, prepare net gun!"

The bespectacled expert—Professor Liu from the Provincial Zoological Research Institute—was calmly directing operations over a walkie-talkie. In his view, this was just a routine capture operation; no matter how intelligent the panda was, it was still just a wild beast.

Several staff members in protective suits, each holding a tranquilizer rifle, slowly surrounded Li Tuantuan in a fan shape.

Wang Zhenhua frowned and stepped forward: "Professor Liu, could you please refrain from using force? This panda has been very well-behaved at the institute these past few days and has never hurt anyone. If you point a gun at it like this, what if you provoke it..."

"Director Wang, please don't interfere with our professional work." Professor Liu said seriously, "The wild nature of wild animals is uncontrollable. It may seem docile now, but it could suddenly attack and hurt someone in the next second. We are doing this for everyone's safety, and also for its own good."

Lin Wan stood on the second-floor corridor, looking at the scene below, stamping her feet in frustration, yet feeling utterly helpless.

Li Tuantuan stood in the center of the courtyard, looking at the several dark gun barrels, and sneered inwardly.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Professional? I think you guys are just professionally courting death. You really think you can take me down with a few tranquilizer guns? I'm a bear with a system! Although the system isn't very useful now except for Apple, my skills are the real deal!"

One of the staff members had already placed his finger on the trigger.

Li Tuantuan moved.

Instead of running away or roaring like a normal wild animal, he suddenly did a side roll—a move that was almost unbelievably agile for a 300-pound man.

"call out!"

The anesthetic needle grazed his pale belly and pierced the flower bed behind him.

"What?!" The staff member who fired the shot was stunned.

Before anyone could react, Li Tuantuan had already rushed to the equipment rack next to her. There were several shields and batons used for riot control drills.

He stretched out his thick bear paw and grabbed a polycarbonate riot shield that was half a person tall.

To everyone's astonishment, the panda slipped its left forelimb into the handle of the shield, braced itself with its right forelimb, lowered its center of gravity, and held the shield in front of it, revealing only a pair of small, menacing eyes.

Standard riot control assault stance!

"Holy shit!" Wang Zhenhua dropped the cigarette in his hand onto his crotch, burning him and making him shudder.

"This...this posture is even more standard than our new auxiliary police officer!" Old Ma's mouth dropped open.

Professor Liu's glasses slipped down to the tip of his nose: "This...this is impossible! How could it use tools?!"

Li Tuantuan didn't give them time to be surprised.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Guys, let me show you what 'Kung Fu Panda' really means! For my position, for my freedom, charge!"

"Awooo—!!"

With a deafening roar, Li Tuantuan launched her charge.

He didn't attack anyone; instead, holding his shield, he charged straight at the weakest point in the encirclement—the worker with the net gun—like an out-of-control tank.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

The staff member was thrown into the air along with his gun, rolling several times on the ground before coming to a stop, and the net gun in his hand flew a long way.

Instead of pressing her advantage, Li Tuantuan used her momentum to rush directly to the dormitory building where Lin Wan was located. With her back against the wall and her shield in front of her, she adopted a "one man can hold the pass against ten thousand" stance.

He even extended his right paw and beckoned to Professor Liu with his finger.

The meaning is clear: Come on over here if you dare!

The courtyard was deathly silent.

The staff members holding tranquilizer guns exchanged glances, none daring to step forward. They were joking; that gun had the force to send a person flying, and besides, this panda could use a shield to block the tranquilizer darts. How were they supposed to hit it?

Professor Liu, enraged, shouted, "Fire! Keep firing! I refuse to believe it can hold out forever!"

"stop!"

A sharp shout rang out.

Lin Wan rushed down from upstairs and spread her arms to block Li Tuantuan.

"You can't do this! It has already demonstrated extremely high intelligence and defensiveness. If you continue to attack forcefully, you will only force it to react more aggressively! Who will be responsible if someone gets hurt, or if this national treasure is injured?!"

Lin Wan's chest heaved violently as she stared intently at Professor Liu.

Looking at the slender figure blocking her way, Li Tuantuan was deeply moved.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Waaah, the policewoman is so good to me. It wasn't for nothing... even though you're always the one feeding me. But I'll remember this, from now on you're my dear wife!"

He quietly reached out his claw and gently tugged at Lin Wan's trouser leg, then pushed the huge riot shield in front of Lin Wan, meaning: Sis, take this, it's safe.

This action once again broke everyone's guard.

"It...it's protecting Officer Lin?" Old Ma rubbed his eyes.

Wang Zhenhua took a deep breath, strode up to Professor Liu, his face grim: "Professor Liu, that's enough. As you've seen, this panda's situation is very special. It not only knows how to use tools, but also understands tactical coordination, and even possesses human emotions. If you insist on using violent means to capture it, I will now ask you to leave on the grounds of 'endangering public safety'."

"You…" Professor Liu's face turned ashen. "Director Wang, do you know what you're saying? This is a major scientific discovery!"

"I don't care about any scientific discoveries. In my jurisdiction, as long as it's not illegal, no one can mess around," Wang Zhenhua said firmly. "Moreover, I've already reported this matter to the Municipal Public Security Bureau. The leaders of the Municipal Bureau believe that since this panda has the ability to assist the police in apprehending fugitives, perhaps we can try a new way of coexisting."

"A new model? What does that mean?"

"What I mean is," Wang Zhenhua glanced at Li Tuantuan, who was peeking out from behind Lin Wan, "it's temporarily under the jurisdiction of our police station. If you want to study it, you can apply to come to the station to observe it, but you absolutely cannot take it away, much less harm it."

Professor Liu looked at the panda holding a shield, its eyes exuding the aura of a "debt dodger," and then at the police officers with their tough attitudes. In the end, he could only stomp his foot in frustration.

"Okay! I'll report this to my superiors! If anything goes wrong, you'll be fully responsible!"

After saying that, he waved and left with his men.

Watching the vehicles slink away, Commander Li breathed a sigh of relief, and the shield in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

He plopped down on the ground, panting heavily with his tongue lolling out, and then gave Lin Wan a big,憨厚 (honest and simple) smile.

"Mmm~"

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Done! Round one, complete victory! But that charge was a bit too strong, I think I strained my back... Ouch, my old back. I need to get a massage from that lady."

Lin Wan turned around and looked at the panda that had been so majestic just moments before, but was now acting cute and cuddly. Her feelings were extremely complicated.

She crouched down, looked into Li Tuantuan's eyes, and asked in a low voice, "You know Tai Chi, you can use a shield, and you can even do tactical charges... Just what are you?"

Li Tuantuan's heart tightened.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Oh no, the young lady is suspicious. I absolutely can't admit anything now! As long as I don't say anything, I'm just an overly clever panda!"

He immediately tilted his head and reached out his claws to grab Lin Wan's police badge, his clear eyes revealing a hint of stupidity, as if the war god who had just charged forward with a shield was not him at all.

Lin Wan sighed and shook her head helplessly: "Fine, whatever you are, as long as you don't do anything bad."

Just then, Wang Zhenhua walked over.

"Xiaolin, since this panda is staying here for the time being, you'll be in charge of looking after it. Give it a name; we can't keep calling it 'that panda'."

Lin Wan thought for a moment, looking at Li Tuantuan's round and chubby figure: "How about... we name him Gun Gun?"

Li Tuantuan rolled her eyes.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Gun Gun? That's too tacky! Can't you come up with something more imposing? Like 'Zhentian' or 'Bawang'? Oh well, Gun Gun it is, it's better than calling him 'Er Gou' (Second Dog)."

"Okay, let's call him Gun Gun." Wang Zhenhua nodded. "However, since he's staying, he can't just eat and drink for free. The town hasn't been very peaceful lately, with a lot of petty theft and blind spots in the surveillance cameras. Xiao Lin, why don't you take him out for a walk and see if he can use his 'special skills'?"

Li Tuantuan's eyes lit up.

Li Tuantuan's inner monologue: "A job's come up? They're trying to boost my sales figures! No problem, catching thieves is my specialty!"