If you were made a mascot, you would become a legend in the police force.

"Get lost! Wait a minute!"

Seeing Li Tuantuan jump down, Lin Wan shouted anxiously. She gritted her teeth, turned on the body camera on her shoulder, took out a flashlight, and climbed down after her.

The sewers were black and smelly, and the ground was covered in mud and filthy water. Li Tuantuan cursed under her breath with every step she took.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "What a disaster! Shouldn't this national treasure be rolling around in the bamboo forest? How did it end up in the latrine? That damn thief, when I catch you, I'll shove you down the toilet and flush you a hundred times!"

Despite his inward complaints, he didn't slow down at all. His enhanced senses proved invaluable in the darkness. His ears could hear the sound of a mouse crawling dozens of meters away, and his nose could pinpoint that unique, mixed scent with pinpoint accuracy.

After wandering around in the stinky underground pipes for seven or eight minutes, Li Tuantuan almost stepped on a fat rat, which squeaked and darted into a crack in the wall. Lin Wan slipped, but Li Tuantuan quickly used her tail to hook her belt, preventing her from falling into the sewage.

"Thank you," Lin Wan said softly.

Li Tuantuan waved her paw, indicating "It's nothing".

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "This girl is quite hardworking, not as delicate as I imagined. She seems like a good candidate to be a criminal investigator."

After walking for a while, Li Tuantuan stopped at a fork in the road and sniffed the wall. In the passage to the left, the smell of quicklime and cheap perfume was noticeably stronger.

He glanced back at Lin Wan, who was following behind him, and pointed to the left with his paw.

"This way?" Lin Wan asked softly.

Li Tuantuan nodded.

The surrounding environment was becoming increasingly dry, and the sludge was decreasing. Clearly, they had entered an area of ​​abandoned pipes.

Suddenly, Li Tuantuan stopped. He raised a paw, signaling Lin Wan to stop, and then pressed his ear against the wall.

The sound of voices could be faintly heard not far ahead.

"Hehe, this one's really nice... the lace is so cool..."

It was a man's voice, with a lewd chuckle. Then came a rustling sound, like clothes being turned over.

Lin Wan heard it too. She turned off her flashlight, gripped the baton at her waist tightly, and her breathing became rapid.

Li Tuantuan glanced back at her, a sly glint in her eyes.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Found him. This bastard really knows how to enjoy himself, hiding in this underground palace and holding an 'appreciation conference.' Should I just rush in, or scare him first?"

He pointed to a crack in front of him that was emitting a faint light, indicating to Lin Wan that it was the entrance.

Lin Wan nodded and quietly crept over.

Through the crack, you can see that this is an abandoned underground maintenance room, and it's quite spacious. It's cluttered with all sorts of odds and ends, and the walls are covered with all kinds of cured meats and sausages. The most eye-catching thing is a broken bed in the middle, covered with colorful women's underwear.

A thin man with a pointed face was sitting on the bed, holding a red bra in his hand, smelling it with a look of ecstasy.

"Pervert!" Lin Wan cursed inwardly, burning with rage.

She was about to rush in and grab the man when Li Tuantuan stopped her. Li Tuantuan shook her head and pointed to the man's waist.

There was a gleaming boning knife hanging there.

Moreover, in this confined space, if the other party becomes desperate and acts recklessly, Lin Wan could easily get injured.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Let me do this dirty and tiring work. After all, I have 'copper skin and iron bones,' and his little broken knife can't even cut my oily skin. Besides... I've thought of a more interesting way to play."

Li Tuantuan winked at Lin Wan, then quietly made her way to another entrance to the maintenance room—a half-closed iron door.

He took a deep breath and focused his energy in his lower abdomen.

Suddenly, he shoved open the iron gate and let out a terrifying scream.

"Awooo—!"

The sound echoed in the enclosed underground space, sounding like the howling of a demon from hell.

The thief, who was lost in his reverie, was startled and dropped the underwear in his hand. He sprang up from the bed, grabbed the boning knife at his waist, and stared at the door in terror.

"Who? Who's there?!"

In the darkness, a huge black and white figure slowly emerged. Because it was backlit, and because Li Tuantuan deliberately hunched over, it looked like a monster walking upright.

The thief's legs began to tremble: "You...are you a human or a ghost?"

Li Tuantuan didn't speak, but strode forward with heavy steps. When he reached the light, he suddenly grinned, revealing two rows of sharp fangs, and then made an extremely human-like gesture—he extended his claw, pointed at the knife in the thief's hand, and then made a "throat-slitting" motion.

The thief finally saw clearly.

"Bear...panda?"

His worldview crumbled. Why would there be a panda in the sewers? And why would this panda threaten people?

"Am I...am I dreaming?" the thief muttered to himself, pinching his thigh hard.

A sharp pain shot through me. It wasn't a dream.

Just then, Lin Wan rushed out from the other side, shouting, "Police! Drop your weapons! Put your hands behind your heads and squat down!"

The thief seemed to snap out of his daze upon seeing the police. Facing the police seemed to make him feel "safer" than dealing with a strange panda.

But he didn't surrender. Instead, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he brandished his boning knife: "Don't come any closer! If you do, I'll stab this panda to death!"

Li Tuantuan: "???"

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Stab me to death? Are you alright? Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the defensive capabilities of national treasures? Or do you think I look like an easy target?"

Li Tuantuan was furious. Being treated like a pushover was an absolute disgrace!

He stopped wasting words, ignored the waving boning knife, and charged forward like a chariot.

"Go to hell!" The thief was also enraged and stabbed Li Tuantuan in the chest.

"Watch out, Gun Gun!" Lin Wan exclaimed.

However, the next second, something unexpected happened.

The boning knife pierced Li Tuantuan's thick fur as if it were stuck in a ball of cotton, unable to penetrate the layer of fat and muscle. The thief tried to pull it out, but the knife was stuck inside and he couldn't budge it.

Li Tuantuan looked down at the hilt of the knife in her chest, her eyes turning extremely dangerous.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "You owe me back my fur! I used it to keep warm! Do you know how many bamboo shoots I have to eat to grow just a few hairs?"

"Snapped!"

A giant bear paw came hurtling down. The thief felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, half of his face went numb, and he spun around three times like a top before collapsing to his knees with a thud.

Before he could fall, Li Tuantuan grabbed his ankle and swung him over her shoulder—a standard over-the-shoulder throw! The thief was sent flying into the air and slammed into the wall with a "bang," causing a piece of plaster to fall off.

Before he could even catch his breath, Li Tuantuan grabbed his leg and dragged him around the room like a mop, using his body to wipe the dust off the floor.

"Ah! Stop dragging it out! I was wrong! I surrender!"

"Ugh—I'm going to throw up!"

"Help! Officer, help! This panda is hitting someone!"

Lin Wan stood aside, watching this scene, her lips twitching, and she even forgot to take out the handcuffs from her hands.

She suddenly realized that the panda might not need her protection at all. On the contrary, these criminals might need the police's protection more...

"Alright, alright, stop playing around." Lin Wan quickly stepped forward to stop him. "If this drags on any longer, someone will die."

Li Tuantuan reluctantly let go, wiping her paws on the thief with disgust.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "Consider yourself lucky, this cat is in a good mood today. Next time you dare point a knife at me, I'll show you what 'a bear reigns supreme' really means!"

He walked to the side, plopped down on the pile of underwear, and put on a smug expression that said, "I'm the hero, praise me!"

Lin Wan looked at the stolen goods all over the room, then at the thief on the ground with a bruised and swollen face who seemed to be questioning his existence, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Team Leader Zhang, this is Lin Wan. The suspect has been apprehended, and his location is... You might need to bring gas masks down here; the smell is a bit strong."

The moment Lin Wan hung up the walkie-talkie, a familiar mechanical voice rang in Li Tuantuan's mind:

[Ding! Assisted the police in apprehending a habitual thief. Merit points +50.]

[Unlock new skill: Tracking (Beginner) - Tracks a target's movements over a 72-hour period using their scent.]

[Bonus: 5 cans of premium bamboo shoots.]

Li Tuantuan's eyes lit up, and she was about to check the reward when Lin Wan's phone suddenly rang.

Wang Zhenhua's voice came through the receiver, his tone somewhat grave: "Xiao Lin, the city bureau leaders are coming to inspect Gun Gun and say they want to give it a 'special status.' However... people from the forestry bureau have also come, saying they've brought approval from the province this time and are determined to get it."

Lin Wan's expression changed, and she subconsciously looked at Li Tuantuan.

Li Tuantuan yawned and patted her stomach.

[Li Tuantuan's inner monologue]: "A government job? Here they come! But those forestry bureau bastards are causing trouble again? Fine, this time I'll see who dares to take me away from here!"