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

Municipal Bureau, Director's Office.

The air was thick with the smell of secondhand smoke, making one's throat feel tight.

Chen Jianguo stood with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth in front of the window like a donkey pulling a millstone; the cigarette butts on the ground had already piled up into a small mountain.

Lin Wan stood in front of the desk, clutching the urgent report about Lao Wang's disappearance tightly in her hand, her lips pressed into a straight line, without uttering a word.

On that large mahogany desk, Li Tuantuan was sitting cross-legged.

He held a half-eaten special-supply Lei bamboo in his arms, his cheeks bulging, but under his signature dark circles, his eyes no longer had their usual laziness and slyness, but instead a chilling calmness.

"No! Absolutely not!"

Chen Jianguo suddenly turned around, waved his hand, and almost spat on Lin Wan's face.

"Lin Wan, have you lost your mind? What kind of place is the Qinling Mountains now? It's a no-man's land! Even a veteran detective like Lao Wang, who's been in the force for thirty years, has gone there. You still want to take Gun Gun there to get yourself killed?"

Chen Jianguo became more and more excited as he spoke, his finger trembling as he pointed at the panda on the table:

"Who is he? He's a national treasure! A mascot! Our bureau's star! Although he has some special skills and knows a bit of kung fu, that's in the deep mountains and forests, facing unknown monsters, not sending you to catch a few petty thieves!"

"The SWAT team is already assembling, there's no room for negotiation! You two, stay put at the city police station and enjoy the air conditioning!"

Lin Wan opened her mouth, about to retort, when she suddenly felt her clothes being tugged by a strong force.

"Clatter!"

Li Tuantuan tossed the bamboo shoot, which was harder than sugarcane, aside with a crisp sound that immediately interrupted Chen Jianguo's roar.

The 300-pound fat panda slowly straightened up.

He cast a large, oppressive shadow on his desk.

Immediately afterwards, he stretched out his thick, brick-like bear paw and pressed it hard into the red inkpad box on Chen Jianguo's desk.

The force was so great that the inkpad box almost burst.

Then, under the shocked gazes of Chen Jianguo and Lin Wan...

"Bang--!!!"

With a loud crash, the table shook violently, and even the teacup lids jumped up.

Li Tuantuan slammed her bright red bear paw heavily onto the blank space of the missing persons report.

The bright red color is striking, and the force seems to penetrate the paper.

This is not over yet.

Li Tuantuan extended a sharp fingernail, stained with ink, and scribbled a single character on the report, crooked yet with a resolute and ruthless air.

"king".

That's the "King" in Old Wang's name.

After finishing drawing the character, Li Tuantuan raised her head, her clear black and white eyes fixed on Chen Jianguo.

There was no cuteness, no coquetry, only the stubbornness unique to wild beasts.

His eyes clearly said: I'm protecting that old man.

The coal ball that had been perched on the windowsill fluttered its wings and flew over, landing on Li Tuantuan's shoulder. It cleared its hoarse voice, its tone unusually serious, even carrying a hint of roguishness:

"Hey! Old Chen, stop wasting your breath."

"The boss said that Lao Wang was his benefactor who provided him with meals! If it weren't for those few meals of steamed buns from Lao Wang, the boss would have starved to death in that wretched mountain valley in the Qinling Mountains long ago."

"That's called chivalry! Don't you understand?"

With a flap of its wings, Coal Ball declared like an orator: "He's definitely going to the Qinling Mountains! Not even Jesus could stop him, he says so!"

Chen Jianguo was stunned.

He looked at the bright red bear paw print, then at Li Tuantuan's unyielding gaze, and the anger in his heart suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon.

He suddenly realized that although this panda usually seemed unserious, greedy, lustful, and lazy, it was actually the biggest "sixth brother" in the entire police station.

But deep down, this guy values ​​relationships more than anyone else.

"Why...why are you doing this to yourself?"

Chen Jianguo sighed and slumped into a chair, looking as if he had aged several years in an instant. "It's very dangerous over there now. Monitoring data shows that the magnetic field and biological fluctuations there are all out of control. There might be bears dying."

Li Tuantuan didn't say anything.

He jumped off the table, walked up to Chen Jianguo, and patted the bureau chief's thigh with his paw.

Then he pointed at Lin Wan, then at himself, and finally made an extremely brutal "throat-slitting" gesture towards the air.

It means: Whoever dares to touch us, I will kill them.

Chen Jianguo remained silent for a long time, then finally rubbed his face hard and gritted his teeth, saying:

"Fine! Since you, a panda, are determined to risk your life, it would seem cowardly of me, the bureau chief, to stop you!"

"I'll go, but I have one condition!"

Li Tuantuan's ears perked up instantly, and the murderous intent in her eyes instantly turned into anticipation.

"You must be fully armed! I'll provide you with the best armored vehicles and the best individual equipment! And you absolutely must come back alive!"

Li Tuantuan grinned, a sly smile that hinted at her shrewdness as a master strategist.

He turned around, nimbly climbed back onto the table, grabbed a marker, and began to scribble on the paper with the bear paw print.

That hand speed was much faster than when he was signing the waiver of life and death.

A minute later, a simple line drawing of the character was shoved into Chen Jianguo's face.

The art style is abstract, but the intention is extremely clear.

A bunch of cylinders (obviously sausages), a bunch of cubes (imported premium cat food), and a vest with a police badge on it (a specially made bulletproof vest).

Next to it, three bold exclamation marks and a Dollar symbol were drawn.

Coal Ball immediately stepped in as a simultaneous interpreter: "Hey! The boss said that since it's a publicly funded business trip, we need to stock up on supplies before the battle! That's called 'an army marches on its stomach'!"

"The ham sausages must be pure meat with no starch, and the cat food must be imported deep-sea fish flavored! Also, the bulletproof vest must be custom-made; don't try to fool the bear with those substandard ones! It must be bulletproof, puncture-resistant, and breathable!"

Looking at the drawing, which was full of "extortion" implications, Chen Jianguo laughed angrily and cursed:

"Get out! Take it all! I'll empty the entire city bureau warehouse, okay?!"

"If you can bring Old Wang back, I'll apply for the moon for you if you want it!"

Li Tuantuan put away the painting with satisfaction, and then casually took a cigarette from the cigarette box on Chen Jianguo's table.

He held it to his nose, smelled it, and then threw it back with a look of disgust.

Tch, the taste isn't right. I'll try a better brand next time.

"Mmm!" (Let's go, time to prepare for battle!)

He swaggered out of the office, his round, big buttocks swaying, his steps exuding an air of utter arrogance.

Lin Wan watched his retreating figure, her eyes slightly red, but a smile appeared on her lips.

This is her partner.

He may seem carefree and irresponsible most of the time, but when it really matters, he's more reliable than anyone else.

"Director Chen, I guarantee the mission will be accomplished!"

Lin Wan saluted, turned around and chased after him.

The office returned to silence.

Chen Jianguo stared at the bright red bear paw print and the crooked "king" character on the table for a long time without saying a word.

After a long silence, he picked up the red secure phone, his voice heavy yet firm:

"Hello, is this logistics? Prepare the highest-grade 'Dragon Fang' individual equipment for me, two sets... no, one set for men and one set for bears."

"And... send someone to the biggest supermarket and buy back all the most expensive sausages! Put it on my tab!"