Chapter 132 New Friend

Before Hao Ren could even get his keys out, the door was opened from inside. It turned out Lily had been listening for his footsteps and rushed to open the door. Like any husky with normal senses, this girl could hear who was walking on the street even when she was lying down inside.

"Landlord, where are my steamed buns?" Lily looked at Hao Ren happily, then circled around him, trying to find the hidden bag. "I'm back from walking the cat. So, where are the steamed buns?"

Hao Ren finally remembered what he had been missing: Lily's steamed buns!

"Well..." He looked awkwardly at the husky spirit with anticipation on her face. "Actually..."

Lily's face froze. "Landlord, you didn't forget, did you?"

Hao Ren slapped his forehead, and in a moment of inspiration, he came up with a way to stop Lily from biting him. He took out a bag of snacks from his dimensional pocket. "The steamed bun vendor in the back alley wasn't out today, so I bought you a bag of chocolate."

After saying that, he quickly walked into the house, leaving Lily behind, stunned while holding the bag of chocolate. The husky spirit finally reacted after a while and suddenly shouted, "Landlord, what are you doing! I can't eat chocolate! I'll get diarrhea if I eat this!"

Vivian was watching TV and, hearing the commotion at the door, turned to Nangong Wuyue and muttered, "I knew it, a big dog is still a big dog..."

Hao Ren came to the sofa, casually patted "Gun" to the side, sat down, and sighed, "Old Wang took his daughter out again?"

Nangong Wuyue had wrapped four or five strips of cloth around her tail and was scrubbing the floor with it, pushing it around. Hearing this, she replied casually, "Aunt Zhao's refrigerator broke down, so Izhaks took Elizabeth over to fix it for her. 'Gun', lift your tail, I'm cleaning the floor."

"Elizabeth can fix refrigerators now?" Hao Ren grabbed "Gun's" tail in his hand and clicked his tongue in amazement. "The little girl is learning so fast. I remember when she first came here, she only knew how to poke sockets with a screwdriver all day long. But what's Old Wang doing going with her to fix the air conditioner?"

"A father's just worrying. He's afraid there are demon hunters lurking in Aunt Zhao's house, so he went to protect his daughter."

Hao Ren didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "His imagination is so rich..."

Wuyue shrugged. "Maybe all former emperors are paranoid - there are always commoners who want to harm me, and also harm my daughter. That's their logic."

"Where's your brother?" Hao Ren looked around again and found that Nangong Sanba wasn't in the living room either. Usually, he would be next to the coffee table teaching Dou Dou how to read.

"He went to the city," Wuyue carefully wiped the gap under the sofa with the tip of her tail. "Remember the two demon hunters in our city who were 'educated' by the goddess? My brother went to talk to them and find out about the organization's recent situation."

Hao Ren smiled when he heard this, pleased with his achievements. It was said that the demon hunter group was the most impregnable fortress, and they had never been infiltrated in thousands of years of fighting against the Other, but now, hadn't cracks appeared in it? Whether it was Nangong Sanba, who had completely joined, or Zhao Xi and Liu Sheng (the two demon hunters stationed in the city, the two who had been "psychologically corrected" by Raven 12345), who were secretly cooperating, or Bai Huo, who was in a state of wavering, they were all seeds of division appearing in the demon hunter group. Although these seeds were very small, there was no doubt that they would become a factor in changing the situation.

Of course, Hao Ren wouldn't attribute all of this to himself. He knew that the fundamental reason for the demon hunter group's wavering was not external force at all, but the decline of their own "hunting instinct." Although he didn't know the reason, there was no doubt that this situation was bound to appear with the passage of time. Even without him and Raven 12345 working hard to undermine and loosen the soil, the demon hunter group would eventually stop hunting.

And he was just trying to make the hunting stop a little earlier.

Dou Dou was walking back and forth on the coffee table, with a small piece of wood in her mouth and her "toy crossbow" in her hand. The little girl still couldn't control her appetite, but at least she finally knew that this crossbow couldn't be eaten. She waved her tail at Hao Ren to greet him, then raised her crossbow and aimed at the apple not far away. As soon as she pulled the trigger, countless silver lights burst out from the front of the crossbow like a rainstorm - she herself "slid slid" along the table to the ground.

The little girl's fishtail was wet and very slippery...

Hao Ren happily reached out and picked Dou Dou up from the ground, watching the little mermaid happily perform her fireballs and lightning bolts. Those small sparks had no power at all, but they were enough to make the little girl happy. He nodded with satisfaction, feeling that this was life.

It was much more comfortable than running around putting out fires outside.

But he was destined not to be able to relax in this lazy state for too long, because the data terminal suddenly floated over with a whoosh. "Received a full-channel broadcast. This universe is connected. This unit believes that attention is needed."

"This universe broadcast?" Hao Ren was stunned. He had been busy with business trips recently and hadn't paid attention to the things in the local universe channel for a long time. At most, he would occasionally go online to look at strange and funny pictures sent from other planets to relieve boredom. "What's the content?"

"From Santu Su IV. The local inspector caught an Angry Spirit and is looking for someone to help with the research."

Hao Ren unconsciously exerted force with his hands, and Dou Dou slipped out of his hands with a "whoosh." Nangong Wuyue, next to him, stuck a tail into the sofa, and when she pulled her tail out, it had a spring on it. "...Landlord, I broke the sofa."

"It's okay, it can be reimbursed later - terminal, get the message over here, let me see."

The data terminal floated in front of Hao Ren, projecting the message that had just started broadcasting and forwarding across all information nodes in the universe a few minutes ago: "Unencrypted message - Local Universe Channel, originating from Santu Su IV, undirected broadcast. The local inspector captured a spiritual creature three imperial days ago. After comparing it with the database, it was identified as an Angry Spirit. The creature is violent, uncontrollable, incommunicable, and has indiscriminate aggressiveness, posing a high threat to conventional species. It is now necessary to analyze the information structure of the spiritual creature. Inquire whether there are inspectors with analysis experience or other qualified civil teams in the local universe. Based on security rules, participants are required to have general permissions above level D. Message ends."

Hao Ren scratched his head. "Speaking of which, when we caught the Angry Spirit last time, didn't we send out a broadcast like this one to ask if anyone could help?"

The data terminal shook its body. "You didn't say anything at the time. Moreover, this unit thinks that even if you asked at the time, it would have been useless. Angry Spirits are extremely difficult to capture. They can usually only be killed on the spot. You are the first person on record to successfully capture an Angry Spirit and try to analyze it."

Hao Ren turned his head and saw Nangong Wuyue looking over here with anticipation - with a spring still wrapped around her tail.

"Prepare to send a response message, D-level encryption."

A moment later, a response message was sent out through the Kuiper Station.

"D-level encrypted message, the following content requires reading permission - Local Universe Channel, originating from the First Galaxy - Kuiper Station, relayed from Suha Satellite to Santu Su IV. The local inspector has successfully captured an Angry Spirit and has analysis experience, willing to provide assistance, see the attachment for details. Message ends."

A reply came back quickly from Santu Su IV. The inspector, whom he had never met, expressed his gratitude to Hao Ren and welcomed him to visit that place at any time.

"Arrange a voyage, go over there and see what's going on, find someone to cooperate with. I think we have a chance to solve the Angry Spirit we have on hand," Hao Ren smacked his lips. "Speaking of which, is this the first time I've met another inspector?"

"The first time, but under normal circumstances, inspectors don't have much contact with each other if there's nothing going on," the data terminal shook its body. "They're all local cops. Who would hold a national cop representative conference when they're usually idle?"

"Do I need to prepare anything?" Hao Ren was quite looking forward to this visit, and he was also a little nervous. He felt that this was the first time since he took office that he had officially contacted civil servants from other jurisdictions, so it was necessary to make it more formal.

The data terminal thought for a while: "...Bring some local specialties? This unit thinks the braised pork knuckle here is pretty good."

As soon as Hao Ren heard this, he knew that he didn't need to prepare much at all.