"I'm super good at stealth attacks from behind. I even set a record of instant-killing a chicken coop without any chicken noticing..."
The navigator drove into the School of Animal Science, and the Golden Leopard in the back seat happily wagged its tail, reminiscing with Master Fuli about the happy recess activities from childhood.
As the Golden Leopard spoke, Wang Qiqi instinctively touched her forehead, feeling a faint pain.
"Golden Leopard stealing chicken, and the professor hitting you on the head with an iron shovel?"
Ansheng glanced back and forth between the Golden Leopard and Wang Qiqi, then asked with a peculiar expression.
"Naturally, as a partner, the professor can't beat the Golden Leopard but surely can beat me? Humans aren't in the category of protected species, so it's not against the law to hit them..."
"During school days, I'd eat the Great Wild Prison Heavenly Finger at least five or six times a day. But I didn't suffer losses, as I'd rush back to the dorm and pounce on the leopard, grabbing its neck meat and knocking on its forehead..."
Wang Qiqi laughed, talking about the past when she had just started as a Woodcutter, it was quite joyful.
To assist Woodcutters in skillfully using their abilities and enhancing their Physique, the Security Bureau initially didn't restrict the use of Spirit Particle Potions.
Wang Qiqi studied during the day and injected her leg at night, performing parkour around Chang'an City and supporting at incident sites, descending from the sky, kicking and flipping unruly Spirit Beasts with her cool Thunderbolt Feet.
It's all the bygone youth.
Now she's almost like a middle-aged woman, busy helping the Golden Leopard find suitable dating leopards and roaming the city every day like a single mother with a child.
"In the future, if Ah Qing wants to join, Master Fuli should really advise her to go to postgraduate school, have fun vigorously, and start working only after enjoying thoroughly." Wang Qiqi said to Master Fuli while walking on the road of the School of Animal Science.
Despite Spiritualization being quite fun, it can't withstand the frequent injections.
When Wang Qiqi first joined, the biological containment network in Chang'an City was still in its early stages of construction. She and the Golden Leopard were so busy that they barely touched the ground, and once, she came home, showered, and within half an hour, faced a tragic betrayal.
Wang Qiqi's parents, seeing the needle marks and bruises on her leg that matched the traits of an addict, knocked Wang Qiqi out with a club and tied her up to be sent to the Security Bureau.
Wang Qiqi's first work injury wasn't from fighting Spirit Beasts or catching spies but from her parents' beating.
"Shhh—"
"Don't talk, I've spotted a fat chicken that'll surely make a sweet soup..."
As Wang Qiqi and Ansheng strolled, Wang Qiqi talked about her past experiences and Security Bureau entry strategies, but the Golden Leopard suddenly interrupted, signaling for them to stop talking as he spotted a super plump chicken.
"Chicken?"
Wang Qiqi and Ansheng were both puzzled. The chickens raised in the School of Animal Science live in coops, and they were only outside the teaching building, so how could there be livestock nearby?
But the Golden Leopard had already entered stealth mode, moving at a nearly ground-hovering speed, stepping on the lawn without making a sound.
The Golden Leopard silently circled behind an area by a large lakeside tree, his muscles morphing into a golden brilliance, shooting out with a powerful leap, wrapped his paws around a fat chicken perched in the tree, and opened his leopard mouth to take a bite.
"Gah—spare me, leader!"
The napping peregrine falcon suddenly woke up, seeing the Leopard Head lunging for his neck, emitted a piercing cry, and pleaded for the leader's mercy.
"Huh?"
The Golden Leopard hesitated, looking down at the peregrine falcon, nearly two meters in wingspan, collapsed in his arms, frowned, and said:
"Who are you..."
"It's me, Leopard Leader, it's Jian Jian! I was transferred to the Northwest Plain right after joining for support back then, and it was you who approved it, saying that even Qinghai's Security Bureau had been waiting for my joining for two months."
The peregrine falcon ingratiatingly rubbed his wings together while standing on the Golden Leopard's paws: "I just finished the military duty and returned to Chang'an City to take a dump. Didn't expect to meet the leader here..."
"Jian Jian?"
The Golden Leopard was baffled, shifting from a standing to a squatting position, glancing at the approaching Wang Qiqi:
"Qiqi, this bird says it's one of ours. Did you authorize the peregrine falcon for a business trip to Qinghai?"
"Peregrine Falcon Jian Jian?"
Wang Qiqi arrived at the lakeside, eyeing the peregrine falcon who was humanly rubbing his hands, utterly puzzled, as she seemed to have no impression of this peregrine falcon in her mind.
"I have proof. I joined three years ago, back when it was said that birds started Spiritualization, and Spiritualized birds ceased to follow migration patterns, harming herders and crops, so we were specifically dispatched to arrest the criminals."
The peregrine falcon jumped onto the tree, retrieving a phone from his bag hanging on the tree branch, revealing the Security Bureau employee proof jammed in the transparent phone case, along with the Security Bureau's reimbursement bills stored in the phone to Wang Qiqi.
"???"
Ansheng glanced at the phone, instantly widening his eyes: "Huazhu Platinum Member, Black Diamond Takeout, lit up 427 cities..."
"What kind of elusive holy body is this, switching over four hundred cities in three years, defying logic..."
Wang Qiqi was also stunned, utterly confused, the peregrine falcon before her was indeed one from the Security Bureau.
"It truly is one of ours from Chang'an City, signed for long-term residence in Qinghai."
"I told you, it's genuinely one of us. It's not a bird born in Chang'an City, or how could it eat chickens from the School of Animal Science, digest, and poop in the mobile restroom afterward."
The peregrine falcon named Jian Jian proudly raised its head and said to Wang Qiqi:
"I haven't tarnished the Chang'an Branch's reputation, handling 4,300 tricky birds over three years, directly saving herders and farmers up to four hundred million in economic losses, and now, with the Qinghai Security Bureau's approval, I've returned to report back to Chang'an City."
"By the way, during my three-year business trip, I even brought back over a dozen strong Spirit Birds who could join at any time."
The peregrine falcon finished speaking, then whispered to the Golden Leopard: "So... I came back to apply for a partner, the previous partner slots had been queued for years."
The peregrine falcon wistfully glanced at the Golden Leopard and Wang Qiqi while speaking about the queue for partnering up.
Having a Spirit Beast partner was like possessing a treasure, not only granting unhindered access to human facilities but also letting the partner figure out ways to enjoy leisure when bored.
However...
The situation in Chang'an City was that there were a lot of Spirit Beasts but few suitable people to become Woodcutters.
Every Woodcutter had to go through the Forest Ranger phase and apply, only then can they attend Woodcutter-related training courses, and the fastest step-by-step procedure takes about half a year, plus Woodcutters and Spirit Beasts need time to cultivate mutual understanding.
Except for Woodcutters with self-brought Spirit Beasts, starting from scratch takes at least a year.
"I remembered who you are!"
"You kicked President Yang into the ditch, made him race with piranhas in the lake, then opened his car door afterward to poop on his control panel!"
Listening to the peregrine falcon's story, Wang Qiqi paused, finally recalling who the bird in front of her was.
This bird was caught three years ago by the Golden Leopard and the Lilac-headed Viper.
President Yang provoked public wrath, sought revenge from Spirit Beasts, and during that time, many Spirit Beasts got captured.
The Chang'an Security Bureau couldn't digest it, so under the guise of business trips, they sent out those Spirit Beasts hostile to President Yang, spreading the research institute's pressure.
"Hehe... wasn't I young then, acting like a street punk?"
The peregrine falcon Jian Jian wore an embarrassed look, rubbing its bird head:
"The allocation for partners wasn't canceled, right? I have sweat and bled for the Security Bureau."