My wife is the stand-in.

But Wang Ze's eyes passed through him and looked behind him.

Amanosaki turned around and fell into Utaha's gentle trap, almost suffocating.

He finally managed to pull his head out and saw Lin Shuyu's eyes flashing as she kept operating the tablet.

A moment later, the girl tucked her hair behind her ears and gracefully swayed her legs:

"The animal protection that Wang is referring to is the China Volunteer Animal Protection Association, not the China Animal Protection Organization, right?"

She turned the tablet around, revealing three split-screen interfaces.

The first part is documents, the second part is a video of Dongting Province protesting the slaughter of four-clawed scale fish and the destruction of native species' habitat, and the third part is a video of condemnation from abroad.

"……Yes."

Amanosaki's brow twitched.

Are there foreign forces involved?

Chapter 124: Allen's Revenge

In the streets of several major cities in Dongting Province, groups of hundreds of people began to gather, wearing plain white T-shirts with various words drawn on them, and holding wooden signs and banners to protest.

Wearing a floral shirt and a sun hat, dressed like a Hawaiian playboy, Allen sat swaying back and forth on a chair, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

He looked out the window and saw animal rights activists still protesting in front of the government office building under the scorching sun. "Whoa!" they yelled and jumped into the sofa.

“Did I tell you, William?” He sank into the soft sofa and rubbed against it. “I’ve always loved animals. My mom kept lots of rabbits, chickens, and ducks. I loved those little guys. When I was little, I even made fences with my dad.”

William sat across the table, holding a book in one hand and cupping his coffee cup with the other to prevent it from spilling due to Allen's movements.

“You don’t love animals at all. Your parents raise livestock for food, and the pigs and cows you raise are only to quell the side effects of your superpowers.”

William, impeccably dressed and exuding the air of a restrained nobleman, looked up from his book at Alan, who was rubbing against him.

"You're a werewolf, can you stop rubbing against me like a dog?"

"what!"

Allen jumped up, grinned, and a pair of canine teeth had grown out of his mouth, making him look like a vampire.

“You’re too excited. The [Werewolf] ability can easily go berserk when you’re excited.” William offered a tranquilizer. “You just received the funds to bribe the China Volunteer Animal Protection Association. We can’t expose this.”

"Okay, okay." Allen's fist trembled all over, and coarse black hair sprouted from under his skin, making his knuckles grow thicker.

He inserted a needle into his arm, and his swollen body went limp.

Allen lay on the sofa, and after a few seconds said in a calm voice:

"I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get revenge before I left, but I didn't expect that bastard's enemies weren't just us."

William took off his glasses and massaged them: "They're unreliable."

“I know, I know,” Allen muttered incoherently. “I just want to see this bastard get his comeuppance… I have to thank animal rights activists for this. No matter which country you’re in, these guys who love animals more than humans are always easy to fool.”

"Just a few bloody photos and videos are enough to turn them into guys who are even crazier than holy warriors... Hahaha! I absolutely love animals!"

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When Lin Shuyu nodded in agreement to Wang Ze's request, Amanosaki was actually refusing.

Lin Shuyu only whispered a few words to Wang Zhishou, and when Wang Ze took the box handed to him by his subordinate, Amano Saki shut up.

Gems, a suitcase full of gems, worth millions.

Compared to the cost of purchasing the firearms used by the heroes of the Yangtze River today, it is but a drop in the ocean. However, the fact that such a large sum was raised in such a short time fully demonstrates the financial strength of the Wudang branch.

Can you really earn so many gems just by bullying small animal rights activists?

Other heroes would fall silent upon seeing this, while Rin Tohsaka, who secretly works part-time on weekends to supplement her family's income, would shed tears.

Amanosaki averted his gaze with difficulty, adjusting his posture: "Is this the reimbursement for my previous losses?"

"No, it was paid to you by the Wudang branch as your guidance fee for today's appearance."

Lin Shu's language is concise and to the point.

"I guided..." Amanosaki was about to say 'I guided my ass' when Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly pinched his mouth, pressing their lips together.

"Think again."

Behind Shi Yu's smiling eyes lay a warning.

Amanosaki, who had blurted it out without thinking, suddenly realized what had happened.

So this is a bribery scheme!

What do you take me for, Amanosaki?!

Am I the kind of person who's greedy for money?

"My gem reserves are running low, and I'm worried about what to do when I hunt the Four-Clawed Scaled Fish."

Amanosaki accepted the briefcase and said gratefully, "With this reward, the subsequent campaign can be completed smoothly. On behalf of the hundreds of millions of people downstream of the Great River, I thank you for guarding the border."

"Where."

Wang Ze shook hands with Amanosaki, both of them wearing forced smiles.

"Kid, watch your hands, don't kill anyone."

"Wang, this kind of extra request will cost extra."

"..." Wang Ze's eyes widened.

When Amanosaki boarded the bus, two suitcases, one large and one small, were already on his lap.

The smaller one is an additional reward.

Kasumigaoka Utaha sat next to Amanosaki, playing with the gems in the box, her soft fingers making a clattering sound as she poked at the hard stones.

"Are we really not going to need the people from the other four ships to help?"

She leaned on Amanosaki's shoulder, and Amanosaki leaned on her forehead, the two of them supporting each other, forming a "human" shape.

“There’s no need.” Amanosaki distributed magic power in the gem room. “We’re not going to kill anyone this time. We don’t even need to deal with animal rights activists. We just need to find out and take down the big spenders behind them.”

At this point, Amanosaki looked up at Lin Shuyu, who was standing at the very front.

The girl was busy coordinating things, her hands constantly switching between the tablet and the screen.

With the help of the "Heavenly Man Appearance", Lin Shuyu became like a human computer, frantically absorbing all kinds of information.

The information came from police agencies under the jurisdiction of the Dongting Provincial Government, investigation information from other branches of the Wudang branch, first-hand information obtained by investigators from the Wudang branch, and even recordings obtained by private detectives from animal protection organizations at great expense.

All this complex and messy data was sorted out and organized in that small head, like a tangled ball of yarn, from being unsightly to having value again.

It's hard to imagine that a girl who has just started handling official documents and letters from various provinces is only twenty years old.

Without her help, the bus would be packed with people and computers right now, gathering intelligence through collective wisdom amidst the noise.

This girl undoubtedly helped the Wudang branch a lot, and it's no wonder that when Wang Ze received Lin Shuyu's affirmative answer, he mentioned her parents with respect and admiration.

It's a pity that the Lin family has taken root in Yushan, and together with Amber and the other guards, they have kept the Yushan branch, which is suffering from a shortage of talent, from collapsing. Wang Ze will not be able to enjoy this blessing.

Amano Sakimi and Lin Shuyu looked serious, and Amano Sakimi lowered her voice as well:

"Ms. Lin made a preliminary assessment before getting on the bus. This incident was probably a spur-of-the-moment decision. The financial backers behind it were very crude. They didn't even have time to remove the recording equipment during the meeting. It shouldn't be a big deal."

Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded: "The problem is that the people who took to the streets to protest are all Chinese, and they are not official animal protection organizations, but rather a self-organized association."

"The extermination order enforcers are knights-errant, knights-errant can wipe out the four-clawed scaled fish of the great river, but they are powerless to deal with the resistance of the people... Speaking of which, what exactly are these animal rights activists protesting? Aren't these four-clawed scaled fish threatening the economy and development potential of Dongting Province? Why oppose something that is beneficial to them?"

"No no no."

Amanosaki held Utaha's slender waist, his fingers gently kneading her full buttocks:

“They don’t oppose the extermination order; it’s the will of the state and it aligns more with the interests of these civilians. What they oppose is the Wudang branch and our methods.”

"What means?"

"The bloody, brutal, and inhumane methods of slaughter stained the great river red, and the violent patterns that affected their mentality... Oh, and the barbaric practice of the Wudang branch of selecting talent by killing fish."

"This is really..." Kasumigaoka Utaha had an expression that said, "I can't believe it's so interesting," and after a while, she exhaled a breath of stale air. "I'm too full."

“Who says otherwise?” Amanosaki shrugged in agreement.

Chapter 125: The Chase

More and more people gathered in front of the government building, and several television crews' interview vehicles were already parked around it.

There are about a thousand people here, but only half of them are animal rights protesters.

The rest were mostly comprised of reporters covering the event, with the majority of the remaining group simply watching the spectacle.

While it may be exciting to watch a knight-errant slaughter a four-clawed fish on the banks of a great river, ordinary people still have their own jobs to do, don't they?

Not everyone can ask for leave from their company or group to travel with their family.

So if you see a lively scene on your way to work or while commuting, people don't mind slowing down a bit to watch and ask those in the know what's going on.

People came and went, but the overall number was about the same as the number of protesters.

Interestingly, even within the animal rights protest groups, not everyone is a "true animal rights activist."

After all, the organization's full name is the China Volunteer Animal Protection Association, and its members are spread all over the country. Not just anyone can cause trouble at the government offices in the major cities of Dongting Province.

Therefore, there are still a considerable number of extras.

What's even more interesting is that the animal rights activists, who were the backbone of the parade, had been standing in the scorching sun for more than an hour and were already somewhat listless, while the hired performers were putting on an extra show of energy.

This is probably related to the fact that their pay for the day is tied to how hard they work.

However, the decline in morale was indeed visible to the naked eye.

This made Allen, who was sitting in the coffee shop across the street, a little anxious.

Unlike William, who excels in intelligence and knowledge, Allen has always taken the physical route since childhood, always solving problems with brute force rather than using his brain.

Years of strength training and the brutal side effects of the [werewolf] ability caused this guy's muscles to swell even further, almost to the point of growing into his brain.

"What a bastard!"

Seeing the animal rights activists dawdling around, Allen punched the glass panel of the table, cracking it.